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

[bigegg]

...a seriously eclectic mix in today’s swag bag . A nice long length of 6mm rope, (always handy around the truck), a 14lb shaftless hammer head , various pieces of steel, and out of shot are a new sweeping brush and a 10’ length of planed 5x3/4 pine that probably used to reside behind the curtain of an artic tilt trailer. It would have been much better, but there were too many folk in the area so I had to reign my activities in a bit .


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you realise if you didnt keep collecting stuff, youd only need a transit for work instead of a 100T lorry?

 

[Olderisbetter]

This set of sykes pickavant hydraulic nut splitters turned up today very happy with the quality and price, I spotted the box had a broad arrow

on and a 1991 date stamp.

 

[ronan]

Isn't there supposed to be a second arrow to show sold out of service

 

[Olderisbetter]

Isn't there supposed to be a second arrow to show sold out of service

They don't even look used, I only see one arrow

 

[northwest]

As long as you get a good shot at the neck/chest area of a crow the V-max does the rest.

.204 they go up like a feather cushion.

A Ruger model 77 in .22 Mag or .17 HMR makes for a great moderate range varmint gun, with the barrels being easily interchangeable.

CZ 455 (now discontinued) also accommodates interchangeable barrels in .22LR .22 wmr and .17 hmr The new 457 also is a swap barrel rifle, but as they are just out they can be a bit pricey. I like Rugers but I am not a fan of the 77 for lots of reasons mostly to do with the triggers.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

they reminded me that I was not allowed to liberate anything.

You must have a reputation to defend?

 

[mpats]

.204 they go up like a feather cushion.



CZ 455 (now discontinued) also accommodates interchangeable barrels in .22LR .22 wmr and .17 hmr The new 457 also is a swap barrel rifle, but as they are just out they can be a bit pricey. I like Rugers but I am not a fan of the 77 for lots of reasons mostly to do with the triggers.

I had an all weather synthetic 77 in .22lr and it was a fantastic little gun. Could easily outshoot me and I could (on a good day) pop out 5 pence groups with it. If I went for a bolt gun again I would be happy with another. Not to mention the fact it was sub £400 gun (second hand).

 

[ronan]

Have a ruger no.1 in .243 myself, the single shot and its also a stutzen, wood to the muzzle. Its a tiny little thing, but the large action makes it heavy.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Today these turned up from the land full of eastern promise [anyone old enough to remember the Fry's Turkish Delight adverts?

But I digress. Following a post here, I sent off and they arrived today, ahead of expected delivery date - which is nice. Not up to toolroom standards obviously, but I reckon good enough for what I do. £9 odds delivered Happy days!

 

[mrsbruce]

Today these turned up from the land full of eastern promise [anyone old enough to remember the Fry's Turkish Delight adverts?

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I refuse to answer that question, on the grounds that I may incriminate myself.

 

[northwest]

Have a ruger no.1 in .243 myself, the single shot and its also a stutzen

Lovely gun and one of Bill Ruger's finest designs (along with the Old Army but that is another story), quite rare as a Stutzen generally and very few in the UK. I have a couple of Ruger's, I might just take a pic of them later.

 

[4String.]

Today these turned up from the land full of eastern promise [anyone old enough to remember the Fry's Turkish Delight adverts?

But I digress. Following a post here, I sent off and they arrived today, ahead of expected delivery date - which is nice. Not up to toolroom standards obviously, but I reckon good enough for what I do. £9 odds delivered Happy days!

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“Fry’s Turkish Delight, full of eastern promise...” (Made in Birmingham ).

Reminds me of the time the celebrated Tenor that was John Hanson appeared on Morecambe and Wise. Eric asked him to sing a song, so he launched into his finest hour, The Desert Song, at which Eric retorted “Get Off, we don’t want that rubbish.”

 

[4String.]

you realise if you didnt keep collecting stuff, youd only need a transit for work instead of a 100T lorry?

Not collect stuff??

How very dare you, Sir! .

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

You must have a reputation to defend?

Not at all.
But it is a company wide rule, is that no one is allowed to acquire items from those sites. Officially nore are the site staff.

But what is dumped is shocking.

 

[Craig-SM]

The Wera tools arrived today and very nice they are too especially the ratchet set.

 

[123hotchef]

Today these turned up from the land full of eastern promise [anyone old enough to remember the Fry's Turkish Delight adverts?

But I digress. Following a post here, I sent off and they arrived today, ahead of expected delivery date - which is nice. Not up to toolroom standards obviously, but I reckon good enough for what I do. £9 odds delivered Happy days!

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I received mine yesterday too hum the small one was already stuck in when I got it after messing with it the bits flew across the room then I had to take the next size up apart to see how they went back together, poxy things took me half a hour of fiddling to get them both back together

 

[ronan]

Today these turned up from the land full of eastern promise [anyone old enough to remember the Fry's Turkish Delight adverts?

But I digress. Following a post here, I sent off and they arrived today, ahead of expected delivery date - which is nice. Not up to toolroom standards obviously, but I reckon good enough for what I do. £9 odds delivered Happy days!

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I was watching a set of mitutoyo telescopic gauges on ebay, and stuck in a cheeky bid, luckily i won them. Great things to have, very handy. I was going to buy a set of the import adjustable parallels, anyone have a set ? Any use ?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I received mine yesterday too hum the small one was already stuck in when I got it after messing with it the bits flew across the room then I had to take the next size up apart to see how they went back together, poxy things took me half a hour of fiddling to get them both back together

No problem with mine.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Long drive home, but I did amble of the route.
Drive the A303 today?

So I got this.



3 decent Panel beating hammers.
Good condition, used need a clean.



3x AAA Led Torch, free.






Cobblers Tack hammer
Small Hide Mallet.

Both need a bit of TLC. But the hide mallet has a very tactile feel to the shaft.




Leather workers gripping pliers.
@mrsbruce Have you any details on them please?






Yes, I got a Ding Done.

 

[Kayos]

Today I nearly acquired some very nice shelving, a shop being done up had loads of metal shelving next to the bins, I turned around 10 yards after spotting it and transit driving caravan dweller had just stopped and blocked the road while they loaded it.
Maybe I should have done that?