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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #100 on: August 27, 2013, 12:08:50 PM »
This are a few bits I've picked up this weekend












The reamers were only £2 the lot not sure what type the dumpy ones are

This is a Myford compound handle lifts it up to to you scraping your knuckles not sure on make or plans its from ? Paid £1 for it

The last two pictures it looks to be some sort of grinding attachment also got some collets with it motor is dead but centre height is same as Myford  this was a £5

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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #101 on: August 27, 2013, 12:38:45 PM »
Tidied up- and possibly a new motor- you have a nice tool to drill and possibly mill a bit from the saddle of a Myford.

Not quite  a Potts spindle( there are three varieties) but very nice addition. I have the two Potts- gave the dividing one away. Worth trying to dig into Woking Precision Models if you are interested.

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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #102 on: August 27, 2013, 04:06:34 PM »
This Sunday turned up a good quality tripod
cost £7


Two nice steel "bisley" drawer units



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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #103 on: September 01, 2013, 05:57:15 PM »
This is what I found at the  car boots this week.
  Wednesday, There are two cans of some anti rust spray meant for spraying on moulds and dies according to what I can make out off the can, it seems good stuff leaves a thin wax coat. A nice small Snap On chisel, A chrome brush with a handle that you can fill with fluid, turns out it was for cleaning typewriters after looking up on the net. A pack of various hooks for hanging things up, A pack of 10 car body filler spreaders and a paint mixing stick with 2-1 and 5-1 ratios marked on it.




I also got these books, all from one stall for £10, the old steam engine one is from 1902, the decorative ironwork book is good with good photos of ironwork being made in stages.




Todays haul was this lot.
The sockets are Halfords 3/8th drive torx type heads, 3 old style soldering irons,  a blower that will be good for blowing off sand casting moulds, the two metal brackets are for hanging something up on, wire leads in my case. There are various sanding drums, grinding stones and a carbide burr, a record small G clamp, WD40 , light oil and an interesting hammer head.



This is the hammer head , I think it must be handmade as quite irregular and not perfect, I like the 'cut of its jib' so will clean it up and fit a new handle, You can never have too many hammers !


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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #104 on: September 01, 2013, 06:06:01 PM »
Mick, Terry Aspin's book is a casting classic. And looks like a pattern for that hammer was carved out of wood -- maybe with a knife. Just imagine it as a piece of wood and you can almost see it being whittled! Fun stuff... :thumbup: :clap:
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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #105 on: September 01, 2013, 06:43:21 PM »
good hallmick well i had a good day to a lil drill chuck 50p a 6mm tap 50p three drills a drill sleve and a rose bit £1 a tub of boring bars three of which are proper ones £2 i gave the drills a bath in acid and polisht up the boring bars pics

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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #106 on: September 01, 2013, 06:56:42 PM »
Hi VT , Terry Aspin's book does look good  :thumbup: , I think the hammer has been forged rather than cast by the look of it but maybe it could have been wood pattern carved ? , I will clean it up tomorrow and see if I can tell.
  Bob , you did well again today , that acid really cleans up the stuff well , the boring bars look new  :drool: ............... Keep up the good work lad  :clap:

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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #107 on: September 01, 2013, 08:11:45 PM »
Mick, I was wondering about whether it was cast after I wrote that. It just so looks like it was carved.

I don't imagine cast iron makes a good hammer unless somehow malleable iron. Could it have been cast steel?

I don't suppose the carved appearance could come from chipping it out of steel?  Can the forge hammer actually make those gouge shapes?
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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #108 on: September 09, 2013, 11:07:32 AM »
Is that hammer head not hand forged - ie blacksmith made ?
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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #109 on: September 09, 2013, 12:32:18 PM »
I agree with awemawson, it looks hand forged, so possibly wrought iron?
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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #110 on: September 09, 2013, 04:27:56 PM »
Hi Lads , I have cleaned that hammer head up and its been blacksmith made I would say , I will take some photos of it tomorrow and post them, its crude in one way but well done at the same time. It also looks like it was never quite finished or used as both heads are unmarked from blows and unfinished....quite an intersting thing really  :thumbup:

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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #111 on: September 10, 2013, 03:50:33 PM »
Hi there, Guys,

What happened this week, Boot Sale rained off?!?   :ddb:   :ddb:   :ddb: 
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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #112 on: September 10, 2013, 04:30:35 PM »
Not much for me this week

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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #113 on: September 11, 2013, 03:59:43 PM »
lol wellyou shud of sed its your new project

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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #114 on: September 22, 2013, 04:37:53 AM »
Hey John what's up with your specs? Looks like they got filled with smoke!


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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #115 on: September 28, 2013, 09:50:28 AM »
Hi, a few tools and a bit of "useful one day" lol
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« Reply #116 on: September 28, 2013, 05:48:29 PM »
Good find on the indexed tools Skyrocket, I have been a bit slack at the boot sales latley but got a few bits I will take some photos of and post this week. For anyone interested I did take some photos of that hammer head , it looks to be blacksmith made , the cast looking surface is because it was deeply rusted but has been steeped in battery acid to remove the rust.











 It looks like it was never finished so I wonder if someone maybe ended up at this stage too far off the shape they wanted and gave up ? interesting find anyway.
  Cheers Mick

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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #117 on: September 30, 2013, 12:26:40 PM »
its a nice find mike are you going to machine up the striking surfaces?
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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #118 on: October 06, 2013, 06:11:25 PM »
Hi Skyrocket, You got some interesting finds again  :thumbup: Yes when I get around to it I think I will have a go at finishing that hammer head.

 This is todays car boot finds ..... The boot sales are dying off for this season I think now , even though its been a nice day it was more quiet in general. Two decent books £2 each , one wood carving and the other woodturning, A funny looking coping/fret saw but seems good quality, a small hacksaw, a marples tee handle hole drill, a round diamond sintered type file , meant for filing ceramic tiles I think but I want to see what its like on wood when I am carving and a nice hard smooth natural oilstone.
 


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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #119 on: October 07, 2013, 03:29:54 PM »
....a marples tee handle hole drill...

Is it a drill or a gimlet ?  Hard to tell as it is at the bottom edge of the picture.

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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #120 on: October 07, 2013, 03:59:53 PM »
Dave you are right its a Gimlet, when I was typing the post I could not remember what they were called  :D , top marks for getting it without the bottom showing  :thumbup:

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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #121 on: October 07, 2013, 04:05:19 PM »
nice finds mick

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Re: What is a Car boot.
« Reply #122 on: October 09, 2013, 03:10:53 AM »
Hello Fellow Modders.
As we are an International group some folk may not know what a Car Boot Sale is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_boot_sale
Has a good description and history.

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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #123 on: October 09, 2013, 03:16:35 AM »
Ref the hammer head, it looks like a ships / boiler makers riveting hammer.
The length of the head is to miss the ribs when riveting close.
Does any one have other ideas.

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Re: Car boot sale bargain finds
« Reply #124 on: October 09, 2013, 04:09:46 PM »
hi got thees on Sunday at the boot sale the mags 50p per bundle files 50p etch drill bit £1 debuting tool 50p dividers 20p