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

[Craig-SM]

I was that idiot loading the box into my pickup alone.

Awkward and heavy!

You did well on your own and no doubt paid for it later.

 

[Craig-SM]

Keep it, you'll soon need it...

Not if I keep off this website, it encourages you to buy tools.

 

[Smouser]

Some of the AlieXpress 11/11 sale stuff started to arrive.

An external control panel and cable for the cheap VFDs.
Digital 'throwaway' callipers - I like these because they can do mm, inch and fractions.
Few end mills.
Project boxes - one will be to house an RPM meter for the Semco mill.
Tungsten internal threading bar.
R8 - 2 Morse Taper.
Hex to 1/4" adapters

 

[MattF]

An external control panel and cable for the cheap VFDs.

Link?

 

[Smouser]

Link?

I just found this on AliExpress:
￡5.39 | New arrived VFD 0.75KW/1.5KW/2.2KW/3.7KW/5.5KW 220V/380V 3 phase output Variable Frequency Drive Motor Speed Control Inverter

New arrived VFD 0.75KW/1.5KW/2.2KW/3.7KW/5.5KW 220V/380V 3 phase output Variable Frequency Drive Motor Speed Control Inverter - AliExpress 13

Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com

a.aliexpress.com

 

[MattF]

Cheers.

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

Some free, well loved Ingersol Rand air tools, from someone who's switching fully to cordless.

I think the impact is some variant of the 2235Ti and it's clearly seen a lot of use, to the extent that I probably need to buy a new anvil as the groove for the hog-ring is thoroughly wallered out.

Given it's (probably) a lot more powerful than my old Makita, but less than a ⅓ the weight of my ¾" air impact I suspect it will become a get me out of trouble tool.



The ½" Air Ratchet is an LA430-EU not much info out there about them, but it seems like it's now sold as the APT330 by PCL, if it's rebranded by PCL or they bought the design I don't know.

What I do know is it's not light, but if it doesn't work as a ratchet I can still beat the bolts into submission.

 

[winchman]

@Smouser
Have you a link to the Calipers that do Fractions?

 

[Blobber]

No tools or equipment in the German supermarket today so I bought this instead!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Found in a loft on a site today.

But I found some nice Army Surplus stuff as well.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This bundle was a cheep E Bay spot.

No idea what the white square is, it is stuck in place.

This one is jammed, the con rod is stuck.

 

[Dr.Al]

Digital 'throwaway' callipers - I like these because they can do mm, inch and fractions.

My favourite digital calipers can't even do inches, let alone fractions, and that's the way I like them. When I had a set with an "in/mm" button, I often found it would get knocked accidentally & I'd find it displaying inch-nonsense. My metric-only ones stay permanently in sensible units.

 

[Chillitt]

Found in a loft on a site today.



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But I found some nice Army Surplus stuff as well.


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I had that tanks transporter/tank, but a big lad from up the village stole it off me. (I was about 7...)

 

[Farside]

More tat for the workshop wall, unknown grill shell
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Alvis?

 

[Memmeddu]

I've had a broken tooth since when I got a kidney fail on July.
Probably broken due to the awful pain caused by the kidney, anyways between hospital a thing and another one...
Today I went to the dentist.
Devitalized it and put to sleep myself because I've had to pay 230 euro for it, and it hurts a lot now as the anesthesia is gone.
It never gave me pain till now.

 

[Smouser]

My favourite digital calipers can't even do inches, let alone fractions, and that's the way I like them. When I had a set with an "in/mm" button, I often found it would get knocked accidentally & I'd find it displaying inch-nonsense. My metric-only ones stay permanently in sensible units.

Hahaha.

My usual measurement is in metric as that is all we have been taught in South African schools. However, because I mess around with old machinery most of the fasteners, shafts, motor shafts etc is imperial.

It is nice to just flick the callipers over to fraction to get the imperial size.

 

[Blobber]

Alvis?

No idea, it's never been plated just bare brass, its not pressed correctly on the top edge so a reject I guess, I might waste a few hours looking at pictures too try and ID it

 

[Smouser]

@Smouser
Have you a link to the Calipers that do Fractions?

Sure.

I just found this on AliExpress:
￡21.58 | YIYOUBAO ET50 150mm Digital Caliper Stainless Steel Fraction / MM / Inch 0.01mm High Precision for Mechanical Components Measure

YIYOUBAO ET50 150mm Digital Caliper Stainless Steel Fraction / MM / Inch 0.01mm High Precision for Mechanical Components Measure - AliExpress 1420

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a.aliexpress.com

That was just the first one I found on AliExpress. Not necessarily the cheapest option.

If you have the app, you click on the photo and then 'search for similar', it helps sometimes to get the same item for a cheaper price from another seller.

All the fraction calipers I have had, had that green scale on them. Might be worth looking out for the green if you scour AliExpress.

I just checked and it looks like I paid £9.28 for the caliper on the 11/11 sale.

 

[iNf]

I had that tanks transporter/tank, but a big lad from up the village stole it off me. (I was about 7...)

Still got mine

 

[DAPPH]

My favourite digital calipers can't even do inches, let alone fractions, and that's the way I like them. When I had a set with an "in/mm" button, I often found it would get knocked accidentally & I'd find it displaying inch-nonsense. My metric-only ones stay permanently in sensible units.

I like my inch nonsense digital caliper that also displays rubbish metric , so much I now have three .of them......... one for the imperial graduated lathe , one for indoors and one in my tool chest out in the mancupboard .