My wife steals small ball peen hammers. I keep buying them and they keep disappearing. Every so often I find one in a random draw in the house. She likes rearranging the pictures and mirrors hence the vanishing hammers.Be thankful she's choosing a hammer. Mine'd try a pair of pliers to knock in a picture pin...…. Which is why I don't let her near my tools. Yes dear, my tools.
Pcolbeck, you might know already but the junk/antique shops in Kirkbymoorside have some nice tools; I picked up an excellent East German socket set plus several other items when I worked up there.
Hello. My name is Jurek and I am a tool junkie.Oh. I thought bringing, for example, a set of laser etched lock picks to the pub to show them off was perfectly normal behaviour.
Am I the only one who cringes a little when their wife goes into their tool box...Happily, my wife assumes that the point of getting a husband is to have someone to make use of the contents of the toolbox. And I am able to argue that various tools were obtained to do this or that job that was so ordained. The latest, which arrived today, being one to split a watch bracelet in order to replace a worn catch on hers :thumbsup:
I bought a technician's bag to put our tools in in a nice control freak's orderly way because the bag for life we'd been transporting them in previously was driving me up the wall. (Think the brazil nut in muesli effect).An interesting analogy.
My tool case (https://live.staticflickr.com/8498/8389647745_1f1c7966be_c.jpg) from my freelancing days.Oooooh. Takes me back to my early career as an engineering geologist working in coastal engineering surveying. The sparkies keeping the marine geophysical kit working had tool cases like this. Our tools, on the drilling side, were rather bigger and heavier and there was no way you'd put them in a case. More like a 20' container......
It's a Zero Halliburton case.
You lot think that you've got problems? I watch youtube videos about restoring old tools (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMrMVIBtqFW6O0-MWq26gqw/videos). (Not that kind Roger, that requires subscription to "specialist" sites).
I bought a technician's bag to put our tools in in a nice control freak's orderly way because the bag for life we'd been transporting them in previously was driving me up the wall. (Think the brazil nut in muesli effect).An interesting analogy.
Does the bag render your tools radioactive?
I bought a technician's bag to put our tools in in a nice control freak's orderly way because the bag for life we'd been transporting them in previously was driving me up the wall. (Think the brazil nut in muesli effect).An interesting analogy.
Does the bag render your tools radioactive?
You're gonna have to explain that one to me... ???
Everyone keeps asking why I don't put it on wheels, as it would be easy to move. Which is why I don't put it on wheels, as I don't want someone to come along and easily move it.
Currently it weighs over 100kg.
I bought a technician's bag to put our tools in in a nice control freak's orderly way because the bag for life we'd been transporting them in previously was driving me up the wall. (Think the brazil nut in muesli effect).An interesting analogy.
Does the bag render your tools radioactive?
ETA - The brazil nut effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_nut) is a thing. In a granular convection kind of way. Or is that what you meant?
S'funny how stuff can become become misinterpreted.I bought a technician's bag to put our tools in in a nice control freak's orderly way because the bag for life we'd been transporting them in previously was driving me up the wall. (Think the brazil nut in muesli effect).An interesting analogy.
Does the bag render your tools radioactive?
ETA - The brazil nut effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_nut) is a thing. In a granular convection kind of way. Or is that what you meant?
Yes, that's what I meant :)
(That's the second time I've posted that phrase today)
Everyone keeps asking why I don't put it on wheels, as it would be easy to move. Which is why I don't put it on wheels, as I don't want someone to come along and easily move it.
Currently it weighs over 100kg.
Bacuase it would becomeTheSomeone else's Luggage . . .
It's odd, now I can't work out how I survived for years without a couple of Vessel JIS drivers.
Well if you insist on buying Japanese motorcycles.....It's odd, now I can't work out how I survived for years without a couple of Vessel JIS drivers.
Nah you just buggered up the heads on your motorbike fasteners without realizing why - just like the rest of us did. I had 20 years of playing with motorbikes along with all my mates and can never remember anyone mentioning JIS screwdrivers. Wondering which weird imperial socket or spanner was needed for some doodah on a Landrover yes but motorbike fasteners, they are just Philips aren't they, hang on that's a bit stiff and oops it's cammed out and rounded it out bugger it ...
Yeah, there used to be a whole market for Allen bolt kits for specific motorbikes. My first set was for a Z200, still have the impact driver I bought for that job.Still is. I'm about to buy my second set of these this year.
Don't know why, but I find that very reassuring to hear, almost like a bit of my youth still lives on.Yeah, there used to be a whole market for Allen bolt kits for specific motorbikes. My first set was for a Z200, still have the impact driver I bought for that job.Still is. I'm about to buy my second set of these this year.
I've also kept all my imperial spanners and sockets from the times I worked on old bikes and cars. I never did fully understand the difference between the sizes and threads etc. Stuff I play around with now are all metric which makes life very much easier.Well if you insist on buying Japanese motorcycles.....It's odd, now I can't work out how I survived for years without a couple of Vessel JIS drivers.
Nah you just buggered up the heads on your motorbike fasteners without realizing why - just like the rest of us did. I had 20 years of playing with motorbikes along with all my mates and can never remember anyone mentioning JIS screwdrivers. Wondering which weird imperial socket or spanner was needed for some doodah on a Landrover yes but motorbike fasteners, they are just Philips aren't they, hang on that's a bit stiff and oops it's cammed out and rounded it out bugger it ...
Says he, smugly, admiring the new mid torque range torque wrench bought ready for the engine re-furb on his '73 Tiger 750. Except that it's going to see action first on the '72 Daytona 500 that he picked up, in bits, yesterday, and is currently awaiting unloading from the back of his car.
Glad I kept those Whitworth sockets over all those years since I last had a British bike. (But I'll have to confess to having had a Honda Revere in the interim, but I didn't need a JIS screwdriver because it never went wrong, and didn't drip oil over my nice clean, painted garage floor).
Just borrowed* (ahem!) a cotter pin pressing tool from a trade acquaintance. It's many years old and made from forged steel.IME they come out with a moderate single tap if they were put in with anti-seize. They're put in dry at the bike factory, which is why a cotter press is needed 40 years later.
I've been warned to ensure the cotter pin exits downwards 'because the pin comes out like a bullet - and you don't want to be pointing at the window!'
*I'm going to do my best to buy it...
I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill!So did I after 'managing' for years with one of those stands you put a drill into. One of those stands that always seems to bugger up anything you try to drill vertically.
So did I after 'managing' for years with one of those stands you put a drill into. One of those stands that always seems to bugger up anything you try to drill vertically.
So I bought the Axminster Craft pillar drill. Should have done it years ago. Now I can drill vertically, repeatably, and under total control. Particularly as I also bought a fairly hefty engineer's vice too.
I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill! I wanna pillar drill!So did I after 'managing' for years with one of those stands you put a drill into. One of those stands that always seems to bugger up anything you try to drill vertically.
So I bought the Axminster Craft pillar drill. Should have done it years ago. Now I can drill vertically, repeatably, and under total control. Particularly as I also bought a fairly hefty engineer's vice too.
I'll admit I'm not all that familiar with pillar drills - as I wrote, I haven't got one and I've never had one. I'm just passing on what I gleaned from looking at the lower end. For what I'm doing, this looks quite adequate:I had something very similar from Axminster, until I gave it away about a year ago. (It had lain, unused, in the cupboard under my stairs for around 13 years).
https://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-craft-ac220rd-bench-radial-drill-105107
but I'd love a test drive before buying.
That Stanley was quite a piece of kit, wasn't it? I've seen a few of those in joiners' kit and on fleamarkets, but I've never been tempted.
A tip for getting pillar drills back perpendicular to the table if you have tilted it: Bend a 'Z' shape, only with right angledish corners about 2-3" sides, from stiff wire. put one end in the chuck, and adjust table height until the other end touches it. turn chuck by hand and fettle until the 'pointer' end just touches the table 360deg. ;)
A tip for getting pillar drills back perpendicular to the table if you have tilted it: Bend a 'Z' shape, only with right angledish corners about 2-3" sides, from stiff wire. put one end in the chuck, and adjust table height until the other end touches it. turn chuck by hand and fettle until the 'pointer' end just touches the table 360deg. ;)
"Sorry chaps, I can't come out tonight' cos I'm tramming my drill press..."
Classy Excuses, No. 211 in an occasional series.
A tip for getting pillar drills back perpendicular to the table if you have tilted it: Bend a 'Z' shape, only with right angledish corners about 2-3" sides, from stiff wire. put one end in the chuck, and adjust table height until the other end touches it. turn chuck by hand and fettle until the 'pointer' end just touches the table 360deg. ;)
"Sorry chaps, I can't come out tonight' cos I'm tramming my drill press..."
Classy Excuses, No. 211 in an occasional series.
There was a time when that was a regular event around these parts...
They cannot fit a plug.
It's endemic.
How did that happen?
They cannot fit a plug.I think I commented on this to a thread involving Kim before. As physics students around 1980, we got a lecture on wiring plugs, because so many post-graduates were electrocuting themselves.
A tip for getting pillar drills back perpendicular to the table if you have tilted it: Bend a 'Z' shape, only with right angledish corners about 2-3" sides, from stiff wire. put one end in the chuck, and adjust table height until the other end touches it. turn chuck by hand and fettle until the 'pointer' end just touches the table 360deg. ;)
They cannot fit a plug.I think I commented on this to a thread involving Kim before. As physics students around 1980, we got a lecture on wiring plugs, because so many post-graduates were electrocuting themselves.
We teach it at Scouts from time to time. I learnt it from my Ladybird Book of Electricity. Or if I didn't, I certainly used said tome to advise my Mum which size fuse was needed in the washing machine.They cannot fit a plug.I think I commented on this to a thread involving Kim before. As physics students around 1980, we got a lecture on wiring plugs, because so many post-graduates were electrocuting themselves.
Dear oh lor. I think we got that lesson at school when I was 9.
Good plan. I might do that (for the Skills Challenge of course). Getting the right fuse is almost a separate task!
corrected that for you. :)Good plan. I might do that (for the Skills Challenge of course). Getting the right fuse is almost a separate task!
Advice on fuses changed at some point, with 3A or 13A now covering most options[1].
The important thing is to bear in mind that the job of the plug fuse is simply to protect the cable. The appliancewillshould have, if necessary, have its own protection downstream of the cable entry.
[1] The notable exception being the IEC C13 'kettle lead', which probably merits a 10A fuse in accordance with the connector rating.
We combined The Wiring of Plugs* with a Brief Introduction to Ironing. This then morphed into a Short Discussion on Fuses and Fire in The Home when an iron burst into flames.Good plan. I might do that (for the Skills Challenge of course). Getting the right fuse is almost a separate task!
Advice on fuses changed at some point, with 3A or 13A now covering most options[1].
The important thing is to bear in mind that the job of the plug fuse is simply to protect the cable. The appliance will, if necessary, have its own protection downstream of the cable entry.
[1] The notable exception being the IEC C13 'kettle lead', which probably merits a 10A fuse in accordance with the connector rating.
I happened to be in Homebase and saw one of these
https://uk.ryobitools.eu/power-tools/drilling-and-screwdriving/drill-press/rdp102l/rdp102l-1/ which is also in the same price bracket (https://www.homebase.co.uk/ryobi-390w-drill-press-rdp102l_p397232)
It seemed to be better quality than some of the Titan stuff I've seen, although obv it varies from item to item. I liked the front placed switch, too. I liked the motor was lower and more likely genuine wattage than the Titan.
I also managed not to buy it.
A tip for getting pillar drills back perpendicular to the table if you have tilted it: Bend a 'Z' shape, only with right angledish corners about 2-3" sides, from stiff wire. put one end in the chuck, and adjust table height until the other end touches it. turn chuck by hand and fettle until the 'pointer' end just touches the table 360deg. ;)
Told yiz all the Universe would fall apart without wire coathangers.
Didn't one of the Brontesaurus sisters write a book called Coathanger Abbey?
My father taught me how to wire a plug, probably around the time I was ~ 10 years old, and wires were red black and green. He was in the employ of Hoover at that time.They cannot fit a plug.I think I commented on this to a thread involving Kim before. As physics students around 1980, we got a lecture on wiring plugs, because so many post-graduates were electrocuting themselves.
My boss's daughter has moved into new premises with her boyfriend recently.
He has helped them move.
His words:
They cannot fit a plug.
It's endemic.
How did that happen?
What he didn't teach me and, to be fair, I only discovered this very recently, is to be very generous with the length of earth wire which you leave inside the plug.
That way, when things have gone awry, and the flex has been ripped away from the plug, the last remaining connection is the earth. :thumbsup:
Today I unpacked my Evolution Rage Table Saw. Fiddly slightly awkward process, I dropped two bolts into the machine. Found one when i turned it over. Not sure where the other has gone.
Drool...……………..Today I unpacked my Evolution Rage Table Saw. Fiddly slightly awkward process, I dropped two bolts into the machine. Found one when i turned it over. Not sure where the other has gone.In other news I dug up my Wolfcraft saw/router table over the weekend, it's a bench that allows you to convert a skill saw into a table saw, router into table router. While not perfect it does a job and has - thus far - prevented a splurge on something I have no room for.
ETA something like this (http://www.wolfcraft.com/en/products/p/machine_tables-2/machine_tables_master_cut_1500/s/p/index.html). only mine has a router hole and mount in it, too.
In other news I dug up my Wolfcraft saw/router table over the weekend, it's a bench that allows you to convert a skill saw into a table saw, router into table router. While not perfect it does a job and has - thus far - prevented a splurge on something I have no room for.
ETA something like this (http://www.wolfcraft.com/en/products/p/machine_tables-2/machine_tables_master_cut_1500/s/p/index.html). only mine has a router hole and mount in it, too.
We teach it at Scouts from time to time. I learnt it from my Ladybird Book of Electricity. Or if I didn't, I certainly used said tome to advise my Mum which size fuse was needed in the washing machine.They cannot fit a plug.I think I commented on this to a thread involving Kim before. As physics students around 1980, we got a lecture on wiring plugs, because so many post-graduates were electrocuting themselves.
Dear oh lor. I think we got that lesson at school when I was 9.
Well, when I bought it, it was sub-£100 (£70 comes to mind?) and it is now £140 (https://www.screwfix.com/p/wolfcraft-master-cut-1500-multifunction-workbench/9647p) - according to the blurb it is compatible with routers, although I can't see the cutouts I have (circle centre with four radial tracks to secure the device) if it does still work for that, it is really worth having.
I got mine to replicate some victorian mouldings, so it paid for itself. It isn't perfect, but it is bloody good, and with the addition of a clamp behind the guides (to avoid any play) it can be a precision bit of kit, and it folds down. One of the nicest aspects is the PROPER on/off control you get with it.
Nobody does that in Aussie schools. So they take time away from scholastic subjects to teach this sort of thing here? Whatever floats your boat.
Indeed, Aussies are much less tolerant than Brits regarding dodgy DIY of stuff that can kill the next (unsuspecting) owner.Sockets in bathrooms are what made me twitch when I was in Sydney.
Plug fitting is still taught on most Science sylabusses. CLEAPSS - the school science safety advisors, say that you should bend the earth pin so that it cannot be plugged in, if students are wiring plugs.
They are installed properly and earth leakage devices have been mandatory since 1991. It seemed really odd to me that Brits didn't insist on reliable wiring and that charging of toothbrushes and shavers has to be done outside the bathroom.Toothbrush charging and shavers can be done in the bathroom in the UK, as it uses
Nobody does that in Aussie schools. So they take time away from scholastic subjects to teach this sort of thing here? Whatever floats your boat.
They are installed properly and earth leakage devices have been mandatory since 1991. It seemed really odd to me that Brits didn't insist on reliable wiring and that charging of toothbrushes and shavers has to be done outside the bathroom.
Plug fitting is still taught on most Science sylabusses. CLEAPSS - the school science safety advisors, say that you should bend the earth pin so that it cannot be plugged in, if students are wiring plugs.
I remember a set of those lurking in the physics prep room when I was doing my A-levels. The dangling end of the cable was properly insulated, too. Seemed like overkill compared to just turning the power off in the classroom, as they did when I was taught, but never underestimate the power of year 9s armed with stupidity.
My main memory of the domestic electricity part of the syllabus was the teacher (who was, admittedly, a bit rubbish) failing to come up with a convincing reason for ring mains.
So, can you use a decent hairdryer in a small British bathroom?
To be fair to him, I don’t believe their is a convincing reason for ring mains.Plug fitting is still taught on most Science sylabusses. CLEAPSS - the school science safety advisors, say that you should bend the earth pin so that it cannot be plugged in, if students are wiring plugs.
I remember a set of those lurking in the physics prep room when I was doing my A-levels. The dangling end of the cable was properly insulated, too. Seemed like overkill compared to just turning the power off in the classroom, as they did when I was taught, but never underestimate the power of year 9s armed with stupidity.
My main memory of the domestic electricity part of the syllabus was the teacher (who was, admittedly, a bit rubbish) failing to come up with a convincing reason for ring mains.
Nobody does [wiring plugs] in Aussie schools. So they take time away from scholastic subjects to teach this sort of thing here? Whatever floats your boat.
Returning to earth after purchasing the Titan drill press, I have realized that I'm going to have to remodel a significant chunk of my workshop to accommodate it, or grow 20cm and another elbow joint to shift the belts on the pulleys.
In the UK you can buy an electric toothbrush which you're expected to charge from a shaver socket but the toothbrush plug is actually a schuko (or something of that ilk) which only fits with a bit of shoving and even then not completely.
Returning to earth after purchasing the Titan drill press, I have realized that I'm going to have to remodel a significant chunk of my workshop to accommodate it, or grow 20cm and another elbow joint to shift the belts on the pulleys.
May I suggest folding steps ?
To be fair to him, I don’t believe their is a convincing reason for ring mains.Plug fitting is still taught on most Science sylabusses. CLEAPSS - the school science safety advisors, say that you should bend the earth pin so that it cannot be plugged in, if students are wiring plugs.
I remember a set of those lurking in the physics prep room when I was doing my A-levels. The dangling end of the cable was properly insulated, too. Seemed like overkill compared to just turning the power off in the classroom, as they did when I was taught, but never underestimate the power of year 9s armed with stupidity.
My main memory of the domestic electricity part of the syllabus was the teacher (who was, admittedly, a bit rubbish) failing to come up with a convincing reason for ring mains.
ETA . Apologies for that, I’ve made an assumption that it was a male teacher.
[disclaimer: I am a bit rubbish at this elextrickery business]To be fair to him, I don’t believe their is a convincing reason for ring mains.Plug fitting is still taught on most Science sylabusses. CLEAPSS - the school science safety advisors, say that you should bend the earth pin so that it cannot be plugged in, if students are wiring plugs.
I remember a set of those lurking in the physics prep room when I was doing my A-levels. The dangling end of the cable was properly insulated, too. Seemed like overkill compared to just turning the power off in the classroom, as they did when I was taught, but never underestimate the power of year 9s armed with stupidity.
My main memory of the domestic electricity part of the syllabus was the teacher (who was, admittedly, a bit rubbish) failing to come up with a convincing reason for ring mains.
ETA . Apologies for that, I’ve made an assumption that it was a male teacher.
Well yes. The traditional excuse is that they reduce the amount of copper needed, which was important when these things were standardised after the war. I suspect the reason we haven't moved over to 16A radials is that troubleshooting and testing the things keeps electricians in business.
And yes, the teacher in question was indeed female. That's not why she was a bit rubbish. (That was because she was a) a chemist being made to teach physics and b) straight out of teacher-training camp, and not yet wise in the ways of class control.) I had an inspirationally brilliant female physics/electronics teacher in subsequent years.
I am unreasonably pleased because Screwfix have delivered a Makita belt sander and 1/3 sheet sander this afternoon. I have never had a belt sander before, it's a beast! Hopefully the weather stays dry and I can try it out sorting out the garden table that hasn't been refinished for 10 years.
I am unreasonably pleased because Screwfix have delivered a Makita belt sander and 1/3 sheet sander this afternoon. I have never had a belt sander before, it's a beast! Hopefully the weather stays dry and I can try it out sorting out the garden table that hasn't been refinished for 10 years.
