Cool Old Tools

[FRJ]

Thank you, Parker, for that description, now I need a prescription.

I looked into dog head hammers yesterday and I think the heads that I saw looked more like Mikes tool than mine, but a few had the tipped head as well.
Some descriptions referred to the cutlery trade.

Thanks Parker.

[catspa]

You bet. They tend to have very flat faces, in my experience, and you develop a feel for keeping your strike flat and not leaving edge dimples.

Parker

[cudgee]

What a steal! I have a few Bridgeport steel handled hatchets, they are great and $4.00 is "Gonga" deal

Thanks Topdog. I cleaned it a little, and it found a place on the wall in my shop.

Love it. Looks like a wall from an historical museum display.

[catspa]

It sure does.

So Mike, what’s the rigging hatchet hanging right of the Bridgeport? I’ve got several riggers, but none have a nice mask like yours.

Parker

[Unk]

Good eye, Catspa! That's an old True Temper R2S rigging hammer. Made in the USA.

The head was left in a house we bought back in the mid-90s. It didn't have a handle in it. It bounced around in my pile of tools - without a handle - until I got on deer lease in 2017 or so. I carried a 5 gallon bucket of tools back and forth to the lease, and didn't see any sense in carrying both a hatchet and a hammer, so I put a handle in it. I bought the sheath to protect the edge in the bucket of tools.

[just bob]

Found this in a box of misc. from an auction. Guessing it was used on a New Idea hay baler, but really don't have a clue. Any ideas?

[Unk]

Never seen anything like that, Bob. Not a clue what it is.

I have a couple of mystery parts as well. I bought an old Craftsman Jointer from a friend a couple of weeks ago, and he gave me some parts with it. He said he wasn't sure what they were. After researching, I am pretty sure they don't go on my jointer (I don't think?)

The black plastic one looks like a spacer of some kind?

The gray cast iron lever has a little calibration on one end that runs from +10, to 0, and then to -10. In the middle of the white dial, there is a splined shaft that is obviously made to insert into something. Some kind of an adjustment lever - I am assuming off of a power tool. It is gray like Delta, but an internet search has yielded nothing. I swear I have seen this lever on a tool of some kind, but can't place it.

Any help appreciated.

[Mumbleypeg]

Don’t recognize those Unk, but looks like they might be useful pushing stock through a table saw blade or similar. Not what they were made for.

This old jappaned cast iron Stanley No. 150 mitre saw has been sitting on a shelf in the corner of my shop for years. Need to clean it up.

Ken

[Unk]

Nice looking old miter box, Ken!

I found out what my two mystery tools are.

The first one is a plastic push block for a router table.

The second one is a Craftsman knife gauge for setting / adjusting the knives on a jointer. So it does actually go with my jointer.

[cudgee]

I'm not touting or promoting any business. But there is a stiddy for sale in the members store if anyone is interested. Be warned, not cheap, but even if not a buyer is worth a look if you like tools.

[mqqn]

This cool old oddball was given to me by a friend.

[FRJ]

I like those "oddball" tools. I have a few I may have shown here.

[Unk]

Andy, that Shark wrench looks more like a "Rango" wrench. That's a pretty cool old tool.

[TPK]

I think this is a dogs head but I don't use it so I don't know for sure.

That's interesting Joe!

[GSPTOPDOG]

The Adze is from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

[GSPTOPDOG]

Thanks guys. Topdog, I used your same method of storing tools for most of my life. The previous owner of the shop created the "tool wall", so I just utilized what he created. He did a good job! I made the gun rack in High School wood shop, sometime in the late 1970s. I have my old BB and pellet guns on it. My daughter made the "Lonesome Dove" sign for me. The buck saw, the hay hook, and the hand fuel barrel pump (next to the machete) and the huge sledge hammer on the floor all came from my Great-Grandfathers stuff.

Mike, the "tool wall" definatly looks good . it must feel good to organized and actually be able to find the exact tool you want when you need it I think it is great that you have some tools from your Great-Grandfather, some things just should be passed down and kept in the family.

[Unk]

Thanks Top dog. My flurry of organization in the shop continues. Last week I moved away from the coffee cans and toward the plastic organizer bins for my miscellaneous hardware on my shelf unit. I was able to get rid of a bunch of old coffee cans, as they take up more space on the shelf than really needed. I have been using some of the those cans since the 1980s, when I was a young man.

I have never thrown away nuts, bolts, screws, washers, nails, etc......they have all gone in the coffee cans. My dad did the same. It's amazing how - when you need a specific piece of hardware - you can find it in one of the coffee cans roughly 99.3% of the time.

[Unk]

Lot's of history in that Adze. You should put a handle in it and hang it on a wall.

[knife7knut]

This hammer belonged to my grandfather who was pretty much responsible for me being who I am today. He was,among other talents, a prototype machinist for General Electric well into his 70's.
While using it today, I noticed his name stamped into the head in the tiniest letters Ihave ever seen! It appears to be a stamp(judging by the uniform spacing & straightness). And it's a Keen Kutter hammer to boot!

[Miller Bro's]

This cool old oddball was given to me by a friend.
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I like that one

[knife7knut]

Here is an, '' oddball '' for sure. Cannot imagine what Black & Decker was thinking when they marketed this gem. An adjustable wrench with a switch on the top to move the sliding jaw open & closed! Operates on 2 AAA batteries under the black cover.

[mqqn]

Wow, that is a rare bird.
I have never seen anything like it!

[GSPTOPDOG]

Lot's of history in that Adze. You should put a handle in it and hang it on a wall.

I am in the process of removing the rust, and then I have an adze handle that I have been restoring with linseed oil that I use for the final product. pictures to follow...

[GSPTOPDOG]

Thanks Top dog. My flurry of organization in the shop continues. Last week I moved away from the coffee cans and toward the plastic organizer bins for my miscellaneous hardware on my shelf unit. I was able to get rid of a bunch of old coffee cans, as they take up more space on the shelf than really needed. I have been using some of the those cans since the 1980s, when I was a young man.

I have never thrown away nuts, bolts, screws, washers, nails, etc......they have all gone in the coffee cans. My dad did the same. It's amazing how - when you need a specific piece of hardware - you can find it in one of the coffee cans roughly 99.3% of the time.

I have a similar system (nowadays the new coffee cans are mostly plastic and that don't last so long ). A while ago I helped a buddy put up a wooden fence and he needed 52 3.5" carriage bolts and I went to store to get them and just the bolts were $1.00 each, not counting the washers and nuts and sales tax (8.7%). ... So, I have done several projects and made it through them w/o buying any new handwear because I had a beat-up coffee can full old bolts or screws, etc...etc... (and I spent all that extra money I saved on a STUPID pocket knife, or two )...

[GSPTOPDOG]

Here is an, '' oddball '' for sure. Cannot imagine what Black & Decker was thinking when they marketed this gem. An adjustable wrench with a switch on the top to move the sliding jaw open & closed! Operates on 2 AAA batteries under the black cover.

..."Batteries included" ?