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vtsteam:
Thanks, Bob!!! :beer:

awemawson:
Now I think back I've had three of those type of Ramset guns. First one had an odd trigger made of bent and twisted steel (by design) and I kept catching my finger on it when it fired. Put it on eBay and it was bought by a chap in Northrrn Ireland. Problem was I'd advertised it complete with ammunition and the 'troubles' were on at the time, I was concerned who might have been the purchaser, but he was just a builder it turned out. Next pair were of a later and better design, one complete, the other a basket case!

I certainly treat them with respect!

vtsteam:
Mine doesn't have a trigger. You have to press it against the workpiece hard enough to disengage the internal spring loaded safety, and then hammer the end of it, like a big nail-set.  Is that how your newer ones work, Andrew?

vtsteam:
I managed to put away a lot of the tools I was using to build the shop and shift other items to storage. This uncovered my Gingery lathe, which had suffered a lot in storage. I decided to take another break from construction and clean it up to get an idea how bad the rust was. Here's what it looked like before cleaning:

vtsteam:
But a little kerosene and a brush, and a clean with some rags showed that what I thought was rust, was mainly grime and old oil, and the lathe looks pretty good except for some minor spots -- I'll probably deal with those using some spot eletctrolysis pad cleaning with washing soda and water. There is far less rust than there was on the drill press and vises. The only real spot needing treatment is a small bit of surface rust behind the tailstock.

Quite happy about this -- it has really been bothering me seeing the state the Gingery lathe had fallen into these past few years in storage. Now it's rescued and will be used!  :ddb:

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