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I still use this. This as well. This is sweet to use.

As stated SIF. Suffolk Iron Foundery. War Department issue. But cast in 1944. Look for a Goverment Broard Arrow on it. Near there will be a string of numbers. If the arrow and numbers are pressent it was issued to the War Dept and they issued it out. The top handle would point to aRAF (Crab)...

Snuff said.........

@Alex H No. I use a local shop who will get parts in for the machines I fix up. He does it for me as I put work his way, he drinks 6X beer, he drives a S2A Land Roover(I fix it) and I known him for years.

It varries from manufacture to manufacture, the age and machine. On that machine it is this. I have ordered the missing item. It is on back order.

@bourbon Yes it is.

I was asked to fix/restore this 1902 Singer sewing machine for a good friend. It has been in their family from new. It went through both wars. But in WW2, in bristol it survived a house fire and a house landing on it. But time was not kind. The box does show it's age. The machine it...

Chamfer Bit. I have a few.

All to common now. This was found today at a neighbours house. The ground floor ring was tripping every few days. The rust stain had a resitance of 0.3ohms. A short to earth. It was traced to this plug in the conservaty, under the potted plants. It was replaced. The breaker was inspected...

I use Ex Army ones. They are better than the screwfix ones I have owned. Most Army Surplus stores sell them for under £10.