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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 15:36:42 GMT
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Now being past the one year point thought it might be an idea to chase up dvla again, Decided to try phoning this time, spoke to the caseworker dealing with my case, she informed me the case is now with their policy department, so what that really means, I don't have a clue Ttfn Glenn I'd say the fact you got to speak to someone who could actually look up, and find, details on your case existing, and then give you ANY information on what's happening now, even if that was just "It's with another department", is good news.
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Oct 24, 2021 15:24:52 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. Also got 2 60s britool ratchets, 2 britool metric spanners and a war finish 9/32 britool socket. Not the size I've been looking for, but a spare for my britool 9/32 set anyway. Also picked up a nice unusual vice, but I've started a resto thread on this already
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Oct 24, 2021 15:20:07 GMT
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Cant have too many projects on the go, so figured I'd take on another. This is an old fortis steel vice. It's rare as it has 2 rotating front jaws so not can hold awkward shaped work. Not a common feature on bench vices! It is however rusted solid. Nothing at all moves. So, need to 're rust, get it apart, paint it, make new jaws, and do whatever repairs are needed from the rust damage. Should be a handy addition to the workshop though.
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Oct 21, 2021 19:49:05 GMT
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I haven't seen it for a while but that looks like the one Next time you see it, stick it under your jumper and send it to me 🙂
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Oct 21, 2021 17:12:12 GMT
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That will probably be this one then I'd really like one of these, but it would make my stack too high. Maybe one to put on a side bench if one comes up. I think this may be the same drawer lay out as the Waterloo box that was recently on ebay.
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Oct 21, 2021 12:40:49 GMT
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I'll try to take a pic next week. In terms of what in the range was being imported, his one also has an additional (fold down?) side shelf which looks like it is a matching part rather than a modification. Yes, they did side shelves. They also did side boxes. As well as the normal top/bottom boxes they did a smaller range and an engineers range. A pic would be good, always nice to see them. I've read there tends to be more beach branded stuff in the south east of the country and more autopro branded stuff in the Midlands. I don't think it was widespread throughout the country. Probably just a couple of distributors.
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Oct 20, 2021 20:44:07 GMT
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I really don't see it as a job for a jeweller. Even if it was, I have silversmithing qualifications and experience. It's closer to blacksmithing work, but really it's a job for a proper little mester. Unfortunately all the really experienced sheffield little mesters seem to be dead and the ones who aren't, so far, seem far to aware of the risks. Yep he had knife and razor makers in his family, he also knows a lot of people hence suggesting him. Are you set up for silver casting? I want my convoy duck copied in Silver but it's too big for him. He is probably worth piping in to see then. I have done some silver casting in the past, but not recently. Only small items though, I only made jewelery. I don't have the heat capacity to melt much more than a small ring or pendants worth of silver. I haven't done much in recent years apart from brass work and silver soldering. I used to mainly make rings, broaches and pendants in either silver or 18ct gold. Finding someone to do reasonably large silver casting may be tricky! You'd need it to be hollow too I guess, that's not something I've ever done. I guess it would have to be maybe lost wax cast. I'd guess you would be better off getting it cast in brass and silver plated. Depends how much money you want to sink into it!
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Oct 20, 2021 14:46:53 GMT
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Yup, am UK - south coast. I'm hoping to see him in the next week or so, and will have a closer look at it. Some of his stuff was new to him, some is very old (e.g. a 1930s / 40s era gear cutting machine which he still uses). Could have been imported by him though, as in the '80s he was running a Class One offshore powerboat team which included events in the USA, and would have been very easy to cart something like that back with the boat & all its gear. I was down there earlier in the week, and it is indeed a Beach, complete with made in Canada markings on it too. He bought it from Snap-On, as their rep in a van made regular visits to his works at the time (so would have been in the '80s). That's SUPER interesting that he bought it from snap on. Do you remember roughly how many drawers his has? I'm wondering if the whole range was imported. They did a few different base boxes (mine is the biggest) and a few different top boxes (mine is sort of medium). I think the most common set up is a smaller base box than mine and a larger top box.
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Wonder if there may be a way of softening the antler, before removal, steam possibly Ttfn Glenn Ps awesome knife and history!! I had wondered this too, not looked into it yet, but surely some kind of warm water first should help
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Oct 19, 2021 21:22:09 GMT
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I really don't see it as a job for a jeweller. Even if it was, I have silversmithing qualifications and experience. It's closer to blacksmithing work, but really it's a job for a proper little mester. Unfortunately all the really experienced sheffield little mesters seem to be dead and the ones who aren't, so far, seem far to aware of the risks.
