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My Toolbox just got Bigger!

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Gondor

#120
November 01, 2024, 10:37:48 AM
Because I have a cunning plan for Telford, no turnips are involved, I needed to get a couple of new paintbrushes. There is a Hobbycraft near my work so on the way home I popped in.



So I ended up with more than just the two I wanted  :rolleyes:

The upside was that each cost me £0.38 but I could not get what I wanted any other way. Quite a variety of types included.



Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

Wardukw

#121
November 01, 2024, 02:40:32 PM
That's so cheap and what a pile  ;D
That'd be 10 bucks here all da y long for sure .
Nice score 👍
If it aint broke ,,fix it until it is .
Over kill is often very understated .
I know the voices in my head ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas.
Theres few of lifes problems that can't be solved with the proper application of a high explosive projectile .

Rick Lowe

#122
November 06, 2024, 11:05:19 PM
Agree!  :thumbsup:

Weaver

#123
November 07, 2024, 04:09:07 AM
Picked up a plastic digital caliper to replace my old one, at a market in Bakewell, for a devastating £6.

Utterly useless for any engineering purposes of course, but fine for little plastic models.
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

NARSES2

#124
November 08, 2024, 01:32:39 AM
Quote from: Weaver on November 07, 2024, 04:09:07 AMPicked up a plastic digital caliper to replace my old one, at a market in Bakewell, for a devastating £6.

Utterly useless for any engineering purposes of course, but fine for little plastic models.

Pick up any tarts at the same time ? Pastry ones of course  ;)

Seriously. Any chance of  posting a picture ? I'd like to get one and it would be nice to know what to look out for.

Ta  :thumbsup:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

HarryPhishnuts

#125
November 08, 2024, 11:53:44 AM
Not so much my toolbox but my workbench got an overhaul. Was just intending a little reorganization but then things got interesting. I figured after being back in the hobby for a couple years now this was more than a passing fad so it was time for a real workspace. Was using an old dinette table and computer desk as well as some cheap paint racks and such. So decided to get new desk and chair but the main star is the pegboard. It's based on the Ikea Skadis pegboard system. What's really cool is there are lots of accessories for these boards that you can download and 3D print.  You can even print more boards.  I found and printed out just the things I needed for the tools and such that I use. So after 3weeks, a couple of filament spools, and giving my little Bambu A1-mini a workout I ended up with this. I even got a real printer stand for the printer since it had worked so hard  ;D

Rick Lowe

#126
November 08, 2024, 11:57:55 AM
That'll work!  :thumbsup:

Weaver

#127
November 08, 2024, 12:07:51 PM
Quote from: NARSES2 on November 08, 2024, 01:32:39 AM
Quote from: Weaver on November 07, 2024, 04:09:07 AMPicked up a plastic digital caliper to replace my old one, at a market in Bakewell, for a devastating £6.

Utterly useless for any engineering purposes of course, but fine for little plastic models.

Pick up any tarts at the same time ? Pastry ones of course  ;)

Seriously. Any chance of  posting a picture ? I'd like to get one and it would be nice to know what to look out for.

Ta  :thumbsup:

Here you go.

Having had a chance to read the label now, it turns out that it's carbon-fibre, not just plastic, so it might be harder and more resilient than I first thought.
Design-wise, it's just a perfectly ordinary digitial caliper, but black instead of silver.


"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

Hobbes

#128
November 08, 2024, 01:19:28 PM
The annoying thing about those inexpensive digital calipers is how quickly they deplete their batteries. The Off switch just switches the display off but leaves the electronics powered on, so it can remember where it is instead of having to start at zero every time.
I wired an Off switch into mine.

NARSES2

#129
November 13, 2024, 06:28:41 AM
Cheers Weaver  :thumbsup:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

PR19_Kit

#130
November 14, 2024, 09:53:35 AM
As I ended up at my 'country home' on Monday, after being at Telford all weekend, I had 4-5 kits with me, but no tools or glue etc. so a trip to Hobbycraft was called for as it's the nearest thing to an LHS here.

I got knives, blades, glue, sanding sticks, cutting mat etc. so I can build something before heading home next week.

If I'm sensible I'll leave all that stuff here of course............
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Rick Lowe

#131
November 14, 2024, 08:19:52 PM
'If' being the operative word...  ;)
"This stuff is terrible, I'll just take it with me and bring some better stuff back when I return." ....  ;)

PR19_Kit

#132
November 15, 2024, 04:19:02 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on November 14, 2024, 08:19:52 PM'If' being the operative word...  ;)
"This stuff is terrible, I'll just take it with me and bring some better stuff back when I return." ....  ;)


That way lies a need for larger and LARGER cars as time goes on!  :o
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Old Wombat

#133
November 15, 2024, 06:21:53 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 15, 2024, 04:19:02 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on November 14, 2024, 08:19:52 PM'If' being the operative word...  ;)
"This stuff is terrible, I'll just take it with me and bring some better stuff back when I return." ....  ;)


That way lies a need for larger and LARGER cars as time goes on!  :o

Why do you think I own a 4x4 ute? :unsure:

 ;)
Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering!

"The purpose of all War is Peace" - St. Augustine

veritas ad mortus veritas est

frank2056

#134
November 15, 2024, 08:11:07 AM
Quote from: Hobbes on November 08, 2024, 01:19:28 PMThe annoying thing about those inexpensive digital calipers is how quickly they deplete their batteries. The Off switch just switches the display off but leaves the electronics powered on, so it can remember where it is instead of having to start at zero every time.
I wired an Off switch into mine.

I take the battery out of mine. I should install a switch.

Some of these calipers have an extra port for a serial connection, so you could wire them up to a computer via a serial cable (or USB to serial cable) and collect the data.
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