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

fizzy · Mar 26, 2020

Yet another bargain. Said buyer to collect. Asked him to put it on a pallet. Of course he agreed did a lovely job! Bolted down.

DennisCA · Mar 26, 2020

arther dailey said:
10mm that would make a great weld bench top as is !! cut something else up for the grinder?

Well I already have a metal topped welding table and it's square. Besides no room for another welding table in my shop. Don't really know what else to do with it.

I can get stuff like this now and then from the scrap yard.

Pete. · Mar 26, 2020

fizzy said:
Yet another bargain. Said buyer to collect. Asked him to put it on a pallet. Of course he agreed did a lovely job! Bolted down.View attachment 218740 View attachment 218741

Direct indexing and compound dividing. What make is it?

Matchless · Mar 26, 2020

stuvy said:
always wanted one of those

very German,

fizzy · Mar 26, 2020

Pete. said:
Direct indexing and compound dividing. What make is it?

I can't find any makers details on it.
Pretty good condition under all the grime.
Think it's a good one?
Always wanted a dividing head but they go for silly money usually.

Pete. · Mar 26, 2020

fizzy said:
I can't find any makers details on it.
Pretty good condition under all the grime.
Think it's a good one?
Always wanted a dividing head but they go for silly money usually.

If I had to guess I'd say it's a Victoria Universal. The shaft sticking out one side is to take a gear to connect it to a milling table lead screw, for milling stuff like spiral cutters or gears.

stuvy · Mar 26, 2020

Patrick Gill said:
very German,

Hazet is the ones Iv seen and I’d love one for the way you can have fixed tools in the workshop and a drag box for race days etc

Brad93 · Mar 26, 2020

Pete. said:
Direct indexing and compound dividing. What make is it?

I’ve recently got a dividing head similar. Maybe I will put some photos up. Again no makers mark.

arther dailey · Mar 26, 2020

bit too far for me to collect ..!

fizzy · Mar 26, 2020

I did find one mark on mine - not much of a clue though!

fizzy · Mar 27, 2020

Looks like my new dividing head is a Cincinnati. Identical to the one in this video about 9 mins in.
Very happy nice bit of kit.

eLuSiVeMiTe · Mar 27, 2020

Nice bar of copper from @Gragson over Xmas. Found it in the van last week and just bought it in

zx9 · Mar 27, 2020

I brought some of my dad's old hand tools home yesterday which I need to take pictures of, I am sure TYA and others will be interested but for now here is the little used Ferm, nice play on words there belt sander. They had a Aldi in the village so I am guessing this is an Aldi special.

I have never felt the need for a belt sander, it will either stay in the box for ever or I could find a way of turning it into a bench sander which might be more useful.

Pictures of the older tools to follow tomorrow.

brightspark · Mar 27, 2020

eLuSiVeMiTe said:
Nice bar of copper from @Gragson over Xmas. Found it in the van last week and just bought it in

would make a nice soldering iron

I already have one about that size. paid a tenner for it . great for tinning large arias and keeps the heat

eLuSiVeMiTe · Mar 27, 2020

zx9 said:
I brought some of my dad's old hand tools home yesterday which I need to take pictures of, I am sure TYA and others will be interested but for now here is the little used Ferm, nice play on words there belt sander. They had a Aldi in the village so I am guessing this is an Aldi special.View attachment 218896

I have never felt the need for a belt sander, it will either stay in the box for ever or I could find a way of turning it into a bench sander which might be more useful.

Pictures of the older tools to follow tomorrow.

Clampnit upside down. Great for sharpening chisels etc. Maybe lathe tools if you make a rest

Gragson · Mar 27, 2020

eLuSiVeMiTe said:
Clampnit upside down. Great for sharpening chisels etc. Maybe lathe tools if you make a rest

I've had a Ferm one of those for years, didn't get it from Aldi it was way back, it is useful bolted down and does a half decent job of sanding wood surfaces hand held

eLuSiVeMiTe · Mar 27, 2020

eLuSiVeMiTe said:
Clampnit upside down. Great for sharpening chisels etc. Maybe lathe tools if you make a rest

For chisels and plane blades I use one of the guides with the little rollers. Designed to run on stones. Work great in a belt. Takes me minuites to sharpen a set

eLuSiVeMiTe · Mar 27, 2020

brightspark said:
would make a nice soldering iron I already have one about that size. paid a tenner for it . great for tinning large arias and keeps the heat

Some is pegged for vice jaws

Gragson · Mar 27, 2020

Just back from Lidl, bit of food shopping and my usual nose for a plasma which I don't really need but they never have them, came home with these 2 which I don't really need but handy and cheap enough if you already have a load of batteries.

I think Parkside would stick an LED on a tin of beans if they made them

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/diy/parkside-20v-cordless-compressor-air-pump-set-bare-units/p30633?ar=3
https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/diy/parkside-20v-cordless-jigsaw-bare-unit/p30637?ar=3

zx9 · Mar 27, 2020

I could not resist so went outside and took a few more pictures.

A collection of planes, the one on the left is a Stanley, the middle one has plastic handles and uses disposable blades the one on the right has no name.