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Inside the Ali Baba's cave (continuation) This is the studio/workshop we mounted with the stuff we saved from the warehouse. (After)

Inside the Ali Baba's cave (continuation) This is the studio/workshop we mounted with the stuff we saved from the warehouse. (Before)

Inside the Ali Baba's cave (continuation) 1rst-Aid Tool Kit for his mother :)

Inside the Ali Baba's cave (continuation) Yet more stuff rescued from oblivion.

Inside the Ali Baba's cave (continuation) Still out of the cave :) Solid worktables and a set of duplicated beaters.

Inside the Ali Baba's cave (continuation) Some tools saved from oblivion.

Inside the Ali Baba's cave (continuation) More machines..more stuff spread around.

Inside the Ali Baba's cave (continuation) Some old machines lying around.

Inside the Ali Baba's cave (continuation) Some pictures of the area of the forge, inside the warehouse.

Tools inside the Ali Baba's cave (continuation) Some more goodies.

More from the Ali Baba's cave. (Sorry for this way of attaching the photos, but it has been tricky enough getting them like this)

This is as close as the "Ali Baba's Tool Cave". A friend's old family warehouse. I lost count on how many times, after brush wiring some junkyard looking piece of rusty metal, we would find, beneath the rust..the magic words: France, or Switzerland, or Germany, or England, or Sweden, or, less...

To start with, with all due respect and many thanks, to Monte:

Presentation Hello everyone. I have been a long time follower of this thread. It all started when, after my thirties, I inherited a good amount of tools from my grandfather. It took me a while to realize just how lucky I was with the tools I had received. As, at that time, I was travelling...