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Oct 24, 2021 16:48:30 GMT
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Today's treasures are autojumble, and I'm super happy! I've been after one of these vintahe pcl air hose reels for quite a while. There are some on ebay, but they are expensive and set up for water. Will need new hose but hopefully that won't be too hard.  Nice finds I have a couple of cheapy modern versions of this, find them really useful, also have an electrical version as well Ttfn Glenn If I can find more I'll use one for the garden hose and one for electric! I'd really like coolant and air ones on the front of the house, reachable to the road. I'd even let the neighbours use them. Permanent forecourt conveniences at home. I don't even have a drive! 😂 I won't do it though, keeping permanent air would be a hassle. |
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Oct 24, 2021 17:05:03 GMT
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Not much for me today, six half-decent spanners (one Halfords Professional, the other five Britool) for a couple of quid, in sizes that I've probably already got. Probably the last one next week, if it's dry. Not many there today though.
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Oct 24, 2021 20:08:50 GMT
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A tile saw blade ( tungsten carbide coated steel rod) available from most DIY will substitute for an arbrafile blade. I've only used them on tiles, but the world of model engineering don't agree about that. There are japanese blades that are pretty similar too but have large loop ends so need big holes to thread then through. Beauty of these is how thin they are and how small the locating pins are meaning fine work is possible. They will even work on tool steel apparently. Abrafiles are so expensive these days as no one is selling anything which quite fills their space, at least for the model engineers. For larger cut outs then I think there are a few modern alternatives available. Thank's for the comment , you have me puzzled. The last Arbrafiles I purchased, a few years ago now, had the large "loop ends " they were branded arbrafiles?  ?? Mind you they were purchased at an Ironmongers closing down sale , don't model engineers use a Jeweller's saw and blades they are very effective on softer metals and the quality blades will cut mild steel??? |
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Oct 24, 2021 20:23:33 GMT
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I've only used them on tiles, but the world of model engineering don't agree about that. There are japanese blades that are pretty similar too but have large loop ends so need big holes to thread then through. Beauty of these is how thin they are and how small the locating pins are meaning fine work is possible. They will even work on tool steel apparently. Abrafiles are so expensive these days as no one is selling anything which quite fills their space, at least for the model engineers. For larger cut outs then I think there are a few modern alternatives available. Thank's for the comment , you have me puzzled. The last Arbrafiles I purchased, a few years ago now, had the large "loop ends " they were branded arbrafiles? ?? Mind you they were purchased at an Ironmongers closing down sale , don't model engineers use a Jeweller's saw and blades they are very effective on softer metals and the quality blades will cut mild steel??? Yes, I've seen those abrafiles. They are different. The older ones have a tiny pin so they fit in the same way the piercing saw blades your mention do. The benefit over piercing saw blades is they work in any direction, and they don't snap the moment to accidently twist your wrist! That was the one thing about silversmithing unused to hate, going through so many saw blades! But in that game you use hair thin saw blades! |
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No boot sale yesterday due to weather. I believe that was to be the last of the year, not sure if they'll hold one next Sunday as it didn't go ahead.
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turbom
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Hoping to go to one tomorrow in suffolk and there should be some auto jumble there too,as last wek was a wash out..
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 Another bag of spanners from the boot sale yesterday, a selection of Britool and various other makes (such as "Snail Brand" that I hadn't heard of, but look quite sturdy), a Stahlwille, and unbranded spanners, some metric and some imperial. The pipe spanner in the top right is interesting, though I can't think of what I'd ever use it for. Also the Mercedes Benz 17mm/19mm is a weird one - flat open at one end, stepped ring at the other. Three adjustable spanners which feel pretty good - not as much play in as my cheap one - a spark plug spanner that won't fit any of my cars, and a broken 1/4" ratchet. Paid more than I'd like at £7. |
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You,did well.
Our bootfairs stopped a few weeks ago.
