Photos Latest Purchases Thread: v2.0

There'll be in that safe place you told yourself would be easy to find when you put them there

 

I think mine are there too.

 

Joined the Steam Frame waitlist. Hope I don't get pushed too far down the list when they shuffle it on Thursday!

 

Right, try again. I've been refunded for the missing 3D printer (no thanks to Evri) so have ordered another. Same as before. Although £15 cheaper as I found a better discount code.

Kobra by veato posted 2 Sep 2026 at 12:09

I've ordered some silicone hoses and decent clips to replace the charge pipes on the car. I haven't figured out yet what's causing the turbo stalling when throttle is wide open and this was the next suggestion (that's also relatively cheap and able to be done by a pretend amateur mechanic i.e. me)

Pipes by veato posted 15 Sep 2026 at 10:01

Clip by veato posted 15 Sep 2026 at 10:01

 

After ranting about having to pay VAT on imported goods, it's only fair that I share what I bought. For the uninformed, it's a limited edition 1:50 diecast scale model of a Liebherr LTM 1750 in Johnson & Young livery, and in due course it'll be part of a diorama that I'm putting together. It's an absolutely stunning model (sorry for the crappy phone pic - better shots are sure to follow). Limited numbers of these models are produced in company liveries, and this one really I caught my eye, so I'm dead chuffed I now have it!

 

LOL, as i was scrolling down i thought WTF! someone bought a crane.

 

Not nearly enough zip ties for a pretend amateur mechanic job.

 

I bought it a few weeks ago but couldn't remember how to post images in threads

 

Shuffle completed, waiting intensifies...

 

Just purchased my Steam frame!!! Typical its the week I'm away from tuesday, so hopefully I can redirect it!

 

I'm told you can select a different shipping address to the billing one.

 

Send it me I promise I'll send it your way, maybe

 

Well the U6 LR finally died. So I picked up a used u6 enterprise, only one device in my house that can actually use the 6ghz just now, but so much better than the u6 lr was, tv is actually watchable in the far room now, pretty sure my lr was dying for about a year now. But pretty happy with this.

 

Waiting switches from GabeN to courier...

 

And so my attempts at dis-enshittifying my phone begin…

TTfone TT990 - a flip-phone running Google-free Android 14.



Aurora “app store” out of the box, but others are available - as is, of course, installing directly from the APK.

There are only a couple of applications I actually need on a phone. Everything else can be relegated to a second device that can be left at home when not needed. There are a few more that would be useful, but might not be essential, so I’ll be dual-wielding my iPhone while I figure that out.

If it works out the way I want, then the “second device” iPhone will be replaced with an iPad mini. If it doesn’t work out… well… it’ll be a lot harder to be terribly upset about the situation when I haven’t spent £1,000+ on a phone

 

How excited can a person get about high-precision measuring tools? Got myself a lovely little Verdict dial test indicator on ebay for £10 (it's worth £115 new) and within 5 minutes I was able to diagnose the minor wobble problem with my drill press.

The quill and arbour are concentric and have negligible runout, and the same is true at the shank of the installed drill bit. The culprit is the sleeve of the chuck itself, which has at least 0.1mm of runout, and the deviation is causing the whole thing to vibrate. I already bought another chuck because I wanted something a bit smaller anyway, but it's nice to know exactly what was causing the wobble, and there's probably a way to correct it (currently beyond my ken).

Now I desperately need to find other things to measure with this dial. I NEEDS IT. Any suggestions?

 

Brake discs, it's the only reason I have one

 

PRAISE BE!

 

Oh, and this:



I had this on my wish list years ago but didn't pick it up for whatever stupid reason. If you ask me how much I paid for it, the answer is "yes".

Looking forward to reading it finally.