Engineers Auction. What did I buy for £100??

[@smudgersmith1786]

Sad it all ended up in the wrong hands... 'I bought a load of old rubbish' kind of sums it up!

[@rodpuckey8413]

The functional question is not can you read this, but can you read.

[@tonyburndred2432]

They say ignorance is bliss, it’s a very blissful shed.

[@stephenbertus5671]

The two blue items are spectroscopes. You put a prism on the bed at the centre, turn the white light on which is housed in the rear pipe and measure the angles of the different colours of light, using the front sights.

[@petersmithm9]

I made a few of those Vee blocks and clamps during my apprenticeship 50 years ago. The milling tools were dipped in oily wax after use to help prevent rust forming. Moore and Wright were the Rolls Royce of micrometers all those years back so couldn't afford them. Bought Japanese ones as we had to have our own mics and Vernier Callipers. Paid them off at £2 a week out of £34 per week wages. Went up to £1.01 per hour when reaching 18 years of age. Left doing that job and joined The Army instead. The round thing with the wing nut is forholding the test tube holder onto the stand.

[@mervynhackett5348]

the bar with a roller on each end is a sine bar for setting angles using Sine tables , the rollers are a set distance apart , you will never use it , but a nice thing

[@jonathangriffin1120]

you will also need a set of slip gauges, a surface plate and a book of trigonometry tables or better still, an engineers' bible with all the constants worked out for you.

[@SimonHollandfilms]

the best fun was SHOUTING at the video....what the parts really are....ha

[@normansidey5258]

The thing you called slip rings is a Sine Bar, used for determining very accurate angles, aquality it’d worth about £50 or £60.00

[@truthjunkie2325]

One thing I did get from my dad before he passed away was his tools. He was an engineer. He used to work for ICI, BP, various other large companies and the military. I was 15 when I left school. I took no exams. I left school and went straight into an appreticeship with SAAB. At 17 I went into the British Army. After a stag or two in the military undertaking engineering work of the old 432 track vehicles I went into the MoD. Years later and having worked in places such as Hong Kong, India, Norway, Italy and Germany - but to name a few, I now work for one of the largest communications companies in the country. I deal now predominantly with complex engineering issues. Had it not been for my father giving me his tools, I probably would have gone a different direction and not seen the interest... ...and fyi Norfolk man, I was born in Norfolk, and now live back in Norfolk as we speak. I am disappointed that you have no idea what you have in your posession. I have bought some of the equipment you have and I can tell you that it cost more than £100. If I had to guess, looking at what you have, sold in the right market and to the right people, you could make over a grand back...just sayin'...

[@wjb2]

i’ve just sat and cried through the whole thing

[@jonathangriffin1120]

Me too........

[@chrisseward5368]

Me too.

[@Brian-1948]

Seeing that selection of engineers clamps reminded me of time in college making those as exercise pieces.

[@James_Rivett]

glad i wasn't the only one who did that at college. We also made V blocks and their clams, centre punch, pinch clamps, tee bolts, tail stock tap and die holder, and small drill chuck. Still use them in my workshop.

[@simonbaldwin69]

I think everyone had to make one! I've still got mine somewhere.

[@interact48]

The blue triangles are Optical Spectrometers,Physics Lab Apparatus. They fetch £200 each

[@donwright3427]

Tall thing with a screw up it is height guage used on a surface table to mark things out with. It should have a pointed stylus to scribe the metal. You set the height with slip guages. The box with three rods in is a depth micrometer minus the depth micrometer.! Got some good bits and bobs there. Well done.

[@bobmazzi7435]

Agreed on "the tall thing". Except, it has an attachment to mount a dial indicator. Any decent machinist would have use for it.

[@steveboatman6830]

Drills numbered 1 to 60 are wire gauge, cost about £40 for a new complete set. You can find the mm size by looking at wire gauge tables of equivalent.

[@AndyJ5431]

Small grease gun is from a series 1,2,3 Land Rover tool box. A very good find. 👍

[@ak4gi380]

the Rolls Royce tag is where it was sent in for calibration. calibration is recommended to be done yearly by a UKAS approved laboratory . V micrometer is made by MOORE & WRIGHT.

[@MichaelSharp-f9l]

The puller thing! goes with the V-Blocks you've got.

[@petermoore4313]

You need to explain what V blocks are😂

[@MichaelSharp-f9l]

@@petermoore4313 normally used to hold cylindrical items, if you use two V blocks which are the same size to hold a round bar on a flat surface the bar will be level and parallel to the surface you have it on. Hope this makes sence? keep it up, love watching the channel.

[@rodpuckey8413]

I cannot take it. I have to close it down. Soul destroying that a fool like this should have bought this kit and will throw thousands of pounds away.

