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I posted this last week in the vintage tool discussion and haven't gotten any replies, and think I should have posted it in the general tool discussion. I bought this Bosch Scintilla model 1117 2 speed VS drill for $10 Thursday, and according to a date code list I found, 935 correlates to Q3...

I bought this Bosch Scintilla model 1117 2 speed VS drill for $10 Thursday, and according to a date code list I found, 935 correlates to Q3 1979. The drill works, but the trigger doesn't increase the speed as you pull it, it's only off or full speed. A catalog from 1976 gave the speeds as 800...

I started doing this research on Western Forge in September of last year, and I finally have finished the first three parts. Part I is the history of WF and screwdrivers, Part II is adjustable wrenches, and Part III is wood chisels. I know WF made pliers, torque wrenches, flat wrenches, sockets...

My dad and I were working on his Benz and there are some spaces where you can't or can barely get a 3/8 ratchet in, and I would use a 1/4 but no one makes that big a size in 1/4. So I was thinking that deep offset or flex head e torx or spline would do the trick. I can't seem to find any online...

I've worked on the majority of this about a month or two ago and just now finished it. I covers all post US made Craftsman nut drivers I could find except Xcelite style ones due to the very confusing way Sears offered them. Sometimes they were US made and sold as Craftsman, some were Japanese...

I was in Walmart earlier today and I went to the tools section to get some over the glasses safety goggles for a oxy-fuel class I'm taking, and I was surprised to notice that a set of Hyper Tough screwdriver set was "Made in the USA with 60% or More US Parts." I knew that they had made in USA...

Every now and again I will come across Phillips screws that seem to be in between standard sizes, most of the time it is too big for a #0, but too small for a #1, and occasionally the same thing happens with a screw being between #1 & #2. With some very cheap modern hardware I blame it on poor...

For the past several days I have been working on this history of Stanley USA plastic handled screwdrivers from the earliest catalog I can find that lists them, the 1932 catalog, all the way up to today. I was going to originally have wood handled screwdrivers too, but that would have just been...

I passed by the screwdriver section at my local Home Depot and I noticed that the US made screwdrivers they had were nearly gone especially the sets, although they still had a bit more in terms of individual drivers, but they were still outnumbered by the imported ones. The imported ones are...

I recently inherited my great grandfather's tools from my uncle who recently passed. My great grandfather lived from 1907-97 and was a machinist and had his own shop in Houston. During WWII he made small parts for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft and retired in the late 60 or early 70s I think. The...

Today I found this old Phillips #3 screwdriver and it has a receptacle for a 3/8 drive ratchet, which I have never seen on a screwdriver, but I have seen it on 1/4" drive handle extensions. It also has an NSN: 5120-00-764-8102 which matches this as being a 6" #3 phillips, although the NSN info...

Today I was looking through some of my dad's stuff, and I found an M1250 ratchet, it says USA, but it's Stanley so :dunno:. I also found a C16 1/2" nutdriver. I determined the manufacturers of the tools by comparing the MM tools to other manufacturers. Latest updates in red. C- 1983?-...

Third time's the charm. So I happened upon these two patents by New Britain and they discuss making tools, specifically mentioned are pliers and sockets, out of powdered metal. The first patent was applied for in 1967 and granted in 1970, and the second patent was applied for in 1969 and granted...

From 1978-1983 my grandfather owned a John Deere dealership, my dad started working there in 1980 as kind of a manager/anything else that he needed to be. My dad bought some tools along the way, and he still has a few. First is a TY3517 1-1/16 combo wrench made by Bonney. This one was part of a...

I need some help identifying these screwdrivers that I've found around my house. First is a flat blade with black painted or lacquered wood handle. It looks like some Vlchek/Dunlap drivers I've seen, but it has no markings that I can tell. Second is another wood handled flat blade, but smaller...

It seems that most if not all fixed blade screwdrivers sold by companies (from HF to Snap On) targeting mechanics include flat blade screwdrivers that aren't hollow ground. I don't get it, why not have hollow ground blades? I mean the screws you are most likely to encounter are going to fit...

Some of you may know that I have been working on a series over in the vintage tool discussion about USA craftsman wrenches. Since craftsman professional is more modern I thought I would post the questions I asked over there here. So here it is: I'm going to need y'all's help with Part III as I...

Craftsman Wrench History 1945-2011 PART II ADDED I finally got around to starting my series on Craftsman wrenches. This covers Raised Panel onward. Part I will be Ratcheting DBEs and Part II will be Raised Panel End Wrenches. Part I...

For quite some time now Stanley- Black & Decker has used "Made in USA with Global Materials" on some of their products, but what does that actually mean? Are parts of the products made else where and just screwed together here? Or are some products or parts of products made here? The purpose of...

So I had an old 1/4 Taiwanese Craftsman round head ratchet from the 80s that wasn't working right, and instead of just throwing it away I went to Lowe's to see if they would warranty it. When I got there, the lady behind the counter told me to find one that looked like my old one, I was...