We used to do this with a pair of DeWalts, in the museum workshop where I was once employed.I am unreasonably pleased because Screwfix have delivered a Makita belt sander and 1/3 sheet sander this afternoon. I have never had a belt sander before, it's a beast! Hopefully the weather stays dry and I can try it out sorting out the garden table that hasn't been refinished for 10 years.
Practise on a few bits of scrap first. Newton's 3rd law applies.
https://youtu.be/F9hCPe4KNtg
See also: Deploying a compressed airline to spin up the outer race of a bearing, before dropping said bearing onto a concrete floor...
You need a bearing with an ID of ~ 25mm or more.See also: Deploying a compressed airline to spin up the outer race of a bearing, before dropping said bearing onto a concrete floor...
Well now, I've got all of those... the bearings I have are a bit small, though.
Yep. I have a tool problem. I have work tools. Upstairs tools. Downstairs tools. Shed 1 tools. Shed 2 tools. Oh and the garage.
I just learned that parallel action pliers are a thing and bought some because they look like they'll come in useful.Most of them look quite cheap and nasty, but I think you'd be struggling produce something giving you parallel action from a conventional forged tool.
Wishing this had happened before I upgraded the potentiometers on my bench power supply (which involved a great deal of failing to hold M3 nuts and pinching my skin with with long-nose pliers while I did up the screw from the other side of the panel), but there you go...
A real one or a hankering for one?
With a decent skill saw along with sufficient clamps to create a guide it's hard to justify the cost or storage space. If I was doing it as a day job, it'd be a slam dunk.
Before buying a track saw its worth having a look at the tracks available.
There are two issues. Some tracks are usable by other brands of saw. Festool, Makita and I believe Evolution can run on each others tracks.
So with care you can buy cheaper tracks for your saw.
The cheapest saws Aldi/Lidl, Screwfix etc often come with very short tracks. So if your plan is to rip full size sheets you may need to join four sections of track.
Most of them look quite cheap and nasty, but I think you'd be struggling produce something giving you parallel action from a conventional forged tool.
Most of them look quite cheap and nasty, but I think you'd be struggling produce something giving you parallel action from a conventional forged tool.
Knipex pliers wrenches come in a variety of sizes and are really high quality. Not cheap though.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/KNIPEX-pliers-wrench-chrome-plated-plastic-coated/dp/B000X4KP1C
I have nothing bad to say about their wire cutters, particularly the Super Knips series.
I should probably get some of their wire strippers, but my preferred technique is to use really cheap ones with the locknut removed, so I can strip different diameters by feel. Doing it properly would seem like faff.
(https://d1vfu4m1fkicia.cloudfront.net/imgs/products/px/950x600_constWH/TOJOOMT_P1.jpg?v=c)You're right. You don't need it.
I don't need it. I don't need it. I don't need it. I don't need it. I don't need it.
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TOJOOMT/jobsworth-outdoor-multi-tool
I'm currently angling for a nail gun on the strength of needing to panel the hall where the dogs rub against it. Strategy is (a) get nail gun (b) proclaim current air compressor inadequate (c) get new compressor(d) inflate dogs.
(https://d1vfu4m1fkicia.cloudfront.net/imgs/products/px/950x600_constWH/TOJOOMT_P1.jpg?v=c)You're right. You don't.
I don't need it. I don't need it. I don't need it. I don't need it. I don't need it.
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TOJOOMT/jobsworth-outdoor-multi-tool
The more you make use of the hammer and the axe, the less your wire cutters will cut wire.
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That axe is good enough for cheese and that's about all, I wouldn't worry
I still find mine really useful as a big FO screwdriver to shift recalcitrant screws. You really can get loads of torque with one and there are not many screws that refuse to budge. Just don't do it with the spiral extended though.
Latest purchases are a cheapie table saw from Aldi and a Bosch cordless glue-pen/gun .... and a cordless sabre-saw.
Rob
Latest purchases are a cheapie table saw from Aldi and a Bosch cordless glue-pen/gun .... and a cordless sabre-saw.
Rob
MrsT is fond of intoning that cheap stuff is more expensive in the long run, but my credo is that if you buy cheaper stuff you can get more - and you're not so worried about breaking it, come to that. In any case it's 90% Chinesium these days.
When I recently bought drill, I deliberately bought the cheapest I could find; £15 from Argos. The only reason I bought it was that I didn't want to have to wait till Thursday evenings when I can use one at Bike Kitchen or borrow friends', with the inevitable carting of stuff to be drilled or drill. I figure if it lasts ten drillings that'll be a several of years for me and if I do find I end up using it regularly, I can buy something from Black & Decker or even Bosch.
Latest purchases are a cheapie table saw from Aldi and a Bosch cordless glue-pen/gun .... and a cordless sabre-saw.
Rob
MrsT is fond of intoning that cheap stuff is more expensive in the long run, but my credo is that if you buy cheaper stuff you can get more - and you're not so worried about breaking it, come to that. In any case it's 90% Chinesium these days.
Although it's Aldi the machine is a rebadged version of the same saw sold by Screwfix at twice the price. Agree in principle on "cheap is expensive" but my usage is pretty minimal and not mission critical for woodworking stuff ... cycle tools are another matter, virtually all Park Tool in my workshop.
Rob
That the big Titan? Quite pleased with mine. Grumbles: table wobbles a bit from side to side while cranking so you have to line up the work afterwards. A bit of a pain if you have work clamped down and have to drill a hole of varying diameters, e.g. to seat a T-nut in a 10mm hole. Also, the laser is nice but would be nicer if the beams intersected at a less acute angle.
OTOH watching the beast chew 34mm holes as if the workpiece were blancmange is rather impressive. With this fleamarket article at that:
(https://pbase.com/image/169484887.jpg)
That's not the workpiece, BTW, it's sacrificial scrap.
>> SNIP
Meanwhile, I toddled into the local Leroy Merlin (motto: We have everything you don't need) with MrsT yesterday to get a set of router bits, so of course had a gander at battery-operated circular saws and a serious look at mitre saws, since mine dates from the era when Real Men® didn't extract dust, and anyway the angle stops are inaccurate and there's no way to adjust them. Lingered long over a nice Redstone then of course came out with just a set of router bits.
I'm going to have to actually produce something one of these days.
*ETA: Hah! I just did a search on "fly cutter" instead of "... in French" and got trépan. Shades of Maturin's brain surgery.
Yankee screwdrivers - why the hell did these fall out of fashion !
I have picked up a couple of small ones at carboots over the last couple of years but never really used one in anger. This summer I picked up a big one with a hex but adaptor for a couple of quid.
I cleaned and lubed it and left it on the workbench.
I was putting up a hammer rack (that's another story I have far too many hammers) and the electric screwdriver had a flat battery so I tried the big Yankee, oh wow what a revelation !
So much torque and controllable torque at that, you can feel it and the screw never cams out. Much much better than an electric driver plus its long and narrow so gets into places that you can't get an electric screwdriver. Since then I have used it on a couple of other projects and now its my go to tool for screwing thing into rawlpugs in walls or into wood.
I would still use an electric screwdriver for non torque applications like computer cases where there are loads of machine screws that need removing or screwing in, much faster but for screwing stuff in against resistance Yankee screwdrivers are the dog danglees..
The Yankees I passed on. IIRC they were particularly adept at mangling any fine surface when the bloody things slipped.
I will confess to being a Tool Junkie, but even I have to draw the line somewhere.
Machine Mart is now selling JIS screwdrivers https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/6-piece-jis-screwdriver-set/ there are also the more expensive laser ones too.
I'm just remembering the moment when the wife of a visiting chum came into my workshop, looked at my array of chisels and exclaimed "gosh, what a lot of screwdrivers!"
Opening paint tins with a chisel is certainly grounds fordivorcebeing killed utterly to DETH and buried under a suspiciously new patio.
Opening paint tins with a chisel is certainly grounds for divorce.
..... I'm still hankering after a bandsaw and am considering a seasonal request letter for late December.
Bahco? Knippex? Or something else...?
Is that like a Birmingham screwdriver? (Having googled, I know what it is and have even used one, but had never heard the name.)
..... I'm still hankering after a bandsaw and am considering a seasonal request letter for late December.
Sore point with me, that. I only needed a small one, so I bought an 8"-throat Metabo BAS 261 in 2017 and a worse POS for the money I've yet to see - bad design and sloppy assembly. I had to invalidate the guarantee half a dozen different ways to make it usable. I get the impression that if you're going to pay less than 800€-1200€ you might as well go to Aldi. Unfortunately, most low-end machines use the same style of upper blade guide arm, which is specially designed to stop you seeing the blade with both eyes at once. Oh, and if you use the built-in LED illumination on the Metabo it casts a deep shadow right where you don't need it.
You, of all people, should know that cheap tools are generally teh meh. ;)..... I'm still hankering after a bandsaw and am considering a seasonal request letter for late December.
Sore point with me, that. I only needed a small one, so I bought an 8"-throat Metabo BAS 261 in 2017 and a worse POS for the money I've yet to see - bad design and sloppy assembly. I had to invalidate the guarantee half a dozen different ways to make it usable. I get the impression that if you're going to pay less than 800€-1200€ you might as well go to Aldi. Unfortunately, most low-end machines use the same style of upper blade guide arm, which is specially designed to stop you seeing the blade with both eyes at once. Oh, and if you use the built-in LED illumination on the Metabo it casts a deep shadow right where you don't need it.
I was seriously considering the 10" one Aldi have been offering recently (https://www.aldi.co.uk/ferrex-10-inch-bandsaw/p/019596291909000) for £150. Although there are a lot of good reviews around, there were just too many "had to send it back twice" or "had to modify it" reviews to make me pull the trigger - even at that low price.
It seems at the lower price points - whatever the brand (or indeed whatever it's branded as) you get a lot of people raving about them but at least 25% of reviews are terrible....
..... I'm still hankering after a bandsaw and am considering a seasonal request letter for late December.
Sore point with me, that. I only needed a small one, so I bought an 8"-throat Metabo BAS 261 in 2017 and a worse POS for the money I've yet to see - bad design and sloppy assembly. I had to invalidate the guarantee half a dozen different ways to make it usable. I get the impression that if you're going to pay less than 800€-1200€ you might as well go to Aldi. Unfortunately, most low-end machines use the same style of upper blade guide arm, which is specially designed to stop you seeing the blade with both eyes at once. Oh, and if you use the built-in LED illumination on the Metabo it casts a deep shadow right where you don't need it.
I was seriously considering the 10" one Aldi have been offering recently (https://www.aldi.co.uk/ferrex-10-inch-bandsaw/p/019596291909000) for £150. Although there are a lot of good reviews around, there were just too many "had to send it back twice" or "had to modify it" reviews to make me pull the trigger - even at that low price.
It seems at the lower price points - whatever the brand (or indeed whatever it's branded as) you get a lot of people raving about them but at least 25% of reviews are terrible....
Is that like a Birmingham screwdriver? (Having googled, I know what it is and have even used one, but had never heard the name.)
This is a Birmingham screwdriver(click to show/hide)
Is that like a Birmingham screwdriver? (Having googled, I know what it is and have even used one, but had never heard the name.)
This is a Birmingham screwdriver(click to show/hide)
Made in Digbeth[1]. (https://twitter.com/fokawolf/status/1201925456062226434)
[1] "It's like Stokes Croft, but industrial"
Further to the above, the same should also apply for cow-okers who "borrow" Lindstrom cutters in order to attend to their manicure.
I sent Mrs robgul to collect it and she picked up a Dymo labelmaker in Aldi's Special Buys on the way home - all sorts of stuff now bears labels!
I sent Mrs robgul to collect it and she picked up a Dymo labelmaker in Aldi's Special Buys on the way home - all sorts of stuff now bears labels!
I'm a big fan of the Dymo embossed label. It's like living in an episode of Look Around You, and gives homebrew electronics an authentic Back To The Future aesthetic. But mine has the fatal flaw of lacking a '-' character. I think they left it off to make room for umlauts or something.
This is inconvenient when you're, to pick a frustrating example, labelling the voltage outputs on a power supply. But more importantly, it means you can't label things with "-o-matic" suffixes. Useless!
(I recently thought I'd broken it, but it was just a bit of off-brand label that had got stuck in the mechanism, easily rectified with tweezers. Which is a shame in that I don't have an excuse to replace it with a proper label printer, but saves me from researching label printers, which are printers and therefore a work of Stan.)
AND related to tools I'm off on 3 days of woodworking course next week to brush up some of my power tool skills.
AND related to tools I'm off on 3 days of woodworking course next week to brush up some of my power tool skills.
Fun! When I was looking for something in the Inlaw Paw's old stuff a few weeks back I found a playing-card box I made for the Inlaw Maw around 1970. I did most of it with a B&D drill with a circular saw attachment, including cutting rebates into the edge of ¼" stock. I wouldn't think of attempting that now. I didn't even have a Workmate then so I had to work on the floor.
That would get me labelling everything just for the experience, call it an Adam complex, giving names to all the creatures, plants, rocks and stuff.I sent Mrs robgul to collect it and she picked up a Dymo labelmaker in Aldi's Special Buys on the way home - all sorts of stuff now bears labels!
I'm a big fan of the Dymo embossed label. It's like living in an episode of Look Around You, and gives homebrew electronics an authentic Back To The Future aesthetic. But mine has the fatal flaw of lacking a '-' character. I think they left it off to make room for umlauts or something.
This is inconvenient when you're, to pick a frustrating example, labelling the voltage outputs on a power supply. But more importantly, it means you can't label things with "-o-matic" suffixes. Useless!
(I recently thought I'd broken it, but it was just a bit of off-brand label that had got stuck in the mechanism, easily rectified with tweezers. Which is a shame in that I don't have an excuse to replace it with a proper label printer, but saves me from researching label printers, which are printers and therefore a work of Stan.)
I had an embosing one years ago - this new one is the Letratag that prints (thermal) onto either a paper or plastic strip that's self-adhesive with a kiss-cut on the back to peel easily - and it has language options for special characters as well as a whole host of little emojis and icons. Such fun
Rob
That would get me labelling everything just for the experience, call it an Adam complex, giving names to all the creatures, plants, rocks and stuff.I sent Mrs robgul to collect it and she picked up a Dymo labelmaker in Aldi's Special Buys on the way home - all sorts of stuff now bears labels!
I'm a big fan of the Dymo embossed label. It's like living in an episode of Look Around You, and gives homebrew electronics an authentic Back To The Future aesthetic. But mine has the fatal flaw of lacking a '-' character. I think they left it off to make room for umlauts or something.
This is inconvenient when you're, to pick a frustrating example, labelling the voltage outputs on a power supply. But more importantly, it means you can't label things with "-o-matic" suffixes. Useless!
(I recently thought I'd broken it, but it was just a bit of off-brand label that had got stuck in the mechanism, easily rectified with tweezers. Which is a shame in that I don't have an excuse to replace it with a proper label printer, but saves me from researching label printers, which are printers and therefore a work of Stan.)
I had an embosing one years ago - this new one is the Letratag that prints (thermal) onto either a paper or plastic strip that's self-adhesive with a kiss-cut on the back to peel easily - and it has language options for special characters as well as a whole host of little emojis and icons. Such fun
Rob
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Our 10 year old grandson labelled their label machine as "LABEL MACHINE" - he also made a label with my name on it and stuck it on the back of my phone!
Gah! I'm trapped in the Dilbert continuum.
Ah - the old B&D "attachments" that turned the basic drill into other tools - IIRC I had a circular saw and a hedge trimmer.I've still got some of those. I've never seen fit to replace the basic, 2-speed B&D corded drill that I bought after we got married, and I started to need to do some jobs around the house. Later, a friend who was upgrading to Bosch gave me some attachments that he could no longer use. To be fair, I've not really needed them either yet, but you never know.
Ah - the old B&D "attachments" that turned the basic drill into other tools - IIRC I had a circular saw and a hedge trimmer.I've still got some of those. I've never seen fit to replace the basic, 2-speed B&D corded drill that I bought after we got married, and I started to need to do some jobs around the house.
Ah - the old B&D "attachments" that turned the basic drill into other tools - IIRC I had a circular saw and a hedge trimmer.I've still got some of those. I've never seen fit to replace the basic, 2-speed B&D corded drill that I bought after we got married, and I started to need to do some jobs around the house.
My dad did the same (with a Stanley Bridges - there's a name to remember). To be fair he did eventually get around to doing some of those jobs. By proxy. When I got big enough to use the things.
Too many tools.
Ah - the old B&D "attachments" that turned the basic drill into other tools - IIRC I had a circular saw and a hedge trimmer.I've still got some of those. I've never seen fit to replace the basic, 2-speed B&D corded drill that I bought after we got married, and I started to need to do some jobs around the house.
My dad did the same (with a Stanley Bridges - there's a name to remember). To be fair he did eventually get around to doing some of those jobs. By proxy. When I got big enough to use the things.
I still use my old B&D 1969 2-speed, mostly to spin a polishing buffer made of old jeans.
(https://pbase.com/johnewing/image/168409637.jpg)
I still have the orbital sander, saw and hedge-trimmer attachments.
I know nothing about machining, but some people on another forum think this chap is something else, so I thought I'd share the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ_1ju9tfh0He is mesmerising, but don't ask him to turn you up a 7/8 UNC bolt...........
He's got a video somewhere that shows him getting something flat to within half a micron. That's 500nm. That's the wavelength of visible light.I know nothing about machining, but some people on another forum think this chap is something else, so I thought I'd share the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ_1ju9tfh0He is mesmerising, but don't ask him to turn you up a 7/8 UNC bolt...........
Just discovered CutList Optimizer https://www.cutlistoptimizer.com/. Anyone else tried it?
MrsT wouldn't let me near a course like that unless I left my credit cards at home.
Just received these Were allan keys from Amazon:
(https://products.wera.de/images/products/additional-big/950_9_hex-plus_multicolour_1.jpg)
Lovely! Not a sharp edge on any of them. Supposed to be less likely to damage hex bolts than standard ones as well.
Just received these Were allan keys from Amazon:
(https://products.wera.de/images/products/additional-big/950_9_hex-plus_multicolour_1.jpg)
Lovely! Not a sharp edge on any of them. Supposed to be less likely to damage hex bolts than standard ones as well.
Just received these Were allan keys from Amazon:How much did they cost?
(https://products.wera.de/images/products/additional-big/950_9_hex-plus_multicolour_1.jpg)
Lovely! Not a sharp edge on any of them. Supposed to be less likely to damage hex bolts than standard ones as well.
Just received these Were allan keys from Amazon:How much did they cost?
(https://products.wera.de/images/products/additional-big/950_9_hex-plus_multicolour_1.jpg)
Lovely! Not a sharp edge on any of them. Supposed to be less likely to damage hex bolts than standard ones as well.
I bought a set of those, they're so nice that I bought a little Wera tool set, then a bigger Wera socket set.
I don't regret the outlay though, they're always a pleasure to use. I don't leave them in the garage though!
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£20.60QuoteNow£24.98 :(
Can you please stop.^ this.
I have all of the tools that I do not need.
Can't stand that bloke.
...... installed a couple of the new-fangled LED batten lights in my workshop yesterday - it's as bright as an operating theatre!
Can't stand that bloke.
Yep he's a bit up himself - a couple of the people I follow on Youtube are interesting for tools and woodwork workshops -
Casual DIY https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOr70KjRTS9zUCY2hKF5E8w
Steve Ramsey https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBB7sYb14uBtk8UqSQYc9-w
Rob
...... installed a couple of the new-fangled LED batten lights in my workshop yesterday - it's as bright as an operating theatre!
Can't stand that bloke.
Yep he's a bit up himself - a couple of the people I follow on Youtube are interesting for tools and woodwork workshops -
Casual DIY https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOr70KjRTS9zUCY2hKF5E8w
Steve Ramsey https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBB7sYb14uBtk8UqSQYc9-w
Rob
...... installed a couple of the new-fangled LED batten lights in my workshop yesterday - it's as bright as an operating theatre!
Colin Furze's new video is a tour of his workshop, including most of his tools - perfect for all you tool junkies: https://youtu.be/fqTDfpIpub4 :DNot overstruck by the delivery, but that is 26':17" of tool envy.
