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

[JMS1972]

Not the same model, not the pilot arc torch with I think.


Reckon so, mines an A1 but got a Parkside pilot arc torch for it from Germany.

Certainly not conclusive cos it depends on a load of things, but did a back to back on some 5mm flat steel and the non PA had more beans than the PA torch on the same machine...

I though I was dreaming today when I saw an Arnie Lidl advert on ITV - but no! Must be hard up...

Come on @8ob Give us a review, show us your muscles and best terminator impressions

I did a review of the last pilot arc torch they did (without internal compressor).

Excuse the poor production values

 

[Kerelise]

Seems suspiciously cheap....was it quite warm when you took it out the box?

Festool stuff is mega bucks....I know because I spent mega bucks on a few bits myself .

Thats got to be £700 new I reckon?

I've looked through it, and all the bits are there. TBH, in the past have twice bought stuff at car boots off sellers who were flogging off their (ex) partners stuff for next to nothing as a way of getting back at them for being dumped (I asked why selling this stuff - clothes, music, tools etc so cheap, and that was the answer amidst the cursing). For the router, the seller had a weird array of stuff - plumbing, garage tools, wood work - a jack of all trades perhaps (but I doubt it). I guess whenever there is a bargain, there is always a loser. I don't recall seeing anyone on say, TV programmes like bargain hunt, making a decent profit and then searching out the original seller to give them a cut? Antiques roadshow - " I bought this in a charity shop for £3 " - bet the shop never saw any of the £15k it realised subsequently at an auction. Limits of course - for example if blatantly and obviously a stolen item, ID scraped / ground off; then yes, I won't entertain it; if it's a bargain - at least buyer and seller are happy when £ changes hands, and leave it that I guess.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

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Couple of nice bronze hand pumps for the garden and greenhouse a decently priced ms460. Just need to see if I can get my hands on some more tree trunks now...

Those pumps are great.
I have a few myself.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

I guess whenever there is a bargain, there is always a loser.

Not judging at all and as you say no way of knowing for sure what the back story is....its just the first thought I had when I saw the pic!

Easy enough to verify of course as they're all tagged uniquely.

 

[6ply]

5 ex-rental warehouse coats
All in excellent condition
£20 including ups delivery

To replace the ones I have recently set on fire or ripped to shreds.

 

[Maker]

- a jack of all trades perhaps

Nice term for a thief.

 

[Gregb23]

Those pumps are great.
I have a few myself.

Just had the smaller one apart to check it over. Didn't realise they were completely brass/bronze inside, I'd assumed they'd have a rubber seal on the mechanism.
Lovely bits of kits and both work better than I expected.

 

[Farside]

Antiques roadshow - " I bought this in a charity shop for £3 " - bet the shop never saw any of the £15k it realised subsequently at an auction.

It's probably happened, but we never hear of it.
I recall some old bloke on Antiques Roadshow with a few very valuable tiny gauge model locos, that he'd "picked up in Germany right after the war".
Must've been a bargain-hunter's paradise.

 

[nickk]

A new I pad,old one was one of the first,so did over 7 years,the battery needed frequent charging,then I was worried about losing photos,final straw was spelling mistakes or letters not displaying as I typed (:;()*213&()/&)(43/=3’jnbg)! Lol.
All now resolved.

 

[Kerelise]

Nice term for a thief.

That’s exactly what I was implying !

 

[Kerelise]

It's probably happened, but we never hear of it.
I recall some old bloke on Antiques Roadshow with a few very valuable tiny gauge model locos, that he'd "picked up in Germany right after the war".
Must've been a bargain-hunter's paradise.

I was in Poland the weeks after the Russians withdrew. The stuff up for sale in the markets was incredible - apart from the military stuff (Kalashnikov rifles according to my uncle for under £20) I spent much time hoovering up old coins from dealers shops…

 

[Turbo]

Bugger

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Mate texted me today to say he's tested +ve, so I had a nervous 30 minute until my test was thankfully clear!

 

[Che]

5 ex-rental warehouse coats
All in excellent condition
£20 including ups delivery

To replace the ones I have recently set on fire or ripped to shreds.

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Excellent - where were they from ?
EDIT - just found them on ebay

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A large heavy box.

I am going in............
If not back tonight send my bills to @Parm.
My beer to @mike os.

@angellonewolf will sort the tools.
@Seadog please drink my rum.

 

[eddie49]

I was in Poland the weeks after the Russians withdrew. The stuff up for sale in the markets was incredible - apart from the military stuff (Kalashnikov rifles according to my uncle for under £20) I spent much time hoovering up old coins from dealers shops…

I was in recently-unified Berlin as Russian forces began to withdraw from East Germany. In Alexanderplatz, the heart of the former East Berlin, I was offered a Makarov 9mm pistol and 1,000 rounds of ammunition for 100 D-mark - about £30.

 

[angellonewolf]

A large heavy box.

I am going in............
If not back tonight send my bills to @Parm.
My beer to @mike os.

@angellonewolf will sort the tools.
@Seadog please drink my rum.

i dont know if i got that much time spare

this was a pic of your shed 5 years ago was it not going to be twice as bad now

 

[Blobber]

i dont know if i got that much time spare


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this was a pic of your shed 5 years ago was it not going to be twice as bad now

Why does that remind me of this

Edmund Trebus - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Well I am back.

I have investigated the things, got coffee and had fun.

The box.

From experience I knew the contents would be well packed.

I was not disappointed.

But no bubble wrap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Much to look into.

With grease.
The Brace and bit jaw springs are still good.

Need to test this.

This will not be saved.

It is out of date and contaminated.

We like.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

There is more.

The drill looks like it will fit a few Wolf accessorize.

Ohhhhhhhh. Rusty.

A GPO tool.

A Tilley lamp I assume good sire?


The plastic will be sent to be recycled.

The cardboard will be shredded and used as compost.

 

[cheb]

Why can't the fire blanket be used as ad hoc welding spatter protection?