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Posted: 12/5/2016 11:48:24 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/5/2016 11:49:39 PM EDT

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Does an old tractor count as an old tool?

Posted: 12/5/2016 11:52:42 PM EDT

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Smudge pot?

Posted: 12/5/2016 11:54:23 PM EDT

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10" Worm Drive Skil Saw

Posted: 12/5/2016 11:59:35 PM EDT

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I think it is but I have never used it.

Posted: 12/5/2016 11:59:44 PM EDT

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Lister single cylinder diesel generator.

Posted: 12/6/2016 12:00:42 AM EDT

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What's that? Nice C10 BTW. ETA 30 sec to late

Posted: 12/6/2016 12:02:28 AM EDT

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Nice!

I had a 347lb Hay Budden, but it was just too damn big for how much I used it. A guy traded me a wad of cash and his 130lb Mousehole (posted above) for it. Then I came upon a 130lb Peter Wright that I couldn't pass up.

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The Sodorfors is the only decent one I've ever seen for sale around me. I paid a pretty hefty price ($400 I think it was), but it beats railroad track! I've been on the lookout for a bigger anvil, but I probably wouldn't know what to do with a 374 pound monster. I don't want to move my tiny one around as it is haha.

Posted: 12/6/2016 12:06:38 AM EDT

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One of my older ones in the new shop.

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I have the same/similar grinder.
Mine is from the early 60s IIRC.

Through inheritance , I have quite a few vintage tools including a complete WWII era carpenters set, a large bench vice from the early 1900s and a whole bunch of other stuff.

Anybody know how old this death wheel is? My guess is late 50s/early 60's. Cord isn't fabric covered, I put a fresh wheel on it for some stupid reason.

One of the few tools I own that NFW am I using. The finger remover.

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I suspect these are also 1960s vintage. Look to be almost unused or really, really well cared for. They were (and still are) wrapped in oiled cloth)

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The wood hardware organizer that is upside-down in the bottom pic dates from the late 1800s, it is full of all kinds of neat hardware, quite a few brass wood screws in it. Someday I want to do a sympathetic restoration on it and put it in my living room.

Posted: 12/6/2016 12:07:31 AM EDT

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Those were the predecessor of these. back in the early 1970s they were everywhere on road construction sites at night.

Posted: 12/6/2016 12:11:01 AM EDT

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My Rock Island manufactured Craftsman 5161 and the mighty Charles Parker 976. Chuck weighs a bit over 170 lbs.

Posted: 12/6/2016 12:12:00 AM EDT

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1972 C10 short bed with a 307 and factory air. Been in the family since 1972.

Posted: 12/6/2016 12:13:09 AM EDT

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Those were the predecessor of these. back in the early 1970s they were everywhere on road construction sites at night.
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Any idea on what to put in it?

Posted: 12/6/2016 12:15:48 AM EDT

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Not incredibly old, but it gets used somewhat often.
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I have the same one. Works great.

Posted: 12/6/2016 12:18:36 AM EDT

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Nice!

I had a 347lb Hay Budden, but it was just too damn big for how much I used it. A guy traded me a wad of cash and his 130lb Mousehole (posted above) for it. Then I came upon a 130lb Peter Wright that I couldn't pass up.

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My 104 lb Peter Wright. A gift from my uncle. I will have to get a better pic tomorrow.

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Posted: 12/6/2016 12:35:57 AM EDT

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Snap On 1/2 inch ratchet. No. 71-M. Belonged to my grandfather.

Posted: 12/6/2016 12:42:46 AM EDT

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Plain old diesel fuel is what I was told by a retired road worker, I imagine kerosene is the more proper fuel. It should have a pretty beefy wick in it.

Posted: 12/6/2016 12:49:11 AM EDT

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Found these in the back of an old rusted out truck on a elk hunt.

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Posted: 12/6/2016 12:53:24 AM EDT

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Adena stone axe head, about 2000 years old

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Well done, sir.

Posted: 12/6/2016 12:55:24 AM EDT

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Plain old diesel fuel is what I was told by a retired road worker, I imagine kerosene is the more proper fuel. It should have a pretty beefy wick in it.

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I'll try that one day.

Posted: 12/6/2016 12:57:40 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/6/2016 1:05:52 AM EDT

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I dug this pic out of my photobucket. Over on the left is a Lincoln 180 amp DC welder that my dad bought in 1952.

Posted: 12/6/2016 1:10:08 AM EDT

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asbestos shingle cutter. My dad has one.

My Mousehole anvil made around 1860.

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That mousehole is badass. I've got a couple of Trenton anvils and a Fisher. I dig anvils.

Posted: 12/6/2016 1:16:07 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/6/2016 1:21:49 AM EDT

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Adena stone axe head, about 2000 years old

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well played sir, well played...

Posted: 12/6/2016 1:38:09 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/6/2016 1:49:51 AM EDT

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Lol -.I have almost every tool on your board, particularly the bit braces, and the shoulder hand drill.

Posted: 12/6/2016 2:11:44 AM EDT

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Great thread! Very interesting tools. Thanks for posting guys.

