I agree. That is just so wrong. Anyone know the address?Sheeit......!
I agree. That is just so wrong. Anyone know the address?Sheeit......!
This is why I won't be doing full workshop photos.I agree. That is just so wrong. Anyone know the address?
I know your address......This is why I won't be doing full workshop photos.
You are in the circle of trust.I know your address......
Yeah, there are lots of other good tools out there though my mate has a few abbey tools and I think I may have drunk the cool aid... They're just so greenPark do a version of the Crombie which is cheaper, the FR-5H, unless you are after the double sided version?
Also I have a set of CP-1 cassette pliers, they are much better than a chain whip.
Father in law has an anvil, big almost unmovable thing it is, family heirloom apparently. It bloody awesome even though I'd never use it, I want it!Old rail is speccd by its mass per yard. 60lb rail is 60lb per yard length, typical narrow gauge stuff. New rail is kg/m, so 50 - 80kg per metre for standard or wide gauge. In case you were interested. I want a proper anvil. Mounted on a tree stump. I can move it around with the tractor!
One makes do with what's on hand. Modifying a tool for a specific task is always fun.Gotta love handed down tools that make you wonder what they're for. My dads collection included odd tools he packed to drive his brand new mini across to WA in the 60s and weird tools for he had for setting offset printing machines (including old whitworth spanner that had been "converted" to metric).
The IR1-2 is a great bit of kit. I'm onto my second one after destroying the threaded barb one from so much use....Considering this after shop charged me $90 for an internally routed cable change.
https://www.parktool.com/product/internal-cable-routing-kit-ir-1-2
This has gotten very good reviews and it's portable as well for weekends away.In relation to my earlier question, I just need something for stripping down and reassembling a bike every now and then. The only things that are bike specific are cassettes, cranks and threaded BBs.
Wera colour coded hex balls are nice.I used a mates set and am really liking these hex keys;
https://www.kctoolco.com/wera-073593-multicolor-hex-ball-end-hex-metric-l-key-clip-set/
They felt really nice in my hand and fit into the bolt head with no slop. Think I'll drop for a set shortly....
Wera stuff = me likey. Not honoring "unconditional guarantee" = not so cool.Wera colour coded hex balls are nice.
KC Tools, used to sell socket sets under their own names. Big fuck of text everywhere "unconditionally guaranteed". Until it came time to claim warranty on a worn 12mm 1/2" drive socket. Dishonest pricks
My old man was a bower bird and took after his father when it came to being self sufficient and resourceful, including building his own house and various outbuildings in Emerald (Vic) in the late 60's / early 70's. He had an old donkey engine that spun a radial saw bench via a 8" wide canvas belt, which he used to cut timber harvested from the block.I have a heap of tools accumulated over many years plus my fathers and grandfathers old tools, some hand made, some almost unidentifiable as to their purpose. Somewhere is a hand made auger used to bore timber railway sleepers that my grandfather, who was a fettler, made. I have a die I made from a block of tool steel while on vacation practice at uni.
I was a bit amazed last year when visiting a heritage place to see many of the old leathermaking tools I have marked as from the 1800s! I bought specialist bike tools one by one as needed. And then other tools depending what I was working on. Add to that one son is an electrician and the other worked with a mechanic during his gap year.