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

[Bullet2012]

Completed the acquisition today, a few weeks ago I got a 1936 Esso petrol can with a shell cap at a good price as the cap didn't match the can, kept watching Ebay and a 1930 Shell can came up with an Esso cap, arrived this morning so all I have to do is swap the caps

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Robotstar5 aka Henry Coles

 

[bricol]

Completed the acquisition today, a few weeks ago I got a 1936 Esso petrol can with a shell cap at a good price as the cap didn't match the can, kept watching Ebay and a 1930 Shell can came up with an Esso cap, arrived this morning so all I have to do is swap the caps

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Should have said - I think I have some spare caps.

I only just sold the Shell/National Bensole, Esso and BP cans I last used to carry fuel in the 1990s - £30 for all three, with correct caps. Were of course my dads - dates from the 20's I think, all still fuel tight if a little second hand looking on the outside.

 

[Kram]

In Aldi yesterday, I saw some 12v heated car seats, £8 each, two left, and now none left
Tried it on the way home, unsure if it were working, or just not very hot.

I got some led lights. Small and atleast 2h life on high. Intend to fit one on my welding lid.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0D9LQRCWN

I will stick this under the boot shelf in my car

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CRVQ7BBX

 

[JOEPRO]

Having went through many of the cheap workmate type portable work tables I just ordered one of these:

https://amzn.eu/d/67L9s5z

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There are 10% off codes on at the moment too so it cost me £125 inc delivery.

Seems to be heavy duty, well made and in wheels. I will have it Friday week and report back if anyone interested. Comes with power rail etc. I will get a metal cap made for it to protect it. Drop on type thing then when I know I won't have high potential for damage I'll use it as wood finish. It almost looks too nice to use in a garage!

Will be great for soldering etc too with a padded seat.

I received this work bench today. Got it assembled, easy enough. Tip is to leave the table top in the box facing down. Attach legs then stand it up in one go.

I am 6'3 and like tall benches. I set this one to max and it is a really good height for me. Feels sturdy - solid 1 inch wood top and power plugs, USB A's on there. The box section has a bit of gravity to it and well finished.



The top is very nearly too nice to use! But I bought it as a workbench after all so I will use it I will also get a metal "cap" folded for it. Say in 2mm mild steel. With felt stickie pads to create an air gap between it and the solid wood top. Then I could also use it for light welding tasks.

 

[JOEPRO]

A stainless 8L fuel tank for my diesel heater. £17 delivered from ebay

 

[Kram]

Hand warmers, they were sent RM24 so arrived much sooner than expected.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Value-Pack-Strider-warmers-refill/dp/B01NAGJG1Y

Would have preffered the red colour as pictured. I remember these are best in a small cloth bag to prevent accidental opening, which they didnt come with.

 

[Blobber]

Hand warmers, they were sent RM24 so arrived much sooner than expected.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Value-Pack-Strider-warmers-refill/dp/B01NAGJG1Y

Would have preffered the red colour as pictured. I remember these are best in a small cloth bag to prevent accidental opening, which they didnt come with.
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I didnt know you could still buy them! had one in my youth

 

[Kram]

I haven't tried it yet, I hope they are as good as I remember - I was about 10 at time, we had one for fishing.

 

[8ob]

Today I acquired a few oddsnsodds.

Noisey spark making saw with a stack of disks.

Some decent casters

A battery switch for the truck jumpleads, can switch between 12v and 24v

Some nearly decent insulated croc clips.

Welding cap,new earth clamp and a chipping hammer.

 

[bricol]

A stainless 8L fuel tank for my diesel heater. £17 delivered from ebay

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Now that's a novel use for a bain marie container

 

[500e]

Have clamps got a decent flexi link between the 2 parts

 

[Cheesie]

A stainless 8L fuel tank for my diesel heater. £17 delivered from ebay

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It would Cost me more to buy the filler neck

 

[sparkysy]

I haven't tried it yet, I hope they are as good as I remember - I was about 10 at time, we had one for fishing.

