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

[bricol]

New addition to the garage, suppose I could call it a happy birthday present to myself!

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A 50’s (I estimate) Woodhouse and Mitchell junior with the 6” bed, optional cabinet base and L0 long nose chuck mount. Happy is an understatement considering the price, despite the patina it’s in very good mechanical condition and as a bonus had a large single phase motor installed some years ago. Makes the lights dim in the garage
To call moving it into position “difficult” is the understatement of the year. Weighing in at a literal ton it was more difficult than I’d envisaged but it placed so as long as we don’t move house any time soon it should be fine! Just need to get some metric change wheels which I’ll likely make and a 12” faceplate to complete it

Those Aldi pry-bars come in very handy, don't they?

Glad to see I'm not the only one to use a car trailer for lathe moves - mine doesn't have an infill panels, so you can jack a lathe up, roll the trailer under it as far as possible, jack the lathe up again in-between trailer cross-members, roll the trailer back under it a bit more, until its fully on.

It was easier getting it off with a fork-lift and some decent straps though

 

[Danez]

OK this wasn't today, it was Friday, its a surface pro 4 with an i7 and 16gb ram, used but good nick for a good price. Its a revelation. All the power of a good laptop, and all the convenience of a tablet. The keyboard itself and the magnetic attachment design is superb. I get why they cost so much brand new!

I've got it all set up with onedrive for work stuff, dropbox for pictures, solidworks, and just about to see if it can handle some games

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+1 for surface computers

I'm still using my surface pro 2 i bought years ago and it's not let me down!

 

[Rrobson]

Those Aldi pry-bars come in very handy, don't they?

Glad to see I'm not the only one to use a car trailer for lathe moves - mine doesn't have an infill panels, so you can jack a lathe up, roll the trailer under it as far as possible, jack the lathe up again in-between trailer cross-members, roll the trailer back under it a bit more, until its fully on.

It was easier getting it off with a fork-lift and some decent straps though

Haha yes they do! Although I had to jack it up, couldn’t find my bigger bars and no chance lifting it with anything else. I could have done with a forklift, would have been a different unloading experience...

this trailer didn’t have anything in the middle when I got it, I put scaffold boards and screwed some 3mm ally checker plate to it so it’s useful as a flat bed. Moved house and everything with the trailer, a very useful asset.

just had the lathe spinning, half a thou discrepancy over four inches but the removal bed section isn’t quite down so a good clean and re-seat and I recon it’ll be sound. Not bad for a 70 year old and in the most worn area (generally speaking)! Absolutely chuffed
And excuse the poor centre height, I picked up the first tool and piece of scrap I could find...

even the chart aligns with the feeds! Set to cut 8tpi

 

[Kram]

Last month I ordered a couple of A2P3 filters and a full face mask from Zoro on back order. One of the filters arrived. Not only the wrong type, its 6 years out of date

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Zoro have generally been very good so I gave them another chance and ordered two more filters. Today a suprise package arrived, I had forgotten about them.

Inside a *really* scruffy old box, two more of the wrong, Pro2 filters, and both expiry dates 06/2015
Phoned customer services and Im sure they will sort it or refund tho Im not convinced they can get the correct ones.

 

[EM1L4]

I may have got a bit excited by an ebay money off voucher after a few beers It’s gonna be a kitchen island, even my Mrs approves so got lucky there! (Plan B was to go into my workshop so no difference really) i’m going to sort a wider top out so it can take the induction hob

72” Stainless, got it for a good price…

 

[Jan-DIY]

What a bloody mess over here.
Now got about 10kg of mostly unknown silver alloy here. Will never use them all till the rest of my life but I need to have them because of my passion.
There is a need for a second clean out here.
Silver is also bottom out now so it is maybe the best time to get something of it out here.

