The Gratuitous Vintage Tool Rebuild Thread

[Jayman17]

Bmw, great work on that chair! The quarter sawn oak really pops on those arm rests.

Jay

 

[ed4banger]

OK, just one more....I used to do a lot of Wilton vises, mostly babies. Here is a little patent pending one I flipped.

 

[ZRX61]

 

[11b30b4]

ZRX61, now you are just showing off. Awesome Spitfire! That is an amazing rebuild.

 

[d42jeep]

My preference is to leave the toolboxes original whenever possible, but I bought this set intending to flip it on eBay and the box was pretty unappealing. I went ahead and cleaned it up and repainted the box. It sold
right away.

-Don

 

[don long]

My preference is to leave the toolboxes original whenever possible, but I bought this set intending to flip it on eBay and the box was pretty unappealing. I went ahead and cleaned it up and repainted the box. It sold
right away.

-Don

Thats a nice refresh on a sweet set

 

[d42jeep]

Thanks, Don.
I love looking at your restorations.
-Don

 

[don long]

Thanks, Don.
I love looking at your restorations.
-Don

Thank you Don
I think that I would like to try to restore a wilton one of these days. I,ve got a few of them.

 

[ZRX61]

ZRX61, now you are just showing off. Awesome Spitfire! That is an amazing rebuild.

Well someone has to do it That one is in the AF museum at Wright-Patt now.
& technically it IS a tool as it's a Photo Recon version so basically a flying camera

 

[Farmer J.]

Well someone has to do it That one is in the AF museum at Wright-Patt now.
& technically it IS a tool as it's a Photo Recon version so basically a flying camera

Ah, I was wondering.. if a Spitfire met the requirements of a 'tool' for this thread! Enjoyed seeing it, and sure many others did too.
Great job to restore one, well done, and thanks for sharing.

 

[don long]

I worked this jack over to go on my blackhawk totem pole display





Here is the totem pole display that I put together.
I still have a couple of jacks to rework for it

 

[ZRX61]

Ah, I was wondering.. if a Spitfire met the requirements of a 'tool' for this thread! Enjoyed seeing it, and sure many others did too.
Great job to restore one, well done, and thanks for sharing.

Technically the *before* pic wasn't the beginning, you can see three new skins on the rear of the fuselage, there was one on the other side too.
One of the original skins (the bare metal one, the other was part of Stiletto)

 

[1930artdeco]

Dang who shot that panel to pieces?

 

[Hoorn]

Here is an Atlas head and table lift I found that was absolutely frozen solid on the column. This was one one of those "spent its entire life at the Pacific beach" situations, and the sea air had locked that head, the table, and the lift onto that column as if they were welded on. That was a "fun" one.





After:
Still has all its original paint.

 

[Hoorn]

Ed4banger, that 203 1/2 R you did, I had a Reed the exact same color and assumed PO had painted it, but there is no way two people painted it that same color.



After:

 

[ZRX61]

Dang who shot that panel to pieces?

Indians, altogether there were 27 holes going in & 13 coming out.

Supermarine Spitfire Registry - A Warbirds Resource Group Site

The Supermarine Spitfire registry follows the history of all Spitfires that survived military service.

www.warbirdregistry.org

 

[BMoscato]

Technically the *before* pic wasn't the beginning, you can see three new skins on the rear of the fuselage, there was one on the other side too.
One of the original skins (the bare metal one, the other was part of Stiletto)

I haven't worked on an aircraft in years. I was assigned to both EA-6B and C-130 squadrons as airframes and hydraulics mechanic in the 80's through late 90's.

I always wanted to help restore something that was being memorialized.

 

[ZRX61]

I haven't worked on an aircraft in years. I was assigned to both EA-6B and C-130 squadrons as airframes and hydraulics mechanic in the 80's through late 90's.

I always wanted to help restore something that was being memorialized.

Go find a project & volunteer. Eventually someone will pay you (took me two years)

USS Intrepid museum maybe?

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[don long]

Here is a project that I redid a few years ago. It is on display by my old general store in the party garage

 

[11b30b4]

Well, it has been a minute since I posted in this thread. Somewhat recently I have rebuilt a 1969 Craftsman Emerson 2nd Generation 15.5” Drill Press (113.245601). Back in June I started a YouTube Chanel where I document these rebuilds to help others get their older equipment up and running. The Chanel is https://www.youtube.com/c/JeffsShop

I have developed playlist for each rebuild series.

Before

After

I also added another pedestal mounted tool to my collection. This is a 1950-1956 Craftsman King Seeley 3-Wheel 12’ Band Saw (103.24300) I picked up back in October of 2021. Along with the Band Saw I rebuilt a very old induction GE motor and added a Craftsman Slow Speed Converter (9-2342) to the rebuild. The entire rebuild was again documented on my YouTube Chanel.

Before

After

 

[piehammer]

This is nothing compared to what others have posted, but it was my first attempt at restoring a vise that I did over the summer. It turned out pretty good considering my general lack of patience.

 

[Jayman17]

Here are a couple of items I’ve recently done. A CM 1/4 HP grinder and a vise. These were my first attempts at a tool restoration project.
Love all the work everyone is posting here.

Jay

 

[motorcitykid]

I had been searching for a medium sized vise for a while when this one popped up. Been sitting outside at least one Detroit winter.
I understood why when I bent down and picked it up to carry down the block at 140#.

Originally I’d planned on painting it but once I got it all cleaned up and the base dialed in and mounted I decided to leave it.

 

[motorcitykid]

Found this old box at the curb, knocked the dust and trust off and repaired a few slides and painted it to minimize future rust.

 

[don long]

Here is a small project I did last year

 

[Beerhippie]

Here are a few of mine:



https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...ith-treadmill-variable-speed-dc-motor.528811/



https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/craftsman-by-walker-turner-sj-30-scroll-saw.534153/