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

[WorkshopChris]

After fitting this for a customer i have acquired 4 very blunt, worn 10mm sds drill bits, some of the toughest abrasive concrete i have had the misfortune to drill into.

 

[brewdexta]

I wanted one of them oscillating multitool jobbies, I just about have an excuse for one with some door hinges and some awkward sanding to do and people keep saying they are the dogs danglies and you'll find loads of uses once you have one. So I saw a body only Milwaukee C12MT for £54 inc VAT and delivery on t'internet, elsewhere 75 quid cheapest. It is now mine, and since delivery the supplier has upped the price to 70 quid

I have a fair bit of 12v Milwaukee now, nice and light and powerful enough for my use. I shall try it out in the morning, I daren't in the afternoon as I'm off to a beer festival at lunch time

It came with a saw blade and the usual triangular sanding pad and I've since bought a variety of finger sanders, rasps and blades from multitoolworld. It's minutes since I have bought a tool and I was getting withdrawal symptoms, I'm going sober for October so the savings in beer will pay for it.

Cheers
Andy

 

[Stueeee]

Actually acquired about a week ago from Bob (8ob on here) but just finished cleaning the 4 jaw SC chuck up.

It was seized solid and took quite a bit of penetrating oil and patience to get the scroll moving and then to get the jaws to free up. However, once the surface rust was cleaned off, the chuck turned out to be in brilliant condition, with absolutely no wear marks on the jaws.

Now I just need to sell a kidney to buy a D1-8 Camlock backplate so I can mount the chuck onto my DSG lathe.

I have that 3 jaw in bits at the moment, it's coming along nicely.

 

[Arc Tourist]

I didnt technically ‘aquire’ it. but its my job to build a flying one

I like those STOL tundra tyres.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I wanted one of them oscillating multitool jobbies

I have one of the Bosch mains ones, I don't use it a lot but it's great when you're faced with one of 'those' jobs.

 

[RichardM]

Oh yes, I paid full price for the 3 "Dremel" style wire brushes.

It's in writing

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I have one of the Bosch mains ones, I don't use it a lot but it's great when you're faced with one of 'those' jobs.

Beat me to it. I also have the Bosch unit.
Mine was used a lot last year to cut the Mortice holes in a series of small plant stands I made.

 

[mpats]

I have one of the Bosch mains ones, I don't use it a lot but it's great when you're faced with one of 'those' jobs.

Yup, cheap Erauber battery one, doesn't get used often but when it comes in handy boy oh boy does it come in handy.

 

[MattF]

I have one of the Bosch mains ones, I don't use it a lot but it's great when you're faced with one of 'those' jobs.

Invaluable for certain tasks. Mine sees little use these days, but when I was fitting, that unit was worked hard. It earned its keep many times over.

On a tangent about fitting, I was looking at some photo's I took of one job, the other day. First thing which came to mind was how many times I twatted my head on the low, deep openings whilst working inside on those windows. I had a permanent lump on the back of my head for about a week.

 

[rtbcomp]

Having thought some more, could this be from an early gramophone , the narrow end may have fitted to bottom of the hollow arm that held the needle and resonator and the horn end underneath in the cabinet , a sort of built in amp ,
Chris

If it is get it on Ebay, especially the USA site.

I found an old motor in my workshop when I bought it, thinking it was a Meccano motor I put it on the Bay for a fiver, it fetched £1300 + £75 Datapost to the USA, that was about 20 years ago. Turns out it was off an Edison phonograph or something.

 

[bigegg]

a very nice set of 16 Forstner bits - from 6mm to 54mm.

good reviews around the net, and only £16 from the clearance shelf at Screwfix.

also came with some free augers, Brad points and spade bits - but worth it just for the Forstners!

 

[Shox Dr]

I like those STOL tundra tyres.

God knows how much they cost. 26" on 6"rims max pressure is 12psi. They are tubeless with the schrader valve in the tyre wall.

 

[Robotstar5]

After fitting this for a customer i have acquired 4 very blunt, worn 10mm sds drill bits, some of the toughest abrasive concrete i have had the misfortune to drill into.
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I found similar when installing a machine in Bury St Edmunds, apparently they like to put local flint into the mix when laying floors, had the gearbox grease dribbling out of the SDS drill it got that hot

 

[MattF]

Put the pin in your CO2 extinguisher.

One of those things that you'd generally never pay much attention to, until it's something which you constantly have to pay attention to.

 

[galooph]

I acquired a pair of Bahco adjustables, thanks to @winchman

 

[Dieselman 63]

I thought you were in trouble for bringing too much home with you. Where have you hidden it?

I was. I decided to ask permission! I showed some of my turned work and I was allowed to bring it back. I’ve even been granted permission to buy a radial sander too!

 

[Brad93]

Well the first part of my order for a load of Pferd goodies has just gone through.

Expect to receive them at the start of next week if they’re in stock in the U.K.
If not end of next week direct from Germany.

Just pricing up some more stuff from them now for some upcoming jobs.

At some point This week I need to order some HMT impact taps which I’m gonna try on a job.

 

[DAPPH]

Horn for a radio, so you can sing along to ‘Worker’s Playtime’.

Dumdem dedumdem dedumedum de duuum dum...........

More like the sound amplifiying horn out of a cheap cabinet installed wind up gramophone.

The old cat's whisker ( later we had a fixed crystal set ) radios we had were put in a tin bucket that was laid on it's side and supported by books to stop it rolling off the table.
In 1953 we got posh and got a second hand radio that needed two lead acid glass accumulators for the power . I remember being sat on the back of my Mums pushbike when she took the flat accumulators in the handle bar basket six or so miles to get them charged up by a former RAF radio operator as we didn't have electricity ( nor a mains water supply) .

You can just see the horn under the turn table .

Real quality cabinets, not the oak utility one above, were made of rose veneered ply's and had the horn made from a lovely thin polished rose veneer ply as well . If you tapped it with a clean wooden meat skewer it gave a very pleasing resonant tone.

 

[sardine]

Saw a Migatronic KDE 400 with wire feeder in a skip behind an engineering company today, obviously its karked it, but is it worth anything for spares is the question ?

 

[Olderisbetter]

Today I aquired this wtf is it ?made of thin steel, found in a shed being clear for demolition,View attachment 154797 View attachment 154798 View attachment 154799 View attachment 154800

I have a few of those from old wind up record players