Tools from the Bootsales??

[rtbcomp]

I go to our local tip with the L200, never been turned away yet. The guys there are more concerned about what they can scavange from your load for themselves.

That's how it should be.

 

[johnny7]

Found a pic of when I had a little bit of floorspace- Even after the MG was installed!!

John

 

[johnny7]

Had a stroll round the bootsales this morning, Bought this little Woden Vise for £8

Also bought a set of Stanley side cutters, I can remember the Stanley works at Woodside here in Sheffield

Unfortunately these were made in the Land of the rising sun a gazillion miles away from Sheff!!

Also got some more Bins, watches and these 4.5" thin cutting discs, Two packs of ten for £2 a pack!

John

 

[-Matt-]

That's not a Woden vice, it's a metal one!

If anyone is local to York/shire then I'd reccomend you get down to the Knavesmire Racecourse tomorrow for a massive Bank Holiday one. Apparently the Knavesmire is counted as one of the largest boot sales in England... on a normal day!

Matt

 

[Gan gan 123]

• I'm very new to this but I had a great time at the boot sale in maghull Liverpool today £3 for the stilly £5 for the tube bender didn't know the bender needed formers till I tried it oops if I could only upload photos

 

[slim_boy_fat]

if I could only upload photos

You can, just click the 'upload a file' button at bottom right of your post.

 

[Gan gan 123]

You can, just click the 'upload a file' button at bottom right of your post.

Thanks I'll give it another go

 

[brightspark]

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Thanks I'll give it another go

here u go https://www.tradecounterdirect.com/...rothenberger-replacement-guide_size-12mm.html

 

[Gan gan 123]

Thanks Briightspark just ordered a pair 15mm and 22mm from the bay of theives

 

[DAPPH]

I was at a Steam fair a few weeks ago and saw a lady on a mobility scooter towing a garden trolley to carry her bargains

After years of waiting , plus six cancellations I had a total left knee replacement eight weeks ago . Walking more than 15 yards even with both crutches is still difficult to say the least .

So for the next car boot I attend , I got a buggy off Freecycle as a non runner after asking for one . the batteries were deader than a Dodo , the charger was burnt out too .
So I negotiated a full service , two batteries & a new charger for £125 inc vat . This afternoon I inflated all four tyres on the plastic bodies articulated garden trolley to 35 psi , then gave it a tow around the garden ....it works very well .

Though it looks like I'll have to drop the rear seats flat to get the buggy & the trolley in the car . All I need now is some money and an early breakfast , plus my lass to do the driving for me & I'll be like a pig in clover

 

[DAPPH]

They turn their backs to me now at the council dump and pretend they cant see me. A few years ago I drove in with the van and started to unload while hearing this increasingly loud "Oi" noise, took no notice but the "Oi" noise got louder and louder, eventually had this big red faced bald headed oik stood about two feet away screaming at me. I simply advised him of his job title , told him to be quiet and go away or I would knock him out ( or words to that effect ) No more grief at the local tip since

Bob

Ye gods & graces do that at the local tip at Ammanford & the SWAT teams will arrive by car , truck , helicopter & parachute within seconds . Unless of course you are Welsh , related to any of the operators to about fifth cousin removed or have tupped one of their kith & kin or play rugby .

If your Polish it seems to be even easier , Polish trade vans appear to be welcomed any time of the day , so do the local house clearance guys & gals .

 

[DAPPH]

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Thanks I'll give it another go

If you can't buy any replacements
Ask any of us lathe owners or some one with a milling machine to buy some square aluminium bar bore it through then cut the bar length ways . If you go that route they'll need you to take some measurements or find out the dimensions of the inserts from some one who has them .

 

[Gan gan 123]

If you can't buy any replacements
Ask any of us lathe owners or some one with a milling machine to buy some square aluminium bar bore it through then cut the bar length ways . If you go that route they'll need you to take some measurements or find out the dimensions of the inserts from some one who has them .

