Had a rummage in the loft.....

[Squid]

as I am trying to declutter the sh!te out of my life and opened up an old tool box of mine, last used in Kent many years ago so no screwdrivers........

Used to lug this from site to site and I think it must be about 30 years old or more, also Pyro tools ;o))))))

Really need to get rid of the stuff I never will use but its hard to throw stuff away.

 

[SparkyChick]

Lee, SparkyChick do you know how to use them as there are no instructions ;o))))

The only things I would shift are maybe the strippers as they where a bit cack to be honest as most sparks who works with Pyro would agree.

Years ago when one of the schools I attended was being rewired I watched the sparks terminating the pyro and it fascinated me. I'm gutted it's not more prevalent these days.

Do I think I could terminate pyro? I think so with a little bit of practice

 

[Squid]

Years ago when one of the schools I attended was being rewired I watched the sparks terminating the pyro and it fascinated me. I'm gutted it's not more prevalent these days.

Do I think I could terminate pyro? I think so with a little bit of practice

Stripping is all in the wrist action to do it as quickly as possible, potting you need a feel for it and checking there is no swarf in the pot is fairly easy the crimping there is a knack for it, I think you are a capable person so 30 mins or an hour your be on your way, the things to learn are the quick ways to strip 7ft tails as they can be a bugger on 6 or 7 core Pyro.

 

[Squid]

Fooooooooking hell.........

 

[westward10]

You could do it no probs SC.

 

[Squid]

I'll be tapping up the guy giving his stuff away for free pronto......

I will even email him eating the steak lunch that I bought from the proceeds.......

 

[Squid]

You could do it no probs SC.

Butt out, I am trying to "charm" SparkyChick........... ;o)))))))

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

as I am trying to declutter the sh!te out of my life and opened up an old tool box of mine, last used in Kent many years ago so no screwdrivers........

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My first thought before reading the rest of your post was whether or not given you last used the tools in kent, had you had @Leesparkykent round doing somework? would explain the missing screwdrivers and his recent posts!

 

[Squid]

I’d love to get down and dirty with pyro again.

I'd like to have a go again.

 

[Squid]

My first thought before reading the rest of your post was whether or not given you last used the tools in kent, had you had @Leesparkykent round doing somework? would explain the missing screwdrivers and his recent posts!

He did try to tempt me back to Kent, but I declined as I am not "that type of guy"

 

[Midwest]

Ain't it funny, how we mark our tools with bits of insulating tape, just so if someone else picks up out tools and says it theirs. A practice dating back. My claw hammer is marked with a bit green/yellow and a bit of white tape. Steps have got a bit of black tape, although they have my initials under one of the treads, just in case.

 

[elsparko]

Ain't it funny, how we mark our tools with bits of insulating tape, just so if someone else picks up out tools and says it theirs. A practice dating back. My claw hammer is marked with a bit green/yellow and a bit of white tape. Steps have got a bit of black tape, although they have my initials under one of the treads, just in case.

i heat up a sewing needle and etch my name into everything, tape can just be removed by the tool thief

 

[Midwest]

i heat up a sewing needle and etch my name into everything, tape can just be removed by the tool thief

Know what you mean, I picked up somebody else's claw hammer with green yellow tape, hence why its got the additional security marker of white tape.

 

[Squid]

Ain't it funny, how we mark our tools with bits of insulating tape, just so if someone else picks up out tools and says it theirs. A practice dating back. My claw hammer is marked with a bit green/yellow and a bit of white tape. Steps have got a bit of black tape, although they have my initials under one of the treads, just in case.

Most people cut a nick in to their tools I did a triangle and funnily they never went missing as the other workers must of thought I was in the Masonic Lodge.......

 

[Squid]

i heat up a sewing needle and etch my name into everything, tape can just be removed by the tool thief

Lucky you have a short name as your "John Thomas" wouldn't have been happy.

 

[Midwest]

Most people cut a nick in to their tools I did a triangle and funnily they never went missing as the other workers must of thought I was in the Masonic Lodge.......

Me Grandfather was in the Lodge, remember seeing his little case with bits & bobs in it. Had a small silver plated trowel, and I remember thinking, Granddads not a builder?