 

[roofman]

Got something that will make my life easier and that's what buying tools is about...my old 18V snap-On impact is looking its age after many many years good service, so without crying over the price the logical choice out there is this bad boy

Then another really handy bit of kit working on bikes as i seem to do more as i get older is this Induction gun,great for removing studs and bolts without flame damage to the bikes frames and parts

 

[Kram]

I dont need more boring bars. However this set of three, the pic showed the bar has laser etched depth graduations. I expect the inserts will be rubbish but I have plenty of good. Only the biggest bar was graduated.

My phones rear camera broken again, so back to badly focused front camera pics..

 

[DennisCA]

A robot lawn mower, after the gearbox in my walk behind mower literally melted (it's now a push mower) we decided it's now time for a robot mower.

 

[Hood]

A quick change tool post for the big lathe. Just need to follow up on some leads for original tool holders. Failing that, it’s an order going to Create tools in Wuhan….

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Here you go, just need some capto tools and you will be all the road

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[Hood]

I saw that already

Shame the decimal point is too far to the right If it had been £160 I would have bought it to butcher and bodge to a wedge holder

 

[Brad93]

A quick change tool post for the big lathe. Just need to follow up on some leads for original tool holders. Failing that, it’s an order going to Create tools in Wuhan….

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I can’t get hold of Nina. Let me know if you hear back

 

[dan.taylor.1]

This lot off ebay from a guy a few miles away for the sun of £23. There's probably several hundred quids worth new, and most of it is new or barely used.

 

[Brad93]

This lot off ebay from a guy a few miles away for the sun of £23. There's probably several hundred quids worth new, and most of it is new or barely used.

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Missed that! Nice haul

 

[Brad93]

This lot off ebay from a guy a few miles away for the sun of £23. There's probably several hundred quids worth new, and most of it is new or barely used.

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Was it mislisted?

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Was it mislisted?

Nope. He thought he'd put a reserve on of 40, but just let it run when he realised he hadn't. I've had bits off him before, think he's just clearing his toolboxes and wants rid. Think he said he's sorted most of it now, shame I didn't find him sooner or I'd have bypassed ebay and bought off him direct save the fees.

 

[Hood]

Today I acquired a broken Chiron, heard a clunk and spindle stopped, went to look and it said it had lost ethernet communication. Looked in the electrical cabinet and no LEDs on the control. Tested the supply voltage and it was fine so it must be the control has crapped out. I have a spare so I will fit that tomorrow, it will only take a few minutes.

 

[4String.]

As a result of being bored thanks to the London folk keeping me waiting half the day to unload I've acquired a load of 4 way stretch carpet for lining the inside of my van and a swivelling base for the passenger seat, (not the right one sadly, it's for a VW T4 and needs modifying slightly so I might have to pick @slim_boy_fat 's brains about that), and a multi pack of clear safety specs to keep the H&S fiends happy.

I have some tinted safety glasses in the cab but every time I put them on I get besieged by fit women who think I'm George Clooney .

 

[Hood]

As a result of being bored thanks to the London folk keeping me waiting half the day to unload I've acquired a load of 4 way stretch carpet for lining the inside of my van and a swivelling base for the passenger seat, (not the right one sadly, it's for a VW T4 and needs modifying slightly so I might have to pick @slim_boy_fat 's brains about that), and a multi pack of clear safety specs to keep the H&S fiends happy.

I have some tinted safety glasses in the cab but every time I put them on I get besieged by fit women who think I'm George Clooney .

That seems to be strong stuff you are on

 

[4String.]

That seems to be strong stuff you are on

Seriously, I don't think it's right that I should be as good looking as I am but if my rugged chiselled features brighten the day for a lot of women, and disturbingly enough the occasional man , who am I to complain .

Not long after I moved in with OH she asked if she could borrow some money so I gave her my wallet and the 4 padlock keys while I retrieved the number of the combination lock. By the time she'd sorted all the locks the time lock had opened so she got a couple of fivers out, the big white ones the size of the Daily Telegraph, and after putting all the moths back in she came across a passport photo of me in one of the pockets. She asked what it was for and her face was a picture when I told her I carry it in case I can't find a mirror.

And I'm not joking