They are still excellent, I have a red one of old times and a new one the same as yours.

The one bad thing is the fuel sticks, the newer glittery ones seem to keep going out and need relighting.
The old pure charcoal ones were far superior and I never had one go out after it was ignited.

 

[jimbo84]

Hand warmers, they were sent RM24 so arrived much sooner than expected.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Value-Pack-Strider-warmers-refill/dp/B01NAGJG1Y

Would have preffered the red colour as pictured. I remember these are best in a small cloth bag to prevent accidental opening, which they didnt come with.
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They’re the same as the ones I have, not used them much but the clips did feel decent on mine. An elastic band, hair bobble or similar should be enough as an additional belt and braces against them opening.

 

[Kram]

Yes the clip is secure but my concern is, I could quite easily press the spring loaded opening button by accident with bad results.
I had an idea that instead of a pouch to keep it inside my spare pair of gloves and it will keep them nicely preheated.

The one bad thing is the fuel sticks, the newer glittery ones seem to keep going out and need relighting.
The old pure charcoal ones were far superior and I never had one go out after it was ignited.

I'm not sure, they behave as I remember. Easy to get the end glowing red but if you put straight in, the heat will be sucked out. Lighting with blowtorch, first heat the whole stick without lighting, then get the end glowing and blow untill 15mm is red., put it in the case and hold it open just a crack and keep blowing it. That seemed to keep it lit but possibly wastes some duration.

The charcoal sticks are expensive so I may play at making my own or, repurposing some smokeless coals by cutting to shape and gluing together. I have a whole bag of coals to use up.

 

[4String.]

Need some more storage on the wagon for those "not used very often" things that can live under the sleeper cab, so OH acquired these from the bread tray mountain at the food bank where she volunteers:



Picked up a couple of 50 tray storage boxes for the workshop so I can carry on tidying up all the nuts and bolts and such like. No more fiddling with my small parts :



Which should tidy up the awkward corner and let me get rid of those flat parts box things which I've never got on with. Invariably what I need is in the box on the bottom...



And hopefully end up with 3 like this, all sorted and labelled:



71 trays of assorted nuts, bolts, washers, crimp connectors, fuses, heat shrink, jubilee clips, springs, roll pins, pop rivets, and other stuff later, just need to label the trays and put them in some sort of order:

 

[Onoff]

This:

 

[Memmeddu]

-150 euro for a big hole in my Land
It's meant to become a mechanic pit for my shop
I've finally got a start in the building process.
Unfortunately not in the place I wanted to be but it's a compromise let's say...
Anyways I now have to buy concrete and blocks to build the pit floor and walls.
Being the shop inside dimensions 6x3 meter the pit finished dimensions will be 80cm wide x 1.8 to 2 meters long and 1.5 meters deep.
Again a compromise but I can lift the car up a bit and I'm not going to use it for big jobs.
Leaving enough space for moving around and not have to work with my arms extremely over my chest high (I'm not very strong and I have difficult to apply a lot of force having the arms at an higher level).
The width is dictated by the 126p Wich is only 1.3 meters wide and wheels at probably 1.2 meters I couldn't really go wider than 80cm to avoid to load the car weight over the blocks walls
Final length it's a compromise to because I want to save floor space for the actual workshop area because it's already small but I can work around during the organization process to find an efficient space management.
No pics yet unfortunately but I've got another used Lego set I've just finished to assemble

The dump truck on the right.
Both the "caterpillar" and the dump truck are actually big sets from Minifigures prospective.

 

[JOEPRO]

This 1/2 stubby CP air impact, joins my other larger CP impact which is a bit of a beast

 

[Onoff]

I thought the base of the bench shear was a big lump of timber sleeper from the seller's picture. Nope, a handy little chunk of RHS with a bit of plate welded to it: