The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Bit of slightly drunk eBaying on Saturday night and bought a 1970’s corgi Goldfinger DB5 - never been out of the box - will see what it’s like when it arrives.

Feck knows how many of them I destroyed in the 1970s
I liked the toy cars with the little levers that let you take the wheels off, think I had an Oldsmobile Toronado like that.

Anyway, today a brand sparkly new replica RZ350 wiring loom has been delivered

[David]

38 inch, can you even see it, Bro?

- Mine is "only" 32" ( I have a massive whanger to make up for it though )

Mine is only 22"...not that its plugged in...but neither is my correspondingly massive whanger..

[ZRX61]

oooh! Bonus, today I noticed that the three Dewalt tools are the brushless variety.

[cheb]

Weird porn, but sure, whatever does it for you

A friend told me about it, it's well worth a watch.

Octopus Teacher.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Octopus_Teacher

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/ ... ilip-hoare

Worth reading if you're interested in this stuff.

[Jody]

- Mine is "only" 32" ( I have a massive whanger to make up for it though )

Mine is only 22"...not that its plugged in...but neither is my correspondingly massive whanger..

When we lived in the Caribbean we didn't even have a telly.
My johnson was so big it had it's own postcode

I haven't owned a TV in over 10 years, by you lot's logic, it's a wonder I don't keep tripping over my cock !!??

[Yambo]

I am currently using 3 pleasing purchases and been using them for a while. All good bits of kit.

No. 1 is the Proxxon BS/A a cordless 'finger' belt sander. Great for getting into tight corners and sanding the inside edges of holes etc. I bought a load of sanding belts and a spare battery along with it and as a lot of the current work is away from the house with no electricity (there is electricity available but I'd need 50+ metres of cable) is been a very good buy.



https://www.proxxon.com/en/micromot/29810.php

No 2 is a Dremel VersaTip gas torch. This come with a few different tips for cutting (and sealing) rope, soldering, basic flame and a hot air tip with a shaped attachment useful for shrink wrapping wiring. I used it as a gas torch to remove all the old paint from the sole plate of my boat - it gave just the right amount of heat to get the paint off without damaging the fibreglass/epoxy underneath. It's a great soldering torch as well; I've been soldering some marine grade tinned copper wire and again it delivered just the right heat on a low setting where my other soldering irons were producing too much heat. Fills up with gas lighter fluid which is pennies here. A very pleasing purchase.



https://www.screwfix.com/p/dremel-f0132 ... orch/1596d

No 3 is/are Mirka Abranet sanding discs. They claim dust free sanding and that's almost true. As a sort of abrasive mesh the built in dust extraction on the sander works so much better than with regular sanding discs. When they're getting a bit tired from the ROS they still have loads of life in them for hand sanding and fold up nicely to get into tricky corners. I bought 10 discs each of 80, 120 and 240 grit back in July and haven't thrown one disc away yet. Seriously, the dog's doodahs of sanding discs.



https://www.axminstertools.com/mirka-ab ... m-ax851133

I got all of the above here in Turkey as well and at the same price as UK - if I'd waited a bit, the rate of exchange would have made them cheaper. Of course, if I'd known how the exchange rate was going to go I could have put my self in the position where I could pay for people to do the work instead of buying tools but hey ho.

[Jody]

I am currently using 3 pleasing purchases and been using them for a while. All good bits of kit.

No. 1 is the Proxxon BS/A a cordless 'finger' belt sander. Great for getting into tight corners and sanding the inside edges of holes etc. I bought a load of sanding belts and a spare battery along with it and as a lot of the current work is away from the house with no electricity (there is electricity available but I'd need 50+ metres of cable) is been a very good buy.



https://www.proxxon.com/en/micromot/29810.php

I've seen belt sanders with very abrasive belts used to grind the heads right off mullered bolts !

[Noggin]

Twix "winter spice" choc bar. Technically Mrs D bought it but who's counting.

Basically a Twix made with gingerbread rather than regular biscuit. Loads better.

That Twix sounds AMAZING!!!!!

12 packets of sausages (nice ones, too) from Morrison's for 7p each. Also snaffled some turkey breast slices and turkey burgers for the same. The hound will eat well for the next few weeks.

And for me, 4 packs of diced venison, reduced from £4 a pack to 20p. They reside in my freezer awaiting transformation to a game stew.

I need to make friends with some of the hunters around here to get some venison and wild boar!! I miss proper sausages so at some point I’m going to try and learn to make them !!!

[Noggin]

I bought (well a friend bought it and I collected and paid for it today) à Lidl plug in shoulder/neck heat blanket thingy!!!!

Damn it’s awesome! Now I just need to make a ‘sleeve’ with pockets to put hot packs in to heat up the muscles on my arm!!!

Woohoo!!!


Also, got a pressie - a ceramic/non stick ‘inner’ for my mini instant pot so I can do things like fried rice in it!! Gonna try that tomorrow

[Yorick]

Found some fig rolls in Spar tonight. Not had them for donkey's years. Hmm, very dry and boring

[KungFooBob]

Found some fig rolls in Spar tonight. Not had them for donkey's years. Hmm, very dry and boring

So not that pleasing then?

I flippin' love a Fig Roll, can't just eat a couple, whole packet in one sitting or nothing.

[Yorick]

Found some fig rolls in Spar tonight. Not had them for donkey's years. Hmm, very dry and boring

So not that pleasing then?

I flippin' love a Fig Roll, can't just eat a couple, whole packet in one sitting or nothing.

The purchase was pleasing . The eating not

[Skub]

Warm schitt.

[Yorick]

Just had the new pool cover fitted

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[Yorick]

We have one of those. Need the cover to keep the dust and dirt out. Africa is only 80 miles away and the winds from there are constant.

[Silly Car]

I was expecting to see a post from Gremlin regarding dimmer switches...

My recent pleasing purchase was a ploughman’s sandwich from the local shop, ham, cheese, Branston and coleslaw.

Bloody lovely!

[Claude]

I was talking to one of my guitar mates the other day and we touched on our first guitars, I always regret selling mine, even though it was par the course of selling/trading in and upgrading.
So I decided what the hell, first stop eBay and searched for sunn mustang, not really expecting to find anything.
Well I did, but it wasn’t quite the same as my one, HSS rather than SSS so onto reverb.
Found one that looked identical for £150. Then I went off for a little search on YouTube and to my utter amazement it turns out that they are not total garbage. I’d bought it for nostalgia not really expecting much from it.
Should be with me this week.


I’ve searched for the Kramer I had but no joy, I can’t remember the model number. My mate had the Striker 610st which I did find and always liked it but turns out that has a plywood body. I’m not sentimental enough over my mates guitar to own that one and tbh mine was a cheaper model.

[Claude]

I wonder if I can shoehorn a Dave Murray loaded pickguard in that!?!

[Skub]

I wonder if I can shoehorn a Dave Murray loaded pickguard in that!?!

Any of the Strat copy bodies will take what a strat can take. Sometimes the pick guard holes may be a little 'off',but no biggy.

[Skub]

My go to home lash up/parts bin special was my usual gigging guitar and because stuff is cnc machined now it takes very little work to get everything fired together and set up the way you like.

Mighty Mite body
Allparts neck
Random eBay pickguard
Cavalier strat p/ups in neck and middle,then a fat lion telecaster one bodged into the bridge position.
Wilkinson hardware and a bone nut.

So really,you can make an allsorts and most things are fairly interchangeable.

Edit...Fender USA use imperial screws and Fender Japan use metric,but minor differences.