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

[Olderisbetter]

Poor picking this week, not that the shops were empty of good things, but this thing call work got in the way.

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I have already posted about this lighter.

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Lets see if I can not break the hammer.


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This may bring a few memories back.



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Yes it works.



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Plus an oil can.

Segs bring back memories of my dad fitting then to my shoes so i could make sparks during skids on my bike in the dark, we had bags of them as dad was a cobbler and he purchased them by weight.

 

[Anguz]

Back to the tool porn rather than the other variety.

Can't blame this site for once. This one is on This Old Tony.

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I can see any signs of use. It has had a very easy life.

Of course, I need a sine bar now, so the tool purchasing continues. 'Twas ever thus.

I have a sine bar i shall never use... will dig it out

 

[badabec]

I meant rain. Typical Dutch weather.
Believe you call that a shower? Or showery rain maybe?

Wear a Dutch cap, it won't keep your head dry though.

 

[Mick Annick]

OOps my bad.

Blame this.

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The flat bladed ones I use to hold Bill hooks, slashers and sythe as I dress the blades.

I have some with square notches in the ends, They get used to clamp old style Bit and brace bits in to re dress the tips. They have jaws at differant angles, so you always dress, with a file, so the blade is flat.

The small hammer head looks likes jewlers hammer.

The axe is swedish.


The clamps are hard to find in good condition.

The guy that gave me the stuff reckon it’s a cobbler’s hammer?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The guy that gave me the stuff reckon it’s a cobbler’s hammer?

Not a cobblers hammer style I have come across, yet.

 

[Mick Annick]

Not a cobblers hammer style I have come across, yet.

He is French…

 

[lotus_esprit_s1]

I appear to have acquired this brake 18 months ago when I purchased my unit. It’s been hidden behind an oil filled welder under a welding bench, never knew it was there until I pulled the welder out today and spotted it languishing at the back. No idea if it any good!!

 

[MetalMonkey]

Not sure I really needed an 8th grinder in all honesty , but it was being cleared out and too much of a bargain. That's the excuse anyway.
I have an identical one of these already, and it is one of my favourites - not as refined as the Metabo, but a good solid workhorse.

I probably should get organised and build a grinder rack, but that would just be tempting fate - bound to need an extra slot.

 

[DAPPH]

Not sure I really needed an 8th grinder in all honesty , but it was being cleared out and too much of a bargain. That's the excuse anyway.
I have an identical one of these already, and it is one of my favourites - not as refined as the Metabo, but a good solid workhorse.


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I probably should get organised and build a grinder rack, but that would just be tempting fate - bound to need an extra slot.

Use 8foot of equal 60 mm x 5 or 6mm or similar ...... Dexi-gon even . Chop off two 3 inch lengths and weld them under the L so you can securely bolt it to a wall or weld on a frame ,then just hang them over the lip so it's between the head and the shield ?

 

[Tangledfeet]

This may bring a few memories back.

^^ Segs....now they bring back memories.

Crikey, yes! Early 80's fashion accessory; all the trendy kids* put them on the heels of their school shoes.

* I was most definitely not one...

Segs?

Besides the sparks that the motorcyclists here have referred to, on shoes they made a metallic click as you walked. It was a 'thing'.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Crikey, yes! Early 80's fashion accessory; all the trendy kids* put them on the heels of their school shoes.

* I was most definitely not one...

No, nor I.

It was waaay earlier than that... - and born of necessity. Meant Dad could replace them, so avoiding cobbler's bill for reheeling.

 

[8ob]

No, nor I.

It was waaay earlier than that... - and born of necessity. Meant Dad could replace them, so avoiding cobbler's bill for reheeling.

I think Segs went out of fashion about the same time as polishing workboots, don't see many folk polishing workboots these days.

Bob

 

[Arc Tourist]

I think Segs went out of fashion about the same time as polishing workboots, don't see many folk polishing workboots these days.

Bob

Although being retired and working on my project house, I still polish my shoes & work boots, and even have them resoled; guess old habits die hard.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I think Segs went out of fashion about the same time as polishing workboots, don't see many folk polishing workboots these days.

Bob

Gortex doesn't seem to polish well.

Rather have warm dry feet.

I do dub leather boots a few times a year but polishing. Nah.

 

[Maker]

Although being retired and working on my project house, I still polish my shoes & work boots, and even have them resoled; guess old habits die hard.

Doesn't everyone who wears shoes (As opposed to trainers) I get them resoled/heeled? So much cheaper than buying new ones. I've never heard of getting workbooks repaired, but it's usually the upper that goes first anyway, the toe wears down till the steel shows through and then they're not waterproof and they go in the bin.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

don't see many folk polishing workboots these days.

Guilty on that front too, M'lud.

 

[Anguz]

no point with the carp our lot buy us

 

[Robotstar5]

I think Segs went out of fashion about the same time as polishing workboots, don't see many folk polishing workboots these days.

Bob

We used to have an ex Royal Marine doing little jobs about the workshop, his shoes were almost mirror polished, he also liked to talk about his time in the Marines, after a few weeks everyone knew the story of the raid on Limbang off by heart

 

[Rannsachair]

Like Christmas for me today, my Matchless has a cracked throttle twistgrip:

And a very worn out carb that has been rebuilt many times since 1954:

Managed to pick up a new Norton 376/51 Amal Monobloc that a main jet change has made the same as the original 376/5:

Great I can still buy a new carb for a mid 1950's motorcycle, jet swapped and ready to fit now:

 

[Tangledfeet]

No, nor I.

It was waaay earlier than that... - and born of necessity. Meant Dad could replace them, so avoiding cobbler's bill for reheeling.

I can only comment on my early teenage recollections of their use; I was born in '70!