Recent content by Dutch 1960

Drivesitfar, thanks for the idea. I kind of wait around to see what shows up and what I need. Only my SK and one old Craftman set are "built out" and complete in their boxes. Everything else is a hodge-podge, but they all get the work done. Also, when I lose one, I haven't broken up a set...

Upper left started as an empty box and pretty much got the extras and duplicates of what showed up over time. Call it an SK fruit salad.

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrenches 3061, 3070, There is a Plomb Pebble 3061 on Ebay as well. I have no idea if the condition or price is reasonable.

How about that? It's mine now. Thanks for the heads up!!! I have been looking off and on for months for that guy! A bit spendy, and Ebay always feels a bit like cheating, but it is the very last piece I need to fill my SK box the way I want it.

My SK 42470s are the only way to fly with vintage 1/2" ratchets. The Craftsman set is really nice, but it seems like the big hip-roof box doesn't really match the big set like the little box matches the 1/4" drive Midget set. The tray dividers vs. the sockets, specifically. A "mix and match"...

My vintage SK. The first photo is the stuff I use in my (hobbyist) shop, and they fill the top and most of the first drawer of the box. The second photo is the boxed sets that are more of a hoard. I can fit nine of the boxed sets like a jigsaw puzzle into the bottom drawer of the box (third...

Most of my vintage tools are SK. I have four 1/4" sets, and use the newest one, in the taller, narrower box, for my daily 1/4" needs. These were put together over the years, and I am not sure they are all correct, but I tried to build out each set from its starting point,and paid attention to...

This thread seems a bit dead, but I was searching for shop light threads and here we are. I have a Cordomatic 500 installed in my garage, and it is fantastic. I will never have a shop or garage without one, unless I can't find one. Out of the way when you are not using it, right there when...

I have just spent about six hours enjoying the tool pr0n. I have attached a photo of my 1935 Craftsman 11 piece "Midget" set. Not particularly rare, I know, but it is in good shape and is part of a 37 piece set, catalog no. 6112 from Fall 1935, which is a 1/2" drive "BE" set in a box, with the...

Have a full set of vintage SK from the 30's through about 1960. They are the best, and the 1/4" ratchets have the best precision and feel of any small ones out there. If I win, I'll be sure to cross paths with a younger gear head that could use some fine tools.

Visiting again after a long break. If you recall, you inspired me to start my own garage project. Turned into 3 acres of brush clearing (no derelict cars found), tree planting for spring, house painting, bathroom repair, fence building, etc. as well as the garage work. I've kept busy...

I've gotten started, but need to do the house and the grounds at the same time (the neighbors are living with a eyesore down the road). Mine is a much more modest project, yet the amount of planning and work is unbelievable! Will start a thread later (may be a while), but I am taking a lot of...

Thanks again for your inspiring thread. I am closing escrow on my own garage-centric property this week, and this thread helped inspire me to get out there and actually make it happen. I found that while the widowed wife is just moving out now for round-the-clock care at age 88, the husband...

Jerauld's Mufflers is still in business as a muffler shop in National City. The shop was rebuilt in about 1980 into a modern facility. Until then, it was a small ramshackle place in which most of the muffler work was done on ancient outdoor lifts in an empty lot beside the shop. The shop...