Boomers Joinery tool kit from 1977

[@chrisfinn1162]

Thank you all for your memories and stories it’s been great and has reminded me of good times. Wishing you all a happy and peaceful New Year.👍

[@1paparico]

I have exactly the same kit, I was apprenticed in 76.All the 12 carpenters I worked with carried almost the same with slight variations. I ended up as a carpenter /joiner.With a big workshop and apprentices of my own. They could never get over how us old fellas could do a job without 15 grands worth of festools. They spend all thier time looking for a fully charged battery, by which time ive cut 1/2 inch off the bottom of a door and planed it with me block plane. Today my kit is much the same exept with a cordless drill, so no brace or wheel brace or yankee.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@1paparico Thanks for watching and comment. If I could only pick one electric hand tool it would be a cordless drill they have made work much easier. Hope you have a good New Year.👍

[@johndavid6199]

I was working as a joiner in 1977, I carried the same tools as you in a self made wooden box. I used a bow saw as it was quicker to cut joists and rafters. Carried my tools to the site the bus and walking. There was rarely electricity on site so all work was done by hand. Some good memories

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@johndavid6199 Thanks for watching and comment. Carrying your tools on the bus a different time for sure. Good days. Thanks for sharing. Hope you have a great Christmas. 👍

[@drewwhite5601]

Afternoon pal , think i can speak for a lot of us when i say thank you for posting this i started my apprenticeship in 86 and like most of us have pretty much the same kit no jack plane but always had a rebate plane , remember when we first got the Hitachi green cordless drill, thank god we all thought no more drilling locks out by hand 😂, funnly enough iv gone back to all the old tools as i now do all our repairs for our antique shop and the customers and myself love the thought of using old tools on old furniture just like it used to be , thank you Kind regards drew 👍

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@drewwhite5601 Thanks for watching and comment. Thank you. It’s been great hearing from all trades people and enthusiasts from all around the world when I posted this video I didn’t think anyone would be interested. The response has been a pleasant surprise for me. Hope you have a great New Year. 👍

[@pauljohn6709]

I started my apprenticeship in 1990. Had a very similar kit in a green canvas bag. I also used to strap it to my motorbike. I remember seeing one of the chippy's with a makita cordless drill and thought i got to get one of those! Haven't stop buying since, now need a large ven to carry everything around.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@pauljohn6709 Thanks for watching and comment. Yes I say you can never have too many tools my wife disagrees lol. Hope you have a great New Year. 👍

[@speciallion1135]

Thanks for posting, bought back a lot of early memories, when I was apprenticed, to a small building firm, as a Painter, Decorator & Signwriter, in 1980. Because the firm was so small, all the trades would muck in together - I learnt so much, from the bricklayers, plasterers, chippies & plumbers etc. When I eventually finished my apprenticeship, I left & set up on my own as a self employed Decorator. Mostly heritage & restoration work. I became multi-trade, over the years - still working on my own, but was able to do all my own repairs to windows, hang doors fit skirtings, architraves etc - mainly all second fix & light side building work. So, seeing all your hand tools, I have all of them. The saws, I used ‘disposable’ ones. I still have & use, my full set of Marples shatterproof handle, chisels which I have had since 1987 & yes, the old Yankee pump screwdriver, too! I still buy secondhand carving chisels & gauges, when I see them. My decorating kit, too, I still have all my paper hanging brushes, knives & scissors, plus an enormous array of of signwriting brushes & gold leaf kit etc. Usually, amongst the signwriting fraternity, when one of us dies, it’s ‘left’ to the fraternity, to distribute the kit box amoungst themselves, more often than not, it goes to the upcoming youngsters, to help give them a leg up into the trade.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@speciallion1135 Thanks for watching and comment. Thanks for sharing your story. Sign writing is an art form and a skill and looks much better than the usual printed signs of today. Hope you have a good Christmas. 👍

[@devinteske]

Born in the 80’s and after COVID hit, I realized we cannot rely on businesses to provide everything. So I bought pretty much everything you showed and have learned to use them. The craft is not dead - I have many friends that are hand-tool woodworkers. I own a CNC and have not turned it on more than a couple times in the past couple years because hand tools are so much more satisfying

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@devinteske Thanks for watching and comment. Good to hear from someone who appreciates hand tools. Have a great Christmas. 👍

[@Hawthorn-nz]

Do you watch Paul Sellers on KZbin? He only does hardwork - no power tools.

