What are the oldest things you have that still work.
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I made a comment on another thread about the throw it away and buy a new one trend of today.
I thought it would be interesting and perhaps fun to find out what we have from yesteryear that still works.
I have a hand powered mincer from the 1930’s that is still like brand new, it has spare blades in greased paper.
We also have a Kenwood chef from the 60’s. We use it from time to time.
I have my Uncles technical drawing tools, in a lined steel box, each one engraved with his initials. The Spirit level which accompanies the set is marked 1918. Still useable today.
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Do you know where they were made?
We have a Massey Ferguson 35 1957, works well and is used often, we also have another from 1964 still working well, Blacksmiths Avil from early 1900s on cast iron stand as good as the day it left the factory, we have a miners lamp from the early 1900 used down the mines passed down through the family still works today.
Seeing as we are talking about old stuff I rebuild a lot of vintage tractors and you know the workmanship and quality far outweighs anything modern
The oldest thing I have that still works sometimes?
MM…..but even he has off days.
we came back from our hair raising trip …arriving at midnight…to find our fridge doors open…a Siemens…it had broken down whilst we were away…it may be 18 years old ..a fridge freezer…it was in the house when we came 4 years ago…fortunately my lovely neighbour rescued all the frozen goodies…I had emptied the fridge on leaving…..
New fridge freezer to find.
There was a fantastic MF on the classifieds on here recently, an absolute beauty. I have a Super Dexta not as nice as that though but everything works except the added flashing light.
I would love to see some old tractor photos. I have a friend in England who buys old tractors, eventually gets round to restoring them and works them as a contractor doing hay, hedges and suchlike.
Do you know where they were made?
I got the date wrong, 1917 made by John Rabone and sons of Birmingham
There was a fantastic MF on the classifieds on here recently, an absolute beauty. I have a Super Dexta not as nice as that though but everything works except the added flashing light.
I would love to see some old tractor photos. I have a friend in England who buys old tractors, eventually gets round to restoring them and works them as a contractor doing hay, hedges and suchlike.
Here a pic for you
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That must be better than new?
Possibly the oldest object that I have, that can be dated is a Stanley 45 combination plane inherited from my father. Like this but much earlier.
According to it’s features and the floral decoration it dates from between 1900 and 1910.
He probably bought it used around the 1930’s when he was working as a carpenter/cabinet maker.
It’s still in working order with all it’s set of 22 cutters. I have used it once to do an awkward shaped job.
https://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan6.htm#num45
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I have a stick blender that my mum bought in the 70’s at an ideal home exhibition. She didn’t use it much so gave it to me. Used regularly as we eat a lot of soup!
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My 1968 Renault Super 5 D tractor which I restored and used to cut my field for a few years. it is now with a collector, following the sale of my field, I no longer had a use for it.
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You are obviously very talented. I have never seen one as good.
Just submitted a post to this thread showing a pic of my old 835 giving up life and its first stages of strip down but its disapeard
My 1964 MF 835 (French Version of the 35) has decided its had enough 18k hours on the clock having said that Ive owned it for a few years and clock has never worked so could be many more.
By Christmas it will be as good as or better than when it was new, pics below show it giving up and early stages of the strip down,
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I have a 70s Black snd Decker workmate which was my Grandfathers, then my Fathers.
Apart from a little surface corrosion on the feet he is like brand new.
I have Mr F.s Workmate in the shed, couldn’t part with it.
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ME !!!
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