Search results

Mortar joint is probably the weakest point to fix to. Want to fix into brick at least one if not two courses from the top of the wall. Other way would be a vertical plate screwed into two different bricks with an eye on the plate for the wire.

Amongst all the junk I've collected over the years I've some old repair kits for metal buckets. Two thin galvanised penny washers with a slightly smaller rubber washer on one side and a thin (1/8) nut and bolt to join them from either side of the hole. People used to repair rather than throw...

Could try asking on Arboristsite.com lots of knowledgeable people using that sort of equipment

As others have said the specialist tool store have mostly long gone. Been buying tools for 50 years and remember Buck and Ryans on the Tottenham Court Rd. There use to be three large tool shops in Shoreditch that catered to what was the furniture making centre of London, only one left now and...

Lots of the cable detector look like they are for shallow depth so might struggle with finding this cable. Over here most utilities are buried so the crews use something like this to find services and prevent damage before digging...

I've the 5th and 21st both bought at flea markets. Similar one from this side of the pond is Kempe's Engineers Handbook, I've the 85th edition from 1980. Easier to use as it's in two volumes in a slip case total page count is about the same.

Cut 0 is coarse and 6 is fine. Think there is a difference between swiss and other grading systems. I'm sure someone will be along with more details.

PBCampbell thanks for the link. It would appear that the box was made between 1899 and 1932 when Pike were taken over by Norton. So about 100 yrs old. Unfortunately it doesn't have the bottom part of the box however it would appear that that would have been quite thin so might have just been...

I recently bought some tools from someone who was down sizing. Amongst the items was a well used oil stone in a metal tray, imagine my surprise when I turned the box over to discover the following cast into the box. Photo might not clearly show the details yet to finish cleaning up the box...

Thin tube that slips over the drill bit. File teeth in the end and bend some out slightly to give some set. Chuck in the drill and run it down around the stuck drill bit. Will have to withdraw frequently to clear swarf. drill bit should come free as you get further in.

Stihl do some nice pruners in europe not sure whether there available in th USA. The economy one is very nice and costs the equivalent of 10 dollars and seems to have a replaceable blade.

3M do a 3" pad that fit directly on to the shaft of an angle grinder. I've one on a Hitachi 4.5" grinder with a M14 thread sure they do the same with 5/8"

Stanley have had manufacturing facilities in England since before the second world war. Planes, hammers, chisels, knives, screwdrivers and tape measures have all been and in many cases are still made here.

Slogging Wrench is a single ended box end wrench with the knob on the end for hitting with a hammer, have one from 40 years ago which I used to tighten the flywheel on a villiers engine. A Podger is also a single ended wrench but with a spike used to align holes for bolts.

Remember it's hot and don't pick it up yourself !!!

Certainly in the UK cylinders don't come with caps and the guards that the OP linked to are only seen on smaller cylinders as much to make it easier to move as for safety. OSHA regulations don't apply this side of the pond the comparable organisation in the UK is the H&S executive, there should...

Has anyone any of the refrigeration ratchets and sockets and also know why the sockets have a mail connection to the ratchet? Also in the range of Britool Torque wrenches there is the 1/4" Torque Driver.

Plunge router with a tramel bar. Use double sided tape to stick block over centre of blank and pivot tramel from this. Fairly standard way of making circular table tops. Bit more fiddley as the circles are small but there are ways of making the tramel to allow this. Steve

From the January 1974 Record Catalogue Mechanics No. O 2.1/2" wide jaw 1 3" 2 3.1/2" 3 4" 4 4.1/2" 5 5" 6 6" 7 7" 8 8" For swivel base add S to No The above are non QR ----- Fitters 21 3.1/4" QR 22 3.3/4" QR 23 4.1/2" QR 24 5.1/4" QR 25 6" QR...