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

[God mode restorations]

There should be a thread called "today I nearly acquired"!
Not happy - I decided to pass on a lovely Holbrook lathe which Spencer had.
As a consolation I thought I had won this auction on Ebay - a lovely huge Denbigh drill - only to be told by the seller it had gone and he couldn't cancel the listing

That's a nice drill.

 

[God mode restorations]

View attachment 185045 Finally - at last!
After years of looking!
Very good condition. Not a bargain but not ripped off either.
For my old Colchester Triumph.

I did say if you keep hunting you will find. Nice one

 

[Olderisbetter]

Turned up today but sadly not for me, Thanks to @doubleboost for help with getting a good deal from r-tech for my mates son and to say the least he is chuffed with getting such a good welder.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A good man, human shaped as well.
Donated me 2 tins.
One I asked for, the other for a clean up experiment.

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Why did I ask for one tin?

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Because it had a rock in it?
No.
Because of the bits it had in it.

Yes, I have the brace to go with them. Some were in the tidied playpen.

Plus another Plough Plane.

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A Record 44.
Needs some TLC.

A few days ago I got a tin of old style Drill bits.
I said I had the brace for them.



Here it is.
I was trying the bits out to see if they are sharp and would cut true.
They just needed a quick tickle.





All done.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

1943 SIF Egg Beater Drill.
It does not work.

SIF stands for Suffolk Iron Foundry.

The same place who made Suffolk cylinder lawn mowers.

 

[Dieselman 63]

There should be a thread called "today I nearly acquired"!
Not happy - I decided to pass on a lovely Holbrook lathe which Spencer had.
As a consolation I thought I had won this auction on Ebay - a lovely huge Denbigh drill - only to be told by the seller it had gone and he couldn't cancel the listing

That’s fascinating. They’ve retained a lot of the features mine has but changed a few to make it fully belt driven, and a suds pump/sump too.

I’m getting a bit impatient with my rebuild, I seriously want this thing running and auto drilling holes!

 

[Dieselman 63]

Today I acquired this spring, which fired across the drive a few weeks ago never to be seen again... until today! Armed with a welding magnet on a piece of string, I dragged all the corners and edges and eventually (along with a lot of iron filings, screws and bits of wire) I found it. It’s pretty crucial for the Denbigh drill above, used in the cutoff for the auto feed.

 

[God mode restorations]

You guys are acquiring to much swag as usual. Going to have ramp my game up.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

You guys are acquiring to much swag as usual. Going to have ramp my game up.

I am Not!!!!!

I am doing the reverse.
I have been getting rid of stuff.

1.5 tons to date.

 

[4String.]

Seeing as my "new" wagon is 20 years old and has an analogue tachograph, some storage for the discs, a disc analyser, and some 0.4mm tipped pens are in order, courtesy of the FTA shop. And bless 'em, they even threw in a 2020 calendar and an appropriate bar of chocolate .




Got a row off OH however, when she saw the pens. As a geographer retired from the Land Registry, she used to use pens for mapping that had 0.04mm tips, of which there's one or two in the house....

 

[Dieselman 63]

Seeing as my "new" wagon is 20 years old and has an analogue tachograph, some storage for the discs, a disc analyser, and some 0.4mm tipped pens are in order, courtesy of the FTA shop. And bless 'em, they even threw in a 2020 calendar and an appropriate bar of chocolate .


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Got a row off OH however, when she saw the pens. As a geographer retired from the Land Registry, she used to use pens for mapping that had 0.04mm tips, of which there's one or two in the house....

Rotring? I found my old set and a set of MarsMatic ones too. Lovely pens, I prefer the Mars as you can refill the cartridges yourself.

 

[jinjahbiscuit]

Not today, Monday last, a Rock Island "Baby Rock" .380 auto. Fun to come! Might have to ask Mrs Bruce to leap into action again for a holster!
Picture's not clear, taken by my bro' in law at night in a coal cellar I think.

 

[Matchless]

seeing the Karcher parts in a picture above reminded me, I finally bought a Karcher home pressure washer, cleaning the patio, caravan, motorcycle bits, eventually bought the patio cleaner head, a week later clearing out a garage a few doors up when the old couple moved into a home, saw a Karcher box, wonder what is in that I thought, only a complete hardly used Karcher with patio head...…...now have one for home and one for shed..

 

[4String.]

Rotring? I found my old set and a set of MarsMatic ones too. Lovely pens, I prefer the Mars as you can refill the cartridges yourself.

Yep, Rotring.

She's just dug one out of her stash, and a gorgeous piece of kit it is. 0.18mm diameter tip, about 7 thou in real measurements, and the tip is slightly bent due to it being "femmer", as OH describes it. She reckons the cartridges were hideously expensive, which was one of the reasons for the Land Registry going digital.

 

[Hopefuldave]

Yep, Rotring.

She's just dug one out of her stash, and a gorgeous piece of kit it is. 0.18mm diameter tip, about 7 thou in real measurements, and the tip is slightly bent due to it being "femmer", as OH describes it. She reckons the cartridges were hideously expensive, which was one of the reasons for the Land Registry going digital.

The Rotring Isograph? They're my Weapon of Choice for freehand sketches if I want to get all Victorian with hatched shading, the Isograph have detachable ink reservoirs and refill easily with the special Rotring india ink (allegedly it's ground finer to not clog the valves in the needle nib) - mine go down to 0.05mm (yep, a 2 thou" line) but NOT for use on paper, that one! Drafting film only, which is why I never use it...

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[4String.]

A new height maker for in the cab of the wagon. Not sure how it's survived for 20 years without one , but come Monday it will be nice and legal. Not sure if I'll ever need the full range of 20' 12", but hey-ho. And after yesterday I can confirm that she fits under the northbound Blackwall Tunnel, which is marked at 13' maximum height. Although the cb aerial did twang the portcullis when I went under it .

 

[DennisCA]

Today I got myself an electric hand plane.

 

[Chillitt]

I got an air freshener for the van.

 

[Shox Dr]

Today I got myself an electric hand plane.

Good bits of kit. But has no respect for flesh. I watched a guy pull the trigger while holding it in his other hand. Soon removed the callouses off the palm of his hand and some.

 

[8ob]

Seeing as my "new" wagon is 20 years old and has an analogue tachograph, some storage for the discs, a disc analyser, and some 0.4mm tipped pens are in order, courtesy of the FTA shop. And bless 'em, they even threw in a 2020 calendar and an appropriate bar of chocolate ..

Cant be doing with all the different wallets and pouches so I bought a gurt wallet that houses the lot