Car booty – 2nd September 2012

This weekend we’ve been visiting friends in Dorset and this morning we went to a large boot fair.

The weather wasn’t great and a lot of the stalls were packing up by the time we got there, but I picked up a few bits and bobs:

The list was:

• F-cramp with Dutch? barcode sticker

F-cramp handle with original barcode

F-cramp stamp

• Stanley stubby Philips head screwdriver

Stubby Philips head screwdriver

• Stubby flat head screwdriver

Stubby flat head screwdriver

I’m not sure of the individual prices here but I got the above 3 items for £2.50

• L.S. Starrett No. 230 micrometer with part of a box which may not be its own – £2

L.S Starrett No. 230 micrometer

The box is very badly damaged, with the ply delaminated and one end and the lid missing.

Broken Brown and Sharpe micrometer box

• Very rusty Stanley Bailey No 5 ¹/₂ plane – £2

Stanley Bailey No. 5 1/2

This plane is very rusty, but I think it’s still the find of the day, even though I don’t yet know whether I’ll be able to save it

The tote handle and knob are both plastic and the tote is broken

Stanley Bailey No. 5 1/2 broken handle

The lever cap is pretty rusty but my experience with the No. 4 and No 4 ¹/₂ gives me hope

Stanley Bailey No. 5 1/2 cap iron

I’ve not been able to separate the blade and chip breaker yet.

They’re not rusted together but the screw is seized

Stanley Bailey No. 5 1/2 blade and chip breaker

The one that got away

I saw a fairly nice looking Record vice on the floor next to a stall.

There were a couple of rather rough looking bits on the casting and I wasn’t confident I would be able to spot any problems in a field in the rain, so I pushed on round the rest of the sale.

I went back later and couldn’t find it – I think the stallholder had probably packed up and gone home. I’m really regretting not even finding out the price.

• Admission: £1 (per car)
• Total tool spend: £6.50
• Total other spend: £0
• Grand total: £7.50