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

[dan.taylor.1]

A Bit more rumaging in the scrap bin..............


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10 of 10, not 7 of nine.



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Hmmmmm 10 0r 7?



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Oof Jeri Ryan...

 

[James1979]

Today I acquired an air filter for my plasma airline. This was to replace the one that popped last week. After Vulcan safety services had done an annual inspection on the compressor. And wound the output up to 150psi without saying anything.

Vulcan acquired some new words.

I have told NFU I am refusing to have them back. We will see what happens. It’s them that insist on the inspection annually.

 

[plewlandsbob]

@James1979 , went into, the local Lidl, looking for the trim clips. They never had them , but they did have ,5 , stick / tig welders. £149.99 Almost acquired one, but wife was there , fortunately or unfortunately. Never even tried tig welding or have a need for one.

 

[plewlandsbob]

Forgot the pics !

 

[James1979]

You always have the need to buy more tools

They had those welders here, as well as the basic arc ones for £50. If I wasn’t tripping over welders I thought about the £50 as a backup. Then I thought “for what??” So I left it.

Trim clips and tools a plenty here if you want some? It’s a box about 10”cubed so post might be a bigger

 

[plewlandsbob]

 

[droopsnoot]

I also went in Lidl, they had the trim clips, inverter welder, a lathe (presumably for wood) and a load of other stuff like a 2000w angle grinder which only ran at 6000rpm, which seemed low. Came away with a box of mixed nuts, as I'm starting to use metric stuff a bit more now.

 

[James1979]

That’s the third time I’ve seen those lathes. Mrs79 has been after a wood lathe for a while. All the feedback on turning forums and gaztube suggests that they are satanic contraptions ready to de limb the operator Not a single positive thing about them so I’ve left alone. She is not insured

Those selections they have are good. I always buy them and keep in the truck in case I have damaged fasteners on kit I’m working on

 

[Maker]

That’s the third time I’ve seen those lathes. Mrs79 has been after a wood lathe for a while. All the feedback on turning forums and gaztube suggests that they are satanic contraptions ready to de limb the operator Not a single positive thing about them so I’ve left alone. She is not insured

Those selections they have are good. I always buy them and keep in the truck in case I have damaged fasteners on kit I’m working on

Years ago (Before I got into metalwork and proper lathes ) I had a Sip wood lathe, totally identical to the Aldi ones, it was crap. I wouldn't say it was dangerous but it was awful to use, I don't have a nice thing to say about it, other than I sold it for more than I paid (And I bought it new ).

Wood lathes are rubbish anyway, one you've filled your house with fruit bowls, what do you do with it?

 

[roofman]

Years ago (Before I got into metalwork and proper lathes ) I had a Sip wood lathe, totally identical to the Aldi ones, it was crap. I wouldn't say it was dangerous but it was awful to use, I don't have a nice thing to say about it, other than I sold it for more than I paid (And I bought it new ).

Wood lathes are rubbish anyway, one you've filled your house with fruit bowls, what do you do with it?

spend 2 years brushing out wood shavings

 

[plewlandsbob]

Trim clips and tools a plenty here if you want some? It’s a box about 10”cubed so post might be a bigger

Taking the grandkids, to Aberdeen performance car show, tomorrow, pass another couple of lidls, so will try them . Might take you up , on your offer, if I can't find any

 

[northwest]

Wood lathes are rubbish anyway, one you've filled your house with fruit bowls, what do you do with it?

Make handles from rosewood to make small serving bells with which to summons your tea. Or a clip 'round the ear hole!

 

[Bullet2012]

Make handles from rosewood to make small serving bells with which to summons your tea. Or a clip 'round the ear hole!

Or baseball bats, rounders bats, truncheons or even roundtuits

 

[Kram]

other stuff like a 2000w angle grinder which only ran at 6000rpm

I dont think Id want a 9" to be spinning much faster!

 

[Guzrik]

Anybody ever worked with these?

Today I aquired a few

 

[arian]

That’s the third time I’ve seen those lathes. Mrs79 has been after a wood lathe for a while. All the feedback on turning forums and gaztube suggests that they are satanic contraptions ready to de limb the operator Not a single positive thing about them so I’ve left alone. She is not insured

Yep. Here's a confirmatory blog, who I only started following when I noticed his photos were hosted on Stochastic Geometry.

Lidl Parkside Lathe, part fin

So I was tidying up after the last bit of turning and was planning on starting into routing the lathe dust collection host across the ceiling and into the cyclone lid I’ll be making using a r…

www.stochasticgeometry.ie

(Anybody else remember the Desmond Bagley book where our hero spews out the word "stochastic"? )

 

[arian]

Yep. Here's a confirmatory blog, who I only started following when I noticed his photos were hosted on Stochastic Geometry.

Lidl Parkside Lathe, part fin

So I was tidying up after the last bit of turning and was planning on starting into routing the lathe dust collection host across the ceiling and into the cyclone lid I’ll be making using a r…

www.stochasticgeometry.ie

(Anybody else remember the Desmond Bagley book where our hero spews out the word "stochastic"? )

Found it.

The Tightrope Men

Our hero is being questioned at gunpoint:

‘I invented an automatic decoder,’ said Denison. A barrier broke in his mind and a wave of panic and terror swept over him. He felt sweat trickle down his chest and then deliberately pushed the panic back where it had come from—but he retained the words that had come with it.

‘It’s a stochastic process,’ he said, not even knowing what the word meant. ‘A development of the Monte Carlo method. The Russian output is repeatedly sampled and put through a series of transformations at random. Each transformation is compared with a store held in a computer memory—if a match is made a tree branching takes place leading to a further set of transformations. There are a lot of dead ends and it needs a big, fast computer—very powerful.’

The sweat poured off him. He had not understood a word of what he had said.

Glad I've cleared that up

 

[cheb]

Reminds me of the TurboEncabulator.

 

[Craig-SM]

More Milwaukee

This time a Strimmer. Total overkill for what I need but it was second hand and a good price plus I have little self control

 

[bricol]

I also went in Lidl, they had the trim clips, inverter welder, a lathe (presumably for wood) and a load of other stuff like a 2000w angle grinder which only ran at 6000rpm, which seemed low. Came away with a box of mixed nuts, as I'm starting to use metric stuff a bit more now.

Careful with the nuts/bolts - usually only grade 4.8 from such places - slightly better than a month old lump of mature cheddar in terms of strength.