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doubleboost:
Hi Lads
Did a boot sale with Mick last Wednesday

I seem to have a thing about oil cans

Decent collection of taper shank drills

Moor & wright chisel


Did a boot sale this morning



some odd sockets 
look what was lurking amongst the rubbish


Snap on 13/16 flexy plug socket
John

Pete W.:
Hi there, John,

That looks like a good haul!

Your photo of the cold chisel stirred my memory so I've just dug out a copy of the Moore & Wright catalogue 'of Precision and Hand Tools', 4th edition, January1963.  On page 124 it shows their range of 'Sure-Cut Chisels' and says this about them:

'These chisels are made from a new non-tempering Special Nickel Alloy Steel.  They can be re-sharpened with a file but are so tough that they will do the hardest work.  The flat section gives a firm grip, and they will not splinter under severe service.'  [Their emphasis, not mine.]

They were available in eight different sizes from 5/16" wide by 4" long (price 1s 9d each) to 1⅛" wide by 10" long (price 8s 0d each).  They also give the following:

'TO HARDEN - Heat to 830° C (bright cherry red) and quench in oil.  FORGE at the same heat.  It is very important that the above temperature be adhered to.  It neither forges nor hardens well at lower or higher temperatures.'

I still have one of the smaller ones, one of the first tools I ever bought and while I was living in the family home.  My father, an accomplished woodworker, would not accept that a chisel capable of cutting metal could be sharpened with a file. 

doubleboost:
It has the words "sharpen with a file" stamped on to it
I have some "Snap on" chisels at work that say the same
John

krv3000:
good find john

Eugene:
Not a car boot find, rescued from the local "amenity site".

The guys there will sell for very little money anything you fancy taking away . The latest Elfin Safety Nazi has decreed that electrical goods are not to be let go, but the lads are good souls and use Nelson's telescope when required. The few quid they raise goes to the local childrens hospice.



A cast iron table saw from days gone by and a modern Spear and Jackson 10 inch brass backed tenon saw, not a Chinese effort, the genuine article. The blade is as straight as a gun barrel and the teeth are sharp and un dinged. It's hardly been used at all just left to go rusty; went through a chunk of hardwood with no bother when I got it home. 

The table saw marked "Exon No 2, Made in England" is a good substantial tool. The bearings are smooth, underneath all the dirt the table is unmarked, and the fence is definitely sturdy ... about 3/8" cast iron.  I already have an excellent table saw, but after hacksawing eight pieces off a 2" x 1" bar of EN 36 the other day I surely need a steel saw! With a bit of bodging this might very well do the job. Maybe utilise the top section as the basis of a Potts type saw to sit on the lathe?

Tenner the pair.

Eug

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