Tinbasherdan
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id love a box and pan folder but theyre daft money 
lotus 30
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Thats how they got damaged i suspect haven't, used it yet got to strip and clean it all thanks though i may not have realised that myself never used one before.
roofman
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How could i not buy this gem today...Remember when B&D was half decent and made with that strange stuff they call metal,anyway totally original including the "complaint paper" iff not happy....I was very happy only paying £15 for it and its never going to be used as its an ornament now
Tinbasherdan
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not so sure that they are paul, certainly all the machines i have used have had the chamfer that way. what tends to wreck them is people bending flat bar/roundbar/stud iron with them, puts lovely dings in the front edge of the fingers.
looking at the pictures now im on my computer, it looks to have a good depth behind the fingers, makes multiple bends easier as you can feed the sheet from the back. if it ever wants for a new home let me know, im sure i can create some room
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How could i not buy this gem today...Remember when B&D was half decent and made with that strange stuff they call metal,anyway totally original including the "complaint paper" iff not happy....I was very happy only paying £15 for it and its never going to be used as its an ornament now
I have the same one but with an orange body [think....David Dickinson
]Cheers Vark, you've just reminded me that I stuck my pickup on charge earlier this afternoon and had forgotten to go back and switch it off, just nipped up to the garage and turned it off.
You just saved me a pair of boiled batteries
All the Edwards Truefold machines I've used over the years have had always had the fingers the opposite way to that picture with the chamfer down to the bed.
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Tinbasherdan
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Hmm maybe you are right for this one then, but the machines we had in the yard and the ones at college deffo had the chamfer the way it is in the picCheers Vark, you've just reminded me that I stuck my pickup on charge earlier this afternoon and had forgotten to go back and switch it off, just nipped up to the garage and turned it off.
You just saved me a pair of boiled batteries
All the Edwards Truefold machines I've used over the years have had always had the fingers the opposite way to that picture with the chamfer down to the bed.
I am surprised no one has managed to destroy another thread by mentioning pies....lol
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Today I got
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Tongue in cheek, following on from another post.
I got a new fie basket, should be nice and toasty in a few hours.
Time to make smores?
I got a new fie basket, should be nice and toasty in a few hours.
Time to make smores?
angellonewolf
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I don't think they are working any quick cheaks I can do ?
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A Fobco star drill!
Local bloke never uses it so I have been trying to buy it for 12 months, just called in and he sold it to me.
Its very dirty and oily as it was last used in a garage, looks like one of the handles is missing but will have a proper look tomorrow, so any one got any spare Fobco bits?
The table is ok but a few chips are out of the side of the casting and one handle is missing.
Any one got a drawing? Know the Knob size as they are also missing so its Ebay or golf balls.
Local bloke never uses it so I have been trying to buy it for 12 months, just called in and he sold it to me.
Its very dirty and oily as it was last used in a garage, looks like one of the handles is missing but will have a proper look tomorrow, so any one got any spare Fobco bits?
The table is ok but a few chips are out of the side of the casting and one handle is missing.
Any one got a drawing? Know the Knob size as they are also missing so its Ebay or golf balls.
WorkshopChris
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Looks like the one on the bottom is an old one with solid brass pins with no insulation.
Over on the UK Vintage Radio Forum there is a post 12 pages long just devoted to 13A plugs.
http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=71683
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@WorkshopChris
I looked at them all.
Yes the bottom one is old and has no insulation and internally only 1 side has the earth connected internally.
4 have bean overloaded, marks can be seen. I think one was scrubbed clean.
The other Old one has a internal fuse, well it does, wrapped tin foil. Again 1 earth is connected.
4 are in good nick and will be used. They have serviceable fuses, all 10amp.
I looked at them all.
Yes the bottom one is old and has no insulation and internally only 1 side has the earth connected internally.
4 have bean overloaded, marks can be seen. I think one was scrubbed clean.
The other Old one has a internal fuse, well it does, wrapped tin foil. Again 1 earth is connected.
4 are in good nick and will be used. They have serviceable fuses, all 10amp.
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Brand new mystery wood table out of a well known chain store's skip, busted steel legs only held on by pidgeon poop tacks, price tag says £175, but its not worth that, looks like the oak you get on pallets !
Easy fix to stick new legs on, flat steel strip, 10 mm bar job done.
Easy fix to stick new legs on, flat steel strip, 10 mm bar job done.
Today i acquired this strange object, found in the club bonfire. It is badly damaged & warped from the heat of the fire, It appears to be made from bronze or gunmetal. About the only bit usable is the heavy cast base which is 10" in diameter. Im thinking its some kind of book stand? The top three bits with holes in were spring loaded & slid in the channels, Any ideas on what it was welcomed!
Woody.v8
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I would guess the remains of an old office chair?
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I got a replacement locking handle from http://lathes.co.uk/.
