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    Show us your vintage .... BRAD DRIVER or TACK PULLER

    Somebody said that three of any one thing makes for “a collection”. If that's true, I'm the lucky owner of a collection of brad drivers. After spending the last several weeks sorting out my “collection”, I came up with no fewer than THREE brad drivers: a “Star”, an “Oxwall”, and one marked...
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    Republic - Union 76 - Union Oil Company - Socket Set 11/08/23

    Some of the older members here will remember their mothers filling the kitchen cabinets with "free glassware with fill-up" at the local gas station. Among other assorted and sundry promotional items, the Union Oil Company had their very own brand of socket sets made up! The Genuine "Republic"...
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    P.K. Neuses Inc., Rolling Meadows IL 11/06/23

    Neuses / P.K. Neuses Inc., PO Box 100, Arlington Hts. IL 60006 (1401 Rohlwing Rd. Rolling Meadows, IL 60008) / http://www.pkneuses.com/ / est. / specialty telecommunications tools / Specialty manufacturer of tools for the telecommunications trade. Catalogs available at International Tool...
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    Modern Metal Products / Muckle Manufacturing Co., Owatonna, MN / Nielsen Hardware / Nielsen Tool & Die, Hartford, CT / 10/29/23

    Modern Metal Products began in 1925 as Muckle Manufacturing Company in Owatonna, Minnesota. Muckle Manufacturing was best known for their insulated "wrinkle finish" aluminum boxes into which milk was delivered by truck to millions of American homes for decades. Nielsen Tool & Die began...
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    BK's "what is this?" thread 10/26/23

    *** I'm sorting out MY "collection" and I am finding all kinds of oddballs in the mix. Just wanting to figure out what some stuff is, and whether or not it needs to be re-homed here among the membership or gotten rid of by other means. ** Firestone? Indestro? Craftsman? what did I get this...
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    Penn Tool Co., Philadelphia, PA / A.C. Penn Inc., New York, NY / Penn Tool Co., Inc., Maplewood NJ / disambiguation /

    One of Mark's recent finds sent me down an interesting rabbit hole: From: Mark Stansbury Sent: Friday, October 20, 2023 11:27 AM To: Ski Subject Penn Tool Co. This is a new-to-me company that I can't find much on. They had a WWII defense contract for screwdrivers...
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    California Tool Company, Los Angeles CTC C.T.I. (rev. 10/15/23)

    California / California Tool Co., 1929 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA / est. 1927 / http://alloy-artifacts.org/other-makers.html#calif-tool / California Tool Company (CTC) manufactured products for Plomb as well as selling them independently, similar to what Thorsen Tool Company was doing in...
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    got it. thanks @Kaervak!

    3.0L V6 1994 Ranger 2WD Man/Trans. OEM # on the cable F47Z9A758H accelerator cable for the manual transmission model is apparently the oddball spent half the day on the phone searching with no luck. anybody knows where one IS, please let me know. thank you! BK
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    who manufactured this ratchet for Dayton? 10/10/23

    who manufactured the RATCHET in this kit for Dayton? (Grainger's house brand) DAYTON 15-pc 1/4" drive SAE socket set (ebay 374944067613) DAYTON 15-pc 1/4" drive SAE socket set (ebay 374944067613) DAYTON 15-pc 1/4" drive SAE socket set (ebay 374944067613)
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    Electrical Question for the Experts 09/27/23

    I'm working in a commercial building about 35-40 years old. Ballet studio. Two bathrooms. Two dressing rooms. Girls do not turn off the lights in bathrooms or dressing rooms. Rooms are illuminated with 40-inch LED "plug-and-play" tubes that I put in to replace the old fluorescent tubes...
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    Question for the experts regarding a TILE floor 09/27/23

    I am out of my element on this one. Entry way is about 4 feet x 5 feet. Floor is some sort of ceramic tile - large squares about 9" x 9". grouted in between with a whitish grout-looking stuff about half an inch wide between them. (It got a LOT lighter when I washed the floor down with TSP and...
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    TEKTON HOT DEAL THREAD

    * TEKTON HOT DEAL THREAD! *
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    CRIPE DISTRIBUTING * HOT DEALS THREAD *

    CRIPE DISTRIBUTING HOT DEALS THREAD Order direct from Cripe! Save money! Discount code is CRIPE23 * I am not going to post shipping charges on each item because you're not going to save any money buying ONE item from Cripe - you want to stack up a mess of stuff in your "cart" so you can...
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    ratchet identification? MDF? 01/01/23

    I just need a second opinion.
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    Buffalo Drill, Buffalo Machine Inc., Buffalo Forge Co., Canadian Buffalo Forge Co. Ltd., Canadian Blower & Forge Co. Ltd. (12/14/22)

    In-depth historical and patent information is available at VintageMachinery.org Buffalo / Buffalo Drill see Buffalo Machine Inc. / Buffalo / Buffalo Forge Co., Machine Tool Division see Buffalo Machine Inc. / est. 1878 / http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=129&tab=4 /...
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    VAMPIRE TOOLS Special Promotions!

    ** See most recent post in thread for current specials! ** Vampire Tools website Register your Vampire purchases here for an extra year of warranty coverage
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    VERMONT AMERICAN (U.S. made) Twist Drills, Drill Sets, Router Bits (Tacoma and surrounding area ONLY) 12/05/22

    *** American Pawnbrokers is CLOSED on Wednesday through December! *** VERMONT AMERICAN (U.S. made) Twist Drills, Drill Sets, Router Bits (Tacoma and surrounding area ONLY) 12/05/22 American Pawnbrokers 5402 Pacific Avenue Tacoma, Wa. 98408 253 472 7296 Crazy cheap stuff. They bought out an...
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    Show us your Shears, Scissors, and Secateurs!

    Show us your SHEARS, SCISSORS, and SECATEURS! ( There is already a thread for "Vintage Italian Pruning Shears" here ) ( There is also a thread for "Scissors" here ) Let's try to keep this limited to hand-held devices. "American Scissors and Shears" © 2013 Philip K. Pankiewicz - Table of...
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    Advertising Metal Display Co. - AMD Industries - Rem-Line - Tool Storage Systems and Displays

    Advertising Metal Display Co. - AMD Industries - Rem-Line Tool Storage Systems Advertising Metal Display Company was established in Chicago in 1925. Originally at 1001 Washington Blvd. in Chicago, by 1931 they were at 113-125 No. Green St. in Chicago. For decades, this company stamped out...
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