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coad Samba Scapegoat
Joined: September 12, 2002 Posts: 7552
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:51 am Post subject: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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I'm on a kick to get rid of all my modern crap and replace them with tools from back when they were still made to last.
Here's my latest. About a 1941 Craftsman Drill Press. All cast iron, weighs a ton, and now that its cleaned up runs smooth as silk.
Motor was locked up because there was a wasp nest inside, but cleaned it up, repacked the bearings and now it runs like a champ. Even after I replace a couple bearings and give it a coat of paint I'm into it less than some junker from Harbor Freight.
What's anyone else have? |
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Rowroy Samba Member
Joined: November 07, 2006 Posts: 1012 Location: The ass of nowhere
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:31 am Post subject: |
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SWEET. Just wait until I get home . . . I've got LOTS of old tools (power and hand). Pics coming soon. _________________ Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me; I quit!" - Bill Maher |
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slowtwitch Samba Member
Joined: July 03, 2004 Posts: 730 Location: just north of philly
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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My neighbor gave me this lathe in pieces. It took a while to rebuild, but, it was worth it. I hooked up a VFD, to run the original 3 phase motor. It's a Logan 11", model 1925.
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helowrench Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2003 Posts: 567 Location: dallas texas
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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I have a Ford wrench with the actual Ford Logo on it.
rob _________________ Current VWs:
70 bug vert for wifey
73Thing bucket o rust
73 914 1.7
12 Passat 2.5 Highway cruiser |
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76940 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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azmodela Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2005 Posts: 115 Location: AZ
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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helowrench wrote: |
I have a Ford wrench with the actual Ford Logo on it.
rob |
Those are pretty common. They came in the tool roll when cars where new. It could be anywhere from 1920's to 1980's vintage. |
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coW Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2004 Posts: 2096 Location: New England
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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I call myself not collecting tools but do find old woodworking tools follow me home when my wife insists on stopping at antique stores.
This is within grab range in my chair right now but have many more chisels, angle gauges, levels, yardsticks, planes, pliers, hammers, etc:
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azmodela Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2005 Posts: 115 Location: AZ
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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coad wrote: |
I'm on a kick to get rid of all my modern crap and replace them with tools from back when they were still made to last.
Here's my latest. About a 1941 Craftsman Drill Press. All cast iron, weighs a ton, and now that its cleaned up runs smooth as silk.
Motor was locked up because there was a wasp nest inside, but cleaned it up, repacked the bearings and now it runs like a champ. Even after I replace a couple bearings and give it a coat of paint I'm into it less than some junker from Harbor Freight.
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I've got a 1938 or 39 Delta Drill Press. Mine is about 6' tall though. Like yours, the best part is the spindle travel. Mine has an 8" plunge. The cheap ones available now usually have a 3-4" plunge. |
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Rowroy Samba Member
Joined: November 07, 2006 Posts: 1012 Location: The ass of nowhere
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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The first two are pipe wrenches - circa 1920. The last two are Stillson wrenches - circa 1890
Here is a 1940 Milwaukee 7" sander:
This is my 1938 Do-All bandsaw. She weighs in at just over 1800 lbs. It even has the job selector . . . just in case you need to know what blade speed to use when cutting asbestos or beryllium.
This is a 1945 Rockwell drill press:
Here is a 1950 Craftsman jointer. I managed to bring it back to life after it was in a house fire:
This is an early 1940's Mall Saw. My grandfather built his entire house with this thing. It still runs as smooth as silk:
_________________ Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me; I quit!" - Bill Maher |
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coW Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2004 Posts: 2096 Location: New England
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Rowroy wrote: |
This is my 1938 Do-All bandsaw. She weighs in at just over 1800 lbs. It even has the job selector . . . just in case you need to know what blade speed to use when cutting asbestos or beryllium.
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That^ is a sweet bandsaw! I would love to get one of those! Where'd you get it?? Is it 220 or three phase?
Btw, I have some of those same wrenches. Had no idea they were as old as they are.. |
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crofty Judas of the North
Joined: August 09, 2000 Posts: 19672 Location: Land of Whine and Phonies
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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NOS 85.5 ring compressor, and 83mm and 77mm hazet RC's.
Bench crank stand
valve spring removal tool
This thing has been the best $15 i spent at a flea market! _________________ Your Vanagon sucks, Stop waving at me.
