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14th May 2018, 7:01 am | #1 |
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Mr Benton's toolbox
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14th May 2018, 9:17 am | #2 |
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Re: Mr Benton's toolbox
Two strong people or three regular people to carry a 1957 17" table set? Some help wouild be welcome, I'm sure, if it had to be carried half a mile - I remember being somewhat tested by carrying a 19" Ekco two miles home, then I've never been especially strong - but it's hard to think how a third could even join in, other than by taking turns...
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14th May 2018, 2:09 pm | #3 |
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Re: Mr Benton's toolbox
A bit before my time, and sets did lighter as time went on, but I do remember the fun of trying to get a 26" up to the top of a block of flats. I mostly (but not always) had help with those, but anything smaller and it was do it yourself. I think three people to carry a set would be difficult as any normal casing wouldn't leave room for a third pair of hands. The tricky ones were some of these ornimental cabinet / surrounds people occasionally had. It was tricky at times to get the set into the back of one. That was the main time when an extra pair of hands was useful. Still not room for three though.
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14th May 2018, 3:23 pm | #4 |
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Re: Mr Benton's toolbox
I've still got the toolbox made by me in the same establishment.
By my time they had changed the design somewhat and mine never did get painted.. My tap wrench is exactly the same though and still with the original screws. This has been by far the most useful item from that time. Last edited by Jon_G4MDC; 14th May 2018 at 3:35 pm. |
14th May 2018, 5:12 pm | #5 |
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Re: Mr Benton's toolbox
Methinks the lady doth protest too much and is waffling. It's a 17" table model for Heaven's sake, not even a console. Radiomuseum doesn't give a weight, but I doubt it was that heavy. Wait 'till you've lifted a 26" G8 in a teak cabinet with folding doors up three floors with no lift in a block of pre war council flats, then you'll understand "heavy".
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14th May 2018, 5:17 pm | #6 |
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Yes, certain Sony and Barco Broadcast monitors were known to get one to break into a sweat as well - and that was just lifting them off the bench !
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14th May 2018, 8:18 pm | #7 |
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Re: Mr Benton's toolbox
Isn't the thread about a toolbox - or?
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14th May 2018, 9:18 pm | #8 |
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Re: Mr Benton's toolbox
Or about the article about the toolbox, not least since we're hardly shown enough of the toolbox to sustain a discussion? And confessedly part of the article did rather leap out at me for the bizarreness of its claim. If Mr. Benton steps forward, of course, there may be much more to talk about.
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Re: Mr Benton's toolbox
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Is that a shed load of IC202's hiding in the background?? David |
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15th May 2018, 9:03 am | #10 |
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Re: Mr Benton's toolbox
Looks more like a small machine vice to me. Or am I too far OT now?
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15th May 2018, 9:22 am | #11 |
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Re: Mr Benton's toolbox
The machine vice was the object of the photo.
That was another project of the Pye Apprentice Training School Cambridge which was the main subject of the article. Milling, Turning, Screw Cutting by lathe, knurling, surface grinding, hardening. It covered just about the lot apart from welding. (The Icom portable collection on the floor just happened to do a photo-bomb by accident) |
15th May 2018, 4:56 pm | #12 |
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Re: Mr Benton's toolbox
I remember the place I served my time at, I had a special cantilever toolbox made to hold all my tools, it was a good 24 inches long, and had an extra set of trays. Think of how a normal cantilever box folds out, then imagine another set of trays underneath, so it looked like a large X when viewed from the end opened up.
To enable it to do this, it was fitted with castors, and the metal was also thicker than normal, since it was built for me. I had a T bar with a hook on one end to enable me to drag it around the factory, it was great, until several years later when I got made redundant. It took 2 of us to lift the thing into my van to get it home. |