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

[Robotstar5]

A Parweld helmet courtesy of @doubleboost recent Youtube channel giveaway, quite chuffed as I never seem to win anything

It should make a nice replacement for my 20 odd year old Jackson helmet, just got see if I still have a "mig welding forum" sticker for it.

 

[Bullet2012]

A Parweld helmet courtesy of @doubleboost recent Youtube channel giveaway, quite chuffed as I never seem to win anything

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It should make a nice replacement for my 20 odd year old Jackson helmet, just got see if I still have a "mig welding forum" sticker for it.

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we have all been conned, what with @Wozzaaah using all the forum funds for exotic holidays and now you winning all the prizes, its a fix I tell ya , a fix

 

[Blobber]

SGS in Rugby are the place to go for struts

+1 for that.
After fitting a couple of large speakers in the tailgate of my estate car the already tired struts refused to work.
Rang sgs and they give me advise and I bought a pair of uprated ones to compensate for the weight of the speakers.

Yep I use them for all the car stuff, this was a quick and easy purchase...
Anyhow made an adaptor up by drilling and tapping a 10mm bolt, the door end is ok as its just a nut and bolt job

 

[nickk]

These replaced my original unbranded ones from the eighties.

 

[MattF]

Several .£ 60 here, £ 120 there plus more & a few north of £500 soon mounts up

Doesn't it just. I don't dare calculate how much I've spent on tools & tooling.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Doesn't it just. I don't dare calculate how much I've spent on tools & tooling.

Oh that is simple.
Send me the tools and I send Norbert the bill.

 

[sardine]

Rescued this lot from going to waste. What do you recon , worth anything ?

Triang signals, Playcraft " train carrages" in boxes

 

[droopsnoot]

Why can I never find stuff like that waiting to be thrown out?

My local crafts / antiques / general tat place has a few stalls selling model railway stuff, I think their carriages are usually about £8 each without boxes. Short sections of track aren't worth a lot IMO. Boxed stuff usually adds a premium of course. I think Playcraft was another brand of Jouef, who did some good stuff if I recall correctly. Some Playcraft stuff here: http://www.playcraftrailways.com/

 

[doubleboost]

A Parweld helmet courtesy of @doubleboost recent Youtube channel giveaway, quite chuffed as I never seem to win anything

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It should make a nice replacement for my 20 odd year old Jackson helmet, just got see if I still have a "mig welding forum" sticker for it.

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Thanks to Rob from Xtreme Plasma for donating it to my channel

 

[Robotstar5]

Rescued this lot from going to waste. What do you recon , worth anything ?

Triang signals, Playcraft " train carrages" in boxes
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My first trainset in 1965 was a Playcraft

 

[Windy Miller]

A Parweld helmet courtesy of @doubleboost recent Youtube channel giveaway, quite chuffed as I never seem to win anything

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It should make a nice replacement for my 20 odd year old Jackson helmet, just got see if I still have a "mig welding forum" sticker for it.

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I watched the draw on DoubleBoost’s channel on the train journey into work this morning - so nice to see one of ‘our guys’ get a win.

Gave me a nice warm feeling it did!

 

[Gragson]

A pretty decent 200mm holesaw off Amazon



Bit job specific but may come in handy in the future :-)

Mrs bought an under sink thing for the tiny downstairs bog, after measuring carefully she knew it would not fit but ordered it anyway, you can make it fit

Double Henry dust extraction.




After chopping out skirting at rear, 2mm to spare



Least I got another tool out of the deal

 

[4String.]

Picked this up while shopping in Lidl this morning:




Already have a Milwaukee 1/2" breaker and I'm not into duplicating tools for the sake of it but this will be handy to keep in the van. Not least because I'm past the age where I want to lean on a long tube on the weirdly numerous occasions I happen upon motorists who've had a puncture but don't have a wheel brace... It's nowhere near the quality of the Milwaukee but it feels solid enough, and it will mean one less thing to remember to put in the van when I'm on a big trip, and at £60 complete with battery, charger, a selection of sockets, and a 3 year warranty, it's worth a punt.

 

[Blobber]

gloves, had to get XL this time, lets see how these last...

 

[4String.]

gloves, had to get XL this time, lets see how these last...
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I picked up a load of lithium storage batteries yesterday that had been subbed out to us.

When I got the paperwork I blagged a shiny new pair of Portwest work gloves from the splendidly attractive young lady in the transport office who asked me how big my hands are. OH dear, thought I, you obviously haven't heard the old saying .

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Arrived today, from E bay.
again the seller made sure it was well packed.

 

[Blobber]

I picked up a load of lithium storage batteries yesterday that had been subbed out to us.

When I got the paperwork I blagged a shiny new pair of Portwest work gloves from the splendidly attractive young lady in the transport office who asked me how big my hands are. OH dear, thought I, you obviously haven't heard the old saying .

Perhaps she had and it was a come on, straight over your head!

 

[Turbo]

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Arrived today, from E bay.
again the seller made sure it was well packed.


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I think I had that set.

 

[4String.]

Perhaps she had and it was a come on, straight over your head!

 

[Memmeddu]

On yesterday I've cleaned up my M4A1 and kinda revived the project.
It's already a long time I'm thinking about getting back into airsoft to alleviate some stress and do little bit of sport.
So I've took a look to the parts I've collected to repair the rifle and make it usable with some degree of reliability

First of all I've got a new motor grip plate because mine uses a tiny Allen screw that obviously is made out of cheese.
It's needed to adjust the backlash in between the pinion and crown gear.
I've choosen an original ICS part

Then another OEM component.
It's an anti reversal catch.
It engages on the crown gear like a ratchet and it's needed to avoid accidental discharges, have a better trigger response if you you set the trigger disconnector lever correctly.
But on AR pattern ICS replica it can be used to relocate the piston into the fully released position to extend the main spring life and or to avoid accidental discharges while disassembling.
Because ICS M4, M16 and M416 but also MP5 use a two parts gearbox .
On the AR family you have to push the forward assist to release the antireversal allowing the piston to move forward actually potentially shooting a BB if the spring is compressed enough

FPS lubes one for the gears and one for the air group

Shims for the gears

An aftermarket spring guide with trust bearings.
Because I've lost the bearings on the one installed (dropped it and never seen again)

Than this thing.
I was scrolling on ebay and just couldn't resist
I've paid just 30 euro for it.

It's a military grade Russian white phosphorus intensifier.
A real night vision goggle.
I already have a civilian digital NVG so this it's more of a project.
They claim battery well issues so it's not working but if I manage to fix it would be great for airsoft because it has no delay and what you see it's real