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I bought a variety of tools earlier today. In the group was this small wooden box with a patent date of February 19, 1889. The box actually folds out flat, and was designed to hold a variety of tools or instruments. But I have no idea what those tools or instruments were. Can anybody here shed...

Here are some photos of the Delta DP 220 that I just brought home in the trunk of my car. I've never seen one set up like this before. It has a very unusual head lift mechanism mounted on it that I haven't even figured out how to operate yet. Does anyone here recognize it? How do you use/adjust...

I just brought this Delta 14" band saw home yesterday. To my surprise, it has a factory installed gear box for slowing the speed way down. So this saw can be set up for cutting either metal or wood. I also have the wood cutting version of this 14" saw, and can confirm that the metal cutting...

I picked up a bunch of tools at one of my stops earlier today, I really wasn’t going to buy this Milwaukee right angle drill, but it looked nearly unused and everything was still in the original steel box. She gave me such a reasonable price that I couldn’t say no. Does anybody here have one of...

I bought this John Deere CS52 chainsaw at an auction years ago. When I brought it home I was surprised to find that it actually ran. I never had to do any repairs to it. And I think its well past time that I did a thorough job of performing some routine maintenance on it now. It’s been a good...

They have this electric pole saw on sale for $60 at Harbor Freight right now, and I am considering buying one. I have several dead/dying ash trees in my back yard, and this would be handy for cutting a lot of branches off of those trees...

I don't normally swap or barter for anything. I like to pay cash instead. But several years ago I saw an ad for a vise on Craigslist that the poster said was just too big for his truck. He needed something smaller that could be bolted onto the rear fender for doing repair work out in the field...

Check it out. A 10” Toptul bench vise just sold on Ebay for well over $100,000. It is item number 254883671174. Maui

I recently purchased a very large number of vintage wood planes (mostly Stanley) and some other wood working tools from an estate. One of these tools is a very old miter saw. I tried performing an internet search and got a few hits on similar saws, but finding information on this specific model...

I’ve had this Benchmaster table top vertical mill for several years, and it is one handy tool to have. It can do a surprising amount of work for the size of the machine, and sometimes punches well above its weight class. I finished a set of brass jaws for a Wilton bullet vise that I am restoring...

Occasionally I’ve seen people here say that they live in a vintage machine or tool desert, meaning they just don’t see much vintage equipment for sale in their area. Im trying to get a more accurate picture of what parts of the United States are like this. I’m in the northeast, and in the past...

I originally bought this Delta 385 bandsaw at an estate sale in Perry, NY late last year. To say it looked rough would be an understatement. It was going to take a LOT of work to restore it. There is a buddy of mine who also restores vintage machines and he and I have bought machines and parts...

I just picked up this Dayton 1/3 hp bench grinder on a vintage (and very heavy duty) Black and Decker cast iron pedestal. I am wondering if anyone here recognizes the pedestal? I’ve never run across one of these before, and am trying to determine when it may have been manufactured. I’ve done a...

Do any of the tool box gurus here recognize this tool box stack? Any idea who may have manufactured it and what age it might be? Maui

I’ve had this fully restored Wilton bullet vise on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace in upstate NY for over a month now with only a few responses. It has 3 1/2” wide jaws, and it was brought down to bare meal prior to paint so the restoration was done properly. Nobody has stopped by to see it...

I purchased the tool box shown in the photos below at an estate sale earlier today. It was $35. A very nice heavy duty box with some useful tools in it, but what caught my eye when I opened it up was the knife in the bottom of the tray with the heavy mildew on the knife handle and the scabbard...

You never know what you are going to run across in somebody’s storage building or garage. I went to look at an old 16” cast iron Duro vertical band saw yesterday. It was a heavily built machine, but had several issues that I wasn’t all that enthusiastic about tackling, even at the price that he...

I just picked up a 1984 vintage 2 hp Rockwell model 22650 Invicta wood planer and a 3 hp Rockwell 43-371 shaper with a bunch of cutters. Both are in good running condition. They just need to be cleaned up, lubricated, and (possibly) adjusted. Does anyone here own one of these machines? Any...

I ran across this work bench recently, and was wondering if anybody here recognizes it and could tell me who manufactured it? The drawer pulls are smooth and the cabinet is solid and well constructed. It looks to me like something that would have been in an automotive shop decades ago. Any ideas?

I recently bought a vintage bench vise, and I can’t figure who manufactured it. It has approximately 4” wide jaws, and is unusual because it is a rapid adjusting vise. You can pull on the dynamic jaw to open it up to any position you like with minimal effort (and you do not have to lift up the...