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Oct 19, 2021 21:02:01 GMT
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Have you tried a jewller? They are used to working on delicate fragile items. I haven't. I've just tried people who make folding pocket knives. If theu arent prepared to do it, even though they have the experience in this exact job, i don't think paying someone who doesnt know knives to do it is worthwhile. At that point, I may as well do it myself. I have the skills to do all the jobs involved, just not the experience to know when I'm approaching a risky point. I have however just had a promising reply from another knife maker. He may do it but is SUPER wary about cracking the antler.
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Oct 19, 2021 20:12:10 GMT
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The company made a couple of exhibition knives. They made the Norfolk knife in 1851, with etchings of Sheffield stuff on the blades. They also made the year knife in 1822. This had 1822 blades. They then added one more blade each year untill the year 2000. Pockets must have been bigger in them days!
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Oct 19, 2021 20:08:21 GMT
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I have this nice old knife. It was my girlfriend's grandads, and maybe her great grandads. It was made somewhere between 1890 and 1901. It's very nice! It was made by Joseph Rodgers who was probably one of the top 2 makers at the time. It is about 5 1/2" closed, has 7 blades, a toothpick and tweezers. The stag antler handles are amazing. They are made from sambar deer antler from India, the best quality available. Protected now as apparently sambar deer are the favourite dinner of Bengal tigers so they need to make sure there is lots of food for them still. It doesn't look to have ever been sharpened either. It is however, a little rusty. But considering it's 120 years old, I guess that's to be expected. It needs a good clean up, maybe a little polish, but not too much. I know I could ruin this knife value (it has a fair bit of value apparently, but not sure how much) if I do anything stupid, like make it look new. There is one other small issue... 2 of the back springs have snapped. This means it needs at least one pin removing, or maybe the whole knife disassembling. 2 new back springs need to be cut and tempered, then get it back together. WITHOUT DAMAGING THE ANTLER. Which I've been told will now be brittle. I'm not silly, I have already tried to find a professional to do this work, but no one seems to want to touch it. I'm still trying, but all the knife makers keep saying it's too complicated. I should probably take that as a warning sign, but I have that optimistic nievity of someone who has no idea what they are getting themselves into. There is one last guy who might take it on, but it looks like I'm on my own with this.
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Oct 18, 2021 19:22:10 GMT
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If it's to fill and neaten the gap/join and not to hold it on, would maybe some rubber wing beading or edge moulding be better?
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Don't know if it started out that way but Taskmaster became / was Brown Brothers "own brand" tools etc, in the UK, Nigel We're they consider any good?
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Oct 17, 2021 22:16:47 GMT
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Anything Gedore that isn’t spanners and socket sets and a few other basics like Allen keys is rare. Afaik they never made a top box. I’ve got a Gedore panel hammer that is apparently super rare. The adjutant roll cabs seem to never come up for years then there’s a bit of a slew of them (like the pair I got). Afaik taskmaster was a similar sort of level to craftsman, possibly another ‘in house’ brand like craftsman was for sears. Don’t think I’ve even seen any of it over here though. Oh really? I hadn't even found that it was US stuff. I'll take some pics of my taskmaster stuff one day. It looks cheap (or at least the logos do) but on inspection, seems good. Sort of halfords pro, sealey pro, Clarke pro type quality.
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Oct 17, 2021 22:01:36 GMT
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Do you know anything about old taskmaster stuff?
I have my step dad's old taskmaster top box. I always assumed it was cheap, but looking at it with new eyes it seems pretty good! I have a few taskmaster tools too which also seem quite reasonable.
Cant really find much info though. It will all be late 1980s stuff I guess.
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Oct 17, 2021 21:59:47 GMT
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I can't find the proto box now, shame. There has been a nice gedore on ebay for a while though. Same style as the 2 I believe you sold on here a while back, but all drawers. I’ve seen that Gedore, it’s reasonable but I don’t need it and there’s no profit it it by the time I’ve picked it up. Replied to you Pm too. It's been for sale for ages, on FB too. I was tempted but then I found the autopro base and went that way. Finding a matching gedore top box would have been a mission!
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Oct 17, 2021 21:25:29 GMT
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I can't find the proto box now, shame. There has been a nice gedore on ebay for a while though. Same style as the 2 I believe you sold on here a while back, but all drawers.
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