Author Topic: vintage hand tools (Read 43611 times)

Elan · « **Reply #50 on:** June 26, 2013, 11:32:12 AM »

He Said it was an "oil man's key". different heating oil tanks had a different key to access and fill. Still havent seen another one.

dave500 · « **Reply #51 on:** June 28, 2013, 01:26:30 AM »

as promised,fresh out of the mollasses then a quick wire wool with "jiff"(trade mark registered),those italian circlip pliers came out mint,i might sand blast a couple of spots on those large adjustable pliers?i found a full rattle can of good quality "mid green"hammer tone finish the other day,ill do the large pliers with it,make em look period i think?,not sure about just oiling the circlip pliers or doing them also?they have a nice finish and action ill just oil them.

by the way i got 70 bucks for that coxhead shocker bush press.

kghost · « **Reply #52 on:** June 28, 2013, 03:13:46 AM »

Looks good!

dave500 · « **Reply #53 on:** June 28, 2013, 03:22:31 AM »

yeah those circlip tools looked crap man and were stiff as hell,almost throw away at first glance?,,the other guys at work dont scrounge like me,in fact for truck drivers they are all totally non mechanical and give me stuff i might like theyve found,and visa versa,one guys right into fishing and we forever find good reels,old penn etc that need tlc.

dave500 · « **Reply #54 on:** June 28, 2013, 11:12:02 PM »

i thought id paint the circlip pliers after all,the mollasses takes that black finish off the rust had eaten through anyway?these are 12 inches long!that slip jaw wrench is 17 inches long,

you can tell i dont have any bike stuff to tinker with,i even dissembled and cleaned a rusty metabo 3/8 keyless chuck.

kghost · « **Reply #55 on:** June 29, 2013, 02:03:54 AM »

I can give you something to polish lol

dave500 · « **Reply #56 on:** June 29, 2013, 02:41:40 AM »

umm,err?ok,i hope its metal?i just had a tidy up in my shed today,,sorted out #$%* and what not,i gave christo the metabo drill that chuck came off with the 1/2 plastic coated keyless from my bosch fitted to it,if i really need to drill 1/2 i have another heavy duty plus extra strength bosch 1/2 drill any how.

RAFster122s · « **Reply #57 on:** June 29, 2013, 05:37:28 AM »

Had a Boker knife many years ago made with chrome-vandium steel, was long wearing edge but hard to sharpen. Very nice set of pliers. Will make the brake mc rebuilds easier with those.

754 · « **Reply #58 on:** June 29, 2013, 08:26:28 AM »

Those pliers wont fit our master cylinders. They look like HAZETs to me..

kghost · « **Reply #59 on:** June 29, 2013, 02:11:34 PM »

Aluminium dave......you know you want to.....

dave500 · « **Reply #60 on:** June 29, 2013, 05:12:11 PM »

those pliers are branded "pastorino"italy'.
i just dug this "spearpoint"made in england little open end wrench out of my box of crap,1/4 BSF-2 BA,,need your nuts tightend?

a bit of google shows me spearpoint were in vincent and norton tool kits.

dave500 · « **Reply #61 on:** June 30, 2013, 11:50:04 PM »

just picked up these two drills today before they got thrown into a skip,ones an old mit-a-mit brand made in australia and the other is a qualcast clipper made in england,it was a deceased estate i think and the guy said i could pick through the pile about to be thrown away,,i also scored a nice old oil can with brass caps/plunger and unscewable spout,and a working not real old or special 2 stroke victa lawn mower.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #62 on:** July 01, 2013, 01:39:48 AM »

Nice picking steptoe....

dave500 · « **Reply #63 on:** July 01, 2013, 01:48:34 AM »

yep thats me!if i was a girl id be keeping stuff like lampshades and ornaments,,plus id be ugly?i see a ton of crockery,ill bet some of it is valuable if you know what to look for?i like drop kicking tea cups so they explode though!something you cant do at home.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #64 on:** July 01, 2013, 04:14:35 AM »

Quote from: dave500 on July 01, 2013, 01:48:34 AM

yep thats me!if i was a girl id be keeping stuff like lampshades and ornaments,,plus id be ugly?i see a ton of crockery,ill bet some of it is valuable if you know what to look for?i like drop kicking tea cups so they explode though!something you cant do at home unless you are Greek.... .

