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Garage used for everything but parking. Houses the washing machine, Bosch nearly 20 years old gave up the ghost. Had an hour or so trying to sort it but ordered a new machine. Owes us nothing.

Good find Don. Footprint on each of the three pieces, screw can often go missing. Driver for slotted plugs on solid leg. Made one as Apprentice. Still have it somewhere.

Used 1" drive on windy hammers on forging presses in the steelworks days. Below ground water hydraulic pipe flanges, try to hang the tool on a pull lift and grapple with the air hose. Nice wet oily noisy heavy dark and filthy. Did I also mention dangerous if the huge steel pipes weren't in a...

Saltus 1/4" sq drive 5 & 6BA sockets that came in a box of tools.

Yesterday I walked away from a Gordon Tools wall hung cabinet. Never seen one or knew they existed. Partitions for socketry in the lower bit, all the hangers for drive tools and spanners in the cabinet and doors. Really solid just scruffy and a key for the lock. Really kicking myself. Anybody...

VL Churchill think it's a Ford special tool. Is there a Mr Stupid GJ award, and if not why not? What I passed up on yesterday was a wall mounted tool cabinet. A Gordon Tools no less. Never seen one, nowhere to put it so left it. By the time I was on my way home I was thoroughly cursing myself...

Packard Merlin toolkit with the AT number. Sure it's Snappy.

I am after a particular Snap on 3/8" drive. Haven't seen one, doubt if I ever will but keep my eyes open.

Keep getting emails from Gray although unobtainium over here. 127 Canadian $ about £70 GBP for 10inch Who makes these? German, could be any of a few firms.

Known from now on as Sicky Kat

Wasn't waiting to find out.

Pampas grass. No Some of it was between us and next door when we moved in. Was told it's a beacon for 'couples of an adventurous, broad minded nature'. I dug it up PDQ Adventurous. PFFFT !

I want one Got the 007 you only live twice model. Fires rockets from the boot

From #79,567 True to their word replacements arrived today, within 24 hours. Only 1/4" bit holders x 152mm length. Had a Milwaukee that survived for 2 seconds. Gave the youngest one of them and immediately lost the other.

I'm going back to 1999 and working in Steelworks maintenance. Huge machine shop with some huge machines, one being a German MFD lathe. It ran 24/7, CNC, face plate diameter must have been 8 feet. Very good machine with plenty of high value work for it. Think Saddam's supergun oil pipe went on...

Japanese ratchet

Here's my episode. Picked up a used breaker bar 1/2" sq drive at a car boot sale, one of the German makes. The ball in the square , or anvil was done for and usually these are now rated as wear and tear replaceable. I called the UK depot, blah blah broken, blah blah warranty? etc. Take it to...

And here's my new tools, gone ! Arrived this morning, 1 week to travel 40 or so miles. Looks like it's been cut open, emptied and taped up again. To be fair I've contacted the sender and they are despatching replacements. Nothing urgent at all.

Could change your sign in. Can't see that causing a fuss whatsoever.

My Mother and her Sister worked at the Sheffield site, Woodside, mid 1960's to 1984. Still have a couple of screwdrivers.