What did you buy today?

[tombear]

Need to find some heavier gauge wire but the thin stuff is just about thick enough to work. Weighs 130g now. The slots good for 1/16th inch, so can experiment with different handles. A couple of oven bottoms, a pair of eggs in the Egg carrier I got and a heat source and the jobs a good un'.



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Tom

 

[Mesquite]

Need to find some heavier gauge wire but the thin stuff is just about thick enough to work. Weighs 130g now. The slots good for 1/16th inch, so can experiment with different handles. A couple of oven bottoms, a pair of eggs in the Egg carrier I got and a heat source and the jobs a good un'.

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Tom

I'm looking at that and thinking use a bit of pipe with the end squashed and shaped to fit and you can use a stick as a handle

 

[tombear]

I was thinking along those lines myself but with aluminium sheet folded since I don't have any tubing that will flatten to the right width. I've the left over sides from the oblong mess tin I chopped up to make the lid for the Dutch Stainless steel tins.

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[Jared]

Would a modified fork work?

 

[tombear]

Well, it would seam my metal working skill have degraded more than feared and image a pigs ear of the folded aluminium will take a stick handle, it's not worth showing g even as a prototype. It didn't help that the slot on the cut down handle stub is as deep as it's wide. Anyroad I did find a length of just the right gauge of piano wire which with some judicious heat application I could bend into shape while maintaining the spring needed for the thing to work.

As to modding a fork, I can't think of a way of doing it and still ha e a usable fork at the end of it.


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[Jared]

Yeah, was imaging it wouldn't be useable as a fork anymore. Unless used a cheap spork where has the fork & spoon at either end, would atleast have a spoon then.

 

[gra_farmer]

I was weak.....bought the BHK Woodsman Pro from the classifieds, perfect knife...i can see this being my favourite carbon steel knife.....time to move the others on

 

[Damascus]

New sewing machine, Janome 2200 HD, for new projects my old singer after 35 years died!

 

[swyn]

A pony
S

 

[tombear]

Had a good haul at Mikes tool stall in Colne indoor Market, was able to resist another Shef' made drawknife but got some nice bits



Will do a pic when they are cleaned up. I'll set the Eclipse No. 40PC to take the shorter hacksaw blades, there's 53 in the box, no rust or owt

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[moocher]

River cottage hedgerow handbook £3 off a certain social media market place .

 

[moocher]

A pony
S

Aww any pics ?

 

[billycoen]

As to modding a fork, I can't think of a way of doing it and still ha e a usable fork at the end of it.

Would a fish mouth spreader work?

 

[tombear]

You'd have to alter the ends a bit to work I think but it's basically what I've cobbled together. If you bent the stub of the cut down handle about 90 degrees you could rig it so a unaltered spreader would work so if you already carry one for hanging a bottle over a fire you could kill two birds with one stone. I don't myself but lot do.

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[swyn]

Aww any pics ?

Here she is.
She’s a rescue but has good manners and is easy to handle, so far. We were warned that she’s an escape artist so a good number of fence posts were replaced and these keep us warm for now.

 

[moocher]

Here she is.
She’s a rescue but has good manners and is easy to handle, so far. We were warned that she’s an escape artist so a good number of fence posts were replaced and these keep us warm for now.

Little cutie and well done on taking a rescue

 

[Tengu]

Well that will keep the grass down.

My friend has a horse, a primadonna whose sole reason for existence is to create big bills.

 

[TeeDee]

QL Claw,

 

[Herman30]

Ordered a world band radio. Don´t know why, never had a radio but perhaps this situation in Ukraine drove me to buy one, small enough to be able to carry in a backpack.
This one:

 

[tombear]

The £5 Eclipse hack sawcleaned up well added the Shinto 30mm saw rasp I heed to scrape the handle on that and oil the handles ofthat and tbe two round microplane ( or copy of ) round rasps. The blade on the surform one is to shot to bother with not when I've several spare blades and a couple in the draw already. I'll Save the handle.



After going round at least 5 towns I've had to resort to Amazon to get some Bic maxi lighters , 5 for about £6.50. Even the good tobacconists only had Clippers which I've never liked or unreliable cheap junk. I did find some mini Bics for back ups but my big paws have trouble with fiddly stuff. When they arrive I'll wrap a couple in Gorilla tape

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Tom