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Here's a couple of my unusual planes. The first is by Metallic Plane Co, Auburn NY, and is a great alternative to a #5. The adjustable mouth is great. The second is my oldest known tool - Randall and Cook, Auburn NY Rabbet Plane. As I recall the book dates this to 1835-39. Excellent condition!

Exactly. Actually this could occasionally be useful as a multi-position small parts vise held in a larger vise. Once I used this type of setup to make a bracket that needed two bends near each other. In the field of course you'd have to make do with it just sitting on the ground or tailgate.

I can't be the first person to think of this... Most monkey wrenches have a nice big square-ish thread, a nice big set of jaws, and a tiny little thumb nut to tighten it. This works for most routine wrench work. But what if a workman needed a vise but didn't have one along? All it needs is one...

Underhill reminds me of a Hobbit family name in Tolkien's classic works... Great hatchets, I've brought them home too.

Check ebay? Is it Whitworth? Even if you have to get a hex bolt and file the top to fit the counter sink and hacksaw a slot in the top. I got a couple Whitworth bolts on ebay once.

Leave as is and sell it. Or you could give it a 20 minute wipe down and then sell it.

I have a few crow bars tucked away various places but only for utilitarian purposes... No idea how to identify them apart from a makers mark.

Grub hoe. Looks hand forged. Nowadays they generally come with a pick on the other side, a very important tool for dirt work and gardening.

I've used Olfa rotary cutters for sewing for many years and they work very well. I work mostly with heavy pack cloth.

I find a surface gauge very helpful for layout on occasion, as you can easily and accurately scribe a line on, around, or inside something that may otherwise be hard to accomplish. The dial indicator is also useful on it, but that can't scribe. I wouldn't be without one in a fab shop.

Makes sense so long as the rpm vs. weight of jig doesn't have a chance of spinning or wiggling or lifting - easily attainable with a heavy vise or jig. I suppose they would locate the holes using jigs with drill bushings for the first bit in the sequence, or spot drill on the milling machine...

Looks like a tool for castrating roosters. Sorry - just got some butchering done. Cool tool, never seen one.

Oh man, I've had jobs that could have used the 3 or 4 gang production tables. Great machines. I just wish - having never used one - that they would have mounting slots or holes for fixtures.

Oil the screw if you want once every few years but just leave as is and use it. If you're into woodworking, or anything DIY mechanic or homeowner things a good vise is occasionally invaluable.

That's a real workhorse! Good luck on the restoration.

My work once had a DP on a small plate with rotating casters - we were cross drilling long sections of aluminum tubing so lateral stability was an issue and I removed the rolling base. If I wanted a rolling base I'd make it wide and heavy, then use either the retractable casters that flip up...

I got a custom length flat belt for an old lathe on ebay, pretty cheap. Great looking machine too!

I have a Starrett with micro adjust, and a cheap one with a pencil at one end. I've just used them for basic layout for woodworking and even on fabric. More convenient and adjustable than a string or a piece of wood and a couple of nails. Even though I run 3D CAD all day, and outsource work to...

I have a few wooden dado planes of different widths. They have skew irons, a double knicker iron, and a depth stop/shoe.

Great rescue. The skew rabbet plane is very handy especially for cleaning up notches and tenons in timbers where you have to plane across the grain. For standard rabbets along the grain I find the skew wants to push the plane off the work, so straight bladed rabbet planes are better there.