Redherring Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Passionate about tools? Herewith an opportunity to share with us some of those brilliant tools you've manufactured out in the back shed when the standard tools just weren't up to it. I'll make a start with our own stub-saw. Though now a little worn it still works on sheet metal & light steel in a tight spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rog8811 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Land rover overdrive castle nut spanner from a socket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero-Five-Two Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Four and a Half inch A/F slogging spanner from bits of old angle iron, for Militant wheel hub nuts. Not exactly snap-on but it did the job. Since its first use the bent bit has been straightened and reinforced, and it has also been used of various Routemaster Buses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redherring Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 Like both spanners. I've always been keen on recycling old castings and scraps of steel. You can never have enough. Though I'm often told I could get a fair price for all that old, rusty, and 'unsightly' scrap cluttering the sheds and generally lying about! For something very simple and different here are a couple of recycled knives with a multitude of uses. The very sharp curved blade works a treat on anything from wiring to hay twine, and the other is ground square to scrape off old oil and other concretions. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Vandal! those old knives are probably antiques by now! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redherring Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 Now there's a thought, a special bequest in the future for some lucky relative... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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