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

[Robotstar5]

Collected a nice period looking trolley today for one of my engines to sit on for about half the going rate just got to find some suitably rustic looking coach bolts to re-fit the axles.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

^^ Those pins look so incongruous - what would have been there originally? [old ones of the same, I suppose ]

 

[Parm]

Collected a nice period looking trolley today for one of my engines to sit on for about half the going rate just got to find some suitably rustic looking coach bolts to re-fit the axles.

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I’ve got some square head coach screws I salvaged from an old Victorian rail line line in London. It was going to get ripped up for Crossrail in 2010. I’ll measure up for you if your interested

 

[Robotstar5]

^^ Those pins look so incongruous - what would have been there originally? [old ones of the same, I suppose ]

Well I could copy this example and use rusty 6" nails

 

[Robotstar5]

I’ve got some square head coach screws I salvaged from an old Victorian rail line line in London. It was going to get ripped up for Crossrail in 2010. I’ll measure up for you if your interested

Thanks for the offer , but I need coach bolts as they go in from the top then nuts secure the axle bar underneath.

 

[MattF]

Collected a nice period looking trolley today for one of my engines to sit on for about half the going rate just got to find some suitably rustic looking coach bolts to re-fit the axles.

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Should still be able to get self coloured steel coach bolts? Those, you can easily age them, paint etc.

 

[Dieselman 63]

‘Large electric motor’

It is 1430rpm and single phase, 1hp. They weren’t kidding when they said it was large... I had hoped to hook it up to the Bantam but as you can see it’s bigger than that... best of all it doesn’t run Always a gamble...

 

[Dieselman 63]

Scratch the previous statement - she runs!

If it will fit into my grinder then that’ll be a dream come true as having the 3ph motor in that is a pain. I’ll need an adapter plate, probably 5mm steel. The capacitor enclosure can likely be replaced with something much smaller, and placed elsewhere to give us much-needed space.

 

[Turbo]

Took me a while to find this post. Saw it early in the morning and didn't have time to respond.
In the market for 3 machine feet. Mines levelled via 3 points,
Do they need a new home

I think I'll be holding on to them, they are going onto my big lathe to level it. I have some M16 threaded bar & some ally stock so I can make make foot no 4 on the lathe.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

How weird is this!! [inserts head-scratching smiley ]

Today I finally got round to looking into the toolbox of spanners I'd bought off F/book Marketplace £15 and had dropped off at my Brother's near Edinburgh, until I could pick them up [actually I could hardly carry the box very far, it weighed so much ]. To give you an idea of size, it's similar to this blue one in an eBay auction.....



When I opened it, I discovered that it's full to the neck with all of the sizes, shapes and kinds - imperial, metric, open ended, ring, a few bike spanners, box spanners etc. etc.

BUT, they all appear to have been blown over with a thin coat of silver paint!! I can only assume that this was done by a previous owner to stop folk nicking them, otherwise why would anyone bother - especially if they were getting rid?? I'm thinking it's maybe been a family clearing out a house, or something.

Anyway, I fished the first one off the top, gave it a run past the wire wheel in the bench grinder, and this is what I found....it's older than me!! Dated 1942 and with the Gov [War Dept?] arrow





Much sorting, cleaning, etc ahead now.......

 

[Farside]

Deffo Nicker Discouragement.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Much sorting, cleaning, etc ahead now....... [/QUOTE]


No. No. No.

Much parcelling up and sending to me.
I have little to do.

I help you and save your pennies.

 

[Robotstar5]

How weird is this!! [inserts head-scratching smiley ]

Today I finally got round to looking into the toolbox of spanners I'd bought off F/book Marketplace £15 and had dropped off at my Brother's near Edinburgh, until I could pick them up [actually I could hardly carry the box very far, it weighed so much ]. To give you an idea of size, it's similar to this blue one in an eBay auction.....

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When I opened it, I discovered that it's full to the neck with all of the sizes, shapes and kinds - imperial, metric, open ended, ring, a few bike spanners, box spanners etc. etc.

BUT, they all appear to have been blown over with a thin coat of silver paint!! I can only assume that this was done by a previous owner to stop folk nicking them, otherwise why would anyone bother - especially if they were getting rid?? I'm thinking it's maybe been a family clearing out a house, or something.

Anyway, I fished the first one off the top, gave it a run past the wire wheel in the bench grinder, and this is what I found....it's older than me!! Dated 1942 and with the Gov [War Dept?] arrow

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Much sorting, cleaning, etc ahead now.......

Maybe it was a generation thing?, my dad painted a lot of his spanners silver, I've still got a few.

 

[MattF]

There are 3 blue toolboxes in that photo. Which one?

 

[Robotstar5]

There are 3 blue toolboxes in that photo. Which one?

But then you'd know which one the spanners are in

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

There are 3 blue toolboxes in that photo. Which one?

The blue one, not the dirty blue ones.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Deffo Nicker Discouragement.

That would fit with the War Dept arrow if the owner was in the Forces.

I'll need to keep an eye out to see if any of the others [obviously non-metric etc] has it.

I remember when I was a kid and working school holidays serving petrol at a garage, one of the mechanics was always getting tools 'borrowed'. He got so fed up he put a HUGE padlock on his toolbox - next day it had been cut off. So, he replaced it.

Next day, box was missing. So welded his next one to the steel workbench. Following day, box was there.
Feeling chuffed, he opened it to find someone had taken the gas axe to the underside, cutting through the bench too and the box was empty. He DID get his tools back, they were just doing it to wind him up as he'd made such a noise about all the 'borrowing'.......

Happy days!!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Sunday I got this B&D work mate.



It is now free to open and close.

It is an early one, ally frame and 1" ply top.

It dates from about 1973.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hickman

Ron Hickman was the brains behind it.

 

[Hopefuldave]

Banggood booty arrived today

I blame @doubleboost

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Oooh, links?

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[Cobbler]

Sunday I got this B&D work mate.

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It is now free to open and close.

It is an early one, ally frame and 1" ply top.

It dates from about 1973.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hickman

Ron Hickman was the brains behind it.

I’ve got one the same, inherited it from my father. It’s in the shed with a barrel of homemade on it at the moment.