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23rd Aug 2019, 07:14 AM #1
More goodies !
Hi Guys,
The other day, Tuesday, my wife and I went to Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. There was a second hand and surplus market. A few vegetable stalls and lots of stalls selling unloved and second hand bits and pieces, including a couple of stalls selling tools, most of which were rusty junk.
However I did find a few gems hidden in tins and decaying cardboard boxes. Most sellers were willing to grab at any offer for stuff that you made. I spent a few pounds, eight to be exact, on these items.
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These were in a soggy cardboard box. I must confess that when I got home I dunked them in a basin of pure lemon juice. The first Item the Champion Spark Plug Gap Tool, has come up very well, certainly better than the set of Moore & Wright feeler gauges, which I discovered had the 1.5 thou blade torn off.
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On another stall I found these Moore & Wright radius gauges. They were in a rusty tobacco tin. A pound each and they were mine. The guy on the stall gave me a right old, they belonged to my dad story, but he didn't really know what they were or what they would have been used for.
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Then five slitting saw blades in reasonable condition. Four of them made by ESC of Manchester and one by Cardinal, AEI. Five inch diameter by 1/32" inch thick. No broken teeth and no obvious cracks in them. They might want a touch up on the teeth but look OK.
There was various boxes of slot drills and cutters. Every one that I picked up was damaged in one way or another, lots of carbide in there as well. Probably worth a lot of money as carbide scrap. The HSS not so much.
All in all a nice day out.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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23rd Aug 2019, 12:19 PM #2Golden Member
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Once you finish your T&C grinder you'll have the perfect tool to bring those slit saws back into operational order.
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23rd Aug 2019, 12:40 PM #3Most Valued Member
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Those thread pitch gauges are something i have needed in the shed for a long time must get around to buying a set soon
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23rd Aug 2019, 05:35 PM #4
Hi Gazza,
They are not thread pitch gauges ! They are radius gauges, used for determining the curve on edges and the like. Also for setting the curve when grinding a lathe forming tool.
Now you have mentioned it, I didn't see any thread gauges at all. Though most Chinese tap & die sets seem to come with one.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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23rd Aug 2019, 06:31 PM #5Most Valued Member
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My bad i thought the 4th pic where vintage tpg
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23rd Aug 2019, 08:17 PM #6Diamond Member
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A good score. The radius gauges are very handy, I have both a concave and convex set and they've been used a few times.
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