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Think I've got one of those Merc spanners myself, good bit of kit 👍
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Our bootfairs stopped a few weeks ago. I expected them to have finished at the end of October, with maybe last weekend running because the last Sunday of October was rained off. But there's another one next week, weather permitting. But I do have to stop buying spanners (unless they're really cheap) because my nice new tool chest is not neatly laid out any more. |
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Another bag of spanners from the boot sale yesterday, a selection of Britool and various other makes (such as "Snail Brand" that I hadn't heard of, but look quite sturdy), a Stahlwille, and unbranded spanners, some metric and some imperial. The pipe spanner in the top right is interesting, though I can't think of what I'd ever use it for. Also the Mercedes Benz 17mm/19mm is a weird one - flat open at one end, stepped ring at the other. Three adjustable spanners which feel pretty good - not as much play in as my cheap one - a spark plug spanner that won't fit any of my cars, and a broken 1/4" ratchet. Paid more than I'd like at £7. Some of those "Snail" brand spanners are quite collectable if ebay is anything to go off. Not esp valuable but quite popular! |
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I had a few, took them to America as gifts for some collectors.
They were very pleased.
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Boot sale was on last Sunday despite the morning mist, but there was nothing for me there. There had been some confusion as to whether it was on - someone unconnected with the organisers has control of the Facebook account and stated that it wasn't on - so there weren't so many sellers. Should be on again this weekend, weather permitting.
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Dec 19, 2021 19:25:49 GMT
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The pipe spanner in the top right is interesting, though I can't think of what I'd ever use it for. Turns out that what I'd ever use it for is to change the lambda sensor on my daily driver. All of my 22mm spanners would either block against the back of the engine block or against the bulkhead before turning the sensor. The pipe spanner (which is 7/8" AF) allowed me to start undoing it, then taking over with my short 22mm open-ended. That's justified buying them all on its own as my 22mm diesel injector socket won't do the job without taking the connector to pieces. |
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Mar 20, 2022 15:18:39 GMT
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Well i have a look in here and see the luck others half. Well this morning luck seem to be on my side. I brought a bucket full of af, metric spaners, also through in an air chisel, a small air drill, a large tap holder, large die holder, a sheet metal hole punch. Total £20.00 As i was walking away from the stall the seller said, " i have a shrinker/stretcher thing but don't know what it really is". He explained that the tools where from his late father-in-law, who used to restore old cars. Well £30.00 later it was mine. Got home and dug through the bucket and there where a feq surprises. 3 Snap-on spanners, an old Ford and Fiat stamped spanners also a strange set of spanners. Anyone know much about these. I think the Ford 1 is quite old, on the back it is stamped 1 and 2 at each end. In the Middle its market T1917.         |
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Mar 20, 2022 19:47:59 GMT
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Serious bargains there, a shrinker stretcher for 30 is unbelievable
Ttfn Glenn
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The flat Terry’s spanners might be bicycle tools.
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Mar 27, 2022 17:30:28 GMT
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Our first local sale of the year on a nice sunny morning, my only real bargain was this:  I asked how much the sockets were, and the stallholder said £2 for the lot. I don't really need them (I got quite a few last year and probably won't do the project I was collecting them for) but that that price I just thought I'd grab them. The box underneath has five or six double and two single surface-mount back boxes. I also got some DVDs in case I ever get time to watch them - the full set of "Wire in the Blood" on 14 discs for 50p (I enjoy the books, but never watched the TV series for some reason) and a partial box of "Breaking Bad" which includes the fourth series that I was missing. A guy there had some HP and Dell rack-mount servers, some with 4x146Gb SAS drives and Xeon processors, at £20 each. At a bit less I'd have taken a risk, but I'm not sure I'd trust data to drives that have no history, and they could easily have been very expensive paperweights. |
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Last Edit: Mar 27, 2022 17:43:21 GMT by droopsnoot
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Apr 20, 2022 17:15:17 GMT
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Not much luck last week, though I did buy an oil filter remover. I wonder if anyone can give me any clues as to where it might have been made.  |
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Apr 20, 2022 21:33:43 GMT
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Not much luck last week, though I did buy an oil filter remover. I wonder if anyone can give me any clues as to where it might have been made. China? |
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?? Mind you they were purchased at an Ironmongers closing down sale , don't model engineers use a Jeweller's saw and blades they are very effective on softer metals and the quality blades will cut mild steel??? 
