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I purchased a collection of measuring tools from a buddy who retired in 2016 after a 30+ year career as a machinist. Included is a 2-3 inch micrometer from "Reed Small Tool Works". The name is on the box, and on the micrometer's thimble. Best I can find, that company was established in 1916...

Picked this up on Ebay. It can test either 6 or 12 volt flashers, and it has a switch to select whether the flasher being tested is for one bulb or two. The instruction sheet lists a number of flashers by part number, including the one pictured which I also got on Ebay. The patent number on...

Found this curious gizmo in my dad's stuff some years back. It has a polishing bonnet, but the adapter for an electric mixer is missing. Found an ad for it in the March 1950 issue of Popular Science...

Hi gang. I have a Sun 947 analyzer. One of the components is a model U-823 voltmeter/condenser tester/cylinder leakdown tester. I have replaced the capacitors, but it needs to be calibrated. The voltmeter reads about two volts too high. Problem is, there are 5 potentiometers on the chassis...

I like old engine test equipment, and when I came across this curious gizmo on Ebay I had to have it. It is an "Electronic Cam-Dwell Indicator". The sum total of the "electronics" consists of a AA battery and a flashlight bulb. So the idea is, in the car you mark where the rotor is in...

I'm working on an old Sun Master Motor Tester that I have had for almost 50 years. My goal is to make it look reasonably presentable - making it all work is probably not in the cards. Anyway, three of the four units cleaned up pretty well. The tach/dwell unit was powered by batteries that...

Hi all! I retired at the end of 2016 after 43 years with the phone company, mostly in IT. We've moved 3 times in those 43 years, finally landing in the DFW, Texas area. It's just the wife and I living in the 2900 sf home where we raised two sons. They are out of college, employed and living...

Given that ground has been broken for our retirement house and shop in Aubrey, TX it is time to get active on the Journal. Married for 34 years, we have two grown sons, a dog and four cars. Sons are out on their own, both working in computer related jobs. I've been a car nut all my life. I...