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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #60 on: June 27, 2010, 08:47:20 PM
if you ask neil nicely he might tell you what he fed to his antique wrench to make that grow up :P

Such naivety ::)  Most knives are made from the skeletons of giants.  The older they are when dispatched the bigger the blades you can get from them.

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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #61 on: June 27, 2010, 09:23:42 PM
Very nice OHO (one handed opinel ) Neil  ;)  :tu:



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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #62 on: June 27, 2010, 09:43:51 PM
Very nice OHO (one handed opinel ) Neil  ;)  :tu:



Nice one John (I can see what you did there)  :cheers:
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #63 on: June 28, 2010, 04:22:40 AM
That looks like some sort of Freddy Kruger appendage! :ahhh
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #64 on: June 28, 2010, 11:57:49 PM
Was the wife out when you took that photo Neil? Lol
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #65 on: June 29, 2010, 12:01:11 AM
An old photo but yes... how did you guess?  :P
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #66 on: July 11, 2010, 04:30:18 PM
More stuff  :salute:

Inc;
A SAK that's taken a bit of a battering
A couple of BAKs that have broken a couple of my nails already
A pair of 'footprints' for a really great price

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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #67 on: July 11, 2010, 09:01:54 PM
Cool, I visited two car boot sales this morning and found nothing :(

Will the BAKs clean up or need pulling apart?
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Reply #68 on: July 11, 2010, 09:16:39 PM
that screwdriver thingy looks useful :)

i might have to go look round a carboot
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #69 on: July 11, 2010, 09:26:56 PM
That was a shame Neil!
I was more than pleased with my haul this morning
(I got a miniature pillar drill as well)  :drink:

The BAK's are soaking in oil at the minute
And the SAK is looking a lot better after I re-profiled the main blade
and spent some time rubbing, cleaning and polishing (still needs more work though)

Ryan,
I had one before and they are very handy I had mine for 10ish years, they come with  three bits in the handle but If you give it too much stick you will bugger it up ( :twak: lad I was working with buggered mine up)
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #70 on: July 11, 2010, 09:28:04 PM
 :pok: pics of the new drill please :tu:
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Reply #71 on: July 11, 2010, 09:34:32 PM
That was a shame Neil!
I was more than pleased with my haul this morning
(I got a miniature pillar drill as well)  :drink:

The BAK's are soaking in oil at the minute
And the SAK is looking a lot better after I re-profiled the main blade
and spent some time rubbing, cleaning and polishing (still needs more work though)

Ryan,
I had one before and they are very handy I had mine for 10ish years, they come with  three bits in the handle but If you give it too much stick you will bugger it up ( :twak: lad I was working with buggered mine up)

were good at that :) some one i work with has a few right angled screwdrivers there bloody handy
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #72 on: July 11, 2010, 09:59:55 PM
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #73 on: July 11, 2010, 10:08:50 PM
More stuff  :salute:

Inc;
A SAK that's taken a bit of a battering
A couple of BAKs that have broken a couple of my nails already
A pair of 'footprints' for a really great price

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That adjustable plier/wrench gadget is pretty neat. :tu: Somebody needs to come up with a multitool based on that concept :multi:
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #74 on: July 11, 2010, 10:15:54 PM

That adjustable plier/wrench gadget is pretty neat. :tu: Somebody needs to come up with a multitool based on that concept :multi:

Does the Guppie not count?
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #75 on: July 11, 2010, 10:20:05 PM
works differently maybe this looks more pliery based

and how many bottle openers do you now have tony? XD
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #76 on: July 11, 2010, 10:29:43 PM
Here it is Neil,
It is tiny and in lovely condition  :tu:
I have not had time to try it out (or make a space for it) yet



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'Footprints' as I call them have been around for many years over here
I love them, they are simple, very strong and go on for years
I don't know anyone that has ever broken a pair, the worst thing that can happen is you loose the adjusting screw
I will try to take better pic's in a min :salute:
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #77 on: July 11, 2010, 10:35:42 PM
Thanks Tony :tu:

I keep lusting after one of these ...

Or better still one of their Mini mills, I'd settle for a manual one but whilst we're dreaming...

