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

[Kram]

Got a lidl bench drill, two lots of shelving, bench vice and screwdriver set. 146 quids.

Only had two drills on display and I got the first. The box is tiny.

 

[Shox Dr]

Another lidl stool. Ace.

I gave a little lad a quid for this bus at a car boot. Then found this, nice but poorly put together cast car. Probably made last week. I might clean it up

 

[Arc Tourist]

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I gave a little lad a quid for this bus at a car boot. …………………………...
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[Pete.]

I acquired a brace of nice chucks today. Just had to clean off a very light bit of surface rust and strip and clean the pair.

These are nice chucks. The scrolls are hardened so resist wear very well. The larger one has the steel inserts for the jaws to slide on.

 

[Shox Dr]

I acquired a brace of nice chucks today. Just had to clean off a very light bit of surface rust and strip and clean the pair.

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These are nice chucks. The scrolls are hardened so resist wear very well. The larger one has the steel inserts for the jaws to slide on.

very nice Pete. Do you have backplates.
Mind I ask?£.

 

[RichardM]

TOS are nice chucks

 

[Pete.]

very nice Pete. Do you have backplates.
Mind I ask?£.

They were on Boxford backplates. I can't use them so I'll be offering them for sale later. I paid a decent amount for the chucks (though only a fraction of new) and need to re-coup some of the outlay.

 

[Memmeddu]

I'm almost thinking to buy this as first car
Fiat 126 ,roll cage,fire extinguisher, battery kill switch ,recaro seats , Martini racing livrea,bixenon lights , FIA registered
My father is thinking to buy it for me
I have no garage I should park it outside

 

[EddyP]

A pile of bits for the mill, unfortunately the mag base for the DTI seems to be missing its knob to turn it on/off.

 

[Anguz]

A 1980s honda generator that's done no serious work at all....
Bought as a power cut set to power a dialysis machine. Sat most of its life in the corner of a garage
Not sure that i need it... but its shiney

 

[brightspark]

A 1980s honda generator that's done no serious work at all....
Bought as a power cut set to power a dialysis machine. Sat most of its life in the corner of a garage
Not sure that i need it... but its shiney
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no one ever puts what they paid for it

 

[Anguz]

no one ever puts what they paid for it

that would be a very complicated convoluted answer

 

[indy4x]

no one ever puts what they paid for it

Mine was free off the FIL

Very low hours but not as clean as that one

 

[Country Joe]

I'm almost thinking to buy this as first car
Fiat 126 ,roll cage,fire extinguisher, battery kill switch ,recaro seats , Martini racing livrea,bixenon lights , FIA registered
My father is thinking to buy it for me
I have no garage I should park it outside

You should have gone for the A4 avant you mentioned earlier!

The first time you've got to deal with moving any tools (or anything else) around, it'll be a nigtmare.
Besides, you must see Fiats like that every few minutes where you live!

Both would be best, though!

All the Best,
CJ

 

[DAPPH]

The standardisation of the metre was originally defined in 1889 with a platinum/iridium "standard metre" reference: much more accurate than the yard standards (which, at the time the metre was standardised, were shrinking every year due to the manufacturing methods of the standard).

What has changed over the years is moving from a reference sample (which is inherently subject to changes as materials move) to the distance light travels in a vacuum in a certain amount of time (a universal physical constant that is the same everywhere in the universe). That was adopted in 1983, so a bit more than 8 years ago (there was also an interim standard from 1960 to 1983 that was based on wavelengths of light in krypton-86).



In 1834 the parliament building burnt down. Inside the parliament building was the reference yard that defined how long a yard was. That was the one that every yard was compared to in order to check that they were right. The reference yard melted and for 21 years, no-one really knew how long a yard was. It was redefined based on copies of the original yard, but (to silly levels of precision), it was probably very slightly different to the original one.

The yard was finally properly standardised (via the inch) in 1930 when the inch was defined as being exactly 25.4 mm and therefore it is as accurate a measure as the metre, on which it is based. If there is any measurement errors inherent in the metre, they are present in the inch as well.

Being exactly 25.4 mm ...what an odd measurement , some twerp has converted an inch to metric surely .

 

[Dr.Al]

Being exactly 25.4 mm ...what an odd measurement , some twerp has converted an inch to metric surely .

At the time of standardisation, the UK inch was 25.399977 mm and the US inch was 25.4000508 mm (albeit measured at slightly different temperatures). The UK one was based on a prototype yard whereas the American one was based on a different metric conversion: 1 m being 39.37 inches.

25.4 mm was an approximation chosen by Carl Johansson (inventor of gauge blocks) and as his "jo blocks" had became so popular, his definition had become the de facto standard even though it differed (by a few parts-per-million) from the official standards.

Anyway, the end result is that if anyone tells you that imperial is more accurate† than metric (or vice versa for that matter), they're wrong. If anyone tells you that imperial was ever more accurate† than metric, they're still wrong, but metric was more accurate† than imperial until 1930 (or up to 1935 depending on country).

† by "accurate" here, I mean precisely defined

 

[Maker]

I acquired some hot sweet LED light!

Only temporary, we bought it to go in the shed (If I ever finish it ) but I put a bit of flex on it and hung it above my lathe with nylon webbing to check it doesn't strobe or anything - all good, and much brighter, lower energy and turns on faster than the old fluorescent fitting. When it goes in the shed we'll order a couple more for the garage.

 

[Tupers]

I found a 3 foot Edwards guillotine and slip roll for sale locally and got a bead roller and a cool old kids bike once I got there. Now I just need a Pullmax and I’ll be all set!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A few fittings.
Nothing special.
But the RHS 90deg Bend. The female end is standard.
The male end has been turned to fit a non standard thread.

 

[DAPPH]

At the time of standardisation, the UK inch was 25.399977 mm and the US inch was 25.4000508 mm (albeit measured at slightly different temperatures). The UK one was based on a prototype yard whereas the American one was based on a different metric conversion: 1 m being 39.37 inches.

25.4 mm was an approximation chosen by Carl Johansson (inventor of gauge blocks) and as his "jo blocks" had became so popular, his definition had become the de facto standard even though it differed (by a few parts-per-million) from the official standards.

Anyway, the end result is that if anyone tells you that imperial is more accurate† than metric (or vice versa for that matter), they're wrong. If anyone tells you that imperial was ever more accurate† than metric, they're still wrong, but metric was more accurate† than imperial until 1930 (or up to 1935 depending on country).

† by "accurate" here, I mean precisely defined

I like your comments .. I was taking the micky when I made the post .

One thing comes to mind just how big a back pocket & wallet would you need to have the ability to measure to 0.000000000000010 of a metre now it's been officially defined ?