Author Topic: Confessions of a tool junkie (Read 122562 times)

Jurek · « **Reply #600 on:** 15 April, 2021, 01:05:21 pm »

Ooooohhhhhhhhh!!!!!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no...............

spesh · « **Reply #601 on:** 15 April, 2021, 01:47:59 pm »

Quote from: Jurek on 15 April, 2021, 01:05:21 pm

Ooooohhhhhhhhh!!!!!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no...............

There's no limit to what you'd buy from there?

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #602 on:** 15 April, 2021, 01:52:41 pm »

Quote from: pcolbeck on 15 April, 2021, 12:50:56 pm

Quote from: quixoticgeek on 14 April, 2021, 09:29:14 pm

https://www.fine-tools.com/lightool-spanners.html

I do wish you hadn't shared that link, the whole site is full of ooh and aah!

Yep. I have quite a wish list assembled already for the next pay day. So many shinies!

J

hubner · « **Reply #603 on:** 15 April, 2021, 02:06:08 pm »

Dictum is the other German place.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #604 on:** 15 April, 2021, 06:17:40 pm »

Ban this sick filth!!1!

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #605 on:** 17 April, 2021, 01:59:59 pm »

Noticed this spoke shave on bol.com for €20.99. So ordered it at 2am, when I couldn't sleep.

Package arrived today, went to send the link for it to a friend, discovered it's now €18.99.

yay, more shinies...

J

Edit to add the missing ]

rogerzilla · « **Reply #606 on:** 17 April, 2021, 03:04:48 pm »

Don't use it on DT or Sapim spokes.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #607 on:** 21 April, 2021, 11:23:44 am »

Bought this a while ago on a whim when ordering some others stuff from Axminster.

Finally got to try it out last night cutting 16mm oak dowels flush after hammering them into sleepers. Brilliant did about 50 in an hour and a half. Highley recommended.

I did screw up on the first one though. Its my first Japanese saw and I forgot that they cut on the opposite stroke to European ones. Hence it went the direction I wasn't expecting as it finished cutting the dowel and straight into my non saw holding hand that was resting on the sleeper. Looked like I had tried to cut my thumb off at the palm, its very very sharp. After cleaning and bandaging my hand I did the rest no problem being very careful to keep my hand out of the way.

Ham · « **Reply #608 on:** 21 April, 2021, 11:39:36 am »

Brings new meaning to "Handy 200"

CommuteTooFar · « **Reply #609 on:** 21 April, 2021, 11:50:17 am »

I just bought a Makita 18v set with drill and impact driver and a corded sds drill because last time I tried to use my ordinary 14.4v drill took about 10 mins to drill a hole into my garage wall.

robgul · « **Reply #610 on:** 21 April, 2021, 02:02:14 pm »

The shaft on my 40 year old sledge hammer broke today (unlike Trigger's broom it's the original)

- madness is that a new hammer with fibreglass shaft from Mr Screwfix is cheaper than a new hickory handle (by the time you add the delivery cost and new iron fixing wedges)

rogerzilla · « **Reply #611 on:** 21 April, 2021, 02:48:38 pm »

You do have a cool new doorstop, though.

T42 · « **Reply #612 on:** 21 April, 2021, 03:13:40 pm »

Quote from: pcolbeck on 21 April, 2021, 11:23:44 am

Bought this a while ago on a whim when ordering some others stuff from Axminster.

Finally got to try it out last night cutting 16mm oak dowels flush after hammering them into sleepers. Brilliant did about 50 in an hour and a half. Highley recommended.

I did screw up on the first one though. Its my first Japanese saw and I forgot that they cut on the opposite stroke to European ones. Hence it went the direction I wasn't expecting as it finished cutting the dowel and straight into my non saw holding hand that was resting on the sleeper. Looked like I had tried to cut my thumb off at the palm, its very very sharp. After cleaning and bandaging my hand I did the rest no problem being very careful to keep my hand out of the way.

On the side of my flush cut saw it says "wear safety goggles". Doesn't mention amputations.

hubner · « **Reply #613 on:** 21 April, 2021, 05:09:55 pm »

I got these Moore and Wright calipers and dividers the other day.

It works out to under £4 each.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #614 on:** 21 April, 2021, 06:24:18 pm »

Nice Hubner !

Jurek · « **Reply #615 on:** 21 April, 2021, 07:33:42 pm »

Quote from: hubner on 21 April, 2021, 05:09:55 pm

I got these Moore and Wright calipers and dividers the other day.

It works out to under £4 each.

You been in my toolbox?

hubner · « **Reply #616 on:** 22 April, 2021, 02:03:21 pm »

Haha, I don't need them strictly speaking, I only bought them because I sold some tools last year and have money burning in my Paypal account. My other dividers are stuck at my work place which I haven't been to since last March. I like to have several, each one set a certain measurement.

Here's 3 100 year old planes I bought a few years ago then left on a shelf or somewhere, which I have only just recently got them out to try. All are in good condition in the sense that they haven't been left to rot in a leaky shed.

Left to right:
Stanley no 6 plane, with replacement blade that's already half used up.
Stanley no 20 circular plane.
Copley of London wooden smoothing plane.

Kim · « **Reply #617 on:** 22 April, 2021, 06:35:15 pm »

Given the thread title...

I won £50 from Sustrans and *didn't* spend it on an angle grinder.

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #618 on:** 26 April, 2021, 06:41:20 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 22 April, 2021, 06:35:15 pm

Given the thread title...

I won £50 from Sustrans and *didn't* spend it on an angle grinder.

You mean you didn't buy a universal bike lock key?

How did you win £50 from sustrans?

I've been waiting for an item to come in stock with fine-tools.com. It was going to be in stock on week 14... then week 17... 19... now 30...

Looks like I'll need to find it for sale somewhere else

J

Kim · « **Reply #619 on:** 26 April, 2021, 10:18:07 pm »

Quote from: quixoticgeek on 26 April, 2021, 06:41:20 pm

How did you win £50 from sustrans?

By filling in an inclusive cycling seminar feedback survey thing.

I think that's the only thing I've won in a random prize draw since the bouquet of flowers in the school raffle when I was 10.

andrewc · « **Reply #620 on:** 26 April, 2021, 10:25:50 pm »

But a Sustrans funded angle grinder would have been ideal for improving access / removing obstructions on Sutrans paths

Kim · « **Reply #621 on:** 26 April, 2021, 10:27:31 pm »

Quote from: andrewc on 26 April, 2021, 10:25:50 pm

But a Sustrans funded angle grinder would have been ideal for improving access / removing obstructions on Sutrans paths

Exactly. In my defence, I've already got one.

Pingu · « **Reply #622 on:** 30 April, 2021, 03:54:49 pm »

Yes, this is a radiator valve spanner.

IMG_8061_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Not a coffee grinder handle.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #623 on:** 08 May, 2021, 07:16:23 pm »

Not strictly a tool, but this is my new DIY best friend. Better than shitty decorators caulk anyway
https://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-instant-plaster-filler-white-310ml/72591

geraldc · « **Reply #624 on:** 08 May, 2021, 07:57:31 pm »

Fell down a rabbit hole of watching tool reviews on YouTube

https://youtube.com/c/ProjectFarm

Then found myself looking on Amazon looking for a portable jump starter battery that could start a tractor...