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The man from the Big River showed up...

The Irwin set already paid for itself

ZRX61 wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:47 pm The man from the Big River showed up...

I ought to know really - but - wtf are they?


Myself - I just ordered a 2BA helicoil kit.

https://www.rgmnorton.co.uk/buy/2ba-hel ... t_3500.htm

Rockburner wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:00 pm
I ought to know really - but - wtf are they?


Myself - I just ordered a 2BA helicoil kit.

https://www.rgmnorton.co.uk/buy/2ba-hel ... t_3500.htm

The set on on left are screw/bolt extractors* & the others are for mullared/rounded nuts/bolt heads.

* largest is 7/8in & will work on bolts with a 1.25in shank, I think the smallest is for 1/8in shank dia bolts

Your 2BA kit will also work on Spits, Lancs & Hawker Hurricanes etc

And Whale Gusher 25 bilge pumps

Recent purchases:

Refina 32” Plaziflex spatula
Marshalltown Permashape 13 x 5” trowel
Currently thinking about getting a Refina Superflex trowel
Apparently n+1 also applies to plastering trowels…

cheb wrote: Wed Mar 15, 2023 6:47 am And Whale Gusher 25 bilge pumps

I'm amazed how often I'm having to fix those!

That's what happens when you live near the sea.

Wednesday I bought a 4piece set of internal pipe wrenches, Showed up yesterday, 1in tool was missing the cam doodad, return/replacement started with Amazon. New set showing up today.
Also bought TWO old Simonsen cantilever tool boxes on Ebay. Both need some resto, one more than the other.
Bought a hand sprayer thingie for vehicle wheel cleaning duty

Perfect timing!! The two Simonsen cantilever boxes will arrive while roomie is out of State next week.

Some rather spiffy welding magnet doodads.
Some new socket organizers to replace the 30-40yo metal rails. Bought one to see if they were any good. That got here yesterday. The bugger is they're just a smidge too thick to use for my 1/4in drive deep sockets & be able to close the drawer. (unless I trim the foam drawer liner) Ran out of clips, ordered more & two more doodads for my 3/8in drive sockets. They also hold Apex bits etc.
Red, yellow & black 3in foam pads from Griots for my polisher thingie.

Ordered a Die Nut (in 5/16th Cycle) from TracyTools last night.... one of the engine mount studs on the JAPton is being finicky.

Was i dreaming that someone bought a Makita copy hand held 18v chainsaw? I was looking for a review

Felix wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:49 pm Was i dreaming that someone bought a Makita copy hand held 18v chainsaw? I was looking for a review

That was me, Katsu branded via Ebay. It does what I'd expect it to do.

cheb wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 5:09 pm

Felix wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:49 pm Was i dreaming that someone bought a Makita copy hand held 18v chainsaw? I was looking for a review

That was me, Katsu branded via Ebay. It does what I'd expect it to do.

That the 8" chain one and is it fine on fatter wood/branches? (up to 8") It would come in handy for me for work as i need to take the head off my strimmer and swap with the pole saw head just for the odd one or two branches. Get to next customer and need to swap the strimmer head back on again.

It's got a 4" bar and uses a Makita battery

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144902464579

It's gone up a few quid since I bought mine.

Even cheaper: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155464542543 ... 101224.m-1

Cheers for that. Just went for the Katsu one. Could not decide if the Makita batteries fit the other and you just know the supplied ones will last only a few weeks.

It's a brand name that I've noticed a few times. The chainsaw plastic feels ok and it seems to be made well enough.