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Good afternoon. I see hydraulic floor jacks all the time, but do not see many manual ones. The most common types I see are scissor jacks, but there were other types back in the day (may be they still make them with wheels, but I did not see one for a while). Even though they are slower, they...

Please educate me I got a 3/8” drive HK Porter manual impak driver. It has 2 philips, 3 sockets (7/16, 1/2 and 9/16) drivers. Given relative rarity I cannot find any flat tip screwdriver impact attachments. I am guessing there had to be a 5/16” adapter as I found VIM and Tekton bits for sale...

Good evening Please educated me about Greenerd Arbor Press #1. It is rated up to 250kg. I have a lead on one in poor condition for $20. It need sanding and a complete repaint. Most likely will need a new handle and missing the bottom plate (sorry, not sure what they are called properly) -...

Was cleaning sockets and came across this one: 5/8 for 3/8drive Any ideas which company and approximately how old?

Good afternoon. I possibly have a lead on a Snap On 660B box. However, it will need at least one larger drawer (probably medium size) and possibly one smaller one. They are not available from SO. Does anybody have a parts box? If you do, please let me know how much you want for the drawers...

I got a lot of tools recently and there was a set of similar wrenches with sign forged in USA The only other marks besides sizes are 2 letter combinations: 5/8 CF 9/16 ?BH (not well seen) 1/2 CZ 7/16 CB Does anybody recognize them: who made them and how old they are. They are almost unused...

Well, it's a slow day, going through things I bought recently in a big load of tools This is a 3/8 drive internals from some ratchet. The diameter is around 1". There are no signs on it. Is there a way to determine which ratchet it belongs to? Tool collection inside would not help: Craftsman...

Brown Company of Syracuse, NY which made Brownbilt tools operated between 1908 -1920s (limited knowledge exists) This is the first time I see one of them in real life. Last image is from April 1922 issue of Automobile Dealer and Repairer (as posted in Alloy Artifacts) Link to ally artifacts...

Got this together with some vintage tools: Warner DRR Made in USA the other side reads MFD. by STLWART-WARNER Alemite division Is it some type of spray nossle? What do I have? Not sure what to do with it...

Good evening. I acquired a lot of tools recently and there was a manual impact driver with couple of bits there (Image 1,2) HK Porter, Boston 43. MASS #6M. Driver size is 3/8. Attachments: #620P LIC NO 2 #640P LIC NO 2, this one also has a stamp # 4 (this is a slightly larger phillips)...

Good evening Got this poor little beat up box as a part of my find. Is it K-21 from mid to late 1930s? The drawers are missing - I did not pay attention to it when picking up the box full of staff. However, I did not see any drawers in the garage... Texted the owner asking if he saw them, but...

I got two wrenches from the same estate sale. One is Tru Fit which is probably from the 50s. The other one has no marks except for a single letter A on one side. Does anybody recognize it?

Blue Point tool company was formed in 1923 in Chicago. Snap On initially relied on the outside contractors to provide additional tools to expand the line of tools required by customers. Forged Steel Products of Newport, PA and Milwaukee Tool and Forge of Milwakee, WI were some of the first...

Good evening I got a lead on this tool set. The owner could not provide me with any information at this point and I am trying to see if there is any history behind them. They come in a red box with black interior. For some reason it looks like Walden Worcester set to me. Do you know...

I keep my boxes without stickers, but recently saw some nice stickers/decals with cars on the net. Please post your car, car related or other cool decals on tool chests. Looking for interesting ideas. Let’s skip “I will kill you if you touch my tools” or naked women ones (unless it’s a cool...

Finally cleaned up the Kennedy roller that I got and am starting to slowly move some tools there. What do you do for the bottom compartment (the one covered by the door). There are protruding nuts there (one in each corner) which hold the custer assemblies. Do you just fill the area around...

Good afternoon. I enjoy restoring small tools. I just used another manual wirebrush to the handle. I prefer steel ones as the do not leave the yellowish color on the tools. Please let me know which company you use and where you buy it. I prefer to get rid of rust manually, but also use...

Hi. Picked up a free jack today. No history. The metal plate with the name all faded out (3d image) Approximately 25" long plate and the distance between the plates is 6.5" Please take a look at this jack (sorry for poor pictures) and tell me if you recognize the model. Not sure yet if this...

Good evening I just had a chance to purchase this set S W Card No 301 Diamond Screw Plates Mansfield MA Box size: 31 x 8 3/4 Large die stock 28 1/2 Small die stock 13 3/4 Large die diameter 2 1/4 Small die diameter 1 1/4 Sizes 1/4-28. 5/16-24, 3/8-24,7/16-20,1/2-20,9/16-18,5/8-18,11/16-16,3/4...

Good evening. Got this set last night for slightly less than $6. 3/8" set; Sockets: 3/8, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8, 11/16, 3/4 The owner told me that it was bought in the 70s. Need some help replacing the paper insert: if you have one in good (or any) condition, can you make a high resolution picture...