Author Topic: car boot sale (Read 173035 times)

millwright · « **Reply #50 on:** November 09, 2014, 05:58:47 PM »

Hmmm, Looks like there could be a big project coming up john

Thought it had gone quiet on the car boot job for a while all the small stuff gone has it.

John

DMIOM · « **Reply #51 on:** November 10, 2014, 04:32:24 AM »

Quote from: doubleboost on November 09, 2014, 05:08:04 PM

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Have you moved to Brobdingnag John?

Ginger Nut · « **Reply #52 on:** November 10, 2014, 09:59:41 PM »

Quote from: doubleboost on November 09, 2014, 05:08:04 PM

Hi
Lads
Some boot sale bits & some borrowed big tools

John

Gee's John quick put that down before the puffle valve blows...........or you end up in hospital for a hernia and we end up with a "Sunday Night Nite Cap special series"

where the Dr's need those spanners to tighten up the nuts.

Ray

micktoon · « **Reply #53 on:** November 11, 2014, 06:25:13 PM »

Quality comment Ray

..........I said exactly the same to John when I saw the photo , looks worse in freeze frame than on the video

I must say it is more heavy than it looks mind , I went to get it out Johns car and thought it was snagged on something as it did not move with what seemed like enough force to lift it lol

Cheers Mick

DavidA · « **Reply #54 on:** November 11, 2014, 08:17:43 PM »

...where the Dr's need those spanners to tighten up the nuts. ...

By the colour of his face I would say that certain nuts were already close to shearing.

Dave.

Ginger Nut · « **Reply #55 on:** November 12, 2014, 12:03:49 AM »

Mick

its not often I get to poke fun at someone else like that. Makes me wonder how big the fellow who worked with it was (now what was the old wrestlers name something Giant ???)

Maybe you two need to eat more porridge and drink less Brown stuff or should it be the other way round.

Dave its a good job one is a ring spanner

mechman48 · « **Reply #56 on:** November 13, 2014, 04:46:35 PM »

Giant Haystacks is the name you're looking for... along with Big Daddy, Mick McManus, Adrian street, Johnny ( called 'Black Kwango in those days) Kwango, amongst others I just can't recall at the mo'

doubleboost · « **Reply #57 on:** November 13, 2014, 06:12:05 PM »

Saturday tea time wrestling
Class
John

Ginger Nut · « **Reply #58 on:** November 13, 2014, 11:34:49 PM »

Quote from: mechman48 on November 13, 2014, 04:46:35 PM

Giant Haystacks is the name you're looking for... along with Big Daddy, Mick McManus, Adrian street, Johnny ( called 'Black Kwango in those days) Kwango, amongst others I just can't recall at the mo'

No before them posers. Around the time of Chief Billy White Wolf in the 60's.

Hum wrestler name for DB

..............Big Wench...............ooops sorry for got the r in wrench.

allanchrister · « **Reply #59 on:** November 14, 2014, 06:46:36 AM »

I have a set of insert bits for my electric screwdriver (a really nice, but older Hitachi) small - but great battery life and power, that allow easy screwing of slot head screws. The slot driver is within a circular 'restraint' which prevents the bit from slipping out of the slot - if that makes sense. Different sizes of restraints for different screw head diameters, but it works really well. Result, slotted screws are easy with these.......

Allan currently in Kathmandu.

mcostello · « **Reply #60 on:** November 14, 2014, 12:23:54 PM »

Andre the Giant.

tom osselton · « **Reply #61 on:** November 14, 2014, 12:59:57 PM »

Haystack Calhoon (probably spelled wrong)

Ginger Nut · « **Reply #62 on:** November 22, 2014, 02:00:06 AM »

Quote from: mcostello on November 14, 2014, 12:23:54 PM

Andre the Giant.

