Cool Old Tools

knife7knut · Post by **knife7knut** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:25 pm

Another possibility is they are pruning shears for use with bonsai trees and similar small shrubs.The axe-like piece on the end of the handle might be used to slice into a trunk for grafting.Again just speculation on my part.

On another note:
Here are some pictures of a very unusual too set I acquired last summer at a flea market. I thought I had posted pictures of it before but here goes.

Made by the Rex Wrench Co of Boston Massachusetts,it is one of the earliest socket sets I have encountered. The company was in business only from 1907 to 1916. The wrench handle is missing and was likely broken as one of the sockets in the set is cracked.I found a picture of the handle next to a ruler on the Alloy Artifacts site while researching this set and it appears to be a fairly easy piece to make;assuming you have access to a lathe which I do.
The handle is about the size of a medium length 1/2 inch drive extension with a cross-drilled hole in the top and instead of a square end has a U shaped bracket with a cross pin through the legs of the U. At the bottom of the U is a small spring loaded detent ball.
The operation consists of affixing the hook on the back of the socket through the pin and rotating it into position.The hook has 4 indentations in it that rest on the detent ball and provide for operation either straight or at 30-60-and 90 degrees to the wrench.
An unusual feature is the sockets do not have fractional sizes on them but numbers that correspond to a chart in the lid of the tool box to indicate which socket to use with what size bolt.
Anyway the whole thing only cost $15 and when the handle is completed it will be a very unique tool set.

tjmurphy · Post by **tjmurphy** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:48 am

FRJ wrote:Cant quite peg this one for use.
Anyone got any ideas?

Could not resist this beautifully designed and well made tool. 1/16" shy of 9 inches.
Got it on the bay for under $10.

Mfgs. logo is "STAHL" within a fish image. I believe it's German.
I googled them, they have lots of like modern tools but not this.

Looks to me like a gasket cutting tool. One end to cut the gasket out and the other to scrape and clean the surface.

ken98k · Post by **ken98k** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:03 pm

FRJ wrote:Cant quite peg this one for use.
Anyone got any ideas?

Could not resist this beautifully designed and well made tool. 1/16" shy of 9 inches.
Got it on the bay for under $10.

Mfgs. logo is "STAHL" within a fish image. I believe it's German.
I googled them, they have lots of like modern tools but not this.

I would guess something to do with livestock.

FRJ · Post by **FRJ** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:46 am

Thanks so much, guys.

1967redrider · Post by **1967redrider** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:07 am

Here's a good link with lots of good information and pictures;

http://www.multi-tool.org/vintage-combination-tools

treefarmer · Post by **treefarmer** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:24 pm

1967redrider,
Now that was plumb interestin'!
When you think multi-tool, most time we only goes back to the early Leatherman.
Thanks for postin' those old pages!
Treefarmer

philco · Post by **philco** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:08 pm

Good stuff Redrider

junebug · Post by **junebug** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 7:43 am

too bad it is pickup only....
score for a JESSUP, MARYLAND local

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Heavy-metal-fla ... 46336c7e94

Unk · Post by **Unk** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 7:27 pm

Here's an old Barrel Pump....has been in the family for decades. I finally got out and took some pics of it today (and I had an assistant to help me).

My cousin who gave it to me said they used it to refuel the tractors back in the 1920s and 1930s when he was a kid. He also gave me the attached pic of my family threshing wheat in 1936 in Osage Co., Oklahoma. I am assuming the pump was used to refuel the tractors in the pic. My grandfather is on tractor on the far right, in the white shirt.

gino · Post by **gino** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:55 pm

Great looking dog Unk, looks like a twin to my middle sons dog

1967redrider · Post by **1967redrider** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:09 am

Old school farming, now you're talking! This isn't my video but I go to the Somerset, Va Steam and Gas Pasture Party pretty much every year. I've got a buddy who lives in Orange so it's our yearly catch-up time.

I need to find me a woman who owns a steam tractor, now that's sexy.

1967redrider · Post by **1967redrider** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:11 am

YouTube hates me.

The other Case.

Unk · Post by **Unk** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 3:32 am

gino wrote:Great looking dog Unk, looks like a twin to my middle sons dog

Thanks Gino!

