Hi Guys.
I think I need a new screwdriver.
Anyone ever heard of Sunflag branded tools????
Jo
Jammy bugger. I inherited a six inch steel rule, a No.4 hand plane and a couple of blunt chisels. Not having any "hands on" family in striking distance always seemed a rough deal.
Shane, I should have offered to swap the lathe for your mighty half ton grinder.
Roger
PS those Sunflag screwdrivers are fantastic. I just used the #2 "Phillips" (i.e., JIS) and it gripped the screws tenaciously.
I haven't inherited any of it yet. The old man is 87 and showing no signs of checking out.
There is quite a lot of hand tool overlap between his collection and mine. When I moved to New Zealand in 1994 I had few tools and I missed the ready access to his tools. So I started accumulating my own. But it recent years I have tried to buy only tools that neither of us possesses, in the knowledge that eventually the two collections will be merged.
Interestingly, of all the people who have looked around the yard and in the sheds over the years, I reckon only two have really appreciated all the stuff. You would need an abiding interest in old farm machinery to get really excited about it. It looks like a museum, but everything has been bought to use, not as something to add to a collection.
Roger
PS addo, come down and help us fix up the house and you can have a guided tour of the stuff.
Before the Great Calamity of 2010 there was some talk on AF about Jogglers / flanging tools.....
Sounds like my kind of place - Incidentely Roger, do you have a spare shed ...