Anybody who enjoys the intersection of motorbikes and fine workmanship will enjoy Allen Millyard's channel (if they're not already watching it) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj4hbNBjmdvXONmcxcLSNhg (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj4hbNBjmdvXONmcxcLSNhg)
I haven't seen anything more complicated than a hydraulic press - and that was for turning two four cylinder crankshafts into a six cylinder one.
...... installed a couple of the new-fangled LED batten lights in my workshop yesterday - it's as bright as an operating theatre!
Ooh do tell I need more light. Which ones did you go for?
Anybody who enjoys the intersection of motorbikes and fine workmanship will enjoy Allen Millyard's channel (if they're not already watching it) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj4hbNBjmdvXONmcxcLSNhg (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj4hbNBjmdvXONmcxcLSNhg)
I haven't seen anything more complicated than a hydraulic press - and that was for turning two four cylinder crankshafts into a six cylinder one.
That Velocette V-twin he has made out of two single engines is a thing of beauty.
...... installed a couple of the new-fangled LED batten lights in my workshop yesterday - it's as bright as an operating theatre!
Ooh do tell I need more light. Which ones did you go for?
Screwfix - 2 x LAP Twin 4ft LED Batten White 43W 4400lm (364CC) - £30 each - I just have two mounted lengthwise in the centre of a single garage - about 4 feet apart - light is enough for working at either of the two rows of benching along either long wall.
They're fine BUT the connector for the juice is rubbish being a sort of "bare wire and clamp" mechanism - I chopped them off and justr fitted a simple screwed nylon terminal block in each one. Fitting to the joists was a doddle to with some U-shaped clips that they just op into. 5 stars from me.
Been stamping round the workshop swearing for the last couple of days because I needed hinges to go on building my router table and the DIY shops are locked down. Then this morning I did a bit of archaeology, and found 10 in a biscuit-box that had been stashed in a corner and forgotten when we moved here 30 years ago. They're a bit rusty, but who cares for something utilitarian: they work.
Other stuff in the box was a bunch of Ikea-style fixings of the sort that you save after the cupboard or whatever is no longer serviceable. Save, but never use. I have a lot of stuff like that, including a set of brass-cup drawer pulls that my father never used either.
I'm looking at this as well along with a table saw. A lot of the videos on YouTube use a table saw and router (and possibly a planer thicknesser as well) to build a table saw and router which is typical of a lot of the US stuff on their. Look its easy and cheap to make this - provided you have $50,000 of kit in your massive workshop already. There are a few that start out with nothing but a hand held circular saw and router.
I think I will end up making a ghetto table saw and router and use those to build better ones.
I started out many, many years ago with a Black & Decker drill that you could attach accessories to : circular saw, jigsaw, sander, hedge trimmer . . .
Does your fixie generate hideous amounts of static that necessitates fettling it wit those Were VDE compliment screwdrivers?No, I just needed some new screwdrivers to go in there, and the Wera ones shouted buy me loudest! ;)
We want pics !My police officer niece has advised me that if I did this I'd most definitely run the risk of being arrested.
I've just ordered the Cyclus tools for removing Campagnolo bearing cups. Should be interesting...I enjoyed that. One front hub with one new bearing cup, two new cones and (obviously) new bearings. Basically a 15-year-old hub fully reconditioned and ready for more decades. You still can't quite beat Campagnolo for spares availability - other brands offer cones, but not necessarily cups.
For verily I didst buy myself an Elementary Screwdriver No 1 for Christmas
https://tinkerandfix.co.uk/collections/elementary-screwdrivers
And the Lord declared that it was a Very Nice Thing Indeed.
First used in anger yesterday as I want to keep it looking nice. I may revise this policy.
Everyone needs a prodder. You know a nice bug screwdriver for prodding stuff you really don't want to touch yourself as its either very dirty or too close to dangerous whirly bits.
I'm a little concerned you don't have enough claw hammers there.
Everyone needs a prodder. You know a nice bug screwdriver for prodding stuff you really don't want to touch yourself as its either very dirty or too close to dangerous whirly bits.
Can I add a few thousand volts worth of insulation to that specification? (DAHIKT)
Everyone needs a prodder. You know a nice bug screwdriver for prodding stuff you really don't want to touch yourself as its either very dirty or too close to dangerous whirly bits.
Can I add a few thousand volts worth of insulation to that specification? (DAHIKT)
Believe it or not that is actually the 40s/50s version of a VDE screwdriver. The yellow washer is supposed to insulate the handle from the shaft. Don't think I would trust it though.
We want pics !My police officer niece has advised me that if I did this I'd most definitely run the risk of being arrested.
Going equipped.
To mow lawns. ;D
ETA - Am I alone in thinking that it is a bit bizarre that it is possible to pick up a Bosch electric lawn mower, for 2/3s of the cost of a scythe?
Pcolbeck, how did you reprofile the end? We've got a screwdriver a bit like that but the end is more like a hill shape now...
What's keeping the spirit level on the wall ? - I thought maybe magnets, but spirit levels are usually ally bodied.
Also, could you please tidy up the screwdrivers a bit. So that their specifications are all facing the same way.
Thank you.
Pcolbeck, how did you reprofile the end? We've got a screwdriver a bit like that but the end is more like a hill shape now...Flat blade screwdrivers need regular re-profiling if they get a lot of use. Otherwise they cam out of the screw slot and mangle the screw head. Then the problems start........
Spent yesterday at my late Fathers house sorting through the garage. It was quite emotional sorting out all the tools on the workbench I remember from being a kid and that I dismantled and repaired my first motorbike engine on (the Paramo vice is coming home with me next time I go). A lifetime of little draws full of bits and bobs and screws that might come in useful. Brought home the good stuff, 70s Britool spanners and a nice Draper Japan 1/4 socket set (he gave me his lovely Britool socket socket sets when he decided he was never going to do his own car repairs again several years ago). A lovely Eclipse drift set still in its 60s plastic pouch was a bit of a star find. Chucking stuff in the "for the tip" box was hard. The carpenters tool box that he bought on HP fll of basic tools when he and my mum first got married in 1965 came back with me and will get a makeover.When my father passed away my brother and I had a couple of weekends clearing the house and garage. Much of the garage contents went to the tip, but I retrieved a garage full (mine) of his stuff. It sat there untouched for about four years until I was laid off. "Aha", I thought, "I'll sort that stuff out." Four months later ...
I also found some stuff that I have no recollection of that I think he inherited from my great uncle. Some nice German stuff and then I found the full set of Gedore metric spanners in a bag. Then hang on I though these look a bit rough, closer inspection very very rough. Pulled one fully out of the bag and under the light, oh "Gedore India". They really were nasty. In the tip box they went. I wonder why a company with such a great reputation for high quality tools lent its brand name to an Indian subsidiary banging out cheap rubbish?
Spent yesterday at my late Fathers house sorting through the garage. It was quite emotional sorting out all the tools on the workbench I remember from being a kid and that I dismantled and repaired my first motorbike engine on (the Paramo vice is coming home with me next time I go). A lifetime of little draws full of bits and bobs and screws that might come in useful. Brought home the good stuff, 70s Britool spanners and a nice Draper Japan 1/4 socket set (he gave me his lovely Britool socket socket sets when he decided he was never going to do his own car repairs again several years ago). A lovely Eclipse drift set still in its 60s plastic pouch was a bit of a star find. Chucking stuff in the "for the tip" box was hard. The carpenters tool box that he bought on HP fll of basic tools when he and my mum first got married in 1965 came back with me and will get a makeover.When my father passed away my brother and I had a couple of weekends clearing the house and garage. Much of the garage contents went to the tip, but I retrieved a garage full (mine) of his stuff. It sat there untouched for about four years until I was laid off. "Aha", I thought, "I'll sort that stuff out." Four months later ...
I also found some stuff that I have no recollection of that I think he inherited from my great uncle. Some nice German stuff and then I found the full set of Gedore metric spanners in a bag. Then hang on I though these look a bit rough, closer inspection very very rough. Pulled one fully out of the bag and under the light, oh "Gedore India". They really were nasty. In the tip box they went. I wonder why a company with such a great reputation for high quality tools lent its brand name to an Indian subsidiary banging out cheap rubbish?
And yes, there were a lot of tools.
Then my father-in-law passed away, his father and grandfather both ran engineering companies (and both used to have an exhibit in the marine engineering section of the Science Museum). Sorting out those tools was a gargantuan task.
There are various charities working in the developing world that will take them.Spent yesterday at my late Fathers house sorting through the garage. It was quite emotional sorting out all the tools on the workbench I remember from being a kid and that I dismantled and repaired my first motorbike engine on (the Paramo vice is coming home with me next time I go). A lifetime of little draws full of bits and bobs and screws that might come in useful. Brought home the good stuff, 70s Britool spanners and a nice Draper Japan 1/4 socket set (he gave me his lovely Britool socket socket sets when he decided he was never going to do his own car repairs again several years ago). A lovely Eclipse drift set still in its 60s plastic pouch was a bit of a star find. Chucking stuff in the "for the tip" box was hard. The carpenters tool box that he bought on HP fll of basic tools when he and my mum first got married in 1965 came back with me and will get a makeover.When my father passed away my brother and I had a couple of weekends clearing the house and garage. Much of the garage contents went to the tip, but I retrieved a garage full (mine) of his stuff. It sat there untouched for about four years until I was laid off. "Aha", I thought, "I'll sort that stuff out." Four months later ...
I also found some stuff that I have no recollection of that I think he inherited from my great uncle. Some nice German stuff and then I found the full set of Gedore metric spanners in a bag. Then hang on I though these look a bit rough, closer inspection very very rough. Pulled one fully out of the bag and under the light, oh "Gedore India". They really were nasty. In the tip box they went. I wonder why a company with such a great reputation for high quality tools lent its brand name to an Indian subsidiary banging out cheap rubbish?
And yes, there were a lot of tools.
Then my father-in-law passed away, his father and grandfather both ran engineering companies (and both used to have an exhibit in the marine engineering section of the Science Museum). Sorting out those tools was a gargantuan task.
Still have stuff I cleared out of my dad's place.
It amazes me how little value there is what I thought were good tools. Seems criminal just dumping it but when even the charity shops don't want it..
... and then I found the full set of Gedore metric spanners in a bag. Then hang on I though these look a bit rough, closer inspection very very rough. Pulled one fully out of the bag and under the light, oh "Gedore India". They really were nasty. In the tip box they went. I wonder why a company with such a great reputation for high quality tools lent its brand name to an Indian subsidiary banging out cheap rubbish?
Tools With A Mission https://www.twam.uk/ seem to be well organised, I've used themTools for Self-Reliance is another. https://www.tfsr.org
I eventually gave up on small tool boxes and bags when it all got too much and bought a set of metal drawers. And then another set... You eventually end up with a full-size cabinet on wheels and realise that you should have just bought one of those to start with. Have a look on ebay for a second-hand one as they are really expensive new even if you don't buy Snap On. The drawers that I've got are some unknown brand called American-something-or-other and seem very nearly as good as the Snap On ones that I've seen but they were a LOT less money.
A holder for spanners and for tap and die set - advice please.You should keep the taps separate from one another.
I bought a set of six(?) combination ratchet and open ended spanners in Lidl. Nice tools.
They came in a hard plastic package - but are loose when you remove them.
I do not have a tool board so store everything in a carry around nylon toolbag. Ideas please on how to clip them together.
Similarly I bought a tap and die set from Lidl - again in a wasteful sealed hard plastick pack. these currently live in a ziploc bag.
Ideas on how to give them a neat home please.
.... in Aldi they had a double wall-board with a set of lidless hook-on boxes ....
You should keep the taps separate from one another.
You should keep the taps separate from one another.
'tis the BRITISH way ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfHgUu_8KgA
https://youtu.be/HfHgUu_8KgA
Everyone needs a prodder. You know a nice big screwdriver for prodding stuff you really don't want to touch yourself as its either very dirty or too close to dangerous whirly bits.
So here is a nice one I picked up at a car boot sale last year for 50p.
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/riqx1ch5jz4wkux/20200422_190343.jpg?raw=1)
It's a nice Stanley 25c, about 40cm long. Probably about 50 years old and someone has definitely been using it as a paint can opener.
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(https://www.dropbox.com/s/6unlzglhaddow02/20200428_192156.jpg?raw=1)
.... in Aldi they had a double wall-board with a set of lidless hook-on boxes ....
Well, it was Aldi
This one's a bit past that sort of restoration. It's a Marples apparently. Very effective still despite no regrinding for years.
(https://i.ibb.co/XxZNhX5/IMG-5605.jpg)
This one's a bit past that sort of restoration. It's a Marples apparently. Very effective still despite no regrinding for years.
(https://i.ibb.co/XxZNhX5/IMG-5605.jpg)
That ones perfect for a restoration. So long as the shafts straight it will be great. An hour or so with a wire wheel a buffer and a scraper and it will be nice and shiny any ready for a re spray or just a shellacking of the handle dependant on your taste.
This one's a bit past that sort of restoration. It's a Marples apparently. Very effective still despite no regrinding for years.
(https://i.ibb.co/XxZNhX5/IMG-5605.jpg)
That ones perfect for a restoration. So long as the shafts straight it will be great. An hour or so with a wire wheel a buffer and a scraper and it will be nice and shiny any ready for a re spray or just a shellacking of the handle dependant on your taste.
Yeah. I have one like that, that was my father's, but someone had used it as a lever and it's off-true. That flat bit of the shaft is vulnerable.
This one's a bit past that sort of restoration. It's a Marples apparently. Very effective still despite no regrinding for years.
(https://i.ibb.co/XxZNhX5/IMG-5605.jpg)
That ones perfect for a restoration. So long as the shafts straight it will be great. An hour or so with a wire wheel a buffer and a scraper and it will be nice and shiny any ready for a re spray or just a shellacking of the handle dependant on your taste.
Yeah. I have one like that, that was my father's, but someone had used it as a lever and it's off-true. That flat bit of the shaft is vulnerable.
I've got one too which belonged to my father.
I just broke my second favourite[1] screwdriver bodging the landlord's shitty kitchen drawer. >:(
That's what I could do with but (a) my ceiling would fall in and (b) I'd be bashing my head on it all the time. I've thought of building a DIY one into my dexion shelving, though.
I ought to do something similar to your 40mm pipe but I'm too lazy. In the adjoining bit of the barn I've got a Titan vacuum cleaner sucking on an old drum that acts as a cyclone of sorts. The hose goes through the wall, and in the shop I have around 10m of flexible 40mm hose suspended from the ceiling on bungee cords. It works, and I can plug it into conventional vacuum cleaner tools in the unlikely event that I want to vacuum the floor.
My bikes live in a corner, under the plastic sheeting from a mattress. Just now I can't work on them because of my defunct ceiling-hook "system". I do have a workstand but the wretched thing was designed to trip people up so it's in the next bit of the barn, in disgrace.
Can a spanner be a thing of beauty? I think they can, these are just lovely.I think the picture proves that you're right. :)
(http://alloy-artifacts.org/Photos/tools/gedore_c16mm_1b_wrench_combo_offset_van_f_cropped_inset2_w560_h243.jpg)
Not my picture. It's from http://alloy-artifacts.org.
Over recent years I've twice decided to buy cheapo tools (at least twice that come to mind)
#1 - 1/2" router. A B&Q Titan. I've had a Trend 1/4" for many years, bought thinking they were first line, and have been distinctly mildly unimpressed. "Little" things like the plunge lock not working properly, led me to buy the Titan as it would only be for occasional use. On a cost per use basis, I suppose it is fair as I don't use it much, but it really isn't nice. I'm thinking I might invest in a second hand Makita or the like. Anyone fancy a Titan? Going cheep?
#2 - a ScrewStation multi tool. How had I survived for so long without a multitool? But boyohboy it gives bad vibes. Replaced now with a Makita bare-body. Anyone fancy the old one? Gives you a good buzz.
All in all, unsurprising outcome for buying cheap.
I still have a Japanese saw I bought in Japan about 45 years ago, in a Daimaru department store.
They cut very fine as the thin blade doesn't have to resist buckling. The other useful feature having two sides, fine and coarse, which you can flip between; start with the fine, then change to coarse for faster cutting.
I ought to do something similar to your 40mm pipe but I'm too lazy. In the adjoining bit of the barn I've got a Titan vacuum cleaner sucking on an old drum that acts as a cyclone of sorts. The hose goes through the wall, and in the shop I have around 10m of flexible 40mm hose suspended from the ceiling on bungee cords. It works, and I can plug it into conventional vacuum cleaner tools in the unlikely event that I want to vacuum the floor.
My bikes live in a corner, under the plastic sheeting from a mattress. Just now I can't work on them because of my defunct ceiling-hook "system". I do have a workstand but the wretched thing was designed to trip people up so it's in the next bit of the barn, in disgrace.
I only have a single garage where I have a "cycle workshop" side and "woodworking" side - the cycle side has a full-blown Park Tool shop workstand (the one with the big heavy steel floorplate) but it's mounted on a trolley with locking castors so I can wheel the plate under a shelf unit, with the arm tucked in the top shelf. Two of the machines - planer/thicknesser and table saw are also on trolleys with castors so they can be wheeled under the woodworking MFT bench.
I may get round to some pix!
Rob
Saw blades for No3 scalpel handle.
(31 TPI, 68 TPI, 48 TPI, 31 TPI).
Made from 0.12mm thick stainless steel.
Firefox popped this up on my home page. I have a sudden desire for Japanese!
https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/maintain-the-garden/japanese-garden-tools/
Firefox popped this up on my home page. I have a sudden desire for Japanese!
https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/maintain-the-garden/japanese-garden-tools/
Nice. £79 for a trowel though :o
Im looking for one of those planting hoes. A pickaxe sized mattock gets used a lot in our garden and a smaller one handed one would be great.
I've done that myself a couple of times - I even have a setting tool hanging on the workshop wall. Not very enjoyable, so I haven't done it since. I hardly ever use handsaws these days anyway.
I've done that myself a couple of times - I even have a setting tool hanging on the workshop wall. Not very enjoyable, so I haven't done it since. I hardly ever use handsaws these days anyway.
You cant resharpen modern saws (unless you buy an expensive one made in the traditional way). Once they are blunt that's it buy a new one, they do stay sharp a long time though. Not sure if you can re set them either, never tried on a modern one. The hardening on the teeth of modern saws makes them just as hard as a saw file so the file doesn't work. Only the tips are hardened but then the metal under that is too soft for a saw blade anyway.
Bahco.
Still have my grandfathers old saw as a curiosity. It has a sticker on saying where it was last taken to be sharpened.
Was using this yesterday to remove a tree stump - it reaches the parts where other bars cannot go:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41VwQUGGXjL._AC_SL1010_.jpg)
I sharpen and set all my saws myself, it's a doddle and doesn't take much time to do.
If there is enough sticking out to get hold of then buy a pair of Engineer Neji-Saurus pliers.
Neji-Saurus at Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Engineers-Advanced-Removal-Combination-Neji-Saurus/dp/B07F2KB2JH/ref=sr_1_14?dchild=1&keywords=engineer+pliers&qid=1593283984&sr=8-14)
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51i5v3CYlaL._AC_SL1000_.jpg)
They are Japanese and specifically designed for removing things where the head has sheared off or is damaged. They have grooves at 90deg to normal pliers. They work brilliantly and come in different sizes. Also they look cool and have a great name.
In the market for mole grips, any recommendations?
I have the much less stealthy non-ESD version. They're lovely.
Looking around for a bench grinder (which I have been looking at for years, and still not acquired one, so may well still not, nowt wrong with looking though, any recommendations?) I discover something curious.
Branding is important. Manufacturers that don't want to "pollute" their main brand create a secondary brand for cheap stuff. Now, it appears we are seeing this taken to another level. Those German sounding brands made of chinesium? Scheppach? Einhell? Well..... meet Ozito (https://www.homebase.co.uk/ozito-by-einhell-150w-bench-grinder_p389350)
Those German sounding brands made of chinesium? Scheppach? Einhell? Well..... meet Ozito (https://www.homebase.co.uk/ozito-by-einhell-150w-bench-grinder_p389350)
Looking around for a bench grinder (which I have been looking at for years, and still not acquired one, so may well still not, nowt wrong with looking though, any recommendations?) I discover something curious.
