Yep,the Riley is mostly BSF except where previous owners have substituted the wrong bolts! When I started working on my Austin I did that in a tiny garage right on the road with the doors open. I also had old people go past and give me things. A neat little pocket spark tester and a brand new unused Lucas key switch which is in the car now.
A neighbour gave me a box of taps and a few dies, mostly BSF, some BSW & a few metric, all neatly set out in a divided tray with labels, it is now my go-to when I need a tap, it is nice when people pass things over to someone who will use them rather than dumping, a friend works for Veolia and he occasionally has a sift through stuff that comes into the warehouse and has found a few 1930's Austin labelled spanners, which he gives to me! It is shameful what gets thrown away... Great video, thank you sharing, looking forward to the next Riley update!
A fantastic Pandora's Box of gear, love the scrapers, had to make my own when I was an apprentice, my Dad was a blacksmith at the same company, (RHP ball & roller bearings) he would anneal the files then forge the ends to whatever shape, I always hand filed the profiles and cutting edges in rather than use a grinder, then the old fella would harden and temper them for me, happy days...
Hand scraping is a bit of a lost art nowadays but it was really handy to clean up the aluminium deposited on the bore on the Riley so they just cleaned up with a light hone afterwards. To think most machine beds, sideways and surface plates were all scraped in by hand.
Old cars, engineering and a splash (bucketload!) of humour. What's not to like. Scrapers like files can be very useful tools in the right hands. Keep the videos coming.
The screws and collars I think were used by pattern makers to locate split pattern halves The brass/copper spoons for weld repairs in thin steel ie motorcycle mudguards
the plastic box, I think contains male and female dowels, used by pattern makers to align / locate two halves of a split wooden pattern. I.E. each pattern half in two (usually cast iron) core boxes that in themselves are dowelled together. Then again, in two years you've probably found that out by now🙄
I often wonder about these "hauls" of goodies, if only it were possible to tlk to the person that amassed these collections of gems, I look at my barns full of such boxes, and wonder what will happen to them when I am gone, boxes of priceless items in the t hands, but landfill junk in the eyes of others, less enlightened, unfortunately there are more of them than us now, so the landfill will claim most of these sought after my some items. Chris B.
when my daughter comes into the workshop i sweep my hand around and announce ( my favourite line from Monty Python's Holy Grail ) " one day lad all this will be yours"......followed by " what ever you do don't let your Mother sort it out as it'll go in a skip"...Luckily my Daughter is aware of the value of it.
@@TweedsGarage Ha Ha! A good friend of mine that bought Sir Winston Churchills Ser I Land Rover tucked it in his barn, that was his favourite saying every time his son walked in, but he did not get the Land Rover, that sold at auction for an outrageous price, but high price payed = the thing is saved, valuable items that people do not recognise the value of, go to the dump! Chris B.
Yep,the Riley is mostly BSF except where previous owners have substituted the wrong bolts! When I started working on my Austin I did that in a tiny garage right on the road with the doors open. I also had old people go past and give me things. A neat little pocket spark tester and a brand new unused Lucas key switch which is in the car now.
Nice to have an original key and you'll always remember the chap when you use it.
The double ended tool with curved ends is a "Wing Wong for a Goose's Bridle". Lol😂😂 Love your videos. Keep up the good work.
RayK 🇭🇲 🦘 🏍 🚲 🇬🇷
Thanks for that Ray, that sent me down a internet rabbit hole of old sayings 😁
I'm 81 and believe me you'll have lots of time to look at the wall and wonder what you came into that room for. Cheers.
A neighbour gave me a box of taps and a few dies, mostly BSF, some BSW & a few metric, all neatly set out in a divided tray with labels, it is now my go-to when I need a tap, it is nice when people pass things over to someone who will use them rather than dumping, a friend works for Veolia and he occasionally has a sift through stuff that comes into the warehouse and has found a few 1930's Austin labelled spanners, which he gives to me! It is shameful what gets thrown away...
Great video, thank you sharing, looking forward to the next Riley update!
there has been activity in the garage...nuts and bolts have been found....just getting over a shackle conundrum
A fantastic Pandora's Box of gear, love the scrapers, had to make my own when I was an apprentice, my Dad was a blacksmith at the same company, (RHP ball & roller bearings) he would anneal the files then forge the ends to whatever shape, I always hand filed the profiles and cutting edges in rather than use a grinder, then the old fella would harden and temper them for me, happy days...
Hand scraping is a bit of a lost art nowadays but it was really handy to clean up the aluminium deposited on the bore on the Riley so they just cleaned up with a light hone afterwards. To think most machine beds, sideways and surface plates were all scraped in by hand.
Old cars, engineering and a splash (bucketload!) of humour. What's not to like.
Scrapers like files can be very useful tools in the right hands.
Keep the videos coming.
my wife would say "oh don't encourage him" but thanks for the encouragement :-)
The screws and collars I think were used by pattern makers to locate split pattern halves
The brass/copper spoons for weld repairs in thin steel ie motorcycle mudguards
Now that would make sense Andrew, it'll come in handy for wing repairs on the Riley
the plastic box, I think contains male and female dowels, used by pattern makers to align / locate two halves of a split wooden pattern. I.E. each pattern half in two (usually cast iron) core boxes that in themselves are dowelled together. Then again, in two years you've probably found that out by now🙄
Thanks for that Ralph, no one has commented on it so thanks for the info👍
wow a real treasure trove. Great time looking at all the little goodies . The tool could be for bodywork dolly.
A dolly of some sort seems to be the common consensus
The red tool is an Hub puller , my father remembers using them for Ford 8’s and 10’s rear Hub/drums.
Ah yes, that would explain why the screw has a pip at the end rather than being flat. Thanks for that Matthew 🙂👍
I often wonder about these "hauls" of goodies, if only it were possible to tlk to the person that amassed these collections of gems, I look at my barns full of such boxes, and wonder what will happen to them when I am gone, boxes of priceless items in the t hands, but landfill junk in the eyes of others, less enlightened, unfortunately there are more of them than us now, so the landfill will claim most of these sought after my some items. Chris B.
when my daughter comes into the workshop i sweep my hand around and announce ( my favourite line from Monty Python's Holy Grail ) " one day lad all this will be yours"......followed by " what ever you do don't let your Mother sort it out as it'll go in a skip"...Luckily my Daughter is aware of the value of it.
@@TweedsGarage Ha Ha! A good friend of mine that bought Sir Winston Churchills Ser I Land Rover tucked it in his barn, that was his favourite saying every time his son walked in, but he did not get the Land Rover, that sold at auction for an outrageous price, but high price payed = the thing is saved, valuable items that people do not recognise the value of, go to the dump! Chris B.
Dolly looking tool is similar to one seen years ago that was used when lead loading. Just a thought.
seems to be the common consensus Mr B, i'll go through some of my vintage car maintenance books and see if i can see it.
This could be a new line . Mr Tweed's Treasures with a mystery object.
Like Jack Hargreaves on " out of town " showing some weird old tool and describing how it worked........I think the idea's got legs young Russell 😁
Pitted olives!
Only slightly 🙂
Wasn't nice of reg to give you those tools!
I know!