Category: Other Things
This is a robust driver. Quite heavy with large bits. The tip pivots to five positions with heavy detents keeping it in place and a spring lock holding…
This thing has no markings, except for the number 153 stamped under the cap on the back. It has what appears to be four countersinks and a hole…
Different names, same tool. These things are excellent, very nice for stitching heavy material, such as leather. CS Osbourne is still around and still makes these. I can’t…
People don’t seem to do much bearing scraping anymore. Not with this tool, anyway. Here’s a paper, published in 1981, that calls doing such an art: The Art…
Old, worn leather awls are often very lovely tools. Nice to hold and use, even when used for things other than their intended purpose. As is the case…
I’m not sure I really understand this tool. Or, why this would be better than drilling a pilot hole. Unless the thread pitch of the screw you’re driving…
I’ve been on the lookout for one of these Boston sharpeners for a while now. The woman I got this one from told me that it used to…
“Determines pitches quickly and positively on bolts and nuts, pipes and fittings.” What about screws?
This is a miter box, branded Craftsman, but I believe made by Millers Falls, who acquired the company that was the original manufacturer, Langdon Mitre Box Company, in…
At least one of those is not a proper nail set. So? And related, an Oxwall #5704 Brad Pusher:
It’s just a level, but has some nice colors. Mayes is still around, but is now owned by Great Neck, along with Buck Bros. I’ve been to Tennessee…