[@dannymorrow9647]

i agree,i didnt get past the first box

[@ianlarque552]

the first item is a height gauge , 2nd part set of internal micrometer,3rd sine bar in wooden box not a slip ring 4th thing with wing nut a clamp for your school lab 5th they are vee blocks for holding round (look like a X) 6th that little puller thing is a clamp to use with the vee block 7th before we used mm we used letter and number drills 8th is a optical center finder used on a jig borer,9th wiggler edge finder 10th (spiral cutter)another counter sink 11th taping head 12th wood saw tooth setter13th another height gauge 14 that little micrometer goes with the part set of internal micrometer (2nd) if you want to sell all the bits you don't want as a job lot including what you were going to scrap the please let me know as i hate you throw thing away which could be of use

[@FredBloggs-s8w]

I had little hair left, but the bit I did have now needs to be hoovered off the carpet.

[@georgelevett6925]

Your Moore and Wright “something” is a centre finder, you will be glad to use this when the need arises turning round bar in your Myford Lathe.

[@Equiluxe1]

The green gear box is an automatic tapper.The "puller thing" and the X block go together for holding round bars for drilling or milling. The clamps with two threads are "engineers clamps" the various blocks are mounting work onto milling machines etc. The drill set in a number set. The thing with the eyepiece and thread is for fing centers or edges on a milling machine. The thing with the hole through at an angle is a counter sink often called a snail counter sink, they are very effective and produce a better finish that the normal type. The BSF and UNF taps will come in handy for old engines so keep them. The Ackworthie machine is an automatic tapping machine for a pillar drill or lathe, when it hits the correct depth of thread it or the drill quill is raised it automatically goes into reverse in order to back the tap out. The blue hole punch is in fact a saw set for setting the kerf on saw teeth.

[@TUMBLINJEST]

It all reminds me of work i retired from at 55 some 21 years ago, I shuddered. lol Oh yes RR stuff Is what I made for nearly 40 years. If It flew both civil and "not". After retraining from any type of lathe to a 5 Axis CNC machining centre I took to It like a duck to water and doubled the output per night shift than any operator before me, I loved the challenge - then. LOL

[@MrKloncky]

The CSL boxes with pulleys and belts and various bits are changeable drive parts for a mini lathe of some type. Worth selling.

[@bigbadwolf1966]

Absolutely excellent score there Adam. Those misc rods, check they may be the extensions for that internal micrometre. That reversing box may be a tapping attachment for mill or drill press to automatically tap threads.

[@chippyminton8711]

33:41 is a carpenters hand saw set, 37:21 is a scribing tool for finding profiles, 37:53 carpenters sliding bevel, 38:29 is a center finder for round stock, 38:54 replacement router cutter tips, 40:02 belongs to the carpenters square earlier out the box, 41:40 yes they do go together, you have to line the slot on the ruler with the spring loaded tightening screw, maybe back it off and make sure it hasn't twisted round, 44:55 I think it said "Metric", 47:29 is a depth geage,

[@davidcrossley]

At 5mins. You have two spectroscopes typically used to measure refraction angles

[@LouBailey-r5f]

the tool with the blueygrey handles and knerled knob is a saw setting tool

[@paulhoneywood4145]

The heavy morse taper gear box looks like a tapping chuck for a radial arm drill.

[@plasmaDave]

So many things I could put a name too but to start the little chuck with the rod on a ball in it is a Wiggler, used for finding the center of a work piece.

[@ringstinga]

What a cracking haul of stuff ! Well done !

[@incubatork]

What you called a puller is the clamp for holding round stock in the V blocks, the ones that look like a cross from the end, V blocks are very handy for holding round bar stock for milling or drilling. The thing with a ball on the shaft is a wiggler, its for centring your drill/mill on a piece of stock. The so called hole punch looks like a saw blade tooth setter. You got your moneys worth at least 10 fold just 3 of the Dormer milling bits covers your cost, do some research before you throw anything out. You can send me as many boxes of that so called "CRAP" you like, Ill even double the postage back.

[@spencereagle1118]

20:04 the Jabus 'Optiset' is a precision optical setting tool for milling machines.

[@roystheboy]

The item at 38.29min is a centre finder, and I've not been to a Barry's auction for a while now

[@9999ox1on]

A real treasure trove - likely I have handled a few of those things years ago at R-R. Well done and enjoy the ebay profits

[@EdwardWorboys]

The reverse gear box thing is a tapping head for a drill / mill looks like 1/4 to 1/2 tapping capacity

[@davidharris3165]

The rods in your hand at 50mins go with the little micrometer and the large black box with rods. This altogether is a bore measuring device that covers a whole range of sizes just by changing the rods. Speak to some engineers, you have some good stuff there!

