jimi43
Established Member
The bootfair this morning was just a gnat's whatsit away from being cancelled but the clouds disappeared...the sun came out and we were on! The downside was that some chickens decided not to risk it and as a result...there were only a few rows of stalls.
So...I only needed £2.50 of my normal £20 budget...but I managed to get two things that I have wanted for a while...
Firstly....somewhere to put my abrasives and stones.
I was just about to build a pigeon hole cabinet to put the various grits...of Abranet and other abrasives sheets. I am fed up to the back teeth of searching the cavern that is the workshop for scraps of the right grade...
Also I wanted somewhere to keep the various natural stones I am collecting...with coticules and Charnleys running at stupid prices...the last thing I want is to get debris all over them or knock them off the bench!
This box was a cabinet for concrete samples would you believe! And the guy only wanted two squids for it....result! It's made of Birch Ply too! Weighs a ton!
Then...just before I was about to leave...I thought I would get a book to read...just a novel or two and was browsing through a stall when I chanced upon this little gem...
I have been meaning to get this fine work on planes for quite a while but at 50p....well....how could I refuse!
So....not a mass of infill planes and vintage Sorby chisels but some very handy items...
Working tomorrow so no bootfair for me!
Damn and blast this work thing!! :mrgreen:
Anyone else have any luck this weekend?
Jim
So...I only needed £2.50 of my normal £20 budget...but I managed to get two things that I have wanted for a while...
Firstly....somewhere to put my abrasives and stones.
I was just about to build a pigeon hole cabinet to put the various grits...of Abranet and other abrasives sheets. I am fed up to the back teeth of searching the cavern that is the workshop for scraps of the right grade...
Also I wanted somewhere to keep the various natural stones I am collecting...with coticules and Charnleys running at stupid prices...the last thing I want is to get debris all over them or knock them off the bench!
This box was a cabinet for concrete samples would you believe! And the guy only wanted two squids for it....result! It's made of Birch Ply too! Weighs a ton!
Then...just before I was about to leave...I thought I would get a book to read...just a novel or two and was browsing through a stall when I chanced upon this little gem...
I have been meaning to get this fine work on planes for quite a while but at 50p....well....how could I refuse!
So....not a mass of infill planes and vintage Sorby chisels but some very handy items...
Working tomorrow so no bootfair for me!
Damn and blast this work thing!! :mrgreen: Anyone else have any luck this weekend?
Jim