[@devinteske]

@ I do. As well as Rob Cosman, Wood by Wright, Matt Estlea, Graham Blackburn, and more. Let’s keep the suggestions coming

[@leprechaun7667]

Real chippy of Ireland 🇮🇪 here and I only use hand tools.....

[@chrisfinn1162]

@ Thanks for watching and comment. The land of my forefathers god bless. Have a good New Year.👍

[@tompearce6312]

I inherited pretty much the same set up from my Dad! I got some idea of how to use them from doing a few courses and lots of experimenting during the lockdowns. Thanks for sharing.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@tompearce6312 Thanks for watching and comment. Hope you have a great New Year.👍

[@cameracoughlin]

thanks for sharing your kit and the history.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@cameracoughlin Thanks for watching and comment. Hope you have a good New Year.👍

[@andywilson3560]

Great video,started my apprenticeship in 76 been a joiner ever since …. most of the young ens talk to you like you know nowt… ah well……….regards Andy

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@andywilson3560 Thanks for watching and comment. Yes when you’re young and haven’t experienced all of life’s ups and downs you can think you know it all until you don’t 🤔. Hope you have a good New Year. 👍

[@99jorgey]

I started in ‘83 and my original kit was very similar to yours. I used Sandvik saws and had a 5 1/2 jack (Record) and a 4 smoothing (Stanley) I remember my kit costing me about £250 With the exception of the saws and hand planes I reckon the other tools are cheaper now than 40 years ago. Thanks for sharing

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@99jorgey Thanks for watching and comment. Yes I think tools are more affordable now than way back then it was a financial burden to get your tools kit together. My sister was quite a bit older than me and bought me some tools to help me out. Hope you have a great New Year.👍

[@99jorgey]

@ hope you have a great new year too, my friend. It was a summer of farm work in ‘82 that paid for my tools as my wage was £45 a week and a sandvik panel saw was about £55 from memory

[@johnwilson230]

As a painter and decorator myself I still have the tools I bought weekly as a apprentice and still used daily today papering sissors hanging brushs seem rollers ect. Every use clean washed look after your tools and your tools will look after you. In my case 40 years down the line. My uncle was a chippy and he made me a wooden tool box that I still have and use sadly he's no longer with us he was old school and a true craftsman I worked on many jobs with him his work was outstanding and he had the long kit bag and a long wooden tool box.thanks for the vid some lovely old well made tools not like the tat they churn out today all the best.😊

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@johnwilson230 Thanks for watching and comment. When I started working as a youngster and buying tools I didn’t realise they would last me lifetime. Hope you have a great Christmas. 👍

[@fishbiscuit2000]

I started in 1980. I had a couple of different things in my bag - but essentially the same. I carried a number 51/2 plane and a block plane. Never did get on with a number 4. I had a Black and Decker electric drill in the old white and gold colours, so I never had to carry a bit and brace or a wheel brace. Also carried a ball pein hammer - we used to sink plasterboard nails with the ball end of the head to recess them. Also a big wood rasp. First power tool I got after the drill was a black and decker "ripsnorter" circular saw. Used to take it on the bus from job to job til I got my driving license. Now I carry around way more than twenty grands worth of power tools in a van that cost about the same. Things have changed a bit...

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@fishbiscuit2000 Thanks for watching and comment. I had the brown and gold Black and Decker drill all metal and not double insulated light your self up like a Christmas tree lol. Hope you have a great New Year. 👍

[@edwardmurdoch1062]

I am 70 and this brought back memories except for diston saws and spear&Jackson and i think it was sorby chisels. Then you spent 3 or4 hundred on tools now now its thousands before you start with a van etc.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@edwardmurdoch1062 Thanks for watching and comment. I think the tools you need today / cost are similar given higher wages and relatively reasonable power tool prices unless you like your Festools lol . The van is the issue very expensive items. Hope you have a good New Year.

[@AlanMcEwen-c7p]

I started as apprentice joiner in 1974 i have just retired that is exactly what i had in my bag in the 70s all by hand no power tools by the end of my working life my van was full of power tools!

