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I have a bin full,of pyro ends, sure there must be at least one in there
i shall,have a proper look in the morning
i shall,have a proper look in the morning
It was / is called Tufnol No.1 , various types with names like Kite , Whale , Carp. I used to do machine installs etc for them .I remember tallow very well and was it called tuffnell that was used in motor terminals. Also remember rawlplug tools, hit it with the club hammer whilst turning it at the same time, and the pyro stripper that was like a sardine tin key, what a godsend when the joistripper came out.
Oh yes,returning broken drill bit's that brought back memories,I remember being loaned out to a big engineering firm one time,they made the machines that made exhaust pipes.Part of the job involved drilling this 1/4 plate with a 1/8th drill bit,now the metal was horrible,full of hard bits,plus the position you were in made things awkward too,anyway on average you drilled a dozen holes before the bit snapped and one day I went to the stores,again! for another bit.The storeman threw a wobbler and wouldn't give me one,apparently I'd used my quota! Now people always tell me that I'm far too argumentative so for a change I decided on a different tactic.I went and made a drink and sat by the machine,drink in one hand and *** in the other,the works manager walked past,looked at me and wandered off,about 1/2 hour later he came back and I'm still sat there,he decides to try and have a go so I tell him that I'd love to do some work but I can't,I then explain about the drillbit situation,he goes off to the stores and starts yelling at the storeman,result being that from that day on the storeman never queried what I wanted or why,for some reason he never asked for the broken drill bits either.Oh yes ! Bloomin' Blackley tape what a load of ...what you said ...( One eye on the swear censor)... that stuff was. Some kind of icky-sticky fabric , and what a mess when in contact with oil & suds .
May I add hacksaw blades . Coming "on the tools " I'd gone to work for a contractor that still had a storeman at the yard , but they had certain rules , to save a few coppers I guess .
One was hacksaw blades , none of yer Eclipse , they were Ding-Dong , a flexible blade , utter carp and unless you were cutting 4" or 6" trunking or tray , you would only get a 10" blade.
Another was Rawlplug jumper bits ....had to bring your broken/ worn one in before you got a new one .
AND .... you had to learn that if you asked for a 1/4 drill , you got a 5/16 because that is the clearance size !!! We needed 1/4 to fit the dreaded Enox tank cutters but they wouldn't listen.
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