Fixed that for you...

RAFster122s · « **Reply #65 on:** July 01, 2013, 04:40:03 AM »

Those hand drills might fetch good coin on feebay if collectors frequent it. The Free-Flight model airplane crowd use them as rubber winders, packing in several hundred turns in their rubber motors. They would want to pay very little for them.
Old hand tools are cool and rewarding to use.
Dave, if you run across old hand planes let me know...
David

dave500 · « **Reply #66 on:** July 02, 2013, 12:10:03 AM »

who do you think i am mick?zorba the skip truck driver?

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #67 on:** July 02, 2013, 01:12:59 AM »

Quote from: dave500 on July 02, 2013, 12:10:03 AM

who do you think i am mick?zorba the skip truck driver?

I'm shattered Dave, you telling me your not.....

LesterPiglet · « **Reply #68 on:** July 05, 2013, 04:20:39 PM »

Back on the "KING DICK" theme, have a look at this. It's the third part if you get bored easily.
The A-Z of Motorcycles

CBGhia · « **Reply #69 on:** July 07, 2013, 01:52:24 PM »

I figured I would share some of my vintage tools. Backstory: My grandfather owned a gas station/garage back in the 50's, 60's and early 70's. When he died and the shop closed, my uncle got all of his tools (what they didn't sell with the shop). Recently, because his sons do not really work on anything mechanical, he passed them to me so they would get some use. And they do!

Here is the box. The top is a Remline and the bottom is Snap-on.

Some of these wrenches have some age. Right now I am soaking some of them in Evapo-rust

Here are my set Proto screwdrivers. I have a lot of Proto tools. Sockets, wrenches, really good pliers etc...

Here is a bunch of the Snap-On stuff that was in there, not everything, I have a 2 ft extension, a set of elbow sockets, and a really cool stud puller, among others.

Vintage Mac tools...

Yamaha wrenches!, cool find in the box since most of it is American Standard

And last...This is a strange combo wrench

Hope I didn't overdo the pictures....

demon78 · « **Reply #70 on:** July 07, 2013, 03:15:11 PM »

Ah wooden handled screwdrivers if you really have to put torque on something wood handles beat every thing else I used to pack a 2 and a half foot wooden handled screwdriver for doing up Duzs fastners on Lanc's and if you wire brushed the handle length ways your hand wouldn't slip even though it was sweaty or oily and if the base was attacked 2.5' of cold steel was better than nothing.
Bill the demon.

kghost · « **Reply #71 on:** July 08, 2013, 12:35:49 AM »

Quote from: demon73 on July 07, 2013, 03:15:11 PM

Ah wooden handled screwdrivers if you really have to put torque on something wood handles beat every thing else I used to pack a 2 and a half foot wooden handled screwdriver for doing up Duzs fastners on Lanc's and if you wire brushed the handle length ways your hand wouldn't slip even though it was sweaty or oily and if the base was attacked 2.5' of cold steel was better than nothing.
Bill the demon.

I have one as you described for duzs fasteners on the Dakota/Gooney/C-47/DC-3

dave500 · « **Reply #72 on:** July 08, 2013, 01:28:26 AM »

good pics cbghia,i have a toyota 10/12mm open end wrench thats chrome and nicely made,from an early car factory tool set?ill post a pic later.

demon78 · « **Reply #73 on:** July 08, 2013, 03:26:54 AM »

KG mine got run over by a mule (tug) and had the handle broken finally went to the metal bashers and had them press on a 1 1/2 by 5" round bar which I dimpled and grooved with a hacksaw but it wasn't the same.
Bill the demon.

333 · « **Reply #74 on:** July 08, 2013, 10:33:52 AM »

That "strange combo wrench" looked at first to be plumbing related, but then it hit me, it's a welders wrench. The square hole is for the valve on oxygen and acetylene tanks.

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