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

[Migmac]

What was it out of intrest?

Seat Ibiza 1.2 something . Had to be white. Loads in garages but silly money. This one is a 15plate, 42 K on the clock.

 

[Onoff]

Anyone think if a use for empty ones of these?

@selectedgrub would be all over them!

 

[cocker]

Air rifle/pistol target .

 

[selectedgrub]

In a nice way I'd tell you what to do with them but this threads in the public arena
I'm not into giving non members inspiration anymore or giving lurkers ideas to make money off my madness.
That's what the interweb is for.

 

[Onoff]

In a nice way I'd tell you what to do with them but this threads in the public arena

As in The Lion Sleeps Tonight!

 

[selectedgrub]

Kind of,
The original artist died penniless while Disney alone made 15million off that song.

 

[Onoff]

Kind of,
The original artist died penniless while Disney alone made 15million off that song.

Erm...I was referring to the remake by the group Tight Fit!

 

[selectedgrub]

Never heard of them sorry
Were they lesbians by chance?

 

[Hood]

Never heard of them sorry
Were they lesbians by chance?

I think likely the opposite if my memory of what they looked like is correct Or should I say they were possibly the male equivalent of

 

[indy4x]

@Onoff on board air tank for something automotive

 

[Hood]

Oh heck, just looked, must have been thinking of someone else

 

[selectedgrub]

So did I and re-tasted this mornings breakfast.

 

[Memmeddu]

Today I acquired the makings of a cooler from @Maker
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but guess what
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it wont fit on the cart I've spent quite a few hours butch em fabricating . I never gave a cooler a thought while doing it I've cut the width down massively to save space and made just a little wider than the transtig , Could end up another roundtuit project
it's a wierd sort of case as well top base and sides are all one piece and access is the two removable end panels .

Nice Italian unit

 

[Memmeddu]

Bought new shock absorbers and rear mirror for my car (mot test soon)

And a pretty serious bench vise
125mm forged steel , replaceable jaws , adjustable guide, swivel base (which will not used) ,built in pipe jaws .
A nice blue chunk of steel , bought just because was cheap for what it is (saved about 80 euros )

 

[dobbslc]

A nice sunny spot on my elevated deck overlooking the woods.

This sort of moment is what all the hard work is for

 

[Pete.]

First day at the boot fair today and I got a great haul.

Got a lovely brass Baird & Tatlock diamond tipped glass circle cutter. This is one of the few things I've ever bought that I didn't envisage actually having a use for.



Rabone Chesterman folding steel rule graduated in inches, circumference, line of chords.







7 scotchbrite wheels for 50p each



5 rolls of reinforced tape for a fiver



600ml of acetone and about 800ml of ethanol for £2



And this bunch of stuff for £2

 

[dobbslc]

The chemicals were a bargain!

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Over the last few days, things have arrived here again ...

Some lathe dogs ("turning hearts" literally translated from our language) in different sizes for turning between centres:

Quite old, interesting pieces - the smaller ones should still serve me well on the Myford.

Remarkable on one of the pieces, the traces of many years of hard real use in manufacturing
- I had never seen anything like that, not even on pictures:

Once again, a vice that looks like the very large industrial models on a considerably smaller scale
- presumably with a remnant of the original paintwork.

This special, forward-opening design was called "System Koch" in our country 80-100 years ago,
when backward-opening vises were much more common here:

Nothing can happen to my vises, they are closely guarded:

!No vises were tortured for these pictures!


And then came a very special vice, which I can't believe I got so cheaply:

You all have a wonderful Sunday


Carsten

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[Barking Mat]

That's quite a haul.

Nice...

Love that last vice.

 

[Onoff]

A nice sunny spot on my elevated deck overlooking the woods.
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This sort of moment is what all the hard work is for

Handrails and toe boards to follow?