Thats him thanks for remembering

krv3000 · « **Reply #63 on:** November 23, 2014, 01:54:16 PM »

hi not posted out in a long time as pikings has bin a dit thin but got sum good stuff today a set of boring tools £1 a box with 2 dormer center drills a cawnter sink and a hole locater all for £3 pics

doubleboost · « **Reply #64 on:** December 01, 2014, 03:12:28 PM »

Possibly the last boot sale this year

John

doubleboost · « **Reply #65 on:** March 15, 2015, 05:28:17 PM »

First boot sale this year
Had a canny day with Mick

Not sure what this is for

Manxmodder · « **Reply #66 on:** March 15, 2015, 10:30:03 PM »

That plunger oil gun should come in handy for the lube points on the Harrison.

Ginger Nut · « **Reply #67 on:** March 16, 2015, 07:07:53 PM »

John your mystery tool - my first thoughts were towards a wire twister on second thoughts maybe an old cast drain cover tool

micktoon · « **Reply #68 on:** March 16, 2015, 07:45:26 PM »

Hi Lads, I got a few bits at the first bootsale of the year with John yesterday.

Some canny stuff, a selection of nice sharp Stubs files, including some good rifflers, a nice wood box with various coloured sealing waxes ( used to seal documents by melting then pressing a seal into the melted pool of wax, like in the old days ) a selecting of small clay moddling tools, some double sided razor blades marked patent 1911, a wire wheel for the grinder , two die grinder bits, small old pry bar, 3 x nice oil stones one in a leather holder, a small jig for holding engraving gravers while sharpening them and a nice shop made machinists brass and plastic hammer.................. the whole lot for a total of £13..... Ooops no £15 prybar was £2

This is the sealing wax, I thought it was sealing wax but the perfumed bit made me doubt, it must just be so when melted it does not smell like burnt wax !

Fingers crossed for good weather next week.

Cheers Mick

krv3000 · « **Reply #69 on:** March 22, 2015, 06:00:22 PM »

well dun you two all I got this week is two BA die 1. 7 BA and one 5 BA £2 a tin of P.T.F.E £1 and two black ink cartridges for me printer £2 pics

SwarfnStuff · « **Reply #70 on:** March 23, 2015, 02:32:51 AM »

Looking at John's Mystery tool it reminds me of the jigger my parents had for stretching the lining of a shoe, specially if mum's bunions were giving trouble. There were buttons that could be inserted to give extra room in some spot or other. This link should take you to a picture of what I am thinking about. http://www.footfitter.com/c/shoe-stretchers.html As you will see by selecting the first item then choosing different views - the right most view gives you a look at the business end. The stretch / spreading force is applied by the winding back of the pointy end.

See, I might not remember what was said 10 minutes ago but this is retrieved from the memory banks of some 70 years past.
John B

doubleboost · « **Reply #71 on:** March 23, 2015, 06:51:55 PM »

It is indeed part of a shoe stretcher
John

krv3000 · « **Reply #72 on:** April 12, 2015, 05:30:39 PM »

hi all well I did manage to go to the boot sale this morning and I struck gold a small Moore and right surface plate a 150mm Moore and right digital vernya a 500mm mitutoyo digital vernya a 600mm syivac digital vernya it needs its jaws repairing two 0 to 25 mm mitutoyo micrometres a set of dormer drill blanks and a 300mm rule all for £20 pics

Ginger Nut · « **Reply #73 on:** April 12, 2015, 08:27:16 PM »

Nice score all round

mexican jon · « **Reply #74 on:** April 12, 2015, 09:30:12 PM »

Quote from: krv3000 on April 12, 2015, 05:30:39 PM

hi all well I did manage to go to the boot sale this morning and I struck gold a small Moore and right surface plate a 150mm Moore and right digital vernya a 500mm mitutoyo digital vernya a 600mm syivac digital vernya it needs its jaws repairing two 0 to 25 mm mitutoyo micrometres a set of dormer drill blanks and a 300mm rule all for £20 pics

Where abouts are you in the UK

I need to find a car boot like the ones you visit

Nice buys and really good prices

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