2018 Archive

[GreatOldOne]

fuel rail and injectors
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Ah, I recognise that. Many a happy hour stripping down E30 / M20 based engines and their ancillaries whilst building Vikki. Do you have an E30 3 series?

Edit... now I’ve got my glasses on, it’s not an M20 rail... hah. And the injectors look different as well. Guessing it’s diesel, like the webasto.

 

[GoceKU]

Ah, I recognise that. Many a happy hour stripping down E30 / M20 based engines and their ancillaries whilst building Vikki. Do you have an E30 3 series?

Edit... now I’ve got my glasses on, it’s not an M20 rail... hah. And the injectors look different as well. Guessing it’s diesel, like the webasto.

They are BMW 320i petrol injectors, BMW E46 M52 / M54 engine, the webasto is from a bmw X5 diesel. I don not own bmw, i like french cars, Peugeot X05 an X06 series, but i do often mix and match parts in my car builds.

 

[BGHansen]

Few more eBay/Amazon pick ups. First was a couple of 3500 MaH Nimh batteries for my Dewalt 14.4 V drill/driver. The NiCads weren't holding a charge anymore, the nickel metal hydrides work in the same universal Dewalt charger and are about double the life of the NiCads. Paid a touch over $30 for two batteries including shipping.

Read a number of rave reviews from guys on the forum about the Irwin socket tap wrenches. Don't have an immediate need for them, but have them in the tool box for "just in case".

Also picked up a Blair sheet metal hole cutter. A lot of my work involves knocking holes in sheet metal and 1/8"-1/4" aluminum plate. This tool has a series of annular cutters up to 3/4". There's a spring loaded center that retracts as you advance the cut. The 3/4" hole popped in a piece of 3/16" thick aluminum was perfectly burr free on the back side, pretty impressed with the first cut with the very sharp (for now) cutter.

Bruce

 

[francist]

New old stock 4-jaw chuck, I can't see that it's ever been mounted before. Made in England, very smooth.



-frank

 

[GoceKU]

Its sunday that means the tool / flea market is on. Is that time of year when imported used machines are cheapest, first thing that caught my eye was this aluminium vice, is very big, and has a quick cam lock on it, looks like is for light work, also come with extended jaws and looks like never been used so i bought it. Second major thing i bought was this Ferm FTB-13 table top drill press, looks like scrap, all rusty and the seller said did not worked,, i looked at it and seen is hardly ever been used and the security tab on the belt cover is bent, which will stop the motor from turning on, so after some negotiation i got the drill press for 25 euros. Which is about 10% of the going rate for those, i have lot of cleaning to get it to useful shape. I did bent back the tap and it works fine, i haven't put a drill on it to see how much power it has.

 

[jdedmon91]

Not grand stuff. Cruised through the local flea market. Picked up a couple of items today. The light arm is for a camera mount for my videos. The machinable bar of mystery steel was in with other junk. The light was $4 the steel bar $2. I wanted the steel for my stock stash.

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[MAKEITOUTOFWOOD]

Picked up a couple more good deals on the big auction site. First is a PEC imperial pitch gauge and a SPI Japanese made metric pitch gauge. Second is a Starrett 436 1-2 micrometer that looks to have been used very little.

 

[jdedmon91]

Alumimum stock for the shop. 8 dollars worth. 35” x 2” diameter stock around 3” pieces. Stopped by local scrap yard. A dollar a pound. Not much other stock but there was almost a hopper full of these ends


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[MAKEITOUTOFWOOD]

Noga with a shars indicator for $50.

 

[BGHansen]

Another frivolous eBay win showed up in the mail, 268 (yup, counted them all) mostly numbered screw machine length cobalt drill bits. Sizes were from a #2 down to #60, at least 35 difference sizes. Over 95% are PTD (Precision Twist Drill ?) brand and most are unused. Not bad for $35 including shipping though I don't know where/when I'll use a dozen #24 screw machine length drill bits. The General numbered drill bit sizer got a good workout.

Bruce