Cool Old Tools

[FRJ]

OK, TOPDOG, I'll probably still be here.

[FRJ]

hi Joe, that link is a little wonky. Here is the text:

Thank you mike, I just saw this post.

Here is another unusual tool at least to me. Union Tool, Orange, Mass.
I pick these instruments up now and again for cleaning old fishing reels.
I don't know what I would use this hook for but I wasn't leaving it behind.

[Reverand]

hi Joe, that link is a little wonky. Here is the text:

Thank you mike, I just saw this post.

Here is another unusual tool at least to me. Union Tool, Orange, Mass.
I pick these instruments up now and again for cleaning old fishing reels.
I don't know what I would use this hook for but I wasn't leaving it behind.

That is a spring hook. I used them for years when repairing small dot-matrix printers. You use the hook to catch the end of a small spring, then pull the spring over onto the post (or wherever it was fastened).
If you find one with an "S" curve at the end, it is a push/pull springhook. You can also push the end of a spring into tight spaces. With yours you can only pull.

[FRJ]

Thank you so much, Reverand.
That can be a very handy tool to have.

[cody6268]

Going to have to get myself one of these. Marklin locomotives have a relay and a spring that shifts them into reverse. I had to take out the spring to access other parts, and can't, for the life of me, get it back in. Pliers didn't work, a dental pick didn't work, so maybe one of those will

[Unk]

You guys have seen the lathe my buddy gave me recently. We had other friends moving from Texas to Seattle, and he had a metal workbench with a vise on it that he wanted to get rid of - just had to drive out and pick it up. I guess I' can make room for it.

[Unk]

I don't ever want to use a tool where they have to chain my seat to the floor to keep me from flying away.

I think this was taken in the UK - a long time ago.

[Unk]

I took the vise off the new workbench and wire brushed / cleaned it, and greased it up today.

[Dan In MI]

That old vise cleaned up really good!

[Unk]

Thanks Dan.

Been working a little on the lathe. Got the bed off, and the Reeves drive out and knocking the rust and dirt dauber nests off of it. The middle pulley is sliding back and forth very smooth now. Lots of time on the wire brush on my grinder.

The new V belts are here, and new bearings should be here in the next few days. I also ordered a case of Rustoleum primer and a case of Rustoleum "Smoke Gray". Also ordered some abrasive discs for my angle grinder.

These "free" tools are going to bankrupt me.

[FRJ]

to keep me from flying away.

[orvet]

You guys have seen the lathe my buddy gave me recently. We had other friends moving from Texas to Seattle, and he had a metal workbench with a vise on it that he wanted to get rid of - just had to drive out and pick it up. I guess I' can make room for it.

That is a nice sturdy looking workbench! I have an old wooden kitchen table that I use for several of my machines. It's good and solid and doesn't shake a lot when I run my machinery. But I like your new work bench even better! Looks to be very solid!

[Unk]

Thanks Dale. It's pretty solid - took 3 of us to carry it into the shop. I didn't really need another workbench, but as you can see, I am already using it to hold all the lathe parts as I clean them up. It didn't take long to be pressed into service!

Of course, that seems to happen to any flat surface in my shop - it gets covered up quickly. I seem to be always fighting clutter.

I am not sure where the new workbench is going to go long term. I am thinking about doing some re-arranging to utilize it.

[orvet]

It didn't take long to be pressed into service!

Of course, that seems to happen to any flat surface in my shop - it gets covered up quickly. I seem to be always fighting clutter.

I hear you about the flat surfaces and clutter Mike! I'm always looking for more flat surface so I can clutter it up! As soon as I get one bench cleared and stand back and admire my work, I realized I have cleaned that bench off by piling it all on another bench!

I am not sure where the new workbench is going to go long term. I am thinking about doing some re-arranging to utilize it.

