Recent content by Squirrel!

I don’t agree with the no lubrication either. I live in coastal New England, so we have salty air and humidity. I put a light coat of grease on as I’ve always been told metal moving on metal should have lubrication.

Fellow cyclist here. Been mountain biking for over 30 years.

This was the internals of the ratchet

I finished cleaning up and rebuilding an SK 3/8’s ratchet and metric socket set that was my Dad’s. I’m giving it to my oldest son. There is no rust on the box, but I’m considering adding a clear coat enamel so it won’t rust. I believe this set is from 1968 or so. I used grease when...

Irwin speedbor 88

Meteor wrench tool roll

Here is my xcelite roll. Still looking for the missing tools.

I’m still looking for the other Xcelite tools (I still have hundreds of tools to go through). A full set of meteor wrenches A set of Irwin speedbor 88’s

Thank you!

Thank you. I used some 3n1 oil on this tool.

I’m in the process of cleaning and reorganizing my late 87 year old father’s workshop. As a young girl, he always included me while he worked on projects. Years later, my Dad would spend hours with my boys in that same workshop. Today, I have fallen down the rabbit hole of learning about all...

I spent many hours with my Dad in his workshop as he was always working on something. As a woman in my mid 50’s, I’m grateful he included me in his projects. Unfortunately, he passed away in May at 87. I am trying to organize and restore the tools as I find them. Because of this forum, I am...

Came across this 3 foot Walsco “little pal”. Carstairs was a whiskey company with the motto- “The man who cares says Carstairs.” Thinking it’s from the 1950’s The tape is a steel grey-blue color.

My retirement job is at a bike shop and am an avid rider (mostly mountain) for over 30 years. I do a lot of the maintenance on my husband’s and my bikes. At the bike shop, we all use Pedro levers. Hands down, easiest lever to use to get enough leverage and not scratch or damage a rim. It’s...