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I had a slow weekend with tool hunting at estate sales and after a night of rain, Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day. With that said, i got to spend the day running errands and snaking the rain gutter drain lines since we use the water for irrigation. Take that, LADWP!! The last errand...

I picked up this ratchet at an estate sale over the weekend. As i walked up i thought it was a Snap-on 3/4" drive head but it actually had a solid handle and not bored out for a rod to be inserted. It measures a little over 7" and the drive hole is 5/8" The only markings i could find were...

Would Snap-on warranty a 1950s 71-15 Ratchet? Fixed!! Update in OP I recently found some of my grandfathers tools in my home tool chest and noticed a Snap-on ratchet that was missing the on/off lever. I was actually dedicated as his "loosening" ratchet and had another that was just for...

I've recently bought 2 Athol vises and currently in the process of restoring/refinishing them. I've done similar ones before but left them with a raw metal finish. I've decided that these 2 need some paint and would like to go with the original dark grey. I'm no stranger to refinishing vises...

I have a previous thread about a huge pile of tools that i bought over the weekend and have been sorting though it every time i get a few minutes. These are the ones i though everybody would like to see. The nickel plated contraption is a Lowentraut Carriage wrench but missing the wood...

I just finally got some time to start going through what i pulled out of other peoples garages/workshops today and it was quite a haul. The stuff on the bench is just the hand tools. I bought many other things but this would interest the members here the most. I will be selling things on...

I picked up a Kennedy CS-16 flip top tool box today and it has a green wrinkle finish instead of a brown one. I'm not super familiar with all of the paints they used but i haven't seem much other then brown. It looks factory since its on every surface except for the inner tray The decal...