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Not sure if this topic has come up yet on the GJ, but I thought some of you might want to pick up a few of them before they all get shipped overseas...

The following video was posted two weeks ago, now I know most of you already know all of this, some of you might not agree with it, some of you might not like it, but I just watched it today and I found it interesting to say the least. You can take it with a grain of salt as they say as you...

Thought you might like to see this article from today. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/lowe-s-dumps-entire-craftsman-v-series-across-all-1-700-stores/ss-AA1Ss7Cg?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6941c08c9ea74af7abbd805b22bfcbe0&ei=52#image=1

Interesting to note that in all my many tool hunting adventures I rarely find any JIS screwdrivers from Japan, turns out just this week I found 4 little JIS screwdrivers from Japan and that got me thinking about the following video from 10 months ago. Most of you can skip this video, because...

I am afraid my toolboxes are caving in from all the weight of my air tools and vise grips; question for some of you, can anyone offer some insight into products that are the market that either you like or use in your workshop. links would be very helpful, or even just the name of the product...

A special warning the following video moves a little slow and at 91 years of age Rodger talks a little soft at times while he is showing off his collection of Lucas spanners; at one time he says the collection was over 3000 in size, very impressive. The Man filming his collection was also...

Something you don't learn every day and not in the laughing way, more like in the crying way. It would seem this inventor was so smart he had many patents to his name for the Phillips screwdriver; long story short he traveled by train with Henry Phillips, (you know that name) and it would seem...

As most of you already know when I write my stories, I look for proof of all the facts or at least as much as possible to back up my stories, but alas today this is not going to happen. So, some special notes are due up front: The graves site is a guess, the dates of birth and death are a...

I never know what surprises I might find when I go on my many tool hunting adventures and this week I was not let down. The following two wrenches were made a very long time ago in Irun, Spain by Mr. Juan Vollmer he was born in Solingen, Germany on Jan. 25th, 1906, and he died on August...

Some days finding information is a joy and this story is right up there, but...Sometimes it can be somewhat confusing if you know what I mean. I found the patent, but it reads Not known to have been produced, that's the confusing part, because they are still produced today. Now the next part...

You have been there; trust me we all have... 11 Rites of passage for every DIY Mechanic. Yes, I can remember my father telling me if it isn't broke don't fix it, and yes be careful with getting the tools stuck in hard places, but dad was never one for organizing anything most of all car...

I found the following article on the web, well truth be told, my computer has my profile down pretty pat, AI must be at work, I guess? Anyhow I hope you will enjoy reading it, it takes about 4 minutes to read it and some of you might agree or better yet add your own thoughts on this nice June...

A special warning is in order: My last three posts got cancelled, the first one was to pollical in nature, and the other two had some kind of virus in the link. So, before you hit the link make sure you have some kind of anti-virus protection, or else skip this post and see other posts, if not...

I found this post that I thought some of you might find rather amusing on this nice February day. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/5-old-tool-designs-that-survive-nearly-unchanged/ar-AA1f6xmC?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=861083d3f4cc4562ac2d070e2dab2fc7&ei=18

I thought some of you might be interested in the following link that I found on the Web tonight. Nothing earth shattering here just a Chart listing different socket sizes. Maybe some of you want a complete socket set and this list might help you out...

When I think of someone who comes up with a patent, I am not necessarily thinking of someone who comes up with a fancy type of design logo, but this is the case with Mr. Curtis and his Bridgeport X-Logo D97,325. He patented it on Oct. 29th, 1935. Harry B. Curtis, Huntington, Conn., assignor to...

Apparently, the speed of the posts on the GJ are moving at the speed of light, I thought maybe a few of you might enjoy learning about a Company that I just found, quite by accident. As I was searching through a box of screwdrivers, I found this rather odd screwdriver, that is very lite, not...

This week I stopped in at a garage sale and that poor man was almost on his hands and knees, begging me to take his rusty old junk. I still have some of it in a chemical bath, but by good luck this file was not so rusty and all it needed was a handle. The trademark is not something I have ever...

I need to stop looking in those boxes' of 1930's screwdrivers, before it kills me. From not much information to go on I did find a Birth Date for Mr. cook of the 31st of Jan. 1870 and a Date of Death of 1937, (aged 66-67). He is buried in the Fairview Cemetery New Britain, Hartford County...

Introducing for the 1930 model the one and only Reliance No. 7 "Made of special steel, if bent under pressure-it will spring back straight and true". The Handle- "Made of hardwood, fluted design''. The Ferrule-"Made of heavy drawn steel"...