paswt Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 13 hours ago, Parrot said: paswt "torques" a good story. You know he is from Dan Sath, yeah ? No idea what who Dan Sath is/was sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Just now, paswt said: No idea what who Dan Sath is/was sorry. Down south ," Landon " way!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 13 hours ago, Parrot said: I get bored easily and as a result have had many jobs including vehicle/ motorcycle/house restoration and acquired a cursory knowledge of many trades and acquired many of the tools associated with those interests , many at auction in 'job lots'. Initially I was "potless" and buying/acquiring the necessary tools/equipment was cheaper than employing folk to do the jobs . "Mr B" is spot on 7 hours ago, Mr Bear said: I doubt a hire company would stock tools like that, purely because people abuse tools they don't own. If you need a specialist tool it's time to buy one to add to your toolkit, noting that it may be expensive, but it'll still cost less than the hirers replacement charge when you break the crappy one they hired you. Having the room to store my many acquisitions I haven't got round to disposing of many (some are irreplaceable ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 13 hours ago, finlo said: Whitworth rules! True , with the bikes I have but I do have an extensive collection of waggon sized sockets and boxes of 'metric ' which are pretty much unused and other bits bought in 'job lots' which are a complete mystery to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 12 hours ago, La Colombe said: In fact, using Google to look at Vincent engines, about which I know little, I can't find one that isn't a push rod engine so I'll be fascinated to learn about paswt's "extensive collection" of valve timing tools. It's all gone a bit suspiciously quiet though. I'm going to have to go to bed soon. Delighted to see another Vincent enthusiast on the site , do you/ have you owned one/ several ? Brilliant bikes .......the 1950 Black Shadow had a top speed of 124 mph and would tour all day at 100 , no other production bike/car could match it. They were the bikes I lusted over as a spotty youth when all I could afford was a second hand BSA C12 (known as grey porridge ) . I now have the bikes I really wanted (including a "C 12") but as someone pointed out , at my age , they are 'wasted 'on me . FWIW ... I have an "extensive collection of tools" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 36 minutes ago, paswt said: Delighted to see another Vincent enthusiast on the site , do you/ have you owned one/ several ? Brilliant bikes .......the 1950 Black Shadow had a top speed of 124 mph and would tour all day at 100 , no other production bike/car could match it. They were the bikes I lusted over as a spotty youth when all I could afford was a second hand BSA C12 (known as grey porridge ) . I now have the bikes I really wanted (including a "C 12") but as someone pointed out , at my age , they are 'wasted 'on me . FWIW ... I have an "extensive collection of tools" see topgear hammond...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Woody2 the bike stopped because Hammond thought he was short on fuel and put the "reserve tap" on and detritus got into the carb , his "motorcycle engineer" apparently was unable to clean out the carb/filter . Pity really as , I'm told, the owner offered to provide his services as engineer . Not sure that I would lend a bike of mine to a TV programme unless I or someone I stipulated rode it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 Ok thanks to everyone for the (mostly unhelpful) input, I'm glad to say I am sorted now for my tooling needs. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 10 minutes ago, La Colombe said: Ok thanks to everyone for the (mostly unhelpful) input, I'm glad to say I am sorted now for my tooling needs. Thanks again. Passive aggressive much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 Just now, mojomonkey said: Passive aggressive much? I'm also sorted for my trolling needs thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 10 minutes ago, La Colombe said: I'm also sorted for my trolling needs thanks. Good of you to admit that this thread was just another trolling exercise. Can't see the point myself but whatever floats your boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 Just now, mojomonkey said: Good of you to admit that this thread was just another trolling exercise. No you misunderstand, I was referring to your barbed and unnecessary post which I see as blatant trolling. You don't seem to be able to resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manx-person Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 1 minute ago, La Colombe said: No you misunderstand, I was referring to your barbed and unnecessary post which I see as blatant trolling. You don't seem to be able to resist. It's been quite a long thread, how about you post to say how you managed to sort it? Where did you get etc. Might save the next person needing some tools on the Island some time, and would be the polite thing to do after you've received extensive advice and guidance from the forum members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 1 minute ago, manx-person said: It's been quite a long thread, how about you post to say how you managed to sort it? Where did you get etc. Might save the next person needing some tools on the Island some time, and would be the polite thing to do after you've received extensive advice and guidance from the forum members. Lol. Classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 2 minutes ago, La Colombe said: No you misunderstand, I was referring to your barbed and unnecessary post which I see as blatant trolling. You don't seem to be able to resist. Lol, where in this thread have I offered anything other than helpful advice? You were deliberately obtuse (for reasons unknown) and people reacted accordingly. I'd leave it to others to read this thread and conclude who was trolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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