Branding is important. Manufacturers that don't want to "pollute" their main brand create a secondary brand for cheap stuff. Now, it appears we are seeing this taken to another level. Those German sounding brands made of chinesium? Scheppach? Einhell? Well..... meet Ozito (https://www.homebase.co.uk/ozito-by-einhell-150w-bench-grinder_p389350)
Looking around for a bench grinder (which I have been looking at for years, and still not acquired one, so may well still not, nowt wrong with looking though, any recommendations?) I discover something curious.
Branding is important. Manufacturers that don't want to "pollute" their main brand create a secondary brand for cheap stuff. Now, it appears we are seeing this taken to another level. Those German sounding brands made of chinesium? Scheppach? Einhell? Well..... meet Ozito (https://www.homebase.co.uk/ozito-by-einhell-150w-bench-grinder_p389350)
Scheppach is german, I thought.
Looking around for a bench grinder (which I have been looking at for years, and still not acquired one, so may well still not, nowt wrong with looking though, any recommendations?) I discover something curious.
Branding is important. Manufacturers that don't want to "pollute" their main brand create a secondary brand for cheap stuff. Now, it appears we are seeing this taken to another level. Those German sounding brands made of chinesium? Scheppach? Einhell? Well..... meet Ozito (https://www.homebase.co.uk/ozito-by-einhell-150w-bench-grinder_p389350)
Scheppach is german, I thought.
I believe that the company is German but products (some/all?) are made in China. I have an Aldi branded planer/thicknesser that has Sheppach in the manual as the tech support and warranty source but the machine is labelled as made in China.
Looking around for a bench grinder (which I have been looking at for years, and still not acquired one, so may well still not, nowt wrong with looking though, any recommendations?) I discover something curious.
Branding is important. Manufacturers that don't want to "pollute" their main brand create a secondary brand for cheap stuff. Now, it appears we are seeing this taken to another level. Those German sounding brands made of chinesium? Scheppach? Einhell? Well..... meet Ozito (https://www.homebase.co.uk/ozito-by-einhell-150w-bench-grinder_p389350)
Scheppach is german, I thought.
60V and 125-50A.
60V and 125-50A.
That's a welder, innit?
Want a power supply, as I feel it will be useful ;)
Have ordered and am now waiting, excitedly, for a second-hand* one of these : Harlan Rubber Stripper (http://www.gryffinaero.com/models/ffpages/tools/rubberstrip/harlan/harlan.html) to be delivered
*For younger readers, "pre-owned".
Does Keil Kraft still exist?Sadly, no. Ceased trading late 1970s or maybe *very* early 1980s. The good news (if you are on a toy aeroplane nostalgia kick) is that many of the plans can be found on Outerzone and Ripmax have, in the last 18 months, started releasing updated laser cut kits (correcting many errors while on the way) of some of the more popular designs,
Quote from: robgulDoes Keil Kraft still exist?Sadly, no. Ceased trading late 1970s or maybe *very* early 1980s. The good news (if you are on a toy aeroplane nostalgia kick) is that many of the plans can be found on Outerzone and Ripmax have, in the last 18 months, started releasing updated laser cut kits (correcting many errors while on the way) of some of the more popular designs,
Did you supplement the purchase with copious amounts of the correct PPE ?
My Niwaki Japanese one handed planting hoe has arrived.
My Niwaki Japanese one handed planting hoe has arrived.
That's lovely. So lovely I just ordered one for Mrs Pcolbeck on your recommendation.
My Niwaki Japanese one handed planting hoe has arrived.
That's lovely. So lovely I just ordered one for Mrs Pcolbeck on your recommendation.
And my work here is done
Thanks to this thread I am casting lustful looks at wera joker spanners.They're ver' nice.
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Stop it!!Thanks to this thread I am casting lustful looks at wera joker spanners.They're ver' nice.
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Thanks to this thread I am casting lustful looks at wera joker spanners.The slippery slope.
As we are a cycling forum no thread about tools should be without a mention of Abbey Tools www.abbeybiketools.com (http://www.abbeybiketools.com)They're ideal for doing little bits on your bike when you have one of your yachts moored in Monaco.
I particularly like their Crombie Tool and when I win the lottery I'll buy one of their dishing gauges...
This fits SOO well with YACF memes https://twitter.com/_youhadonejob1/status/1294555754586931204
This fits SOO well with YACF memes https://twitter.com/_youhadonejob1/status/1294555754586931204
The super glue is missing.
My Vessel 220w-3 Screwdriver set has just arrived from Yokohama . 3 interchangeable double ended bits . 6mm slotted/ no 2 Jis , no 1 Jis / No 3 Jis , No 2 pozy / No 3 pozy . I tell you it's dead lush. I am so smitten I have ordered another one. For £ 12.00 off Ebay you canny fall off .
Henry Phillips invented and patented the Phillips® design in 1936. The Phillips® design was a great solution for the automobile production lines since it was designed to cam-out after a certain torque was reached to prevent over-tightening of the screw. Another advantage over the use of flat head screws was that the Phillips® self-centering design allowed operators to engage the tip of the driver into the screw head very quickly and easily.
Japanese engineers developed their own cross-point design similar to that of the Phillips®. The Japanese cross-point drivers also have the self-centering and quick tool and screw engagement, however the JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) design allowed torque and over-tightening to be controlled by the operator and not at the head of the screw. This key difference is why Phillips screwdrivers cannot properly engage "JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) screws.
NOW it's a yacf meme. A bunch of know-it-alls pointing out what's wrong with a joke. ;D
And the hammer.
NOW it's a yacf meme. A bunch of know-it-alls pointing out what's wrong with a joke. ;D
And a cludge.
I have a thing for Elu routers. I have 6 of them. Of the same model (MOF96). There's just something about them.
My Vessel 220w-3 Screwdriver set has just arrived from Yokohama . 3 interchangeable double ended bits . 6mm slotted/ no 2 Jis , no 1 Jis / No 3 Jis , No 2 pozy / No 3 pozy . I tell you it's dead lush. I am so smitten I have ordered another one. For £ 12.00 off Ebay you canny fall off .
I have one of those adaptors for a Yankee screwdriver. Got it along with a Yankee for £2 at a car boots sale :)
I was helping with a datacentre move last weekend and one of the guys brought a big Yankee with an adaptor. It was brilliant for screwing kit into racks where the rails are mounted well back and its awkward to get in with a normal screwdriver.
I need some tool advice. This may not be the correct thread.
I need to cut a what looks like a stainless steel pipe to length. (This is a support bar in a shower)
I bought a rotary pipe cutter from Screwfix which worked fine - up to the poitn I discovered the stainless pipe is too thick.
A junior hacksaw is doing nothing to it. Next step is a cutting disc I assume,
I have a big bosch mains powered drill and a smaller Silverline battery powered drill.
Looking for advice on using a cutting disk with either of these. Waht do I buy and what do I mount the disc on?
( I assume you didn't buy this one https://www.screwfix.com/p/irwin-record-handicutter-15-45mm-manual-multi-material-pipe-cutter/84140)
I need some tool advice. This may not be the correct thread.
I need to cut a what looks like a stainless steel pipe to length. (This is a support bar in a shower)
I bought a rotary pipe cutter from Screwfix which worked fine - up to the poitn I discovered the stainless pipe is too thick.
A junior hacksaw is doing nothing to it. Next step is a cutting disc I assume,
I have a big bosch mains powered drill and a smaller Silverline battery powered drill.
Looking for advice on using a cutting disk with either of these. Waht do I buy and what do I mount the disc on?
( I assume you didn't buy this one https://www.screwfix.com/p/irwin-record-handicutter-15-45mm-manual-multi-material-pipe-cutter/84140)
I bought this pipe cutter. It worked perfectly.
To the point I discovered the cutting wheel is too small and will not cut into a thick walled pipe.
^^ wot 'e sed. If it is that one, it is similar to the one I've had for <cough> years, and gone through 1.5mm mild steel quite happily.( I assume you didn't buy this one https://www.screwfix.com/p/irwin-record-handicutter-15-45mm-manual-multi-material-pipe-cutter/84140)
I bought this pipe cutter. It worked perfectly.
To the point I discovered the cutting wheel is too small and will not cut into a thick walled pipe.
Try putting some oil on the wheel/area to cut and rollers and rotate the cutter turning the knob in very small increments - I've cut lots of chrome steel tube for a shower curtain with one of those cutters - just slowly and loads of rotations to cut slowly.
^^ wot 'e sed. If it is that one, it is similar to the one I've had for <cough> years, and gone through 1.5mm mild steel quite happily.( I assume you didn't buy this one https://www.screwfix.com/p/irwin-record-handicutter-15-45mm-manual-multi-material-pipe-cutter/84140)
I bought this pipe cutter. It worked perfectly.
To the point I discovered the cutting wheel is too small and will not cut into a thick walled pipe.
Try putting some oil on the wheel/area to cut and rollers and rotate the cutter turning the knob in very small increments - I've cut lots of chrome steel tube for a shower curtain with one of those cutters - just slowly and loads of rotations to cut slowly.
Try putting some oil on the wheel/area to cut and rollers and rotate the cutter turning the knob in very small increments - I've cut lots of chrome steel tube for a shower curtain with one of those cutters - just slowly and loads of rotations to cut slowly.
^^ wot 'e sed. If it is that one, it is similar to the one I've had for <cough> years, and gone through 1.5mm mild steel quite happily.( I assume you didn't buy this one https://www.screwfix.com/p/irwin-record-handicutter-15-45mm-manual-multi-material-pipe-cutter/84140)
I bought this pipe cutter. It worked perfectly.
To the point I discovered the cutting wheel is too small and will not cut into a thick walled pipe.
Try putting some oil on the wheel/area to cut and rollers and rotate the cutter turning the knob in very small increments - I've cut lots of chrome steel tube for a shower curtain with one of those cutters - just slowly and loads of rotations to cut slowly.
Try putting some oil on the wheel/area to cut and rollers and rotate the cutter turning the knob in very small increments - I've cut lots of chrome steel tube for a shower curtain with one of those cutters - just slowly and loads of rotations to cut slowly.
If you're coughing at the time you've ad yours I must be choking! - 43 years is the best guess for mine
New project is to restore a 1950s Woden engineer's vice from rusty near-scrap condition (although it looks ok, hasn't been used as an anvil and the handle isn't bent). I have a small one already but this is a bit of a monster. They usually just need a lot of surface rust removing and then Hammerite by brush.
MrsL recently (within the last fortnight) described my study as, "...looking like an explosion in a timber yard.";D ;D ;D
Not strictly tools, but it is tangentially related. If you squint hard enough.A massive, man-carrying glider?
Have returned from holiday with 140 quids' worth of balsa and two or three (small) sheets of 1/64" & 1/32" ply.
MrsL recently (within the last fortnight) described my study as, "...looking like an explosion in a timber yard." I don't think I can reasonably disagree with her. Never mind, it's all in a good cause and if you give me a moment I might even be able to tell you what the cause is. :)
Oh. Yes. I did buy another pin chuck with some spare collets as well so that makes the post legit.
I had to order some stuff from Amazon DE, but was under the free postage threshold. So added on a Ryoba Japanese saw. I've wanted one for ages. Timed it nicely as it was about 40% off the price of the previous week.
Not a Suizan that I'd really like, but it's a good start of my saw collection.
need to think about how to store it tho. Right now it's on the shelf in the living room...
J
Those Katsu aren't too bad, not a patch on the Makita though.
I "discovered" Japanese saws earlier this year - what a revelation for cutting all sorts of stuff easily and with very clean edges.
Ohh, what a lovely idea. A Colditz Cock* perhaps? Alas, 140 quid buys shockingly little balsa so it'll just be my usual ~ 13" to ~ 36" span toys.Quote from: TheLurkerNot strictly tools, but it is tangentially related. If you squint hard enough.A massive, man-carrying glider?
Have returned from holiday with 140 quids' worth of balsa and two or three (small) sheets of 1/64" & 1/32" ply.
....
Was tempted by a couple of ebay bargains - one is a used but pretty much mint condition Stanley plane to replace one I've lost (how can you lose a plane?) and the other is one of the Makita rip-off Katsu palm routers, which is new.
As an edge trimmer the Katsu is great, but I found that the height adjuster jammed when it was in the router table unless I pushed it up manually at the same time. A bit of a fiddle when you want to set the bit to a precise distance above the table.
What's the diameter of the katsu rip off?
A while back I bought a big Ryobi router for a table. It was fine for about a year then suddenly its bearings packed up with a nasty grinding noise. I replaced it with a budget de Walt that was OK for a while but its depth stop was not dependable. I also had a de Walt jigsaw and a combination saw. Both functioned OK but not as user-friendly as Makita, Bosch or Festool.
Package arrived from the UK today. Contents: one Veritas mini router plane. It's tiny, the blade is only about 3mm wide.
I'm looking to treat myself with a new Veritas block plane for when I eventually return to work. No hurry though, I've still got my Record 09 1/2 at work which I haven't touched since March, was going to go in part time at least so I can try the new Ray Iles blade I got for it but the new lockdown has put that on hold.
Veritas block planes seem to be out of stock in many suppliers at the moment.
Can’t find pop rivet gun. Buy new one.A while back I bought a big Ryobi router for a table. It was fine for about a year then suddenly its bearings packed up with a nasty grinding noise. I replaced it with a budget de Walt that was OK for a while but its depth stop was not dependable. I also had a de Walt jigsaw and a combination saw. Both functioned OK but not as user-friendly as Makita, Bosch or Festool.
Yep the Bosch router I have is pretty good - the budget Screwfix router has been cobbled into my plywood router table which works fine provided you lock the manual plunge lever VERY TIGHT otherwise it has a tendency to creep upwards under power. For what I need from the table it does the job.
... and while I was re-organising some stuff yesterday I found that I have THREE pop-rivet guns??
Can’t find pop rivet gun. Buy new one.A while back I bought a big Ryobi router for a table. It was fine for about a year then suddenly its bearings packed up with a nasty grinding noise. I replaced it with a budget de Walt that was OK for a while but its depth stop was not dependable. I also had a de Walt jigsaw and a combination saw. Both functioned OK but not as user-friendly as Makita, Bosch or Festool.
Yep the Bosch router I have is pretty good - the budget Screwfix router has been cobbled into my plywood router table which works fine provided you lock the manual plunge lever VERY TIGHT otherwise it has a tendency to creep upwards under power. For what I need from the table it does the job.
... and while I was re-organising some stuff yesterday I found that I have THREE pop-rivet guns??
Can’t find pop rivet gun. Buy new one.
Can’t find pop rivet gun. Buy new one.
Find all 3 pop rivet guns hiding together.
This is a basic feature of the reproductive lifecycle of rarely used tools.
I should probably get a number 4 or 5 to go with it tho...
J
I'm looking to treat myself with a new Veritas block plane for when I eventually return to work. No hurry though, I've still got my Record 09 1/2 at work which I haven't touched since March, was going to go in part time at least so I can try the new Ray Iles blade I got for it but the new lockdown has put that on hold.
Veritas block planes seem to be out of stock in many suppliers at the moment.
Pretty much all Veritas products seem to be out of stock on this side of the Atlantic. One of the reasons i bought this one now, is that it was the last one I could find in stock, anywhere. I got it for a specific project, and didn't want to risk it not being available when i came to need it.
J
About £10 or less for a good Stanley or Record one at almost every car boot sale. A number 6, 7 or 8 on the other hand are hard to find at a reasonable price. Took me years to find a 7 and that was £25. Don't want an 8 just too big for me.
Can’t find pop rivet gun. Buy new one.A while back I bought a big Ryobi router for a table. It was fine for about a year then suddenly its bearings packed up with a nasty grinding noise. I replaced it with a budget de Walt that was OK for a while but its depth stop was not dependable. I also had a de Walt jigsaw and a combination saw. Both functioned OK but not as user-friendly as Makita, Bosch or Festool.
Yep the Bosch router I have is pretty good - the budget Screwfix router has been cobbled into my plywood router table which works fine provided you lock the manual plunge lever VERY TIGHT otherwise it has a tendency to creep upwards under power. For what I need from the table it does the job.
... and while I was re-organising some stuff yesterday I found that I have THREE pop-rivet guns??
Can’t find pop rivet gun. Buy new one.
Can’t find pop rivet gun. Buy new one.
Find all 3 pop rivet guns hiding together.
This is a basic feature of the reproductive lifecycle of rarely used tools.
Somewhere in this house there must be a stash of about 20 or more tape measures. It feels that I buy one almost every year.
There is a decrepit orange-coloured Wilko 5m measure which cost just 99p (bought I believe in the last century) which survives unscathed but all my Stanley ones have mysterious vaporised.
Somewhere in this house there must be a stash of about 20 or more tape measures. It feels that I buy one almost every year.
There is a decrepit orange-coloured Wilko 5m measure which cost just 99p (bought I believe in the last century) which survives unscathed but all my Stanley ones have mysterious vaporised.
At an IT conference in the before times, the swag bag included tape measures branded by one of the event sponsors. Quite a few got left behind so i grabbed them. I found them in a bag when tidying up the other day.
I tend to keep all my tape measures in one place central to the flat so i can easily find one. Along with the big spirit level.
J
To some extent I have overcome the tape measure issue - in my workshop I tend to use either a 30cm or 1m steel rule if I can . . . both hard to mis-place!
That said I'm pretty anal about putting tools back in their storage space immediately after use (that's both my woodwork and cycle tools)
- the Steve Ramsey YouTube video the other day could have been me with the putting tools away and sweeping up messages :thumbsup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBIcl3cV1Yc
Me too. I positively detest taking tools from the workshop over to the house.The solution is obvious. Convert the living room into a(nother) workshop. I'm sure MrsT would give her wholehearted and overwhelmingly enthusiastic support to the idea.
Mine live in the drawer which has the label (Dymo embossed) 'Measuring, Metering & Marking'
Quote from: T42Me too. I positively detest taking tools from the workshop over to the house.The solution is obvious. Convert the living room into a(nother) workshop. I'm sure MrsT would give her wholehearted and overwhelmingly enthusiastic support to the idea.
More seriously, don't buy cheapo tools. You'll loathe them when they don't work as well the good stuff.
Mine live in the drawer which has the label (Dymo embossed) 'Measuring, Metering & Marking'
You might very well think that; as soon as your back is turned, though, they're on walkabout. Unless you’re some kind of Tool Whisperer who uses witchcraft to make them stay put.
To some extent I have overcome the tape measure issue - in my workshop I tend to use either a 30cm or 1m steel rule if I can . . . both hard to mis-place!
That said I'm pretty anal about putting tools back in their storage space immediately after use (that's both my woodwork and cycle tools)
- the Steve Ramsey YouTube video the other day could have been me with the putting tools away and sweeping up messages :thumbsup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBIcl3cV1Yc
Me too. I positively detest taking tools from the workshop over to the house. Mind you, part of that is laziness: during a job I'll nip over and get something as I need it, and find at the end that I need N trips to carry everything back again. I keep meaning to get a bunch of cheapos to live in the house permanently, but I can never quite bring myself to spend the money.
Mine live in the drawer which has the label (Dymo embossed) 'Measuring, Metering & Marking'
I should probably get a number 4 or 5 to go with it tho...
J
About £10 or less for a good Stanley or Record one at almost every car boot sale. A number 6, 7 or 8 on the other hand are hard to find at a reasonable price. Took me years to find a 7 and that was £25. Don't want an 8 just too big for me.
I think that explains why they put up the plasterboard.Quote from: T42Me too. I positively detest taking tools from the workshop over to the house.The solution is obvious. Convert the living room into a(nother) workshop. I'm sure MrsT would give her wholehearted and overwhelmingly enthusiastic support to the idea.
More seriously, don't buy cheapo tools. You'll loathe them when they don't work as well the good stuff.
Oh, loathing them is OK. I loathe doing stuff in the house. It always involves walls, and walls in this house are a nightmare. This is what we found when we took the old plasterboard off our bathroom:
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Ceilings and floors are in the same vein.
Mine live in the drawer which has the label (Dymo embossed) 'Measuring, Metering & Marking'
This is where I announce that I haven't been able to label anything since before the first lock-down, on account of my Dymo print labeller going missing. I've not been allowed to buy a new one as I've got two of lots of things...
Mine live in the drawer which has the label (Dymo embossed) 'Measuring, Metering & Marking'
This is where I announce that I haven't been able to label anything since before the first lock-down, on account of my Dymo print labeller going missing. I've not been allowed to buy a new one as I've got two of lots of things...
