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Contacted the seller who sold me the two ICS magazines the other day.
Ended up replacing them for three G&G Hi Cap mags
Which are better suited for me despite my M4A1 is actually an ICS
In fact those are more flexible because they are practically compatible with everything
ICS, Classic Army, King Arms, Cybergun, G&G, they should fit Tokyo Marui too.
This is a big advantage because I can buy another replica later on and use the same mags and or share a magazine to squad members during the game
Plus I already have an identical one that came with the rifle so I have 4 identical magazines.
They'll get a number on them to recognize what's mine and what not whenever I find the right club to restart playing airsoft
The same guy does upgrades and custom builds for living, he advised me to use G&G gears because they're made out of steel so got those too
BB push rod and delayer both FPS made in Italy stuff
And a Specna Arms High Torque motor
18000RPM should be enough for my needs
Around 17 BB per second nothing extreme but at least a better motor.
Now I have other components already mostly from a Cybergun Poseidon hades (500 euro replica) and with little bit of studying and testing I should get a nice finished product.
Once I have the replica completed I can do some testing in the various airsoft fields and choose where to join depending upon the members.
Once choosen I can buy some gear like Camo suit and plate carrier to fit the squad
Ended up replacing them for three G&G Hi Cap mags
Which are better suited for me despite my M4A1 is actually an ICS
In fact those are more flexible because they are practically compatible with everything
ICS, Classic Army, King Arms, Cybergun, G&G, they should fit Tokyo Marui too.
This is a big advantage because I can buy another replica later on and use the same mags and or share a magazine to squad members during the game
Plus I already have an identical one that came with the rifle so I have 4 identical magazines.
They'll get a number on them to recognize what's mine and what not whenever I find the right club to restart playing airsoft
The same guy does upgrades and custom builds for living, he advised me to use G&G gears because they're made out of steel so got those too
BB push rod and delayer both FPS made in Italy stuff
And a Specna Arms High Torque motor
18000RPM should be enough for my needs
Around 17 BB per second nothing extreme but at least a better motor.
Now I have other components already mostly from a Cybergun Poseidon hades (500 euro replica) and with little bit of studying and testing I should get a nice finished product.
Once I have the replica completed I can do some testing in the various airsoft fields and choose where to join depending upon the members.
Once choosen I can buy some gear like Camo suit and plate carrier to fit the squad
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Mine was a great help polishing my motorhome rather than using my large mains powered polisher
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Why do you think it's been on the contemplating list for so long.I've always thought: That money could buy a *lot* of new drill bits.
However, what price can one place on convenience. End of the day, it's not like this's my fiirst unnecessary tool purchase, is it.
It's a cute little thing. Heavy for its size. 6" caliper on the bench in front of it.
A combination of ER20 & ER25 collets, so two collet chucks.
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Front loaded up with the collets.
There's a spare space on both the 20 & 25 rack, but there was also a 14mm & 15mm ER20 included in the box, (they overlap with the 25's), so I popped the ER20 14mm in the spare hole, just to fill it.
If it works as well as it looks, I'll be a happy bunny.
There's a spare space on both the 20 & 25 rack, but there was also a 14mm & 15mm ER20 included in the box, (they overlap with the 25's), so I popped the ER20 14mm in the spare hole, just to fill it.
If it works as well as it looks, I'll be a happy bunny.
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In all seriousness, that is a nice looking bit of kit, hope it works out very wellFront loaded up with the collets.
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There's a spare space on both the 20 & 25 rack, but there was also a 14mm & 15mm ER20 included in the box, (they overlap with the 25's), so I popped the ER20 14mm in the spare hole, just to fill it.
If it works as well as it looks, I'll be a happy bunny.
Lazy, but I can't get to grips with learning the hand held grinding skill.
If I had one of those, I'd be going through a lot of boxes of drills and probably become a drill sharpness pedant.
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Today has been a pretty expensive day
Started with a customer who confirmed a repair job in the morning
70 euro flying to uncle Jeff for a Bosch GBH5-38D maintenance kit
Later in the morning I've bought a 200x1.8x32mm Z180 HSS blade for my boss 75 euro to the Bay...
Then my brother asked if I could buy a Katsu thing for shaping up wood profiles
60 euro again to uncle Jeff.
Received a message from eBay.
My order has been cancelled due to damaged or not available item .
So I've got to seek for another HSS blade again 80 euro
So almost 300 gone today.
Waiting for the refund from eBay it will take days
Started with a customer who confirmed a repair job in the morning
70 euro flying to uncle Jeff for a Bosch GBH5-38D maintenance kit
Later in the morning I've bought a 200x1.8x32mm Z180 HSS blade for my boss 75 euro to the Bay...
Then my brother asked if I could buy a Katsu thing for shaping up wood profiles
60 euro again to uncle Jeff.
Received a message from eBay.
My order has been cancelled due to damaged or not available item .
So I've got to seek for another HSS blade again 80 euro
So almost 300 gone today.
Waiting for the refund from eBay it will take days
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Nor me - I just end up with shorter and shorter drill bits as I try to correct the poor job I did. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Somewhere I've got a thing that connects to a drill for sharpening, I must dig it out. I also got one of the things you can fix alongside a bench grinder, without the base, and intended to make a base using photos that someone posted on here, but as my bench grinder isn't fixed to the bench (no space for it) there's a bit to do on that one yet.
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I couldn't resist
Mitutoyo coolant proof in nice used conditions
Four dies stocks to only get the bigger one which takes 90mm dies
The other three will be sold because I already have a bunch of them
Squares, feeler gauges, thread pitch gauges, thread cutting tooling guides, drill grinding square, and a ruler.
Bosch dial indicator and magnetic base with it's original metal case
I really needed this one as I don't have any despite I own a lathe
Happy me, were not we talking about tool addiction on another thread few minutes ago
Mitutoyo coolant proof in nice used conditions
Four dies stocks to only get the bigger one which takes 90mm dies
The other three will be sold because I already have a bunch of them
Squares, feeler gauges, thread pitch gauges, thread cutting tooling guides, drill grinding square, and a ruler.
Bosch dial indicator and magnetic base with it's original metal case
I really needed this one as I don't have any despite I own a lathe
Happy me, were not we talking about tool addiction on another thread few minutes ago
You're lucky to source proper creosote. Impossible to get over here now.
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From recall I remember it is a good size, do you give it just the one coat for a refresh? If so, 6 x 25L seems a lot! - but I think you have an appendage shed for the Mrs now?
There are some comments that say it is not the same as old Creosote, but having used the same, I can't tell the difference and it performs really well.
Had face freckles and that love/hate aroma on me for months, should do more than a quarterly bath tho I guess.
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Ha ha, yes, Mrs RWD has a 12 x 6, similar construction.
I normally use about a drum and a half when I do it but this time around I need to remove the cladding from one side and the two ends to replace the membrane (I was poorly advised when I built it) so wil be saturating both sides of the cladding, which also helps with warping (bowing), so I expect I'll do a couple or 3 drums.
As for the wonderful/awful smell, I do like it but it is one of the jobs I cover up well for!
