Today I acquired...........

[Woody.v8]

Steady on, I work for them!! We actually just recently had all our email addresses changed from @schneider-electric.com to @se.com, you used to get writers cramp typing them in

schneider electric sponsored a brisca f1 stockcar world final at hendnesford hills raceway in the early 2000s? , I remember some of it .
They had some girls going around the track in a tank with a T-shirt cannon ,I caught mine knocked the guy who was actually in line for it 10 yards or So

 

[fizzy]

Suspiciously similar to my Herbert B high speed drill, could you take a picture of the pulley arrangement? The original is missing from mine and I've never seen how it's supposed to look.

Mine is very basic - just one front pulley and one rear - they are totally flat so it uses a flat belt.
will take pics tomorrow.

 

[Morrisman]

A little trick for Chevy starters. If the solenoid starts to fail, remove the copper bolt connected to the battery and flip the contacts over 180 degrees in their square sockets; this will provide you with a new solenoid for all practical purposes. I discovered this solution years ago when I was unable to get my truck started when we were camping out in the Mojave desert.

Yes, I have stripped and cleaned a couple of Chevy starters in the past, solved problems with a good clean and refinishing of the contacts.

I’ve also upset some people on Chevy forums when they roll out the “fit a Ford remote starter solenoid away from the motor to avoid heat soak”. None of them, and there are hundreds, seem to realise that you still use the Chevy solenoid in the starter even with the remote ford solenoid fastened elsewhere. Not a single one could explain the logic.

I pointed out you could rearrange the wires to bypass the Chebby solenoid...but not a single person responded to that.

My last Chebby:

 

[fizzy]

A good friend of mine had an old Ford Mercury pickup with a chavvy V8. Used it for drag racing. About 800bhp at the wheels. It had a clear distributor cap looked cool. Sounded awesome as well with straight through exhausts.

 

[Maker]

I was of course joking when I suggested that 15" speaker was going to be paired with my Sonos, the only way to improve it is "Buy more Sonos products".



A pair of 6" Wharfedale drivers appeared today.

It's just a project to play around with, I'm not expecting great sound quality.

 

[maz0]

I was of course joking when I suggested that 15" speaker was going to be paired with my Sonos, the only way to improve it is "Buy more Sonos products".

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A pair of 6" Wharfedale drivers appeared today.

It's just a project to play around with, I'm not expecting great sound quality.

Are you going to build a box for them? Don't dismiss the Wharfedales either, I have a pair of diamond 9.1's on book shelves with an old marantz amp sourcing music through a beresford dac, it sounds fantastic, I doubt you could do better for under a grand in a blind test.

 

[Maker]

I will be building some kind of cabinet but I haven't decided exactly what yet. My initial idea was the three drivers I've got + a pair of tweeters, active crossover* and seperate amps all in one big heavy box as a 2.1 stereo kind of arrangement but now I'm leaning more towards seperate left, right and sub boxes as it could be slowly expanded into a surround sound set up. Very early stages so far, it's really going to depend on what comes up on eBay for prices I like.

*As I said, it's something to play with, an active crossover is just more dials to turn. I might even go for a miniDSP, unlimited dials for the fiddling!

 

[lotus 30]

Got these put in the back of my van I bought these at an auction why i don't know so you might have a use for them was the conversation. I assume they are a cutting disc diamond on some sort of resin disc. Any ideas out there please. I need to know don't fancy one exploding with me using it on the incorrect application googled the numbers and got nowhere lol

 

[bigegg]

how big are they?

they look like brake discs to me...

 

[Cuthy246]

Got these put in the back of my van I bought these at an auction why i don't know so you might have a use for them was the conversation. I assume they are a cutting disc diamond on some sort of resin disc. Any ideas out there please. I need to know don't fancy one exploding with me using it on the incorrect application googled the numbers and got nowhere lolView attachment 162928 View attachment 162929 View attachment 162930 View attachment 162929 View attachment 162930

Resin grinding disc similar to this stuff, not sure on brand you have ---> https://www.saint-gobain-abrasives.com/sga-common/files/document/21743_0.pdf

 

[lotus 30]

Resin grinding disc similar to this stuff, not sure on brand you have ---> https://www.saint-gobain-abrasives.com/sga-common/files/document/21743_0.pdf

Thanks for that looks like this is the product thanks. andy

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Are you going to build a box for them? Don't dismiss the Wharfedales either, I have a pair of diamond 9.1's on book shelves with an old marantz amp sourcing music through a beresford dac, it sounds fantastic, I doubt you could do better for under a grand in a blind test.

I concur. Had a precursor to the diamonds years back. Top sound quality and amazing bass from a 4inch cone.

 

[Nick67GT]

In the local Red Cross charity shop this afternoon, when I spotted a box full of various tools.

Cherry picked this selection for a £10 donation to a worthy cause:



A nice selection of Gedore, King Dick, Britool and Bedford spanners in both m/m and AF. Plus a nice ‘made in England’ imperial set square.

The long series Stanley screwdriver was a freebie from the nice guy who served me.

 

[daleyd]

In the local Red Cross charity shop this afternoon, when I spotted a box full of various tools.

Cherry picked this selection for a £10 donation to a worthy cause:

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A nice selection of Gedore, King Dick, Britool and Bedford spanners in both m/m and AF. Plus a nice ‘made in England’ imperial set square.

The long series Stanley screwdriver was a freebie from the nice guy who served me.

Why is it that my missus just ends up coming back with plastic tat and naff coats from charity shops

 

[anto44]

Picked up 2 of these die grinder bits in lidl today.

 

[Cobbler]

I looked at them, but there was a speed rating on them & my die grinder goes flat out or nothing.

 

[anto44]

Yeah they're only rated to 4500rpm. I'll give them a try and see what they're like. When I bought the air grinder in lidl it came with some grinding stones so I chucked one in my 70,000rpm grinder to see what would happen, it exploded

 

[dobbslc]

A leg vice! I've been after one for a couple of years but they were always over priced or miles away.
This came up on fleabay in Watford.

Fair sized old thing and seized solid so I've soaked it in Plusgas and will have a look on the weekend to see if its shifted anything.
Does anyone know the makers name or age of these vices?

 

[JEZGUZ]

I've finally managed to get hold of a box of stuff that was being scrapped back in August, the bloke who signs it off should go in for the hide and seek world championships. First off is an ESAB Gas Axe, nothing wrong with it, just no packaging, the same goes for everything else. A Facom Dela 1257 engineers square, a Facom 985957 Wire stripper, a Facom 985548 4 square wrench, a box of Norton Vulcan s/s 125mm cutting discs, a set of 6 diamond files, a roll of 40mm 180 grit emery cloth, about 50 sheets of 3M 400 grit emery paper, a couple of other little bits.

 

[Morrisman]

I've finally managed to get hold of a box of stuff that was being scrapped back in August, the bloke who signs it off should go in for the hide and seek world championships. First off is an ESAB Gas Axe, nothing wrong with it, just no packaging, the same goes for everything else. A Facom Dela 1257 engineers square, a Facom 985957 Wire stripper, a Facom 985548 4 square wrench, a box of Norton Vulcan s/s 125mm cutting discs, a set of 6 diamond files, a roll of 40mm 180 grit emery cloth, about 50 sheets of 3M 400 grit emery paper, a couple of other little bits.

When I worked offshore we were not allowed to take anything that the company scrapped. I once saw several Yanmar diesel outboards in a scrap bin, still fully functional just not new enough to send out to a ship. They refused to let me have one of them.

Four 15 x 15 alloy Centreline wheels, with drag slicks, used for a cable roller system, ship was derigged and they went in the scrap.