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

[My Old Landy]

Is that a Fakita battery platform?

I have no idea, I bought it for my neighbour and she has it now

 

[Kram]

Is that a Fakita battery platform?

Does appear to be from the battery shape. Fakita can be any colour.. battery doesnt match the red brands.

 

[MetalMonkey]

Fakitawaukee...

 

[Kram]

Fakitawaukee...

Fakawaunkee.

 

[My Old Landy]

The charger plugs directly into the battery. It looks a little jankey to me. £35 off Amazon.

 

[dieselsamurai]

Another bank closure slim pickings unfortunately but got this rather nice drawer unit very heavy duty there were two but i didnt fancy trying to get it down the stairs on my own



Also a nice little dehumidifier not sure i'll use it but might be handy one day

 

[GRW]

...... a variable speed extractor fan from Vevor.

VEVOR 203.2mm Inline Duct Fan HVAC Exhaust Blower Kit EC Variable Speed Control | VEVOR UK

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www.vevor.co.uk

I bought this without a flexi duct (as the only ones with a duct weren't variable speed. I then bought an 8" flexi duct from eBay to go with it.

You know what? Testing it and it's a really good bit of kit! 10-speeds, comes with a controller & probe that enables it to trigger automatically for over or under temp, and humidity etc (as well as manual). Would make a great welding fume extractor, or dust doing inside building work - you could even use it to ventilate & cool a working space - just set it up, set the trigger temp, and away you go.

On lower settings its pretty quiet as well (obviously louder as fan speed increases).

 

[MattF]

Love some of the advertising images on that page.

 

[GRW]

Love some of the advertising images on that page.

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Yeah, I spotted that myself . At £40 though inc the variable controller, I thought it had to be worth a punt... and it seems reasonably well made. They do bigger (& smaller) diameter fans, but this seemed a reasonable compromise. Easily portable & set up on a floor if doing say dusty building work indoors, or mounted & set up as a workstation extractor.
(I think I spent another £22 on a flexi duct)

 

[JOEPRO]

This sykes pickavant ductor heater



It's working well. The coils that came with it have the insulation burnt up so first mission will be to replace that high temp sleeving.

The price seems high enough but actually new this kit is around £800. So it was a good deal I think.

 

[Tigman]

Little video might be of intrest!

 

[Windy Miller]

Yes that's the one, it works great.

So much of the stuff we have available nowadays for no money at all is the stuff of dreams back in my youth.

Exactly this! Just think of all those bike fairings and mudguards that we could have fixed ‘properly’ with a tool like that.
And don’t forget all the cracked bumpers and spoilers and stuff!

 

[Onoff]

The charger plugs directly into the battery. It looks a little jankey to me. £35 off Amazon.

So do VAX hoover batteries...

 

[MattF]

So much of the stuff we have available nowadays for no money at all is the stuff of dreams back in my youth.

We tend to forget how easy we've got things nowadays.

 

[Farside]

The reciprocating saw arrived. Nice case, questionable instructions!
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Well, if someone asked me to copy out in Chinese some script, I'd doubtless produce a few howlers too.

 

[Farside]

Love some of the advertising images on that page.

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Don't want your weed getting too hot.

 

[MattF]

Yeah, I spotted that myself . At £40 though inc the variable controller, I thought it had to be worth a punt... and it seems reasonably well made. They do bigger (& smaller) diameter fans, but this seemed a reasonable compromise. Easily portable & set up on a floor if doing say dusty building work indoors, or mounted & set up as a workstation extractor.
(I think I spent another £22 on a flexi duct)

Just ordered a 4". Thought it may come in handy as an extractor when I set that laser engraver up. For what they cost, & going from your initial review, a no-brainer purchase.

 

[Kram]

Just ordered a 4". Thought it may come in handy as an extractor when I set that laser engraver up. For what they cost, & going from your initial review, a no-brainer purchase.

Next purchase a weed growing tent?

 

[Onoff]

Does appear to be from the battery shape. Fakita can be any colour.. battery doesnt match the red brands.

Indeed I have a bright orange Fakita grinder and a red mini chainsaw.

 

[Onoff]

3 old DeWalt battery cases turned up courtesy of @Robotstar5. Cheers.