Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Working-with-your-hands Wednesday



I think it would be cool to have a great big tool box filled with restored tools.

5 comments:

ck said...

I thought tools were supposed to save labor and time, not use up a lot of both. It did come out nice though. I could load a couple of thousand bullets in that time and shooting is a lot more fun than working under the sink. Although I have to admire a guy that looks at a wrench like that and thinks "I can make that better than new".

JeffS said...

Pretty cool, especially where he fabricates his own bolt.

Paco said...

I especially like it when they fabricate their own parts.

I have no skills at all with this kind of stuff, but I certainly admire those who do.

Spiny Norman said...

Seeing the image, I was thinking, "yeah, that wrench looks like it would clean up just fine", but I ain't got that kinda time. I love old tools, especially high-quality ones.

I'm still way more pissed about the absolutely pristine 1960s-era (US-made) Craftsman 1/2-inch ratchet and socket set that was in the tool chest stolen out of my garage, than I am about the Snap-on/Bluepoint 1/4-inch and 3/8-inch sets that were with it. Those can be replaced if I want to spend that kind of money. The old-school Craftsman were really nice, and obviously better made that the current Chinese-made versions.

Veeshir said...

I have my step fathers old Craftsman stuff. You can see and feel the difference.
I used to love Craftsman. If you broke it they replaced it.
I broke my pocketknife, as kids do, and they replaced it twice.
I finally lost it snowmobiling. Twas a sad day.
That reminds me of pre-Chinese crap Corningware. They'd replace it if you broke it.
I still have a couple Pyrex lasagne pans. You can see and feel the difference from the crappy Chinese crap they make now.