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

[dobbslc]

I can't see it, is that flint?

 

[Onoff]

I can't see it, is that flint?

Yes, with what look like marine fossils in.

 

[OJCar]

Do you have any fossil chips to go with it?

(asking for a friend)

 

[sako243]

Something that's starting to look like an engine

 

[Hitch]

Acquired a new woodworking bandsaw....
Helped out a mate the other week, so he's sorted this puppy for me.

Looks to be pretty well made.

 

[Beanwood]

Today I acquired the happiest drill I have ever seen

 

[Beanwood]

Here’s the rest of it - it’s let out blue smoke of death shortly after the pop of a capacitor blowing- so either another motor or steal the column for my Meddlings

 

[Beanwood]

The OTHER things I've collected today - loads of lathe tooling, a miniature powered hacksaw (Uses half of a 12" hacksaw blade - I LOVE it), a spare 240v motor, a vernier height guage and conduit threading tool that are going to find their way onto the Freebies section shortly.

 

[Beeezer]

Saw this poking out of the ground on the way to the pub the other week, after heavy rain. Went back today and dug it out. Fish?

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Seems a tad fishy to me that does…

 

[brightspark]

Acquired a new woodworking bandsaw....
Helped out a mate the other week, so he's sorted this puppy for me.

Looks to be pretty well made.

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i got one given but its a sheppack. nothing wrong with it they just bought a bigger one 3 times the size

 

[DAPPH]

Mrs Robo called in to see her mate at her new stables and left me unattended near a skip

You can never have too much storage.

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Snap a week ago I too got three really grotty Safeway crates out of a skip , one being broken similar to yours . A bit of washing soda and fairy liquid in a bucket of hot water then into a KILLER SPRAYER e and a power washing after a three minute soaking & they look like new. I now have six such crates.

 

[DAPPH]

Today I acquired the happiest drill I have ever seen View attachment 457125

Clean out the holes of shame & weld them up . Get some one like Fizzy who is not too far away and has the right gear ( for a modest fee ?) to skim it flat again and re-mill holes where required . The table he did for his pillar drill is amazing

 

[nickk]

This supposed earth cable,despite questioning the seller it’s still wrong with too big an eye on the battery clamp,it’s even marked +ffs.
Never liked white but this cream example is acceptable,especially on my bumper and wheel rim. The thermometer is for the camper fridge.

 

[DAPPH]

Today I got not one but two light duty 600 watt small 1/4 " routers . I got the router jig for it out of my tool allowance several months ago to fit up seven replacement doors in the bungalow .

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I had purchased a light 21v battery drill from TEMU , the hand chuck on it was so gritty and difficult to tighten I complained . Temu said no need to return the drill , keep the old & drill dispose of it, we'll send you another then they asked me for the order number . Unfortunately I made an error in the order number as much of it is still the same figures as the drill order number . I'd also ordered a mini router and it was the mini router number I'd given .

So two mini routers and a light battery drill for which I've got a keyed chuck (£7 ish ) arriving tomorrow . Found out a few minutes ago there are hex adaptors to take this old chuck for a few pounds ..so I might see if I can get this crap hand chuck running smoothly them fit it to a hex adaptor as it's handy to have a quick drill change facility chuck sometimes .

 

[8ob]

This supposed earth cable,despite questioning the seller it’s still wrong with too big an eye on the battery clamp,it’s even marked +ffs.
Never liked white but this cream example is acceptable,especially on my bumper and wheel rim. The thermometer is for the camper fridge.

Could be one of those oddball multipurpose clamps Nick, some are made with enough scope to munch down on either sized post

390 × 265

 

[nickk]

Could be one of those oddball multipurpose clamps Nick, some are made with enough scope to munch down on either sized post

390 × 265

But…you won’t get much more than about 50% contact of the post surely.

 

[droopsnoot]

You can never have too much storage.

I sort-of agree, and I've been gathering up crates and stuff for ages, my recent was ten mushroom trays from a local cafe. But when I get them back to the shed and start to do something with them I always run into things that are too big, or crates that are so big that if I fill them I won't be able to move them. The mushroom trays are fine, but they're not very heavy duty so can only have quite light stuff in them.

I desperately need to tidy my shed up, but lack the space to do it. Imagine one of those tile puzzles where there's a tile missing and you have to shuffle them around to make a picture. Now imagine doing it without the missing tile. I keep seeing photos of other people's organised spaces and wishing I could motivate myself to do the same.

 

[bricol]

Create the missing tile . . . skip some of it.

If you've not used it in several years, a decade, more, then it's no use. And I know it's worth several hundred quid, but not to someone who doesn't use it. I've been getting rid of stuff and once over the initial wince as it goes over the side of the skip / in the parcel as it sold for a fiver . . . it's very therapeutic.

 

[DAPPH]

I sort-of agree, and I've been gathering up crates and stuff for ages, my recent was ten mushroom trays from a local cafe. But when I get them back to the shed and start to do something with them I always run into things that are too big, or crates that are so big that if I fill them I won't be able to move them. The mushroom trays are fine, but they're not very heavy duty so can only have quite light stuff in them.

I desperately need to tidy my shed up, but lack the space to do it. Imagine one of those tile puzzles where there's a tile missing and you have to shuffle them around to make a picture. Now imagine doing it without the missing tile. I keep seeing photos of other people's organised spaces and wishing I could motivate myself to do the same.

Sounds like you need to rationalize your gear , you appear to have , " The Magpie syndrome" . nothing used in three years , skip or scrap it unless it is very expensive & super clean . Anything not really worth repairing and selling on is also destined for scrap including several of domestic machinery motors.
I'm going through the same exercise must have a small van of scrap to weigh in , I'm surprised at the amount of old used nails rusty fasteners I've been storing for years .

 

[sako243]

A clean JCB in readiness for the engine to be lifted in.

Even the engine bay got a wash

I also had an oh **** moment, engine stand doesn't quite fit through the people door to the workshop so will need to drag the 6x6 out so that it can go out the main door.