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The green handled one is 2 Chinese ratcheting box ends cut and welded so the ends turn in opposite directions. It needs to be this length to change the glow plugs in my VW Rabbit Pickup.

Just wondering how to actually bypass the ballast? Do you just remove the ballast and hook the bulb "sockets" directly to 120V switched line voltage?

This is a prototype. More later.

Yup ! Double clip for the BIG belt !

My favorite new tool !

You are correct on all counts and I have them all. Nice to use once in a while to remember simpler times.

I think mine has up to 3/16, and the bit has a special end that snaps in one way only.

Use an old central vac unit. They are posted online all the time. Pipe to the desired locations, vent outdoors. Voila !!

I found this in a bunch of old tools in Dad's garage. He was a Bell Telephone man and this appears to be a "Bell System tool". What is the history of these? Did they actually use them regularly? For what purposes?

My new light duty air compressor came in from Home Depot today. Came a full week before expected.....free shipping and all.

Just found this punch in the bottom of my box.

I was digging through a box of old tools this morning and came across this Millers Falls brace. Are these things worth anything, or am I better off to just hang it on the wall as wall art?

Then Masonry line is absolutely perfect.

Here's mine......even gots wheels, man.