Car boot finds

Neil · **Reply #180 on:** September 06, 2010, 12:09:21 PM

Quote from: sparky415 on September 06, 2010, 12:57:13 AM

Quote from: Neil on September 05, 2010, 05:34:11 PM

Good handle Tony, what's edge retention like on the blade?

Poor I reckon

Oh

Never mind, make it easy to sharpen out in the bush

Yesterday I actually found a SAK at Bottesford carboot

and not a fake for a change

Bit grubby and dull as you like but never sharpened so won't take long to bring back to good user status.

ryan1835 · **Reply #181 on:** September 06, 2010, 01:07:32 PM

Can you retake that picture but with bee's please

Neil · **Reply #182 on:** September 06, 2010, 01:31:24 PM

No

I'll include bees on the cleaned up shot

Neil · **Reply #183 on:** September 06, 2010, 03:38:39 PM

Alas the previous owner has decided to clean the tools (except the main blade) with a scotch pad

But I got it looking reasonable and with a bit of polish a pair of previously loved ruby scales finish it off nicely. All sharpened up and read to roll

Benner · **Reply #184 on:** September 06, 2010, 06:24:09 PM

Sparky415 · **Reply #185 on:** September 06, 2010, 06:36:38 PM

Its great when you find a little something at a boot sale

ryan1835 · **Reply #186 on:** September 06, 2010, 07:40:11 PM

AHB · **Reply #187 on:** September 06, 2010, 07:49:57 PM

Nice ressurection Neil..

Neil · **Reply #188 on:** September 06, 2010, 08:41:16 PM

Thanks

I'll let you take the next shot Ryan

ryan1835 · **Reply #189 on:** September 06, 2010, 08:45:00 PM

was that a good guess then?

your need to do before and after pics of what im sending you

Neil · **Reply #190 on:** September 06, 2010, 08:47:56 PM

Kind of solid lump... lots of little pieces with dust pan and brush

ryan1835 · **Reply #191 on:** September 06, 2010, 08:51:34 PM

its the first color model they released around the time i was at college, the ones notorious for loosing there finish too i think maybe it was just mine

Neil · **Reply #192 on:** September 06, 2010, 08:58:59 PM

First gen then before they released it in anodised aluminium. They get beat up just by looking at them wrong

ryan1835 · **Reply #193 on:** September 06, 2010, 09:05:33 PM

no its 4th gen still lost its colour though

Neil · **Reply #194 on:** September 06, 2010, 09:09:03 PM

One of these?

Did you roll it around on the beech

I remember friends who had first gen models, cotton cloth would scratch them

ryan1835 · **Reply #195 on:** September 06, 2010, 09:13:04 PM

it was in college for a year ill send you a picture if you want...

im more careful with my belongings now thankfully

Neil · **Reply #196 on:** September 06, 2010, 09:15:10 PM

I'll see it when I see it chap

Not likely to complain am I

ryan1835 · **Reply #197 on:** September 06, 2010, 09:23:00 PM

nah its not as bad as i first though, i had a first gen as i found it in a field it was full of pictures of chavs so i didnt feel upset in erasing it and keeping it

they were awful for scratches but looked posher then other models

it broke so i ended up smashing it

Neil · **Reply #198 on:** September 06, 2010, 09:31:47 PM

Hopefully it won't get to that stage with yours ... hopefully

ryan1835 · **Reply #199 on:** September 06, 2010, 09:40:40 PM

whats the worst you could do, turn it into a 16 gig usb stick i guess

Neil · **Reply #200 on:** September 06, 2010, 09:51:57 PM

They are apparently a swine to open up and work on. If it looks like I'm likely to ruin it I'll just take the audio from the dock connector instead and hotglue it to the cassette adapter in the car

ryan1835 · **Reply #201 on:** September 06, 2010, 10:21:35 PM

well i think the guts are just pushed in and glued i think if you heat it a bit it might be easier to open it up

and this link might help a bit http://pinouts.ru/PortableDevices/ipod_pinout.shtml

Neil · **Reply #202 on:** September 06, 2010, 10:34:14 PM

I've already viewed a dismantling video

We'll see how it goes.

Slightly back on track... Sunday was a cracking boot sale and although that SAK was the only tool I picked up I did manage to get a pair of Mission 731 speakers for .... .... £2

They are currently sat either side of my monitor and are a big improvement over the little JVC jobs that were there. Really, really need a new amp now. The hunt continues!