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Just the one the find, and its a cracker! Its also strangely another Gray on mine and @Stubby1743 side of the Atlantic, so who over here is finding the third 🤨 This one’s a ‘Gray - Bonney’ 12” adjustable ’Dreadnought’ wrench and set me back £4 ($5.40). It has a lovely heft and it slides like a...

Picked these up earlier in the week, and have given them (a rather therapeutic) weekend soak, a scrub and an examine. The buckets all good too! The bucket full was £3 and the tool box (Halfords 12” with steel tote tray inside too) and the wine box were £5. I needed neither but hey £8 😉 Thats $11...

Scorching morning walk at the bootsale today, scored well too! So what did I get? 8” adjustable Bahco wrench is SAAB branded (I’ve seen Volvo ones before) and has a tyre lever cast into the end of it. Mine for a paltry £1 ($1.35). The 10” Eclipse Sheffield made saw blades were double that for...

Sunday off for the first time in ages, so headed over to my local Bootsale (English flea!) for a rummage. Despite my extremely late arrival (hey I was lazing in bed for the first time in ages!) and the sellers packing up, amongst the usual junk I found these for a few pounds. Of course...

Today’s left behinds. Did you guys in the States get rolling tobacco in metal tins? They keep a great smell too. This box is quite likely the contexts of someones grandad‘s shed 🥲

Post update: Picked up a pair of baby Elliot Lucas side cutters today to match the pair I got issued as 16 year old apprentice - I’m 50 now 🤣 Found them unloved at a UK bootsale (translated “Trunk Sale @ flea market) they cost just £2 @. $2.60. They cut as well as they day they were made too -...

Today’s UK bootsale (Translation: Trunk sale) finds from a UK finally bathed in sunshine. Todays best buy is the green 1:25 scale Citroen CX rallye is by Polistil of Italy, is missing several parts but was just 50p! Thats 65 cents! I couldnt exchange the coin quick enough 😆 Pictured above are...

Some food for thought…. From right to left: Stahlwille PH0 Wera (short) PH0 PB Swiss PH00 Wera (short) PH00 PB Swiss PH000 Vessel nut driver for size reference - I’m sure the screwdrivers are the same size though. For what its worth the quality of the PB Swiss and the Wera are on a par, better...

First local bootsale of the year today in my little bit of England 🥳 The God’s of picking had other ideas and brought on the only rain this week, then as I went out the door my wife asks why I’m off to the Dentist so early… of course the early dentist I had forgotten about was running late...

Happy with that, quick too! They have a nice action in the palm too 👍

I (think} I have just bought 2 pairs of these automatic trigger grip wire strippers on Amazon UK, but listed on Amazon Germany, for about £28 delivered, so £14 each, or be just over £15 singularly 👍 https://www.amazon.de/-/en/gp/product/B002BDNL4Q/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&th=1...

I‘ve had a few issued over the years when I did dirty trackside jobs, probably from 1996 to 2005 as part of my “Look out” kit on the UK railway @ railroad. Some bakelite, some plastic, you know storeman always give you the old stuff first! A PICOW (Person In Charge Of Work) latterly COSS...

@Outlawmws Retirement? YOU **** 😂😆😉

@Catfishdan You **** for that haul! @Outlawmws gets a **** for the cuckoo clock free pile too

Going back a few pages I love @3baygarage way out of hand 4” adjustable wrench collection! On the penny‘s on the dollar bargain finds @Patrickm82 @Stubby1743 @WNYflyer and @Old Radar you all ****!

Just catching up but suffice to say @Pexto @ctuai @3jakes @jb books @JMP @3baygarage all ****! - well done fellas! A few snaps from the retirement sale last weekend of local boy Ritchie King @ Karmann Konnection who has been a UK modifier and retailer of aircooled VW’s & Porsches since the...

@bmwrd0 ***** for the Fluke and the TDF posters, @jb books ***** for (amongst everything) the Mitutoyo Calipers for the price of a coffee!

Todays necessary* purchase - I didn't need it but was intrigued, and picked it up for a look “£2 ($2.62) and its yours” said the seller…. so now I own an aluminium Stanley English cast vice (vise!) 😂

Some cracking finds here! Suckage awarded for @Outlawmws @bmwrd0 for some vintage picks, and @Squez and @Provincial in the bang for your buck catagory. Keep ‘em coming guys 👍

@Beerhippie Its what ever you can fit in 🤣 Metric or imperial, it’s not a precision device, clamp the pipe, spin the cutter 360 degrees, tighten a bit more, spin then snap the pipe, Finally ream the pipe with the pointed end.