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I have a Grobet file I picked up at the local ReStore for 50 cents. It had some spots of surface rust which went away after an hour's soak in Evapo, followed by my using a file card to clean the teeth. I'm thinking of wiping it down with Fluid Film to prevent or slow rust reforming on it. Good...

I picked this up at a rural estate sale last month, and finally got around to cleaning it. It's solidly constructed but has no maker's name. The overall length is 13 inches. The blade is 8-3/8 inches long, 1-11/16 inches wide, and 3/16 inch thick. The tip has two bevels that were made by...

I recently ran across a Fray 8-inch sweep brace in a Restore Habitat shop. In the Fray's chuck was what I call a Frankenchuck: a shaft with a square tang on the back and a threaded front end that fits into an ordinary wood drill chuck, letting the user mount and use ordinary wood drills in a...

At a local ReStore shop last week I picked up a small pipe wrench (Stillson pattern). It's marked as an 8-inch, though when closed it's actually 7 inches. The stamped maker's mark has: Blue <W> Banner, which turns out to be curiously hard to find. The <W> in a diamond indicates manufacture by...

Maybe there's an answer already on GJ, but as I can't even decide what to call this thing, it's hard to find. My guess is that these were used to drill large holes in tough wood. The narrow part is 1/2 inch, the wide is 7/8. The stubby length of the bit (6-1/4") suggests that it was made to be...

How many ball bearings are there in a Samson brace chuck (made by Peck, Stow, & Wilcox)? I got a PEXTO Samson bit brace recently. Since the chuck's opening and closing action felt gritty, I disassembled it, carefully keeping track of the small ball bearings in the chuck's shell. Mine has 30 of...

Posting this here as no replies when posted Oct 26 in the vintage tool section — I have a pick-mattock I got at the local ReStore Habitat shop. The handle (36") appears to be original (it shows wear, but not neglect) and the head (5 lbs) was covered in dirty rust. Lacking enough Evapo, I gave...

Hi all, and apologies if this has been discussed and solved before — I couldn't find anything in either the GJ search function or Google's. I have a pick-mattock I got at the local ReStore Habitat shop as it was about to be recycled (shudder). The handle appears to be original (wear, but not...