Jim , I'll try your recommendation, I believe I have a similar formula already mixed up as a shop brew wipe on varnish. I've coated tool handles,my benchtop and my vise jaws with it. BLO,Turpentine and naptha/min spirits/denatured alch,its been so long since I mixed up a jar ,I've forgotten the recipe,so it is likely I might have all the ingredients on-hand. I'm using a product called Plush from Mohawk Finishing . It seems to help clean up pretty well .These pics are a Union I started to clean up over the winter:
if you want to get rid of the Hi-viz drivers please let me know!This weeks finds...kinda stubbyish.
Channellock 447
Craftsman V 1/4 flex spinner
Craftsman Stubby 5/16 nut driver
Craftsman V 1/4 stubby driver
Craftsman Hi Viz green #2 & #1 Phillips
NOS S-K Stubby 45174 ratchet
Plomb "O" 1/4 ratchet
S-K 3/8ths extensions
Craftsman Crown logo #4462 Vinyl Pouch
Ace Hardware / Indestro socket set. 1st time I've ever seen them cross branded together. ***** somebody cut out some of the label.lol
Looks like a welding ground clamp.
Here's a closer look. The screw handle has the number 13B embossed into it. I don't recognize the makers mark, could it be "V" for Victor. It has a pretty elaborate model no. MB613A. When I push it into google image it comes back as, "Antique whale tail old iron clamp" and valued at an optimistic $199
, which has been faithfully copied onto the only one I can find on fleabay. Still a curious piece of cast iron.
On wooden ones, it was often hide glue holding the felt down, so steam or hot water would help.
I'm pretty sure that is a ground clamp. The serrated anvil is a dead giveaway. And other than the ring connector instead of a threaded hole it matches a lot of modern clamps.Here's a closer look. The screw handle has the number 13B embossed into it. I don't recognize the makers mark, could it be "V" for Victor. It has a pretty elaborate model no. MB613A. When I push it into google image it comes back as, "Antique whale tail old iron clamp" and valued at an optimistic $199
Garage sale ($10): Stanley Sweetheart no. 741-1 1/2 jeweler's vise; Cast iron pediment 2' x 1':
Nothing at the ReStore today, but that's ok. I took a $20 gamble on a Facebook Marketplace post as one of the ratchets looked like a SK 45170. Turned out to be an older made in Taiwan Pittsburgh ratchet/socket set (two of them actually), nothing too spectacular. However, after briefly going through everything in the toolbox my $20 gamble turned out good. A lot of Craftsman, Bonney, Williams, New Britian, Proto, Matco and a pair of Vise Grips. And the toolbox is a Kennedy too. There was one SK piece in the lot, a 3/8 extension. I did get an SK piece after all.
Yep, all that for $20. After a thorough sorting, there is a good bit more than I realized and hardly any of it is foreign. I'll be selling off most of it, but there's a decent amount of items I'll be keeping. I am kinda bummed the ratchet wasn't an SK, that was the whole reason I bought everything. However, the two Pittsburgh sets (SAE & MM) I'll be keeping as loaner sets so my good tools don't disappear.
to mid-week tool therapy. Never heard it put that way before.Nice, uncommon find.
You ****!Nothing at the ReStore today, but that's ok. I took a $20 gamble on a Facebook Marketplace post as one of the ratchets looked like a SK 45170. Turned out to be an older made in Taiwan Pittsburgh ratchet/socket set (two of them actually), nothing too spectacular. However, after briefly going through everything in the toolbox my $20 gamble turned out good. A lot of Craftsman, Bonney, Williams, New Britian, Proto, Matco and a pair of Vise Grips. And the toolbox is a Kennedy too. There was one SK piece in the lot, a 3/8 extension. I did get an SK piece after all.
Hollow wooden tool handle, see the thread on the vintage side. Yours has been posted.
What is this? Does this have any value?
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