DIY Tool identification needed?

[Jeanied]

Now if you had the taps and dies, VC, I could have used them. I need to make a new bolt to hold my door knocker - with a nut to hold it in place.

Whoops - walked into that one, the nut is already here. Now I need a hexagonal one...

[veggiechicken]

With the sounds of that lot VC someone was either an engineer or mechanic.

Colin

Amateur car/motorbike mechanic, carpenter, plumber, electrician, you name it really - but by trade a computer systems analyst in the NHS! You can probably guess which he preferred!!

[veggiechicken]

Now if you had the taps and dies, VC, I could have used them. I need to make a new bolt to hold my door knocker - with a nut to hold it in place.

Whoops - walked into that one, the nut is already here. Now I need a hexagonal one...

Taps & Dies I can do, Jeanie - a drawerful! All shapes and sizes......

[Aberdeenplotter]

Thank you Son of Lottie. That sounds about right - I seem to remember some work on my Triumph Spitfire suspension after I dropped it in a pothole!!
So, no use to me but maybe to a car enthusiast. Now to find a Triumph owner

Doesn't need to be specifically a Triumph. Will work with any ball joints, track rod ends etc

[veggiechicken]

Thanks AP. So I need to find anyone who wants them really, and given the earlier advice that they're not much good, that may be difficult

[Potstubsdustbins]

VC he must have been some amateur most of that kit is professional. Maybe be he was like me I can't walk past a tool shop without me wallet twitching.

Colin

[veggiechicken]

His father was an engineer and some of the stuff came from him. My father maintained his cars and bikes and a friend was a model engineer - all their stuff came this way. But there have been lots of other sources too - with the sort of offer its hard to refuse like - clear out my garage and take anything you want. I'm getting to that point myself now!! Its not so bad when I know what something is because then I can offer it to someone who might use it, but when I haven't a clue - like today's items. So thanks for your help

[Mikey]

You must have really big feet - they're size 6!! Here's another photo in case you missed it first time [ATTACH=CONFIG]30900[/ATTACH]

I still think if you knew a welder or a blacksmith, they might be able to join these two for you.

The one on the floor would stay where it is, and the one stood up would be welded onto the flat end. Voila.. you stand on the flat one and lever your welly against the prongs of the one stood up.

I think you are an amazing contortionist VC, I couldn't take a picture of my leg as you have done there.

[veggiechicken]

I still think if you knew a welder or a blacksmith, they might be able to join these two for you.
The one on the floor would stay where it is, and the one stood up would be welded onto the flat end. Voila.. you stand on the flat one and lever your welly against the prongs of the one stood up.
I think you are an amazing contortionist VC, I couldn't take a picture of my leg as you have done there.

Mikey, would you like them for your wellies?
As for the photo that was the easy part, pressing the shutter with my nose was more difficult

[Mikey]

Mikey, would you like them for your wellies?
As for the photo that was the easy part, pressing the shutter with my nose was more difficult

No you're alright bach, I've got enough on my plate as it is.

I'm currently sanding and lime waxing my MIL's old dining table for putting under the verandah. I'm gonna be tied up on that for at least the next 2 weeks.










aaaaahhhhh.........stop it........dirty little minds.

[veggiechicken]

It was the thought of you being waxed that appealed
You sure you don't want two ball joint splitters

[WendyC]

I thought they looked like elephant false teeth.

[Snadger]

Deffo ball joint splitters for use mainly on splitting ball joints funny enough!

Because the ball joint has a nut on the top and a tapered seat, these little beauties are wedged around the tapered seat and once the nut is loosened they are wacked to force the tapered ball joint mounting rom the tapered seat. Their is another variation which uses a lockdown nut to do the same job. Thats why the bit is missing from the centre of the wedge to fit around the ball joint shaft.

SWG or Standard Wire Gauge was a thickness measurement for steel plate before metrication.
The one that sticks in my mind was 16 gauge (SWG) which was roughly the equivalent of 1/16" thick plate. !4 gauge was slightly thicker and 18 gauge slightly thinner. Landrover chasssis are 16 gauge methinks where other normal car chassis are 18 guage or probably some weird metric equivalent these days!

[veggiechicken]

Thanks Snadger! I can't stop playing with the SWG now. It measures from 9 gauge to 26 and so far I've measured the thickness of a knife and tweezers! There's a 2nd disc attached to it that swivels out and has larger holes marked 1 to 8.
I like having a new toy to play with
Adding image - its like this one!

[Potstubsdustbins]

Thats is all part of the wire gauge if you look on the opposite side of the gauge that we can see you find that .300 inches is equivelant to 1 wire gauge .276 inches is 2 and so on. Thats the british standard the american standard varies slightly.

Colin.