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Oct 10, 2021 16:27:09 GMT
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To make up for the boot sale dissapoitment I bought an old 10" black and decker grinder set up as a polisher. Saves me messing around trying to convert my old belt driven grinder.
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As seems to be the case, slim pickings at probably the last boot sale of the year. Bought a gowlland inspection mirror for Β£1, a pair of cut down circlip pliers for 20p (these will be ground down to be used as mini tucking forks for shrinking return flanges), and probably best of the bunch, a britool d79 1/4 breaker for Β£2.
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They fit fine, and I've had a swing of a few of the bigger sizes with a 4ft scaff bar and not done any damage. There cheap enough, maybe I'll just give them a go. Thanks.
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I've got a set of siegen stubby spanners, never had a problem with them. I know fasteners aren't exactly precise, but they fit ok? Finish seem ok? Doubt anyone would test the strength of stubbies without added leverage, the extra long ones may though. I've had cheap spanners where the open jaws expand with leverage and slip.
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I've been looking for a set of spanners but I'm struggling. I'm after some (extra?) long combination spanners. 10mm-19mm. You'd think that would be easy wouldn't you! But, cheaper sets tend to go 8mm-22mm but miss out some sizes. I want 10-19mm inclusive, extras either side is a bonus but not a requirement. I can find 10 piece sets that look good but they either arent as long as i want or they are Β£100-Β£200. I have found a couple of sets that seem to fit the bill apart from the fact that they are cheap, and therefore maybe rubbish. Can't find anything that seems reasonable and are about Β£50.
So, to the question, I've found these siegen ones for Β£30, sold via sealey apparently. Lifetime warranty but I think considering the online establishments I might be buying from, getting them warrantied may be problematic.
Anyone know if siegen are acceptable? Not day in day out use.
Or, anyone know of a set of 10-19mm, extra long (190mm ish to 325mm ish) combination spanners for less than Β£60? For some reason sticking a bit more length on spanners seems to double or even triple their price!
Unfortunately halfords don't seem to do any.
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Forgive the state of my workshop, I was mid tidy when I decided to take on 2 compressors, a foot pump, and 4 tool boxes!
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Still some work to do on this, but it's up and running. Got it set to make 75psi at the moment ad I've been chasing a few leaks. All sorted now though, pressure switch is working, unloader is working, gauge seems to work. Taps no longer leak. Just need to be brave and turn it up now. It terrifies me at the moment as it's still an unknown. I'll drag it outside next rather than just trying to hide behind my tool boxes π
I'm surprised how quiet it is. You can easily hold a conversation stood next to it.
It's still going outside in its own building though.
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Seeing it in those last pics, it looks very similar, if not the same (from memory) as the set-up that a friend has in his works. Pretty sure that his is branded Beach too. Certainly something I am very jealous of, along with all the machine tools he has, some of which I am slowly learning how to use! If he doesn't mind, and you get chance, can you take a pic? If his is branded beach, did he import it? Does he know the history of it? I'm quite interested in what exactly was imported to the UK, where, when, and by who. Oh, hang on, I'm assuming your UK, you might not be!
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Cleaned, runners straightened, and slotted back together. Not all the drawers open nicely yet though, but more tweaking maybe, or maybe just something better than furniture polish as lubrication will help. Still need to straighten up some bent areas too. Pulled all the locks out as I have no keys, I'll fit new ones. And closed up It didn't really work trying to mop it so I'll give it a go over with some panel wipe for now, get the last of the dirt off it. Then when I've got my mini polisher, try it with that.
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Interesting thing about that is both swivel castors are on the front!
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Started to have a look at the roll cab. I knew it had some stuff in it, but I didn't even open a draw when I picked it up, just chucked it in the van. I had alot of stops to make. Some rubbish in it, but an entire trug of stuff to keep! Apart from the oily cable ties on top, and some euro air hose fittings, there is a handful of sockets, a load of old files, some new file handles, some big screwdrivers, a few pairs of grips, some nice old adjustable, scrapers, a drill powered nibbler, some decent wire strippers, a load of hammer heads, some nice, a nice dolly, a new hatchet handle and various bits n bobs. It is absolutely minging though! Usual story, to beat the gritty slides folk just keep pouring more oil in! I've had to douse the whole thing in degreaser and jet wash it just to get it clean enough to take the draws and slides out so I can clean the thing properly! A few bent slides and the odd bent bit of drawer to straighten, but it seems decent. I'll get all the boxes clean and straight, then polish them all and see how they look. I'm 50/50 on whether I'm going to paint them or not. Will be a load of work to do it properly. I'll see how bad they look.
