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Good Friday all.... Went in late to work this morning so I could stop at an estate sale. Among my snags was this vintage Craftsman 115.6842, 7" monster bench grinder. At first it sounded grumpy like it hadn't been woke in years but after a warm up, now it turns on and just hums. BuddyC...

Season's Greetings all, I picked up a pair of rusty pliers last week. After cleaning up, they revealed a mark that shows a hand holding what looks like a pair of nippers (handle up, nipper end down). It doesn't photograph well but I was wondering if anyone was familiar with a mark like this. I...

My wife called me the other day from a sale and asked if I wanted her to get this Vise. Yea, I liked it. I cleaned off decades of grease and really liked the results. It's in awesome condition and closes cleanly. So finding information about the Samsons is not that easy to come by, from what...

Evening..... I got this Rock Island Lines Cross Peen Hammer today. Curious if anyone knows if it was for the rail road or if they sold tools with the name? It's a nice, heavy hammer thanks! IMG_5181 by William Clark, on Flickr

So.... I got this nice Craftsman Auger Bit set. It has the logo of the "long C" and the kind of pointy, zig-zag letters. I was checking out the logo on the bits and noticed a few say CRAFTSMAN and some say CRAFTZMAN. Otherwise they look the same. Is this unusual?..:dunno:.. am I a...

So..... is a "check nut wrench" an actual thing? I've tried looking up check nut wrench and check nut but find nothing this wrench would be specifically for. Thanks BuddyC [/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/23CTDPU]IMG_3126 (Small)], on Flickr[/IMG]

Hi, I gathered up some pulleys I've pulled off old electric motors and got them cleaned up this weekend. I have this one item that was mounted to a motor shaft but I'm not quite sure about it. Is it maybe some flat belt pulley or something else? Thanks all! BC [/url]IMG_2298 by Buddy Clark...

'evening.... Does anyone know anything about this Craftsman (Western Forge) diamond sharpening steel? I can't seem to find anything on them. Maybe they were a flop? I was at a sale the other day and could not figure out just what I was looking at...an unfinished screwdriver???.... and I have...

Hello all... Anyone know anything about Crusader Tools? I've seen a few random web search examples of tools but can find nothing about the company. I cleaned up a rusty square and found that name underneath. Regards BuddyC

'evening.... I picked up a nice, old Kennedy 520 Machinist Chest recently. Actually, picked up is not too accurate, it weighed a ton. Below are a couple of collections from the tool chest that I can't identify. Hoping a machinist oriented garage person here can help me ID.... TIA BuddyC...

Can anyone tell me what this contraption might be called or used for? The shaft moves back and forth as you turn the handle. Something that followed me home in a box of other stuff I picked up at an auction. Apologies for large photo. Still trying to find a photo share I can uses since...

Hi, Does anyone know about Small Motors Inc. out of Chicago Ill.? I'm a sucker for old electric motors. I found this little (small) motor at a sale this week and had to get it. I looks like your typical fractional horse motor but it's only about 4" in diameter. Insides have old cloth wire...

Went to my first auction in ages and saw this awesome little vise mounted on a POC workbench. Luckily I just had to take the vise. Had never heard of York before. Thanks to GJ I got educated. Haven't seen any other examples that still had a decal. :thumbup: BuddyC

So, I picked up this green Craftsman wrench just because I'd never seen one before. Does anyone know about these? Did Craftsman make John Deere wrenches? CI maker mark Thanks Buddy

Hello, So what is the trick(s) to ID'ing a Wilton Vise? So many choices. Here is one for example I picked up this week. I see a lot of people using the stamp on the dynamic jaw (111103 in this case) but I don't know about that. Kindest Regards BuddyC

Good evening, You know how you buy a box of stuff at a yard sale for an item then you find something in the box you didn't notice until you dumped it out? That's what this is. A tool? Not a tool? Got me. The tip is loaded on a spring such that you can wind it up, it latches and when you push...

Good Evening, My wife came home with this little level last week. I've been trying to figure it out and wonder if anyone here might know what type/name of level it is. It's about the size of modern string levels but I can't see that application. The bottom is very flat. Maybe it's just a...

Scoping out the possibilities for this week's sales. I think I've had one of these some time ago but can't remember who/what this vise is. I think the dynamic jaw is the back one. Look familiar to anyone? Thanks Buddy

Hi, I'm a sucker for the old ratcheting spiral screwdrivers. I got this one in a box of treasures. It's not marked and it is unique in the way it locks into the handle. Where most yankee's etc. I've seen have a half circle mating end this one has a center notch part. I was curious if anyone...

Here's the other item I can't figure out. And neither can most anyone else from what I've been able to find searching around on the net. People call this a Blacksmith's pliers, a bullet mold (really? shouldn't a bullet mold actually mold something?) to other things. The inside surfaces of...