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Very nice old boy

On the Takisawa it has a gear change chart for metric and imperial, it is an imperial machine though

I'm very impressed by your array if King Dicks, and I definitely covet your anvil, but a Workshop Tour, this video is not... (just saying ..)

Thanks from a first time viewer and new subscriber. I've always admired the ss125, but never see them around my Minnesota home. I've scratched the pressed steel frame itch with a 1966 s90.

Great video mate 👍

Go fer it. Sounds interestin’

sorry Mr tweed to question your wisdom, but to fanny arround with an air box, when my dad rode endless miles to and from work on his bantam over many years with a hit and miss steel mesh air filter that doubled as the choke ! paper fiiters are a waste of money here. a two stroke engine chucks out 65 % of its fuel and air intake. so lets just let it breathe.

Your channel is getting dangerous, I'm getting irrational needs for quality old tools. My wife is going to start worrying when she looks at my internet history - '4" king dick'! Would love to watch the drill reconditioning.

Would be great to see a video of the fobco resto as I’ve got one with the 3/4 length upright that’s got noisy bearings 😊

I just measured a vw tdi 90 oil filter that could make an air filter,very similar. 15 x 6.5 cm. Alco md 355 part. Breathing though it seems similar.

I don't believe it I was at beaulieu autojumble both day and didn't see you "gutted!" Great day ay😀😀

Had the mustache since 6 grade. Looks old and out dated.

Love to see the restoration of the drill press.

Good mix Allan, those files are very nice, I'm rather jealous!

Not cwt, stones and lbs then?

Very good Mr Tweed.....some very very nice cars for not a lot of money Mr Tweed. Can I ask.....whats happened to the Bantam.

I was at Beaulieu on the Saturday, could really have done with being there for the full weekend, but mid-afternoon I was a bit auto-jumbled out! I managed to find some missing bits for both Swallows though and picked up a really nice Crompton Parkinson volt meter for £1.00. I reckon it dates from pre-WWII and will be perfect as a household battery tester as the scale is only +/- 3 volts! I thought there were quite a few gaps between stalls and after the initial rush, seemed quite quiet? Just my impression. Thanks for sharing

I like tools as much as the next guy, as long as the next guy isn't you.😊

You got a really good haul there Allan! The parallel motion pliers are really good ,and to find 2 of them is wonderful, they are very difficult to find now and very useful for holding small objects when drilling, the "scotchbright" wheels are also very useful, but they do wear down very quickly and cover everything with green dust, so I use mine outside. I think a video on restoring the Fobco Star would make interesting viewing, a far more robust drill than the german sounding chinese thing. The anvil was a very good buy and a sensible size. Stay safe!

Tweeds Boring episode of rebuilding a Fobco would be much appreciated 👍

That was fun. Grinder on the back of the door is brilliant. Those Fobco’s are wonderful tools - my Dad has had one forever. So yes - would love a look at the rebuild. And anvil jealousy. Thanks for taking us round the car show. 👍

Thanks, Allan, another very interesting episode. And, yes, it would be wonderful to see a video of the drill restoration. Cheers, Peter.

I remember about 20 yrs ago I had small cheap & cheerful chinese bench drill that through necessity I fashioned into a toolpost grinder, still have it, dosn't get used much now .

Please please video the Fobco Star restoration. I have the same model in good original working order but would love to restore it.

You'll notice your Maun pliers have the government Crow's Foot marking, ex military. RAF toolkits used to have them. We used to have King Dick spanners too, I can remember Nimrod tool kits were mostly King Dick in Whitworth, BSF and BA sizes. Capital video old chap, absolutely capital.

Yes to the pillar drill from me.

Yea be good to watch the pillar drill resurrected you had me at new bearings 👍🏻

Yes please on the Fobco Star, I've got my dad's old one and it could do with a service. He always used a starter style switch fir the motor, rather than a normal direct switch, to stop it overheating on start up, but I don't think it really needed it. I used to use it for drilling conkers so I could put a football boot lace through them! I also had an amusing picture of a high altitude jet pilot's suit that is in the national space centre, it has a special ratcheting system to tension the suit, the heart of which is a simple king dick 1/4 inch drive! Very Heath Robinson!

It's only a matter of time before you are a household name sir! You won't be upstaged by a kettle for much longer. Would like to see you and Jenkins tackle the little blighter!

I think the second number on the anvil is for quarters of a hundredweight. My old dad could still lift an anvil that size onto the back of our lorry at the age of seventy five. Edward

Maun pliers are still in business

That reminds me, I wonder where i put my book "The 50 best split pins"

The fact that you have a book about adjustable spanners does not disturb me... but... the fact that I find it interesting terrifies me. I loved the aircraft powered Edwardian at the beginning of your film... absolutely beautiful. Cheers and all the best from here.

The drill bought back a few memories, sounds like you had a nice day out.

Nice drill Mr. T. I’d like to see the FobCo being worked on. Now I’m glad I haven’t got an anvil! That’s a lot of weight. More bike stuff would be appreciated, but all your stuff is interesting. Thank you. Les 🇬🇧 ps, my Dad had one of those KD adjustables, I wonder where that went…

Always interested to see things taken apart and repaired, so yes to a video on the drill re-furb. Was that Jenkins's rubber duck by the mill? What's it doing in the workshop? What a beautiful Packard, a real monster, or a real mobster's car. It made good money in the auction. I wonder though if something like this would ever get used. Thanks for the 'short' video

Yes it would be interesting to see the pillar drill rebuilt

Excellent video Mr Tweed, looks like you had a fun and rewarding day out! Phil

Love the anvil!

My mum had a copper kettle in the front room, l recall peeing in it as a small boy, no idea why. That was 60+ years ago, my sister has it now, should l own up ha ha. Alex

Tempting to tap the threads to 0.7mm, would probably work.

Good job Allan, Have you ever considered doing a Workshop Tour video? ;-)

The speedo unit appears to be from a CD175 with the 81 mph top speed in top gear arrow on its face. The SS125A would have a top limit of 72 mph.

A very nice press and cup you made for the mesh Mr Tweed. But I don’t think that there Titanium likes solder very much does it?

As for the centrifugal oil filter screws have a look at the single cylinder Honda's i.e CG125,CB100/125,XL125,185 as all have this type of filter and may have the same pitch screws.

What a splendid set of bolts - top notch! Did Jenkins help?

Dave Silver looks to have all the bits you need for a carb rebuild also change the float valve and seat the little spring loaded plunger in the valve is often soft causing flooding hope this helps.