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

[minimutly]

Box of bits from Marketplace a few goodies in there, couldnt resist for a tenner

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Interesting v block thingy there?

 

[dieselsamurai]

Interesting v block thingy there?

yeah its been machined for some purpose but will probably never know, the other V block is home made but the adjustable scribing stand is moore & wright so is the 6" square

 

[DAPPH]

Acquired a hex nut ER-32 collet holder a while ago, last night I used it for the first time, turns out it's not very concentric, I was wondering why my part was turning out so weird.... Cheap chinese crap...

I ran all of my cheap £40 collet set under new triangular Swiss files to remove all sharp edges where the slots had been milled then & lapped them in the nut & shaft using Brasso .. it made an amazing difference & was easy to see where the collets had been binding and going out of line . . I also had to carefully turn the hole in the nut from either side to put my own finished polished chamfer on the sharp edge as it had a tiny lip on the inside edge that kept catching on the collets .. the rough turned nut got all the tiny score marks take out where the collet poked through and again the sides of the hole were brasso'ed using a soft wooden rod to get the faces nice and polished . It made such a difference that I can almost hand tighten any rod or tube put in the collets , prior to the easing up I did it was a fight to even get them to start griping anything even whilst whilst using the C spanner .

 

[DennisCA]

I never had a problem with that, the cone itself and the screws look & feel well made. I can give the nut a twirl and it goes on it's own, then hand tighten it. So it did not feel like low quality. But the taper just isn't centered properly.

 

[dieselsamurai]

Saved another useful cabinet from going to the scrap yard today at work, bought the builder a coffee he thought it was a fair trade

 

[Onoff]

Saved another useful cabinet from going to the scrap yard today at work, bought the builder a coffee he thought it was a fair trade View attachment 338656

Nothing wrong with Fairtrade coffee.

 

[bigegg]

Saved another useful cabinet from going to the scrap yard today at work, bought the builder a coffee he thought it was a fair trade View attachment 338656

Should be in the "bugs me" thread, but people will pay a grand for a tool cabinet, but then scrap something like this.

 

[dieselsamurai]

Should be in the "bugs me" thread, but people will pay a grand for a tool cabinet, but then scrap something like this.

They just see them as the 'weigh it in value' there were 3 others but no room left in my van

 

[bigegg]

They just see them as the 'weigh it in value' there were 3 others but no room left in my van

Id have been quite happy to pay £30-40 each for those.

 

[Seadog]

They're a perfect size for a workshop. I'm always on the lookout for Bisley drawers with the deeper drawer. There don't seem to be so many around, at least not in reasonable distance and for a reasonable price.

 

[Maker]

They just see them as the 'weigh it in value' there were 3 others but no room left in my van

Empty the van and get back up there!

 

[Barking Mat]

Empty the van and get back up there!

Too right.

 

[bigegg]

They're a perfect size for a workshop. I'm always on the lookout for Bisley drawers with the deeper drawer. There don't seem to be so many around, at least not in reasonable distance and for a reasonable price.

me too.
I have one already - and space for another two - another four, if I could get them.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A few nice bits came my way. today.

A blast from the past.

Yes, there is about 24 matches in there.
In fact there is 32.

I recall buying similar when was a lot younger.

Dam 2 missing.

A friendset aside some bras weights for me.

A Rolls Razor

Almost complete.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A few more old items.

A Sterling 2 120 Camera.
It looks fully working, the bellows are very dry. I will rub some wax into them soon.

I found this old WW2 Bike lamp.
It is need of a lot of TLC.

The elnse is white. The knob revolves a gren lense, but it is seized.

The bulb works. The finish is original. But the switch is broken.


This Ex WD tin is well known. It was used for many fluids.
Gun oil to Meths. I am going to use it for Meths for the MOD stoves I have got.

Finaly I got another Drill round.
A bit bigger than the NATO 7.62mm drill round I got the other day

It is a Bofar 40/60 drill round. From 1953.

 

[dieselsamurai]

Too right.

I think all the draws and cabinets in my workshop were resuced from the skip or scrapyard , I do bank closesures now and again they always have good stuff

These came from an office i worked in 20 years ago they shut down they were £400 each and they were 2 years old! There was over 200 I had about 20 of them !


Bisleys are stupid money now but I always try to grab them before they get chucked

 

[MattF]

These came from an office i worked in 20 years ago they shut down they were £400 each and they were 2 years old! There was over 200 I had about 20 of them !

Some people really know how to make themselves dislikeable, (you jammy .......).

 

[Farside]

I think all the draws and cabinets in my workshop were resuced from the skip or scrapyard , I do bank closesures now and again they always have good stuff

These came from an office i worked in 20 years ago they shut down they were £400 each and they were 2 years old! There was over 200 I had about 20 of them !
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Bisleys are stupid money now but I always try to grab them before they get chucked

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You and Bob with his Lista cabs. I'm not envious. Honest.

However, I did manage to snag a couple of Bisleys a few years ago from Freegle or something, so I was happy with that. Few and far between, though.

 

[Ali]

A lot of you (ok, all of you) will laugh at this but I’ve wanted this poster for a while, I think I’ve got inch fraction dyslexia

 

[mechman]

Not today but Saturday, Another one.