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@AlanMcEwen-c7p Thanks for watching and comment. Yes the job Is basically the same but the tools have made it quicker and easier thankfully. Hope you have a great New Year and enjoy your well earned retirement.👍

[@stuartlockwood9645]

Hi Chris, thanks for a look see at your tool kit, I'm not a joiner but started building up nearly the same kit as your's when I got married in1974, money was tight so only added things when I realy needed them, still have most of it, and will pass them on to the grandkids when they buy a house, they made things to last in those days,lol. Merry xmas and best wishes for the new year mate. Stuart Uk.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@stuartlockwood9645 Thanks for watching and comment. Hope you have a great New Year.👍

[@130rw]

I started in 88 I had essentially the same kit with the addition of a bow saw with a clout nail at each end

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@130rw Thanks for watching and comment. Hope you have a great New Year. 👍

[@StephenBond-g7m]

Aussie carpenter started in 71, exact kit with the exption of disston saws and E A Berg chisels. Still using em at 70 years old

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@StephenBond-g7m Thanks for watching and comment. It’s interesting for me to hear from tradesmen around the world who have used the same tools. I learned something new from your comment EA Berg chisels are something I’ve not seen before I’ve looked them up and they seem rare in the UK. One of my Uncles emigrated to Australia on a £10 ticket after serving in North Africa during the war he never returned to the uk so we never met sadly no longer with us. Hope you have a great Christmas. 👍

[@StephenBond-g7m]

@chrisfinn1162 good to hear from you, Berg chisels were the premium brand here at the time and are still coveted by serious craftsmen. The Eskituna Sweden brand may be more familiar in England

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@StephenBond-g7m Thanks for your reply. From what I can find it seems the red handle ones were sold here as early Bahco. I use a set of modern Bahco at the moment along with other brands. 👍

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@StephenBond-g7m Hi have done a bit more research and it seems EA Berg were quite a small company and I think we missed out on their products they were taken over by Bahco and then they in turn by Sandvik seem very rare in the UK. Thanks it been interesting to find out more about this company. 👍

[@alexandermccormack8675]

Great video, my dad was a joiner and I remember him having the same tools in his tool bag. No power tools in those days like we have now.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@alexandermccormack8675 Thanks for watching and comment. Thank you. Hope you have a great New Year. 👍

[@PhilMakesThings]

Watching all these tools come out the bag is both nostalgic and familiar, they are more or less all the tools my dad had in his toolbox, which I now have in mine… don’t use the brace and bits much these days, but the small hand tools like the planes, chisels and gauges get almost daily use. Thanks for sharing!

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@PhilMakesThings Thanks for watching and comment. Thank you. Hope you have a great New Year. 👍

[@reachforthesky1849]

Thanks so much for taking the time to share that. Interesting to see how skirting board was fixed on. As you say not all that long ago but it shows tools and techniques that were in use for a considerable time. I am no expert in this subject but it seems to me the modern use of quick fix chemicals and techniques makes a house harder to repair and make changes to.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@reachforthesky1849 Thanks for watching and comment. Hope you have a good New Year.👍

[@iandennis7836]

Cracking video grommit😄 I reckon I have most of those tools myself , dad was a builder, I'm more a mechanic myself but can turn me hand to diy when needed. Thanks for this, I really enjoyed it. Happy new year.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@iandennis7836 Thanks for watching and comment. Thank you. More cheese Wallace 😜👍. Hope you have a great New Year. 👍

[@RafterSkills]

Brings back memories, and that sandvik saw was a very popular choice!

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@RafterSkills Thanks for watching and comment. Yes the Sandvik saw’s held their edge a little better than Disston but it was a divisive subject between the two camps each maintaining their’s was the best. Have a great Christmas. 👍

[@ianhall702]

Got almost exactly the same kit, bought at the same time. I had an Estwing hammer and axe, Spear and Jackson saws. Still got my two saw horses in the garage as well.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@ianhall702 Thanks for watching and comment. Yes Estwing hammers were popular and you could use the shaft to split packers. Hope you have a good New Year. 👍

[@tonyalways7174]

Very nice to see your old tools looking so well maintained. Much of the stuff available now is chuck away quality so I can’t see many of them being around in 50 years for someone to display. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@tonyalways7174 Thanks for watching and comment. Yes sadly modern stuff is made with a limited life span. Sadly companies can make more money selling something that is cheap and crap by the thousands than making something good and only selling it in the hundreds. It’s a wasteful world. Hope you have a good Christmas holiday and new year. 👍

[@scotsman7626]

This video was great, I buy and sell a lot of old tools, I've seen that exact bag so many times, I've noticed that most joiners kits where the same, no bells and whistles, I've never been in the trades but I've always loved hobbie woodwork with old hand tools which lead me to start my own business selling tools exactly like this, I know how to use almost every you have, I prefer it over power tools, but this video was very interesting, thank you from this 90s millennial!

