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4 spot weld drill bits 6mm
+2 in 8mm size
Bought those for the 126p
An Harris style torch, branded president, now I don't know anything about this brand if it's any good or not but I've bought it just because it comes with a a rivet cutting/gouging tip
20£
Oxy propane only torch
+2 in 8mm size
Bought those for the 126p
An Harris style torch, branded president, now I don't know anything about this brand if it's any good or not but I've bought it just because it comes with a a rivet cutting/gouging tip
20£
Oxy propane only torch
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My garage clear out continues and whilst I have been good and re homed a good few things I ended up treating myself to one of these tonight. Will be ready to collect in Screwfix next week here in NI
Being the 1/2 impact version and the largest angle wrench Milwaukee do - it should have enough power for brake jobs etc which is what I'm looking this one for. That and torque converter & bell housing bolts should speed things up a little on my weekend Mercedes projects.
Being the 1/2 impact version and the largest angle wrench Milwaukee do - it should have enough power for brake jobs etc which is what I'm looking this one for. That and torque converter & bell housing bolts should speed things up a little on my weekend Mercedes projects.
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Thanks to @cheb I now have a lovely henry hoover for the workshop wish id got one years ago
Then spotted this on Gumtree for a fiver and couldnt resist , i bought it for the power take off i was going to fit it to my big mobile dust extractor for the table saw and planner but its only rated to 1500w . If i cant upgrade the relay i'll keep it as it takes the same filter as my other shop vac so now have 3 !
At my mates yard yesterday and a guy in the Pikey place next door is selling these for a fiver so upgrading my cyclone dust collector to this
Then spotted this on Gumtree for a fiver and couldnt resist , i bought it for the power take off i was going to fit it to my big mobile dust extractor for the table saw and planner but its only rated to 1500w . If i cant upgrade the relay i'll keep it as it takes the same filter as my other shop vac so now have 3 !
At my mates yard yesterday and a guy in the Pikey place next door is selling these for a fiver so upgrading my cyclone dust collector to this
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Great cheers for that , yeah i bet if it imploded would be a bugger to get into shape !
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Lots today, some more items expected..
Compression tester as recommended on here from LSE. Looks good, although " suits all plug types" does not appear to include 10mm for small engines. I can make an adaptor.
Zoro is mostly gloves. The orange are too thick and loose fitting to be useful, yellow very warm, purple are thin and fully coated/waterproof.
Alu cut carbide burr. Looks more like an endmill to me, I expect it will end badly.
Baby 4 jaw centering Sanou K02-50 chuck. This was an amazon "used", reduced from £70 to £12. Its very smooth and seems well made, cant wait to try it but the shed is a mess, cant get to lathe.
M8 ISO clutched tapping collet
6 jaw adjustable socket/chuck
Amazon mini belt sander for angle grinder attachement.
Compression tester as recommended on here from LSE. Looks good, although " suits all plug types" does not appear to include 10mm for small engines. I can make an adaptor.
Zoro is mostly gloves. The orange are too thick and loose fitting to be useful, yellow very warm, purple are thin and fully coated/waterproof.
Alu cut carbide burr. Looks more like an endmill to me, I expect it will end badly.
Baby 4 jaw centering Sanou K02-50 chuck. This was an amazon "used", reduced from £70 to £12. Its very smooth and seems well made, cant wait to try it but the shed is a mess, cant get to lathe.
M8 ISO clutched tapping collet
6 jaw adjustable socket/chuck
Amazon mini belt sander for angle grinder attachement.
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I've the same tester, it's one Husqvarna supply (note the 9 digit part number beginning with 5) which considering a fair few of their machines use a 10mm plug it's daft it doesn't come with an adapter!
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I got myself a late Christmas present.
Not a bad little welder, some set up issues with the gas connection and no plug, lucky I'm a sparky!
