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I did think about this so that's that decided!
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I did think about this so that's that decided!
James1979
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Get a 6ah. Physically the size is no different to the 4 and not much in the weight but you get more grunt.
AdventuresInMetal
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Running low on my 10L hobbyweld pure argon for the TIG (i got the 10L on purpose for portability) finally decided its time to get a 50L for bench work, should of done it sooner... £105.60 for 10,000L of argon vs £69 for 1233L in the hobbyweld cylinder. 
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My workman has made no comments ,he’s very observant and not shy of comments so I assumed it’s on a par with the regular Geka which apparently my supplier can’t get anymore,maybe as it’s Turkish,they suffered due to the terrible earthquake?
Found some foam. Job doneI made a new air filter for the mower, the old one was starting to fall to bits, well it was over £20 years old. Found a piece of foam that I could suck through, cut it to shape and stuck it in the filter housing. Mower works loads better now.
Seems a good deal, where's that from?Running low on my 10L hobbyweld pure argon for the TIG (i got the 10L on purpose for portability) finally decided its time to get a 50L for bench work, should of done it sooner... £105.60 for 10,000L of argon vs £69 for 1233L in the hobbyweld cylinder.
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AdventuresInMetal
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A local independant called Gasworx, free local delivery too. It goes to show sometimes you just need to phone around to find some of the less obvious suppliers, my first dealing with them so far. You do need to be using a decent quantity of gas though, if you are the sort of person that welds infrequently and sits on the same cylinder for over a year they are likely going to only want to sell you the smaller ones. Which is fair enough.
Same results on my old Sealey transformer mig & my Rtech inverter mig.
I used to have a cheap source for CO2 from a friend who serviced fire extinguishers. It was only £20 for a refill on a 10kg bottle, a big saving vs argon mix so naturally I only used CO2 for welding, the only alternative back then was an expensive BOC contract!
Unfortunately he passed away & the guy who took over the business will no longer supply bottles for welding. I bought a bottle of CO2 from my local autospares place then it was £40 per refill, that has went up to £60 the last I checked. But since I got onto the rent free argon mix from SGS I definitely wouldn't go back to CO2.
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Went to the local second hand market today as I had an unusual Thursday day off.
Saw this jigsaw in a load of other old power tools (why do so few angle grinders have the switch in the right place!!).
Something appealed to me about it, metal body, heavy, craftsman made some decent stuff. I put it back though but it nagged st me all the time I was in town so I went back and bought it.
Will be nice to clean up, and my good Bosch jigsaw has died so I'll have use for it.
Replaceable brushes which is good, and looks like a skimmable commutator, so I can make it last.
All alloy body, alloy name badges, even held on with hammer drive screws!
Best if all though is the scroll function so you can rotate the blade in use. Means you dont have to turn the whole saw body to cut curves. I didnt even realise that when i bought it!
Saw this jigsaw in a load of other old power tools (why do so few angle grinders have the switch in the right place!!).
Something appealed to me about it, metal body, heavy, craftsman made some decent stuff. I put it back though but it nagged st me all the time I was in town so I went back and bought it.
Will be nice to clean up, and my good Bosch jigsaw has died so I'll have use for it.
Replaceable brushes which is good, and looks like a skimmable commutator, so I can make it last.
All alloy body, alloy name badges, even held on with hammer drive screws!
Best if all though is the scroll function so you can rotate the blade in use. Means you dont have to turn the whole saw body to cut curves. I didnt even realise that when i bought it!
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Postman just delivered another treat for me!
My new lathe is mt2 rather than the mt1 tailstock of my old lathe. Needed a revolving center but didn't want a cheap new Chinese one. This new old stock Jacobs came up on eBay with a low buy it now. I send a cheeky offer of £20 though, and it was accepted.
I like the fact the body tapers too for more tool clearance at the end of the stock.
Just keeping my eye open for a pipe center now, the small one I have for my old lathe is handier than I expected it to be.
My new lathe is mt2 rather than the mt1 tailstock of my old lathe. Needed a revolving center but didn't want a cheap new Chinese one. This new old stock Jacobs came up on eBay with a low buy it now. I send a cheeky offer of £20 though, and it was accepted.
I like the fact the body tapers too for more tool clearance at the end of the stock.
Just keeping my eye open for a pipe center now, the small one I have for my old lathe is handier than I expected it to be.
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Too late to edit this and add a video, but I just tested it. It's very controllable for speed, from very slow to very fast. Seems to ha e alot of power, and you can see the rotating blade function. Although I didn't get it on video, the trigger sometimes stays slightly on, creating a little motor noise, and at slow speeds it sounds a little agricultural, but I'll strip it and clean/oil the bearings. The com looks very good, as do the brushes.
AdventuresInMetal
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New toy day 
, but seriously I think this is enough buying welders for this year, traded too much bench space for welders at this point in my tiny workshop.
, but seriously I think this is enough buying welders for this year, traded too much bench space for welders at this point in my tiny workshop. 
JOEPRO
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New toy day
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But have you bought a Lathe yet?
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i'd be very interested to hear how you get on with the ball screw. i need to look at the archdale. Apparently there is backlash adjustment but if not i might replaceA few items waiting for me when I got back yesterday.
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The mill upgrade continues apace, but the bank balance is suffering
Seadog
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So will I Brad
It's a coarser pitch than the original screw, but I will eventually fit a DRO. Since the intention is that it's going to remain a manual machine, I really need to make sure that I have reliable, and accessible table locks.
Slow going at the moment since my tool post grinder needs some fettling.
