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

[Brad93]

Today's haul for me from the local Flea Market.

An Internal Starett micrometer.

6 carbide burrs.

A set of Brown and Sharpe angle blocks.

A Batty dial gauge.

A very cheap dual sided stone.

And lastly a pair of 8" Mitutoyo calipers.
Oh plus a couple of Eclipse scribes.

The Pferd burrs will be top quality. Strange to find them at a boot sale. they’re fairly uncommon brand.

 

[seriesonewelder]

Monodex, from a car boot, £1. The seller asked what it was as I paid.

 

[zzr1200]

The Pferd burrs will be top quality. Strange to find them at a boot sale. they’re fairly uncommon brand.

There was only the two types on offer, I'd not come across this brand before so only brought six, I'll have to see if I can obtain some more for stock.

There's quite a few boot sale type sellers up here who tend to specialise in good quality engineering stuff, all yesterday's haul came off one stall, apart from the dual surface stone which was only £2.00 in the box on another stall, so I had to have it.

 

[Brad93]

There was only the two types on offer, I'd not come across this brand before so only brought six, I'll have to see if I can obtain some more for stock.

There's quite a few boot sale type sellers up here who tend to specialise in good quality engineering stuff, all yesterday's haul came off one stall, apart from the dual surface stone which was only £2.00 in the box on another stall, so I had to have it.

Pferd invented the carbide burr. After WWI when Germany was suffocated by regulations and loss of patents, the product was stolen by other manufacturers.

So I’ve been told.

 

[zzr1200]

Pferd invented the carbide burr. After WWI when Germany was suffocated by regulations and loss of patents, the product was stolen by other manufacturers.

So I’ve been told.

Interesting, I'll definitely have to try to purchase some more now.

 

[-Matt-]

Pferd also did a lot of rasps and other cutting implements for farriers, this is why their logo is a racehorse jumping through a loop (If I remember correctly). They now do all sorts of grinder attachments and suchlike for stock removal right up to final finish stuff.

 

[Ruffian]

Today a friend I helped do a service on said "is this any use to you?"
As he presented a brand new 15kg roll of 0.8mm mig wire.

My mig only takes 5kg rolls so dont have any use for it.

Not going to say no to that

 

[Brad93]

Pferd also did a lot of rasps and other cutting implements for farriers, this is why their logo is a racehorse jumping through a loop (If I remember correctly). They now do all sorts of grinder attachments and suchlike for stock removal right up to final finish stuff.

Yeah Pferd literally means horse. They mass produced farriers rasps as far back as the 1800s.

 

[gordon stephenson]

Nice little haul this week-end, New in the box ISE waste disposal unit,£20-00,
Two 20 mtr oxy acet 6mm bore hoses £5-00
Black and Decker laser/stud & pipe detector including a new 9v battery £2-50p

 

[bigegg]

i woke up at 630 this morning, ready for a good tour of three or four car boot sales.
i thought " i'll just have another 10 minutes"


today i aquired:
a sleep in. until 11.10am.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

today i aquired:
a sleep in. until 11.10am.

Well, your body obviously needed it - there'll be more cbs.

 

[Anguz]

bought at a steam fair for 5 quid
still boxed, made in shefield, either nos or one very careful owner... still cuts paper.
still got the original price on them

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

there'll be more cbs.

You are right.

There are jumble sales, second hand shops, tool fairs,charity shops and a host more.

 

[brianblock]

I picked up a fully working 4 inch angle grinder for £2

 

[bigegg]

You are right.

There are jumble sales, second hand shops, tool fairs,charity shops and a host more.

next cbs is wednesday morning - but other side of wakefield, so needs an extra early start otherwise i end up sat in traffic for an hour.
cant remember last time i saw a "jumble sale"
second hand shops round here are full of ps2 games, worn out sofas, and power tools of dubious origin (which i wont buy on principal)
tool fairs? - few and far bewtween
charity shops - just the big names, overpriced draugr, and i dont have the time or inclination to go down the "save them for me for a donation" route - might be weeks before i could re-visit.

on the other hand. three or four good sunday morning cbses. two good sunday afternoon ones. plus the *really* good one on wednesdays.

*if* i get up.

 

[Craig-SM]

@bigegg What is the one at Wakefield on a Wednesday and what time?

 

[bigegg]

@bigegg What is the one at Wakefield on a Wednesday and what time?

fitzwilliam

 

[Moose McAlpine]

Got myself a genuine Myking ground clamp. I bought one before but they sent me a cheap nasty fake one, terrible quality. This one is very nicely made though.

The Pferd burrs will be top quality. Strange to find them at a boot sale. they’re fairly uncommon brand.

Pferd burrs are excellent! I have a whole bunch i've pieced together by finding odd bargains here and there. Everything Pferd makes is top quality.

 

[Tangledfeet]

Got back from two weeks in Australia and came back with tools rather than trinkets...

An Empire (American made) 600 X 400mm framing square that only just fitted in the suitcase, backing pad and a variety of grades of abrasive disc, a Japanese angle thing - and some proper Australian-made outback boots - Redback.

Paid a visit to Bunnings there (they copied and arguably bettered B&Q) and it wasn't even one of the larger ones but was flabbergasted when my brother in law drove inside (he's a 'tradie' now having fallen victim to oil industry cutbacks a few years ago but would never go back - gets more job satisfaction working for a letting agent!) rather parking with the riffraff outside! My wife and I were wondering where he was parking as he just kept driving through the car park...

 

[Memmeddu]

Sockets for the workshop