Recent content by humber2

Plenty of evidence out there with Screwdriver shanks left painted after opening and stirring cans of enamel. YMMV

Stabil20 to remove/tighten the flywheel nut on a Briggs & Scrappengine. You can use 15/16” or 24mm

#5 is a popular set, obviously the last user of the set didn’t return the gear for the thread he worked but those items should turn up at garage sales or swap meets. You’ll have to ascertain the thread form from the split dies remaining. NC or NF probably. Here is the pricing structure from 1935

A BA set by Thewlis and Griffith from Warrington England believed to be from 1918.

My thoughts are with an IBM Technicians servicing case.

That’s not a lot to fork out for a knife sharpener.

These examples named Gedoloy No.13 appeared my way recently. P

I have added an edit section to my post#135 which dates my set and contents.

From NZ I haven’t seen a Sidalloy tool before. Can we establish a date for the end of stamped spanner sizing?

If the existing needles are sound I’d be tempted to cut some HSS drill shanks for the few needed. YMMV

Adding Goodall-Pratt No1 glass cutter.

No1 tool from GP has come my way.

This looks like a Quikwedge clone. A Weralit with insulated shaft, perhaps number 1734 or 4734. A fine tip model I’ll allocate to my Meccano collection. for speeding up inserting grub screws to gear hubs.

I’ll use my old post to show my latest purchase, a pair of L3 cylinder head lifting handles. Someone might like to post a link to the patent# 1635259 please.