Had a very quick play with it in mig mode .9mm wire 4mmx30mm strip of steel and it was spot on, got quite a lot of spatter to start with, I need to play with it more tomorrow and get use to the settings!
And if I can find my stash of rods try it in arc mode too!
Can't test the tig side as it doesn't come with a torch and I've never tried tig welding.
Something I must try!
Sy
Not a bad little welder, some set up issues with the gas connection and no plug, lucky I'm a sparky!
Had a very quick play with it in mig mode .9mm wire 4mmx30mm strip of steel and it was spot on, got quite a lot of spatter to start with, I need to play with it more tomorrow and get use to the settings!
And if I can find my stash of rods try it in arc mode too!
Can't test the tig side as it doesn't come with a torch and I've never tried tig welding.
Something I must try!
Sy
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Good haul!, that mini belt sander type attachment things are seriously crap IME, really not even worth the hassle of setting up.
For a mini these are good & controlable belt and take bugger all space, find I use it a lot for quick little jobs.
Probably 5x cost of the attachment thing, but ended up binning the one I had as it was such a faff and rubbish.
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I've got the Topdon BT100, just the cheapy basic one without the printer - seems like a good bit of kit.
Their battery chargers seem decent too. Check out their store on ebay as they often run promo code discounts.
Their battery chargers seem decent too. Check out their store on ebay as they often run promo code discounts.
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Yes Im surpised theres no note in the listing. I cant see any adaptors for sale so will make one. The issue is I need to either set lathe for screw cutting or buy another tap.
Hmm in what way? It appears reasonably well made with a good fit and finish to the parts.
What type did you have? I saw there are smaller things with a weak dc motor.
I can imagine not wanting the noise of an angle grinder as the main issue with it. I didnt try it today, I'll set it up tomorrow.
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This is my SIP AC DC Tig. An older model but a fantastic machine
Yes, definitely get onto Tig. Very useful process, very precise clean welding and zero spatter. I use TIG more than MIG now for alot of general tinkering. You will need a pure Argon bottle for Tig so bear that in mind cost wise.
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I have a coolant refill coming up on a vehicle which is notorious for being somewhat of a pig to bleed manually.
So I thought I'd invest in one of these vacuum filler jobbies. I didn't want to punt for one of the expensive ones so thought I'd try an eBay special.
It seems they come in a million different flavours with some of the really cheap ones looking quite nasty with plastic bodies and gauges.
This one seems fairly solid, and looks to have a better ball valve and gauge, almost identical to the Sealey or Laser units, but 25% of the price.
A quick test shows it pulls and holds a vacuum, and does seem to fill a bottle, so presumably it will do the job.
I think I will modify it to include a ball valve in the fill tube so you can purge the air before filling.
I toyed with the idea of making one as they are pretty basic, but honestly struggled to find even the gauge and valve for the price.
Hard to beat this cheap chinese stuff sometimes.
So I thought I'd invest in one of these vacuum filler jobbies. I didn't want to punt for one of the expensive ones so thought I'd try an eBay special.
It seems they come in a million different flavours with some of the really cheap ones looking quite nasty with plastic bodies and gauges.
This one seems fairly solid, and looks to have a better ball valve and gauge, almost identical to the Sealey or Laser units, but 25% of the price.
A quick test shows it pulls and holds a vacuum, and does seem to fill a bottle, so presumably it will do the job.
I think I will modify it to include a ball valve in the fill tube so you can purge the air before filling.
I toyed with the idea of making one as they are pretty basic, but honestly struggled to find even the gauge and valve for the price.
Hard to beat this cheap chinese stuff sometimes.
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I have a similar Chinese kit and it's very good to be fair. I use it for any coolant refill including up to my V12 S600 and it works a treat.
The only cheap kit I have yet to have any luck on is a decent coolant pressure test kit. I have returned a couple of them before as the caps etc leaked out of the box. These were in the higher price bracket from amazon too. I am thinking of Sykes Picavant now if I can get the Mercedes cap adaptors OK.
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