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ANTIQUE/COLLECTOR TOOLS/BOXES/HAND ONLY / Re: Got a favorite hammer?
« Last post by hickory n Steel on April 29, 2024, 11:21:54 PM »
When it comes to claw hammers the Vaughan & Bushnell rip claws are king.
I've got 3 of the 10oz #9 ,2 of the 16oz #99, 4 different 20oz #999, and a couple of the 28oz 505m.
I'm still planning to get the 2 largest sizes.


And this 50's Craftsman is also a Vaughan #999, well made by V&B and based on a #999 anyways.

It's definitely one of my favorites, and most used claw hammer.

I'll have to get a picture of my 2 favorite ball peen hammers tomorrow.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Stainless steel hook set.
« Last post by ron350 on April 29, 2024, 09:45:58 AM »
  Thanks Midnitemack i will check those out.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Stainless steel hook set.
« Last post by Midnitemack on April 29, 2024, 02:00:14 AM »
Maybe these off Amazon…..

https://amzn.asia/d/amg6mKB


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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Stainless steel hook set.
« Last post by ron350 on April 28, 2024, 07:55:57 PM »
 I have had this stainless pick for many years with no bends or breaks. It came off the Snapon truck many years ago and one end has a 90* bend and the other end has a carbide scribe point welded on the stainless.

Have always wanted something like this with a 90* and just a handle on the other end..
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Stainless steel hook set.
« Last post by slip knot on April 28, 2024, 05:48:51 PM »
SS is soft so it may be hard to find a better quality set like those.  I've bought some dental picks for fine work. They are some sort of alloy (magnetic) but they haven't rusted in the years that I've had them.
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: Making my own version of the Blackhawk nuggies set.
« Last post by hickory n Steel on April 28, 2024, 03:29:12 PM »
Quote from: nelstomlinson on April 28, 2024, 10:31:42 AM
Those Kobalt tools got here. The ignition wrenches are definitely stamped. They're nice stampings, but they're not nice as the forged wrenches would be. I can definitely see why you're being picky about putting yours together.

The sockets and ignition wrenches are in increments of 1/32nd, so they would probably give adequate coverage for smaller metric as well as SAE.

Adding a short extension to this group would be cheap and easy. Did Kobalt ever make a 1/4" breaker bar?
I'm guessing those are the same as the last of the USA Craftsman ignition wrenches, the DOE's they had are decent but the combos usually pretty crude in the box end even back to the Easco Days.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Stainless steel hook set.
« Last post by ron350 on April 28, 2024, 03:19:11 PM »
 I am looking for a small set of Stainless steel hook picks.
 Sofar all i can find are these cheap things in ebay.

 Someone has to make a decent set of Stainless Steel picks but i can't find any.

  https://www.ebay.com/itm/315082726678?itmmeta=01HWK42N5JFV7PX2TMN3FD105K&hash=item495c64dd16:g:52IAAOSwuENlnBBk&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8Oy%2F4xwC9WH%2B%2BNDkX9kQjh5UeZnA8UzfYkL4lq5iqzv9mtprLdcbmjxSB06%2FJvuusH6vzL1%2B0ytnN3O3%2FkyjFUq9lirsKY6EnOUUzKO52ZaZm2RQzGlktScakA7T7Md01nCXUnQEt88ijKLkGPM2GfA2COwhrGjil32c9x7%2BrC2Z1S55kQlM9b%2BEhm2UNBin1bES%2FSRQJXJ56jVnKLxUfkDo2bh8%2BJu%2BCsQTx27CWHz6OdKOtEBps6cW2ZHPc1L1C8x%2BTLDGqU1HUbRq3XU%2BgYPEIwQJy0NKSXjj2eq2O8jkagXq8xfF3uI1BEwZERAZ%2FA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBM8NKK5ORj

 
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: Making my own version of the Blackhawk nuggies set.
« Last post by nelstomlinson on April 28, 2024, 10:31:42 AM »
Those Kobalt tools got here. The ignition wrenches are definitely stamped. They're nice stampings, but they're not nice as the forged wrenches would be. I can definitely see why you're being picky about putting yours together.

The sockets and ignition wrenches are in increments of 1/32nd, so they would probably give adequate coverage for smaller metric as well as SAE.

Adding a short extension to this group would be cheap and easy. Did Kobalt ever make a 1/4" breaker bar?
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PROJECT CARS/TRUCKS / Re: Wouldn't you rather have a Buick?
« Last post by Uncle Buck on April 28, 2024, 02:32:42 AM »
My what a stunning car! Really, just sets a very high watermark for anything else on wheels.

My deceased dad told me innumerable things about countless brands of cars pre 1960's vintage, with the lions share being 1920's 1940's era. Some of the things he shared I remember, much of it, long forgotten. One of the bits he shared was about some vintage car with a V-12, V-16 perhaps, don't recall it as being an inline engine that had very small diameter pistons, but had a bunch of them. LOL  In a sense, my dad left my mind a graveyard for bits and pieces of trivia info on cars, trucks, and even a few on tractors! For example. If you were standing next the road on a dark night you would know a Chrysler Airflow was approaching because of the whistling sound the design of the grill gave off when the car was at highway speed.

Sorry for straying off topic. This car is absolutely a work of art.
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PROJECT CARS/TRUCKS / Re: Wouldn't you rather have a Buick?
« Last post by john k on April 27, 2024, 08:55:05 PM »
Looking again at the seats in the 33, would bet they are glove soft leather.  The red-white Studebaker took the Pebble Beach show once.  The owner had added the white accents and detailing,  which really set it off.  I know the straight 8 Buicks were oversize, but 12 quarts, wow.  More than my IHC tractor 6-cyl.
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