Basic old tools

[Steve]

SS, you're spot on as usual, you can pick up these old tools for peanuts. I've been collecting quality tools for years, as well as machine tools including a Royal metal shaper, Boxford lathe and Gorton milling machine.

You can also buy quality engineering items very cheaply, I recently bought 8 large, top quality taper roller wheel bearings for 99p off eBay - these are really useful for making trailers/trolleys/agri stuff.

Keep your eyes open, grab a bargain, these old tools are better than you can buy new unless you spend a lot of money. Recent case - some old wood chisels, covered in putty and paint, but with a 'Made in Sheffield' stamp, they sharpened up like razors and hold an edge well. With cutting tools it's a lottery - if a numpty has overheated the blade when sharpening it, it will be soft and useless, but if it has been used and battered but never sharpened then a bit of TLC will produce a great tool.

Tools - a very, very useful addition to your preps.