Recent content by sdc1104

After sleeping on it I like your suggestion of the Simple Green bath and the power washer. I mean it works well, but I just want it clean so for this portion I will use your "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" adage!

Yes, my pin is just like yours in the photos below. Thanks for the reminder!

Once bitten twice shy. I have f'ed up a lot of things being a bull with a hammer. I am being cautious on this one because it really is hanging up on something.

I just got a crusty Reed 103½ vise and am disassembling it for a thorough cleaning. After removing the pin, I tapped the base of the nut gently with a punch. I felt resistance and scraped more gunk out. Instead of the nut slide (inside base of vise) and the nut itself being solid, it seems to...

I picked this up at an antiques store. It was fitted with screws a long time ago it appears, but I am second-guessing the AA&T stamp. The axe is definitely old, but I question whether the maker's mark was done after manufacture. It was in pretty poor shape but there appears to be a double...

This is a Wilton C0 1980 vise that I bought from the godfather of Wilton vises here in Michigan. He restored it and it was a birthday present to myself this year. I am restoring a double-bit estate sale axe in one photo and cleaning up my father's Everkeen Kelly hatchet in the other...

This is a Wilton C0 1980 vise that I bought from the godfather of Wilton vises here in Michigan. He restored it and it was a birthday present to myself this year. I am restoring a double-bit estate sale axe in one photo and cleaning up my father's Everkeen Kelly hatchet in the other.<a...

No, just a rounded end on the handle. I do have an old short Wright 3/8" breaker bar from the same era that has that feature. I should clean that one up next!

No, just a rounded end on the handle. I do have an old short Wright 3/8" breaker bar from the same era that has that feature. I should clean that one up next!

I'm not sure if this qualifies as a long C Craftsman, but I found this 1/2" breaker bar inside of a trade-in combine when I worked at a John Deere dealership in the late 1980s. It was old then but I just cleaned it up recently. Sorry to any purists if I removed patina.

Thanks, I read that in another thread (I believe it was about Matco too). It's odd how nowdays they circumvent that and say "Made in USA ***with globally sourced materials."

Glad you told me that as I have a full set of Metric long combination wrenches from John Deere. They served me well too and clearly had USA on them. I had heard Bonney made them, so thank you for confirming!

This was my first post and I believe i originally posted it in the wrong category: I worked at a John Deere dealership from 1986 to 1989. I tried to purchase and upgrade my tools as I was able, being a teenager/young adult at this time. I purchased quite a few Matco tools during this time...

I worked at a John Deere dealership from 1986 to 1989. I tried to purchase and upgrade my tools as I was able, being a teenager/young adult at this time. I purchased quite a few Matco tools during this time period from the Matco tool truck. Some were used and some new onesie-twosie sockets and...