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Hi Keith I have a friend up in Skipton that has enough guns that if He fired a different one each day it would take over two years to shoot every single one!! :eek: I'm getting to the stage that I may not be here for a heck of a lot longer and am thinking of getting rid of a load as i'd hate...

I've been in to Bonsai for a couple of decades, Couldn't imagine not having any trees now!! And in flower.. John (y)

Hi all There doesn't seem to be many pics posted about the subject matter! I've collected airguns for a few decades, The count stood at 185 but i've added a few more since then, I used to be a member at a range but as I workd 12 hour days and nights and used to get called in every so often, I...

It sounds like you've slightly overworked it if the grease is coming from the gearbox rather than where the chisel fits in, The gears will have warmed up enough to melt the grease, Maybe you could give the drill ten mins to cool every so often :unsure: My brother bought me this from an elderly...

Having said that spring is here, I was outside weeding a tree (Lonicera) and intending to give it a trim, A blizzard started!!, I weeded the compost but then ran indoors looking like a snowman!! :oops: John :D

You may have been better just phonin the police, I've seen them turn up at bootsales after stolen goods (y) John :)

Spring is my favourite season, It's when my deciduous little trees wake up from their winter slumber!! John(y)

Hi Jack I have a 340 year old Wakizashi that was credited to Omi Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro, Apparently a smith of some repute! A chap that is a leading authority on hizen blades (Roger Robertshaw in Hong Kong) confirmed it as being genuine (In his opinion) as there's many forgeries! but mine...

Hi all Here's a couple I made around 35 years ago at work when there wasn't much to do!! I didn't have a linisher or any other power tools as such so it was all done with Oxy Acetylene, Files and emery cloth! (Must have been crackers!) The cutlass type is just mild steel packing that was 1/2"...

Hi I got one a couple of weeks ago and bought a repotting tray for my Bonsai, It was £12.49, I was surprised when it actually worked and I only paid £2.49!, I bought my last one around 15 years ago, It was £5 l0cally but I cracked the bottom when a tree/por slipped from my grasp! John (y) :)

Hi The table came out fabulously (y) :cool::cool: I've been collecting airguns for years and used to do a lot of stock refinishing, When there was blotchy wood I would mix strong bleach and water and slap it on with a cloth, If it was oil that had soaked in I used Oxalic acid crystals...

I used to buy broken electrical tools for pennies at the bootsale to try and get them going! I once bought a hessian sack full of drills, Six in all, The first five were easy fixes, The last one was a large Peugeot, I removed the forend case screws and parted the two casings when a pile of...

That sounds great Frank, Many thanks (y) :cool: John :)

Years ago I had loads of stuff to get rid of, I'd bought a new bench grinder that turned out to be not very good, I also had too many bench drills (Still do!) and a load of other stuff so I loaded the car and the wife and me went to a local bootsale, The chap that owned the field we were in...

That's very nice work! (y) :cool: :cool: John :)

The files need to be thoroughly degreased for the Sulphuric acid to eat in to the steel, From new they have a coating to stop them rusting, They may have also picked up oil from the metal that was filed and even just greasy hands wiping off the filings! I used to work in a machine shop more...

I paid next to nothing for the G and F clamps, They came from the bootsales for 50p or a poundeach, They do what I need them to do, Have to agree that the Acme threaded ones are generally much lower quality than the proper machine thread ones (y) :) My garage is rubbish and is quite damp so...

Hi Jack (Always wanted to shout that to an old schoolmate whilst on a plane!! 🤪 :ROFLMAO: ) I used to call any type of clamp, A cramp!!, It wasn't until I read it somewhere and realised i'd been calling them wrongly all my life!! :giggle::giggle: The chairback is all back together now, The...

I never got round to finishing the welding on the wings and door bottoms as my knees packed in!, I've had both replaced but they're killing me again!! You'll probably recognise this little iron lump!! John :)

Mine's a late Midget so it has the 1500cc Spitfire engine within and twin SU carbs!! 🤪 John (y)