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At Men In Sheds we get a range of donations. Some very good and the all the way to the very bad. This Grinder was donate and we were told it was fully working. Inspection soon showed that it may of been working. But it was not going to be, in this state of repair. The cable clamp has...

This Baily No5 Plane was gifted to me. For a Local Men In Sheds. At first look it seamed to be ok, a bit of rust. That is easy sorted. Getting it to bits I found the rear hand fixings were bent, the fron was jammed, but worse. It had been dropped, had and the sole to sides were bent...

Yesterday and last night I was playing with a friends small CNC Mill. There was a programmed into the machine a file called toys. So I had to play, that what toys are for. It allowed me to make a box with a sliding lid. The wood is off cuts from my friends scrap pile. Then I loaded the...

It is not a singer, it is a German import to the Uk and then copied. I have a few Singers, the SN are a good way to date them and where they were made.

This one was a lot simpler, as it worked. Again, pulled from a skip. No bugs either. Works as well.

Pulled from a skip. It is complete, but it does not move. Nothing moved, even the bugs were dead. This is the crud, it is a bit soft now, after drowning it in de greaser(Gunk) Do not force the parts, it will make the repair a lot harder. As parts will break. The parts will be hard to...

Insomnia is a "effffing pain in the all over." Last night I turned this up, as I found some nive wooden pegs when putting stuff away. The felt is elf adhesive stuff, I have few sheets, this was on offcut. The lines are burnt in using a duff metal rule, heated to a dull red colour.

The old ones ae better steel. But I never found an old one with good handles. I find mine in Car boot and a few second hand shops.

Just "Meths" It evaporates, clings onto the colder metal. Then drips off taking the dirt with it.

I hope this 1790 Gold Clutch pencil stays safe.

I now have to go find a suitable light now. YAY.

The lower bit rotates when the handle is turned.

As the title, what is this.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It is a 240 i/p with 240o/p isolation transformer.

Look round the Southampton Salvage yards for old School Science benches.