Happens sometimes, missed out on a collection of mamod steam engines a couple days ago. Traction engine and two stationary ones £30 the lot and only 30mins away. Saw the listing 28 mins after it was put up but was gone by then.Today i didnt aquire..View attachment 286133
This popped up on my Facebook marketplace feed, it was listed 12 mins earlier... i messaged the chap, my surname is Beech, that toolbox has my name written all over it.. i will have the toolbox, i can pick it up now, or whenever is best for you..
He didnt reply, i sent a few more messages, he still didn’t reply, i then asked him if he actually wanted to sell the toolbox, no reply... the advert is no longer there, so i presume, he sold it..
So today i aquired an intense dislike for F/B marketplace, and the numptys that dont reply to messages.
I also aquired a taste for a BEACH vintage toolbox
Not only is the capital funds pot empty, so is my current account.
Thankfully I have a couple of smallish jobs to bill, and 2 larger ones in the book... I had got used to having a nice buffer in current account AND tools/capital account...Done it many a time. Now to find some little jobs to fill the account back up


I’m sure many here would concur, if it wasn’t for workshops and machine tools, we’d all be a lot richer!
Her indoors was the only thing between me and the poor house would have spent it all on kit
Her indoors was the only thing between me and the poor house would have spent it all on kit
My wife does our accounting, which is fine with me, since she doesn't hate doing it as much as I do, and I'll have to admit that she probably has more money sense than I do. I'm kind of an impulse buyer, whereas she thinks more about things before laying down the cash, which serves as a good example to me. Otherwise, our living room would be full of tools instead of furniture.Just a case of balancing things. Bills & necessities come first, boys toys come second.
Yes, that was starting to drag on.About time.![]()
New thead coming soon, what do all these knobs do ?


Yes, but I'll start by exploring the world of mill tooling and collets. And all the other excuses I have to buy angle plates, and 1,2,3 blocks and, well all of that.Looks good, now power feeds,
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