[@trevorjones4463]

The set are counter sink for the lathe

[@lennewton8184]

The ball thing you were on about is an edge finder

[@earlybird1947]

You got a good deal there for sure! Time youve sold what u dont need youll have your money back plus a good load of usable stuff, a fair bit of stuff that may come in and some nice collectables. Tgen of course all the fun of going through it . Nice one

[@gogglet72]

The pair of angled blocks at 14.53 ish look like a section of the bottom tooling from a press brake metal bender

[@3rdeye399]

the blue handle tool at 33 mins is for re-setting wood saw teeth..

[@TERRYB0688]

Your so called “ milling pieces “ are end mills, the wax covering is because they have been sharpened

[@billellis6538]

Your "slip rings" is actually a Sine bar.

[@srp01983]

That ‘taper adjustment’ is probably from a Colchester or Harrison lathe - it’s a Morse taper bush which fits directly in the spindle for between-centres turning. The outside is MT 4½ and the inside probably MT 3. It’s the one thing that often gets lost when a lathe changes hands. But please, get yourself some old tool catalogues so you learn what all these tools are, and stop chucking them round - they’re precision items and should be treated carefully.

[@howardchambers9679]

The "hole punch" is a saw set.

[@stevenginnever5343]

A machinist's life time collection for £100 , quite sad really.

[@infidelcastro5129]

Although I’d reckon the monetary worth is eclipsed by the memories and the experience. When we measure our legacy with a £, we’ve succumbed to the world they created while we were busy in our sheds.

[@colinprince1633]

That ball thing at 20:45 is a centre finder

[@andyday4535]

Correct, the stands are called retort holders!

[@petercoutts5900]

Moore & wright and dormer is as good as you’ll get.

[@davidevans6051]

A good collection of tool makers clamps .

[@James_Rivett]

I would be very interested in your milling bits you wish to get rid of. The slip ring thing is a sine bar. The long thing with the thread is a ball or micrometer height gauge, can be used for measuring but we mostly used then at college with a engineers table for marking out. No idea on the thing with the handle. the the blue/gray things are precision optical inspection apparatus. The "rolls royce thing is some kind of arbour. The Halifax is a V block for drilling holes in round bar as were the small and large bits that followed. The U shame contraption is a clamp for a V block. The drills are "number drills", much like BA sizes, the bigger the number the smaller the diameter. The ball is a "finder", used fro finding the edge of a workpiece or the longitudinal centre of round bar on a mill. They are also known as wobblers, they wobble around until to get the the edge when they run true, then flick off when you get there. The cutter things are another form of counter sink. The mag base with no upright is for holding something like a small V block for quick changing, you often get bigger ones on surface grinders. The bit of plastic is off a hover lol. The big gearbox bit is a tapping head for a milling or drilling machine. The contraption that was after the alli bar is a Vernier Height gauge for marking out or measuring on a engineers table. the Welding rods are in fact precision ground dowel pins. The digital thing is a digital vernier Hight gauge. The thing your putting in the scrap is just a relay. The angle gauge is indeed a protractor, a vernier protractor. The entre point thing is a centre finder. The "braze on tips" are not braise on tips, but the holders have a little clamp on to hold them in place. The oil dripper is a precision oiler, lots of people use them for oiling small models and small motors

[@iainball2023]

Excellent info mate, thanks for that!

[@wayne975]

3:58 I think it is from a flatbed scale like if you press the brass button it should release the slide to to change the scale's scale ???

[@mervynhackett5348]

well worth £100 well done

[@robmk3]

I think you've got a lot of money's worth of stuff but most of it won't be much use to you but worth selling on to fund more random buys

[@deangdmppajj4692]

You got your moneys worth there. Stuff you were going rubbish, rubbish to I'm shouting keep 😂

[@michaelnicholson5218]

You could make a glass eye cry.

[@ColinGames974]

just had a look on e bay about the micrometer they go for around 55 UK sterling or just over 70 USD (US dollar) and that is a second hand one

[@carllockpick6179]

38.30 for finding the centre of round bar.

[@norfolkhillbilly]

Second shed incoming, Ask me how I know.

[@carleveritt]

Where is this auction held in Norfolk please?

