What did you buy today ???

[Tony Nitrous]

Treated myself to a new laser level.   I have a 12m x 14m area I want to put some gravel down temporarily and later pour a concrete slab, also have some drains to put in, and a few other jobs where it'll come in handy.




.... and seeing as I have a heap of Ryobi tools and battery's I bought a Ryobi 18v blue tooth speaker to play the tunes and radio from my phone. 6 year warranty.

[Hooli]

Bits for the car arrived today, I'd actually bought them yesterday.

2 x front callipers.
Pads front & rear.
Oil filter.
I'll get the oil locally along with some brake fluid as the place I'd ordered from don't do that.

Fit them at the weekend & it'll be ready for the MOT, the current one expires mid Nov.

[Notty]

Having always used Castrol had a shock how much the price for oil has gone up - £30 4L last year to £39 now !!
so having read all the endless oil advice on the forum went for Halfords and of course it comes in 5L so only need the one pack - £22 !!! happy days 

[Hooli]

I always used that in my 14 & you know how long that lasted. Still looked perfectly clean inside a month or so before it was nicked, I know as I had the sump off to get the hole welded.

[seth]

I've used Halfords 10w 40 semi synthetic motorcycle oil for 20 years and it's as good as anything .
Never had a problem with slipping clutch or oil use .
And as our bikes oil changes are about half of most other bikes I'd say it's only half used really anyway 🤔

[Notty]

ready for Halfords oil a new Fumoto valve £24 

[grog]

IMO, a great buy Mate. Make life easy. Mine been on quite a while, never had a problem, i ride to work, drain pan under, turn on and let drain until lunch, 4 or 5 hrs. Cap for filter removal, just use 3/8 extension on ratchet. Such an easy oil change. Some say valve too low, choose your path i reckon.

[Notty]

IMO, a great buy Mate. Make life easy. Mine been on quite a while, never had a problem, i ride to work, drain pan under, turn on and let drain until lunch, 4 or 5 hrs. Cap for filter removal, just use 3/8 extension on ratchet. Such an easy oil change. Some say valve too low, choose your path i reckon.

Had one for years but weeping ever so slightly so new one 

[Hooli]

Never seen the point myself, a sump plug isn't exactly difficult to use.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

ready for Halfords oil a new Fumoto valve £24 

Are they like the stahlbus valves?

[frenchgixxer]

Just picked up 4 planks of 20 year old cut elm, the biggest (single pic) about 2.3m x 70cm x 8cm, the tallest one of the four in the 2nd pic which is just under 2m and 2 others about 95cm long. Thought they'd look really nice stained up for kitchen worktop surfaces when I redo my kitchen next year. Gonna need stout bases as they need 2 people to lift 'em lol

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Just picked up 4 planks of 20 year old cut elm, the biggest (single pic) about 2.3m x 70cm x 8cm, the tallest one of the four in the 2nd pic which is just under 2m and 2 others about 95cm long. Thought they'd look really nice stained up for kitchen worktop surfaces when I redo my kitchen next year. Gonna need stout bases as they need 2 people to lift 'em lol

Awesome, as a suggestion, mix up some fibreglass resin with ground charcoal (if you want black) or sawdust from these slabs and fill the cracks, then sand smooth before staining and laquering.  If using as a food prep, you will need to use a low VOC or food grade laquer to avoid contamination.

[frenchgixxer]

Just picked up 4 planks of 20 year old cut elm, the biggest (single pic) about 2.3m x 70cm x 8cm, the tallest one of the four in the 2nd pic which is just under 2m and 2 others about 95cm long. Thought they'd look really nice stained up for kitchen worktop surfaces when I redo my kitchen next year. Gonna need stout bases as they need 2 people to lift 'em lol

Awesome, as a suggestion, mix up some fibreglass resin with ground charcoal (if you want black) or sawdust from these slabs and fill the cracks, then sand smooth before staining and laquering.  If using as a food prep, you will need to use a low VOC or food grade laquer to avoid contamination.

Thanks Eric. I'm not used to working with wood so have been googling how to prep them. There's cracks and splits to deal with though nothing going all the way through thankfully. My house is an old farm workers longere so there's a lot of wood in it. The beam, in my smallish main room, is 15 x15 inches for example so I thought I'd keep the theme going, add some off white/light cream units to contrast. stainless steel electrical goods which I already have. Might enlist the help of a mate when cutting the hole for the sink as don't altogether trust my straight lines lol

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Mate of mine got a burl from an old eucalypt and we turned it into a coffee table. Same idea, we just filled all the cracks and crevices with resin, sanded smooth and he then had a piece of tempered glass cut in an ellipse and he made stainless legs.  Finished product was awesome.

Kinda like this but with a glass overlay and on 3 legs.

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fboranupgallery.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F09%2FSalmon-Gum-Burl-b-august-2015-web.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fboranupgallery.com%2Fproduct%2Fsalmon-gum-burl-coffee-table%2F&tbnid=5iI0RzzgiqBlJM&vet=1&docid=kDUcEa9o1xf1WM&w=800&h=550&hl=en-AU&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim

[frenchgixxer]

Mate of mine got a burl from an old eucalypt and we turned it into a coffee table. Same idea, we just filled all the cracks and crevices with resin, sanded smooth and he then had a piece of tempered glass cut in an ellipse and he made stainless legs.  Finished product was awesome.

Kinda like this but with a glass overlay and on 3 legs.

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fboranupgallery.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F09%2FSalmon-Gum-Burl-b-august-2015-web.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fboranupgallery.com%2Fproduct%2Fsalmon-gum-burl-coffee-table%2F&tbnid=5iI0RzzgiqBlJM&vet=1&docid=kDUcEa9o1xf1WM&w=800&h=550&hl=en-AU&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim

That is really nice! Lovely pattern to it