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Selling many items from my Dads workshop

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peak408/07/2023 21:29:58
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Alistair, as well as eBay, consider posting on here first, as there won't be any selling fees, and I suspect most prospective buyers from this site will be genuine.
If it doesn't sell here of the next option then resort to ebay.

Also consider Home Workshop, which is as site now managed by the son of John Stevenson, its founder.
https://www.homeworkshop.org.uk/

Posting there isn't immediately intuitive, but it has a large readership of genuine buyers, and again no fees other than donations.

Posting photos here, all on the same thread, before formally advertising, may help with descriptions and valuations.
This might well assist with items such as the milling machine, dividing head, metal multi-former etc. that I noticed in one of your Dad's photos on Facebook.

Bill

Edited By peak4 on 08/07/2023 21:34:42

Alistair Hughes09/07/2023 19:23:06
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Hi folks,

Thanks for the advice so far, I will alter the listing for the surface plate tomorrow as I will be going to the workshop again, this is where I'm struggling with things, if it has a box or I know how to title a listing then I can list it, I'm going to take lots of pictures tomorrow and I will try and figure out how to post them on here, I have listed a couple of things in classified that have been listed on Ebay but no images on here.

The steel solids are listed as an offers listing, ideally with the idea that a potential buyer willing to collect can pretty much cherry pick from what is available,

There are things in dads workshop that look that they may be part of something but I'm not sure, he has a lot of things that "may be useful" and "where would you get one of them"

Dad did say about home workshop, honestly its all a bit overwhelming, I will try and sort things out and get images posted on here, there are boxes and boxes of screws and fasteners, there are some really nice chrome small metric allen bolts, not sure what size without measuring.

I have here now

A shardlow vernier height gauge 12"

A 12" digital height gauge unbranded but boxed (I think he bought from a show)

A 6 pcs telescoping gauges set

A set of 4 micrometers -0-25mm 25-50mm 50-75mm 75-100mm

A pair of 3x32x1" parallel blocks with holes (I think were something to do with the milling machine)

4x Soba precision squares

acr euro precision angles

unbranded digital vernier 12"

workzone digital vernier 6"

2x inside micrometers (caliper type)

Precision tool vice, steel, new in box

2x Milling cutters set m12-m3

Small external micrometers

Various collets

Metric transfer punches (I think there are also some imperial)

There is I think a draw of imperial dies

Lots of drills in various sizes

I will try and put pictures up tomorrow after going to the workshop.

Thanks again folks

Alistair

Nicholas Farr09/07/2023 20:27:12
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Hi Alistair, Digital and Vernier often get confused, below is a photo of two calipers, the top one is a digital caliper and the bottom one is a Vernier caliper. Generally digital and Vernier should not be used together.

digital v vernier.jpg

The photo below shows the Vernier scale better, which is the 1 to 10 on the slider, which you will not see on the digital one.

vernier scale.jpg

Hope this helps.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 09/07/2023 20:41:20

Alistair Hughes09/07/2023 20:55:14
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Hi Nick

This helps, so Venier is a mechanical or analogue way of reading the measurement?

Nicholas Farr09/07/2023 21:34:16
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Hi Alister, basically yes, the Vernier you have to read, starting with all the divisions on the main scale to the left of the 0 on the Vernier scale, which I've mistakenly said as 1 in my above post, you then have to find a line on the main scale that is inline with a line, or the best match, to the right of 0 on the Vernier scale, which will be a 0.XX value, and in the photo I've shown, the caliper is opened at 15.95mm. The digital one you can obviously read straight away as being 10.96mm. Vernier's are not limited to metric measurements though.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 09/07/2023 21:39:27

Alistair Hughes16/07/2023 14:27:34
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Hi folks,

I'm taking things off Ebay, I'm struggling with a drink problem, I will re-list when I'm in a better position, I need to focus on sorting myself out right now.

Alistair

Michael Gilligan16/07/2023 15:54:38
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Smart move, Alistair yes

MichaelG.

duncan webster16/07/2023 17:36:52
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Having had a close relative with a drink problem I sympathise. Admitting you've got a problem is the essential first step to sorting it. Now get yourself along to an AA meeting. My relative is completely over it for many years now, it's not at all easy, so stick at it. Best of luck

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