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

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Out of the items I got this week.

A chocolate bar.



Why?



Dog was adopted.
By a Small human down the road.
She loved Dog and wanted to give me something.
So using her Pocket money she got me this.

I was very happy.

 

[bigegg]

these are what u need https://www.google.co.uk/search?sou...pObqAhUQ_BQKHZfwCzkQ4dUDCAg#spf=1595607235354

Got one of those as well.

 

[brightspark]

Got one of those as well.

great in winter aren't they

 

[bigegg]

great in winter aren't they

Shatteringly so.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I got me an Errol.
Metal cast on a plastic base.
Cute.



A kind person, with a good heart sent me this.
I use this for old fashioned way of fixing tangs into wooden handles.


A Brass and steel Village hand pump.
I will be seeking help on this.



Yes. lots missing.



Errol is a wee bit tiny.

 

[DAPPH]

Best be asking Nell about that village pump , she stands by it apparently

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Best be asking Nell about that village pump , she stands by it apparently

Go away, go a long way away, then repeat.

 

[sako243]

Picked a new grinder key up from toolstation
Will be interested to see the guarantee

got to work to discover my boss had ordered the wrong flap discs...

Might I recommend you take a look at Milwaukee Fixtec Nuts?

Despite @8ob complaining Milwaukee stuff is too expensive he's ordered a big box of them and the previous time I was in Surrey he was giving them away to anyone who came into the yard he loved them so much.

Dare I say I may have swapped my 9" angry grinder over to use one as needed to change the disc in a hurry to cut through a P38 chassis and couldn't find the spanner. So some vice grips got it off and then a nut swapped in its place. Hasn't come off yet

 

[sako243]

Well they were acquired on Monday but got offloaded today at home.

First off I don't know what @eLuSiVeMiTe was complaining about the weight of the arbour press for. I had no bother lifting it off the trailer.

Slightly more complicated unload procedure due to not having a set of forks yet for the JCB (collecting on Sunday) but the little bandsaw from @Keith 66 made it home safe and sound. Interesting that it "pushes" not pulls to cut.

 

[qwakers]

today i acquired a cheap and nasty way of seeing how much power im sticking into a electrolysis tank.

shame dc clamp meters dont seem to exist... will just have to clamp the feed in to the garage and guess the conversion factor...

edit, oh and it seems my oven draws 9 amps...

 

[EddyP]

You can get DC clamp meters but they're generally a fair bit more expensive.

https://www.tester.co.uk/uni-t-ut204a-digital-clamp-meter

 

[EddyP]

Might I recommend you take a look at Milwaukee Fixtec Nuts?

Despite @8ob complaining Milwaukee stuff is too expensive he's ordered a big box of them and the previous time I was in Surrey he was giving them away to anyone who came into the yard he loved them so much.

Dare I say I may have swapped my 9" angry grinder over to use one as needed to change the disc in a hurry to cut through a P38 chassis and couldn't find the spanner. So some vice grips got it off and then a nut swapped in its place. Hasn't come off yet

I've got a cordless Milwaukee grinder and I'm not a fan of the fixtec nut, maybe I've just got weak fingers but I always find it's too tight to undo by the tiny loop, often end up with a pair of pliers on the handle.

 

[Dr.Al]

I've got a cordless Milwaukee grinder and I'm not a fan of the fixtec nut, maybe I've just got weak fingers but I always find it's too tight to undo by the tiny loop, often end up with a pair of pliers on the handle.

I've had the same experience. I ended up ditching them and going back to a traditional grinder nut.

 

[qwakers]

You can get DC clamp meters but they're generally a fair bit more expensive.

https://www.tester.co.uk/uni-t-ut204a-digital-clamp-meter

cool i genuinely couldn't find one..

and not too bad price wise too...

thanks

 

[MattF]

I use one of these on mine. It's always come off easily, (so far). The link below is just the first one I happened across.

https://eshop.wuerth-industrie.com/...nder/15435004170306.cyid/1543.cgid/en/US/EUR/

 

[Olderisbetter]

Was offered these heavy box section from a mobile hoist, should come in handy for something

 

[BarrieJ]

A drawing board T square perhaps ?

Is that a brass edge set in the workface .. if so it could have been part of a Roto Ring drawing set where the pens had open ink reservoirs at the tip end , they were a common sight in a small drawing office in the 60's & 70's the brass strip set in the straight edge stopped you making an ink bridge between the paper & the wood .
The rubbing strip on the stock leads me to thinking this

A ruling pen? They took a bit of getting used to but your point is well made about the risks of ink bleeding under your straight edge.
The arrival of the Rotring Rapidograph was much welcomed, I believe I still have a full set of both, including compasses, somewhere.
Had to virtually give away the AO draughting table, got £20 for it I think. The draughting head alone cost a small fortune.

 

[steviec_lj]

You can get DC clamp meters but they're generally a fair bit more expensive.

https://www.tester.co.uk/uni-t-ut204a-digital-clamp-meter

Quick review of one here.. Caution: Language

Although some of the stuff he comes out with is quite funny.

 

[ronan]

Was offered these heavy box section from a mobile hoist, should come in handy for something
View attachment 243256

A couple of bits of box section going across from one to the other and you'd have a handy trolley.

 

[steviec_lj]

Wife took delivery of this little lot during the week..