Recent content by tortron

To add a little more, the main bolt that the vice swivels on, is stamped - Germany I have had a few Boker tools before, mostly calipers

Alright, this is one of the only threads to pop up about Phoenix Vices along with a few photos on some other sites (http://www.vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=42635) Probably 1000 pages ago a Phoenix 5/0 was mentioned. I picked one of these up a few years ago to restore as a...

So this is now sitting in my shed. Did a little more research and Eden Manufacturing is (was) a company based in Onehunga in Auckland (NZ). Everything moves freely. Interestingly the socket tray up top isnt removable, but is able to slide back and forth. Cant wait to get stuck in and restore it

im in new zealand i have seen a few eden boxes come up for sale and liked their style. Tho i understand they were never top quality

yes i have a small collection of early motoring books. Times certainly have changed

and im moving to a smaller one soon :(

So i picked up another box (well actually il go get it this weekend) similar in style to my old Britool box Its an Eden box I will be cleaning this one up and repainting it. I am thinking of redoing the black parts black and the yellow parts a vintage brown

ha, i have the same book

electrolysis may be your best bet

i have a sure-shot for just this occasion very handy

Yes its quite an oddity, Sidchrome is an Australian tool brand. i am im New Zealand Ha, they were sent in a long thin one heres some when i first got it cleaned up quite well, its sitting on a home made dolly. on the left is the Britool service tool logo - and on the right are the...

for use with box spanners as per usual i take terrible photos all but two or three are just dirty and stained with very light rust. So they should clean up nicely. The others im planning on soaking in vinegar

A small but rather weighty box arrived on my doorstep early this morning. Thought i would share with you guys what was inside Here's the spiel from the auction here's the lot dumped out onto my desk Plomb WF-38 Ratchet Geodore ratchet "original Geodore) No.31-10" Sidchrome Breaker...

have a few engines which are all like this The engines were made by a French company for a British car manufacturer so naturally they were made with metric threads, the brits however wanted the heads in whitworth so they didn't need to change any tooling

here is my aptly named SuiCycle powered by a 40ish cc chainsaw motor front wheel drive (with 4 gears) and the standard 10 speed pedal set up - was unfinished at the time of that photo - i added a chain guard and exhaust deflector for a bit of safety