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

[zzr1200]

Mrs A vetoed any more motorbikes, so I bought this instead: View attachment 489192

Ever tried lawn mower racing........

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[m_c]

I’ve been wondering about the heat gun instead of the corded Titan one I have

Heat gun is good enough for doing the odd heatshrink, but any more than 5 or 6, and I'll get a mains one out.

A battery is never going to replace 1kw+ of mains power, so the gun works by reducing air flow, and the hot air jet being more confined.

 

[Mick Annick]

Ever tried lawn mower racing........

Home | BLMRA

The BLMRA is a friendly group of people who gather to race modified garden lawn mowers. Started in 1973.

www.blmra.co.uk

Calendar | BLMRA

Event calendar for the ensuing year , addresses and postcodes

www.blmra.co.uk

This is my racing tractor:

 

[JOEPRO]

£65

Genuine Mercedes 0w 30 full synthetic engine oil from my MB main dealer is £60+vat for a 20L box

 

[Blue Chips]

A battery heat gun will never be a replacement for a mains heat gun. (I have a mains heat gun for bigger jobs)

I have an old Makita heat gun that has been happily belching out hot air for what seems like a couple of decades. However, I have to be absolutely sure to unplug it after each use, since the sliding switch can be easily turned on by something rubbing or bumping against it.

 

[JOEPRO]

Metal shrinker stretcher for car body repairs. The jaws appear to move well in this out of the box. (It is common for these to need fettling out of the box to work well but this one seems OK)



£149 delivered from Ali Exp.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

£149 delivered from Ali Exp.

That's a very good price...main issue I've had is the screws holding the jaws often come loose. The other obvious issue is having the lever on the back is a bit illogical!

 

[Memmeddu]

Another papr blower for my esab warrior helmet cause I'm planning to get a savage air

 

[MattF]

Metal shrinker stretcher for car body repairs. The jaws appear to move well in this out of the box. (It is common for these to need fettling out of the box to work well but this one seems OK)

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£149 delivered from Ali Exp.

Link?

 

[JOEPRO]

Link?

Manual Metal Stretcher Shrinker Manual Shrinker and Stretcher with a Handle SS-16 8.5

Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com

a.aliexpress.com

 

[Rannsachair]

A follow up to yesterday's post, took an hour to cook and shell with my brother 3.5 Kg of prawns. Just bring to boil in batches, scoop out into ice water and peel.

The culprits for scale:

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

I was trying to fault find something for a mate the other day, and was thinking aloud "a clamp meter would make this so much easier"...

Turns out he was given one at some point but had no real use for it, so he gave it to me as thanks for fault-finding his problem.

 

[droopsnoot]

That's a very good price...main issue I've had is the screws holding the jaws often come loose. The other obvious issue is having the lever on the back is a bit illogical!

Mine do that on my small-throat ones. I've welded washers onto the jaw retainers on the stretcher, keep meaning to do it on the shrinker. I expect there's a reason the retainer is slotted, but on my deep throated one, they're not slotted, just have holes so they can't come undone.

 

[Woody.v8]

A new to me truck to convert into a race transporter for the stockcar.

 

[galooph]

A new to me truck to convert into a race transporter for the stockcar.

Looks tidy. The WoodyWagon!

 

[Woody.v8]

Looks tidy. The WoodyWagon!

Good job we aren't Americans with that description

 

[angellonewolf]

I don't normaly post a today I acquired post but i pushed the boat out today and spent more than I should of

I've finally upgraded my jewellery cleaner for carbs and small bits been after one of these for 10 years and never bought one as the price as it had a jewellery cleaner that done the job and to be fair to it done meny carbs and worked well but a local shop had it and it's more than I'd like to have payed but a early morning at 4.30 this morning and could not go back to sleep I went to work for half a day so a bit of extra few penny's earnt I spent


So look out on the for sale thread for my older cleaner

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Not today, but yesterday.

Put aside for me in my local scrappy.

Found on the floor at the recycling centre.

Second hand shop in Salisbury.

Cash Converters Salisbury.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Gifted to me for spares or repairs.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Today I renewed the VED on our EV....the VED isn't due until Sept 2025 but I decided to pay another £0 to renew it early for another 12 months given that the price increases to £175 per year from next month!

I think we will hand the car back in April (PCP) so we didn't actually save anything on VED but I still found it quite satisfying.