What did you buy today?

[Pattree]

Can’t beat sleeping on sheep.

 

[MikeLA]

Trying out a new wood stove from. Alpkit

 

[chas brookes]

Visited the High Weald Steam Working Weekend Show and was a cracking event. On the way out I spotted a battered Svea 123r stove in amongst the rusty spanner etc on a stall.
I had a quick look it was missing the pot stands and the windshield was a bit battered and jammed on. Apart from that it all looked good, most importantly the tank was in good order.
I asked the stallholder the price and when he said £5 I could not get my wallet out quick enough.
Looks like I have some fettling to do, great result

 

[Tengu]

A grand haul

 

[Mesquite]

Visited the High Weald Steam Working Weekend Show and was a cracking event. On the way out I spotted a battered Svea 123r stove in amongst the rusty spanner etc on a stall.
I had a quick look it was missing the pot stands and the windshield was a bit battered and jammed on. Apart from that it all looked good, most importantly the tank was in good order.
I asked the stallholder the price and when he said £5 I could not get my wallet out quick enough.
Looks like I have some fettling to do, great result

Well done, you got a real bargain Chas

 

[chas brookes]

Stove update on investigation previous owners had tried running it on paraffin. Windshield has been sorted and the paraffin flushed out.
It now works very well just got to sort out some pot supports and will be ready to go.

 

[Nice65]

Sold a LM Charge, bit set and extender, and replaced with a Bibury for £34.99. Sensible 6mm bit holder makes it much more versatile. It’s also a lot more comfortable to grip hard in pliers mode. Seriously impressed.

 

[Pattree]

This pot - £2 at our village fete. I’ve been looking for something like it for two years.



The little one pint Kelly Kettle is far and away my main camp cooking tool. It and it’s Hobo stove attachment do everything I could want.

Unfortunately the small size cook set that fits inside the kettle would be better used for storing meds.

A couple of years ago I modified the kettle handle so that it slid precisely into a 14cm Zebra pot, also with a modified handle. Now I can cook up a proper stew. Then I had the idea!!! ….. and it’s taken two years to appear on the junk bric-a-brac stall.



Remove the new pot handle and I have a two pan stainless steel storage cylinder for my Kelly Kettle.
Making a folding wire handle for the upper pot will be easy.

The next job will take some thought - how to clip the two pots together.

I have made a robust transforming bag/sitmat that will hold everything together beautifully but there would be something satisfying about creating the interlocking shiny cylinder and it will keep both my brain cells active, possibly even simultaneously.



Unfortunately the bag is now so full that there is no room for the pot grippers!

 

[Mesquite]

Sold a LM Charge, bit set and extender, and replaced with a Bibury for £34.99. Sensible 6mm bit holder makes it much more versatile. It’s also a lot more comfortable to grip hard in pliers mode. Seriously impressed.

It looks like a handy tool.
What model is it and where did you get it from?

 

[YEOLDOAK]

Ordered some 6mm engineering grade aluminium plate for a bow quiver project,
a Nitecore MT2A Pro torch and some assorted Nitecore batterys : )

 

[Falstaff]

This pot - £2 at our village fete. I’ve been looking for something like it for two years.

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The little one pint Kelly Kettle is far and away my main camp cooking tool. It and it’s Hobo stove attachment do everything I could want.

Unfortunately the small size cook set that fits inside the kettle would be better used for storing meds.
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A couple of years ago I modified the kettle handle so that it slid precisely into a 14cm Zebra pot, also with a modified handle. Now I can cook up a proper stew. Then I had the idea!!! ….. and it’s taken two years to appear on the junk bric-a-brac stall.

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Remove the new pot handle and I have a two pan stainless steel storage cylinder for my Kelly Kettle.
Making a folding wire handle for the upper pot will be easy.

The next job will take some thought - how to clip the two pots together.

I have made a robust transforming bag/sitmat that will hold everything together beautifully but there would be something satisfying about creating the interlocking shiny cylinder and it will keep both my brain cells active, possibly even simultaneously.

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Unfortunately the bag is now so full that there is no room for the pot grippers!

That's a nice set. I like your transforming sitmat/bag, I'd been thinking about the very same thing. Rather than clips I've noticed that 2 fabric end caps with elastic/velcro/bits of string between them are light and easy to use. Might even double as cooking pot warmers?

 

[Chris]

£2 at our village fete. I’ve been looking for something like it for two years.

You'd think that with villages being so small, it would've taken far less time than that to find the fete.

 

[TeeDee]

I've not succumbed yet - but I'm close...

4" Ti Hooligan Forced Entry Tool - Titanium

Worlds First Titanium 4" Hooligan Tool! Mini Breacher Bar! Who doesn't appreciate a small pry bar, for those small prying and jimmying jobs? This 8" Titanium Hooligan is mission specific for those small jobs where a compact, concealable entry tool is needed. You will be surprised at the number...

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[Pattree]

That's a nice set. I like your transforming sitmat/bag, I'd been thinking about the very same thing. Rather than clips I've noticed that 2 fabric end caps with elastic/velcro/bits of string between them are light and easy to use. Might even double as cooking pot warmers?

Clever!

I’m working out how to bend a half metre of Jubilee clip along most of its length so that it not only holds the two pots together but functions as a mug handle for the top pot.

 

[Pattree]

I've not succumbed yet - but I'm close...

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4" Ti Hooligan Forced Entry Tool - Titanium

Worlds First Titanium 4" Hooligan Tool! Mini Breacher Bar! Who doesn't appreciate a small pry bar, for those small prying and jimmying jobs? This 8" Titanium Hooligan is mission specific for those small jobs where a compact, concealable entry tool is needed. You will be surprised at the number...

edcgear.co.uk

How on Earth would you justify THAT.

Oh the engineering looks superb. I can see that it is beautifully made to do its job but it’s sold to be concealed! That’s not designed for opening paint tins.

 

[TeeDee]

How on Earth would you justify THAT.

Oh the engineering looks superb. I can see that it is beautifully made to do its job but it’s sold to be concealed! That’s not designed for opening paint tins.

Dunnoo,..... Breaching the missus's dolls house?? Midnight raid.

 

[TeeDee]

How on Earth would you justify THAT.

Oh the engineering looks superb. I can see that it is beautifully made to do its job but it’s sold to be concealed! That’s not designed for opening paint tins.

I think somewhat more seriously and in the defence of the manufacturer its designed more as a novelty piece. If you wanted to jemmy a door open for serious and malicious purposes , you're going too ( using my imagination as opposed to actual experience ) use a long levered standard jemmy - 18" of steel lever is going to beat 4/5" of Titanium.

 

[TeeDee]

And........ I've just purchased one...

 

[Pattree]

I read the tool as a car break in device. Reinforced glass side wrongdoers* windows, levering quarterlights and buttocks* boot locks.

*autocarrot rides again!

 

[Mesquite]

Two front tyres for the van