Monday 6 May 2013

Old Bills shed/workshop

The old chap over the road has a wonderful old shed that he built in 1936!  He was an engineer and when times were hard he had to build things or mend things to get some money.  A lot of his equipment and tools are from the 1930`s and he still uses them - he`s now 98.

 World War One wood turning lathe designed for the battlefield.

 Drummond metal lathe from 1918.

 Bills workbench, 80 years of use.


 Bills grinder.


 Close-up of the grinder.


 Close-up of the wood lathe.



 The wood turning lathe.

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