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7th August 2015, 07:04 PM #1
The story of Sidchrome
I thought you might enjoy this as much as I did.............
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7th August 2015, 07:41 PM #2Senior Member
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No Safety Nazis
Enjoyed that vid, how work use to get done before the invention of the Safety Nazi.
DD
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7th August 2015, 08:30 PM #3Pink 10EE owner
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It is staggering the huge range of tools they made... Especially when you think every different item needed it's own tooling to make en masse.
The US made machine tools was a surprise..
Anyone know when they stopped making them in Australia... My father bought a full set around 1990 and those are all stamped Made in Australia.Light red, the colour of choice for the discerning man.
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I was lucky enough to tour that place on a trade school excursion. I remember the chrome baths as they checked our pockets when we left that area.
Phil
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7th August 2015, 11:06 PM #5Mechanical Butcher
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I heard that Siddon originally used re-forged Ford front axles to make spanners.
They were reportedly chrome-moly steel, not made in Oz at the time.
I like the cute Hughes helicopter.
Jordan
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7th August 2015, 11:41 PM #6
My grandfather gave me a set of 4 Sidchrome open-ended / ring AF spanners in a red plastic wallet when I was in primary school. 50+ years later I still use them almost every week and they are as good as the day I got them and they have great sentimental value. My kids have promised that when the final screw goes into the lid of my box those spanners will be in there with me.
You couldn't say the same about the el-cheapo stuff passed off as tools today.
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9th August 2015, 10:14 AM #7Senior Member
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I read John Siddons autobiography "A spanner in the works"
Gives a good insight into how the old man battled against the odds. And the difficult father and son relationship
as the son tried to modernise and grow the business.
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9th August 2015, 11:57 AM #8Pink 10EE owner
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Had a read of this http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/siddons-royston-11689
Seems the father got a bit past it at the end but could not see what damage he was doing...
Interesting Repco tried to buy them in the 60's...Repco must have been a pretty big business by then...Light red, the colour of choice for the discerning man.
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11th August 2015, 05:28 PM #12SENIOR MEMBER
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Zenford Zeigler made them an automatic transfer machine, for turning the sockets. That would have been the very end of the 80's, and it was installed in West Heidelberg. I'm guessing 1989.
I still have some soft sockets kicking around. They were machined pre-hardening.
Regards Phil.
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The shot of steel bar being unloaded was interesting. I could make out "K1044" which is a quite 'un'-exotic tool steel...
A.'Waratah' spring hammer by Hands & Scott c.1911- 20, 'Duffy, Todd & Williams' spring hammer c.1920, Premo lathe- 1953, Premo filing machine.
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12th August 2015, 12:09 AM #14Mechanical Butcher
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