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

[Farside]

Nothing welding, bike, workshop or tool related.
An air fryer.
Hoyuss... now I can enjoy fried fish without eating grease or oil with it.
Just gave it a trial run with some potato wedgies. Lovely and crisp.
One of these...

I'll have to ration myself now. Too easy to get carried away with this kind of thing.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

So having missed out on a liqui tilter several months ago I set about creating an alternative. So I bought a simple roller tilter...then I bought an extra large farm jack...and the kit to connect it to the hub.

It was a superb plan and I was very proud of myself....what could possibly go wrong....until this came up for sale

So I put in a cheeky offer.....and the guy accepted it straight away. I'm actually very happy as its what I wanted all along....just a bit sad that I'll have to sell off the jack and accessories to pay for it

 

[Matchless]

Could have cracked a smile @Patrick Gill

I had to leave the shed, and get changed, in the middle of the day!

 

[Matchless]

So having missed out on a liqui tilter several months ago I set about creating an alternative. So I bought a simple roller tilter...then I bought an extra large farm jack...and the kit to connect it to the hub.

It was a superb plan and I was very proud of myself....what could possibly go wrong....until this came up for sale

So I put in a cheeky offer.....and the guy accepted it straight away. I'm actually very happy as its what I wanted all along....just a bit sad that I'll have to sell off the jack and accessories to pay for it

when ever I have had castings made for major vintage motorcycle parts originals always turn up, just as I clamp the new castings to the mill......

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I'll have to ration myself now. Too easy to get carried away with this kind of thing.

They are great. Try making chips with Maris Piper spuds - I cut mine without even peeling, toss them in a teaspoon of oil and ......bingo!! Fantastic chips.

 

[mtt.tr]

Haven't acquired a great deal lately. But did acquire this 60x1000 lump of what looks to be chromoly or stainless View attachment 228660

Hydraulic ram stock?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

here is the party,

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You had Bill Oddie at your party? Respect!!

 

[Cobbler]

They are great. Try making chips with Maris Piper spuds - I cut mine without even peeling, toss them in a teaspoon of oil and ......bingo!! Fantastic chips.

Bust ours tonight, looking for spares now!

 

[mtt.tr]

I’ve got some massive bolts for connecting deep sea pipelines. I acquired them in Israel. They have some sort of special paint coating

Had them 12 years now. I will find a use for them

Ive got some huge bolts we picked up on an abseiling job, must be 70mm across.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

when ever I have had castings made for major vintage motorcycle parts originals always turn up, just as I clamp the new castings to the mill......

Glad I'm not the only one....I had such a great plan too although it was a little sketchy I think so the tilter should be a lot safer (once I've checked it out fully of course).

It was listed as Liqui but I'm pretty sure that it isn't because they use square section for the jack bar but maybe they varied their design over the production cycle...will have to see when it arrives.

 

[Cuthy246]

Bargain from Aldi yesterday, last one £40 down to £30, makes using the mitre saw much better

Also enjoyed the last of the sun yesterday

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Bust ours tonight, looking for spares now!

How did you manage that?

 

[Ashley Burton]

@Cuthy246 Good price that!

 

[mrsbruce]

Could have cracked a smile @Patrick Gill

Beat me to it, I was going to ask “who’s the dour begger on the end”, but politeness overtook me.

 

[God mode restorations]

Hydraulic ram stock?

Could be yes

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Also enjoyed the last of the sun yesterday

Idea No. 2 for my old lathe bed.
TVM.

 

[MBB]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-NEW-H...stic-Silicone-Top-Mould-21-Jelly/223193433554
I bought 2 of these for £1 at lidles in the clearance box. Perfect size for er 32 collets

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Based on my philosophy of 'buy when it's a bargain', these turned up in anticipation of my finishing the jigsaw that is the Quorn grinder/cutter [yes, it's taking a while ] - a set of 15 grinding wheels, mostly smaller than the ones which came with the machine.

Some are of the green variety which afaik are relatively expensive, in comparison to the other colour ones.
£19.50 inc p & p for 15 from www.homeworkshop.org

A few have blue or yellow lines across them, anyone know what this signifies - different grades I suppose, but which is which etc?

 

[MBB]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-NEW-H...stic-Silicone-Top-Mould-21-Jelly/223193433554
I bought 2 of these for £1 at lidles in the clearance box. Perfect size for er 32 collets

£1 each at Poundland

 

[Kram]

16mm EN16T bar and two wire wound pots