Dirty pictures of machinery

[sardine]

https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/acorn-shipyard-rochester-july-2018.114097/

Have a damp flannel ready and don't get too exited.

 

[Parm]

Awesome, how long before someone has that vice

 

[Screwdriver]

By 'eck. Surprised that little lot hasnt been shipped to China. I suppose these days more likely to end up in India/Pakistan now that China has become more posh.

 

[Screwdriver]

Awesome, how long before someone has that vice

Don't tell Spencer. He's got the only other one.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I've browsed that forum for the years, basic 'rule' is that you never remove anything from the sites.

 

[Dieselman 63]

By 'eck. Surprised that little lot hasnt been shipped to China. I suppose these days more likely to end up in India/Pakistan now that China has become more posh.

Have you noticed on almost every YouTube vid of an old machine (whether for sale or not) there’s a guy asking the price of shipping to Mumbai or Karachi?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Makes a change from the old "I'll send you a Bank draft for more than the asking price to seal the deal, then my Courier/friend will collect the item and you can return the excess funds to them/him in cash".

 

[grim_d]

Seeing all that breaks my heart.

Perhaps @R-D-R or @Dieselkid 63 can get in their with their paint pots?

 

[Maker]

Awesome, how long before someone has that vice

About three hours after I persuade my dad to drive me there.

Seriously though I wonder if it would be possible to get in touch with whoever owns the land and ask if you could buy some of that kit, the drill in the picture after the vice caught my eye...

 

[God mode restorations]

Very nice. Some goodies in there.

 

[Seadog]

There's a very nice radial drill, Spencer. Just saying

 

[God mode restorations]

There's a very nice radial drill, Spencer. Just saying

It is seadog I totally agree...please.....I must not be forced in to temptation

 

[slim_boy_fat]

It is seadog I totally agree...please.....I must not be forced in to temptation

That's never stopped you before

Seriously though I wonder if it would be possible to get in touch with whoever owns the land and ask if you could buy some of that kit,

Actually, that'd be a very interesting excercise - send for the Man from Pinkerton's .

 

[Dieselman 63]

There's a very nice radial drill, Spencer. Just saying

A REAL radial drill, not one of those bench drills on an adjustable arm thingies

 

[God mode restorations]

That's never stopped you before



Actually, that'd be a very interesting excercise - send for the Man from Pinkerton's .

Yes. But. There is only so much spending a guy can do.

 

[DAPPH]

https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/acorn-shipyard-rochester-july-2018.114097/

Have a damp flannel ready and don't get too exited.

Need a bigger garage ........sod the boat.

 

[sardine]

Need a bigger garage ........sod the boat.

Buy the shipyard.

 

[addjunkie]

By 'eck. Surprised that little lot hasnt been shipped to China. I suppose these days more likely to end up in India/Pakistan now that China has become more posh.

I did a bit of machine removal for a friends family buisness back in the 80s, that was all shipped to china.

That area of the medway and also the thames had loads of small ship repair type places at one time, kept in buisness by the likes of scott line and FT Everards shipping who plied the coastal shipping trade on what are called paragraph ships. Small stuff with low crew numbers, often owner drivers too, very shallow draft, most of which could dry out when well upstream, beyond normal big shipping areas.

 

[Keith 66]

Nice site if you wanted a boatyard, quite a long river frontage & big slipway.
Hers the google maps link,https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place...8b6c4751c8!8m2!3d51.3916817!4d0.5043637?hl=en ,

 

[Dieselman 63]

I've browsed that forum for the years, basic 'rule' is that you never remove anything from the sites.

That’s only to avoid prosecution - not breaking in and only taking pictures is a civil offence and difficult to be punished for especially as many abandoned buildings are abandoned for a reason, owner doesn’t want to be found etc.

Some members on there do nick stuff they feel is threatened. I myself have a few mementos from Christchurch, buildings which were flattened only weeks later.