What Have You Bought Today?

[Ayjay]

Some boxes of USB powered LED 'strings' from Lidl. They are billed as TV Backlight Kits but I've got an idea that I can use them to MacGyver up some ambient / halo lighting over the bed board in the roof which is never actually used as a bed and stays up all the time that we're camped. Each box contains the 1M USB power cable, 4 x 450mm LED strands with sticky tape backing, 3 x 300mm interconnects, 3 x 10mm interconnects and a remote control which turns them on and dims as well changes the colour (15 modes) and whether they flash (4 modes!). All that for £6.99 each box - even if the experiment fails, that's still a bargain:

Livarno Home TV Backlight Kit - | Lidl UK

Livarno Home TV Backlight Kit - For mood lighting 4 self-adhesive LED strips with a total length of 2m With IR remote control for all functions 4

www.lidl.co.uk

 

[Bigsidavies]

New discs and pads for the rear. Ordered from @Nutexa Frictions yesterday and they have just arrived. Can’t beat that for free delivery.
I won’t be doing a @Dellmassive write up, but I might stick a couple of pics on when I do them next week.
Just waiting for my oil filter to arrive from Opie and I can get all my van jobs done at once.

 

[TallPaul_S]

Looking forward to seeing that. Keep us pictured up! I used this stuff (recommended on here) for my light oak worktop, brought it back to new!

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Behold my massive hard wood.





It's 40mm stuff, I would have liked 28mm but it was just to hard to find. The big piece is 1m by 700mm or so, that'll be getting cut down to an L shape of 650mm x 920mm with a 210mm x 440mm cut out.

Then the 2nd smaller bit will be used for a pull out table, 550mm x 400mm.

Insert multiple innuendos about oiling up my wood, etc etc.

 

[Drive Wayne]

Behold my massive hard wood.

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It's 40mm stuff, I would have like 28mm but it was just to hard to find. The big piece is 1m by 700mm or so, that'll be getting cut down to an L shape of 650mm x 920mm with a 210mm x 440mm cut out.

Then the 2nd smaller bit will be used for a pull out table, 550mm x 400mm.

Insert multiple innuendos about oiling up my wood, etc etc.

Fat wood look good! Can't wait to see it in its rightful place! No innuendo here, we have staff for that!

 

[LBird80]

Fitted new front aftermarket LED lights today, a big thank you to forum member j4kal for the sale

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Nice.
Is that an under bonnet led strip I see?

 

[Drive Wayne]

Fell at the first hurdle while attempting to fit my new Qwork horn.
I needed to remove the nasty springy bracket for my soon to be removed nasty Noddy horn.
To remove that you need a Torx T50 bit.
I have loads or Torx bits right up to a T40.
Amazon again to the rescue with these beauties!
£9.99 of pure quality...

 

[T6ChrisO]

Alternator charger kit for the Clayton installation.

I think I now have 'almost' everything I need to start the 230v / 12v installation in the van. Looking forward to getting it totally wrong and nothing working and paying a professional. @AJCConversions dont turn your phone off this weekend

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

Behold my massive hard wood.

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It's 40mm stuff, I would have liked 28mm but it was just to hard to find. The big piece is 1m by 700mm or so, that'll be getting cut down to an L shape of 650mm x 920mm with a 210mm x 440mm cut out.

Then the 2nd smaller bit will be used for a pull out table, 550mm x 400mm.

Insert multiple innuendos about oiling up my wood, etc etc.

Your wood is indeed very impressive.
Looks very hard too

 

[Dundee_Kev]

Your wood is indeed very impressive.
Looks very hard too

Never mind that, you need a new avatar pic

 

[archersam]

please don't show pictures of you polishing your wood

 

[archersam]

Behold my massive hard wood.

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It's 40mm stuff, I would have liked 28mm but it was just to hard to find. The big piece is 1m by 700mm or so, that'll be getting cut down to an L shape of 650mm x 920mm with a 210mm x 440mm cut out.

Then the 2nd smaller bit will be used for a pull out table, 550mm x 400mm.

Insert multiple innuendos about oiling up my wood, etc etc.

dont forget to oil BOTH sides. I would have recommend Skydd from IKEA however seems it is no longer produced. Personally not a fan of Danish oil, however if you do use danish oil make sure you unscrumple the cloth and lay it flat as they have a tendency to self combust if scrunched up

 

[TallPaul_S]

dont forget to oil BOTH sides. I would have recommend Skydd from IKEA however seems it is no longer produced. Personally not a fan of Danish oil, however if you do use danish oil make sure you unscrumple the cloth and lay it flat as they have a tendency to self combust if scrunched up

Yeah I will do, the large bit has a slight bow to it but it's probably just been stored upright next to other bits, doesn't seem to hard to get that out.

I'm going to use this stuff for coating it, seems to be highly recommend and a bit harder wearing than danish oil.

https://amzn.eu/d/2ODLgIp

 

[Ayjay]

...dont forget to oil BOTH sides. I would have recommend Skydd from IKEA however seems it is no longer produced. Personally not a fan of Danish oil, however if you do use danish oil make sure you unscrumple the cloth and lay it flat as they have a tendency to self combust if scrunched up

Whenever I use Danish, I tend to put the cloth in a plastic bag, add enough water to soak it, tie the top tight and bin it.

 

[Keiko]

Polish and ceramic coating courtesy of MKPro detailing Milton Keynes

 

[NicolasH]

Pulled the trigger and bought my first pro mirrorless. Hope my clients will notice the difference

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That’s a very serious piece of equipment! Absolutely brilliant cameras. I used the 120 film version while working in a studio in the 90’s.

I’m using a Nikon D850 now and an Olympus Pen F.

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

Never mind that, you need a new avatar pic

Waiting on my new steering wheel getting fitted Kev

 

[Crazymind]

@NicolasH Still running my D850 and mirrorless Z7II, however the Hasselblad X2D 100 is an incredible beast. Even better than my classic Hasselblad H4D50 and H3D50. Lense on the mirrorless is sharp as a Samurai sword

 

[Johny]

@NicolasH Still running my D850 and mirrorless Z7II, however the Hasselblad X2D 100 is an incredible beast. Even better than my classic Hasselblad H4D50 and H3D50. Lense on the mirrorless is sharp as a Samurai sword

Eh!

 

[AJCConversions]

Alternator charger kit for the Clayton installation.

I think I now have 'almost' everything I need to start the 230v / 12v installation in the van. Looking forward to getting it totally wrong and nothing working and paying a professional. @AJCConversions dont turn your phone off this weekend
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lol I’m free on the 30th February!!

Only joking, give me a call if you have any questions

 

[shropschris]

Yeah I will do, the large bit has a slight bow to it but it's probably just been stored upright next to other bits, doesn't seem to hard to get that out.

I'm going to use this stuff for coating it, seems to be highly recommend and a bit harder wearing than danish oil.
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https://amzn.eu/d/2ODLgIp

Make sure you lay that somewhere good and warm , it stinks and never dries in cold weather. I tend to use the worktop oil as it’s thinner , however you can put a brush coat on leave for 10mins then rub the excess of with a lint free cloth . Let it dry then build using a cotton rubber . do both sides