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Not flatpack as per Ikea,and not rip off as per Snapon.....
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slim_boy_fat
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Costco?
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+1 for Costco
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Made more ‘womancave’ today, and even flung (some) paint at the walls. Organised contents of toolbox, and filing cabinets (even painted the two littl’uns at the back).
Still an unorganised mess, though.
Still an unorganised mess, though.
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Sgs Engineering
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Olderisbetter
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Thats nicer looking than my kitchen
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After a consumer unit upgrade at a flat i was left over with the original unit, Just way to nice to dump.
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There will be asbestos pads in there so watch out. I agree though, lovely stuff, I actually have the shell of one of these somewhere but only two fuse capacity.
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I had already noticed the asbestos so for now i will bag and wrap it for storage but it would be nice to re use it somewhere at some point.
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Bloody handy, having a transport company.
Well it does help but I still have to pay.
That is why I started Speedshift - to collect all the stuff I buy on Ebay!
Oh and I had bought a huge amount of Laboratory glassware to sell.
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I enjoy recommissioning old electric switches immensely, especially the factory ones which are often dust and explosion proof. This red MEM one matches the start/stop from my new lathe. Nice to fit age appropriate gear onto the machines, nice to have an estop too
I have a 6lb & a 10lb sledge plus a semi permanent loan of a 14lb. The 6lb gets used the most, I can just about use the 10lb but at the moment the 14lb is beyond the capability of my knackered shoulders!
I have seen a 28lb sledge, it takes a strong man to lift it, never mind use it! They are commonly used to remove the pins on excavator tracks according to the guy in the shop.
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Yes I wanted an ‘endgame’ hammer for when other tools proved too light! The side of the hammer is good for initial knocking in of stakes, then you can use the face to drive it down. 28lb is nuts. The Brades catalogue shows sledges available up to 6lb so I have no idea how this one came to be. The handle came up beautifully with linseed oil and the head shows signs of once being painted yellow, pics to come.
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I'm not sure what weight it was but I saw a monster of a sledge hammer at a steam rally once that had a forked handle so 2 men (probably gurt big manly ones) could wield it.
Handle must have been made out of a forked branch.
Handle must have been made out of a forked branch.
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So it seems they are a thing! How peculiar!
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Would that be more of a two men holding the double sledgehammer in place, while someone else hits it? It just seems too unwealdy, and too awkward to swing in tandem accurately.
