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

[oldbikedavey]

Five handy Whitworth spanners, three boxes of nitrile gloves, a copy of 'Cams, Design, Dynamics,and Accuracy', by Harold A. Rothbart , and a Gold Star breather peg replacement job.
The cam design book was bought for a fiver, so that was a bit of a rescue item, really.
Fascinating nonetheless......
Twenty five sovs for the lot.......
Even got some photos of a Black and Decker FE rocker re-radiusing setup to copy back on to my machine.....

 

[Welderpaul]

Today I acquired a door-shaped hole in my house. Our house steps down, so out of the side of my office is the roof space of the single story bit. Handily, floor levels will run through nicely and it's a reasonably high loft.

The house is made of fluffy blocks so they can be quite easily cut with a handsaw rather than having to resort to a stihl saw
I'll take the outer skin out tomorrow then start getting some joinery work underway joisting the floor and beefing up the rafters.

 

[droopsnoot]

I am in shock.
I was just woken up, by a knocking on my door.

I threw some clothes on, to find an official person who handed me a letter.

The company I worked for has gone bust.

That's awful news for you. You'd think they might at least have had the courtesy to wait until a decent hour.

 

[Memmeddu]

10 minutes ago I was extremely happy and excited to come here and share with you my latest bargain but unfortunately the order has been cancelled for no apparent reason
Asked the guy why but I've not received an answer yet
Anyways here it was

20 euro

I'm pretty sad now.

 

[E T]

Not today, but traded in the Suzuki Liana on this nice SX4. picked it up friday.
The Liana was getting a bit worse for wear. Too much needed doing for the MOT.
It's got the same M16 engine as the Liana. Nice engines and virtually bulletproof.

And it's 4x4. I'm going back to my LandRover days. Next thing will be a 4" lift and big mud tyres.

 

[minimutly]

Sexy....

 

[Memmeddu]

Days of expenses
My car needs new CV joints, not willing to get dirty or at least not extremely dirty...
I've bought a pair of complete ridex axles on autodoc for 180 euro

So it'll be just a matter of taking them out,
Replace the oil seals on the gearbox, change oil and putting the new ones in.
Otherwise I should have done all that plus rebuilding the ones installed wich is cheaper but really not the most pleasant job to do as you have to cut the joint to take out the balls release the retaining ring put the new one, grease new boot and oetikers and again on the other side cut the tripoids and repeat.
It would be already enough hard to remove the axle from the wheel hub and because of that I'm kinda thinking about getting a 15 tons hydraulic puller on Amazon.

Went to buy gloves at my local tecnomat (like the Home Depot to get the idea)
I was initially thinking about getting an 1/2" 36mm socket to remove the hub nut with my DTW700 clone because the 3/4" impact is still knock out.
But I've seen adapters nearby and got those instead because it may be not 36mm but 34 or 38 and having them in 3/4" already, I've preferred to get those adapters
Yato 3/4" to 1/2", 1/2" to 3/4", 3/8" to 1/2" I should have bought the 1/2" to 3/8" but once arrived to the cashier we discovered it lost its label so I left it there.

Leather gloves
No history behind those I just eat them.

Coolant for my little Punto, at least till I get the axles sorted and I'll take the chance to finally replace the radiator which leaks.
And silicone oil for my GBB airsoft Beretta.

moving on AliExpress I've got those boots Wich had good reviews and they were not ridiculous cheap nor expensive.

And a spring loaded M67 Granade replica since the airsoft field rules don't allows pyrotechnics so no tag in nades.
I've had an empty pouch on my belt so don't judge me

 

[Turbo]

Days of expenses
My car needs new CV joints, not willing to get dirty or at least not extremely dirty...
I've bought a pair of complete ridex axles on autodoc for 180 euro
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So it'll be just a matter of taking them out,
Replace the oil seals on the gearbox, change oil and putting the new ones in.
Otherwise I should have done all that plus rebuilding the ones installed wich is cheaper but really not the most pleasant job to do as you have to cut the joint to take out the balls release the retaining ring put the new one, grease new boot and oetikers and again on the other side cut the tripoids and repeat.
It would be already enough hard to remove the axle from the wheel hub and because of that I'm kinda thinking about getting a 15 tons hydraulic puller on Amazon.
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Went to buy gloves at my local tecnomat (like the Home Depot to get the idea)
I was initially thinking about getting an 1/2" 36mm socket to remove the hub nut with my DTW700 clone because the 3/4" impact is still knock out.
But I've seen adapters nearby and got those instead because it may be not 36mm but 34 or 38 and having them in 3/4" already, I've preferred to get those adapters
Yato 3/4" to 1/2", 1/2" to 3/4", 3/8" to 1/2" I should have bought the 1/2" to 3/8" but once arrived to the cashier we discovered it lost its label so I left it there.
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Leather gloves
No history behind those I just eat them.
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Coolant for my little Punto, at least till I get the axles sorted and I'll take the chance to finally replace the radiator which leaks.
And silicone oil for my GBB airsoft Beretta.
View attachment 505280moving on AliExpress I've got those boots Wich had good reviews and they were not ridiculous cheap nor expensive.
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And a spring loaded M67 Granade replica since the airsoft field rules don't allows pyrotechnics so no tag in nades.
I've had an empty pouch on my belt so don't judge me

That Ridex stuff has a reputation of poor quality.
I would suggest rebuilding your existing shafts using quality components. Its a messy job but at least you know it is done well.

