Anyway, thanks guys, I'll pass on your good wishes :)
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Anyway, thanks guys, I'll pass on your good wishes :)
Just some thoughts.
Modern attitudes to older things are strange.
Are what I regard as normal skills so lacking? In this age of 'disposable' items, there are many TV programmes dedicated to renovation/restoration/recycling/repairing/upcycling, etc. and folk seem amazed by the often basic skills displayed. These activities would have been regarded as normal when I was young, people mended things! Repairing and restoring things is something I have always done, as did most of my family.
I don't get the 'shabby chic' idea. In my book if you renovate something, making it look old and worn again is counter-productive and daft! And 'patina' is a modern fad, nobody used to baulk at polishing, repainting or revarnishing items to literally improve them.
Also, elderly cars, trucks and bikes with an intentionally rusty look seem popular now, god knows why (Henry Cole carries some of the blame :)). If an older vehicle is getting scruffy, just tidy it up! Fifty years ago owning and driving a rusty motor would have been regarded as unfortunate and the owner would likely be either broke or lazy. Did you know that you can even get 'rusty car look' vinyl body wrap now? That's just silly.
indeed, society went all 'disposable' and only now are realising there are finite limits to how much raw materials there are and how much rubbish we can bury.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
i never had a new bike in my life they were all, can i say... 'recycled' lol in many ways people became wealthier and just wanted new, new, new... now many want old but have lost the skills to recover/repair stuff.
Got this precision driver set.
All metal and loads of tips. Nicely put together. 4sides of ends etc..
Been needing a new set for a while and this should cover most things.
Already fixed a electric tin opener. Lolhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...3f31132de3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b931cfe3d9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a13a26c52e.jpg
Got a set that has similar tip selection, different style though. Very handy!
Surprising just how many things require torx bits, including my old CD player as I discovered yesterday. My set looks like this, and it's crap. Lost 2 of them already, fortunately not the two I needed yesterday.
Your set looks better, easier to keep organised.
Surprising just how many things require torx bits, including the rear light cluster of my Vito, and my old CD player as I discovered yesterday. My set looks like this, and it's crap. Lost 2 of them already, fortunately not the two I needed yesterday.
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Your set looks better, easier to keep organised.
Bloody Kickstarter again. This product was launched in 2017, and the article, dated March 2023, reports that a "significant number of backers are yet to receive theirs". And with only 5 being built each month, I'm guessing they'll be waiting for a while yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
looks good tho... may well just be overpriced tat thoQuote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony