Imperial spanners and sockets

[IanM]

I have loads of these that were my dads, and they don’t ever see the light of day.

Anyone know a good place to sell or shift these? Or are they scrap metal now?

 

[MegaSteve]

I sold most of my Dad's old stuff at an Autojumble a decade or so back... Some of the larger commercial sized stuff sold for good money as did the oversized wooden handled screwdrivers but the smaller stuff went for pences... It was mostly Britool and King Dick complete with a WD arrow stamp...

 

[Imurg]

I have loads of these that were my dads, and they don’t ever see the light of day.

Anyone know a good place to sell or shift these? Or are they scrap metal now?

Was your Dad Darth Vader?
That makes you....

 

[Lord Tyrion]

If you just want them re-homing then put them on Freecycle or it's equivalent. We have put a few things on there and they have all gone within hours.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Thought about trying a Classic or Vintage Car or Motorcycle forum? They will have the sort of vehicles that would be suitable to use them on.

 

[USER1999]

There are quite a few imperial spanners who post on the forum.

 

[SocketRocket]

They're still used in the USA and Britool were great quality. Maybe a poke on Bay. Why not!

 

[jim8flog]

I still keep mine it's been amazing over the years when one has been the right size however I have a big enough shed for them to just sit in one of the draws and some the sizes I have would cost quite a bit to have in metric.

Whitworth still has it's place somewhere

 

[jim8flog]

with a WD arrow stamp...

There are quite a few of my tools with that on them.

 

[Robster59]

When I saw the title I thought it was going to be a thread about Nigel Farage!

 

[SocketRocket]

I still keep mine it's been amazing over the years when one has been the right size however I have a big enough shed for them to just sit in one of the draws and some the sizes I have would cost quite a bit to have in metric.

Whitworth still has it's place somewhere

Ba, Bsf, Bsc, Bsp Unf, Unc, takes me back to my Wafu days ?

 

[DanFST]

What brand are they? If they are a reputable brand they will still be worth a fair bit.

 

[SocketRocket]

What brand are they? If they are a reputable brand they will still be worth a fair bit.

Britool. Top quality.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I cleared out a load of tools, jars of screws, bolts, hinges and fixings plus quite a bit of wood dye, wax and polish last year.
I offered it to a mindcare unit that works out of the Hospital doing up old furniture.
I spoke to the guy first and he was lukewarm but when he saw what I was offering he was delighted.

 

[clubchamp98]

Stick them on eBay.
A fitter who works somewhere with old machines might want them.
Just do collect only.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Anyone got an imperial adjustable wrench for sale? My metric one doesn't fit ?

 

[clubchamp98]

Anyone got an imperial adjustable wrench for sale? My metric one doesn't fit ?

Right or left handed.?

 

[jim8flog]

Anyone got an imperial adjustable wrench for sale? My metric one doesn't fit ?

I have got a double sided one. One way up it's metric and the other way up it's imperial.

 

[SocketRocket]

Anyone got an imperial adjustable wrench for sale? My metric one doesn't fit ?

I have.

Oh! Sorry, I thought you said Wench.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

On old tools. My dad was an 'old-school' cabinetmaker and I have all his tools. And I doubt I'll ever get rid of them as they were very important to him - and I still use some of them.

In fact only yesterday I need to drill a hole in a gate post, and the best tool that I had for the job given where the post was, was my dad's brace as he had a set of large diameter bits one of which was perfect. Bit and brace did just the job - the hole was drilled in no time at all.