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I was using these today and it brought up memories of the master craftsman who willed them to me years ago. He was the kind of guy who leaves tools to his friends in his will. We worked together building and remodeling houses back in the '90s and Oughts. He retired from carpentry at 75, and had...

I picked this up today as part of a $40 package deal. It even came with a chuck key that fits--or will when it gets cleaned up. But it's missing a couple of little parts, like a motor, a motor pulley and the return spring: I just realized that I left the cover for the spring behind...

Having spent the last few evenings and Saturday bringing an old 1911 Reed vice back to life, I felt my daily-user in the shop needed some TLC. Moving from something considered a high-end, collectable, made in USA tool to what many on the internet seem to consider a piece of MIC junk not worth...

I can't find a thread for this and this time I did check the index. Here's my recently restored Clayton & Lambert white gasoline-fueled blowtorch: As found: Restored to shiny: I've restored a lot of nickel-plated camp lanterns and stoves and this is the best quality--not...

I don't see any specific threads for vintage bolt cutters, Allen-Randall or H. K. Porter, so here goes. These have been in the brewery shop for over twenty years. In the old days, we'd get specialty malt imported from Scotland in shipping containers and the big bolt cutters were for removing...

I picked this old saw filing vise up at a yard sale about five years ago--I had no use for it that I could think of, but it was part of a good "package deal": The only marking I can find on it. Jaws are 9 1/8" wide, 8" tall from the top of the ball clamp. I know these are a dime a...

I've had this weighing a shelf down for a while and decided I'd see what I can find out about it: No model or patent #s. The lines for the bubbles are wires--just straight wires for the horizontal and beaded for the vertical bubbles. All three bubbles are there and all agree--and the...

I vaguely recall paying something like $15 at a yard sale for this old wrap of chisels some years back. I must have just stuffed them in a corner and forgot until I disinterred them during my recent cleaning craze: L-R, 1-5 are Craftsman, including this oldie: I think that one, and the...