Dieselman 63
Forklift Certified
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Arrived in the post today.
Been fed up with squinting at the smaller gauge I have so just bit the bullet and spent some dosh on a decent one. I seriously expect this one to last for decades, even if I don't. The scale is about 4" wide and it's supposedly accurate to 0.5 psi according to the test cert that came with it.
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New reading glasses from the chemist or pound shop would have been cheaper 
I like that !This followed me home. It’s a Walker Roll-a-Car floor jack rated at 5000lbs. You ratchet it up and ratchet it down. It’s a cool piece of kit!
I'm sure that will be a good read. Good luck for tomorrowChemo again tomorrow so something to keep my mind occupied
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New reading glasses from the chemist or pound shop would have been cheaper
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Precision/repeatably turning bar.What's it do/for?
What's it do/for?
Precision/repeatably turning bar.
The rollers support the material against the cutting forces, then when you retract the cutter lifts away from the material slightly so it doesn't mark/cut the material.
They're ideal for when you need to turn bar down to a precise size repeatably without worrying about deflection.
I'm considering mounting one in my CNC lathe for some parts I make, as they'll achieve a finish in a single pass without having to take multiple cuts and allowing for deflection.
Not acquired, yet, more spied for potential acquisition
I was walking down the canal with the dog, there's a new reclaim yard in town using an old mill. Well organised, big yard, usual piles of firewood, hardcore, pipes, girders etc. Then I spied this
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It was taken on a phone with telephoto from a distance then cropped so not the clearest but this looks like a Wicksteed 10-inch "Hydraulic Resistance" hacksaw - easily identified by its double vice according to lathes.co.uk You can see the dual vice at the front. its a really big lump, possibly too big for me, the yard may have acquired it for cutting up girders to size. I need some firewood, I didn't get around to splitting some of last years logs yet, so may get some firewood and have an ask
They don't seem to advertise their presence, so I have a feeling they are wholesale so will need to do some digging. I once found a fantastic reclaim yard when I needed stone slates for the barn roof. They would not let me go direct, I had to have a friendly word with a local builder to introduce me, then I got 3 crates of big slates at a great price.
Wasn't somebody after a big saw?
Cheers
Andy



