Recent content by DS-21

Maybe we are not talking about the same ones, but I saw these at the store: Here are they branded as Bahco instead of Lindstrom (SNA Europe/snapon owns them both) Looks real nice but spanish made and 379 kronor = around 60$ at todays exchange rate!:wtf:

FWIW, Nike hydraulics went bankruptcy a few weeks ago. A company spokesperson said one reason their chinese supplier of jacks cut it off earlier this year, and they had to find a new one fast which lead to high costs for heavy air freights and so on...At least that's the official version...

Hmm, Bahco today is not was it used to be...If we are talking about old Bahco tools from say 1940s to 1980s, they are our equivalent to the Snap-ons and other top-quality tools from that era. Starting in the 60s already, they gradually outsourced the production to lower cost countries, today the...

Hmm I too wonder if it is...looks very familiar but yet not. I'm a little short of old nike brochures, still:) Here today's Nike corporate view of what they do http://www.nikehydraulics.com/en/downloads/pdf/catalogue/NIKE_presentation_GB.pdf

Speaking of pliers, many years ago I bought 10 of these no-name "drop-forged germany" for next to nothing. To my surprice they have not been all that bad...made by "Will"?? ps. Nice photos superautobacs:)

Vintage Soderfors/Bofors vise

What about a good old used quality grinder? Over here this kind of old bulky equipment is quite plentiful, I guess situation is the same around the globe? Here a mid-sized 1960s Arboga, I got it for the same price as a new PRC substitute. It replaces a 1940s machine, nothing wrong with that one...

You have a nice workplace monte. I like the "Leinen" type. Anyone who knows about Paramo vices? I have this "no 5", it's a Made in England so that's a plus, but I would prefer a bigger one. Like the blue "Big Papa" seen in another thread:D

Lots of tools I've never seen before here:) What about this little plier? I use it to compress fuel lines sometimes, but what is the intended use for it? Inscription says "Bernard Schollhorn, New Haven". EDIT: I just did a search, it's not that "mystery"...

...and me :) How about a vice-thread for european vices; here my favorite; 1940s Bofors

Hmm I wonder how many different brands of double-end adjustables there have been? And from what year is the first one? The Crescent appear in 1920s catalogs from what I have seen, Bahco started to make doubles around 1926. But others? Some have plenty of money on hand; just like the pricey...

But seriously, that one must be the saddest looking sun machine for sale, ever?

How about this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140344401425&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT About an afternoon's restoration and you'll have a nice working one for only 50 bucks!

Hm speak about torque wrenches Monte, I rarely find any worth buying but yesterday there was two of them! But not a single open-end/flex-box wrench at this weekends flea-markets!! The 1/2" Hazet is a 1980s West German I beleive, but the 3/4" I can't identify - Anyone? Seller said he had it for...

So I wasn't the only one who like old Hazets:) It's a 1957 brochure that belongs to a friend and it was sooo nice that I couldn't resist taking a few pics. I'll take more. What a good illustrator they had! No I have not a single clue how long they used illustrations of that quality. Yet:D:D...