I have an opportunity to get a nice solid bench that will just fit in my shop and actually give me a more usable space. I know the workbench and have history with it, it came out of a service station I worked in when I was 12 or 13. The station was torn down and a new station was built. My dad was given the workbench and put it in the barn on our ranch. When he bought his first service station he used that bench and had a stainless steel top made for it.
The good thing is that it comes apart, so moving it won't be too difficult.
The daunting part, for me, is tearing out a smaller bench and all the junk in the drawers and on top of it and figuring out where to put it while I move in the new bench.

This may be a good opportunity to get rid of some junk as well as making some things more accessible.

Now all I need is to find the time, the energy and some help to move the bench!

[Jeepergeo]

I took the vise off the new workbench and wire brushed / cleaned it, and greased it up today.

That old vice now looks new, right down to the sticker.
Nice work. I bet it felt good getting it mounted back onto the bench!

[Unk]

Thanks Jeep. It's just an old Harbor Freight brand made in China, but hey, it was free and it looks like it was barely used, and I am sure it will serve me well. I didn't really have a choice about cleaning it up.....I have this thing about rust on tools. I can't tolerate it.

[GSPTOPDOG]

I thought these were sort of cool and old Sear & Roebuck pair of pliers made in Germany and also marked FULTON EXTRA.

[Dan In MI]

Those are indeed very cool! I wonder what the crimper was used for?

[GSPTOPDOG]

Those are indeed very cool! I wonder what the crimper was used for?

That's a good question... ... I have been using them for little chores around the house and tying off bailing wire, pulling up old stiff knife blades because I keep breaking off my fingernails opening so many damn knives all the time! ... I would like to know when they were made...

[Unk]

Those are indeed very cool! I wonder what the crimper was used for?

That's a good question... ... I have been using them for little chores around the house and tying off bailing wire, pulling up old stiff knife blades because I keep breaking off my fingernails opening so many damn knives all the time! ... I would like to know when they were made...

Dog, wiki says Fulton Tools showed up in the Sears catalog in 1905, and then Fulton went out of business shortly after Sears introduced the "Craftsman" branded tools in 1927.

[GSPTOPDOG]

Those are indeed very cool! I wonder what the crimper was used for?

That's a good question... ... I have been using them for little chores around the house and tying off bailing wire, pulling up old stiff knife blades because I keep breaking off my fingernails opening so many damn knives all the time! ... I would like to know when they were made...

Dog, wiki says Fulton Tools showed up in the Sears catalog in 1905, and then Fulton went out of business shortly after Sears introduced the "Craftsman" branded tools in 1927.

Thanks Unk! That's a good reference point ... the tang stamp has an "older look" to it... (kind of like me nowadays.... ... )

[Ridgegrass]

Found this folding saw in Salisbury, MD. Close inspection showed it is pretty nicely made. A neat lock-back mechanism and the fluted liners at the pivot. The handle is some kind of fruit-wood , carefully shaped, with clear, straight grain with a metal-lined lanyard hole. The teeth appear to be set for a pull cut. Its 9-1/2 inches closed. The large rivet is not the pivot, more of a bird's eye type bolster. The pivot is internal between the liners and doesn't show through the wood handles. I'm certainly no saw collector and I thought it was a goofy knife until I opened it. It just caught my eye and it was only $9. No identifying marks. O'.

[FRJ]

Good looking saw; do you think it might be Japanese?

[Dan In MI]

No clue about its origins or history, but a very cool saw. I could really use such a thing!

[Unk]

Nice old saw, Ridgeback. For some reason it looks German-made to me.

I have gotten in a couple of good days work on the lathe. Stripped down to bare metal, wiped down with mineral spirts, and a coat of Rust-oleum primer on everything. The new belts, bearings and on-off switch have arrived. All the nuts, bolts and washers have been cleaned on the wire wheel. I will let the primer dry for a couple of days, then hit it with the paint. Going with the "Smoke Gray" color. Looking forward to re-assembly of this thing.