Broke my 3/4 drive, Snap On , breaker bar head. Was only using the correct 40 inch handle, honest:whistle:
Was trying to slacken the bolts holding the rear counter weight onto a Volvo digger. The bolts heads are 65mm across
The building is a 150 year stone built cottage. It was totally gutted , in the 1990s, when my late brother bought it. Concrete, poured wall to wall. Then 50 x 50, timber hilti gunned down. Polystyrene sheet layer between them. Then 22mm chipboard flooring from wall to wall. Interior...
Since this idea, is a no go, how would you go about , running a cable, to other side of room? Skirting boards are off. Cannot go across end of room, as there is a slate hearth, the full width. Cannot come along behind skirting, as there is a door, in the middle of the wall. Cannot get down ...
I want to fit a , double socket, in the corner of the living room, that doesn't have one. I want to put it directly opposite, an existing socket. I am going to lay new laminate flooring. Would taking a track out , with a router, across the chipboard flooring and laying a cable in track, before...
Also acquired this, Facom spanner. 13 x 15mm open end. It is ,
Model scientific depose. Does anyone know anything about this. Haver never seen this before.
Out of a skip. Only socket missing was the 3/4 af. Ratchet, extension and universal joint are missing too.
I found a 3/4 socket in my random odd sockets.
@winchman , any idea, roughly on the age , of this ?
I had to do a head gasket, on a Deutz engine, the other day. The valve clearances, were set, by tightening adjusting ,screw until rocker lever, touched valve, then turning back by 90* and 140* , for inlet and outlet. All I had to use, was one of these . Got it to work, but wasn't ideal. Does...
The local scrapyard owner , is in his late seventies, second generation, his father, was buying, Spitfires, for £5, to cut up. He wishes , that they had kept one or two.
Gedore 1B are Decent spanners. The shallow swan neck, gives them that bit of extra clearance, compared to normal 15 degree offset.
https://www.primetools.co.uk/product/gedore-1b-017-17-piece-metric-combination-spanner-wrench-set-6-22mm/
Prime tools , site is worth a look at.
The wife decided to take down , the curtain pole, in the living room. One of the plasterboard fixings, came right out. I now have a 15mm diameter hole to fix.
What is the best method , for a small hole repair?
I bought this garden fork,(we call it a graip, pronounced Grape, up here in the North East of Scotland) at local recycling place.
Ex government issue, Bulldog, the metai ls in good condition, but the wooden handle , is extremely dry. Is there any way to get this back into serviceable...
With the Richard Montgomery, I wonder if anyone of a certain persuasion, will think of building , on of those body warmers , that go bang , and go for a swim/dive on their journey , to get the 72 virgins.
Plan A, jack up rear of van remove rear wheels,lower van onto ground. Jack up front of van as high as possible, until table slides out.
Plan B, a couple of trolley jacks and some decent timber underneath, the table and lift up just clear of floor and roll toward back of van. Pile of pallets...