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

[Feet 'n Inches]

That looks handy.

What size cut will it do and what price?
Seen the cheap aldi ones

After a good look at what was available and various reviews, I decided on this one https://www.stakesys.co.uk/femi-782xl-swivel-head-portable-bandsaw-230-volt (included free delivery). The cutting info is on that page.

I dismissed Ebay, Amazon etc. as the saws may have been cheaper but the delivery cost pushed the price higher than Stakesy's. Also, with something that expensive, I didn't fancy the potential hassle of trying to sort out any faults with someone who may operate from a lock-up.

 

[fizzy]

Aren't they still owned by Tata?...all a bit irrelevant for me as I can't justify £40k-£80k on a defender (or whatever they cost these days!)...and I don't buy German either for that matter.

I remember when Jap cars started flooding into the UK...as a kid we really hated them because they started in the mornings! Before they came along you could easily make 50p for a bump start....even get a lift to school in the winter!

They are indeed. But all the engineering is based in the UK and most of the production.
It just annoys me all the people saying put Britain first - before jumping into their BMW or Merc.

All our Police cars are BMWs or Audis. You never see a Jag or Rangie - why? The police chiefs who make the decisions should be ashamed of themselves. Fire engines again - always used to be Dennis. Now you see Scanias, Volvos and MAN.

 

[Melvyn Best]

But that's the fault of management. Keep on taking the dividends, come what may. It's still going on.

Yes, it is the management at fault but don’t forget the union’s resistance to change also had a very negative result

 

[jimbo84]

They are indeed. But all the engineering is based in the UK and most of the production.
It just annoys me all the people saying put Britain first - before jumping into their BMW or Merc.

All our Police cars are BMWs or Audis. You never see a Jag or Rangie - why? The police chiefs who make the decisions should be ashamed of themselves. Fire engines again - always used to be Dennis. Now you see Scanias, Volvos and MAN.

Lancashire fire service use Leyland trucks, the factory is round the corner from HQ so at least one service is

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Any private company that doesn't innovate will eventually go out of business.

The problem in the UK I think is "management" has a time horizon up to their own retirement....so if the top guy retires in 10 years I'm afraid there is no point taking any risks....get enough of those people and the company is stuffed.

You can assess a company's innovation record by looking at their failed projects...zero failures implies playing it safe I think...so very little innovation.

SpaceX is a good example...lots of innovation...and a test rocket explodes every few weeks!

In other news....my new welding mask lights appeared today ...going to use self adhesive velcro strips to hold them in place.

 

[Seadog]

Yes, it is the management at fault but don’t forget the union’s resistance to change also had a very negative result

Indeed it did. My father used to be a staunch Labour voter and NATSOPA Father of the Chapel. He became so disillusioned with the chaps he worked with, and their resistance to "The New Technology" that it turned him blue and he got out of the union. He accepted that there would inevitably be redundancies, but also saw that there was the potential of new opportunities, especially for the younger men. We all know how it ended up with the union's intransigence.

 

[arther dailey]

My portable bandsaw has arrived earlier than expected. It was scheduled for delivery between 2 and 4 this afternoon but rolled up at just after 10 am. Shortly after delivery I had an email saying delivery was delayed?

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I think you can guess what I'll be up to later on.

that looks good , are they spendy? be interested to know how you get on with it

 

[Seadog]

Today I acquired some balls

Two 115m solid and two 100mm hollow.
Now what am I going to do with those, I wonder?

 

[tflnemesis]

Now what am I going to do with those, I wonder?

Counter weight for a home made fly press?

 

[Seadog]

9/10

 

[tflnemesis]

Close enough then ...

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Today I acquired some balls













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Two 115m solid and two 100mm hollow.
Now what am I going to do with those, I wonder?

Make a cannon, make black powder.
So we can have target practise with a Norbert.

 

[roblane65]

Was just going to ask the same question !

 

[minimutly]

This. Tank for tig torch cooler project...

 

[Olderisbetter]

Picked up a gas heater and bottle, cement mixer, a box of emergency lights that have been taken apart for the power supplies and the lights make good reversing lights for old cars and vans and sometimes spot lights, the final thing was a timber beam 10" x 4" which was in my house years ago and i gave it away when it was 20 feet long and it returned shorter so i jet washed it off and left it to dry.

 

[Brad93]

Yep. You were right. Just got hit £133....

 

[selectedgrub]

Seat back from plating

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Now what am I going to do with those, I wonder?

Acquire a press lacking these?

EDIT: Beaten to it......

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

A feeling of relief that I decided to keep at least one lathe.
One of my synths was bought second hand.
Had an issue with the internal routing as midi wouldn't trigger the filter gate and open the vca. Solved that by patching

Last night when pulling an external source from the delay input I lost sound.

A bit of digging and it turns out the 3.5mm mono sockets are switched. As you plug the jack in it breaks the circuit
In hindsight this is probably what's happened to the first issue.
Time to turn up a few solid 3.5mm jacks to complete the circuit.

In the meantime il keep looking for direct replacements

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Today, feeling recovered from the frauhtness of yesterday, I decided to go into the cave to 'finish up a few jobs' which had been abandoned due to a) grasshopper mind and b) always something else needing attention.........you know how it is.

Soon after I'd been out and was going through the thought processes on the first one, the neighbour arrived to get my stories from yesterday. I gave him a truncated version over a cuppa in the cave and shared with him my intention to source off eBay/Gumtree a small, cheap bottle jack to help with adjusting the table height on the Meddings which I need to do occasionally and which is bloody heavy, when having to support/raise it with one hand and loosen/tighten the locking handle at the column. [weakling, me, you see ]

"I've got one of those" says he, "But you'll being using it?" says I. "No, two minutes...." Off he went like a stag and returned with this.. Just perfect for the job Needs a bit of a clean up & possibly a paint - so that's another job.......




We chatted for a while and he left, so I decided to make progress on this


as a cover for this...



I had to tap the corner holes to 4mm and for the first time used the tap in my battery drill...worked a treat.
Got the holes drilled until the last one when....snap!! Bugger. I managed to superglue the corner back on and c/sunk the others to recess the electrical screwheads. I still have to drill vent holes and remove the material inside the cover to fit over the 'sticky out' centre, but another small job pushed on a bit.

Finished now to think about food for tea.....I know already it'll not be up to @Parm's standard though