 

[Memmeddu]

That Ridex stuff has a reputation of poor quality.
I would suggest rebuilding your existing shafts using quality components. Its a messy job but at least you know it is done well.

I don't really have the time.
I'm waiting for ferragosto holidays to get it done and if they last another 2 years I'm happy with that
I was thinking about SKF but they would cost me at least 400 euro

 

[Memmeddu]

I was looking at this for about a month but the seller eventually lowered the price to 35 euro and it was the time to buy it

Mitutoyo digimatic internal (groves and threads) caliper
A nice bargain if it works .

A little toolbox to have tools in my trunk without having to take from elsewhere

Few sockets and other tools included

Along with spanners and a grease gun.
Paid 15 euro for the entire lot, I've had a look at the grease gun on this morning when I went to buy the previous post stuff and it was 15 euro alone

 

[Robotstar5]

I've got too many insulated crimps, but needed some uninsulated crimps so found these on Amazon for just under £8 and delivered in 6 hours! talk about service.

 

[qwakers]

some upgrades are happening to the race lorry...........

first delivery.

the box (Matryoshka style...)

the box in the box

the item inside the box in the box.

and the box with the rest of it.

this is going to be expensive.....

 

[brewdexta]

A 20 litre bottle SGS of 5% argoshield gas. £85 for the refill including VAT. I'm not sure if that is good or bad, last one was a few years ago and the factors I go to has changed hands.

 

[RWD3M]

A 20 litre bottle SGS of 5% argoshield gas. £85 for the refill including VAT. I'm not sure if that is good or bad, last one was a few years ago and the factors I go to has changed hands.

That's probably about right. I just paid £90 for a 20 ltr of pure argon from SGS through my local MPD. Oh, plus the Vodka and Tonic of course!

 

[Bki26]

10 minutes ago I was extremely happy and excited to come here and share with you my latest bargain but unfortunately the order has been cancelled for no apparent reason
Asked the guy why but I've not received an answer yet
Anyways here it was
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20 euro

I'm pretty sad now.

Probably cancelled as didn't get the amount he wanted and cheaped out so didn't set a reserve, see if he relists but you might as well report to ebay as its against TOS to cancel just because you wanted more.

I've got too many insulated crimps, but needed some uninsulated crimps so found these on Amazon for just under £8 and delivered in 6 hours! talk about service.

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I just pull the insulated section off if I don't want it lol

 

[Robotstar5]

I just pull the insulated section off if I don't want it lol

I've done the same in the past, but you lose the cable insulation support, plus I want this job to look "factory finish"

 

[Bki26]

finished cutting down 320 of the shoulder bolts and made some driveless grub screws, would definitely fit in on this board might try and slot them with the dremel as could be handy having a load of m5x4mm grubs.

 

[Dapph2]

some upgrades are happening to the race lorry...........

first delivery.

the box (Matryoshka style...)

the box in the box

the item inside the box in the box.

and the box with the rest of it.

this is going to be expensive.....

DHL managed to ram a fork lift tine right through the well packed Prusa 3D printer that Joe sent me from Poland (early days of Prusa ).

So much stuff was bent , scraped or down right wrecked that after I sent him photos of the damage he sent me the return labels , paid for it to go back & when he got it , sent me another brand new printer ..this time with two packets of gummi bears inside.

 

[Bki26]

Received a spare parting blade as ordered one before I went with the grinder in the toolpost method, annoyingly the bevels that hold it in the holder are not ground despite the listing image showing it

Oh well time to 3d print a jig to hold it and fire up the bench grinder.

 

[Dapph2]

View attachment 505535finished cutting down 320 of the shoulder bolts and made some driveless grub screws, would definitely fit in on this board might try and slot them with the dremel as could be handy having a load of m5x4mm grubs.

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This might be too much faffing about .
You could cut a decent Allen ( UNBRAKO sp ? ) key down and gently grind off some face so it is a slight lead in . Then pop a bit of hex bar in the lathe and put a blind bottomed thread hole in it at tapping size for the screw bits . Press the ground up end of the Allen key in the hole and you'll have a hexagonal centered way of driving them tight . I suspect it will be easier than messing around with a Dremel or a using slitting saw blade in the lathe chuck and holding the thread part in a bling thread hole in a tool holder in the tool post holder .