Posted: 12/6/2016 2:11:52 AM EDT

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Tagging for later pics of some of mine, and family's.

Posted: 12/6/2016 2:23:12 AM EDT

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Cool thread. Tagged so I can post some pics of my grandfathers old railroad tools from when he was an engineer for NKP

Posted: 12/6/2016 3:04:22 AM EDT

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Great thread. My dad just downsized and I was able to save most of his tools. My favorites are actually the old metal toolboxes and some wood tool caddies he made himself.
This old saw still going strong:

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Posted: 12/6/2016 3:41:20 AM EDT

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http://ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/326114/tool-002-100821.JPGGiven to me as a gift about 25 years ago.

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Cool wrench. Reminds me of my junk yard find a few weeks ago that was rusted shut. Took days of vinegar soaking to get it unbound.

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Posted: 12/6/2016 5:29:34 AM EDT

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We have a bunch of stuff we got from an old German cabinet maker in the late 70s. Poor old guy was a genius with wood but horrible with booze and reliability. The main piece is a 1940s Milwaukee table saw. I think it will take 14" blades. Some huge work tables used to be very nice, they are buried under a ton of shit at my dads.

Posted: 12/6/2016 5:39:44 AM EDT

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Prolly some nice, old tools here. Its a shame I can only see half a page. What am I missing???

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:57:58 PM EDT

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Hollands 14 Machinist Vice that belonged to my grandfather. I ran it through an electrolysis bath and gave it a new paint job. From my reasearch probably made around 1910-1920.

When I brought it home.

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New paint

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4" jaws open up 8" Weighs about 65 pounds.

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Posted: 12/6/2016 8:04:26 PM EDT

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Millers Falls 1/4" capicity 8 amp drill motor. It runs on AC or DC power. This one is on the restoration list. It runs but the chuck is froze up. I think this was made in the 1940's.

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Posted: 12/6/2016 8:07:59 PM EDT

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Virginia Forest Service brush hook/axe made by The Council Tool Co, NC.

It's hand forged and must be over 100 years old as the Virginia Forest Service changed it's name to the Virginia Dept. Of Forestry in 1914.

The Council Tool Co. opened in 1886 and is still in business.

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:10:00 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/6/2016 8:10:41 PM EDT

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A very large handplane given to me by my grandmother. No markings on it, so it could be homemade.Total length is 22" and it is made of maple. I need to give it a good linseed oil rubdown.

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Posted: 12/6/2016 8:13:37 PM EDT

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Found these in the back of an old rusted out truck on a elk hunt.

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Those are cool. Never seen any visegrips like that.

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:15:57 PM EDT

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BARCALO BUFFALO USA Cutting Plier

These are my grandfather's who lived in Buffalo in the early 1900's.

The story begins back in 1896 when a young bookkeeper for the Buffalo Brass and Iron Bedstead Company, Edward Barcalo, founded a business in Buffalo’s Black Rock neighborhood that eventually became the Barcalo Manufacturing Company. The company originally made a wide range of metal products including beds, cribs and outdoor furniture. After a 1914 acquisition, Barcalo began forging tools and other products and was soon supplying the Curtiss-Wright Company and Buffalo’s budding aviation industry. During World War I, the company provided the vast majority of all American aviation forgings.

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The tool division was sold that year to Crescent Niagara which had been created to purchase the famous Crescent Tool Company in Jamestown.

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Posted: 12/6/2016 8:25:45 PM EDT

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A few more. 1928 South Bend Junior 9" lathe on some kind of (well made) funky rolling stand. All original, awaiting restoration. A ~1910 Barnes variable speed friction drive "camelback" bench top drill press.

Also included is the dismembered corpse of a circa 1906 Brown & Sharp #1 Vertical Spindle Milling Machine. This is one of 2 known extant amongst B&S collectors, the other is in Europe. This is undergoing a long term concours-level restoration, all the way down to scraping in all bearing surfaces.

I guess the Barnes DP doesn't get it's day in the sun since photobucket sucks....

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I've got an old South Bend lathe sorta similar to that. Unsure on the age of it. My grandpa got it from GE when they closed the factory here years ago.

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:26:34 PM EDT

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Here is another of my grandfather's tools about 100 years old. Unsure of manufacturer.

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Posted: 12/6/2016 8:29:33 PM EDT

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Some odds and ends.

Millers Falls 1-2" mic. This model listed for $11.50 in the 1949 Millers Falls catalog. Still precise. Millers Falls was bought by Ingersoll Rand in 1962.

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Shingle hatchets. I found the top one with a metal detector at a old house site. Cleaned it up using electrolysis. Both only have made in USA markings.

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Draw knife that belonged to my grandfather. Only marking is "Made in Germany".

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Stay tuned I will round up some more pictures. I am still in the basement, I haven't even been in the shop yet.

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:31:58 PM EDT

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Vintage.

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:46:08 PM EDT

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Someone always brings one to our highpower rifle matches for smoking front sights.

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:51:33 PM EDT

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Don't know what it is. Found in the mud at the base of a new power pole 30 years ago. The shaft is 1/2 inch square and the hook on the shaft slides back and forth. It is about 14 inches long.