The Tool Box Colyton Devon

[Antony PowellParticipant @antonypowell28169]

Does anybody know if this store still exists ?

Am travelling down that way in a couple of weeks time and would like to call in if it does….

had a look this morning and both the website and the phone seem to be disconnected / offline

Tony

[Antony PowellParticipant @antonypowell28169]

[Martin King 2Participant @martinking2]

Hi Tony,

This shop has gone.

All inventory was sold off to one guy who has now dispersed it throughout the south west area.

I bought a huge amount of it from him but that has now also gone.

I did see last weekend a tray of about 25 or so R8 taper tooling items from that lot that were mint when I tried to buy them some while ago but have now been lying in 3" of water in an old metal tray and are actually rusted together! Funny how people would rather have nothing than something!

The owner tried hard to sell it as a going concern but without his contacts for restocking there would have been nothing to sell within a year or so. A lot of what he had was not exactly fast moving stock at the prices asked.

A real shame in many ways as one could often find rarer items ther when asked for them specifically.

Cheers, Martin

[IanTParticipant @iant]

I know the business was up for sale but nothing more.

Regards,

IanT

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

The business has been sold, due to retirement.

Someone did post the details of the new owner, which is a business in a different location.

Neil

[JourneymanParticipant @journeyman]

I think you will find it has now closed. See this **thread** for details.

John

 

Edit: too late as usual!!

Edited By Journeyman on 02/05/2017 09:33:41

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Very sad. I often went across there and nearly always found something that I "needed" …… It could often turn into an expensive trip as Axminster Power Tools were not too far away !

Norman

[Antony PowellParticipant @antonypowell28169]

Ok thanks

Tony

[Rik ShawParticipant @rikshaw]

I remember it from a couple of years back. It was in a lovely spot by the side of the pretty River Coly.

Rik

[steamdaveParticipant @steamdave]

Posted by Rik Shaw on 02/05/2017 09:56:03:

I remember it from a couple of years back. It was in a lovely spot by the side of the pretty River Coly.

Rik

And the tram ride to/from Seaton.

Dave
The Emerald Isle

[JAParticipant @ja]

I bought a very good vernier height gauge from Tool Box. Looking at it when I got back home I found a "works stamp" etched into it from the place I worked.

During my working life with the company I never managed to find out how, as an employee, one could buy surplus tools etc.

JA

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