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@scotsman7626 Thanks for watching and comment. Thank you for sharing your story. It’s good to hear that you are saving these tools and finding new home’s for them. Hope you have a good Christmas. 👍

[@gadgetgus]

Hey Chris 👊🏼 I'm 55, and been a carpenter most of my life. This certainly brought back memories, buddy 😁 How things have changed... Thanks for sharing, Gus 🍻

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@gadgetgus Thanks for watching and comment. Yes happy days life on site then was very different from today there was time for a bit of fun and nonsense and the old boys were genuine characters. 👍

[@macducati2304]

My Dad God bless his soul, had all these but in a tool box that most joiners made themselves. Served his time on a shipyard on the Tyne. Good memories....

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@macducati2304 Thanks for watching and comment. Thanks for sharing. Hope you have a good Christmas. 👍

[@phatphat7089]

A tool box was my first year project as an apprentice joiner!

[@allansnape416]

Excellent mate👍. I thought you’d been in my workshop. I started work in 1967 and still have both my sandviks think I might sharpen them up after Christmas

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@allansnape416 Thanks for watching and comment. Thank you. Hope you have a great Christmas. 👍

[@howardrogers1147]

Yep , born in 65 and have pretty much the same set of tools. Never been a pro Chippie but learned most of the jobs watching my dad. Still like to do things the same way

[@chrisfinn1162]

@howardrogers1147 Thanks for watching and comment. Yes when you’ve done everything by hand it becomes natural to continue the same way I pick up my handsaw to rip down a board at work and the young lads say they can’t believe I cut things by hand. Watching them use power tools is amazing to me, to see what they can do with them but that’s all they have ever used so it just becomes natural. Hope you have a good Christmas. 👍

[@nathancrowther4890]

Hi Chris, I started my apprenticeship in 83, tools are pretty much the same as I had back then.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@nathancrowther4890 Thanks for watching and comment. Hope you have a great Christmas.👍

[@richardwalker6082]

Been on the tools all my life. Started at 16 and have found a good set of tools like you have can do most things. The files are used to sharpen the bits for the brace as well as the saw. I have 2 gages most people would use the combination square to save carrying the extra 1. The brace is very clever you can set the depth of cut by counting every time you go 1 revaluation. In this way you can get the depth for a lock right first time every time.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@richardwalker6082 Thanks for watching and comment. Well I have learned something new I used a bit brace for years and didn’t know you could measure the depth by counting the turns I used a piece of insulation tape on the bit. Hope you have a good New Year. 👍

[@martinwarner1178]

Like the video, like the comments, provoked by the video. All the tools are still relevant to skilled fellows. Thank you. Peace and goodwill

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@martinwarner1178 Thanks for watching and comment. Thank you. Hope you have a good and peaceful New Year. 👍

[@emmetworkshop2829]

Yep. I inherited pretty much everything there from my joiner grandad/builder dad from their 70s heydays. Almost down to the specific models shown.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@emmetworkshop2829 Thanks for watching and comment. Yes I think most tradesmen had a very similar tool kit. I suppose there wasn’t the selection of tools we have today. Hope you have a great Christmas. 👍

[@liveoak4124]

Used basically the same toolkit in NYC doing carpentry and renovations from 76 to 82. Only power tool was a refurbished Rockwell drill I’d picked up for $8 which seemed like a lot of money

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@liveoak4124 Thanks for watching and comment. Thank you for sharing your experience it’s interesting for me to hear that joiner’s in the USA were using the same tool kit. My first week’s wage was £24 and a qualified joiner was £50. 👍

[@liveoak4124]

@ I started at $92 wk. off the books and a hair below minimum wage at the time

[@tomrobinson8384]

Hi Chris I'm guessing you're around 63 or 64. I left school in 77. And was recruited by my dad to work on a building site. Mostly dormer roofs and flogging. The old bugger didn't even give me the six week summer holiday off. Happy days. I've got all his old tools now and treasure them greatly.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@tomrobinson8384 Thanks for watching and comment. Yes you are correct I will soon be 64 and still on the tools but work as a bench joiner now. Do site work occasionally usually fitting a stair case I’ve made it’s easier to assemble something you have made than hand it over for someone else to sort out. Site work is a bit heavy for me these days but I did enjoy my time on site. I’m a workshop prisoner now. 😀👍 Hope you have a great Christmas holiday. 👍

[@geoffb108]

I became a handyman cacarpenter in the 80s. I had two wooden tool boxes which wouldnt fit on back of a motorbike. Luckily i had car. Nearly every job i went to i discovered a tool i didn't have . The boxes got heavier after every job. A great experience though.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@geoffb108 Thanks for watching and comment. Thanks for sharing your experience. I think when you start collecting tools it never ends. Hope you have a great Christmas. 👍

