Scouse mate...it's your fault...you started the thread with your beautiful pristine drill...so I have to add my haul to the thread as per the norm...
Last week I was beginning to believe that the tools had all but dried up...in fact..I think I even predicted the end of the season...how wrong can one guy be!??
I have to apologise right up front with my £25 haul this week...in fact...I spent £28...but I think I might have been justified...
I think Annie's words when we got home and I laid it all out to photograph were something like "Jesus Jimi!!! How the hell did you get that lot without me knowing..I thought you said you only spent £25". I will suffer for that overspend all day now!
So...let's try and work this out...top left...three metal planes...two deliberate Records No 5 1/2 and No 4 1/2 and one a total accident thrown in with the other two...and soon to be thrown in the bin...
The lady wanted three quid each for the Records but I got a bulk discount of all three including the sea anchor for the bargain price of a fiver....and the Record 0 vise was a quid.
I simply could not resist this cleaver...hand made...gorgeous tool steel and Bakelite handles...a quid:
Next a wonderful adjustable square with level...all steel and brass...quality made in England...50p! I have always wanted a great condition one of these to replace my rather worn Starrett....
Now bevel gauges come and go and I generally ignore them...but firstly because this one was 50p and secondly because it has the best lock mechanism I have ever come across...I could not resist....
I think I will replace the wood with rosewood...it is defintely worth it!
Next up...a selection of turning chisels (UPDATE - One is no name and the other is W.Gilpin Cast Steel and has been rehandled)...a M&W clamp...(needing a derust)...two old Marple plastic handle (for now) quality bevel chisels...and a cute tiny King Dick adjustable spanner....
Skipping the gem for the moment...something I needed for my photo shoots..a powerful Reflecta lamp with twin halogens and fan..1000W in all...badly damaged...but not restorable...two quid!
Now...fairly obviously...I haven't got into lawn bowls...(yet!)...and these were municipal bowls from the Maidstone Bowls Club...all six were covered in black paint to stop them being nicked...and cost me an axe with the guy paying
me £5 balance....and guess what...yes they weighed a ton...were obviously not plastic...and when turned...voila!!....
Place your orders for KT Tools - LV and yew mallets quickly....before they all get sold...
And last but definitely not least...a beautiful brass scientific microscope by the esteemed Cooke, Troughton and Simms of York....
Now this has more knobs than the Space Shuttle...and is in superb condition under all the crud...it needs a stand so is a big project...but not unachieveable...and is simply lovely....
The iconic name....
...and even a counting head!
I knocked him down to £13 from £15....dodgy business with dealers looking over your shoulder but I managed it! 8)
To make it even better....I got the funds from Annie's profits of £120 from more sales of tat from the loft!
I have to keep up the reputation you know Scouse!!! :mrgreen: :wink:
Jim