This is why you label your label printer.
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Mine live in the drawer which has the label (Dymo embossed) 'Measuring, Metering & Marking'
This is where I announce that I haven't been able to label anything since before the first lock-down, on account of my Dymo print labeller going missing. I've not been allowed to buy a new one as I've got two of lots of things...
This is why you label your label printer.
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Our grand-son took that one stage further with a label: "Label printer label" on their machine. Mine just says "Label printer" - annoyingly mine is the Dymo with the ABC keyboard rather than the QWERTY ... my wife was too mean to spend the extra £3
Our grand-son took that one stage further with a label: "Label printer label" on their machine. Mine just says "Label printer" - annoyingly mine is the Dymo with the ABC keyboard rather than the QWERTY ... my wife was too mean to spend the extra £3
Has he ever expressed a desire to be an ISO 9000 compliance officer? :demon:
ObligDilbert: https://dilbert.com/strip/1995-11-07
For completeness the label printer could be kept in a tin of Droste cocoa.
Our grand-son took that one stage further with a label: "Label printer label" on their machine. Mine just says "Label printer" - annoyingly mine is the Dymo with the ABC keyboard rather than the QWERTY ... my wife was too mean to spend the extra £3
Has he ever expressed a desire to be an ISO 9000 compliance officer? :demon:
ObligDilbert: https://dilbert.com/strip/1995-11-07
Shouldn't it be one label saying "label printer" and another attached to that label that says "label printer label"? Then another on that saying "label printer label label" ?
Blimey that dilbert's going back a bit!
J
My garage workbench:
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:smug:
It's better than this now... The electrician has been to finish the sockets so the orange extension cable has gone, and I've got a bluetooth amp and speakers above the toolboard. :thumbsup:
Our grand-son took that one stage further with a label: "Label printer label" on their machine. Mine just says "Label printer" - annoyingly mine is the Dymo with the ABC keyboard rather than the QWERTY ... my wife was too mean to spend the extra £3
Has he ever expressed a desire to be an ISO 9000 compliance officer? :demon:
ObligDilbert: https://dilbert.com/strip/1995-11-07
Shouldn't it be one label saying "label printer" and another attached to that label that says "label printer label"? Then another on that saying "label printer label label" ?
Blimey that dilbert's going back a bit!
J
Forgive me - what's the green machine? - some sort of drill press??? what's it for?That’s a small arbour press. For bearings, pins, clamping stuff etc.
I learned that my combination square, has a little hidden feature.
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Unscrew that little wheel below the level, and...
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Marking scribe! Didn't know that was there when I bought it. Don't know how useful it is. Did make me smile to discover it...
J
I learned that my combination square, has a little hidden feature.
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Unscrew that little wheel below the level, and...
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Marking scribe! Didn't know that was there when I bought it. Don't know how useful it is. Did make me smile to discover it...
J
Yep - I got one of those too BUT beware that type of square isn't always 100% square . . . . test it by placing it along a known straight edge of a piece of board (e.g. manufacturer's edge) and draw a line on the material - then flip the square the other way on the same edge and draw a line as close to/on top of the first line . . . you may be lucky and they match up, or they may diverge slightly. [I have WoodWorkWeb on YouTube to thank for that tip]
Probably OK for most work but a good quality engineer's square is best for precision stuff.
Yep - I got one of those too BUT beware that type of square isn't always 100% square . . . .
[...]
Probably OK for most work but a good quality engineer's square is best for precision stuff.
Yep - I got one of those too BUT beware that type of square isn't always 100% square . . . . test it by placing it along a known straight edge of a piece of board (e.g. manufacturer's edge) and draw a line on the material - then flip the square the other way on the same edge and draw a line as close to/on top of the first line . . . you may be lucky and they match up, or they may diverge slightly. [I have WoodWorkWeb on YouTube to thank for that tip]
Probably OK for most work but a good quality engineer's square is best for precision stuff.
Yep - I got one of those too BUT beware that type of square isn't always 100% square . . . .
[...]
Probably OK for most work but a good quality engineer's square is best for precision stuff.
This extremely amateur wood-pixie has learned a thing. :thumbsup:
I'm pondering getting one of the Priesser squares ...Oh. Perfect. I *need* at least 3 of those, got to make sure that those fuselages and flying surfaces are truly square. Starts rummaging down the back of the sofa...
I'm pondering getting one of the Priesser squares from here. (Do a text search for "GG 0"). They are rated to an accuracy of 0.000007m (7µm) over a 0.1m (100mm) distance.
https://www.fine-tools.com/praezisionswinkel.html
Accurate squares are all well and good - but that presupposes that I can mark and cut in a straight line too.
My Diamond sharpening plate arrived. It's the "fine" stone. I'll need to wait until I get the course and extra fine before it's fully useful. I also got a honing guide for chisels/plane blades.
Small issue... I don't have any chisels or planes...
J
My Diamond sharpening plate arrived. It's the "fine" stone. I'll need to wait until I get the course and extra fine before it's fully useful. I also got a honing guide for chisels/plane blades.
Small issue... I don't have any chisels or planes...
J
They don't wear out.
They don't wear out.
Of course the do. Just very slowly. I have some I picked up at car boot sales that are dished in the middle from use and need flattening.
Machine tools, however small, are a fantastic way of accumulating more gear... The amount of stuff needed to make this thing work properly over and above the lump of cast iron on the bench is just amazing.Nice ! That's why they generally come with a cabinet you can put all the bits in.
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;D
That's why they generally come with a cabinet you can put all the bits in.
If I ever end up with a bigger garage than we have now something like that is on top of the list, along with a similarly specced milling machine.
Machine tools, however small, are a fantastic way of accumulating more gear... The amount of stuff needed to make this thing work properly over and above the lump of cast iron on the bench is just amazing.Oooo. I'm lusting after a mini-lathe just to learn how to use one. I don't really have a need now but just having the skill to machine parts would be nice. Maybe for making model steam engine kits? I' have most of the tools I need to keep my classic Triumphs on the road, but a lathe would be nice.
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;D
If it has plastic gears as many cheap Chinese made makes do you can find metal replacements which will greatly improve the performance of the lathe.
Oooo. I'm lusting after a mini-lathe just to learn how to use one. I don't really have a need now but just having the skill to machine parts would be nice. Maybe for making model steam engine kits? I' have most of the tools I need to keep my classic Triumphs on the road, but a lathe would be nice.
Which one is this and how do you like it?
If it has plastic gears as many cheap Chinese made makes do you can find metal replacements which will greatly improve the performance of the lathe.
Bonus points for using it to make replacement metal gears.
They get good write-ups. I'd been thinking about a Sieg.Which one is this and how do you like it?
This is a Sieg SC4 from Arc Euro Trade. Only got it running yesterday but it seems pretty good so far if a little noisy. I think it should quieten down as it wears in. I do have some experience with (larger) machines and I'm a little worried that it's too small (210mm swing, 510mm between centres, 100mm chuck and a 20mm throat) but I couldn't justify spending more on a bigger machine.
Bought a mini-CNC router machine (just the router head so far, may add the laser head later) - just got to address the apparently step learning curve for the software/programs.This is something I've been strongly considering. What did you go for? I'll be very interested to hear how you get on.
Bought a mini-CNC router machine (just the router head so far, may add the laser head later) - just got to address the apparently step learning curve for the software/programs.This is something I've been strongly considering. What did you go for? I'll be very interested to hear how you get on.
I had to pick summat up from Toolstation today, and - unusually - I succumbed to an advert on the wall for one of these
https://www.toolstation.com/dewalt-dw055pl-xj-laser-distance-measurer/p69360
a laser distance measure, for 50% or less of the normal cost. initial testing shows that it is as accurate as a hand held tape for at least up to 5m - probably more so because it measures internal where you would otherwise have the tape bent. Displays in metric, feet, inches and fractions if you want.
Good old Aldi.
Pop in for a pint of milk and some mini cucumbers, come out with a heated buffet trolley and a telescopic light bulb changer.
Good old Aldi.
Pop in for a pint of milk and some mini cucumbers, come out with a heated buffet trolley and a telescopic light bulb changer.
You can still buy them - if that's what you mean.Good old Aldi.
Pop in for a pint of milk and some mini cucumbers, come out with a heated buffet trolley and a telescopic light bulb changer.
Does the UK still use bayonet fittings?
Good old Aldi.
Pop in for a pint of milk and some mini cucumbers, come out with a heated buffet trolley and a telescopic light bulb changer.
Does the UK still use bayonet fittings?
Compatible with the new Bosch Connectivity System, when used with the GCY 30-4 connection module (sold separately) enables tradespeople to configure custom settings and adapt them to suit specific tasks – a particularly useful feature for challenging applications. Users can, for instance, set features like ‘KickBack Control’ function to trigger earlier via their smartphones. Users also receive warning messages via the app when the motors of their tools are stopped, for instance, due to overheating.
Good old Aldi.
Pop in for a pint of milk and some mini cucumbers, come out with a heated buffet trolley and a telescopic light bulb changer.
Does the UK still use bayonet fittings?
Ditto. V. tempted, esp. with a laser head fitting for balsa cutting.Quote from: robgulBought a mini-CNC router machine (just the router head so far, may add the laser head later) - just got to address the apparently step learning curve for the software/programs.This is something I've been strongly considering. What did you go for? I'll be very interested to hear how you get on.
Good old Aldi.
Pop in for a pint of milk and some mini cucumbers, come out with a heated buffet trolley and a telescopic light bulb changer.
Does the UK still use bayonet fittings?
Not in new builds, they use some weird euro fitting that you can't easily find in supermarkets.
Bayonet and screw are still most easily available bulbs, AFAIK
Bought a mini-CNC router machine (just the router head so far, may add the laser head later) - just got to address the apparently step learning curve for the software/programs.This is something I've been strongly considering. What did you go for? I'll be very interested to hear how you get on.
This: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07MCTLW7V/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (I didn't opt for the laser kit . . . yet) Pretty much the same machine is available from Banggood or Aliexpress for about £30 cheaper but I bought from Amazon as if it's no good etc it's easier to return/refund.
It's a bit on the dinky side in terms of the size it can handle but fine for what I envisage. At the moment it's just been built up (it comes as a kit of parts) and I've yet to get round to even loading the software. It has a lot of exposed parts and electronics so one task is to make a storage case (from plywood oddments) to store and protect from dust etc in my workshop when not in use. Some of the learning curve may be helped by my brother's experience with a 3 printer and the (broadly similar) software.
I will report back in due course.
You can still buy them - if that's what you mean.Good old Aldi.
Pop in for a pint of milk and some mini cucumbers, come out with a heated buffet trolley and a telescopic light bulb changer.
Does the UK still use bayonet fittings?
Does the UK still use bayonet fittings?
Not in new builds, they use some weird euro fitting that you can't easily find in supermarkets.
This: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07MCTLW7V/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (I didn't opt for the laser kit . . . yet) Pretty much the same machine is available from Banggood or Aliexpress for about £30 cheaper but I bought from Amazon as if it's no good etc it's easier to return/refund.
They are very useful things. I borrow a Bosch one from work when I need it - things like measuring how tall a vehicle with roof box is for car park clearance becomes trivial (hold it at roof heigh, maybe against a plank of wood lying on the highest point, then point it at the ground). At work it's used for measuring how high things are from the ground - put the laser on the ground and point straight up. Saves a lot of time faffing with ladders.It could measure use time for commercial HAVS monitoring
Ours has Bluetooth on board, and you can get an app for it. Which seems spectacularly useless. But digging further in to that, I found that Bosch do a bluetooth connected angle grinder (https://www.ffx.co.uk/Product/Get/Bosch-Gws18V10Sc125Cg-3165140960878-18V-125Mm-Bluetooth-Angle-Grinder-Bare-Unit--L-Boxx#FPD). And no, it isn't an April fool.QuoteCompatible with the new Bosch Connectivity System, when used with the GCY 30-4 connection module (sold separately) enables tradespeople to configure custom settings and adapt them to suit specific tasks – a particularly useful feature for challenging applications. Users can, for instance, set features like ‘KickBack Control’ function to trigger earlier via their smartphones. Users also receive warning messages via the app when the motors of their tools are stopped, for instance, due to overheating.
Now, I don't know about you, but I've been desperate for an app for my phone to warn me that my angle grinder motor has stopped - because how else are you likely to know that ?
oops, I may have hit order on two new saws... Nice shiny Japanese saws...
You could spend a week sharpening them.oops, I may have hit order on two new saws... Nice shiny Japanese saws...
I tidied the garage at the weekend and collected together all the saws I have had for years or brought over from my dads and put them in the dump pile. Cant remember last time I bought a saw (bar a nice Japanese flush cut saw and a Bahco dove tail saw which I am keeping) must be 15 years ago. They are all rusty and blunt. Time for three new saws which should replace the lot.
Probably will buy Bahco ones.
You could spend a week sharpening them.oops, I may have hit order on two new saws... Nice shiny Japanese saws...
I tidied the garage at the weekend and collected together all the saws I have had for years or brought over from my dads and put them in the dump pile. Cant remember last time I bought a saw (bar a nice Japanese flush cut saw and a Bahco dove tail saw which I am keeping) must be 15 years ago. They are all rusty and blunt. Time for three new saws which should replace the lot.
Probably will buy Bahco ones.
Bit late now but my ordinary dewalt 14V managed TIMco InDex screws up to 300mm and the 7mm x 200mm pilot holes through the first timber. Your new shiney will eat the job.
Fun! I had a crappy Ostblock lathe back in the 90s. I did a few table-legs & such but the thing was so rough that I never went beyond that.
I keep meaning to mount my record vice on the end of the bench, but it'd be a squeeze getting big stuff in and out of the workshop door.
Nice vices though, have you put hardwood jaws on it ?
Acquired a used but pretty much as new Record 52E quick release woodworking vice - to replace the awful Chinese thing I have fixed to my work bench. I've been staggered to find out how much the Record vices cost new nowadays.
New toys!
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J
https://www.fine-tools.com/lightool-spanners.html
Ooooohhhhhhhhh!!!!!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no...............
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!
Bought this a while ago on a whim when ordering some others stuff from Axminster.
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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.
I got these Moore and Wright calipers and dividers the other day.You been in my toolbox? ;)
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It works out to under £4 each.
Given the thread title...
I won £50 from Sustrans and *didn't* spend it on an angle grinder. :-[
How did you win £50 from sustrans?
But a Sustrans funded angle grinder would have been ideal for improving access / removing obstructions on Sutrans paths :demon:
Then found myself looking on Amazon looking for a portable jump starter battery that could start a tractor...
Woss the top one for?
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More toys arrived today from Germany.
The bronze nut arrived weeks ago from the UK. Am very pleased that it fits.
J
Woss the top one for?
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More toys arrived today from Germany.
The bronze nut arrived weeks ago from the UK. Am very pleased that it fits.
J
Woss the top one for?
I think it is a make-your-own-vice
Intrigued.....Woss the top one for?
I think it is a make-your-own-vice
Correct!
J
Intrigued.....
...two drill bits I didn't strictly need...
At risk of being philosophical, I'm wondering whether drill bits don't come in "don't need" so much as "the wrong size"...
(How do leftpondians cope? They have so many more wrong sizes to choose from.)
[1] 12-and-a-bit-mm is a popular size for panel-mount switches, lights and knobs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GyBfZ1xLhM), and if there's a decent flange, can usually be achieved to a just-about-acceptable standard by getting wiggly with a hand-held 12mm drill.
[1] 12-and-a-bit-mm is a popular size for panel-mount switches, lights and knobs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GyBfZ1xLhM), and if there's a decent flange, can usually be achieved to a just-about-acceptable standard by getting wiggly with a hand-held 12mm drill.
It's too late at night for me to think, or find an online converter, but if I needed a 12-and-a-bit-mm drill bit then I know I'd be heading to my late grandfather's toolbox of imperial bits instead of the metric ones from the hardware store at the end of the road.
Birthday gift today (as requested from Mrs robgul) - an electric pencil sharpener for the workshop!
AND I had ordered one of these which was delivered today .... says it's made in Germany, but as it's from Aliexpress that may be from a province in China that they've called Germany, and Meter not Metre ???
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Mini vernier - probably not pinpoint accurate but adequate for measuring screws/bolts/drills etc.
J, you are Get Hands Dirty, AICMFPs ;D
I also, the same.Birthday gift today (as requested from Mrs robgul) - an electric pencil sharpener for the workshop!
AND I had ordered one of these which was delivered today .... says it's made in Germany, but as it's from Aliexpress that may be from a province in China that they've called Germany, and Meter not Metre ???
(http://www.cycle-endtoend.org.uk/images/z-Beewee-pix/mini-vernier.jpg)
Mini vernier - probably not pinpoint accurate but adequate for measuring screws/bolts/drills etc.
I believe I have a ver ver old one of they in a box of measuring instruments somewhere.
you and me both J, you and me both.J, you are Get Hands Dirty, AICMFPs ;D
Now that is a complement! I wish I had Cristiana's talent, and workshop.
J
I remember having to make one at secondary school out of cardboard and sellotape. It was either part of maths or science cant remember what they were trying to teach us by making one, Anyway the point is that as long as you were reasonably careful marking out your lines it was actually incredibly accurate. I think we had some samples things to measure that were of a known size to within a thousandth of a millimetre.Birthday gift today (as requested from Mrs robgul) - an electric pencil sharpener for the workshop!
AND I had ordered one of these which was delivered today .... says it's made in Germany, but as it's from Aliexpress that may be from a province in China that they've called Germany, and Meter not Metre ???
(http://www.cycle-endtoend.org.uk/images/z-Beewee-pix/mini-vernier.jpg)
Mini vernier - probably not pinpoint accurate but adequate for measuring screws/bolts/drills etc.
One of my customers, some years ago, had those as promotional give aways. A bit better than a coffee mug or a mousemat.I also, the same.Birthday gift today (as requested from Mrs robgul) - an electric pencil sharpener for the workshop!
AND I had ordered one of these which was delivered today .... says it's made in Germany, but as it's from Aliexpress that may be from a province in China that they've called Germany, and Meter not Metre ???
(http://www.cycle-endtoend.org.uk/images/z-Beewee-pix/mini-vernier.jpg)
Mini vernier - probably not pinpoint accurate but adequate for measuring screws/bolts/drills etc.
I believe I have a ver ver old one of they in a box of measuring instruments somewhere.
I bought a 12 inch steel ruler the other day. The label on it said "all numbers are approximate" which was a trifle worrying.
I bought a 12 inch steel ruler the other day. The label on it said "all numbers are approximate" which was a trifle worrying.Kwality Product?
B&Q's finest I think. Of course rather than being a comment on the accuracy of the ruler it might be a deeper philosophical point "All numbers everywhere that you can think of, the ones you haven't thought of yet and the ones you'll never think of, are approximate."I bought a 12 inch steel ruler the other day. The label on it said "all numbers are approximate" which was a trifle worrying.Kwality Product?
My 1m Rabone Chesterman steel rule says 'Accurate at 20°C'.
B&Q's finest I think. Of course rather than being a comment on the accuracy of the ruler it might be a deeper philosophical point "All numbers everywhere that you can think of, the ones you haven't thought of yet and the ones you'll never think of, are approximate."I bought a 12 inch steel ruler the other day. The label on it said "all numbers are approximate" which was a trifle worrying.Kwality Product?
My 1m Rabone Chesterman steel rule says 'Accurate at 20°C'.
On inspection it actually says 'Standard at 20°C'I bought a 12 inch steel ruler the other day. The label on it said "all numbers are approximate" which was a trifle worrying.Kwality Product?
My 1m Rabone Chesterman steel rule says 'Accurate at 20°C'.
A German ruler would probably be embossed with a DIN standard which declared the exact accuracy tolerance of the markings along with the temperature that was measured at, what height above sea level, the phase of the mood and whether there was an R in the month or not. They are a tad obsessive about these things.
one day I'll bore my non-grandchildren by telling them about the twiddly stick we had to use to use to tune the TV preset buttons which had a built-in reduction gear.
A Bourns tool, which is a plastic stick for twiddling multiturn potentiometers.*
Bought on eBay at 11:57 am today, hand delivered a couple of hours later. Proper junkies don't get such good service.
