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#61 Post by back_marker » Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:38 pm

:smt107 :smt107 :smt107 :smt107 :smt107 Cooooool. Can you turn it up so the axe comes down really fast? :smt041 :smt041 :smt041
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#62 Post by MartDude » Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:45 pm

Excellent!!
With slight mods, you could also use it for inserting the currants into teacakes
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#63 Post by Samray » Sat Jun 26, 2010 3:00 pm

Looks like a tyre bead-breaker for that AA van up above. :smt003
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#64 Post by Nooj » Sat Jun 26, 2010 3:33 pm

Those bits of wood may as well have not been there for all the stopping power they had. Put something big under it :smt001
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#65 Post by D-Rider » Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:34 pm

I'm sure the French had a prototype of this at the time of their revolution.

..... anyone know any members of the aristocracy to try this on? ....... in the interests of tradition we should really start with the house of lords .... but as the power the nobles once had now resides with government, we can then move on to the lower chamber .....
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#66 Post by Samray » Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:37 pm

:smt003
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#67 Post by D-Rider » Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:01 am

Just bought one of these:

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Old and in need of a bit of TLC .... and the mini-digger is similar.

..... now I've got the problem of bringing it from Norfolk into the civilised world .....




.... and "why?" you may ask ..... well my son whose in the building trade has been badgering me to get one .... and the mrs wants the garden landscaped .... and need to dig out footings for the garage/workshop Joe will build me ....

...... and it's a cool toy !
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#68 Post by MartDude » Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:30 pm

Can we all come & have a play?
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#69 Post by Samray » Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:41 pm

Coulda been worse...

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A Case is it? What vintage?
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#70 Post by MartDude » Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:46 pm

Meant to post this ages ago.

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http://www.mymultimaster.co.uk/default.jsp

This is a damned useful tool (if not as immediately exciting as some of the foregoing) - worth every penny. Can be used, e.g, instead of a chisel where you haven't room to use a mallet. Fantastic for flush trimming. Very well built & durable. And lots of interesting attachments (less obtrusive than the petrol-engined vibrator)
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#71 Post by D-Rider » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:15 pm

Samray wrote:
A Case is it? What vintage?
Yes a Case 646 series B

TBH I can't find out that much about it but I know this model was produced between 1972 and 1980.

Need to find manuals etc but have drawn a bit of a blank so far.

From what I've read the Case machines have a good reputation - especially the ones from this era,
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#72 Post by mangocrazy » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:15 pm

Blimey, Andy, that's a serious piece of kit. I am impressed.

I wish I could find room for something like that in my life, but unfortunately I don't have the space. I always thought you had a back garden, not a bloody country estate...

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#73 Post by D-Rider » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:24 pm

mangocrazy wrote:Blimey, Andy, that's a serious piece of kit. I am impressed.

I wish I could find room for something like that in my life, but unfortunately I don't have the space. I always thought you had a back garden, not a bloody country estate...
The garden is big for a semi in a city but not huge. We're a corner plot and it just opens out at the back - about a quarter of an acre if I recall.
For the work my lad hopes to establish (his idea is we'll do this together) we'll need a digger. This is a bit of a toe in the waters of diggers and we can get the garden done and see how we get on with it.
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#74 Post by mangocrazy » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:27 pm

If that's a toe in the water I'd hate to see you dive in the deep end... :smt003

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#75 Post by BikerGran » Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:48 pm

D-rider - you ought to go along to the 25th Steam and Vintage Festival at Toddington, Gloucestershire. this weekend.

It promises
"if it's got wheels it will be there - traction engines, steam locos, trucks, cars, tractors, stationary engines, bikes, WW2 vehicles etc,,,,etc,,
http://www.gwsr.com/news/latest-news/25 ... tival.aspx

And you might well find someone there to solve your transport problem![/code]
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