This might be a re-post, but I can’t help myself… This guy absolutely amazes me with both his patience (no power tools) and his talent.

I admit it… I had never heard of Turner’s Cube. I guess in today’s world of CNC machining, the idea of one is obsolete, but that doesn’t make it any less cool.

Check it out.

For obvious reasons, I have an embarrassingly large collection of Cochran Speednut wrenches. If you are unfamiliar, the Speednut was an early adjustable wrench made first around 1910. I use mine ever so often and they actually do work fairly well, so its no real surprise that a ton were made and they aren’t all that uncommon to see at swap meets and the like every now and then.

However, Cochran also made a combination wrench set. These are much rarer… and seem to be impossible find. Hell, I can’t even find a photo… and was curious if any of you guys might have a set, a single wrench, or even a photo… If so, post it up!

John Neeman dropped me an email with the above video. It’s just a quick documentary covering the making of one of his axes, but it’s so damned beautiful that I had to feature it. There is nothing better than good ole hand made stuff…

I was on a 2200 mile road trip in a ’65 Buick Riviera last week and had the opportunity to check out lots of small time shop spaces in the process. In doing so, I ran across an Atlas battery charger that I absolutely fell in love with. I didn’t have a camera handy at the time, but found an identical model with a quick Google search. Love. Lust. Damn.