Yet more frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need...
Discussion
SistersofPercy said:
Zippee said:
Pond? How big a pond do you have to require a boat??
Goes off to the left of this photo as well. Think we measured it at about 200ft side to side including the wetland bits at the edge. More of a small lake really. 
Ultimate Frivolousness
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/wanna-buy-a...
Jazzy Jag said:
Just think of the profit of that as an air bnb in the garden 
There are fish yes, roach and rudd mostly though someone has chucked goldfish in over the years. The heron takes those for us though as we try and keep it natural so don't really want goldies in there. We don't fish, though we have let a neighbour fish it once. He mostly caught small roach.
We have a lot of wildlife including a kingfisher, ducks, newts etc. It's a weird place to live in many respects but I do love it.
GC8 said:
jimmyjimjim said:
Substantially longer than that. There's examples on reddit of people 3D printing iron man armor and spending weeks.
I printed a glock lower and it took 3 days.
Are you building it with a real barrel, slide and FCG? I assume that youre adding metal inserts into the printed lower?I printed a glock lower and it took 3 days.
At the time I printed them (did 2, one on 'oops that'll take several eternities' settings), getting the appropriate inserts easily wasn't really an option, though it has become so in the last year. I didn't fancy making the inserts myself. I may well get a set to play with; they run about $20 when in stock, and a LPK from about $50 (more now in times of 'rona), when I get enthusiastic. Everything else I can just swap out of a finished slide.
I'll probably do a P320 kit before I revisit the world of combat tupperware, though.
I thought this was fun but completely pointless. Less than £8 on Amazon.
There is a YouTube video of it in action:
https://youtu.be/E9NtJBcRkmA
There is a YouTube video of it in action:
https://youtu.be/E9NtJBcRkmA
csd19 said:
PixelpeepZ4 said:
Not sure if this counts..
me and my other half have been out of work since March 2020, thanks to the b
d bug. I had a perfectly reasonable 2016 Civic Diesel which returned 75mpg if driven carefully. The sun had been shining quite nicely in June so i decided i needed something where i could take advantage of such weather.
so, i chopped in my ideal economical family commuting car for something less sensible..
3.0 inline 6 cylinder twin turbo petrol, with no rear seats and a boot not even big enough for a cat basket.
Seems a great idea me and my other half have been out of work since March 2020, thanks to the b
d bug. I had a perfectly reasonable 2016 Civic Diesel which returned 75mpg if driven carefully. The sun had been shining quite nicely in June so i decided i needed something where i could take advantage of such weather.so, i chopped in my ideal economical family commuting car for something less sensible..
3.0 inline 6 cylinder twin turbo petrol, with no rear seats and a boot not even big enough for a cat basket.
Do you have a cat?
... TWO!lucky we have the i3 as well or i wouldn't have been able to be as, um, frivolous
gr1340 said:
I thought this was fun but completely pointless. Less than £8 on Amazon.
There is a YouTube video of it in action:
https://youtu.be/E9NtJBcRkmA
YES!There is a YouTube video of it in action:
https://youtu.be/E9NtJBcRkmA
My son would be so impressed with that, his missus not so much. Might have to get that as a stocking filler for Christmas.
- edit**
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Screaming-Goat-Running-Pr...
Edited by SistersofPercy on Thursday 9th July 13:32
PixelpeepZ4 said:
csd19 said:
PixelpeepZ4 said:
Not sure if this counts..
me and my other half have been out of work since March 2020, thanks to the bd bug. I had a perfectly reasonable 2016 Civic Diesel which returned 75mpg if driven carefully. The sun had been shining quite nicely in June so i decided i needed something where i could take advantage of such weather.
so, i chopped in my ideal economical family commuting car for something less sensible..
3.0 inline 6 cylinder twin turbo petrol, with no rear seats and a boot not even big enough for a cat basket.
Seems a great idea me and my other half have been out of work since March 2020, thanks to the b
d bug. I had a perfectly reasonable 2016 Civic Diesel which returned 75mpg if driven carefully. The sun had been shining quite nicely in June so i decided i needed something where i could take advantage of such weather.so, i chopped in my ideal economical family commuting car for something less sensible..
3.0 inline 6 cylinder twin turbo petrol, with no rear seats and a boot not even big enough for a cat basket.
Do you have a cat?
... TWO!lucky we have the i3 as well or i wouldn't have been able to be as, um, frivolous
My frivolity this week has only extended to a new old stock (NOS) camshaft pulley for a 16v K-series engine, and a NOS K-series camshaft to go with it. No idea why, just saw them on eBay and thought why not. Both in the mail at present but I might make a lamp out of them, I shall see
@SistersOfPercy
Finally turned up, you were right, it is a lot of fun. It's quite an imitation, the weight and feel of it make it feel the real deal, I don't have a real Glock obvs but from pictures, it's a dead ringer. There is also something quite tactile about it, particularity during conf calls, of which I do >7hrs a day. An inappropriate fidget spinner, perhaps.
