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

[brightspark]

You're supposed to replace regulators every 5 years, they'll be dated on the back.

in industry yes but personal use it doesn't matter/ mine are 40 years old and in good nick the one on the left of piccy I would bin though

 

[Matthew92]

I forgot to photograph todays purchases, but as with all my posts in this thread, here's one from last week.

A big chunk of EN8 (165mm x 125mm) so I can start making the riser block for my milling machine. Oh yeah and the lathe is new as well.

 

[Bryan Williams]

Thats why they were chucked in the scrap, I hooked them out.....

 

[Bryan Williams]

Anyway,is it worth getting the kit, stuff to see if it tig welds ok or not?
I'm fortunate that I've got a reg.
Probably can buy a cheap bottle and get a deal on gas.
I have never done any tig, just wanted to play around with it and maybe if I got a bit proficient be able to patch up the odd rusty screw hole in the van floor.
Also would like to mess about with Ali.. I have access to loads of scrap in work so practice and materials not a problem.
I did notice that in the brief time using it as arc I could get welds that didn't blow through thin stuff.
Would this on low work on car panels?
It was only fifty quid so happy anyway.

 

[Matthew92]

Here are today’s then,

First is a Keetona metal shear. Nice tidy condition, I’ve been looking at the new ones for a while, so when I found this quality old one at a fraction of the price I snapped it up. The lower blade is 4 1/2” long, anyone translate the decal for me? It’s got Cap 1/8” 3/8” 5/32” so that must be what it can cut. M.S. Sheets is mild steel sheets, but what is RDS strips? Would that be short for rounds and strips?



Next is a very well made sheet metal bender. Heavy gauge steel all round, nice big aluminium indexable handles to clamp with. I was planning to make one, but doubt I could get the materials for what this cost me. It’ll take a 2 foot wide sheet, I’m not sure what thickness, but I bent a nice 90 degree in some 5mm x 20mm earlier.





And finally something I’ve been hankering after for a while is one of these cast iron spirit levels. They are normally short, about 6” or so, but this one is slightly bigger at 2 feet.

 

[bigegg]

Anyway,is it worth getting the kit, stuff to see if it tig welds ok or not?
I'm fortunate that I've got a reg.
Probably can buy a cheap bottle and get a deal on gas.
I have never done any tig, just wanted to play around with it and maybe if I got a bit proficient be able to patch up the odd rusty screw hole in the van floor.
Also would like to mess about with Ali.. I have access to loads of scrap in work so practice and materials not a problem.
I did notice that in the brief time using it as arc I could get welds that didn't blow through thin stuff.
Would this on low work on car panels?
It was only fifty quid so happy anyway.

That won't do Ali.
You need AC , and a lot more amps.

It's ok for stainless up to about 3mm? And Copper, mild steel.

It'll do about 4mm in arc mode- can't imagine it's got much duty cycle tho?

Be good for me, actually - Tig brazing, bike chain, and the odd but of car panels.

@Richard. Will probably be able to advise better on testing it?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Oh yeah and the lathe is new as well.

Did you sneak that past us, or did I just miss it?

 

[Matthew92]

@slim_boy_fat

Yeah I might have got this one past you. 13” swing over bed, 30” between centres, I was a bit nervous about what the quality would be like, but so far I’m well chuffed with it. It’s taking .25mm depth of cut like a champ on this big lump, I’m sure it’d do more, but I don’t want to push it too much.

P.S. I must apologise for the way I jump between metric and imperial. I have a habit of using both, my mill was bought when I intended to buy a second hand lathe which I would have got in imperial. The 1330 though is no longer available in imperial, so I now have metric and imperial machines. DRO is the future.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@spencer 427 Bought brand new by the looks of it in your pic? I'm not really jealous, oh no.....

 

[dobbslc]

I was just going to ask what you thought of that Warco lathe.
I'm thinking about getting one
...

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Not today, yesterday.
Thank you @Wozzaaah

 

[Kayos]

Not today, yesterday.
Thank you @Wozzaaah

View attachment 137698

is that film?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@Kayos

Yep Pentax 35mm.

 

[Kayos]

@Kayos

Yep Pentax 35mm.

We are going to the zoo, I’m limiting myself to 2 lenses

This is the shortlist

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@Kayos

I only get 1 lens.

 

[Kayos]

One of my favourite things to do on a day out is watch someone take a picture with their shiny new DSLR, then look at the screen with disappointment on their face

 

[Dieselman 63]

Which Pentax is that? I’ve got a P30T that I have no idea how it works... miss the familiarity of the Canon AE1!

 

[Maker]

One of my favourite things to do on a day out is watch someone take a picture with their shiny new DSLR, then look at the screen with disappointment on their face

More megapixels, more better.

 

[Kayos]

More megapixels, more better.

Most of my stuff has around 18, one has 23 but a version is available with 50...

Once you get above about 6 you don’t actually need more unless you are printing billboard size photos

 

[Maker]

Mine is 12.

I'd quite like a proper camera to play with but I've got enough expensive hobbies for one student loan.