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

[Dieselman 63]

Some one has geared it down previous. All I need to do is get some multi step pulleys and job done.View attachment 160411

British Made... held together with string I see

I come home with similar things and describe them as fantastic too. The response isn't often fantastic - it's dirty, filthy, old, rusty, rubbish etc etc opinions soon change six months down the line when they're all gleaming and oiled and we're fixing things ourselves instead of paying a man to do it

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

British Made... held together with string I see

I come home with similar things and describe them as fantastic too. The response isn't often fantastic - it's dirty, filthy, old, rusty, rubbish etc etc opinions soon change six months down the line when they're all gleaming and oiled and we're fixing things ourselves instead of paying a man to do it

I'm lucky there. Wife was interested in the boxes of bits I bought home last night.

 

[Dieselman 63]

I'm lucky there. Wife was interested in the boxes of bits I bought home last night.

My mum works at a school and the teacher in the room next door to hers likes to come out and see me if I come round at the end of the day, always asks to look in my bag as he knows there will be something fun in there

 

[Johnnybravo]

The mother of all toolboxes arrived yesterday. The one from a couple of weeks back was just not big enough...

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

It has taken a week to get this far.

But junk to usable.



Cleaned up. Had to make new dividers as the old ones had rusted to badly. But I "up-cycled" (could not resist) some I saved from a dead Stanley drill tin. Fixed them the original way. Centre punched into tin
The drills have had a quick dress on a slip stone. Have not used them yet. Need working legs.
The label is original.
Yes The fibre plugs are available, got some on order.




Finished, working, but.
The finish on the handle is not as good as I hoped. It soaks up the oil like a camel in the desert drinks water.
The chuck takes 3mm drill and the action is smooth.



Cleaned in Caustic, last Thursday. Then left to soak in citric acid.
Hand cleaned with wire wool. Then in a leather bag, left in pocket and as I walked it finished the clean.
Then painted.
Handles need to be sourced, but that will wait until I am mobile.



The small Woden Vice.
Cleaned by soaking it in Citric acid. Wire wool was used to clean it. Now waiting on paint.
I am disappointed on the final finish of the vice, very rough in places.



The breast drill chuck.
Easy to do, but.

Even through it is a Stanley the jaw springs are again a different design.
I posted on trying to find replacement springs and now have come across 5 different designs from Stanley alone.

Finally.



Another small tank cutter.
I cleaned this up when waiting for key hole surgery this week. The old man next to me was interested in it, he used one when he was younger.
I gave it to him.

 

[Dcal]

Ardvark,
I'm after a couple of hammers like these if your interested in selling? (With or without shafts)

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@Dcal

PM inbound.

 

[brewdexta]

The missus found this in one of our outbuildings, never seen it before so I guess this classes it as being acquired today

She thought it was a billhook but I'm pretty sure it's a slasher.

The split stem where the handle goes is very heavy steel, it looks blacksmith made

There are some marks on the blade but I don't think these are makers marks, more like owners initials but I can't make them out

She already has a couple of billhooks and I bought her an Austrian scythe last year so I will clean it up, sharpen it and find a handle for it and add it to her collection. She has already laid a few hedges with the billhooks and been out with the scythe between the trees we planted earlier in the year so getting some good use.

Cheers
Andy

 

[Johnnybravo]

A boot full of cardboard,but a big smile on my face. All my tools packed away in their new home..

 

[Seadog]

I'm pretty sure it's a slasher.

Absolutely, Andy.

 

[Ruffian]

View attachment 160515 View attachment 160516 A boot full of cardboard,but a big smile on my face. All my tools packed away in their new home..

That looks far too organised,
Give me one job and I'll sort that out for ya!!

 

[roofman]

Picked this up today for my van...easier than trying to get my tools back off toothless meth heads

 

[Olderisbetter]

My inner child made me buy this Lego kit and it was black Friday and i got trigger happy

 

[Dieselman 63]

My inner child made me buy this Lego kit and it was black Friday and i got trigger happy
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Frog green

 

[Dieselman 63]

The missus found this in one of our outbuildings, never seen it before so I guess this classes it as being acquired today

She thought it was a billhook but I'm pretty sure it's a slasher.

View attachment 160507

The split stem where the handle goes is very heavy steel, it looks blacksmith made

View attachment 160508

There are some marks on the blade but I don't think these are makers marks, more like owners initials but I can't make them out

View attachment 160509

She already has a couple of billhooks and I bought her an Austrian scythe last year so I will clean it up, sharpen it and find a handle for it and add it to her collection. She has already laid a few hedges with the billhooks and been out with the scythe between the trees we planted earlier in the year so getting some good use.

Cheers
Andy

They’re excellent for a wander in scrub/overgrown areas. You can cut a little track with them - I do. I have three old whitehouse ones. There are lots of patterns, I’ll send you the catalogue so you can see if it’s in there. Different slashers, different jobs

 

[slim_boy_fat]

There are some marks on the blade but I don't think these are makers marks,

They look like either Egyptian hieroglyphs or Norse runes, in either case they're thousands of years old..... coat > door

 

[God mode restorations]

Nice bit of kit. They are still in use at the old Dunlop factory in Coventry

Nice. I can't really find a great deal of information about the drill

 

[8ob]

Not today but I acquired a tradescut20s to go with the plasma table I am building



And four very nice gurt clamps courtesy of @Seadog

 

[stuvy]

View attachment 160515 View attachment 160516 A boot full of cardboard,but a big smile on my face. All my tools packed away in their new home..

So jealous of that

I hope every draw has at least one item in there

 

[Johnnybravo]

So jealous of that

I hope every draw has at least one item in there

Every drawer probably has a minimum of about 50 items in it...