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

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Walking the dog this morning I took an extended walk and ended up near(well in) some old small buildings. They have been striped years ago. Oddly there is not much vandalism.
But I found this.




This is after a tickle with a wire brush.

Vono Bed spanner. The design allows it to be used on 4 different size nuts.

 

[4String.]

Back home after a long week away, made even longer by doing the weekly shop at Lidl in Stockton .

Final purchases made, and just about sorted for the upcoming dive holiday . A 24 litre coolbox to keep my dive camera safe while on the boat, (and hold a couple of cold tins if I get round to making a wee shelf this weekend ), a couple of shiny things for the spares box, and a new pair of “rock boots” to wear over the thin neoprene boot-socks of my drysuit, to replace my old ones which I left in St Abbs a while back and some objectionable sort has walked off with .

 

[zzr1200]

Today I bit the bullet and hopefully bought the Rolls Royce.

I'm fed up buying bits of useless junk that airlock, can't be bled, spew their contents out, don't screw together properly, quit pumping half way through, the plunger jams and are generally cheap awful tat.









So l purchased this















An Abnox Wanner grease gun


Hopefully this one will last and work properly

 

[Moose McAlpine]

Isn't that just the nature of grease guns in general? I bought a John Deere one which is very nicely made but i've yet to use it.

 

[zzr1200]

Isn't that just the nature of grease guns in general? I bought a John Deere one which is very nicely made but i've yet to use it.

My father has a couple in his shed they must 40+ years old and still work perfectly, I've trawled the boot sales and only ever seen the tat ones.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

My father has a couple in his shed they must 40+ years old and still work perfectly, I've trawled the boot sales and only ever seen the tat ones.

May have paid 50p for a wanner at the car boot last year.

 

[4String.]

I’m still using the grease gun my Dad used to use when he was a maintenance fitter at Paramo’s foundry in Sheffield.

I use it daily to keep my Hiab running smoothly, it gets looked after and it still works perfectly. Not bad considering that as Paramo closed their foundry in 1981, and Dad worked there for nigh-on 15 years, it’s probably in the region of 50 years old.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

My father has a couple in his shed they must 40+ years old and still work perfectly, I've trawled the boot sales and only ever seen the tat ones.

Interesting. Every one i've ever used has been rubbish. They work fine when they're new and have a full cartridge, buy it all goes downhill fast. My cheap nasty work one is rubbish, the end nozzle always gets stuck on too.

 

[zzr1200]

May have paid 50p for a wanner at the car boot last year.

Shut up.....

 

[zzr1200]

I’m still using the grease gun my Dad used to use when he was a maintenance fitter at Paramo’s foundry in Sheffield.

I use it daily to keep my Hiab running smoothly, it gets looked after and it still works perfectly. Not bad considering that as Paramo closed their foundry in 1981, and Dad worked there for nigh-on 15 years, it’s probably in the region of 50 years old.

They WERE made to last then.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Shut up.....

My mistake. Cost me a quid.
Feel ripped off now.

Also picked up a wenner grease gun for a quid. Slim pickings today.
A broken bennet black widow to make a pair. needs new bands.
View attachment 143482

 

[Moose McAlpine]

I’m still using the grease gun my Dad used to use when he was a maintenance fitter at Paramo’s foundry in Sheffield.

I use it daily to keep my Hiab running smoothly, it gets looked after and it still works perfectly. Not bad considering that as Paramo closed their foundry in 1981, and Dad worked there for nigh-on 15 years, it’s probably in the region of 50 years old.

Do you keep it well-greased?

 

[brightspark]

I nicked a cartridge grease gun out of a jcb when I was 14 still use it . now 65 yrs old

 

[zzr1200]

My mistake. Cost me a quid.
Feel ripped off now.https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/attachments/143482/

They are the ones my old mans got...

 

[mechman]

I nicked a cartridge grease gun out of a jcb when I was 14 still use it . now 65 yrs old

Must be nearly empty.

 

[ronan]

 

[Farside]

Today I bit the bullet and hopefully bought the Rolls Royce.

I'm fed up buying bits of useless junk that airlock, can't be bled, spew their contents out, don't screw together properly, quit pumping half way through, the plunger jams and are generally cheap awful tat.









So l purchased this















An Abnox Wanner grease gun


Hopefully this one will last and work properly

Excellent.
I have a couple of them, both bought decades ago when I had cars and vans with the odd grease nipple here and there. I think I bought the second one because the first one went hiding, as they do.
Now they live on the workshop wall, and I haven't used either of them for years. Always ready for some action, though.

 

[brightspark]

Must be nearly empty.

a few times . I got a 5 gallon bucket of grease given so when the plastic sleeve is empty I refill it why pay for them

 

[Anguz]

Some offcuts of bar.. both steel and alloy.. not sure what the green/ brown is exactly but aluminium

 

[zzr1200]

Some offcuts of bar.. both steel and alloy.. not sure what the green/ brown is exactly but aluminium View attachment 184681

It'll be interesting to see what you make/turn out of the yellow/red/blue/black off cut......


PS. Welding it could be fun .........