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

[bigegg]

@bigegg

The forum implores you to post more pictures.

i'll post more later, although subsequent polishing shows it might not be brass.

i think it was off the brass brush i was using. although wierdly it didnt colour the blade or screws. .
gun metal? i suppose quick test would be to use a magnet.

 

[Farside]

Got a lifetime's supply of tyre gunk. Got fed up with using manky old glycerine or soap, so thought I'd treat myself to the real McCoy.

 

[brightspark]

Got a lifetime's supply of tyre gunk. Got fed up with using manky old glycerine or soap, so thought I'd treat myself to the real McCoy.
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how much. I bought a tub and I think it was 15 quid. mines white

 

[Farside]

£11.49
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Ty...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

As a small thanks for my help.

3packs of 5min two pack glue.
It is not 5 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 wooden tool shafts.
5lt of Meths.

 

[jerrytug]

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a little bull nosed plane.
got it in a waterlogged box of "bits" (old bolts, screws and car bits) from MIL's husband about 20 yrs ago. - where it looked like a solid lump of rust.

threw it in the citric acid tank a couple of years ago, and just found it when i've come to clean out the crud from the bottom.

quick polish with the proxxon, and it turns out its actually brass, or bronze!
I'm guessing bronze? as the acid would have leeched out the zinc, leaving it more copper-y?

Looks like bronze. De-zincified brass is a miserable and useless material, it goes crumbly and the colour is nauseous.
Cool find! ( I'm a big fan of bronze )
Bronze can take a fine edge.. and it would work in a plane, I would guess, but need sharpening more often than steel.

 

[Kram]

Two more ER40 collets, 12 and 16, nice suprise they are Kennametal branded.

 

[DAPPH]

Is that duck tape?
Kinky

Thought you'd got your worms muggled tup ………... initially I read it as :- Is that kinky tape Duck ?

 

[cianh91]

Added another 2 to the collection

 

[dobbslc]

Got a few bits of Ebay,
A large spanner that will hopefully fit the inner track rod on the Surf and a set of Halfords Professional long hex bits and Allen keys.
Also a pair of thin jaw wide opening adjustable spanners again for the track rods, once I'm under there I don't want to find I don't have the right tools again!

 

[Matchless]

got these a while ago, came across them today, not used them yet, but they are different to the norm, they have hard rubber rollers! what were they intended for? as a clue they most likely came from the bank of England printing works workshop,

 

[Beeezer]

Aluminium??

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I've been a very naughty boy, but I'm worth it

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Its an 18v router, no battery, but comes with a trim and plunge bases, fences etc.

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The body itself is quite small

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I've used it already for a small job however I need to wait for some guide bushes and cutters for the Leigh dovetail jig to be delivered before it gets a lot more use. The intention is to use my Dewalt corded for the tails, and the Milwaukee for the pins, that way I don't have to keep swapping cutters. I have depth jig to help set the cutter depth but they always differ slightly when changing cutters meaning either a tight or sloppy dovetail and much messing about. This way once set up correctly I can breeze through all 40+ dovetailed drawers and trays for the kitchen without fiddling about.

This is my second Milwaukee 18v Fuel router. The other one is sat in a work colleague's desk in Chicago waiting for the next time somebody comes over to the UK. That may be a while so will probably sell that to another US work colleague.

Cheers
Andy

Picked up dewalts 18v router last month.
Excellent bit of kit.
Doubt very much you will regret buying that

Prefer it over my old 110v trimmers

Quieter too

 

[Memmeddu]

Half acquired an engine driven welder today
It's old ,it has not electronics .
The thing is capable of 16kW three phase
Maybe 10 single phase and 400A .
But it has a very big issue
No engine someone took it out
For this reason I'll probably get it for free

 

[Memmeddu]

Half acquired an engine driven welder today
It's old ,it has not electronics .
The thing is capable of 16kW three phase
Maybe 10 single phase and 400A .
But it has a very big issue
No engine someone took it out
For this reason I'll probably get it for free

Yesterday the owner has told me that he would like to bring this engine driven to the scrapyard , this morning he said me that someone offer 1000 Euros for the engine only which to me was missing in action .
I practically laughed at him in face via messages
People is strange I can get a entire working engine driven welder with 1000 euros expecially in this period because peoples are desperate

 

[angellonewolf]

^^^^you must have shown to much intrest

 

[RichardM]

what were they intended for? as a clue they most likely came from the bank of England printing works workshop,

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Just two rollers? probably to squeeze water out of paper bank note samples.

 

[zx9]

Just two rollers? probably to squeeze water out of paper bank note samples.

I expect it was for laundering money.

 

[Memmeddu]

^^^^you must have shown to much intrest

I don't think that.
I think that the seller is just little bit mother......
Because he said me that the engine wasn't existing anymore (destroyed?)
And today he said me that the engine still available and someone offer him 1k euros for it .
Before he told me about this engine driven ,he tried to sell me a genset mpm15-400 alternator ,I didn't accept because the alternator only is useless .
No control electronic boards ,no half bridge and thyristors ,no capacitors
Is useless .
Here again he firstly said that the electrical have been scrapped but after I said that without those parts I can't buy it (a friend of mine need a generator we thought we might fit an engine driven alternator to a PTO shaft) , miracle happened he said he has those parts and even the front panel
Worthless use of my precious time
He thinks him is clever than me he is completely wrong

 

[Matchless]

Just two rollers? probably to squeeze water out of paper bank note samples.

no it has three rollers, quite conventional but hard rubber rollers, would probably work well with most metals so long as they are not too hard / thick, just never heard of it before,