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

Kram · Jun 18, 2021

The tig stubby clear lens set, fits wp17

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0816488Y7

I now have 4 boxes of different tig tip bits!

MattF · Jun 18, 2021

Arc Tourist said:
Passed the sniff test, and coffee still tastes the same.

indy4x · Jun 18, 2021

Some service items for the Jeep

Jan-DIY · Jun 19, 2021

This popped up this morning in my neighborhood.
Got it for about 80€ with about 25m of 35mm2 cables.
Because owner dies 20 years ago it was never been use since then.
Unfortunately EWM machines from this decades got some problems on latching up its PAL ic.
But it seems to be working.

Will spend it a cleanup and give it a try.

It will deliver respectable 200A from 230V (German) sockets, so it was really a revolutionary at this time.
Best thing on it is that it comes with dial covers.

James1979 · Jun 19, 2021

Jan-DIY said:
This popped up this morning in my neighborhood.
Got it for about 80€ with about 25m of 35mm2 cables.
Because owner dies 20 years ago it was never been use since then.
Unfortunately EWM machines from this decades got some problems on latching up its PAL ic.
But it seems to be working.

Will spend it a cleanup and give it a try.

It will deliver respectable 200A from 230V (German) sockets, so it was really a revolutionary at this time.
Best thing on it is that it comes with dial covers.

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I need to make another trip to Germany!!

Jan-DIY · Jun 19, 2021

But make sure you come over with a trailer.

Jan-DIY · Jun 19, 2021

Just got a test on stick.
Man, 90 amps arc plus 50thousends of arc from the sun get quite hot.
Stickmode worked like a charm.

Would like to tell that it could be a bargain.

But I also need to test it on tig.

Cobbler · Jun 19, 2021

Just the cables must be worth a bit.

Jan-DIY · Jun 19, 2021

Yes, they are about 6,5€/kg now on scrap.
Sweared to myself to not buying any stuff from EWM because they caused problems every time.
But this unit seems to be ok.

First inverter are really tricky and expensive on spares.

Got 5 of them here now.

James1979 · Jun 19, 2021

Jan-DIY said:
But make sure you come over with a trailer.

Last time I was there without a trailer I saw a land rover Minerva for sale. €300! Fully working.

brewdexta · Jun 19, 2021

Having got bored with carp electronic scales that don't read the same weight twice, or the battery box is loose, or eats batteries, I went old school for weighing out malt in the brewery.

The scales were last use in anger in a hardware shop in Barton on Humber for weighing out nails and screws. The small weight on a string was for weighing panel pins. The shop was owned by the father of the lady who sold them to me, she told me that she was weighed in the scales not long after she was born. Her dad is in his 80s now and consented for them to be sold, she seemed happy that they were going to be used. Probably better than them turning up on Etsy with a dodgy gold paint job.

They came with a choice of metric or imperial weights, I went for metric as all my recipes are in kilos.

The pan looks like it will hold about 3kg of malt at a time which is well under the 20Ib limit

There's a little bit of flaky rust on them which I will remove gently then give them a coat of BLO or similar. A penny stuck on with a bit of blutack to calibrate and its time to get brewing. A cooking bitter next me thinks, I only seem to have rocket fuel left.

Any scale experts around? I would be interested to find out how old purely out of curiosity. I did a quick search on google images, Graces Guide etc. Unfortunately the Avery Museum closed in 2015 after 90 years. I'm guessing they are probably pre-WW2 from the style, but could be wrong. I may search a bit harder next time I'm bored, probably on a long conference call

Cheers
Andy