Recent content by WilliamT081423

Hello everyone, Around the time I was 15 or 16 years old, my dad gave me my first Sears Craftsman mechanics's set. It was one that came in a vinyl-look folder with elastic loops for the ratchet, the 1/4" screwdriver handle, and all of the sockets. It was a series EE set, with the sockets that...

Did you mean to type Penncraft or something else?

The people posting in there seem satisfied with their Penney tools, so maybe a search for some would be worthwhile.

The challenge may be just finding the tools. Craftsman may have been the more dominant brand around here even though my city had both stores going back to when you went downtown to shop instead of going to a mall. Kind of makes me think that Sears may have had the more generous credit terms and...

Hello everyone, Until I bought the Penncraft 1/2" drill (made by WEN) and the small tool box I recently rescued on the marketplace, I had never owned any Penncraft-branded tools. I worked at JCPenney many years ago, though it was after the time when they stopped selling tools and doing auto...

That's a great and fitting story. I don't have room to keep a bunch of non-working stuff around, though for some sentimental things I may make the exception, like if this had been my grandaddy's thermos or something like that, but after a point, he would have told me to get rid of it if it...

Yeah, I knew not to do that. Just hot water and efferdent tabs.

So, if I really want a steel thermos bottle with a handle that can be depended upon to keep hot coffee hot, either add a handle to the Dutch military thermos, or get one of the new MIC Stanley bottles that looks like an old one when you're squinting 5' away? The smaller Uno-Vac may be ok. No...

They're not glass thermoses, but all-steel, so there's nothing that can be removed or replaced.

This may not be the best place for this, so it can be removed if needed. I've picked up three vintage vacuum bottles off of shop goodwill recently, and it may be like three strikes, and you're out. So far, two out of three of them seem to have their vacuum compromised and they don't hold heat...

Hello everyone, Not too long ago, I picked up a Dormeyer 1/4" drill kit. It's one of those kits from the 50s or 60s with a 1/4" drill with a chuck, grinding and sanding attachments, and a small circular saw. It's missing the horizontal bracket that enabled it to be fastened to a workbench and...

This Snap-On metal ring was in the tray of the vintage toolbox I picked up recently. I don't know what it is, and Google Image was not much help. Thank you, -William

This vintage Craftsman model 4370 toolbox and model 43581 rolling cabinet showed up on the marketplace. They looked to be in decent condition, and had the additional benefit of being full of vintage Craftsman, Husky, and a few other hand tools. The lady selling them told me her father had been a...

Remember, this is one of the vintage, US-made Wens from the late 60s, probably made in Chicagoland, so it's more likely to have a standard thread. I went ahead and ordered one each of the screws mentioned in previous replies. Also, I posted a previous reply where I included the response I...

Many, many years ago, back when I was still a boy, I remember my grandaddy getting kind of irritated about how all the service and filling stations were turning into convenience stores. He said something like, "Forget getting any kind of help in a place like that. The people working in there are...