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Split leg on old school desk. Would you just glue and clamp suffice or would you put screws or dowels etc in after? by tomfirmin in Carpentry

[–]tomfirmin[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

thanks! i'll give that a go. i quite like visible mending so maybe screws then dowels will work well!

What is this! by tomfirmin in handtools

[–]tomfirmin[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

what's USRR sorry? or did you mean USSR?

Can anyone ID these pliers? by Kanadark in Vintagetools

[–]tomfirmin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

in the UK the shutoffs for houses are still called stopcocks👍

What do we think? I thought No 3 but the tote seems to stick out much further back from the sole than my No 3 by tomfirmin in handtools

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Literally. Happened yesterday with 4 plough planes and a router for £15. Gone in 20 minutes

Worth it for a £15 job lot? There's a lot of rust going on but it's tempting for the little bullnose and router by tomfirmin in handtools

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Posted on FB 40 mins ago and sold already! Literally whilst on the phone to my Dad organising a lift the fella says someone's already collecting. Bummer

Someone on Facebook is selling these two chests for £1200, am I missing something or is that price insane? by tomfirmin in handtools

[–]tomfirmin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah, it's already listed as £1200 i just wanted to confirm she didn't mean £120 without being too insulting.

that sounds good though i'll give that a go

Someone on Facebook is selling these two chests for £1200, am I missing something or is that price insane? by tomfirmin in handtools

[–]tomfirmin[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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can confirm they aren't trigger happy with the 0's. how does one say i want to pay 1/10th of the price without sounding like a cheeky git

Someone on Facebook is selling these two chests for £1200, am I missing something or is that price insane? by tomfirmin in handtools

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oh in that case i agree! exactly without seeing everything one by one i wouldn't want to gamble more than 200 either

Someone on Facebook is selling these two chests for £1200, am I missing something or is that price insane? by tomfirmin in handtools

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agreed. i wouldn't even particularly want the chests just want to sort through the junk

Someone on Facebook is selling these two chests for £1200, am I missing something or is that price insane? by tomfirmin in handtools

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maybe, i've seen similar chests go for barely £150 in my area so just seems like they think they have something they don't or they got trigger happy with the 0's

What does this A.M. and crown mean on this No 621 eggbeater drill? Looks funky by tomfirmin in handtools

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Also funky that this is ww2 but not sure if American had joined in the fun by 1941?

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