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

[Fraserb]

To be fair that’s pretty cheap I wouldn’t like to think how much a sheet of stainless is at the minute let alone getting it profiled and then folding it all.

I've a sheet of 2mm coming this week £130

 

[James1979]

Its called living on an island James.

Bob

I didnt think that was too bad actually. Especially now Brad reckons on £40 soon

 

[pressbrake1]

Skip dived one and a half jib cranes,heavier than they look when hanging over the side!

 

[Brad93]

Skip dived one and a half jib cranes,heavier than they look when hanging over the side!

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Oh nice score

 

[pressbrake1]

Skip dived one and a half jib cranes,heavier than they look when hanging over the side!

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I better give scale

 

[Maker]

Mashing paddle and a couple more kegs.


Unfortunately I'm nowhere near my workshop so I couldn't just make the paddle, looks like I'm going to get a lot of stainless TIG practice when I am home though.

 

[redlig]

The same way other body shells handle it when dipped by a professional.

It is the washing down and drying out is what matters.

I read an article re rally cars and evidently the "works" were known to acid dip the bare shell to reduce the weight. I guess the life expectancy wasn't that long.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Mashing paddle and a couple more kegs.

You're really investing in this, what if the beer turns out to be stuff you don't like/can't drink?

 

[Maker]

You're really investing in this, what if the beer turns out to be stuff you don't like/can't drink?

O ye of little faith! I'll keep making more until it is drinkable. One of the kegs will get filled with coldbrew coffee when it's warmer, I've wanted to do that for years. If I do decide it's not for me, I won't actually loose any money selling them on eBay (I might actually make a few quid!).

I will admit I do have a habit of getting into new hobbies and spending far too much on them, remember this time last year when I decided I was a photographer?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

O ye of little faith!

....but much experience

 

[Nick DV]

I better give scale

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Suffice to say, you didn't just grab it and throw it in the back of your van then!

 

[arther dailey]

I was like a kid in a toy shop today mainly because i was in the toy shop so i added these die cast cars to my collection.
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particularly like the asto and landy , not seen aston in green before ? most were silver, a nod to bond movies I geuss

 

[Olderisbetter]

particularly like the asto and landy , not seen aston in green before ? most were silver, a nod to bond movies I geuss

They are a pull back and go die cast we sell in a toy shop but the dads like them as well, the Aston is also in silver which sells out fast, can't wait for lockdown to end and open again.

 

[Tangledfeet]

A three-pack of gloves I've already got a couple of pairs of; Wells Lamont HydraHyde work gloves; incredibly comfortable and a great alternative to Mechanix (or similar) and only a tenner a pair on eBay.

Have been wearing them for a few months when out and about and for driving, walking the dogs, etc. when cold.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

An SCSI to SD board.

I may have cursed when I opened it.

Then did some homework. Decided I could do it and invested in a new soldering station with hot air.

Tis tiny.

Another skill that will come in handy

Wish me luck.

 

[Dr.Al]

An SCSI to SD board.

I may have cursed when I opened it.

Then did some homework. Decided I could do it and invested in a new soldering station with hot air.

Tis tiny.

Another skill that will come in handy

Wish me luck.

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Get yourself some desoldering braid. An amazingly effective way of hand-soldering those relatively high pin density packages (as long as you've got good solder resist on the board) is to get two opposite pins carefully soldered down (so it won't go anyway and is lined up) and then quickly flood an entire side of the chip with solder. Then lie the desoldering braid on top and run the soldering iron along it - that soaks up most of the solder but leaves enough to give a good connection on each of the pins. I've used that technique countless times with LQFP packages and it works much better than you'd expect. You can always touch individual pins with a soldering iron if you want to sort out any iffy connections, but it's rarely necessary.

I wouldn't use it for a production part, but for prototypes and one-offs it does just fine.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Get yourself some desoldering braid. An amazingly effective way of hand-soldering those relatively high pin density packages (as long as you've got good solder resist on the board) is to get two opposite pins carefully soldered down (so it won't go anyway and is lined up) and then quickly flood an entire side of the chip with solder. Then lie the desoldering braid on top and run the soldering iron along it - that soaks up most of the solder but leaves enough to give a good connection on each of the pins. I've used that technique countless times with LQFP packages and it works much better than you'd expect. You can always touch individual pins with a soldering iron if you want to sort out any iffy connections, but it's rarely necessary.

I wouldn't use it for a production part, but for prototypes and one-offs it does just fine.

Got some liquid solder coming to test out on that with hot air.

Also added flux. A selection of tweasers and picks.
Braids in my solder box already and saw the method earlier

Oh and a magnifier with light

On the plus side I've got very steady hands

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

And just added the 0.3mm solder I'd forgotten about.

 

[redlig]

Get yourself some desoldering braid. An amazingly effective way of hand-soldering those relatively high pin density packages (as long as you've got good solder resist on the board) is to get two opposite pins carefully soldered down (so it won't go anyway and is lined up) and then quickly flood an entire side of the chip with solder. Then lie the desoldering braid on top and run the soldering iron along it - that soaks up most of the solder but leaves enough to give a good connection on each of the pins. I've used that technique countless times with LQFP packages and it works much better than you'd expect. You can always touch individual pins with a soldering iron if you want to sort out any iffy connections, but it's rarely necessary.

I wouldn't use it for a production part, but for prototypes and one-offs it does just fine.

We used to use a spring loaded syringe type of thing that sucked up the remelted solder .

 

[8ob]

You're really investing in this, what if the beer turns out to be stuff you don't like/can't drink?

I made a 25ltr keg a few years ago that had gone a bit wrong, not something I would have drank or given to friends. Had a painter and decorator in and he stopped me tipping it down the drain, he took it home chucked a bag of sugar in it and drank the lot

Bob