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    Let's see your axes

    Okay, so until further information pops up you go with what you have and say that the axe is old and rare. Personally if it was my axe I would be glad about having any information on it, and that I had the axe to look at and maybe use, but I would not the information it to make any claims or...
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    Bending 1" and 2" EMT

    Maybe you should put up some photos. I was a Union Electrician, now retired. Usually when you run conduit the first thing you do is set all the panels, junction boxes, machinery etc. then you have targets where they belong to run the conduit between, to take measurements from so you know...
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    Let's see your axes

    One thing you have to be very careful about concerning old axes, is that when an older company was bought out or up by a larger company, the brand of axe was continued in production to capitalize on the old name. In fact most of the axe brands or names of axes sold in the 20th century by the...
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    The Vintage Hand Saw Thread

    USA made saws probably all did away with the "split nut" fastners about the same time, but saws made in the U.K., which are fairly common in the USA, used the old-style split-nut fastners well into the 20th century.
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