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Rowroy Samba Member
Joined: November 07, 2006 Posts: 1012 Location: The ass of nowhere
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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coW wrote: |
Rowroy wrote: |
This is my 1938 Do-All bandsaw. She weighs in at just over 1800 lbs. It even has the job selector . . . just in case you need to know what blade speed to use when cutting asbestos or beryllium.
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That^ is a sweet bandsaw! I would love to get one of those! Where'd you get it?? Is it 220 or three phase?
Btw, I have some of those same wrenches. Had no idea they were as old as they are.. |
I got the bandsaw for free. I was an engineer at a porcelain plant that was shutting down. They gave all of their machine tools away to the employees . . . including 6 lathes, 3 milling machines, 2 drill presses, and a boat load of hand tools.
This particular bandsaw was 3-phase. However, I replaced the motor with a single-phase unit. The blade welder runs off of 220 single-phase, also.
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The Stillson wrench was invented in 1876. Interestingly, the crescent wrench was invented 50 years EARLIER, but didn't catch on until the 1900's. _________________ Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me; I quit!" - Bill Maher |
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BigHerc Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2006 Posts: 809 Location: sierra madre, CA
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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man I have to take my camera to my shop, I have an old rockwell belt sander, weighs about 50-60 pounds, couple tables saws from the 50's, and a couple of post forming machines for heating up and bending formica, countertops from the 40's, also have an old vacumn press, but thats probably only from the late 60's early 70's, i'll post them up tomorrow |
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Culito 11010101
Joined: December 07, 2006 Posts: 5866 Location: Columbia Missourah
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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I spent some time on one of these back in my college daze...
Smooth runnin' sombitch. _________________ Copyright CJ Industries, Inc.
'64 standard w/2.0L type 4
'62 bug
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...dont pay no attention to Culito,he's a cornhole.. |
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TristanM Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2002 Posts: 408 Location: moving on.
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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These were past down from my great-grandfather. First is the 1940's circa. Atlas drill press. This is such a great machine, and I really like the history of the Walker-Turner motors.
Then there's the bandsaw made by Power King also circa 1940ish..
And the beast that does all of my heavy woodwork, my Atlas table saw.
Today's tools on the market are no match for these, and I plan on keeping these in good shape to pass onto my son. _________________ Don't Believe The Hype. |
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31379 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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I don't have any obtained-used tools. But I've got my original Vise-grip and metal Stanley hammer from the early 1960s, my late 1960s 1/4 inch portable drill (metal case, yet), late 1960s soldering gun, 1970/1971 Penncraft (J.C. Penney) lifetime-warranty combination wrenches and toolbox. _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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helowrench Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2003 Posts: 567 Location: dallas texas
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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Rowroy wrote: |
The first two are pipe wrenches - circa 1920. The last two are Stillson wrenches - circa 1890
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My Ford wrench looks almost identical to the one on the Left
Rob _________________ Current VWs:
70 bug vert for wifey
73Thing bucket o rust
73 914 1.7
12 Passat 2.5 Highway cruiser |
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Da TOW'D Samba Member
Joined: December 25, 2005 Posts: 1321 Location: Bella Coma Canada
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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I bought the contents of a shop that closed down--it was in business from 1948 to 1980
along with a shelf full of NOS VW stuff there were some nice used body parts- OG fenders doors hoods and trunk lids
and some interesting tools
Sun distributor tester
Sioux valve grinding equipment
Snap on pullers
Snap on VOM
some real old Motor Manuals and VW factory workshop manuals
The owner asked how much money I had on me at the time -thinking he was joking I said $50.
He said get this junk out of here today the building is coming down this weekend.
It took 2 VW bus loads plus a 3 ton van to move that gold
best score for me-- ever
hank _________________ '57 type 1 Blackberry
'58 SC Ruf
'62 type 3 Notch
'92 Eurovan Willy DD
and NUTS |
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mustard_madman Samba Member
Joined: September 04, 2006 Posts: 695 Location: fargo
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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I can't say I have pictures, but I have an array of really old brass torches. The ones where you have the little lead cup in the front you light. They are pretty cool. _________________ Don't delete my posts. |
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Rowroy Samba Member
Joined: November 07, 2006 Posts: 1012 Location: The ass of nowhere
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:41 am Post subject: |
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70 year old Starrett mic:
Starrett "Last Word" dial indicator from late '40's:
Misc. calipers from the 30's and 40's:
I don't know if anyone is an electronics geek like me, but here's a 1950 EICO o-scope. Still works, too . . .
_________________ Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me; I quit!" - Bill Maher |
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