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Bot of experimenting should find the answer π
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did you get any further with it? ive done mine, but don't want to rob your thread ! ordered some carpet tiles to shut mine up! Post it up! No, not got any further than doing drawings, which I need to 're do anyway! Need to work out a proper order list for pagets. Got a little side tracked with foot pumps and now tool boxes! Need to get the walls up before it starts getting cold!
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Took the snap on sticker off. It may have been old, and it may have been nice, but the autopro badge was underneath.
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You Sir are a gentleman, I inherited my Dad's roller cab and top box marked "Autopro", found it was Canadian but couldn't find anything else, (I need a drawer handle as a 20 ton Scania versus a toolbox drawer, I'll let you decide the outcome !!) Don't suppose you found any contact details for Beach ?? I'm into old toolbox's also so will follow this thread with interest, Nigel Dead and buried I believe. They resurface for a while with a similar range of boxes, then I think dissapeared again recently. They don't seem easy to find. I have heard that maybe britool dealers carried them, but britool had their own boxes so maybe not. All these were in the Midlands, where was your dad based? Possible they had a bigger prescence around Birmingham. I've cleaned the Gray box and I've just cleaned the middle box. Hopefully have these two straightened and polished tomorrow and maybe the roll cab cleaned. I'm keeping my eyes open for anything from this brand so if I find any spares I'll let you know. I joined the garage journal forum purely as there is a bit of beach info on there and quite a few catalogue pages. Do you remember how many drawers your dad's old one has?
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I had a floor jack sold by gray manufacturing, they still sell school bus and fire truck lifts over here. I used that jack; 22ton, twenty times a day for twelve years lifting semi trucks to grease king pins and it never let me down. Itβs still in use; while the other brands failed in that job after a year or two. Well that bodes well! I've just cleaned the Gray box down. I'll straighten a couple of bits, polish it, then put it back together. It's a shame someone ripped the lock out and drilled it for a padlock.
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That lot will keep you occupied for some time, and out of harm's way. No doubt. Especially if I end up painting them!
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I know they made a 12 drawer top box, which I'd really like to find. Side drawers and a cupboard too. I don't know how much of it was imported though, autopro may not have sold the whole range in the uk.
I'll be keeping my eyes open though. This stuff feels really well made.
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Even though I haven't started the compressor shed yet, and I still have 2 compressors in bits and an old foot pump I haven't finished yet, I decided the best way to tackle my dumping ground of a garage was to buy a new tool box. Looked at many, new and used. Checked out halfords, Clarke, snap on etc but nothing was really talking to me. Then I found this on ebay That was the only picture. Bit of research told me it was made in Canada by a company called beach. Internet tells me they were on a par with snap on, if not a little better. It was an hour away so had a bid and bought it. Facebook market place then turned up 2 top boxes! Didn't need two, but buy them when you see them right? I then found a mid box too! These were scattered all over the Midlands so today was spent driving. 8 hours driving picking them all up. The spoils This top box is a bit rough, the middle 2 drawer is decent though. The seller swore blind it was a snap on box "look at the sticker" he says. Yeah, Iit wasn't made by Weber either π This top box is alot better, just missing the lock. This one is branded Gray. Beach made these but they were branded beach, gray, mastercraft, or in the UK, autopro. The roll cab doors turned out to be quite decent, with autopro branding. The Gray box was brought over from Canada by a relative of the guy I bought it from. While touring the Midlands I stopped off in Walsall and picked up 17 square meters!! of 5mm neoprene closed cell foam for drawer liners. I think that should be enough! Cheapest decent draw liner I found was Β£30 for about 2.5 square meters. This was Β£14! Tomorrow's plan is to take all the drawers out, clean thoroughly (the roll cab is caked in oil/dirt) and see exactly what they are like.
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Last Edit: Oct 1, 2021 20:08:17 GMT by VW
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Good luck, hope it works out π
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