[@jimzeidler3829]

Great video, I enjoyed it! 👍😎🤠

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@jimzeidler3829 Thanks for watching and comment. Thank you 👍

[@jimzeidler3829]

@chrisfinn1162 You're welcome, sir 🤠

[@RonTandy]

That brings back memories I was an apprentice 1966 same took kit plus rebate plane a tenon saw and a 3 fold rule ..2 blokes tool bags and a wooden nail box all go in the boot of a mini. 2 saw horses on the back seat let’s go to work

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@RonTandy Thanks for watching and comment. It’s been great hearing stories from around the UK and other countries. I had forgotten about the wooden nail boxes thank you for reminding me. My 3 foot folding ruler was yellow plastic long since broken. Hope you have a great Christmas holiday. 👍

[@whitacrebespoke]

I grew up with my dad having an identical set up in a wooden tote box. By the mid 1980s he had a second box with a circular saw, Makita drill and a Wadkin branded Ryobi power plane with some 110v trailing leads and that was it. I wonder with the amount of power tool theft who had the right idea? I remember him switching to hard point saws and not regularly sharpening his own any more and going with him on a Saturday morning to Alan Lord tools in Brum to buy his first bosch SDS drill and 9.6v cordless cordless drill I’d say about 1988.

[@joerobinson88]

Thank you for sharing this, really interesting

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@joerobinson88 Thanks for watching and comment. Thank you. Hope you have a good Christmas holiday. 👍

[@rcr76]

Started serving my time in 92 and I have most of an can use these tools probably started my time just a wee bit before power tools took off .I thought a nobex frame saw and a Yankee driver were the greatest things

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@rcr76 Thanks for watching and comment. The Nobex frame saw was a revolutionary tool I still have one a bit worn but a great tool. Cutting cornices for kitchen’s a job that was tricky became easy. Hope you have a good Christmas. 👍

[@joinertanner]

Found this a really interesting, I'm a joiner with 22yrs and used to mix of hand tools and corded 110v power tools when started out. i find it amusing the few young trades that are out site now even fine the idea of carrying 110v transfers and extinction power leads old fashion.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@joinertanner Thanks for watching and comment. Thanks have a great Christmas 👍

[@davidharris4062]

Still got mine, everything you have shown, had Disston saws though, most people wouldn’t know what a plugging chisel is, or how to cut plugs, you didn’t show a Rawldrill, hours spent tapping and turning one

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@davidharris4062 Thanks for watching and comment. Yes a Rawldrill is something I remember being shown but never used one thankfully lol I remember thinking it must have been a joke played on an apprentice as I couldn’t believe you could drill a hole with that. Hope you have a good Christmas. 👍

[@bengunn3698]

@david....Started my apprenticeship in 1962 as an electrician . Done more ''rawldrilling '' than i care to mention . Starting wage for a 42hr week , 2 pound 16 shillings . As a diy joiner in the day i have/had most of the tools shown here .

[@chrisfinn1162]

@ Thanks for watching and comment. Thanks for sharing your story. Hope you have a good Christmas holiday.👍

[@jamessullivan9992]

i'm in the U.S. that's crazy no power . started in 1977 the most important tool was and is a 7 1/4 power saw.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@jamessullivan9992 Thanks for watching and comment. Yes hard to believe now how things have changed. Hope you have a great New Year. 👍

[@ihrescue]

Thank you sir. Yes things have certainly changed. Merry Christmas. I hope you keep offering videos on repairs and thoughts on the tools. What kind of motorbike did you have in 1977? I saw you had a tin of small drills that had Bridgeport on it. Cheers.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@ihrescue Thank you. Yes I started with a Yamaha FS1E moped and then Suzuki GT 125 and in Autumn 78 a new Yamaha RD 125 £750 I seem to recall. Living in the sticks I traveled 12 miles to the nearest small city to work in all weathers I was relieved to get a car in 79. 👍

[@ihrescue]

@@chrisfinn1162 Yep the car make things a bit more comfortable and keep the tools in the boot.

