Recent content by Darby

Thanks for the replies gents. Haven't been around for a few days so I've been a bit tardy. I also originally thought that some of them were adaptors until I tied to fit them and realised that there must have been a smaller ratchet. I like the idea of the two sided ratchet - I imagine this...

Maybe it was their first petrol engine in a workshop? “G↑I” denotes a Naval facility i.e. Garden Island in Sydney Harbour. the 'broadarrow" symbol means government property.There are several different engravings over the 1600 pieces but these are the only ones with I.C.E. A.D.I = Australian...

Looks like the lists didn't attach. Here they are. Ahh, now I get it - have to be zip.

Due to clean out at a facility in Sydney we have over 1500 imperial sized sockets and spanners with AF, W, BS and unspecified sizes available. I trhink the ones listed as unspecified are most likely AF. There are no metrics. Wrench types include ring, open ended, combo, heavy duty single open...

I'm in Five Dock. I'm going to post the lot up in the classifieds as I want my garage back. We don't have any idea of value really and I think the freight outside of Oz would be prohibitive but we'll give it a go. A collector might only need a few bits to complete a set. I've also contacted the...

Check out the floggers/sloggers. These are BIG lumps of metal. Also some large wrenches. Careful if you do a net search for "King **** Flogger". I couldn't hit the close window tab fast enough....

A serious "ringy". Part of the “G↑I” collection mentioned previously. I thought some members might enjoy just the sheer size of these. I'm thinking of using them as bar-bells..

Finally finished sorting and basic cataloguing some 1600 items from a large facility in Sydney and came across this incomplete set. All engraved with “G↑I” and "I.C.E". Trying to find out what "I.C.E" denotes. Missing the small ratchet and 2 sockets (I think). 2 of the sockets don't seem to be...

G'day Lugnutz, I went to take some pics for you and got out the oldest looking ones and interestingly not a lot of these have any markings on them. One wonders why? The “G↑I” marking refers to the naval facility in Sydney Harbour. The broadarrow that you refer to does indeed signify Government...

They are mostly West German or British. When I first saw Dowidat I thought Japanese but they are German. Some of the USA brands were Armstrong, Wright, Thorsen, Williams, Bonney, Fairmount, New Britain, Owatanna, Proto & Protool, but there are not a lot of the US brands. From memory there was...

Hello all, I'm in Sydney, Australia and came across these forums while trying to research some old tools that we have acquired. I hope this is the appropriate place and if not I apologise. Due to clean out at a facility in Sydney we have a large number of imperial sized sockets and spanners with...