Me too, I wonder if that's why I have such an affinity with old tools?
Hi David, I bought several of the earlier tractors to use as wagon loads on my grouping era stock, two of them are excellent and really fit the...
Sorry Brian, But I do get the feeling that like me you don't need too much encouragement. I get a great deal of pleasure from just owning nice...
Good morning David, As you say it's good to see tools these days that are not made in either China or India. I have some similar examples bought...
Hi Brian, A cheaper alternative is a scribing block which doesn't have any means of measuring but would be much more stable and accurate than a...
Most people reading my threads regularly, will have gathered by now that I am a bit of a tool junkie and that I don't do well with the smaller...
Hi Andy, I did have a look when you first posted the renders, and I had intended offering my thoughts. But I have had my head down doing the...
After the fitting the firebox and checking the fit of the lower firebox sides with the chassis in place I was wondering how to hold them in...
Thanks Jim, the details are where I get most pleasure from the build. Still I am glad that this particular build is coming to a close.
I finally took the plunge and fixed the firebox to the footplate In order to do so, I needed to attach the firebox in two planes, to the...
For all my testing I use an ancient Gaugemaster unit that I bought cheap about ten years ago from from eBay which I am sure was designed with 00...
Somewhat embarrassingly, I have just opened the slip of paper which was in the back of the Slaters packaging and it does tell you what sized hex...
I had a comment on another forum that they were a standard Slaters hex key, but I can assure you that they are not. Standard Slaters hex key...
Although I didn't go to Kettering I did receive a Slaters SG38CANL Gearbox which had been bought at the show for a little job that I was asked to...
I have a really old Weller unit that I was given by a friend. I use it almost daily alongside my soldering irons and gas torch. I have no idea of...
The last few sessions at the bench have been spent working on fitting the Silvertown lubricators which I made earlier in the build. After some...
I certainly hope so Ken. I will be on the competition stand most of the weekend.
Sadly not Ken, We always viewed it as too far to travel for a one day show, when we lived in Wakefield. But now we live another hour further...
Oh dear, I don't really mind decorating but I need a good kick up the jax to get on with it.
Well, what an absolute beggar making those turned out to be. I have made at least eight or more of these plates before getting the bolt heads in...