My dads JCB inch drive socket set.(late 60’s I think). One of the ‘smaller’ sockets are great for undoing the flywheel bolt and rear wheel hub nuts, on our vans.
OK since you're getting nostalgic, which well known 60's band sang this? In September, 1937 I bought my wife a new electric iron for eight and sixpence She's still using it everyday and it's never needed repair
It was the start of a plan that started almost three years ago to have an extension built , but a long list of bad choices by me relating to choosing builder i am still on with it . I lowered my whole back garden by four foot ,approx 200 ton ,and it started to go wrong with the first builder who didnt know how to dig a hole !
I have some 2nd world war tin snips , bought at a jumble sale, been using them 30 years , still cut good too
No photo to hand but still got and use my metric thread gauge that I made in college 35 years ago - essentially a lump of metal that’s been drilled and tapped from 3mm up to 10mm , simple but it brings back happy memories from my electrical apprenticeship block release at peoples college Nottingham
I get called an old tool quote often but I do have quite a few old tools as well. 1960's coronet major woodworking machine does most things, it's a lathe circular saw planer thicknesser and it cuts and planes better than my newer 1. Still have a good set of old record planes that I picked up as an apprentice and still have my carpenters mallet I had to make as a test piece for my apprenticeship in 1983/4. My old planes are sharper and stay sharp longer than the cheap new one's
Woodworking tools seem to last well, I've got my Grandpa's box plane which he was using in the 1940s and may be older than that. The oldest electrical machine I use regularly and is unrestored is my Grandmother's 1961 Kenwood Chef mixer. It doesn't get used every day, but is frequently in use. My step-daughter became a dab hand at making chocolate cakes as a teenager and her daughters often make bread dough in it, so that's 5 generations, although you can skip my Dad who never used a mixer in his life. It probably deserves a bit of a checkover and service I suppose
I have a v old metal bodied Black & Decker drill. Most of the blue paint has worn off and it’s a bit noisy but it still works a treat and gets regular use. Not sure when B&D moved over to plastic bodies for their drills ? Can’t post a pic as I’m not at home this week Stirlingmoz
my BIL works for Kenwood and the amount of people messaging them about their old chefs and mixers that are still in use is amazing. Top quality!
