Bristol Design tool shop
14 Perry Rd
Bristol BS1 5BG
England
+44 (0)117 929 1740
Woodworking Tools used and vintage plus many others
14 Perry Rd, Bristol BS1 5BG, England
Lock Down – now Decided to OPEN the full 6 days of week
With the latest lock down our reading of guidelines are that we can be considered an essential shop and now planning on the old normal times and days At the moment still playing day to day.
Continuing to Evaluate it all. Think is is safe to open Mon through Sat.
Best to phone 0117 929 1740 just to check if traveling long distance.
With the council policies of trying to make accessing anything in the central city region difficult I have managed to have an article in the Bristol Post discussing some of this, have a look: : Bristol Post Article
Bristol City Council have installing segregated cycle lanes on both sides of the road in front of us and also stopped left turns up St Michael’s hill or right turns down St Michael’s hill. Need to do the extra driving down to St James Barton roundabout (Bear Pit) and back up. OK, it adds congestion, traffic fumes, time and mileage but that is what Bristol wants it seems.
Council transport survey Perry Rd
The council have just published a survey document asking for comments about Perry Rd and surrounding. It is aiming to do all possible to push for cycling and make it difficult for cars, but if you are interested it’s at:
(https://bristol.citizenspace.com/sustainable-transport/park-row-engagement-survey/).
Feedback had to be in by 24 January 2021. Of course we have customers from all over so are in favour of not penalizing cars / vans excessively, allowing parking, not blocking off roads.Thank you to any who responded to the survey.
We’ve been here nearly 40 years and hope that these road changes don’t tip us over the edge of survival. Initially the counsel say this is temporary, but want to make it permanent. Similar policies are bring brought in in many cities and locations sometimes with devastating effects.
We are a rather uncommon type of tool shop, one specializing in older hand tools and specially woodworking ones though all other types can be found here..
We have the standard Stanley, Record planes, but also Norris, Spiers, Matheson, Preston, etc. Plough, rebate, bullnose, mitre jointer’s to block planes all here.
Green woodworking tools like froes, side axes, adze, spoon knives. Sharpening stones, chisels, squares and more.
Many of our tools are hard to find elsewhere, the older tools that have a quality now hard to find in new ones made down to a price, the one no longer in production. We add to this with new tools we make or commission for less usual tasks in woodworking or where the very highest quality is needed.
We also have a very wide range of more common second hand tools.
Yes we buy tools (and accept donations). Our customers are buying tools to use on the whole so we like tools in good condition. Age isn’t necessarily a big thing (in tools or people) so grandfathers rusty, broken plane from 1930’s isn’t a valuable antique but it might still be of use to someone. If you want to bring them to the shop give us a call first so Charles is here. We can travel to collect tools as well, again give a call and a date and time can be arranged.
Normally Open Mon – Sat 9:30 – 5:30 Closed Sun
We still only take cash payments
Maybe best to phone first if you are travelling any distance (0117 929 1740). But shouldn’t be any problems, OK except Bristol parking.
Now the legal stuff:
The small print
Website and photographs are copyright and not to be reused without written permission. Cookies, an essential food item but not to be consumed in excess. At the moment here only used occasionally and still only as a food item. May sometime start selling items on the site and having all the sign in types of things but not there yet.
We have put on Google analytics to see if anyone actually visits and this does put down cookies but if you turn them off no problem.
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