(* one day I'll bore my non-grandchildren by telling them about the twiddly stick we had to use to use to tune the TV preset buttons which had a built-in reduction gear. Near impossible to google up an image of such a thing)
Pointless digression. First written use of tweaker in a televisual context that *I* know about is from 1962 in, "Paddington at Large" Chapter 23, "Goings on at No. 32".Quote from: gramsA Bourns tool, which is a plastic stick for twiddling multiturn potentiometers.*
Bought on eBay at 11:57 am today, hand delivered a couple of hours later. Proper junkies don't get such good service.
(* one day I'll bore my non-grandchildren by telling them about the twiddly stick we had to use to use to tune the TV preset buttons which had a built-in reduction gear. Near impossible to google up an image of such a thing)
Crikey. I still have loads of tweakers like that lying around ...
They're a distant relative of the IEC C13 lead, aren't they? Left unobserved, they'll breed at the back of drawers and the bottom of tool boxes, but have an uncanny ability to be somewhere else when you need them.
Interestingly, I'm sure there was a hearing aid one[1] in the magpile[2] on my desk, but it seems to have crawled off somewhere...
[1] Flat-blade tweaker with a magnet at the other end.
[2] Who else accumulates Precious Things? Maybe we need a Gallery thread...
I mean precious things in the 'magpile' sense. I forget who coined the term, but it approximately means the collection of random small objects that forms on your desk (or similar space), because they're interesting or important and don't have proper homes. Items that are on your desk because they're ornamental or something you use while at your desk (pens, etc) don't really qualify.
Mine currently consists of:
-Radiator Key
-Garmin HRM sensor
-Pair of 15mm steel rulers
-Assorted SIMs, SIM adaptors, SD and MicroSD cards
-USAnian 1 cent coin
-Hair tie
-4 BAHA test 'bite-bars (https://www.connevans.co.uk/product/12649093/DCBA92612/Cochlear-Baha-test-rod)' (Maybe one day we'll have enough for a chess set?)
-The Good Tweezers
-WiFi and ANT+ USB dongles
-Postage stamps
-Mystery screw
I mean precious things in the 'magpile' sense. I forget who coined the term, but it approximately means the collection of random small objects that forms on your desk (or similar space), because they're interesting or important and don't have proper homes. Items that are on your desk because they're ornamental or something you use while at your desk (pens, etc) don't really qualify.
Mine currently consists of:
-Radiator Key
-Garmin HRM sensor
-Pair of 15mm steel rulers
-Assorted SIMs, SIM adaptors, SD and MicroSD cards
-USAnian 1 cent coin
-Hair tie
-4 BAHA test 'bite-bars (https://www.connevans.co.uk/product/12649093/DCBA92612/Cochlear-Baha-test-rod)' (Maybe one day we'll have enough for a chess set?)
-The Good Tweezers
-WiFi and ANT+ USB dongles
-Postage stamps
-Mystery screw
Bad news - my sliding mitre saw fence is bust - a bit of wood kicked back (no idea why) with such force that it cracked the fence in two. It's a relatively cheap Evolution machine and the part is probably available - but doubtless a value judgement against complete replacement.
In the meantime I shall attempt a repair with epoxy . . .. the cutting I need to do pro-tem isn't desperately accurate.
Here we go......In my younger days I used to fill Magnox cans with U bars and finish and pack elements for Pippa reactor. Happy days.
A chunk of rock salt crystals about the size of a child's fist, smuggled out of a Polish salt mine. I say smuggled cos you're not supposed to remove them - however the mine workers are always willing to let some go for a few dollars.
Another thing which shouldn't be removed are two pieces of glass, about 15mm thick, from the sea-water aquaria that were in The Crystal Palace. The remains of the aquaria are at the foot of the Crystal Palace TV mast.
One of those prisms a surveyor aims his theodolite at, fascinating if for no other reason than if you look into it you can see the reflection of your eye. But if you close one eye the reflection remains there. If you close the other eye, the reflection still remains there. Spooky!
The top 30mm of a magnesium fuel rod from the Magnox reactor at Sellafield.
A turbine blade from one of Concorde's RR Olympus engines.
A mini Slinky - About 25mm Ø and 25mm tall.
Bad news - my sliding mitre saw fence is bust - a bit of wood kicked back (no idea why) with such force that it cracked the fence in two. It's a relatively cheap Evolution machine and the part is probably available - but doubtless a value judgement against complete replacement.
In the meantime I shall attempt a repair with epoxy . . .. the cutting I need to do pro-tem isn't desperately accurate.
UPDATE - Too broken for epoxy (it's the usual sort of die-cast construction) BUT I've managed to unbolt the two pieces that are now the fence and re-fit them pretty much in alignment - all looks safe so I can use the saw pending a part/replacement. Taking the dust shroud off the machine (box made from OSB) I had the opportunity for some serious sawdust vacuuming.
So, fully tooled up forstealing bikesfixing Silly Sustrans Gates™ ;D ;D ;D ;D
So, fully tooled up forstealing bikesfixing Silly Sustrans Gates™ ;D ;D ;D ;D
FTFY
So, fully tooled up forstealing bikesfixing Silly Sustrans Gates™ ;D ;D ;D ;D
FTFY
Slight hitch - ordered for delivery from Toolstation (no stock at local shop etc) . . . message this morning with a refund saying they don't have stock BUT there's another model at £25 more. I've queried that stock was there when I ordered . . . and subject to what they say may suggest that they supply the other one at the price . . we'll see.
I have a partial solution for Sustrans and other gates in the shape of a RADAR key - obv works for toilets too. [I am eligible :( )
I have a hankering for a hydraulic motorbike lift. Both Sealey and Clarke the main UK suppliers of such things to home users will only deliver if you can provide a forklift to take it off the back of the delivery van. Applies no matter who you buy them through as they are delivered direct from Sealey or Clarke :(
That's not very sensible when your trying to sell to hobby mechanics.
I have a hankering for a hydraulic motorbike lift. Both Sealey and Clarke the main UK suppliers of such things to home users will only deliver if you can provide a forklift to take it off the back of the delivery van. Applies no matter who you buy them through as they are delivered direct from Sealey or Clarke :(
That's not very sensible when your trying to sell to hobby mechanics.
Either hire a small truck with a tail-lift to take the weight - or find a man-and-a-van (truck with tail-lift) - and collect from the nearest MachineMart shop?
I have a hankering for a hydraulic motorbike lift. Both Sealey and Clarke the main UK suppliers of such things to home users will only deliver if you can provide a forklift to take it off the back of the delivery van. Applies no matter who you buy them through as they are delivered direct from Sealey or Clarke :(I have one that fits under the engine and lifts the bike so that the wheels are off the ground - lifts the bike a good 18 inches.
That's not very sensible when your trying to sell to hobby mechanics.
I have a hankering for a hydraulic motorbike lift. Both Sealey and Clarke the main UK suppliers of such things to home users will only deliver if you can provide a forklift to take it off the back of the delivery van. Applies no matter who you buy them through as they are delivered direct from Sealey or Clarke :(
That's not very sensible when your trying to sell to hobby mechanics.
Not sure that type would work with my BMW. There is no engine cradle as the the forks and shaft drive come single sided swinging arm are bolted directly to the engine. The only frame is bolted to to top of the engine to provide somewhere to mount the tank, seat and battery. Given that its a boxer the actual engine casings are narrow as well so might be a bit wobbly.Whilst anything's possible, I could see that my lift would be tricky with a Beemer Boxer. I don't like the table lifts much. They are very convenient but if you want to take the wheels off..........
I took delivery of a Nilfisk GM80 vacuum cleaner (https://donaghybros.co.uk/vacuums/vacuum-cleaners/cylinder-vacuum-cleaners/nilfisk-gm80cuk-gm80-bagged-vacuum-cleaner-silver.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw7fuJBhBdEiwA2lLMYc-hqFvFj42vYrSI1xwZOTeGYY0JfldLWaMnmG9c3sc4YJRyUtMqkBoCWTgQAvD_BwE) today.
F*ck me! That's going to pull up my carpets.
Somewhat spookily, your gif shows the model of Miele which my Nilfisk has replaced.I took delivery of a Nilfisk GM80 vacuum cleaner (https://donaghybros.co.uk/vacuums/vacuum-cleaners/cylinder-vacuum-cleaners/nilfisk-gm80cuk-gm80-bagged-vacuum-cleaner-silver.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw7fuJBhBdEiwA2lLMYc-hqFvFj42vYrSI1xwZOTeGYY0JfldLWaMnmG9c3sc4YJRyUtMqkBoCWTgQAvD_BwE) today.
F*ck me! That's going to pull up my carpets.
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Somewhat spookily, your gif shows the model of Miele which my Nilfisk has replaced.I took delivery of a Nilfisk GM80 vacuum cleaner (https://donaghybros.co.uk/vacuums/vacuum-cleaners/cylinder-vacuum-cleaners/nilfisk-gm80cuk-gm80-bagged-vacuum-cleaner-silver.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw7fuJBhBdEiwA2lLMYc-hqFvFj42vYrSI1xwZOTeGYY0JfldLWaMnmG9c3sc4YJRyUtMqkBoCWTgQAvD_BwE) today.
F*ck me! That's going to pull up my carpets.
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After 20 or so years of sterling service, the Miele developed a fault whereby I'd pull out all the flex and plug it into the wall socket, I'd start doing the hoovering and then notice that the Miele was being dragged back to the wall socket by the flex re-winding into the machine.
ETA: How hard does the Nilfisk suck?
Hard enough that you need to put in some effort to shove it across the carpet.
After 20 or so years of sterling service, the Miele developed a fault whereby I'd pull out all the flex and plug it into the wall socket, I'd start doing the hoovering and then notice that the Miele was being dragged back to the wall socket by the flex re-winding into the machine.
I am enamoured of my ground-lifting Nilfisk.
After 20 or so years of sterling service, the Miele developed a fault whereby I'd pull out all the flex and plug it into the wall socket, I'd start doing the hoovering and then notice that the Miele was being dragged back to the wall socket by the flex re-winding into the machine.
Just FTR, this seems to be a common issue, I would note that (a) a clothes peg serves as a useful non-return catch, but is still annoying (b) should you choose to take the challenge of de-assembling the item (dissembling?), after admiring the complexity that is the cable return assembly you may well conclude that the item cannot be repaired and that a replacement is north of £40, making the value questionable. You might also continue to (c) to discover that people sell used ones (!!) on ebay for £20+
The brake fluid reservoir cap on the Beemer decided it wasn't coming off. One of the four screws was well an truly stuck and the head was just mangling itself no matter what pressure I attempted to put in the screwdriver. So I broke out the Vessel Impactor screwdrivers for the first time. PH2 fitted perfectly and some whacking with a hammer later the screw was out.Ooh! They look nice. But I really cannot justify them as I have a conventional impact wrench with swappable tips.
Vessel Megadore screwdrivers are good and JIS compliant as well as fitting Philips but the Impactor with in built impact driver action are brilliant of stuck stuff and much easier to use than a normal impact driver.
I took delivery of a Nilfisk GM80 vacuum cleaner (https://donaghybros.co.uk/vacuums/vacuum-cleaners/cylinder-vacuum-cleaners/nilfisk-gm80cuk-gm80-bagged-vacuum-cleaner-silver.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw7fuJBhBdEiwA2lLMYc-hqFvFj42vYrSI1xwZOTeGYY0JfldLWaMnmG9c3sc4YJRyUtMqkBoCWTgQAvD_BwE) today.
F*ck me! That's going to pull up my carpets.
On the contrary.I took delivery of a Nilfisk GM80 vacuum cleaner (https://donaghybros.co.uk/vacuums/vacuum-cleaners/cylinder-vacuum-cleaners/nilfisk-gm80cuk-gm80-bagged-vacuum-cleaner-silver.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw7fuJBhBdEiwA2lLMYc-hqFvFj42vYrSI1xwZOTeGYY0JfldLWaMnmG9c3sc4YJRyUtMqkBoCWTgQAvD_BwE) today.
F*ck me! That's going to pull up my carpets.
Gosh that is not being sold for its looks is it?
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I have just splashed out on one of these (https://www.banggood.com/Drillpro-18V-Cordless-Brushless-Impact-Wrench-Screwdriver-Stepless-Speed-Change-Switch-Adapted-To-18V-Makita-battery-p-1576432.html) Makita knock-offs (about £20 when I bought it). It arrived astonishingly quickly (about 7 days) and appears absolutely fit for the use I intend, which is dedicated caravan steady raising and lowering. Build quality appears better than imagined, with excess weight being the major downside of note. Whatever its suitability for long term use, I hope it will do the little asked of it for some time. I already have Makita batteries on board for the inflator and the vac.
^Dictum no 4 plane.
(Manual) Planes are brilliant! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
New toy. (Actually arrived a couple of weeks ago, but forgot to post). It's heavy, but very well made. Need to remove all the grease it's shipped in, and give the blade a once over on the diamond stones.
J
Very nice. I am interested in why though when you can pick up a good usable Stanley or Record No 4 from any car boot sale in the land for about £10.
Very nice. I am interested in why though when you can pick up a good usable Stanley or Record No 4 from any car boot sale in the land for about £10.
Cos carboot sales do not exist here.
Planes seem to be regular lots in our local weekly auction, and fetch good money. These are from last Saturday (23/10/21).
Record No. 5, hammer price £45
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/a7f14430054773093f2bc3cae7d8a7aa/33401feaa1a6ee6c23e2e6c45f87171c/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-2003/
Stanley No. 6, hammer price £45
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/ef78e85e76f536cd8da68a0ae27e2559/33401feaa1a6ee6c23e2e6c45f87171c/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-2004/
Record No. 7, hammer price £60
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/890630bc3f8e3b326d9a885c68791025/33401feaa1a6ee6c23e2e6c45f87171c/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-2005/
Record No. 044, hammer price £25
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/7d10cde22ddba290539c2ea469b3baa9/33401feaa1a6ee6c23e2e6c45f87171c/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-2007/
Stanley No. 5½, Record No.4 & Stanley No. 60½, hammer price £30
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/db4871d32fc848af59fd79424b1b8d5e/33401feaa1a6ee6c23e2e6c45f87171c/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-2008/
14 Wood moulding planes and spoke shave, hammer price £40
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/ecc6196a23a7d477f0c1f8edded7de21/33401feaa1a6ee6c23e2e6c45f87171c/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-2009/
Mixed lot of 4, hammer price £20
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/9ed1b605e9aad3cf1a7edff4d5af48ba/33401feaa1a6ee6c23e2e6c45f87171c/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-2022/
All hammer prices subject to 24% buyer's premium.
Planes seem to be regular lots in our local weekly auction, and fetch good money. These are from last Saturday (23/10/21).
Record No. 5, hammer price £45
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/a7f14430054773093f2bc3cae7d8a7aa/33401feaa1a6ee6c23e2e6c45f87171c/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-2003/
Stanley No. 6, hammer price £45
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/ef78e85e76f536cd8da68a0ae27e2559/33401feaa1a6ee6c23e2e6c45f87171c/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-2004/
Record No. 7, hammer price £60
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/890630bc3f8e3b326d9a885c68791025/33401feaa1a6ee6c23e2e6c45f87171c/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-2005/
Record No. 044, hammer price £25
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/7d10cde22ddba290539c2ea469b3baa9/33401feaa1a6ee6c23e2e6c45f87171c/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-2007/
Stanley No. 5½, Record No.4 & Stanley No. 60½, hammer price £30
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/db4871d32fc848af59fd79424b1b8d5e/33401feaa1a6ee6c23e2e6c45f87171c/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-2008/
14 Wood moulding planes and spoke shave, hammer price £40
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/ecc6196a23a7d477f0c1f8edded7de21/33401feaa1a6ee6c23e2e6c45f87171c/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-2009/
Mixed lot of 4, hammer price £20
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/9ed1b605e9aad3cf1a7edff4d5af48ba/33401feaa1a6ee6c23e2e6c45f87171c/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-2022/
All hammer prices subject to 24% buyer's premium.
£200 for this still seems like a bargain
https://www.arthurjohnson.co.uk/catalogue/lot/c5c68e0349c849a2a362377b79177e06/85b8bffc5290bd741c39072b62f6d71b/the-saturday-auctions-23rd-october-2021-lot-3044/
Hmmm, electric bike with no charger or key. Let me think about that for a moment. Provenance?
Today I saw someone in a YouTube video use the left edge of a digitalverniercalliper to measure the depth of a step, and my mind was blown a little.
Wera tools. Is it just me? I wants them.:thumbsup: That sounds very good indeed.
In other newsSantaPingu got me a Makita combi drill driver :)
Wera tools. Is it just me? I wants them.
Wera tools. Is it just me? I wants them.
Wera tools. Is it just me? I wants them.
Not just you. I haz them. (Specifically, hex and torx rainbow allen keys of loveliness, and a set of the precision screwdrivers for electronicals.)
In a similar vein, Knipex. Particularly the Super Knips.
I get "nice to handle" tools, but what does that give you that a standard Swann-Morton handle at 3 quid a pop of which I have (*counts*, *blushes*) at least 7 doesn't?
Well, this may seem rather 'dur' to most of you but I have just discovered that socket sets aren't just socket shaped. I had no idea you can get allen, torx, pozi etc fittings...
Every day's a school day.
Well, this may seem rather 'dur' to most of you but I have just discovered that socket sets aren't just socket shaped. I had no idea you can get allen, torx, pozi etc fittings...
Every day's a school day.
You can even get 1/4" socket to 1/4" (or is it 6mm?) hex adaptors, so you can then use any bit from your bit driver set. I find this very useful.
As is the reverse.
J
And furthermore the shanks won't fit an electric screwdriver without an adapter.
Very easy to swap the tool over - just pull forward the ferrule on the barrel and swap the ends of the tool.
It even has a tiny allen key in it which allows the pilot drill to be replaced
Alas, I cannot find anyone selling them, or at least I couldn't when I was looking to replace them a few weeks ago.
Very easy to swap the tool over - just pull forward the ferrule on the barrel and swap the ends of the tool.
It even has a tiny allen key in it which allows the pilot drill to be replaced
Alas, I cannot find anyone selling them, or at least I couldn't when I was looking to replace them a few weeks ago.
What is the name for it?
J
I've no idea. Adapter?
Pick one/all of the four tasks I've listed above.
If I was more fluent than I am in German, I could probably make those four tasks into one very long word.
ETA - I'm pretty sure that mine would've come from Axminster Tools - But they certainly aren't selling them at the moment. They do similar, but nowhere near as versatile as the ones above.
Is this what you are after Jurek?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/DEWALT-DT7612-XJ-DeWalt-Flip-Drive/dp/B000Y8VQ6A
I saw those when I was looking for a replacement - they are probably as close as you can get to the one I have. The beauty of mine is that everything is self contained - you're carrying just the one item, as opposed to a box full of bits (no pun intended).
I had to look that up.I've no idea. Adapter?
Pick one/all of the four tasks I've listed above.
If I was more fluent than I am in German, I could probably make those four tasks into one very long word.
ETA - I'm pretty sure that mine would've come from Axminster Tools - But they certainly aren't selling them at the moment. They do similar, but nowhere near as versatile as the ones above.
Btw, excellent use of cunningham's law. Nicely done.
J
That might work - TBH, in the time that I've had them, I've never found myself in need of a larger or smaller one than the one I have.
I saw those when I was looking for a replacement - they are probably as close as you can get to the one I have. The beauty of mine is that everything is self contained - you're carrying just the one item, as opposed to a box full of bits (no pun intended).
If you only want it in one size, they do sell it individually.
https://toolmax.nl/artemide-snelkoppeling-met-houder-maat-12-en-pz2-schroefbit-dt7603-xj-dt7603-xj.html
J
You people are a bad influence...They are.
You people are a bad influence...They are.
I've just given Bezos my hard earned for that DeWalt kit.
Seriously thobut, if we were that bad we'd be saying things like Lamello and Festool to you.
You people are a bad influence...They are.
I've just given Bezos my hard earned for that DeWalt kit.
Seriously thobut, if we were that bad we'd be saying things like Lamello and Festool to you.
You mean you bought the Black & Decker kit :demon:
Have to say I was suprised to discover that B&D owned de Walt and has done since 1990
We had a fair bit of DW kit when I was working for The Science Museum.You people are a bad influence...They are.
