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After much swearing, the mountfield is running nicely, the Hayter has a wire snapped off the mag, and the Howard is seized in pretty much every way. Currently I'm trying to get the Hayter apart to put the Mountfield engine on it. Such larks.Having spent the morning blowing leaves and spiders out and emptying a tin of 3 in 1 and a tin of GT85 over them I have high hopes of two of these working, and very low expectations of the third. I have invested £3.80 in two spark plugs...
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Go and look at Dobbies Garden centres, they make Homebase look tight.
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Todays Car boot, friends new elec wheel chair was fantastic on the grass. But her reversing horn is way to noisy. Makes finding her easy I suppose.
Bumped into a old friend today, from local trading standards office. Got breakfast paid by him.
@HughF it was Standerwick.
Slim pickings, to may hawkers and such.
But the other one was better.
£1. Not for the chisels, they were free. The Plane blade and Cap iron are a good fit for a No5 plane.
The chisels will be used to teach restoration to MIS.
3 oil stones, flat and full of oil. But caked in dust. £1.
Old, seized, dirty, but sharp Record Pipe cutter.
This was cheep.
£0:50.
Bumped into a old friend today, from local trading standards office. Got breakfast paid by him.
@HughF it was Standerwick.
Slim pickings, to may hawkers and such.
But the other one was better.
£1. Not for the chisels, they were free. The Plane blade and Cap iron are a good fit for a No5 plane.
The chisels will be used to teach restoration to MIS.
3 oil stones, flat and full of oil. But caked in dust. £1.
Old, seized, dirty, but sharp Record Pipe cutter.
This was cheep.
£0:50.
God mode restorations
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Acquired recently.
My tool collecting is getting out of hand
My tool collecting is getting out of hand
zx9
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Like they say on the adverts, 'when the fun stops, stop' as you seem to be having fun and have loads of room I don't see the problem.
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Nice stainless steel ruler's at Pound World today, for a £. Centimetres on one side and inches on the other, with a hole on one end for hanging. Just need to lightly stone the edges.
A couple of years ago they had metre long ones. Wish I had bought two or three.
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A couple of years ago they had metre long ones. Wish I had bought two or three.
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There's an old mill I often find myself in, on the top floor there is an old redundant water tank, the lid for it looks to be a perfect match to yours, the only difference is the mill tank is copper, very very thick copper, a stunning old thing.
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A very interesting clamp, this text only showed up after a dip in some kerosene to clean of the crud
I think G. Dept stand for Gun Department and V.S.M stands for Vickers, Sons & Maxim
This was in amongst a marine engineers stuff
Also there was this propeller shaft with what I am led to believe is a cushion / flexible coupling, I got it for the Bronze Shaft 1 5/8" thick ..
I think G. Dept stand for Gun Department and V.S.M stands for Vickers, Sons & Maxim
This was in amongst a marine engineers stuff
Also there was this propeller shaft with what I am led to believe is a cushion / flexible coupling, I got it for the Bronze Shaft 1 5/8" thick ..
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Thats good for a £, i bought a 40" stainless rule for about 8 euros in homebase a few years ago and thought i did well.
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If you don't do it , you can clean / rejuvenate the oil stones by pouring some white spirit on them , when they are in a shallow tray. Leave submerged for 10 min , then take out & wipe them on a clean cloth , leave to air dry in a dust free environment area .. clean the boxes the same way . .
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Nice haul, good to see a few good tools back at standerwick after a long drought
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Interesting, I did some work in what was vickers gun shop in the shipyard when I was there
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Today I acquired some small louvres, a pair of handles, two rubber feet, 4x12” lengths of had angle and a large amount of copper wire.
And a little more space by dismantling this.....
.....My Fathers first 100 A arc welder that was submerged in the bath under the shed when the roof leaked.
I expected to take cutting disc to it but it came apart easily. 20 proper slot head screws not self tappers in self clinching nuts.
The transformer looks a bit swollen but very little to say water damage inside.
The case was beautifully made with 18swg reinforcing strips.
A bit of knocking to and fro with a club hammer and the core came apart! I’m fairly sure if I had plugged it in I could have run a bead with it.
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Very brave thoughts there
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Apart from a little corrosion where the cad plating had gone off a few connection nuts there was hardly any evidence of being submerged. All the copper was bright and shiny and the only bit I could see might be iffy was the electrolytic capacitor in the bottom.
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Can’t beat the old made stuff, but I still wouldn’t plug it in
Maybe my cahonas aren’t big enough, lol
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