Today I acquired...........

[zx9]

I treated myself. With these and my EITB college books I should be all set to get back into turning!

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The books are getting to be very dated but still have a lot of good info relevant to running an older lathe, and I gather some of the youngsters don't get on with the writing style but it is not a problem for someone in their fifties that grew up reading 1970's Practical Mechanic and the like.

 

[cianh91]

Todays good and bad bits . Got my delivery of nice clean new lenses

then A nice visit to a&e to find out Iv done ligament damage so a week off in a splint and see how it is in a weeks time

 

[Wozzaaah]

I'll have a look at it in a bit and see if I can see a name or logo on it.

Nothing other than what looks like AM crudely stamped on it.
This is the way up it’s been used.

 

[zx9]

Maybe if it was 40 years ago.

Er I don't think she has done the Surbiton allotment owner roll for quite some time.

 

[roofman]

Er I don't think she has done the Surbiton allotment owner roll for quite some time.
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Are they both even alive?

 

[Wozzaaah]

Are they both even alive?

She is, he isn't.

 

[nickk]

Lenses for the van ,either my judgment has deteriorated,or the ones on this van aren’t recessed at all,on the old van I only replaced one in 11 years.

 

[brightspark]

must be clocking on now then

 

[zx9]

Are they both even alive?

Briers is dead but Flicity is 74 google tells me.

 

[bigegg]

Does a Fuller not normally have a solid body with a striking end and the handle goes around the outer?
Maybe I am thinking of a different thing?

Not necessarily.
I've got blacksmiths tools with wooden handles.
(And with metal handles through an eye in the head).

Is a fuller the correct name, though? I would call it a "hot chisel" (as opposed to a cold chisel).
I *think* a fuller has a rounded edge for shaping - as in the "blood groove" (or fuller) of a sword?
And a swage has a flat head (like a hammer)?

Might be wrong - my head word list thing is playing up again.
The point is, they're named for the use, not for the style of handle.

 

[Wozzaaah]

It doesn't look like it's ever been clouted so I don't think it's a blacksmith's tool.
Probably just some weird-shaped wood chopper.

 

[Wozzaaah]

This hammer, on the other hand, has most definitely been used in anger.

 

[Brad93]

I've got blacksmiths tools with wooden handles.
(And with metal handles through an eye in the head).

Is a fuller the correct name, though? I would call it a "hot chisel" (as opposed to a cold chisel).
I *think* a fuller has a rounded edge for shaping - as in the "blood groove" (or fuller) of a sword?
And a swage has a flat head (like a hammer)?

Might be wrong - my head word list thing is playing up again.
The point is, they're named for the use, not for the style of handle.

a fuller has a sharp edge too

 

[Brad93]

Wooden handles fuller for horseshoes.

 

[Mick Annick]

This:
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Motor Standard. Came from the same place as my tractor, for free (sort of, I fixed his ride on mower the other day) This is big, stands three feet tall and has a 2T engine of about 15hp. Harrow included with the plough. Unused for over 20 yrs, but all there. Other neighbour cheerilly told me about the guy in the village who selected reverse by mistake on a similar one and it chewed him up...

Now I need a straw hat and dog to look the part.

‘My’ tractor???

 

[Cobbler]

Briers is dead but Flicity is 74 google tells me.

I don't think I would, I think she would taste of Botox!

 

[Wozzaaah]

I don't think I would, I think she would taste of Botox!

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What the hell is going on with her lip??!!

 

[bigegg]

a fuller has a sharp edge too

Yes.
Now I've woke up a bit, I realise: but aren't they used for shaping a sharp bend/corner, rather than for cutting?

It's a long time since I did any "smithing" - and I was never formally taught- I just "saved" a load of tools from an abandoned quarry (before they were buried *in* the quarry), and read some books, then made some knives+chisels/punches in a charcoal forge.

 

[Cobbler]

What the hell is going on with her lip??!!

I don’t know, not pretty is it? To think what she was like in her prime.

 

[Wozzaaah]

I don’t know, not pretty is it? To think what she was like in her prime.

Yes, every schoolboy's dream.