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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #78 on: July 11, 2010, 10:56:53 PM
Neil,
I was really lucky/happy to find that one as I had one in the back of my mind for ages  :cheers:

Ryan,
I'm collecting them for someone else's collection  ::)



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Here are all mine
The left hand (7'' 175mm) pair I got 30 years ago and I still use them at work quite a lot (lost the screw :-[ )
The middle pair I picked up today (I have just noticed someone had added extra holes)
 The right hand pair are the newest they are 9'' 225mm, I took them apart so you can see how they work a bit better  :salute:

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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #79 on: July 12, 2010, 05:57:51 AM
More stuff  :salute:

Inc;
A SAK that's taken a bit of a battering
A couple of BAKs that have broken a couple of my nails already
A pair of 'footprints' for a really great price

(Image removed from quote.)

Excellent finds, Sparky; I know... whomever... it is who asked you to keep your eyes open for the openers will be quite pleased, if he isn't already. ;) :D  Just PM me with the total, please. :)


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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #80 on: July 13, 2010, 02:27:19 AM
Neil,
I was really lucky/happy to find that one as I had one in the back of my mind for ages  :cheers:

Ryan,
I'm collecting them for someone else's collection  ::)

(Image removed from quote.)

J-Sew's
Here are all mine
The left hand (7'' 175mm) pair I got 30 years ago and I still use them at work quite a lot (lost the screw :-[ )
The middle pair I picked up today (I have just noticed someone had added extra holes)
 The right hand pair are the newest they are 9'' 225mm, I took them apart so you can see how they work a bit better  :salute:



Neat! Thanks for the extra pics Spark, I've never seen one of those before :)
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #81 on: July 13, 2010, 09:22:05 AM
Neil,
I was really lucky/happy to find that one as I had one in the back of my mind for ages  :cheers:

Ryan,
I'm collecting them for someone else's collection  ::)

(Image removed from quote.)

J-Sew's
Here are all mine
The left hand (7'' 175mm) pair I got 30 years ago and I still use them at work quite a lot (lost the screw :-[ )
The middle pair I picked up today (I have just noticed someone had added extra holes)
 The right hand pair are the newest they are 9'' 225mm, I took them apart so you can see how they work a bit better  :salute:



Neat! Thanks for the extra pics Spark, I've never seen one of those before :)
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #82 on: July 13, 2010, 09:57:46 AM
Ryan,
You never seen them in action before?
You don't work with any grumpy old Sparkies then?
They are great for doing conduit! (threaded rod, rounded off nuts an bolts)
They tend to bugger up the surface of whatever you use them on so for example you wouldn't use them on a set of bathroom taps  :dwts:

If you get some remember;
They only work in one direction
You don't squeeze them like pliers!!
The harder you push the harder they grip
 :cheers:



PS, Blokes you work with will take the piss until they try to undo the conduit you put in with them  ;)
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #83 on: July 13, 2010, 12:14:44 PM
Neil,
I was really lucky/happy to find that one as I had one in the back of my mind for ages  :cheers:

Ryan,
I'm collecting them for someone else's collection  ::)

(Image removed from quote.)

J-Sews
Here are all mine
The left hand (7'' 175mm) pair I got 30 years ago and I still use them at work quite a lot (lost the screw :-[ )
The middle pair I picked up today (I have just noticed someone had added extra holes)
 The right hand pair are the newest they are 9'' 225mm, I took them apart so you can see how they work a bit better  :salute:



Neat! Thanks for the extra pics Spark, I've never seen one of those before :)


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I guess we have kept them to ourselves over here  :think:
Probably too good to let anyone else play with  ;)
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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #84 on: July 13, 2010, 06:10:44 PM
i hadnt seen them before tony, any in rs ?  :D
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Reply #85 on: July 13, 2010, 06:13:14 PM
LoL :D

  Not unless they have collection points in rusty boxes under paste tables in fields :think:
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Reply #86 on: July 13, 2010, 06:38:34 PM
i hadnt seen them before tony, any in rs ?  :D

Sometimes I feel sooooo old! :bnghd:






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Reply #87 on: July 13, 2010, 06:59:43 PM
i hadnt seen them before tony, any in rs ?  :D

Sometimes I feel sooooo old! :bnghd:






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Re: Car boot finds
Reply #88 on: July 13, 2010, 07:08:18 PM

Screwfix don't seem to do them but I only took a quick look  :think:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Footprint-698w-Pipe-Wrench-7-in/dp/B00020JNUG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=diy&qid=1279040608&sr=1-2

or you could wait until I've had a look for you in two weeks time at the next carboot  ;)
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Reply #89 on: July 13, 2010, 07:42:27 PM
nah dont worry too much, im just a little curious
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