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AutoMechanic Samba Member
Joined: December 28, 2019 Posts: 483 Location: Roanoke Virginia
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 8:51 am Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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blacka1vw wrote: |
Abscate wrote: |
My pictures were deleted because I misunderstood the title |
Not that old tool!
AutoMechanic wrote: |
Very nice tools. I like the Wrench kinda matches mine lol. |
Thanks. The might have been sold in the same set. I bought the real old stuff at local flea markets. I just love the old stuff. And I still use them. |
Me too. Pawn shops and flea markets are my go to for tools I use my old ones sometimes but try to mostly collect them lol. |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12454
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33883 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 11:54 am Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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Abscate wrote: |
My pictures were deleted because I misunderstood the title |
Or was the picture size too large for the site? |
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Chickensoup Samba Member
Joined: January 06, 2018 Posts: 5368 Location: Good Hope, GA
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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_________________ -'85 c10 5.3 LS, 222 cam, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22568 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 7:28 am Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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KTPhil wrote: |
Abscate wrote: |
My pictures were deleted because I misunderstood the title |
Or was the picture size too large for the site? |
That’s the ego, not the tool. They usually are inversely related. _________________ .ssS! |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12454
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Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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More old tools. I was cleaning up today and ran across these, not that I didn’t know they were there just never bothered to dig out and snap a pic.
These really are old
These predate reversible ratchet and require the user to take the center piece out and flip the wrench over. They are not date marked which means they are made before 1927. Finally they are 5/8 drive which predates 1/2 inch drive.
These are also 5/8 drive from the 1930s
I looked up the date codes on these all mostly 1930s and the mark that looks like capital E tells us it is 1944 vintage. So these aren’t sets just a bastard pile of old tools. |
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31271 Location: Hot Arizona
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12454
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:35 am Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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Cusser wrote: |
Those are cool; but glad there have been improvements made !!! |
Ain’t that the truth. You look at what they had to work with, life was hard. We are definitely spoiled with so many choices today. 😀 here’s something a little old too. I think it was was for working on horse drawn wagons. Absolutely no makers marks although it was heavily rusted and pitted, it may have been marked at one time.
Once upon a time a talented blacksmith made tools. |
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:01 pm Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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a few years back kobalt came out swith some tools sorta like that , they took a socket or addaptor like thos old snappy ones,they either didnt sell or get some snappy issues...possiably both.but I think it was because it was in no way interchangable with anything else. I think they were a hex drive that slid through the ratshit.... I have a old snapy ratshit somewhere...but not as old as yours. IMHO, polishit,clear it and...displaywitheit. and on occasion you may just need it. I do have a ratshit like that but I dont think it is snappyon and it's 1/4" drive.. I love it. gets into lots of places eazely and has screwdriver bits too!!! I have no idea on it's age or where or when I got it it was long long ago. old tools arent useless, they just need a little loveing to get back to work ( unless they are crapsmans version of vicegrips) |
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33883 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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Zundfolge1432 wrote: |
Once upon a time a talented blacksmith made tools. |
I've seen bicycle wrenches in that style... sort of a one-size-fits-all for lightest weight. |
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YDBD Samba Member
Joined: February 25, 2017 Posts: 890 Location: Bavaria, Germany
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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This is my Opa's Walker Turner Bandsaw from the 1930s. Pretty sure it's the original motor as well. Still works great! Don't know how old the hammer is but you don't find them like that anymore.
Also a 1960 edition of "Fix Your Volkswagen" from my dad. _________________ '56 pan Dune Buggy since '69
don't live in the past...but when I did:
'67 bug
'64 baja
'60 dune buggy
'73 Personenkraftwagen Type 182 "Thing" |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22568 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 6:53 am Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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Nice , YBDB _________________ .ssS! |
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 12:13 pm Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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hmm I never thought about fixing my vw with a band saw....sawzall yes band saw no... one place I worked had a ral nice band saw. a old indistrial unit...it was a 1 or 2 speed originally. but it got retro fited with a volvo 5 speed car trans at some point now thats a eazy speed selector for a saw!!! |
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YDBD Samba Member
Joined: February 25, 2017 Posts: 890 Location: Bavaria, Germany
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 12:45 pm Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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Well Mr. Tucker when ya gotta wood dash you need a band saw to contour it.
Funny thing is that all of my VWs had a wooden dash or dash component.
Next up the wood lathe! _________________ '56 pan Dune Buggy since '69
don't live in the past...but when I did:
'67 bug
'64 baja
'60 dune buggy
'73 Personenkraftwagen Type 182 "Thing" |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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68 speedo lookin good |
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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my dash was wood.red oak. I went to use my band saw to cut it all out and.... the effing thing was broke.... the wheel'son it have a rubber incert for the blade to get traction....the rubber was deteriorated. so...I musta use something else to do it with probably sabre saw& skill saw.then belt sander and router. it all came out perfect and 17 years after I made it I sold the bug. the guy was tickled shitless with that dash( along with everything else) the urathane was just starting to slightly dull a little...I probably should of waxed it. making a 1/2" thick red oak dash ant that hard, but that glove box door...yup it threw me some curves.but in the end it was perfect. |
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YDBD Samba Member
Joined: February 25, 2017 Posts: 890 Location: Bavaria, Germany
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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Hey my dash in my '67 was also red oak, as well as the glove box. also did all the knobs and door pulls. Never took any pictures, was my high school senior wood working project in '86. _________________ '56 pan Dune Buggy since '69
don't live in the past...but when I did:
'67 bug
'64 baja
'60 dune buggy
'73 Personenkraftwagen Type 182 "Thing" |
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17963 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:44 am Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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I bought an aftermarket wood dash for my TR4 that looked good when I got it installed with a new (underpowered for a convertible) stereo! _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
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Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you end up with a lot of scum on the top! - Russ_Wolfe/Edward Abbey |
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:22 am Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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I used to work on tr4's. 6s'&8's fun little cars. |
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volksaddict Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2003 Posts: 1724
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2021 6:58 am Post subject: Re: Let's See Your Old Tools |
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Not a tool but check out this strange 1/2" brass pipe fitting
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