I've worked with most of them at one time or another. There's just something about those old tools. I have five old mechanics tools that my father used to work on B-17's, B-24's, and B-29's with. I also have his pre-WWII mechanics coveralls, still practically rigid with grease. I'm afraid to wash it, and I don't wear it any more because I'm too darn fat. I also have my grandfather's masonry tools, some woodworking tools including some wooden planers and a drawknife or two, along with his double-bitted axe he used in the forests of Oregon to fell trees as a teenager. It holds an edge very, very well, and the handle has been replaced three times in my lifetime.
A friend of mine is a skilled motorcycle rider and mechanic. In his multiple tool cabinets each and every wrench rests in a foam niche, carefully cut to an exact fit, and the niche is labeled.
I have a shoebox for american wrenches, and a shoebox for metric wrenches. Similar wrenches are clipped together with carabiners, and that's as far as I will go.
I was doing a small job some time ago and I deliberately put one of the wrenches back into the roll so that it faced the wrong way and sent him a photo.
"I was doing a small job some time ago and I deliberately put one of the wrenches back into the roll so that it faced the wrong way and sent him a photo.
First pic reminded me of a Christmas my Dad gave to ALL of us kids. Christmas morning my Mother announced quite sadly that Dad could not get what he had asked her for several weeks prior...It seems that the metric screwdrivers my Sainted Father had asked for were simply unavailable, anywhere...My Mother told the heartbreaking story of how she had traveled from one Hardware store to another to be told the same thing..."We just sold our last set, please check so and so down the road, they might still have them". Mom didn't quite understand why Dad and kids were ROFL after hearing this sad tale...
Mom got her revenge... Never piss off the person who cooks Christmas dinner before it's cooked... PB&J for Christmas dinner that year... But still worth it!
Interesting picture on the headline. Looks like a vintage photo, but there's a modern spring clip replacement for a railroad spike hanging with the tools.
I'll take the Starrett display case for $500, Alex!
ReplyDeleteI'll give ya $550 !
DeleteLeigh
Whitehall, NY
If you tool them all and made a big pile that would be my work bench, except for the surgical implements.
ReplyDeleteI've worked with most of them at one time or another. There's just something about those old tools. I have five old mechanics tools that my father used to work on B-17's, B-24's, and B-29's with. I also have his pre-WWII mechanics coveralls, still practically rigid with grease. I'm afraid to wash it, and I don't wear it any more because I'm too darn fat.
ReplyDeleteI also have my grandfather's masonry tools, some woodworking tools including some wooden planers and a drawknife or two, along with his double-bitted axe he used in the forests of Oregon to fell trees as a teenager. It holds an edge very, very well, and the handle has been replaced three times in my lifetime.
Old tools - can't beat 'em, they were built well.
Nice tool, Irish. No, wait, that sounded a lot better in my head....
ReplyDeleteI love vintage tools. I try to buy them whenever I can.
ReplyDeleteTool Porn, What is there not to love...
ReplyDeleteI just love the words "bung wrench".
DeleteI pretty much have 14 with a few more tools, only in drawers and not on the wall.
ReplyDeleteThe surgeon's toolkit circa 1900 in 7 gives me the shivers.
I love Thorsen wrenches they just take a beating and just do not seem to ever break. I will always purchase more of them when I see them.
ReplyDeleteI like the axes, but that's just me.
ReplyDeleteIt's not fair of you to tease Phil like that.
ReplyDeleteOne of my kids spilled a whole bottle of loctite on my favorite feeler guage. I have guage envy now.
ReplyDeleteUse acetone to dissolve/loosen the Loctite.
DeleteA friend of mine is a skilled motorcycle rider and mechanic.
ReplyDeleteIn his multiple tool cabinets each and every wrench rests in a foam niche, carefully cut to an exact fit, and the niche is labeled.
I have a shoebox for american wrenches, and a shoebox for metric wrenches.
Similar wrenches are clipped together with carabiners, and that's as far as I will go.
I was doing a small job some time ago and I deliberately put one of the wrenches back into the roll so that it faced the wrong way and sent him a photo.
"I was doing a small job some time ago and I deliberately put one of the wrenches back into the roll so that it faced the wrong way and sent him a photo.
DeleteYou're evil, you know...
Some of those are not just tool pr0n, they're toolbox pr0n. Extreme organization.
ReplyDeleteSome of them look like my toolboxes.
First pic reminded me of a Christmas my Dad gave to ALL of us kids. Christmas morning my Mother announced quite sadly that Dad could not get what he had asked her for several weeks prior...It seems that the metric screwdrivers my Sainted Father had asked for were simply unavailable, anywhere...My Mother told the heartbreaking story of how she had traveled from one Hardware store to another to be told the same thing..."We just sold our last set, please check so and so down the road, they might still have them". Mom didn't quite understand why Dad and kids were ROFL after hearing this sad tale...
ReplyDeleteMom got her revenge...
Never piss off the person who cooks Christmas dinner before it's cooked...
PB&J for Christmas dinner that year...
But still worth it!
MSG Grumpy
Interesting picture on the headline. Looks like a vintage photo, but there's a modern spring clip replacement for a railroad spike hanging with the tools.
ReplyDeleteAwesome.
ReplyDeleteThanks man
Do you think there's a ToolPorn site out there?
ReplyDeleteStart with Phil at bustedknuckles.com. He'll set ya straight.
DeleteRight, Phil?
Awesome! Thanks
ReplyDeleteFor another modest example, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_O._Studley
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