Thanks I think I've got it covered but I'll keep that in mind

 

[Wedg1e]

I went to one bootsale this morning (Usually go to three at this time of year!)

Didn't get any tools but got a really nice pistol scope (£15), A great set of bins (£4) and two nice electric geetars for £20 each

A few more bits from the past..

Cheers, John

The cynic in me wants to suggest that the bolt cutters were used to break into the shed from where all the other gear was nicked...

 

[johnny7]

The cynic in me wants to suggest that the bolt cutters were used to break into the shed from where all the other gear was nicked...

I can't remember for sure but most likely I only bought the crops from the stall, Maybe there wasn't any other tools

I can't even remember what the person was like that I bought them from as it was a few years ago!!

I've four or five hacksaws too from the bootsales, They could just as easy have been used in crimes too, I've no control of what anything was used for before I got them

About ten years ago I bought some bigger crops that were siezed solid and the tip snapped where some burk cropped something hefty/Hard with thge tips, I got the 9" grinder on them and levelled the ens so the blades wouldn't cut on the weakened part!!

They will cut 5/8" of mild steel

John

 

[winchman]

My Son a humble student often buys used Record Stilsons at the car boot, cleans them up and sells them when we go to the auto jumble.
I did buy some Bonsai Trees at one but that really doesn't count

 

[Scruffywelder]

I don't go to many car boot sales as a) there are only a couple locally and b) the other half invariably wants to do things of a Sunday morning

I did manage to sneak out to one a wee while back and find a Bluepoint hacksaw for £4* however. My dad has one that he paid £25 for secondhand when I was a kid. His mate bought one new in 1958 for about the price of a used motorbike

They are smashing things to use. They don't twist the blades like an Eclipse one making them much easier to cut a straight line with.

* He asked a fiver but knocked a quid off when he realised the blade was knackered

 

[EddyP]

Hi Slim

I can't get in my garage for all the treasures I broght back from the bootsales!!

This was taken when I still had a small amount of floorspace to walk on!!!

As it is now but there's cases (Drills, Jigsaws etc) piled high now

Trouble is there's an MG Midget in there too taking up room!!


John

If you're desperate for space I'll take that bandsaw off your hands

 

[johnny7]

I don't go to many car boot sales as a) there are only a couple locally and b) the other half invariably wants to do things of a Sunday morning

I did manage to sneak out to one a wee while back and find a Bluepoint hacksaw for £4* however. My dad has one that he paid £25 for secondhand when I was a kid. His mate bought one new in 1958 for about the price of a used motorbike

They are smashing things to use. They don't twist the blades like an Eclipse one making them much easier to cut a straight line with.

* He asked a fiver but knocked a quid off when he realised the blade was knackered

Brilliand find!!

My dad was a lorry driver back when he was alive, He used to bring tools from the scrap that we tried to get working, He brought me a Snap on Pop riveter that had been used so much that the steel nozzle had pulled in to the ally front! I managed to get the nozzle out and ground the nose flat on my linisher, It worked perfectly after that, I lent it out to a family member and never got it back again Trouble was that when he was skint He sold all his tools, My rivetter went with them most likely

It was this type (But said Snap On)..

I also found out years after that the Bosch cordless drill we bought the wifes mum for chrimbo, He borrowed on boxing day and that never came back either.. I'm waiting for him to want to borrow something else, I'm pretty sure that I won't be able to hold back!


John..

 

[Migmac]

Not really a boot sale buy but my son bought an old husqvarna 350 chainsaw last week from a Forestry Comission auction. Bought it without viewing, advertised as spares or repair. I picked it up today, fixed the starter side £0.00. Put some fuel in, couple of pulls and it started, wouldn't tick over, adjusted that and it runs as sweet as a nut. Going to cost him £21 for a oil cap and a chain brake side. Total cost £70. I think it's a steal, saw one that was in a real bad way going for £120 on eBay.