[@machinist_matt]

The thing at about 20:00 is a centering microscope. Probably the best thing in the lot. Might be worth a bob or two if it works. 🙂

[@geraldwilliams860]

Id be interested in the first piece with the ACME threaded bar

[@daibolical8532]

If you need to clear some space, I’d be interested in the calendar wall clock 😉

[@michaelgreen9326]

If you had to buy new what you have bought it would cost you a £1000 and more. I would sugest you don't scrap the precision equipment until you find out what you've got. The little micrometer in the last box goes with the long rods in a case you found in the first box for measuring cylinder bores

[@tinker5349]

Hi, you got your money back and a lot more. Thanks for sharing your interesting video

[@LUMPYWIT]

32 mins looks like a tapping attachment for pillar drill

[@garydxn]

As below, not "slip rings" the holes have no precision and are only to save weight. Used with slip guages to measure angles, hence the "rollers" not rollers either, more rockers. Get yourself some slip guages and a Zeus book and measure away.

[@spencereagle1118]

4:11 the 'Bukama' is a very old nailer used on drywall.

[@colinprince1633]

That clamp at 16:14 goes with your V block 18:00

[@BikesBoatsandBits-dw6iv]

I would be interested in the mills and angle blocks mate, also in Norfolk, King;s Lynn area. Gimme a shout. Cheers Steve

[@Reaktanzkreis]

tools full of worth, definately not scrap.

[@brucepickess8097]

The school stands are chemical laboratory retort stands.

[@Dav37558]

Rolls clutch alignment tool possibly

[@jonoram2192]

3:46 vernier height gauge

[@shaunsiz.itsbetterbytube2858]

A very nice clock in the back ground

[@stephenbertus5671]

that first dial indicator hides a good joke, it measures 0 - 10mm with an accuracy of 0.005 inch.

[@HellRainGod]

with all yer tools, am sure you should manage to make a battery cover...

[@alexgarrod9093]

Very nice bud

[@keithrobinson1171]

24:30 those are deburring bits

[@Humanity101-zp4sq]

Rolls Royce have been commissioned to do the calibration of these tools, they didn't make um bor!

[@leewilliamson9294]

the tallest stand looks like some sort of height gauge

[@FredBloggs-s8w]

You will have PROPER home machinists knocking your door down with cash held in their outstretched, sweaty hands, eager to relieve you of your ill gotten gains. milling cutters that are worth ten times each what you paid for the whole lot. The bar with holes in the side and the round pieces at each end are used in conjunction with slip guages for setting work pieces at precise angles. You are sitting on a fortune and don't realise it.. Invite a real machinist to help you appraise your treasure trove.

[@snowflakemelter1172]

I really hope you are putting on the " not lnowing what anything is" thing , i will lose sleep thinking you are using a precesion sine bar as a hammer.

[@fredharrowven1040]

Hi Adam, I think you have got your £100.00 plus with many bits left, EBay here we come best of luck Adam.🛠️🛠️🛠️⭐️👌👍

[@shedactivist]

08:27 That is a Sine Bar.

[@petercoutts5900]

Precision oiler.

[@tony78652]

The BUKAMA tool is a sort of stapler, I think its German

[@AG-cg7lk]

So, someone doing a garage sale sells a box of quite valuable items for next to nothing because they don't know what they've got and can't be bothered to look it up, and it gets bought by someone who also doesn't know what they've got and also can't be bothered to look it up. Crying shame but probably happens a lot. This is how expensive precision tools end up in the scrap metal bin.

[@NorfolkMancave]

Well it was a well advertised public auction. I just bought a few boxes as I took up lathe turning a couple of months ago. I wanted the dual gauges and micrometer. But not much clue what the other stuff is. Belive me nothing will go for scrap. I hate throwing stuff in the scrap bin.

[@backyardmechanic921]

You make a strong cry, you have no clue to the value of what you bought.

[@cliffordnicholls868]

Baty dial indicator, just about the best, Rolls Royce does not buy cheap tooling and instruments.

[@malcolmkempster7858]

I'd say you defo got your monies worth there !

[@iandavies1976]

im not an engineer, wood butcher by trade this block needs to get some engineering books and find out what he got and sell the stuff he doesent need

[@JoeOriordan-do9gr]

Just found your you really don’t know what you have get some one have a good luck at it

[@craigrennie5458]

Liked and subbed

[@danesharp6282]

you have probabley got a thousand pounds worth . well done ...

[@shottiekingsw]

Yeah got ur monies worth in the first box. Loads of goodies

[@shottiekingsw]

Never seen the gearbox thing before but looks like a speed multiplier for a manual milling machine.

[@sawnoff2]

pearls to swine comes to mind....ignorance is bliss...what a shame not everything marked rolls royce...would have made his day.......

[@markallen437]

remember when we had engineers who designed and made things. shamefull

[@GrandadTinkerer]

Such a shame that it didn't go to somebody who could use it!

[@grahambrackley2041]

Inspection equipment

[@iansmith7369]

Haha haha I’ve never seen one as big as that before haha haha

[@Bigroomboy]

It's sad to see so much quality stuff in the hands of somebody who has no clue about what it is and will throw half the value away...