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Matti continues to sip at the milk of human kindness. Big thanks to One-eyed Sailor for donating these Shimano shifters
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Might wind up on RockRat, I stole the XT ones for the Norcos
 
Has it really been 6 months since I scored anything of note? Wowsers. Got a 26" Continental CrossKing for the Brodie, and a seatpost at the Habitat for Humanity, but that ain't worth taking pictures of. Well, tadaaaa, today I found a cute little Cionlli riveted saddle at the Value Village. Plastic shell, but the rails are in perfect shape and it feels like real leather
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It'll probably be good enough for the Norco (for now), but it's pretty narrow, the type of saddle that encourages you to stand up to pedal.
 
This is a sentimental one. I've been cleaning out Papa D's shop, I grabbed a pile of cool looking stuff that was too cool to toss or put in the Donate pile
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gonna give this little guy a gentle cleaning and maybe a drop of oil. You'll see it again at work in the back yard on sunny days
 
I filled a bucket full of woodworking tools, some are pretty old looking, I might have started a collection by accident
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This scribe was what got me started, the wood and antique brass fittings are just nice to touch
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Then I started looking at things a little closer, one of these saws is made in Sheffield, England
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and while I was looking at that instead of the bucket, UncleDick went ahead and filled the rest of it for me!
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No idea what I'm going to do with this stuff. A couple of things, I don't even know what they are
 
I filled a bucket full of woodworking tools, some are pretty old looking, I might have started a collection by accident View attachment 265504
This scribe was what got me started, the wood and antique brass fittings are just nice to touch View attachment 265503
Then I started looking at things a little closer, one of these saws is made in Sheffield, England View attachment 265499
and while I was looking at that instead of the bucket, UncleDick went ahead and filled the rest of it for me!View attachment 265500View attachment 265501View attachment 265502
No idea what I'm going to do with this stuff. A couple of things, I don't even know what they are
I have a love of old tools the build quality and appearance
 
I filled a bucket full of woodworking tools, some are pretty old looking, I might have started a collection by accident View attachment 265504
This scribe was what got me started, the wood and antique brass fittings are just nice to touch View attachment 265503
Then I started looking at things a little closer, one of these saws is made in Sheffield, England View attachment 265499
and while I was looking at that instead of the bucket, UncleDick went ahead and filled the rest of it for me!View attachment 265500View attachment 265501View attachment 265502
No idea what I'm going to do with this stuff. A couple of things, I don't even know what they are
Very cool. The bottom photo second from the right is a tool that comes included with Schlage with commercial lock sets. There is an old post where I ground down two them to make a tool to remove the non drive side slotted cone on a one piece bottom bracket.

https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/homemade-tools.111251/#post-1138308
 
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There is an old post where I ground down two them to make a tool to remove the non drive side slotted cone on a one piece bottom bracket.
Haha I'm halfway there. I am hoping someone can identify the thing beside it (perhaps a knife sharpener) and the thing in the second last picture under the brass plumb weight, looks like a pair of thumb cuffs. I forgot to take closer pictures before my phone died
 
Haha I'm halfway there. I am hoping someone can identify the thing beside it (perhaps a knife sharpener) and the thing in the second last picture under the brass plumb weight, looks like a pair of thumb cuffs. I forgot to take closer pictures before my phone died
I cropped it and did a Google image search of just that item. It is 100% a surveyors measuring tape holder clamp.
 
This is a sentimental one. I've been cleaning out Papa D's shop, I grabbed a pile of cool looking stuff that was too cool to toss or put in the Donate pileView attachment 265291gonna give this little guy a gentle cleaning and maybe a drop of oil. You'll see it again at work in the back yard on sunny days

Well this was a surprise, I have not seen one of these since I was a kid, back in the 1970s, when my older brother had one for when we were making Airfix plastic models. :)
 
I got this worn and battered sk8board at the Value Village last week :
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Chips, scrapes, dings, I don't know who the guy is, don't recognize the brand, what I really got was a shiny pair of Indys with wheels and bearings...
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Was going to put them on the P.P. Rat Bones repop deck
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but they're the wrong bleepity bleep bleeping standard!!😭
 
I would send you some six hole base plates that fit that board
I have another deck with some Ti-Lite 6 holes on there, I can do some switching around. However they've got an inverted kingpin, which is stripped, so I can't tighten the steering right now. I wanted those classic Indys for the old style deck though.
 
Think that’s the first time I’ve seen a fondue pot on here. Some nice finds Matti. Dig the vintage mtb goodies.
 

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