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This is interesting "The 2p coin is legal tender for amounts up to 20p."

Only the £1 and £2 coins are legal tender for any amount.

Neil

So if I have 22p, can I make washers from them ? Also, did you know they are magnetic.
BobH

darn it, didn't read the previous page re Armour plate.

You obviously need twice the value in pence of the number of washers required +20p. If you had 22p worth after one washer you are back to legal tender again.

Duurrr

Martin

I often drill 2p coins to make washers, cheaper than buying decent washers!. I once did some research and found that it was not illegal unless fraud was intended. I do not know if this is true. If I am not heard of again then I was wrong.

The text in 10 (1) of the Act is 'interesting' [as regards applicability date]

... to those of us with an interest in such things.

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 For the comfort of washer-makers : see this Wikipedia page.

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MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 25/01/2016 17:04:46

Hi Neil, Funny thing this legal tender thing. You can of course pay a debt of 80 pence with 80 One Penny's or 40 Two Penny's legally, but only if the person/parties you owe it agree to accept it. However if you offer 20 One Penny's 20 Two Penny's and 4 Five Pence's, that should be classed as legal tender and you should not be able to be taken to court for non payment of your debt, on the other hand you can settle your debt by paying £1.00 and no you cannot demand 20p change. **LINK**

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 25/01/2016 18:50:49

Oh dear!

**LINK**

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It's O.K. Vic ... we lived through it.

Article was posted : 11:00PM BST, 03 Sep 2010

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 25/01/2016 21:35:05

Got some 10 in bits of ali tube from the work skip today. Seems to be 1/4in alloy tube with orange plastic outer skin so at first I thought it was fireproof alarm cable. Not sure what they have been working on. It might have been water cooling tube or even refrigerant cooling from the IT lab. Can't think what to do with it but its free so can't just walk past it.

Bob Brown 1

That didn't work when one of our engineers who was trying to lift a battery from a dinghy up onto the deck of a motor launch dropped it, he held onto it and disappeared beneath the waves only to surface after what seemed a rather long time gasping for air.

Why didn't he let go? because he wanted to see where it landed so he could tell the divers where it was.

Copper slate straps come in useful for a magnitude of things. Especially shimming.

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... and making impromptu soft linings for Stilson wrenches, Mole Grips [Vise Grips], etc.

MichaelG.

Never had any problems with window weights ,the old man even made valve seats out of them!

other stuff :- shock absorbers (as mentioned before) a good source of hard chrome bar and seamless tube,boot and bonnet struts ,the same but smaller,the usual stuff in cars ,drive shafts,axels rear and front wheel drive( the best cold chisel I made was out of a front wheel drive Mazda (Had to give it to the young bloke I had working for me as I was showing him a bit of black smithing stuff) Exercycles cast iron fly wheels, nuts an bolts. bits of steel tube (in non standard sizes)you might be lucky and get the meter of it and it works! Washing machines ,motors (large pancake motor (F &p) 3 ph motor Bosch (I think) both of these have permanent magnets (wind generaters?) Aluminuim stuff see Micheal Cox's article about casting build yourself a furness even if you don;t do any fancy castings you can pour metal into cans to make lumps for turning ,cat food cans are good, fly spray(here in Aus there about 300 long)

There is more but you might be getting sick of reading this!

Cheers Danny