Yet another great skip find.

**thehomeengineer** · Mar 28, 2020, 01:47 PM

Hi All
Several years back I went to an auction of an engineering company that was closing down and bought a few pieces. When collecting the items I ask if I could do a bit of skip diving. Well it was one of the best skip dives I have ever had. In amongst the many items I repatriated was a old toggle press which has sat on the shelf for ages. It was even offered up on eBay for a tenner with no interest. So on the shelf it stayed until today when I thought how am I going to press two hundred dummy rivets in the horn plates for my traction engine. Gave the toggle clamp press a dust off made some dies to press 1/16” copper rivets and could not believe how easy the task became. Completed the job in an hour. So glad I didn’t sell the little press which has done me such a good turn.