For old time House Bashers only

[Pete999]

Old Carpentry Carpenter's tools - https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/569629666/old-carpentry-carpenters-tools?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=old%20carpenters%20tools&ref=sr_gallery-2-45
The Auger in the center, who can recall using these jobbies to drill joists in new builds, hands up don't be shy, I still have mine1/2" 3/4" and 1"

 

[telectrix]

hows about these then? can always nick nails from plastic clips to secure if the adhesive don't work too well.
Unistrand ACC05 13mm Buckle Cable Clip - Pack of 250 | eBay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unistrand-ACC05-13mm-Buckle-Cable-Clip-Pack-of-250/381730395647?_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D49138%26meid%3Dab1dc5939cd340ceb28a320efaeed580%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D202169027325&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982

 

[Dave OCD]

You can do that with a modern 2.5 clip, also 3 x 1mm T&Es can be nicely clipped side on with 6mm clips.

Edit - Reply to post #20

 

[Devonchris]

Yep, used one of them augers. It was longer than the one in the photo. Could reach the ceiling joist from the floor.

First task I was allowed to do when i started was placing pins in buckle clips and handing to electrician. Two month before he trusted me to nail one in.

Once spent two whole weeks doing nothing but drilling holes, with the rawldrill and hammer, into concrete in an underground pumping station. I think I only broke two drills. Hell of a job to get out of the hole when you did. Pyro job that one.

 

[static zap]

Remember brace and bit .. but now I have been educated in "Augers"
(+ overalls with braces )

 

[Pete999]

Remember brace and bit .. but now I have been educated in "Augers"
(+ overalls with braces )

Bib and Brace overalls

 

[Squid]

Remember making a band saw in wood work lessons at school back in the 70's still have it somewhere.

 

[Midwest]

did he lick is finger for that!

Just remembered, told that story about ten times before

 

[Pete E]

When I started with BT in the early 80's the installers were still using 1/4" hand augers to go through wooden window frames..When I came out my apprenticeship they were still issued for use in places with out electric...With regards the Raw Plug tool, was that the idea that looked like "drill bit" mounted on the of a cold chisel that you turned as you pounded??? If so, a really handy bit of kit which I wish I still had...

One of the old gents who worked on the cable gang in the early 80s could remember when they still used handcarts before the of vans ect...Suspect we have it rather easy compared to our grandfathers!

 

[Adj]

With regards the Raw Plug tool, was that the idea that looked like "drill bit" mounted on the of a cold chisel that you turned as you pounded??? If so, a really handy bit of kit which I wish I still had...

....and if you needed a bigger throughhole with no power on site and before battery drills, you used a 2 foot length of 3/4" conduit and a 4lb lump hammer - hit and twist, hit and twist

 

[Squid]

When I started with BT in the early 80's the installers were still using 1/4" hand augers to go through wooden window frames..When I came out my apprenticeship they were still issued for use in places with out electric...With regards the Raw Plug tool, was that the idea that looked like "drill bit" mounted on the of a cold chisel that you turned as you pounded??? If so, a really handy bit of kit which I wish I still had...

One of the old gents who worked on the cable gang in the early 80s could remember when they still used handcarts before the of vans ect...Suspect we have it rather easy compared to our grandfathers!

BT Tool kits where ace those little zipped up hearing age beige bags.

 

[Pete E]

BT Tool kits where ace those little zipped up hearing age beige bags.

Not sure which one you are talking about...

As an apprentice, you were issued a small leather wallet not much bigger than a pencil case to hold three screwdrivers, cutters, wire strippers and 81's (long nose pliers)...

Later you were issued the larger leather No3 wallet which was actually a very useful size..

The photo above includes the small hand auger, but I recall a larger one which had a metal eye instead of a tee handle and was turned using a screw driver as a lever...

I still have a No3 wallet somewhere, I shall have to dig it out...

 

[Squid]

Ahhhh yes the number 3 I had one somewhere then you had the larger one as well, I remember the yellow handled screwdrivers and have one somewhere I believe, I think I gave my bag away in the end, still have my Krone tool. Not great for CAT6 cable terminations though.

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[Pete E]

Ahhhh yes the number 3 I had one somewhere then you had the larger one as well, I remember the yellow handled screwdrivers and have one somewhere I believe, I think I gave my bag away in the end, still have my Krone tool. Not great for CAT6 cable terminations though.

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Still have a few of the yellow handled screw drivers knocking about as well! lol I have seen a set of the old wooden step ladders going for a stupid amount on ebay after they were tagged as "vintage" lol

 

[Pete E]

Once spent two whole weeks doing nothing but drilling holes, with the rawldrill and hammer, into concrete in an underground pumping station. I think I only broke two drills. Hell of a job to get out of the hole when you did. Pyro job that one.

You guys ever come across Ruabon Red engineering bricks? You could scratch a diamond with one...A lot of the council houses around this part of North Wales were built using them, including tiled skirtings of the same stuff. Even the mortar courses were like cement...getting cleats in was a nightmare as was drilling even when the elecy hammer drills came out...

 

[sparkdog]

Yes, used to use the brace & Rawlplug chisel & the buckle clips & the bolster chisel knocking the feather off floorboards.Took ages and the ears got a right bashing.

 

[dmxtothemax]

I didn't use a hand auger ,
But I do remember using a brace and bit
like in the picture posted by "midwest".

 

[Devonchris]

Yes, used to use the brace & Rawlplug chisel & the buckle clips & the bolster chisel knocking the feather off floorboards.Took ages and the ears got a right bashing.

That's a carpenter's brace. Electricians brace was much smaller with a short crank that you could turn between the joists without taking off your knuckles on the lath and plaster.

 

[telectrix]

less than 1p each.

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[Squid]

less than 1p each.

Unistrand ACC05 13mm Buckle Cable Clip - Pack of 250 | eBay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unistrand-ACC05-13mm-Buckle-Cable-Clip-Pack-of-250/381730395647?_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D49138%26meid%3Dab1dc5939cd340ceb28a320efaeed580%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D202169027325&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&clk_rvr_id=1412745890879&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true

Thats the modern sticky on stuff, you want the nail in the middle ones to be authentic.

 

[telectrix]

Thats the modern sticky on stuff, you want the nail in the middle ones to be authentic.

pinch nails out of the plastic clips.