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I picked up these Snap-On things at a thrift store for cheap but have no idea what they are. Does someone on here know what they were used for? The central part with the top cap moves up and down but is captured in the tool. I looked around online without luck. Thanks, David

Like most of you, I pick stuff up from time to time and return it to service. I figured I'd make a running post instead of individual ones. I ran by a thrift/junk shop today and found a few things. One was this rusty Snap-On breaker bar. I bought it as part of a group of stuff so I don't...

I was working on my truck the other day and ran into the situation where the bolt moved with the ratchet in both directions. This is very annoying when you can't get your fingers on the bolt and have to go find another ratchet to finish getting the bolt out as you probably know. Folks here...

I picked up an old surveying transit that is still on the tripod. The transit and tripod spent a while in a storage shed and corrosion has set in. I'm in the process of disassembling it to clean it up. My issue is that I cannot get the transit off the tripod. The transit has a large "nut"...

I managed to break the cable on my come along today. It's an older Craftsman and I'd like to repair it. I'm just not sure how. I don't have the capability to crimp ferrules on the ends of the cable which is what I'd need to do. I've seen that there are replacement cables available online but...

I picked up an old Milwaukee model 0101 drill the other weekend for $10. It worked but was louder than I think it should be. I figured this drill is from the 60s or 70s and the bearings are shot. I thought I'd replace the bearings and clean it up at the same time. This drill should have a...

I picked up this not so small Jorgensen 412 C clamp at the flea market today for $5. As you can see it is bent, but I thought there was a good chance I could find a way to straighten it. It's not out a whole lot. I was wondering if anyone has straightened a C clamp before and could...

A guy at work picked up a couple of Ridgid pipe wrenches at an estate sale a couple weeks ago. I bought one from him and cleaned it up as it had seen better days. Here it is as I purchased it. It's had a cheater bar on it at some point and was bent in both directions. I managed to get the...

I went to scrounge around the local flea market like I do every weekend and was rewarded by finding most of a Snap-On socket set. It is the 3/8" drive deep 6 pt SAE SFS081-SFS281 set though the 5/8" SFS201 socket is missing. Not much wear but pretty rusty inside. I also found a Snap-On 5"...

I was checking out Craigslist as always and saw a Dake No. 1 arbor press on there. I didn't really need it so I let it pass. No one picked it up and the seller reposted it a couple weeks later. I figured it was fate and I had to have it. I got it for $125, a little less than the asking...

I have a question about some of Hanson's dies. Hanson's die offering can be seen here: http://www.irwin.com/tools/browse/taps-dies-sets/dies They have several different product lines with the following descriptions: 1) Hexagon Dies - Best suited for maintenance and repair work 2) Round...

I'm trying to make a timeline of Wilton's vises and I'm primarily focusing on the bullet style vises. Some of the things I'm trying to figure out are when the print on the sides of the vises changed, meaning of the date stamps ( manufacturing date vs warranty date), why some early vises have...

I picked up another vise at the flea market and am in the process of cleaning it up. It's a Wilton No. 4, with 4" wide jaws, and weighs about 32 lbs. Here's how I picked it up: The first thing to do is to completely disassemble it. If you need instructions see my other thread...

I picked up a Wilton No. 4 today from the flea market and disassembled it tonight. It has 4" wide jaws and weighs about 36 lbs if you're interested. Anyways, I thought I'd post the steps for taking one completely apart for others out there. I know there was a similar thread a while back but...

My dad is a fan of SK tools and has some from when he was younger. So, for this Christmas I rounded up some sockets and now I'd like to find a matching ratchet. They're not all the same style but most of them seem to be one style. Does anyone know what kind of ratchet matches these sockets...

I've got ten NOS Armstrong 1/4"x6" extensions brand new still in the wrapper up for sale. They're marked Armstrong USA 10-923. I'll let the pics do the talking. Here is a pic I took of one I bought for myself so it's not a stock shot I pulled off a website. Sears has them new for $8 so...

I went to my local flea market and, after a dismal showing last week, found some new vendors. Shockingly, one guy had mostly USA made tools. It was humorous because he picked up one of the tools and then proceeded to say that the tools he had were good quality tools made in the US. At the...

Thanks to the folks on the board I purchased an Ingersoll-Rand IRT231USA 1/2" drive Impact to help with some work I'm doing on my car. I'm replacing the rear main seal on my 99 V6 Firebird (what fun) and figured an impact would make this much easier. So, for it has worked well and removed...

I ran across this article/blog and knew some of you would find it interesting. http://www.bridgecitytools.com/blog/2010/10/25/5-for-a-18-twist-drill-only-in-america/ If you're not a woodworker, Bridge City Tools makes very high end woodworking tools. Try not to argue too much! David

I'm back with yet another post showing the contact points of sockets. In this case I'm showing 9/16" 1/2" drive sockets. I have some 3/8" drive sockets that'll come in another post in a couple of weeks. The 9/16" nuts were obtained from McMaster-Carr. The sockets are a mix of a few new but...