discussion Latest Acquisitions (2019)

[Peter Gillson]

Since I started to focus on sculpting, my latest aquisitions have been pretty boring: putty, glue etc, but here. Is my latest buy. Whihc may be a little. Ore interesting:



Don't laugh, it is a set of lock-picking tools!

I've always been fascinated with all things mechanical and fancied learning to pick locks. i decided to buy these for 2 reasons - learn to pick locks, but as importantly, when I'm bored of picking locks they will make really good sculpting tools. One has already found its way into my tool box!

Peter

 

[Guest]

Since I started to focus on sculpting, my latest aquisitions have been pretty boring: putty, glue etc, but here. Is my latest buy. Whihc may be a little. Ore interesting:



Don't laugh, it is a set of lock-picking tools!

I've always been fascinated with all things mechanical and fancied learning to pick locks. i decided to buy these for 2 reasons - learn to pick locks, but as importantly, when I'm bored of picking locks they will make really good sculpting tools. One has already found its way into my tool box!

Peter

 

[BattleshipBob]

Hello, hello, hello what have we here then. Just get my rubber cosh ( can not spell truncsion, trunshun etc) soon get a confession out of you my lad

 

[Neil Merryweather]

I've done it!

It's a pyrogravure, for the uninitiated.
Many thanks to Simon T for pointing me in the direction of probably the only supplier in Europe :thumb2: .
It will have to wait for a proper road test, though, because it's looking like I will have to work the weekend:disappointed2:

 

[minitnkr]

Back in my misspent youth, a few strokes with a phone book administered by your local patrol sargent would have you peeing blood & singing like a canary with no visible damage. PaulE

 

[Guest]

I've done it!
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It's a pyrogravure, for the uninitiated.
Many thanks to Simon T for pointing me in the direction of probably the only supplier in Europe :thumb2: .
It will have to wait for a proper road test, though, because it's looking like I will have to work the weekend:disappointed2:

Looks good Neil. No saying any more or the Rabble will become excitable and ask do I have one yet ! :smiling3:
Will be good to see some trials with it.

 

[Guest]

Don't laugh, it is a set of lock-picking tools!

What does it say about me that I recognised them from the photo alone, when the explanatory line was still off my screen?

I've always been fascinated with all things mechanical and fancied learning to pick locks. i decided to buy these for 2 reasons - learn to pick locks

Have you heard of Toool?

 

[Dave Ward]

Do you think alarm bells start ringing when someone buys lock picking tools? ( or visits the 'Toool' website? ) :rolling::smiling2:
Dave

 

[Guest]

A bit random but my best buddy is a Master Locksmith. He makes a living by picking locks, legally.

 

[Allen Dewire]

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A bit random but my best buddy is a Master Locksmith. He makes a living by picking locks, legally.

Funny, but true, My stepfather was also a locksmith and he worked in a confinement facility for the criminally insane. There was no making mistakes in your work there for sure...

I really don't think that Peter is the criminal type at all. He's just a fantastic Moggeller who loves his hobbies!!!!

 

[Guest]

There was an article in the TWENOT club magazine, De Tank, a few years ago about building a paint shaker for Vallejo-style bottles from a glue clamp and an electric jigsaw.

Just tried to do a search on the magazine Jakko , but no luck .

 

[Peter Gillson]

What does it say about me that I recognised them from the photo alone, when the explanatory line was still off my screen? :smiling3:


Have you heard of Toool?

Jacko - thanks for the link - looks an interesting group.

I was surprised just how easy it is to but these sets. Mine will be used mostly for sculpting. And that's the story I plan to tell the judge!!

 

[Guest]

Just tried to do a search on the magazine Jakko , but no luck .

You have to be a club member to receive it, it’s not in the shops. Also, it’s in Dutch so chances are you might find it difficult to comprehend My 31 years’ worth of copies are scattered all over the place, but I’ll try to remember trying to find the right one so I can pass on the basics of how the paint shaker is constructed.

Jacko - thanks for the link - looks an interesting group.

Thank QI, without that I wouldn’t have heard of them

I was surprised just how easy it is to but these sets.

I’m not, really. They’re not weapons or otherwise inherently dangerous, and have legitimate uses (Andy’s friend, I suppose, will own some?) so why would they be banned?

 

[Dave Ward]

Running Postie delivered these from John - fast delivery ( as al;ways! )

Hopefully the Stynylrez primer will solve my white paint problems!
I've been using Vallejo Metal Color for natural metal finishes, but I noticed that my silver & dark aluminium have both 'gone off' and separated. No matter how much agitation, stirring, decanting and heating won't get them to recombine, hence the Mig Bare Metal set
No benchtime for a day or so, life is getting in the way of modelling!
Dave

 

[Peter Gillson]

I’m not, really. They’re not weapons or otherwise inherently dangerous, and have legitimate uses (Andy’s friend, I suppose, will own some?) so why would they be banned?

You're right in what you say. I suppose. Had not really thought about it and assumed they woud be available through trade organisations.

Peter

 

[minitnkr]

Not banned here, but there is an offense called "in possession of burglary tools" so not to loiter about w/set in your pocket w/o a believable reason. PaulE

 

[stillp]

Very similar here Paul. I believe it's called "Going equipped to steal".
Pete

 

[Guest]

I often wonder what would happen if I got searched by a particularly grumpy copper. In the pockets of my work trousers I constantly carry; a screwdriver (which can legally be classed as an offensive weapon), a plastic sheet cutter (containing a razor blade), a snap off type extending utility knife, and a metal scraper which houses single edged razor blades (plus loose spare blades in my pocket)

It would take some explaining! :smiling5:

 

[Guest]

I think (or at least strongly hope) that in most jurisdictions, the copper would look at the circumstances. If you’ve got a utility knife in your pocket while driving your car, they should hopefully be a lot milder than if they find one on you in a pub where drinkers are known to regularly get violent, or if they stop you while you’re carrying suspected stolen goods.

That said, if I ever make it to the UK again, I should remember to leave my Leatherman at home rather than in my jacket — from British TV, I gather that a knife whose blade locks in the open position automatically qualifies as a forbidden weapon. Oh, and get my inoculations, of course — can’t be too careful in distant foreign lands outside the safety of the EU

 

[stillp]

I think one of the problems with the knife legislation in the UK is that many of the regulations refer to "a bladed article", thus including table knives, wood chisels, screwdrivers, paint scrapers, lawnmowers, etc. It is therefore open for the police and prosecutors to use their common sense (unfortunately a rare commodity) when deciding whether to prosecute someone. The advantage of this vagueness is that the regulations automatically cover the use of anything that has a blade, if it is used, or likely to be used, as a weapon.
Pete