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

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Something cute as Mini Me said when she saw it.

A Polylux 2 colour lamp.


The lamp is 12v, fed by the old clear coated bell cable.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

How the heck are you going to get the transit in the footwell?

Change of plans anyway. Hired this Beasty for the week. Can't argue for 250.

As I've had to pay out for van hire and new clutch in the traffic I decided to run it into the ground. Il keep squirrelling money away for a bigger deposit. Don't really want to buy a transit and want to buy as new and low milage as possible. No interest in running a van for 3 years and starting again.

The crafter isn't a bad van. Feels a bit cheap in the cab but nice to drive.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

This popped up on Facebook for a score.
My little Clarke gave up the ghost and my big Clarke is to big to house at home.

This one's small enough to slide under a bench.
No bevel though. Straight cuts only.
Looks a bitsa.
Will open it up tomorrow for a better look and see if it's safe.

Worst case il have a motor from it and a decent fence for my bandsaw

 

[Moose McAlpine]

Change of plans anyway. Hired this Beasty for the week. Can't argue for 250.
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I've not driven the new shape Crafter but i had a 2007 one and loved it. Always broken, and little noisy but enough torque to pull down a house. Basically a Sprinter and it was a great van. I recently rented an 18 plate LWB Transit and it was a very nice van and drove nicely (Not quite as nice as my work Transit Custom.) But felt a little flimsy. The rear doors flexed when slsmmed shut.

You can't beat a Sprinter for a big van. I'm on my second one now. Miss my old Sprinter, wish i never sold it.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I've not driven the new shape Crafter but i had a 2007 one and loved it. Always broken, and little noisy but enough torque to pull down a house. Basically a Sprinter and it was a great van. I recently rented an 18 plate LWB Transit and it was a very nice van and drove nicely (Not quite as nice as my work Transit Custom.) But felt a little flimsy. The rear doors flexed when slsmmed shut.

You can't beat a Sprinter for a big van. I'm on my second one now. Miss my old Sprinter, wish i never sold it.

I miss my 04 convoy. 2.4 duratorq.
Downplated from 4 odd ton so uprated brakes and springs and twin axle.
Bit of a rattler but kept on going. Fuel pump gave up and too expensive given the steel worms that got in the join between fibreglass roof and steel.
A rack and pinion would have made a much better van of it rather than the awful steering box.

 

[martsrods]

Two digital callipers from Lidl. (Their spelling!) Have some from quite a while ago and they're quite knocked about. the new ones seem to have an improved feature where it remembers where it was when it went to sleep. It also retains inches if that was previously selected. Quite useful, methinks. (My older ones revert to 0mm when switched back on.) They also wake up when moved rather than having to be switched back on and re-zeroed. I can keep these for best and use the old ones for marking out.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Is that one of the non-woven type discs?

Aye, that's them. I paid £4.50 each, but others are less elsewhere.

 

[Keith 66]

Today i acquired for nowt a Stanley 112 scraper plane, covered in filth & rust. Half an hour with wd40 & 400 wet & dry followed by a grey scotchbrite pad it is looking very smart. Good usable tool & aparently quite rare.

 

[anto44]

I'll dig them out of storage and get a picture or two.View attachment 168577

Seen one of these for sale and found this post doing a bit of research, what's the blade speed on one of these? I'm wondering if it's suitable for metal or is it a wood cutting saw only

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Seen one of these for sale and found this post doing a bit of research, what's the blade speed on one of these? I'm wondering if it's suitable for metal or is it a wood cutting saw only

Debated adding a second pulley to hear it down for metal cutting but it was made for timber. Speeds are way too high.
Probably get away with Ali and brass as is.

That one is Sitting in my shed now waiting for me to rebuild a motor I repaired and turn a new pulley.

 

[anto44]

Debated adding a second pulley to hear it down for metal cutting but it was made for timber. Speeds are way too high.
Probably get away with Ali and brass as is.

That one is Sitting in my shed now waiting for me to rebuild a motor I repaired and turn a new pulley.

I've only really interest in it if I can gear it down to be used for cutting steel, at least it's pulley and belt drive rather than direct drive like pretty much every other one I've seen for sale so shouldn't be hard to sort something. When I seen it for sale I instantly remembered seeing your one on here and wanting one.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I've only really interest in it if I can gear it down to be used for cutting steel, at least it's pulley and belt drive rather than direct drive like pretty much every other one I've seen for sale so shouldn't be hard to sort something. When I seen it for sale I instantly remembered seeing your one on here and wanting one.

It could be geared down easily but wouldn't be any use for timber once done.

I was looking at fitting a 6 pole 3 phase motor and vfd and a bigger pulley to get the speeds down.

Want it for wood more so shelved that idea.
If you wanted to run coolant would have to look at keeping it off the tyres. And would need brushes either way to keep the swarf out of the tyres too

 

[anto44]

It could be geared down easily but wouldn't be any use for timber once done.

I was looking at fitting a 6 pole 3 phase motor and vfd and a bigger pulley to get the speeds down.

Want it for wood more so shelved that idea.
If you wanted to run coolant would have to look at keeping it off the tyres.

The one I'm looking at is 3 phase but that's all I know so far. I love the look of the saw, looks really well built. Hopefully I'll be the owner shortly.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Today i acquired for nowt a Stanley 112 scraper plane, covered in filth & rust. Half an hour with wd40 & 400 wet & dry followed by a grey scotchbrite pad it is looking very smart. Good usable tool & aparently quite rare.

They are, specially with an original scraper blade. Even more so if it is acid etched with Stanley.

The blade will need a burr raised on it, U-Tube is your friend there.
The rear handle can crack along the grain, but it is easy to fix.

Now, to date I don't have one, but I restored one for a MIS Member.
He uses it for veneer work.
So I made a photo album up, with the step by step process. He was actively involved in it and it was a fun build.
As it went on he would tell stories of his work in the, what became, the MOD.

 

[Keith 66]

Interesting, It has its original etched blade & appears to have been little used. I shall be using it!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Interesting, It has its original etched blade & appears to have been little used. I shall be using it!

Acid etched, will be a dark grey to black finish, if you run a thumb nail across it, it will like a small pit.

Acid stamp will be a black finish, but without the pit.

 

[Memmeddu]

The other week I went to the super market I see that little Lego City starter pack ,as an A.F.O.L. I had bad times to leave it there ...
Today I went to the super market and I picked up it
9,90 euros
Art. 60219

 

[bourbon]

At last, I can contribute to this thread! No pictures I'm afraid but I picked up a Four wheeled Mobility scooter chassis today but it also has the motor, seat, 'brain' charger and all the wiring. All for £40, a bargain I thought. I'm getting into building large scale models at the moment so It will come in very handy.

 

[Parm]

At last, I can contribute to this thread! No pictures I'm afraid but I picked up a Four wheeled Mobility scooter chassis today but it also has the motor, seat, 'brain' charger and all the wiring. All for £40, a bargain I thought. I'm getting into building large scale models at the moment so It will come in very handy.

Robot Wars ?

 

[bourbon]

Not While I'm sitting in them! Not remote control. I'm going in the garage tomorrow to weld a simple trailer with a seat on it. I will get some pictures of the build while I'm in there.