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Did anyone go?? I managed a few bits yesterday.. Left hand three were a quid each, Right hand three were a quid for the lot! The little bins were £2, The pincers were 20p and the watches were £2 each- Watches seem to be getting expensive these days!! :yikes: I asked how much these...

Nice haul there Tom!! Well done mate :cool::cool: I didn't go this week or last due to the arthritis in my ankles/knees giving me much gip :( John :)

Sundays haul :headbang: Squier acoustic that has a very nice tone, Cost £30 and came with electronic tuner, Capo, Stand, bag and picks.. 110 Jigsaw blades i9n a carry case for a tenner, None have been used!! T'uther side.. Two new American 5m tape measures for £3 A 10x50 Tasco Zip...

That coat looks fab Tom :cool::cool: The wife once bought me a Barbour waxed hat, sort of like a cowboy hat from a charity shop, I think from memory she paid £5 for it, Was a long time ago though, I've no idea where it is now, Never wore it though!! John :)

WOWSER!!!!! :yikes::yikes: That's fab work Hamish!! The Tele with the Bigsby looks awesome mate :notworthy:notworthy:notworthy:notworthy John :)

Hi all I went to two bootsales and only bought one thing, This lovely old Arcoy Dovetailing jig complete with all three cutters and instructions!! I think at £4 it was a bargain ;) I almost bought a Youngmans 3.8m telescopic ladder for £15 but I couldn't get it to stay up!, It seems there...

Love the oil lamps goodjob I went today and found a few prizes!! I bought these for a hobby bench saw that I bought a few years ago and was minus a blade!, Turned out I had the wrong size in mind, Diameter is OK but the spindle size is 5/8" (16mm), I thought it was 7/8" (22mm), The spacers...

Cheers, Money transferred ;) John :)

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I'll try through Flickr!! Paid a tenner for this smashing 3/8" drive socket set!! [/URL]CK socket set by johnbaz77, on Flickr[/IMG] Yay!! [/URL]Infantry watches by johnbaz77, on Flickr[/IMG] £2 each for the watches!! Fiver for the geetar!! [/URL]Falcon 'Strat'!! by johnbaz77, on...

Hi I had an hour at a local bootsale and spent a whopping £25!! :eek::D:D I can't post pics as Imgur has changed and I can't make the pics smaller, They're turning out Huuuuuuge!! :(:confused: John :)

Ooooh!! Very Tempting, It would be coming back to Sheffield if I bought it!! :cool::cool: John..

Hi I managed a few bits at the weekend, Not all tools, Would Binoculars and Telescopes count as tools?? I bought a Propane blowlamp top for 50p (Have two already) I bought a smashing old set of Swift Tecnay 10x50 Bin's from a mate that stands occasionally! He collects Binoculars, The set is...

Hi This is a Patternmakers toolbox that I was given by a workmate (Patternmaker!) We suffered bad flooding at work in around 2006/7 and afterwards new steel toolboxes were bought for the patternmakers, The lad asked me if I wanted it, No water had entered the box, The joints were that good...

Hi badoosh There's some fantastic tutorials HERE, Click of the list at the left (TUTORIALS) and there's all sorts of great tips/methods :cool::cool: Cheers, John :)

Hi Ruud I'll be getting the space back in garage shortly (Hopefully!) to set my machines up! I already have a few lathes and in fact, Acquired a very nice Granville Senior from Dred in a trade for a wood turning lathe!! :notworthy This is the one! I've also bought a Myford 7 too! :o...

Thanks! I couldn't remember for the life of me what it was used for!! John :)

It's the first i've messed with for many years as I can't get in my garage for all the stuff that got put in when one of my sheds collapsed!! I bought a 120"x50" steel shed but that's in the garage too!! :o, I stripped a large pallet at work to use as a base for the new shed, The pallet was...

Hi all I bought this poor thing from a local bootsale this morning for 'Arf a quid!! ;) I hammered the burr back down rather than just grinding it back but it left a slightly visible line when i'd finished! :aargh4: No idea what the timber was that I used for the scales but it had some...

Hi all I bought another lathe today, Allbeit a micro lathe! It's a Unimat ML1, It can be tuned in to a mill, drill and other things too!! I just have to get my shed erected now so that I can get the toys setup to maake some knives/sticks :bigok: By the way, This is lathe number seven...