Hello sim,
If these are any good to you I could send you a couple of dozen. PM me your adress if you are interested. Free
Alan.
Box Making Hardware
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Hello sim,
If these are any good to you I could send you a couple of dozen. PM me your adress if you are interested. Free
Alan.
brianhabby
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That's an unusual ruler - thirds...!
regards
Brian
regards
Brian
joiner_sim
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Thanks Alan, PM sent
Brian wrote
It is also marked in Sixths-Twelfths-Fours-Eights-Sixteenths and tenths. They were made to last in those days.
Our tutor gave us a list of things we would need.When using the compass if it pierced the paper he would get his magnifying glass out and tell you you had sunk a mine shaft and you had to look and see the men in the pit bottom then get a tap on the head with the ruler. Happy days.
Simon
Box catches posted this morning.
Alan.
Bought it from the stationary office at Cannock mining college the first day after leaving school in 1952.
It is also marked in Sixths-Twelfths-Fours-Eights-Sixteenths and tenths. They were made to last in those days.
Our tutor gave us a list of things we would need.When using the compass if it pierced the paper he would get his magnifying glass out and tell you you had sunk a mine shaft and you had to look and see the men in the pit bottom then get a tap on the head with the ruler.
Happy days. Simon
Box catches posted this morning.
Alan.
joiner_sim
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Thankyou very much Alan, recieved the catches in the post this morning! Your generosity is very kind!
I live with my girlfriend's family in Cannock and her father is an ex-miner himself, Littleton I think was where he worked.
I live with my girlfriend's family in Cannock and her father is an ex-miner himself, Littleton I think was where he worked.
Chataigner
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gwaithcoed":2tsshub5 said:
I saw one on an american site the other day, marked in 24ths - nearly right, if they were 25.4ths, then the ruler would match mine!
brianhabby
Established Member
Simon,
I went to the Midlands Woodworking and Power Tool Show this past weekend and came across a firm that specialises in clock kits & parts but they also do a range of small hardware that would be suitable for box makers. They do not appear to have a website but their details are as follows:
Christopher Milner
Woodworking Supplies
Beresford Lane
Woolley Moor
Near Alfreton
Derbyshire
DE55 6FH
Tel: 01246 590062
Email: [email protected]
regards
Brian
I went to the Midlands Woodworking and Power Tool Show this past weekend and came across a firm that specialises in clock kits & parts but they also do a range of small hardware that would be suitable for box makers. They do not appear to have a website but their details are as follows:
Christopher Milner
Woodworking Supplies
Beresford Lane
Woolley Moor
Near Alfreton
Derbyshire
DE55 6FH
Tel: 01246 590062
Email: [email protected]
regards
Brian
Cheshirechappie
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http://www.nichelocks.com/ might be worth looking at too.
