Recent content by John-O

I've been gathering up all the axe heads I have laying around. Lots of rust on some of them. I'll post more photos after I clean them up and see what I have.

Thank you for sharing those photos. I was also raised in a logging family and made a living climbing for about 30 years.

now smile cuz that's funny!

Found this a while back under a tarp out in my folks back yard. My step dad passed a few years ago and I guess he had run out of room to put stuff he brought home. No room left in two 8 x 40 shipping containers or a 30 x 30 shop. Slowly but surely going through it all. Mom said I could have half...

there's a lot of good stuff.....just have to get there. More photos from around the yard.

Here's a look into the "shop" lol. I'm sure it has everything in there but you can't walk in the to look. Even a hang glider in the rafters

yes I did and replied

i pulled the dynamic jaw all the way off today. Did not find a date code on the bottom or anywhere. I don't think it would have warn off? I don't know a lot about it just what I'm learning here.

Northern CA. Near Lake Tahoe

Thank you for the welcome. So glad the fire didn't get at you. We had to evacuate for 19 days. Don't need that kind of stress.

I'll look around. The only one I can think of right now is a pretty old post vice. I'm sure there are some great ones here somewhere and clamps for everything. No American pickers lol. they would be overwhelmed too. Could probably do a whole season not Just an episode.

I'm in between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe where the Caldor Fire burnt through last year. We got lucky. It missed us by 3/4 of a mile. Yes I'll be posting the vise later for sale. Just overwhelmed with all the stuff. Got ten acres full of stuff my step father collected for 40 years. I'm not out...

I also found this under a tarp out in our yard. It's an old champion blow forge black diamond post drill press. Heavy suckered too.

Hard time with photos. Guess I should read the how to

Been wanting to share a couple photos of some vintage tools that I have inherited. The 1st is this Wilton bullet Vise and note the work table it's mounted on. The vise says "pat pend" #6 and the jaws are 6". The table is 3 by 5 ft 1 inch plate steel built on 5 inch steel pipe with a lower shelf...