[@PeanutsDadForever]

Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. 🇦🇺👴🏻

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@PeanutsDadForever Thanks for watching and comment. Thank you. Hope you have a great Christmas. 👍

[@bobbyranger4164]

Great Video

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@bobbyranger4164 Thanks for watching and comment. Thank you hope you have a great New Year.👍

[@michael.knight]

Interesting to see, I think the modern equivalent in power tools would be at least 5 systainers or similar, definitely not something you could take on the back of your motorbike. Merry christmas.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@michael.knight Thanks for watching and comment. Yes definitely need a van. Thanks 👍

[@jasonedwardledburynewzeala9897]

Interesting info Dave! Bahco are great saws! 😝👊🪚🪚🪚 Have you tried the Silky Outback? You can change blades from soft wood to hardwood. The hardwood blades would be good for hunting if you needed a bone saw. Plus New Zealand 🌏🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🥝🥝🥝🌿🌿🌿 has alot of Hardwood species. I didn't know Bahco was military issue.👍🪖🪖🪖interesting.

[@carljames9351]

I still use all of them.

[@carljames9351]

It’s quicker using hand tools than cordless on a one off job if you know how to use them. Job done by the time you’d set up power tools and packed away Estwing 20 oz hammer, plumb axe, stabila levels, everything else was Stanley for me

[@carljames9351]

Diston phili saws

[@David-rr6sf]

bathroom lock with a brace and bit ooohhh lol not easy, especially if it was a sapele door. used to hate them bugger's. nobex mitre saw. lot of effort required back in the day.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@David-rr6sf Thanks for watching and comment. Yes sapele veneered doors I’ve been through the side of a few of those with my brace and bit. And splintering the veneer cutting the bottoms off lol , not to mention slipping with the pump screwdriver and putting a gash across the face happy days. Hope you have a good Christmas holiday and New Year. 👍

[@golfr604]

Can you come and hang me some internal doors

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@golfr604 Thanks for watching and comment. Best comment so far. 👍

[@petertiffney4413]

Chris ohh my friend you have about same tools as I used the axe was the tool I loved in Yorkshire all the walls are stone or cobbled axe was great for door frames ware you'd scribed and had lots to remove, the Yankee screwdriver put a cir clip on it to stop it rolling away 😊

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@petertiffney4413 Thanks for watching and comment. Yes an axe is a great tool and with practice is surprisingly accurate. You have just reminded about the circlip trick I used one on the larger Yankee when the twist ring broke and as you said it stops it rolling away. 👍

[@bengunn3698]

@peter...And put the circlip over the tiny screw in the barrel so as not to let it work loose and disappear .

[@AlanMcEwen-c7p]

Thankyou

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@AlanMcEwen-c7p Thanks for watching and comment. Hope you have a good New Year.👍

[@markdavis9990]

Yer…it was that basic. You’d be on price using this type of kit. Can you believe it!

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@markdavis9990 Thanks for watching and comment. Yes things have certainly changed. Hope you have a good Christmas holiday. 👍

[@stevenconnor4221]

1977 is GenX mate, stop listening to the stupid youngsters. A proper boomer would have been my dad who had his own black handmade toolbox, and there was electrical tools onsite or gas powered as my dad somehow managed to pit a 6inch nail through his thigh with one of the nail guns, i think they were gas or petrol driven building the Shetlands oil terminal. This was before any real safety measures. I particularly liked the pump action screwdriver. You must have been a shuttering joiner, not one level in site lol 😂 just kidding pal.

[@chrisfinn1162]

@@stevenconnor4221 Thanks for watching and comment. Yes boomer refers to when you were born not when you started working. It sounds like you’re Dad worked at the higher end of the industry where there was more money for what then would be very expensive tools. The nail guns were powered by what was essentially a black power gun cartridge and you needed a shot gun license to buy one. I never saw one on the sites I worked. I did have the obligatory black tool box that most apprentices made at college but couldn’t carry that on a motorcycle. Lighting was 110v so called ferry lights that were a flat two core cable and you could move the bulb fittings along the cable and screw them on so they made a connection. Working on Shetland would have been a tough job the weather there can be harsh. Hope you have a good Christmas holiday. 👍

[@stevenconnor4221]

@chrisfinn1162 Have a good holiday yourself sir. My dad went on to become the shop steward / safety advisor as well as being a chippy for McAlpine construction and one of his abiding memories that he was proud of that not one person was killed during the construction of Torness nuclear powerstation. When told this I was like what!! It used to be regular thing back then on construction sites. God bless those poor souls who were only working to provide for thier families.

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@ Yes construction has always been a dangerous game and is still one of the most risky. Thanks for the reply. 👍

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Nowadays its all battery operated saws, nail guns and grab adhesive and where it doesnt fit, silicone and caulking!