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Does anyone remember the Apollo Taperflash steel rods?? I had one years ago, Used it for ages but one day I was fishing a pond near Mabelthorpe, gave a cast out and it flippin' snapped!! The tip and Almost all of the middle section went away from me an extraordinary rate of knotts!! :yikes...

Crumbs- Take it easy mate :( Get well soon.. John..

Hi all I went to just one bootsale alst week as me dodgy knee was giving me grief!! :( I bought two more Bosch drills but battery ones this time!, One is a 12volt, the other 9.6v.. I paid £6 for the 12v and £4 for the 9.6v, They only turned a little so I thought the batteries were kaput!! All...

Hi Samon Yes, They have teeth on both sides, They're very thick and heavy- Heavier than any files i've ever had!! I thought they were for Farriers as the rasp part would be ideal for removing hoof and the finer parts for smoothing down the brads :D John :)

Anyone been out this morning?? I managed a few bits :headbang: 510Watt SDS+ (£15) Pair of thick/heavy Farriers rasp/files?? (50p each!) Two rolls of .6mm Mig wire (£2 each) Some watches, They were £4 each apart from the Cyma Navystar, That was £1 It works superbly!! The Rotary...

WOW!! I'd no idea!! :cool::cool: I bought a 3' set a few years ago for £2!!! Seems like they will chop through anything!!! I've... er... got a thing for things with lenses!! I also have a Europa 8" reflecting telescope and a Meade ETX 70 scope too! John :)

Hi all I went to a bootsale this morning, First time at a saturday one in a couple of years!! I bought a few things :cool: 20mm 'Dummy' (£2.50).. 18" Record Bolt crops, good for up to 8mm (£5)... Top set, Kershaw 6x Mk2 marked with the broadarrow and 1942, Idividual focusing and has a...

Hi all I managed to find a few bits today.. A veryu hefty Cashbox for £4, It didn't have a key for the lock but I knew I had a new lock spare with two keys! A label inside!! Inside.. Pair of axle stands that will hold four tonnes between them, Cost a fiver ... A set of Russian...

WOWSER!!! Flippin' fantastic!! :eek::cool::cool::cool: Those bevels are the Mutts nuts!! :35: John :)

Did anyone go this morning?? I went to three and thought I was going to blank!! I then found five big hefty files for 50p each and an 8" 3/4hp grinder/rotary wire brush!! :cool::cool: The grinder has an electric light built in to each side!! John :)

That's a fab haul of stuff :cool::cool::cool: I came across a great vice, It was large, hefty and had an anvil built in!! Ordinarily I would have snapped it up for the £20 being asked but since we have to watch the cash now, I thought better of it and walked away!! :( John :)

Hi all I went to the bootsale this morning, Don't have a lot to spend as i've been off work for around ten months with a bad knee! Managed a few bits though! 96 Alkaline AA batteries in holders- 10p for a pack of 8 :eek: had to buy 12 packs so that I won't have to pay three or four quid for...

Hi I went at the weekend and it was the worst my local ones have been in ages :( All I managed was an old Webley Stinger BB gun for a tenner that wouldn't work :p The fella said it needed a new spring but when I stripped it, the thing was so dry that the O ring piston seal was travelling so...

Shame we're a bit far apart!! these are solidly made guns, Had one years ago.. John..

I went on Monday to a local one, The first i've been to in months due to a knee replacement!! Prizes include this X/Y vice.. An attachment for the strimmer for cutting hedges! (Been after one for over a year!!).. Fireaxe and a set of tongs.. Also bought a spare internal filter for...

Hi all I recall polishing the blade on this little CK bowie knife then using it to scoff my brekkie at work as the plastic knife that came with the full English snapped!! When I got it out to wash it at home it had stained it, I thought i'd have another go at some better definition (Didn't...

WOWSER!!! :yikes: Stunning work Hamish :notworthy:notworthy:notworthy Keep up the fab work mate :cool::cool: John :) PS, The strap on the watch usually goes on the other way round, Buckle at the top :o

No that will be chemically blued or blacked, Some people when hunting try to make the gun as unobvious as possible, maybe wrapping cammo tape round it or painting it in cammo or just painting a matt colour so there will be no reflections form sunlight to give their position away... John..

Yes, I think someone spoilt his sale :( John..

This is the mk1 HW80 Ground and polished Reblued.. And rebuilt.. It shoots very nicely now but the first shot out sounded like a shotgun and smoked more than my old mk4 Cortina, it registered 909fps which with the 11.9 grain Hobbies equated to 21ft lbs :nono::yikes: I stripped...