Member postings for Martin King 2

+1 to ignore Fulmen, what a jerk!

Martin

+1 for the shorter ones being for shoe laces.

Martin

Bump

Martin

Thanks Hopper, as I thought!

Does anyone have any hands on experience of using the real thing?

Martin

Hi All,

I looked into these a while ago and was immediately put off by the staggering prices of even quite small output machines, in the thousands of £.

now I see on P interest they are available for under £50!

I guess it must be a scam but does anyone know much about thes things as on the face of it they could be the answer to my tool cleaning prayers!

one place is Frederick store or similar.

cheers, Martin

Bill, WOW! Amazing piece of research, thanks very much indeed!

Martin

John, That was my first thought also, but it does not open wide enough for any eyelet i have seen?

Martin

Hi All,

Here we have a long handled set of compound action pliers with ball jaws.

When fully closed the ball just touch; when wide open the gap is only about 2mm or a bit less.

No makers name but a really cute "3 OWLS" logo as shown.

What on earth are they for please?

Cheers, Martin

Hi All,

Will be checking out the offerings from Makita over the weekend. I already have the twin pack screwdriver and impact driver with 2 batteries so will see if they fit.

As said our lawn is really very small so should be OK.

Cheers, Martin

😀😀😀😀😀

Martin

Hi All,

My wife is the gardener in our house and is looking to get a new lightweight cordless battery operated lawn mower similar to the Greenworks one being shown on TV at the moment.

Does anyone have any experience of these or recommendations?

i believe that battery life is the main issue but we only have a small lawn area.

looking at the twin 24V battery 48V model at around £260 or so.

cheers, Martin

Thanks Jason, all now crystal clear.

Cheers, Martin

How are these held in the lathe and what is the spring for please?

Martin

Hi All,

Just going through a pile of auction lots and came across this small tin of really small brazed carbide cutters and ONE holder or collet.

Each cutter has a spring at the back.

The back of the "collet" has 4 numbers as shown?

I am guessing watchmaking lathe or similar but no idea really?

Any help most welcome

Cheers, Martin

The flat side diameter is slightly wider than the other side, a slight taper from bottom to top.

Assured that they are NOT tuning pegs.

MMMM???

Hi All,

Just picked up a small auction ;lot which has a lot (30+) of these small brass or bronze castings in it.

Came from a guitar place but am assured these are NOT guitar items.

My first thought was thumbscrews for marking gauges etc but they are too short?

Anyone have any thoughts please?

Cheers, Martin

Jason,

Thanks for that, will leave them alone in that case.

Had not realised how many times I had posted on "what is this?" items

Cheers, Martin

Hi Neil,

There are loads of photos in my album that are no longer need by me. Is there any way to go through them and delete the unwanted please?

Regards, Martin

Hi All,

Found this peculiar boxed set of wooden craft tools in a lot yesterday.

Have no idea what they are used for, any help appreciated!

Cheers, Martin