Things you recently bought or got

[zeroultima6]

Thanks, I was secretly hoping it would be an AMD APU

Well I am planning to stream with it, also the gaming pc comes next in the future, dual pc ftw.

 

[Shadow#1]

Knew that would happen, fine here it is:

Gigabyte B450 Aorus M
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
EVGA 600 Non-Modular
M.2 22110
RGB LED CPU Air Cooler Cooling Fan
Pcie Wifi Adapter 1200

16GB ram is so 10 years ago

 

[zeroultima6]

16GB ram is so 10 years ago

I disagree, 16GB of ram is the standard for most PC's including gaming, so there is no need to go overkill on it (for now).

 

[FAST6191]

Seen as we are apparently in some kind of post apocalyptic hellscape (with power, food in the shops, internet and water) I thought I had better invest in some old iron to replace the toy Wade lathe I got last year.

Specifically a Drummond type M lathe ( http://www.lathes.co.uk/drummond-m-type-post-1924/ ), best as I can tell later world war 2 series shortly before Myford took over (and continued to release essentially the same lathe for a few more decades). Whole load of tooling (all the drills, chucks and reamers for it) in addition to what you see there in the drawer (all the gears and face plate and what have you) and the bench it is on there for £250 which is a complete steal; doing the research I found threads on machining forums from a decade ago where someone got a scrap one in need of a hardcore restore with no tooling for more, the others on the forum considering that a bargain. Only thing I don't have is the spanners for it but Whitworth stuff is not hard to come by if I do fancy a dedicated set (naturally I have sockets and spanners but would rather not kick them to just the lathe and find myself wanting in the field).
It is old but cuts metric and imperial (though geared, pun intended, more for Whitworth on that side of things but TPI is TPI) threads, has power feed in the long axis at least and is enough for what I need around here -- I try not to have to surface brake drums or make giant hoops.
Going to have to go hunt for a 4 jaw chuck and maybe a collet chuck but all good.

It is also most of my fun stuff money gone for a while. Does allow me to feel like a proper engineer again though and less like a complete cowboy, though I shall probably now start thinking I could really do with a proper mill, surface grinder, or a shaper and then a(nother) shed to put it all in. Tools is an expensive hobby.

Bit of fiddling still to do but first chips were already had as came out of a working workshop (only a tiny fraction of the swarf there is mine) .

 

[relauby]

I’m sure I’m far from the only person to think of this, but I’ve been meaning to play this for years and I can’t really think of a better time to pick it up than now.

 

[subcon959]

My obsession with this 80's console continues..

 

[Shadow#1]

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A bad pun

 

[Joe88]

Got a free cpu cooler for review, it actually looks pretty decent considering its from a no name brand, and once you replace the crappy fan and add a second fan it might get some pretty good performance.

 

[delilah23]

Witcher 3 GOTY version for 13 euros >

 

[Deleted User]

got it early

 

[SuperDan]

Waiting on my VR Set to come oculus rift

 

[duwen]

got it early

Mine should be on my doormat when I get home - had a delivery confirmation this morning!

 

[Kralich]

Got HLA and Doom Eternal recently and having a smashing time with both! HLA in particular is some of the best Half-Life content I think there is to offer.

 

[relauby]

got it early

So jealous, man. Enjoy it!

 

[Alexander1970]

A Replacement 3rd Party Akku for the Wii U Gamepad:

 

[zeroultima6]

Finally got a microphone, the last piece i need for streaming/recording which i'm in position for.

 

[Hardline]

on sale.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Bought a bread maker, so I can enjoy some tasty homemade bread without having to make it all myself. Made a quick test loaf last night, and indeed makes tasty bread

 

[Hardline]

 

[Brizas99]

Bought Animal Crossing New Horizons, as the Internet is exploding from it. But you'll never know whether it's good if you don't try, right?