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Here's a drill I stopped from going in the skip yesterday
Complete with illegal plug
 

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And this pistol drill I have had from new bought in 1983 still in use
Probably used 2 or 3 times a week
 

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Here's an old favourite of mine. Awl (I think) or pointy screwdriver.
Dad gave it to me many years ago and apparently it was his Dad's (Joe Craig).
Never got to meet him - he died in a car crash the year before I was born.
This is one of my few links with him.
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robs ss said:
Here's an old favourite of mine. Awl (I think) or pointy screwdriver.
Dad gave it to me many years ago and apparently it was his Dad's (Joe Craig).
Never got to meet him - he died in a car crash the year before I was born.
This is one of my few links with him.
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That's seen some use over the years!
 
The lathe I use is an American made "Barnes" flat belt cycling lathe as opposed to a treadle lathe
Converted to electric motor
I don't know how old it is but it was patented in the 1880s
I'm no toolmaker but my mate is and says it's still pretty accurate
 
A 100+ years old military farrier hammer. Can't shoe a horse without it. Modern ones don't have the right feel.
 
I have some nice tools that were my Dad's from the 30s and 40s.

Most of my (hand) tools are from the 70s and they are just fine. I am a bit concerned whether I'll still be able to get new replacement Craftsman screwdrivers for two pieces that I really need to replace...
 
My dad was a professional auto mechanic back in the '20s and '30s. most of my wrenching tools were his. One tool, a Snap On 3/8 ratchet is actually worn out and the ratchet slips. I took it to my auto mechanic friend and asked him to have the Snap On rep swap for a new.
He took one look a it and said, "It's a keepsake. You can get a new 3/8 ratchet for 10 bucks, keep this antique in memory of your dad!" So I did.

Slick
 
My dad built war service houses back in the 50s all out of hardwood and all by hand tools there were 4 in his gang, he built our house in 55 and brought it as he was in the Merchant Navy during the last 2 years of the war, he ended up breaking his back building houses and that was the end of house building, took over 3 years to recover from that, he been gone for over 15 years now and I still use his hand saws that he youse to use when building houses, he become a floor layer after his recovery and still used his hand saws.
I remember as a kid every Sunday morning he be outback sharping his saws for the following week work, I have a few of his old tools and a few wooden levels that I still use one is very small about 6" and I use that quite a bit, his old hand saws were always kept sharp when he was working but over time they lost there sharpness, now they hang in my shed.
My great Granddad was a timber cutter and I have a cross saw hanging on my shed wall that is well over 100 years old he used, he lost a leg from a rolling log.
Hangs proudly above on my shed wall where my snooker table area is under the shed awning.

Ashley
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If you were fighting a war and had a machine gun, would you throw your sheath knife away ? My boss never knew what I did for a living. I had a direct reading emission spectrometer with computer for metals analysis. My boss suggested I should dispose of the large quartz spectrograph which was pretty much redundant, But that instrument did not have a fixed programme, so it was much more versatile. I could analyse any metal with it. When we dispose of old tools we sometimes lose capability.
My boss also said I should dispose of the computer - he did not know it was essential. One day he saw it in action and was appalled. If I had known the effect it would have on him, I would have enticed him to bush the button on the spectrometer. It was a really fun thing. If you stood in the middle of the room, everything happened around you. - Power trip !
 
A few of my fathers old leftovers, plus the silver painted ones belonged to a now departed friend.
Some have the wartime MoD arrowhead on them, i guess someone forgot to return them when demobbed after WW2.
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ashman said:
My dad built war service houses back in the 50s all out of hardwood and all by hand tools there were 4 in his gang, he built our house in 55 and brought it as he was in the Merchant Navy during the last 2 years of the war, he ended up breaking his back building houses and that was the end of house building, took over 3 years to recover from that, he been gone for over 15 years now and I still use his hand saws that he youse to use when building houses, he become a floor layer after his recovery and still used his hand saws.
I remember as a kid every Sunday morning he be outback sharping his saws for the following week work, I have a few of his old tools and a few wooden levels that I still use one is very small about 6" and I use that quite a bit, his old hand saws were always kept sharp when he was working but over time they lost there sharpness, now they hang in my shed.
My great Granddad was a timber cutter and I have a cross saw hanging on my shed wall that is well over 100 years old he used, he lost a leg from a rolling log.
Hangs proudly above on my shed wall where my snooker table area is under the shed awning.

Ashley
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ashman said:
My dad built war service houses back in the 50s all out of hardwood and all by hand tools there were 4 in his gang, he built our house in 55 and brought it as he was in the Merchant Navy during the last 2 years of the war, he ended up breaking his back building houses and that was the end of house building, took over 3 years to recover from that, he been gone for over 15 years now and I still use his hand saws that he youse to use when building houses, he become a floor layer after his recovery and still used his hand saws.
I remember as a kid every Sunday morning he be outback sharping his saws for the following week work, I have a few of his old tools and a few wooden levels that I still use one is very small about 6" and I use that quite a bit, his old hand saws were always kept sharp when he was working but over time they lost there sharpness, now they hang in my shed.
My great Granddad was a timber cutter and I have a cross saw hanging on my shed wall that is well over 100 years old he used, he lost a leg from a rolling log.
Hangs proudly above on my shed wall where my snooker table area is under the shed awning.

Ashley
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Hey Ash I got one of those saws too! LOL
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I think my wife used a pair of snips like that to cut my hair last time, why I now grow my hair long lol.
 

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