I've just given Bezos my hard earned for that DeWalt kit.
Seriously thobut, if we were that bad we'd be saying things like Lamello and Festool to you.
You mean you bought the Black & Decker kit :demon:
Have to say I was suprised to discover that B&D owned de Walt and has done since 1990
I've known that since B&D bought out Elu.
My first cordless was an Elu 9V.
B&D bought them out, painted them yellow and removed half of the windings from the motor.
My (heavy) 9V Elu had considerably more grunt than did a 12V DeWalt of the time.
The NiCads for it became prohibitively expensive regardless of whether you bought the B&D or the DW batteries (they were interchangeable, but priced pointed as DIY or trade respectively).
Hence I ended up with Makita.
You people are a bad influence...They are.
I've just given Bezos my hard earned for that DeWalt set. ::-)
Seriously thobut, if we were that bad we'd be saying things like Lamello and Festool to you.
Well, this may seem rather 'dur' to most of you but I have just discovered that socket sets aren't just socket shaped. I had no idea you can get allen, torx, pozi etc fittings...
Every day's a school day.
You can even get 1/4" socket to 1/4" (or is it 6mm?) hex adaptors, so you can then use any bit from your bit driver set. I find this very useful.
As is the reverse.
J
My brain has only just understood what you said there.... :facepalm:
So in theory I only need an adaptor and not a whole load of new bits. Need to go and measure what size our socket set is. It was a hand-me-down from my Dad so dog knows how old it is.
I've been for a rummage. It's a 3/8" ratchet but it does indeed have a converter to 1/4". Happy days...
Unlike my Wera tools, I have no use for a fractal vice (https://youtu.be/QBeOgGt_oWU) - but I would love one.It's rare for you to confess to not having a vice. :)
I've been for a rummage. It's a 3/8" ratchet but it does indeed have a converter to 1/4". Happy days...
The converter will soon become the most precious thing in the universe. And nowhere to be found.
Unlike my Wera tools, I have no use for a fractal vice (https://youtu.be/QBeOgGt_oWU) - but I would love one.It's rare for you to confess to not having a vice. :)
Just bought a set of Stahlwille 13 series combination spanners off that Amazon as they were 2/3 the price they normally are. I will finally have a set of decent spanners that are all the same!Send them to your local tool charity.
Now I only have to steel myself to throwing away some of the old junk ones ....
Finally got one of these (https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B001Q24318/?coliid=I2TCKBY2TG9LTF&colid=2YOA5XVT1FECO&psc=1). Been wanting one for years and stuck it on my wish list in hope but nobody ever obliged. Mentioned it to MrsT a couple of weeks ago: "Oh, that's been on your wish list so long I decided you didn't want it". Me: <squawk>
So now I have one. :D
And yes I do have a thing for acetate handled tools.
New tool day!
I'm tickled that in French it's a ponceur eccentrique. Comes in it's own wee handbag too.
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New tool day!
I'm tickled that in French it's a ponceur eccentrique. Comes in it's own wee handbag too.
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New tool day!
I'm tickled that in French it's a ponceur eccentrique. Comes in it's own wee handbag too.
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I'd mentioned in passing to my Young Lady that a spoon carving knife might be nice to have. For my birthday she got me these:Nice kit.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DbpggjH2exR5nE6CusNCueqibcfVW9O-iXwyx_8xr_EVggRSdr4yoigHuetvBLyxRnVr_aR18Sfu6yqrEwhRJYu68-JU91AA-jbGOWTVBYuQbduq12QxB0--Koc2TWVWCswLLIV-stc=w2400)
A set of carving tools. Crook knife, gouge, whittling knife, detail knife, leather strop, stropping compound. All in a presentation box. I am not worthy.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bahco-SL25-Socket-Piece-Drive/dp/B000Y8XCA8/ref=sr_1_1
I have this set & it's quite decent, but not exactly light. Are you after something for on the bike ? If so Topeak's Ratchet Rocket stuff may do the job. https://www.topeak.com/global/en/products/75-Mini-Tools/1075-RATCHET-ROCKET-LITE-DX
...Topeak's Ratchet Rocket stuff may do the job. https://www.topeak.com/global/en/products/75-Mini-Tools/1075-RATCHET-ROCKET-LITE-DX
Some years ago I was given the original of this as a present. https://silca.cc/products/t-ratchet-ti-torque-kit-2nd-generation (https://silca.cc/products/t-ratchet-ti-torque-kit-2nd-generation)Silca do sell some very sexy looking stuff.
Beautiful.
Also a similar ratchet tool from Giant/Liv. A bit simpler and cheaper, but still most of the bits you would need on a bike....Topeak's Ratchet Rocket stuff may do the job. https://www.topeak.com/global/en/products/75-Mini-Tools/1075-RATCHET-ROCKET-LITE-DX
Ooo! Want want want want want want want want...
Mrs Pingu has it !!And here's my (not quite so professional looking) offering.
It's a splicing fid so that I can make a closed loop like this : -
(https://www.pinbax.com/images/ronstan-dyneema-sk75-link-p9602-18490_image.jpg)
to a size of my choosing.
Last week I bought one of these.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-emis216s-216mm-electric-double-bevel-sliding-mitre-saw-220-240v/271fv
Why oh why have I not done this before? I've made numerous items of garden furniture before, and done woodwork around the house, all with hand saws and a Bosch circular saw.
I was tasked with making some garden planters for a friend's new house, and one of which was to house a cherry tree of sentimental value brought from her previous house. I made the mistake of asking if she wanted mitred corners to the boards making up the 600mm square 16" deep planter. Oooooh, yes please! Can you do that?
The magnitude of the task by the use of hand saws and getting accurate, tight joints then dawned on me so I bought the mitre saw I'd always wanted.
Boy, does it make light work of accurate joints. I'd already built a 5m long planter with hand tools but it made short work of the cherry tree planter and another long one to take climbing roses.
Garden shredder acquired at an auction (a real, live one not the ebay) - bit of a bargain as it's as new but cost 15% of the new price :thumbsup: Works a treat if a bit noisy, takes stuff up to about 40mm - downside is just more space is used up in the shed storing it.
Garden shredder acquired at an auction (a real, live one not the ebay) - bit of a bargain as it's as new but cost 15% of the new price :thumbsup: Works a treat if a bit noisy, takes stuff up to about 40mm - downside is just more space is used up in the shed storing it.
We have two. Both Bosch. The first uses a Archimedes screw thing to crush quite large branches etc into bits. It bogs down and gets bunged up and stuck with green or sot stuff though. We've had it for 15 years or so and its now scruffy but just keeps going. The second is one with a spinning blade. This doesn't do thick branches but will mince any soft of green matter nicely. Luckily I have a fairly big (if dilapidated) shed.
Bought a couple of paint scrapers today - new with spangly wooden handles and brass ferrules . . . quite a strange item to be on sale at an auto-jumble?
Bought a couple of paint scrapers today - new with spangly wooden handles and brass ferrules . . . quite a strange item to be on sale at an auto-jumble?
To prepare one's Morris Traveller for re-varnishing?
oh, and we saw Dom from The Repair Shop tv prog.He's got a series on YouTube about recreating an English Wheel (a gadget made of skill and magic used for shaping panels). Castings! Sand! Patterns!
oh, and we saw Dom from The Repair Shop tv prog.He's got a series on YouTube about recreating an English Wheel (a gadget made of skill and magic used for shaping panels). Castings! Sand! Patterns!
I have what I think must be the same Bosch garden shredders. The Archimedes screw is no longer available - I've changed mine 2 or 3 times over the years and they are great bits of kit, but mine's on its last legs now because the screw is getting blunt.Garden shredder acquired at an auction (a real, live one not the ebay) - bit of a bargain as it's as new but cost 15% of the new price :thumbsup: Works a treat if a bit noisy, takes stuff up to about 40mm - downside is just more space is used up in the shed storing it.
We have two. Both Bosch. The first uses a Archimedes screw thing to crush quite large branches etc into bits. It bogs down and gets bunged up and stuck with green or sot stuff though. We've had it for 15 years or so and its now scruffy but just keeps going. The second is one with a spinning blade. This doesn't do thick branches but will mince any soft of green matter nicely. Luckily I have a fairly big (if dilapidated) shed.
The Bahco ones are pretty good for the price I have a couple
...a rail-square that attaches to the rail of my tracksaw making it simpler to make square cuts (although I do have an MFT and dogs/clamps that also work for accurate cuts)...
...a rail-square that attaches to the rail of my tracksaw making it simpler to make square cuts (although I do have an MFT and dogs/clamps that also work for accurate cuts)...
OK, those words individually mostly make sense, but grouped together like that ???
Bought an Einhell impact driver after watching this:
https://youtu.be/FMNTZ2Tu5wY
A couple of semi-dodgy points but on the whole favourable. I only need it to drive the 100+ screws I'll need to build a new door for our barn and after that it doesn't matter. Already tried it and it drives in screws like a bastard, about a second for a 6-cm ø 6-mm screw.
Nice point: the battery from my chain saw, an own-brand effort from a French DIY chain, is compatible with it.
Now looking for an excuse to get the Einhell 18v circular saw. Doing the barn door I'll be working on a ladder and a dangling flex would be a nuisance, but so far I can think of only 3 cuts I'd need it for.
ETA: Oops. Was in DIY shop and happened to notice that their own-brand saw looked [un]surprisingly like the Einhell but cost around 25€ less, so it just sorta fell into the trolley. ::-)
Then we went on to Aldi and I noticed that their own-brand saw looked just like the one I'd just bought but was 20€ less again. Oh well.
Tried the saw at home: noisy (need to check blade retaining screw tight enough) but efficient.
Now looking for an excuse to get the Einhell 18v circular saw. Doing the barn door I'll be working on a ladder and a dangling flex would be a nuisance, but so far I can think of only 3 cuts I'd need it for.
ETA: Oops. Was in DIY shop and happened to notice that their own-brand saw looked [un]surprisingly like the Einhell but cost around 25€ less, so it just sorta fell into the trolley. ::-)
Then we went on to Aldi and I noticed that their own-brand saw looked just like the one I'd just bought but was 20€ less again. Oh well.
Tried the saw at home: noisy (need to check blade retaining screw tight enough) but efficient.
. . . ah but is that YABF? (Yet Another Battery Platform) - Casual DIY on YT has just done a video on the pitfalls of numerous different brand battery tools
Now looking for an excuse to get the Einhell 18v circular saw. Doing the barn door I'll be working on a ladder and a dangling flex would be a nuisance, but so far I can think of only 3 cuts I'd need it for.
ETA: Oops. Was in DIY shop and happened to notice that their own-brand saw looked [un]surprisingly like the Einhell but cost around 25€ less, so it just sorta fell into the trolley. ::-)
Then we went on to Aldi and I noticed that their own-brand saw looked just like the one I'd just bought but was 20€ less again. Oh well.
Tried the saw at home: noisy (need to check blade retaining screw tight enough) but efficient.
. . . ah but is that YABF? (Yet Another Battery Platform) - Casual DIY on YT has just done a video on the pitfalls of numerous different brand battery tools
Nope, I made sure it used the same battery as the impact driver and our chainsaw. They're all made by ISC GmbH, in Bavaria.
Tools, not exactly, but took delivery yesterday of 68 metres of 25 x 195 mm of autoclaved pine boards to build a new barn door with. I now need to cook up a batch of iron acetate & tea to "age" it before giving it a coat of something brownish to match the remaining door. At the supermarket I found a wondrous 3-litre preserving jar to put it in, but it's so beautiful I don't have the heart to muck it up.
The doorway being ~4 metres high and my sense of balance being a bit dodgy these days I want to rig myself a safety line, and to that end have bought some "pig's tail" hooks (https://www.bricomarche.com/p/crochet-de-gymnase-a-visser-fil-longueur-90mm-zingue/3026726740126) to screw into the very hefty oak beam over the door. (The hooks I have are bigger and the thread is longer on mine.) I'm wondering if I should put them in horizontally or screw them up from under the beam. From what I can remember from the school gym they should be OK vertical, but horizontal would probably be better. However, I only have 4 and I need to work on both sides of the beam, and 4 vertical hooks would give me better coverage. I'll be using them for a hoist as well.
Ideas?
Tools, not exactly, but took delivery yesterday of 68 metres of 25 x 195 mm of autoclaved pine boards to build a new barn door with. I now need to cook up a batch of iron acetate & tea to "age" it before giving it a coat of something brownish to match the remaining door. At the supermarket I found a wondrous 3-litre preserving jar to put it in, but it's so beautiful I don't have the heart to muck it up.Two hooks either side near the ends of the beam inserted horizontally. Then rig up a strop that latches on to all four and which you can then dangle from ?
The doorway being ~4 metres high and my sense of balance being a bit dodgy these days I want to rig myself a safety line, and to that end have bought some "pig's tail" hooks (https://www.bricomarche.com/p/crochet-de-gymnase-a-visser-fil-longueur-90mm-zingue/3026726740126) to screw into the very hefty oak beam over the door. (The hooks I have are bigger and the thread is longer on mine.) I'm wondering if I should put them in horizontally or screw them up from under the beam. From what I can remember from the school gym they should be OK vertical, but horizontal would probably be better. However, I only have 4 and I need to work on both sides of the beam, and 4 vertical hooks would give me better coverage. I'll be using them for a hoist as well.
Ideas?
Tools, not exactly, but took delivery yesterday of 68 metres of 25 x 195 mm of autoclaved pine boards to build a new barn door with. I now need to cook up a batch of iron acetate & tea to "age" it before giving it a coat of something brownish to match the remaining door. At the supermarket I found a wondrous 3-litre preserving jar to put it in, but it's so beautiful I don't have the heart to muck it up.Two hooks either side near the ends of the beam inserted horizontally. Then rig up a strop that latches on to all four and which you can then dangle from ?
The doorway being ~4 metres high and my sense of balance being a bit dodgy these days I want to rig myself a safety line, and to that end have bought some "pig's tail" hooks (https://www.bricomarche.com/p/crochet-de-gymnase-a-visser-fil-longueur-90mm-zingue/3026726740126) to screw into the very hefty oak beam over the door. (The hooks I have are bigger and the thread is longer on mine.) I'm wondering if I should put them in horizontally or screw them up from under the beam. From what I can remember from the school gym they should be OK vertical, but horizontal would probably be better. However, I only have 4 and I need to work on both sides of the beam, and 4 vertical hooks would give me better coverage. I'll be using them for a hoist as well.
Ideas?
I'd mentioned in passing to my Young Lady that a spoon carving knife might be nice to have. For my birthday she got me these:
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A set of carving tools. Crook knife, gouge, whittling knife, detail knife, leather strop, stropping compound. All in a presentation box. I am not worthy.
Thanks for the torque wrench advice. Regarding box spanners, to remove Land Rover hub nuts a muckle big box spanner is needed. Yes I know this is unnecessary information.
After attempting to install some chemical anchors in the garage y'day and failing I have ordered an SDS drill. I didn't realise before that they weren't all 7kg behemoths like my brother's one, so I have ordered one hopefully more suitable for a weak and feeble woman. (Yes, and some bits and ear defenders).
Being about to replace a monobloc type tap in a granite worktop (without removing the sink so space is limited 'twixt bowl and wall) - purchased an 11mm box spanner (actually a set of 6 for no money) that will make removal and fitting a doddle, much easier than faffing with an open-ended spanner at an angle. I'll probably never use it again.
I'd mentioned in passing to my Young Lady that a spoon carving knife might be nice to have. For my birthday she got me these:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DbpggjH2exR5nE6CusNCueqibcfVW9O-iXwyx_8xr_EVggRSdr4yoigHuetvBLyxRnVr_aR18Sfu6yqrEwhRJYu68-JU91AA-jbGOWTVBYuQbduq12QxB0--Koc2TWVWCswLLIV-stc=w2400)
A set of carving tools. Crook knife, gouge, whittling knife, detail knife, leather strop, stropping compound. All in a presentation box. I am not worthy.
A spoon carving crook knife without also including a jumbo pack of plasters feels a lot like a message..
When I used to be in a reenactment group we used to teach spoon carving. It caused us waaay more injuries than any of the other activities we got upto, and some of those included flaming arrows!
J
Needing to bash a crater in the barn floor so as to cement in a tube to take a bolt, I dived over to the local DIY joint after lunch and got myself their last cold chisel/pointy-thing set for the modest sum of 2€70. Then I said ****it, I've got wrist tendinitis already, so drove to a BFO DIY emporium and bought their own-brand SDS drill for a whole 50€. Could have got a Titan one for 76€ but when I could probably have managed with the 2€70 kit that seemed a bit excessive. Anyway the Titan's >6 kilos and the one I bought is more like 4.Shoulda spent another 10E on some ear defenders.
Bloody noisy, thobut.
Needing to bash a crater in the barn floor so as to cement in a tube to take a bolt, I dived over to the local DIY joint after lunch and got myself their last cold chisel/pointy-thing set for the modest sum of 2€70. Then I said ****it, I've got wrist tendinitis already, so drove to a BFO DIY emporium and bought their own-brand SDS drill for a whole 50€. Could have got a Titan one for 76€ but when I could probably have managed with the 2€70 kit that seemed a bit excessive. Anyway the Titan's >6 kilos and the one I bought is more like 4.Shoulda spent another 10E on some ear defenders.
Bloody noisy, thobut.
Have we got a thread for godawful design/operating instructions? This SDS drill has two knobs, one for hammer ON/OFF and the other for rotation ON/OFF. Simple, neh? Except that the hammer knob has a picture of a hammer for the ON position and a pic of a drill for the OFF position, and the rotation knob has a picture of a hammer for OFF and a pic of a hammer and a drill for ON. The handbook has a look-up table with the corresponding pics and convoluted explanations in the cells. Given that the hammer knob is described as the selector for turning off hammer operation and the rotation knob likewise, it's a wonder anyone gets the thing to work at all.
It could have been so much simpler...
Have we got a thread for godawful design/operating instructions? This SDS drill has two knobs, one for hammer ON/OFF and the other for rotation ON/OFF. Simple, neh? Except that the hammer knob has a picture of a hammer for the ON position and a pic of a drill for the OFF position, and the rotation knob has a picture of a hammer for OFF and a pic of a hammer and a drill for ON. The handbook has a look-up table with the corresponding pics and convoluted explanations in the cells. Given that the hammer knob is described as the selector for turning off hammer operation and the rotation knob likewise, it's a wonder anyone gets the thing to work at all.
It could have been so much simpler...
Sounds like you have a re-badged version of my SDS drill - a Bauker 1500W machine - with similar confusing controls. For the price, and the amount I need to use it the thing is great - but the manual (who reads them?) is the usual thing written by a Chinese author with translation by an Irishman typing while wearing boxing gloves . . and in several languages.
Signed up today for the use of another workshop.
Enjoy you lucky thing. On this festering isle you're not allowed to hurt yourself. Maker spaces I've seen here abouts (brizzle, glozter) seem to have little more than a 3D printer set to painfully slow and a soldering iron limited to 50C. The local FoD (wo)mans shed seems to be flying under the radar so far and long may that last.
Signed up today for the use of another workshop.
My recent revelation is the carbide scraper. Cuts through old layers of paint and varnish like butter and makes prepping surfaces for finishing so much easier. Carefully used you can feather areas from sound paint to bare wood that would have taken ages by sanding (even with the appropriate machine).Amazing things. We used to use those to scrape the underside of the boat we sailed on. Removed the old anti-fouling without touching the gel coat. Still hard work mind, working over your head.
Enjoy you lucky thing. On this festering isle you're not allowed to hurt yourself. Maker spaces I've seen here abouts (brizzle, glozter) seem to have little more than a 3D printer set to painfully slow and a soldering iron limited to 50C. The local FoD (wo)mans shed seems to be flying under the radar so far and long may that last.
Signed up today for the use of another workshop.
My recent revelation is the carbide scraper. Cuts through old layers of paint and varnish like butter and makes prepping surfaces for finishing so much easier. Carefully used you can feather areas from sound paint to bare wood that would have taken ages by sanding (even with the appropriate machine).Amazing things. We used to use those to scrape the underside of the boat we sailed on. Removed the old anti-fouling without touching the gel coat. Still hard work mind, working over your head.
