Now i appreciate the right tool for the job more than most but even so you can replace 90% of those tools with a correctly wielded dead blow hammer, especially if youve got one with replaceable soft faces…

Real World Tools

We love this tool….

Park are a bit over priced for what you get, if you want solidity and longevity you need to start thinking Var Tools and Falcon Stands.

Jesus Zed, is that the lathe from the ark? Love the belt drive. Are the overhead shafts driven by pony, or have you got steam plant now?

LOL

From the old mans website…
"This lathe was originally owned by Maurice Cann, the famous Grand Prix racer and champion of the 30’s 40’s and 50’s; he was notorious for continually beating the “works” Moto Guzzi GP team on his own home-developed Guzzi “double-knocker”; many of the parts for which were made on this machine. We have now overhauled it and returned it to use as part of our workshop equipment. It’s a very handy tool with a 16” swing and 60” between centres – it can handle BIG stuff as well as small. It’s about a hundred years old and was made by the Monarch Machine Company in Sidney, Ohio, and it’s history gives us lots of satisfaction every time we use it!"

We have a couple of Colchesters as well.

Ayatollahofniche – Premier Member
King Hub Service Tool and BB grease tool I've just cut out the sponge and mounted in this ali box

Do you have some condition with a 3 letter acronym?

"Do you have some condition with a 3 letter acronym?"

He has GWS Syndrome.

Ginger Wok Smuggler

"PS.. what is the box at 2 o'clock?"

It's a Park Tools Empty Chinese Food Box for putting small parts in. Only £30.

My park CT6 chain tool lasted precisely 2 chain breaks before it bent the pin and although you can get replacement pins I decided to buy a different tool in the hope it would last a bit longer!

How clumsy are you

Zangolin that is a thing of beauty looks like the kind of box chippy minton had

fatsimon mk2 – Member
Zangolin that is a thing of beauty looks like the kind of box chippy minton had

Studley Tool Chest – 19th-century tool chest of master carpenter and stonemason H.O.Studley
Big pic – http://www.taunton.com/regcontent/finewoodworking/Studley_1280x1024.jpg

Wiki – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_O._Studley

the studley box is stunning he used to work in a piano factory hence all the inlay work

doesnt look very portable,, must be very heavy