This was the first thing i thought of
Wrong use but ..
Wrong use but ..
What's the correct tool?
- Thread starter The Other PaulG
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My apologies - I had lost sight of this thread and I see there were a couple of kind offfers of old coins to which I didn't respond. I also missed the chance of a couple of meet-ups in the process.
So thank you for the kind offers.
I am 'between classics' at the moment (the last was a '69 Triumph 650) but should another find its way to me I'll be back in the market.
I can definitely see the advantage of carrying an old 1p coin in my pocked rather than a Churchill screwdriver.
So thank you for the kind offers.
I am 'between classics' at the moment (the last was a '69 Triumph 650) but should another find its way to me I'll be back in the market.
I can definitely see the advantage of carrying an old 1p coin in my pocked rather than a Churchill screwdriver.
Two pennies, riveted together then filed down seems to be the answer. Might make a decent keyring!
Ha!
OK I'll scour car boot sales for old pennies.
I've got a box of them.
And thank you, found a use for them now.
I can silver solder them together for you if you like.
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That's exactly what I use on my T140.A pussers deckplate “London Pattern”flat blade screwdriver would probably fit.
Might be a few kicking around online as government surplus.
London Pattern Screwdiver
The smaller versions speak for themselves but what were the large size London Pattern Screwdrivers used for I have an inherited one 20"(350mm) long dated 1947 with a Ministry arrow stamp now I have been given a 27"(675mm) long one made by Hale Bros Ltd of sheffield dated 1954 also with an...www.ukworkshop.co.uk
Decimalisation happened in 71 but some coins were in circulation some time before that.
Yes that's what I thought.... the 2p coin first appeared in 1968.
I was only 8. JJH
