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

[Ruffian]

Today a friend I helped do a service on said "is this any use to you?"
As he presented a brand new 15kg roll of 0.8mm mig wire.

My mig only takes 5kg rolls so dont have any use for it.

Not going to say no to that

 

[gordon stephenson]

Nice little haul this week-end, New in the box ISE waste disposal unit,£20-00,
Two 20 mtr oxy acet 6mm bore hoses £5-00
Black and Decker laser/stud & pipe detector including a new 9v battery £2-50p

 

[bigegg]

i woke up at 630 this morning, ready for a good tour of three or four car boot sales.
i thought " i'll just have another 10 minutes"


today i aquired:
a sleep in. until 11.10am.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

today i aquired:
a sleep in. until 11.10am.

Well, your body obviously needed it - there'll be more cbs.

 

[Anguz]

bought at a steam fair for 5 quid
still boxed, made in shefield, either nos or one very careful owner... still cuts paper.
still got the original price on them

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

there'll be more cbs.

You are right.

There are jumble sales, second hand shops, tool fairs,charity shops and a host more.

 

[brianblock]

I picked up a fully working 4 inch angle grinder for £2

 

[bigegg]

You are right.

There are jumble sales, second hand shops, tool fairs,charity shops and a host more.

next cbs is wednesday morning - but other side of wakefield, so needs an extra early start otherwise i end up sat in traffic for an hour.
cant remember last time i saw a "jumble sale"
second hand shops round here are full of ps2 games, worn out sofas, and power tools of dubious origin (which i wont buy on principal)
tool fairs? - few and far bewtween
charity shops - just the big names, overpriced draugr, and i dont have the time or inclination to go down the "save them for me for a donation" route - might be weeks before i could re-visit.

on the other hand. three or four good sunday morning cbses. two good sunday afternoon ones. plus the *really* good one on wednesdays.

*if* i get up.

 

[Craig-SM]

@bigegg What is the one at Wakefield on a Wednesday and what time?

 

[bigegg]

@bigegg What is the one at Wakefield on a Wednesday and what time?

fitzwilliam

 

[Moose McAlpine]

Got myself a genuine Myking ground clamp. I bought one before but they sent me a cheap nasty fake one, terrible quality. This one is very nicely made though.

The Pferd burrs will be top quality. Strange to find them at a boot sale. they’re fairly uncommon brand.

Pferd burrs are excellent! I have a whole bunch i've pieced together by finding odd bargains here and there. Everything Pferd makes is top quality.

 

[Tangledfeet]

Got back from two weeks in Australia and came back with tools rather than trinkets...

An Empire (American made) 600 X 400mm framing square that only just fitted in the suitcase, backing pad and a variety of grades of abrasive disc, a Japanese angle thing - and some proper Australian-made outback boots - Redback.

Paid a visit to Bunnings there (they copied and arguably bettered B&Q) and it wasn't even one of the larger ones but was flabbergasted when my brother in law drove inside (he's a 'tradie' now having fallen victim to oil industry cutbacks a few years ago but would never go back - gets more job satisfaction working for a letting agent!) rather parking with the riffraff outside! My wife and I were wondering where he was parking as he just kept driving through the car park...

 

[Memmeddu]

Sockets for the workshop

 

[Lazurus]

A bill for £1300 for a new turbo and injector clean on my Focus......... Modern cars

 

[Moose McAlpine]

A bill for £1300 for a new turbo and injector clean on my Focus......... Modern cars

That's cheap! I've paid over 2 grand for turbos trade. And did a set of 5 injectors on a Volvo years ago, they were re-cons and total invoice was 2,200 .

 

[selectedgrub]

Some rejects from the stamper.
Still warm and free.

 

[4String.]

First day back in the yard after almost 2 weeks off, and it’s a bit like Christmas.




4 rolls of emery tape @ 60 to 280 grit, 2 sets of Tick removers, purchased after getting too intimate with one last week , and a splendidly well wrapped parcel from Bedfordshire, which turned out to be:




... an action camera, courtesy of @eLuSiVeMiTe.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Do like a bit of gaffa tape.
No boxes to hand so improvised

 

[sparkysy]

Those tick picks are well handy I've had a couple of close encounters with them, nasty little critters!