Recent content by toolmutt

Thanks, @Private Lugnutz . I like your direction better than what I could find. And, like I said, he retired from OG&E so that jibes as well. So, in my mind, I going to believe that it is a wrench specially made for the spreading fixture of a dynamo.....wait for it......used by a railroad...

Pursuing your dynamo reference, he did work at Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) so that would make sense. Can you elaborate?

Just going off what he said when he gave it to me. He said it was an old RR tool but no other information. I was just a kid at the time. Decades later, I decided to ask Google. The best I could come up with was possibly a device to maintain the correct distance between the rails. I can’t find...

An uncle gave this wrench to me many years ago. He has since passed away. I have no info on the wrench.

As a firefighter, this is what I know as pickaxe (or pick head axe). Axe on one side, pick-like shape on the other. Contrasted with a flat head axe...

This.^^^ I've been trying to come up with a reason to buy one of those cute little boxes. You just convinced me!

I had a gerber that I tried carrying on my uniform belt at work. Tried it a couple different times. Lasted about six months or so both times. I just couldn't see the value of it. I mostly didn't like how it rode under the waistband/belt of my turnout pants when geared up. It's been in the bottom...

This is what I did with a truck box. Cut from an old backpacking sleeping pad.

This is a pair that was handed down to me by my dad. I know that they were passed down to him from his dad. So they have actually been used by at least three generations. I still use them on occasion but carry a more modern (with horn), less sentimental pair in my truck for on-the-spot repairs...

I got rid of all mine. Not worth the effort.

My first set was a mishmash my dad put together from extras he had. All SAE. When I bought my second vehicle, a Datsun pickup, I needed some metric stuff. I bought some BenchTop sockets and wrenches from Kmart. I carried the socket set in the original plastic clamshell until it fell apart. Most...

SAE in front, metric in back.

I’ve been happy with Buffs, also.

BO + GO = Thanks to Chris and Astro!

Order in. Thanks again to Chris and Astro for another great BOGO!