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 1:24 pm

John, ya gots to delete the 's' off of the 'https' in the URL. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agzFhN5ITvw) Sometimes there is an '&' towards the end of the URL with some stuff following it. If you see that, you need to delete the '&' and everything that follows it.

Unk -- Way cool picture. Love it. I remember my dad's family telling tales about wheat thrashings. One of the sayings I grew up with was, "There was (is) enough food for a wheat threshing".

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agzFhN5ITvw[/youtube]

knife7knut · Post by **knife7knut** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:25 pm

Here is one I picked up today when I went back to buy that Case 5265(it was gone). A Plomb 3/8ths drive ratchet with a wooden crank knob attached.Not sure of the age but they stopped using ratchets with a female end and started using the male end ones sometime in the 1930's I believe. Have to research it a bit more.Price was right: $8

Unk · Post by **Unk** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:12 am

Here's a cool NEW tool. Back early in this thread, I showed some pics of how I used electrolysis to remove some rust from my great-grandfather's tools.

This would have made quick work of that job! This looks like something from a Sci-fi movie. I wonder if you can attach this to a shark's head?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfczxBWJuNg[/youtube]

knife7knut · Post by **knife7knut** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 11:10 pm

Looks almost like a hand-held EDM(electric discharge machine) that they used to manufacture automobile body panel dies awhile back. Wonder how much heat it generates.I notice they mentioned the light was really bright(I don't have sound on my computer for some reason so I couldn't hear the voice track)so I'm wondering if it some type of laser.

Unk · Post by **Unk** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 2:21 am

On Youtube, it says it is Laser Ablation. It sounds like a transformer overloading when it is going.

knife7knut · Post by **knife7knut** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 2:46 am

Here are come vintage tools from my accumulation:
A small multi-tool kit by Hibbard that uses the housing as a handle for the tools.
A combination pliers/adjustable wrench by Diamalloy.
A combination hammer/hatchet/pliers/screwdriver marked Gusstahl.
A tiny adjustable wrench/screwdriver marked G&J.
A German multi-tool.The hammer head unscrews and the tools(held inside the handle)are inserted in the end and secured with the lock screw.
A sliding adjustable wrench by the Gillman Wrench Co.
A Keen Kutter ball pein hammer that belonged to my grandfather.
A miniature tool kit made in Germany.
An alligator wrench that sports 3 thread dies in the center.

FRJ · Post by **FRJ** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:55 pm

I got this great old Lufkin folding steel rule the other day for $5. It had a very light covering if residue from sitting, unused for many years. I don't think it has ever been used. All edges are very sharp and it looked like original oil on the joints which were difficult to turn in some of them. I brushed it briskly with a wire brush and oiled it and wiped it down. Just like new. Almost.
I looked for these on e-bay and found them with a serif font on the numbers. Mine may be a newer model.
Any body got one ..............

garddogg56 · Post by **garddogg56** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 1:08 am

That is cool Joe

FRJ · Post by **FRJ** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:25 am

Yeah, dogg, glad you like it. It's a real nice tool.

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:34 am

Nice one Joe, I have one somewhere but it is all aluminum instead of steel.

FRJ · Post by **FRJ** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:04 am

Thanks, Dimitri.
I have a hook rule in aluminum with brass joints.
Another good ol' Lufkin.

Unk · Post by **Unk** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:57 pm

I inherited this old home made metal box back in 2005 along with some other of my g-grandfathers tools (see my restoration pics a few pages back in this thread).

My cousin said was used on the family farm in Oklahoma back around 1905 to the 1930s, and they kept it on the truck to hold tools to work on the tractors. I was cleaning out the garage today, and got to the box. I haven't opened it up in years, and honestly thought it was empty. But it had a couple of old vises, the head off a maul, and a large hay hook (the Wards wire stripper is just thrown in for scale)

They are in rough shape, but pretty cool. The Luther has had some repair welding done on it and has a broken jaw face, but it still works. The Temp-R-ITE vise works ok but is missing the swivel base.

I did a little internet sleuthing, and Luther Grinder Mfg was in business the 1910s to 1930. I didn't fine anything on Temp-r-ite, except one hacksaw for sale on e-bay.

If any of you guys know any history on Temp-r-ite, please point it in my direction. Thanks

All About Pocket Knives

Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools

Re: Cool Old Tools