I did pay for it to be painted but ho hum. Not sure why I thought I needed a second mag.
ETA, I've ordered some blue paint for the airbrush I have to paint it, what a pussy
Finally turned up, you were right, it is a lot of fun. It's quite an imitation, the weight and feel of it make it feel the real deal, I don't have a real Glock obvs but from pictures, it's a dead ringer. There is also something quite tactile about it, particularity during conf calls, of which I do >7hrs a day. An inappropriate fidget spinner, perhaps.
I did pay for it to be painted but ho hum. Not sure why I thought I needed a second mag.
ETA, I've ordered some blue paint for the airbrush I have to paint it, what a pussy
Edited by Origin Unknown on Thursday 9th July 17:32
jimmyjimjim said:
They are very close. I particularly like the cheap and nasty looking slide release. Looks identical to the real thing!
I have no frame of reference here but the slide release is metal and looks like that because of my awful photography skills. Genuine question... what does a good slide release look likejimmyjimjim said:
Inspired by the above, I've ordered a couple of Glock 17 rail kits. In stock towards the end of the month.
Need to have a look around and find the cheapest LPK now.
More words please. A rail kit looks like a wrap around that provides a holster for an additional mag as well as a mount for a sight?Need to have a look around and find the cheapest LPK now.
LPK... Lower Parks Kits. What is that?
Origin Unknown said:
jimmyjimjim said:
They are very close. I particularly like the cheap and nasty looking slide release. Looks identical to the real thing!
I have no frame of reference here but the slide release is metal and looks like that because of my awful photography skills. Genuine question... what does a good slide release look likeOrigin Unknown said:
jimmyjimjim said:
Inspired by the above, I've ordered a couple of Glock 17 rail kits. In stock towards the end of the month.
Need to have a look around and find the cheapest LPK now.
More words please. A rail kit looks like a wrap around that provides a holster for an additional mag as well as a mount for a sight?Need to have a look around and find the cheapest LPK now.
LPK... Lower Parks Kits. What is that?
Rail kit - When you 3D print one, you do exactly that, produce a 3D plastic output. This is meant to have a metal slide running on it. Obviously, metal on polymer won't last long. The polymer 80 kits I've had, have rail inserts - investment cast and pressed steel inserts that you push (and encourage with a hammer, a vice, blood, sweat, tears, etc)in to the polymer lower receiver then pin in place.
The 3D printed version obviously doesn't have these rails, and the rails from an OEM Glock or a polymer 80 won't fit. Google image search for Glock locking block to see what the front set looks like and glock rear rail module / polymer 80 inserts to see what the polymer 80 ones look like.
I got mine from aves rails. They're deliberately designed to be sturdier and easier for the home mechanic to make; basically a square section with the center milled out. The rear rails are simpler still.
Lower parts kit - all the parts required to complete a lower receiver. Basically magazine release and spring, trigger mechanism, housing and ejector, slide stop and spring, slide release, several pins. Sold as a kit, and all out of stock everywhere I've looked.
Incidentally, the Glock magazine release spring is the best design I've ever seen for anything, ever. Genius at work. You'd never recognize it.
In America, after the NFA was introduced it was decided that the lower receiver would carry the serial number and be the 'firearm' for the purposes of the law. The barrel inc chamber and the slide in this instance, or the barrel and bolt and bolt carrier, along with the upper receiver are all unregistered and freely traded parts.
Here the law focuses on pressure bearing parts, which would be the barrel and slide and on a rifle, certainly the barrel and bolt, but probably the bolt carrier and upper receiver too.
In America you can circumvent the NFA quite legally (currently) by buying an 80% finished 'receiver' which you finish yourself. No serial number required and perfectly legal providing that youre making it for yourself.
Here you can buy a milled AR15 lower receiver legally, although the people selling them were prosecuted to fk, despite it not being pressure bearing in any way.
Here the law focuses on pressure bearing parts, which would be the barrel and slide and on a rifle, certainly the barrel and bolt, but probably the bolt carrier and upper receiver too.
In America you can circumvent the NFA quite legally (currently) by buying an 80% finished 'receiver' which you finish yourself. No serial number required and perfectly legal providing that youre making it for yourself.
Here you can buy a milled AR15 lower receiver legally, although the people selling them were prosecuted to f
k, despite it not being pressure bearing in any way.These two sites are causing me issues at the moment
https://bid.mod-sales.com/auctions/7504/witham1010...
https://www.brightwellslive.com/timedauctions/inde...
https://bid.mod-sales.com/auctions/7504/witham1010...
https://www.brightwellslive.com/timedauctions/inde...
Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff