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

[Onoff]

MORE STORAGE TUBS?

'Fraid so! I can get 2 or 3 a day. Got to sort this, Tracy Beaker would be proud:

First of course they have to be upended for a bit to drain the residue. I'm think I might have to make a contraption up for holding multiple cans, itself taking up space...

Then there's the residue, pretty soon I reckon I'll have a fair bit of mixed grade, waste oil...wob time?

 

[123hotchef]

keep the waste oil for cutting/drilling lube

 

[Munkul]

keep the waste oil for cutting/drilling lube

I want to agree with you but I can't... most modern engine and gearbox oils are so slippery that they reduce the cutting action and you'll wear out the cutting edges faster.
Proper cutting fluid is well worth buying.

I noticed the difference between cutting oil and basic tractor oil, even. It sounds daft, but you can feel the cutter bite in better with every squirt.

 

[Onoff]

Thought this will be handy to store coax connectors etc:

 

[bigegg]

'Fraid so! I can get 2 or 3 a day. Got to sort this, Tracy Beaker would be proud:

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First of course they have to be upended for a bit to drain the residue. I'm think I might have to make a contraption up for holding multiple cans, itself taking up space...

Then there's the residue, pretty soon I reckon I'll have a fair bit of mixed grade, waste oil...wob time?

Wash em out with paraffin, and you can use it in a Chinese diesel heater?
Or do you have any fencing that needs painting?

What you need for storage is one of these.
I cleared an entire 6ft square linbin rack into this one.

 

[cheb]

'Fraid so! I can get 2 or 3 a day. Got to sort this, Tracy Beaker would be proud:

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First of course they have to be upended for a bit to drain the residue. I'm think I might have to make a contraption up for holding multiple cans, itself taking up space...

Then there's the residue, pretty soon I reckon I'll have a fair bit of mixed grade, waste oil...wob time?

I used to drain waste veg oil containers when I did bio. If you find the space then one draining into another for an hour will get all but a tiny amount out. Or rig up something with some guttering.

I use any odd clean motor oil for general oiling and rust prevention.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

I'm with @Munkul on this one. Cutting oil for cutting and spare engine oil for stuff that needs to move easily.

 

[bigegg]

Thought this will be handy to store coax connectors etc:

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[Pete.]

M9 is a Mercedes sprinter engine block thread from memory. I had one and I’m sure it was m9.

Other things must use it as well though.

Suzuki bike engine front crank case bolts are M9 also.

 

[Kram]

A tube of tig wire from @roblane65 , thanks!

 

[roblane65]

Well the label never came off ! Happy days and thumps up is back as well .

 

[Scruffywelder]

Four thread insert sets from Facebook for £30. One new the others one insert used.

Recoil M9 x 1.25
Recoil M10 x 1.25
Recoil M12 x 1.75 new
MasterPro? M14 x 1.25

Must be car related the fine M14 thread?
M9 a bit odd too.

M14 x 1.25 is a spark plug thread...

 

[Onoff]

Don't laugh!

I acquired a bloody painful burn to my bottom lip last night. Popped a stale croissant in the microwave (I'm not fussy). Nuked it for about 30 seconds and put it to my mouth. This inside was hollow and steam filled...as I bit the tip off I got a whoosh of steam did this.

I'm a giant ugly f***er anyway but this looks like a bloody cold sore. It doesn't really hurt much mind. Worried whether I'll be able to navigate a pint glass in 3hr16m.

 

[indy4x]

Four thread insert sets from Facebook for £30. One new the others one insert used.

Recoil M9 x 1.25
Recoil M10 x 1.25
Recoil M12 x 1.75 new
MasterPro? M14 x 1.25

Must be car related the fine M14 thread?
M9 a bit odd too.

M14 fine IIRC is for spark

Edit: @Scruffywelder beat me to it

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I acquired a bloody painful burn to my bottom lip last night.

Be very careful with any lip injuries, they can turn very nasty and take ages to heal.

 

[Onoff]

Be very careful with any lip injuries, they can turn very nasty and take ages to heal.

So I've read unfortunately!

 

[awemawson]

A Big yellow thing that digs holes !

It's a 1996 JCB3CX Project 8 Sitemaster Plus.

(I actually got it a couple of weeks ago but had to arrange transport)

The seller had made no attempt to make it look any better than it was - cab absolutely strewn with junk, empty cans, rags etc, but having spent about a day clearing the cab, filling an entire dustbin with detritus, and a good blow out with an air line, hoover up and a wipe down with a wet rag everything is in amazingly good condition for a 25 year old machine. Even all the rubber gaiters are intact.

Tyres aren't fantastic but probably OK for my usage.

 

[Blobber]

A Big yellow thing that digs holes !

It's a 1996 JCB3CX Project 8 Sitemaster Plus.

(I actually got it a couple of weeks ago but had to arrange transport)

The seller had made no attempt to make it look any better than it was - cab absolutely strewn with junk, empty cans, rags etc, but having spent about a day clearing the cab, filling an entire dustbin with detritus, and a good blow out with an air line, hoover up and a wipe down with a wet rag everything is in amazingly good condition for a 25 year old machine. Even all the rubber gaiters are intact.

Tyres aren't fantastic but probably OK for my usage.

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That looks pretty tidy, just what im after! can I ask what it cost?

 

[awemawson]

Too darn much. I'd set my budget at 10K, but the machines I inspected at that limit were all dreadful old dogs, often with no buckets and VAT'able. (I'm not VAT registered)
When I worked out what it was going to cost me to get buckets and a quick hitch (this one has 5 buckets and a QH) and also to put into a condition that I would be happy with I realised that I need to up my game. When this one popped up free of VAT and in apparently amazingly good condition I snapped it up at 17K

 

[brewdexta]

Metric Rivnut installation tool, a proper one. M4 to M10, will do stainless rivnuts up to M10 too. It wasn't cheap but I'm worth it