Signed up today for the use of another workshop.
What are you planning to make?
On the lathe, I just want to relearn how to use them properly.
J
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What are you planning to make?
A mess...
more seriously, i have various projects I want to work on. The work bench for home, some custom shelves, etc...
On the lathe, I just want to relearn how to use them properly.
J
I have finally bought a Campag peanut butter wrench.
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Three holes requiring drilling through the wall tiles. No problem, eh? 15 minutes, 2 bits and 3 mm through the first hole, I decide these tiles are made of stronger stuff. Try just for the lolz on a a scrap in hammer drill mode, tile does NOT break, hole is NOT drilled.
I honestly didn't start off with the intention of buying it, but then, how many of you know about PEI grade 5? See? They're tiles. Very hard tiles. I found out about them when fitting a shower screen into Miss Ham's new downstairs shower (there's a separate story about how I recovered from serious transit damage, discovered several weeks after it arrived). A job which should have taken about an hour, tops. Three holes requiring drilling through the wall tiles. No problem, eh? 15 minutes, 2 bits and 3 mm through the first hole, I decide these tiles are made of stronger stuff. Try just for the lolz on a a scrap in hammer drill mode, tile does NOT break, hole is NOT drilled.
So, I'm now the proud owner of one of these (https://www.screwfix.com/p/marcrist-pg750x-dry-diamond-tile-drill-bit-6-x/78470) and while I was at it, one of these (https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-diamond-tile-drill-guide/84524), which I recommend to the house for hole drilling with diamond bits. 3 holes, 6 minutes.
Should get a bit extra dough this month and I've had a hankering for some Japanese type snips.Before I'd finished reading your post, Niwaki was the word which came into my head.
What I fancy them for is a quick trip out the back door to trim some rosemary off the bush, and maybe something for trimming lavender and thyme that's less unwieldy than my bog standard hedge shears but a bit snippier than my cheap secateurs. At the moment my herb cutting is using a pair of knackered cheapo IKEA scissors
Is this just wasteful tool pron hankering or are they really good?
Something like these or maybe a bit bigger if they exist.
https://www.niwaki.com/mini-snips/#P00061
There's a lot to choose from...
(https://i.imgur.com/97DWUM3.jpg)
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Yeah, that didn't work.
(https://i.imgur.com/ikKrbFh.jpg)
This is just to save me sticking pics on imgbb. (https://www.hippocketaeronautics.com/hpa_forum/index.php?topic=27199.msg294219#msg294219)
A pendant writes: The Sweeney's motah was a Consul GT.Shut it, you slag.
A pendant writes: The Sweeney's motah was a Consul GT.
Initially, the Consul name was chosen, not for continuity’s sake, but because of a threatened law-suit by Britain’s Granada Group Limited. After all, you’d be hard pressed to tell the difference between a service station, a rented television or an executive saloon. Luckily, sense would end up prevailing before too many solicitors became too rich from the action.
My driving instructor did the stunt driving for the first three series of The Sweeny.A pendant writes: The Sweeney's motah was a Consul GT.Shut it, you slag.
A pendant writes: The Sweeney's motah was a Consul GT.
It was a legal nicety:QuoteInitially, the Consul name was chosen, not for continuity’s sake, but because of a threatened law-suit by Britain’s Granada Group Limited. After all, you’d be hard pressed to tell the difference between a service station, a rented television or an executive saloon. Luckily, sense would end up prevailing before too many solicitors became too rich from the action.
The dockers didn't care; when taking them off the ship they loved to race up the lines of cars, Sweeney style, to park them. Two were being raced up the line one day and at the end they both went for the same parking spot with interesting results. Not sure what they did with the wreckage.
If your peanut butter needs wrenching, it might have crossed the line from "crunchy" to "concrete".I have finally bought a Campag peanut butter wrench.
Campy peanut butter wrench.
A pendant writes: The Sweeney's motah was a Consul GT.
It was a legal nicety:QuoteInitially, the Consul name was chosen, not for continuity’s sake, but because of a threatened law-suit by Britain’s Granada Group Limited. After all, you’d be hard pressed to tell the difference between a service station, a rented television or an executive saloon. Luckily, sense would end up prevailing before too many solicitors became too rich from the action.
The dockers didn't care; when taking them off the ship they loved to race up the lines of cars, Sweeney style, to park them. Two were being raced up the line one day and at the end they both went for the same parking spot with interesting results. Not sure what they did with the wreckage.
The model name Consul wasn't new for the Sweeney car (although I think it was a Granada) - Consul was a model in the 1950s as the base of the trilogy Consul, Zephyr, Zodiac which ran on with several body shape changes. IIRC the first Ford Granada model was the car with the very long bonnet and a short boxy boot (car dealers called it the "aircraft carrier")
My father owned a Consul. It was the car he courted my mother with, and the one this precious bundle was taken home from hospital in.
Or maybe not so precious - family legend has it that my mother was so pleased to see my father and so keen to escape the maternity ward that she left me behind and a nurse had to rush out and insist that she leave with precious bundle.
A top reading rule has a coilable blade with measuring indicia on both surfaces thereof. On its surface visible through the top reading window, the measuring indicia are offset from the outer end thereof and includes a longitudinally extending central band of a color distinct from the background and directional pointers spaced along the length of the band of a color distinct from that of the band. The pointers indicate the direction of increasing numbers so that a user may readily determine the length represented by graduations intermediate the numbers.
Does it need batteries?
I got an automatic centre punch recently, I haven't used one before so didn't know quite what to expect, it's actually quite fun to use.Very handy for removing the threaded part of a machine screw where the head has sheared off.
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51vlPkXBSiL._AC_UL400_.jpg)
I am now the proud owner of a one of these (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09LCCHQR8) - I did wonder as Makita haven't made one themselves, I wondered why, but I stuck it out and bought one anyway. The one linked to appears to be decent build quality (without any electronic clevers, just posi/negi tives) and the nozzle isn't specially clever, but it works, can cope with a high flow (found out when I trashed one of the inferior glue sticks that came with it) and run time is about an hour an a 5Ah battery. The large trigger gives a whole hand grip and allows excellent control, and the cordlessness makes for a good sticky experience. The battery also makes for an excellent stand. All in all, don't know how I survived as long without, I recommend it to the house (the Makita fanboi house)
(I'm trying to ignore their Makita soldering station)
There are a couple of teardown videos of Einhell stuff on Youtube. Seems generally to be good value for money. I don't think I'd be keen on their planer/thicknesser, though.
Just received the chain-link spreader/squeezer that Rob mentioned the other day, and picked up a digital Vernier calliper in Aldi for 8€. My previous one didn't survive a winter in the workshop.
Just received the chain-link spreader/squeezer that Rob mentioned the other day...
Just received the chain-link spreader/squeezer that Rob mentioned the other day...
Tried, works; though jaws a bit too thick to slide easily into just-waxed links. Might grind them down a little.
Just received the chain-link spreader/squeezer that Rob mentioned the other day...
Tried, works; though jaws a bit too thick to slide easily into just-waxed links. Might grind them down a little.
Hmm, must have a lot of wax on your chain - mine works fine with 10 and 11 speed waxed chains.
I am now the proud owner of a one of these (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09LCCHQR8) - I did wonder as Makita haven't made one themselves, I wondered why, but I stuck it out and bought one anyway. The one linked to appears to be decent build quality (without any electronic clevers, just posi/negi tives) and the nozzle isn't specially clever, but it works, can cope with a high flow (found out when I trashed one of the inferior glue sticks that came with it) and run time is about an hour an a 5Ah battery. The large trigger gives a whole hand grip and allows excellent control, and the cordlessness makes for a good sticky experience. The battery also makes for an excellent stand. All in all, don't know how I survived as long without, I recommend it to the house (the Makita fanboi house)
(I'm trying to ignore their Makita soldering station)
Makita Soldering station. I can help you there.
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It's 2 3d printed parts, an official Makita spare part (battery connector in the red part), 2 usb-c/usb-a power delivery boards, a pair of switches, and some nuts & bolts.
I got an automatic centre punch recently, I haven't used one before so didn't know quite what to expect, it's actually quite fun to use.
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You might be able to get away with PTFE over an olive for water, but it is poor practise. PTFE is for thread sealing.
Using PTFE tape on a compression fitting is a bodge.
But sometimes it's a pragmatic bodge.
Where you are replace some fitting, and the in-situ nut and olive are not proving easy to remove, so you decide to try to re-use them.
Then it's weeping. So you tighten it up a bit more that should be necessary for a compression fitting.
And it's still weeping.
And access is difficult to cut the old olive off.
And cutting back a short length of pipe is impossible because it disappears into the wall.
At this point, I'll try PTFE tape or Fernox LSX or whatever I have to hand, before I resort to cutting into walls etc.
That seems like a lot of money for not many tools so I hope there's a torque wrench hiding in there for that price.
At least Wera look good.
A hundred and sixty notes for four ratchet straps is a bit steep too.Indeed. Forty quid from Amazon.
Ooh. I was just thinking we needed to get a set of Wera micro screwdrivers to replace our crappy selection of jewellers flat heads... But now there is something else to look at...
My bold.
Trying to void the warranty on a toaster oven, I discovered two of the screws are annoying triangular head. As this is he second time in a year I've hit up against this I caved and bought a iFixit Manta bit set. 112 pieces of warranty voiding goodness.
Beautiful tools.
J
I don't think I need 112 bits, one of the smaller ones will probably do...
I normally find cycle multi tools very expensive or crap . But have been very impressed with the slim 11 tool from Spa cycle . Even the chain breaker works on eleven speed . Very canny for 12.50 . I obviously get no reward for this recommendation , I am open to offers thou . ;D
I have a couple of multitools, and while they're well-thought-out, I'm coming round to the couple-of-allen-keys-and-a-spanner way of thinking. It seems that a significant minority of the time a multitool falls short on account of either being an awkward shape or lack of leverage. To say nothing of partially-arsed chain tools that only work for breaking chains. And sometimes what you really want is a decent set of pliers.
I bought my Young Lady an axe for Christmas. A pizza axe from Raven Forge.Nice tool.
Like this.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ABLVV84tKeW_aDGYSIrzazd24Gmmqv8x3cSHm0D0bTPG2z7-cnH8zsnGafttUj80U00h9-QPl3g9OFDQyRxBac4FVbZL9mvCdduC4FkQOXvqe8skbqzMmRlk=w600)
It's a proper bit of kit. 440 stainless steel on an ash handle. There are skanky knock offs on the bay of thieves. Don't give them house room
Yes, a nice tool, and the right thing for the job.I've a short mezzaluna with parallel blades which is great for herbs and suchlike. It wouldn't really cut the mustard with a pizza thobut.
I have a 2 foot long mezzaluna type thing, which you rock over the pizza.
I like this, because unlike a wheel, it does not push the toppings all over the place.
Mustard onna pizza belongs in the “Food Crimes” thread…No.
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Hold on to your seat...
From voiding warranties, to bike multi tools, to cutting pizza with axes in just over a dozen posts.
Yep. That's yacf...
J
Hold on to your seat...
From voiding warranties, to bike multi tools, to cutting pizza with axes in just over a dozen posts.
Yep. That's yacf...
J
Are you on the right forum?Hold on to your seat...
From voiding warranties, to bike multi tools, to cutting pizza with axes in just over a dozen posts.
Yep. That's yacf...
J
Any other VW group car will do
Surely no self-respecting pizza-consuming cyclist should be without one of these:I use scissors to cut pizza.
https://www.parktool.com/en-int/product/pizza-tool-pzt-2
(But then my daughter cuts pizza with a pair of scissors dedicated to the function)
Surely no self-respecting pizza-consuming cyclist should be without one of these:
https://www.parktool.com/en-int/product/pizza-tool-pzt-2
(But then my daughter cuts pizza with a pair of scissors dedicated to the function)
English or french?Mustard onna pizza belongs in the “Food Crimes” thread…No.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52994407681_656c0de7d8_o.png)
Mustard on white grapes.
Both lovely individually.
You'd not believe how bad they are when they are combined.
Go on.....
Are you on the right forum?Hold on to your seat...
From voiding warranties, to bike multi tools, to cutting pizza with axes in just over a dozen posts.
Yep. That's yacf...
J
Any other VW group car will do
Surely no self-respecting pizza-consuming cyclist should be without one of these:
https://www.parktool.com/en-int/product/pizza-tool-pzt-2
(But then my daughter cuts pizza with a pair of scissors dedicated to the function)
I've got one. The handlebars broke off in the washing-up >:(
I was told by a Glaswegian colleague that they just fold them in half, dip them in batter, and deep-fry them. No slicing involved.
I was told by a Glaswegian colleague that they just fold them in half, dip them in batter, and deep-fry them. No slicing involved.
Yes, it's all a scam.
Actually, what we do here in Scotlandland is take rowies (see posts passim), deep-fry them and chuck some cheez on top.
Hey, don't diss it till you've fried it...
From voiding warranties, to bike multi tools, to cutting pizza with axes in just over a dozen posts.
Yep. That's yacf...
J
Hold on to your seat...
Any other VW group car will do
I bought my Young Lady an axe for Christmas. A pizza axe from Raven Forge.
Like this.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ABLVV84tKeW_aDGYSIrzazd24Gmmqv8x3cSHm0D0bTPG2z7-cnH8zsnGafttUj80U00h9-QPl3g9OFDQyRxBac4FVbZL9mvCdduC4FkQOXvqe8skbqzMmRlk=w600)
It's a proper bit of kit. 440 stainless steel on an ash handle. There are skanky knock offs on the bay of thieves. Don't give them house room
I'm definitely not buying barakta one of those. Our plates wouldn't survive.And if she takes it in to work...
YACF is and always has been a forum of cyclists rather than a cycling forum. And, let's face up to it, also a forum of former cyclists and would-be cyclists.
From voiding warranties, to bike multi tools, to cutting pizza with axes in just over a dozen posts.
Yep. That's yacf...
J
I'm definitely not buying barakta one of those. Our plates wouldn't survive.And if she takes it in to work...
I normally find cycle multi tools very expensive or crap . But have been very impressed with the slim 11 tool from Spa cycle . Even the chain breaker works on eleven speed . Very canny for 12.50 . I obviously get no reward for this recommendation , I am open to offers thou . ;D
Delivered by Royal Mail in the past few minutes, a very cold Santoku made by Blenheim Forge in Peckham (I attended a knife sharpening class there just before the start of the pandemic).That is rather gorgeous.
Feels lovely in the hand.
And is ver' sharp.
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. . . it's a "plough plane" for woodwork - nowadays you'd use a router to do the same job.
The lot that I bought was for something else - this was a bonus, and is for sale . . . .
. . . it's a "plough plane" for woodwork - nowadays you'd use a router to do the same job.
Delivered by Royal Mail in the past few minutes, a very cold Santoku made by Blenheim Forge in Peckham (I attended a knife sharpening class there just before the start of the pandemic).Knife sharpening class? Tell me more...
A couple of hours on a Saturday morning. Six in the class.Delivered by Royal Mail in the past few minutes, a very cold Santoku made by Blenheim Forge in Peckham (I attended a knife sharpening class there just before the start of the pandemic).Knife sharpening class? Tell me more...
ETA - Top Tip - If you want sharp knives, steer clear of stainless steel blades.
Carbon Steel FTW.
I came across locking adjustable wrenches (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Basics-10-Inch-Locking-Adjustable/dp/B08L6V5WV8/) recently, and was tempted. Maybe a better one than that, but anyone got any experience?If you can find one of these:
(https://assets.testequity.com/te1/product-images/medium/865-610.01.jpg)
I can't quite read the name on that. How would I come across one? :thumbsup:It is Facom.
Inspired by a discussion elseweb, and the fact that my current solder sucker has a gnarly tip, I've just taken delivery of one of these: https://www.engineertools-jp.com/ss02
It oozes quality, is actually hand-sized, and in a brief test on a scrap of veroboard (which is admittedly optimal conditions) seems to suck at least as well as my existing one did when new. Very much not barakta-friendly in terms of thumb-strength required, thobut.
In the words of the now legendary Marty McFly, all the best stuff comes from Japan...
Everything I have from Engineer is lovely. Their screw removal pliers are awesome.
https://youtu.be/R7eDNkFFAII?si=iPR0c4Hqgbvr9S9M
My friends astounded me at lunch today. They bought me a lovely bicycle bearing press kit. 'Tis a thing of beauty. Gobsmacked
Looks very similar to this -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314238035925
Pretty cool, but I wonder how many of the collars you would actually use?
Pretty cool, but I wonder how many of the collars you would actually use?
...Or my son when I depart this mortal coil
Pretty cool, but I wonder how many of the collars you would actually use?
...Or my son when I depart this mortal coil
Don't be silly. The bike manufacturers will have come up with incompatible bearing sizes by then.
Pretty cool, but I wonder how many of the collars you would actually use?
...Or my son when I depart this mortal coil
Don't be silly. The bike manufacturers will have come up with incompatible bearing sizes by then.
But my family will continue to maintain obsolete technology way into the future! :thumbsup:
This is a YouTube video made for this thread!If you want to see some really sexy tools for wheel building, pay a visit to Arup Sen in Byne Road, Sydenham.
10 Ridiculous Bike Tools You Do NOT Need (but want...) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwCgfQyz-BM)
Actually they're not all ridiculous, or ridiculously expensive, but some are!
I really want the Abbey Tools Truing Stand, but I wouldn't spend the money needed for the Park one, let alone this model! Very nice and shiny, but stupidly costly. :o :thumbsup:
This is a YouTube video made for this thread!If you want to see some really sexy tools for wheel building, pay a visit to Arup Sen in Byne Road, Sydenham.
10 Ridiculous Bike Tools You Do NOT Need (but want...) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwCgfQyz-BM)
Actually they're not all ridiculous, or ridiculously expensive, but some are!
I really want the Abbey Tools Truing Stand, but I wouldn't spend the money needed for the Park one, let alone this model! Very nice and shiny, but stupidly costly. :o :thumbsup:
He built all of the wheels I've had on the Pompino.
He uses a German-made P&K Lie Special250 truing stand (https://www.bikeradar.com/news/the-most-lustworthy-wheel-truing-stand-in-the-world). It knocks the Parktool and Abbey Tools ones into a cocked hat.
He also has a hand operated machine which cuts blank spokes to length before cutting a thread onto them.
He is a self-confessed wheel building nerd.
As well as being a really nice guy.
This is a YouTube video made for this thread!If you want to see some really sexy tools for wheel building, pay a visit to Arup Sen in Byne Road, Sydenham.
10 Ridiculous Bike Tools You Do NOT Need (but want...) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwCgfQyz-BM)
Actually they're not all ridiculous, or ridiculously expensive, but some are!
I really want the Abbey Tools Truing Stand, but I wouldn't spend the money needed for the Park one, let alone this model! Very nice and shiny, but stupidly costly. :o :thumbsup:
He built all of the wheels I've had on the Pompino.
He uses a German-made P&K Lie Special250 truing stand (https://www.bikeradar.com/news/the-most-lustworthy-wheel-truing-stand-in-the-world). It knocks the Parktool and Abbey Tools ones into a cocked hat.
He also has a hand operated machine which cuts blank spokes to length before cutting a thread onto them.
He is a self-confessed wheel building nerd.
As well as being a really nice guy.
Hopefully rolling.
He As well as being a really nice guy.
A spin off from the lastpost; is Sugru available anywhere? Tesa has sold out and the only "suppliers" that I have seen recently are Ebay sharks.There have been supply chain issues with it for some months now.
A spin off from the lastpost; is Sugru available anywhere? Tesa has sold out and the only "suppliers" that I have seen recently are Ebay sharks.There have been supply chain issues with it for some months now.
ETA - Depending on what you are using it for, Milliput could be a possible alternative.
Main difference with Milliput is that its 2-part, sets rigid and doesn't really have the capacity to adhere to anything - it lacks the rubbery feel of Sugru. It can, however, be machined.A spin off from the lastpost; is Sugru available anywhere? Tesa has sold out and the only "suppliers" that I have seen recently are Ebay sharks.There have been supply chain issues with it for some months now.
ETA - Depending on what you are using it for, Milliput could be a possible alternative.
Thanks. I will investigate. Meanwhile, Black Tack looks useful.
I'm on the Niwaki website...No surprise there....