Tools That Bring Back the Memories

[Trollhole]

Have 3 that bring back a lot of memories.

This hammer with a screwdriver in the handle was one of the first tools my parents gave me.

The Yankee push drill my grandfather owned.


And the Black & Decker right angle drill attachment my other grandfather owned.

Also somewhere in my tool box I've got the original pliers my parents gave me when I was 6.

 

[RHINO]

i had one of those hammers

 

[ERG80]

I also have one of those hammers but the screwdrivers we're not with it when I got it. I use it to get the cone washers off when I tear into front axles.

 

[KLF]

I have one of those Yankee drills too.

I have no idea how old this wrench is. I can remember using it in the garage with my Dad, from as far back as I could pick up a wrench. It was our "go to" wrench for breaking open headsets or popping freewheels off our bikes. I believe he told me he got it from my Mom's dad. I inherited it when my Dad passed, his initials were ARF. I keep it hanging on the pegboard above my bench, I actually used it again just yesterday.

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Not sure if it brings back memories or not but, I got this little grinding wheel apparatus from my father-in-law. I used it on a lawnmower blade and a hatchet.. Actually worked pretty well.

J

 

[Joe_E]

Have 3 that bring back a lot of memories.

This hammer with a screwdriver in the handle was one of the first tools my parents gave me.

The Yankee push drill my grandfather owned.


And the Black & Decker right angle drill attachment my other grandfather owned.

Also somewhere in my tool box I've got the original pliers my parents gave me when I was 6.

Ha, i remember that screwdriver with all the little screwdrivers in it in the junk drawer when i was a kid in the 70's.
It didn't have the hammer head on it though.

 

[brian]

i remember the screwdriver hammer, but i can't remember if it was my grandfather's or in the junk drawer at home.

 

[Pin_Head]

I was out at a garage sale today and I got a Wiley and Russel tap and die set for $8. The label is printed on leather.

The patent date is 1877. Even my great grand pappy wouldn't remember that far back.

 

[angerhater]

thats way cool pinhead.....I have one of them screwhammers, but my oldest tool is a non folding stick rule from 1910..

 

[Pin_Head]

I looked them up and Wiley and Russell of Greenfield Mass were bought out in 1912 and became part of Greenfield Tap and Die, who is still in business and still selling tap and die sets like this for about $1,200. Who knew?

 

[rusty_tlc]

I inherited all my Dad's and Step Dads tools, pretty tough to do any job with out thinking of one or the other of them.

I'm still using misc screws, nuts, bolts and nails out of my Step Dads collection of #3 coffee cans.

 

[jeffro109]

I have an older Estwing trim hammer and a #5 hand plane that my father set up for me, makes you stop and think every time you pick them up.

 

[Trollhole]

Not sure if it brings back memories or not but, I got this little grinding wheel apparatus from my father-in-law. I used it on a lawnmower blade and a hatchet.. Actually worked pretty well.

J

I had one of those once. I have no idea where it went.

 

[2mbb]

I love the yankee drill. I had one issued to me when I worked summers for the phone company (ma bell), removing phones that had been disconnected (this was back in the days when phones were mounted or wired to the walls and leased from the phone company).

I have an old alcohol lamp with a spoon mounted above on a "flag post". It was my fathers. It must have come from some chemistry set. It looks like something used to melt heroine.

 

[KLF]

While we're on the topic of old tools, anybody ever used one of these? I cringe every time I hear someone use the term "blowtorch", as they haven't been used in many many years. These things burned down more houses than arsonists, I bet. Very dangerous! I keep this one in my office now, I get it out once a year for our Mechanical class where we talk about plumbing stuff.

 

[45Kevin]

When my Dad built his house I barely remember the plumber using one of those ^^^ to melt lead into the joints of 3" and 4" cast-iron waste lines.

Every time I go home and into my Dad's shop I see old tools that remind me of this bike repair, or that lawnmower rebuild or some skinned knuckles.

Yup, good times for sure.

 

[Mace]

While we're on the topic of old tools, anybody ever used one of these? I cringe every time I hear someone use the term "blowtorch", as they haven't been used in many many years. These things burned down more houses than arsonists, I bet. Very dangerous! I keep this one in my office now, I get it out once a year for our Mechanical class where we talk about plumbing stuff.

I have one similar to that, but it has two knobs on the back instead of one.

 

[motorcoach123]

I have one of those push drills too, but up here they're known as a 'Canuck push drill'!!!
Also have some old pliers, etc all of which were donated to me (involuntarily....they kind of migrated to my toolbox by me) by my late father.
Totally understand the 'good memories' sentiment!!!

Cheers,
Gord

 

[IBCRUSN]

Here's a few oldies. The planers were my great grandfather's back in the days he worked on horse drawn buggies before he jumped on board the automobile bandwagon in the mid 1920's. At one time I had a bunch of draw knives as well but I sold them to a friends dad that makes and restores furniture and other old wood bits, I'm just glad someone is getting use out of them. Somewhere in my tool box I have one or two ball peen hammers he made that I still use today. He was an interesting fellow, started as a blacksmith and progressed to an auto mechanic and jack of all trades when he passed.

Spindle planer

The Time-Rite is from my days working on round engines but I don't recall where I acquired it. It's used to set the magneto timing, basically an accurate TDC finder able to indicate X* BTDC for all sorts of different radial, pancake and "V" recip engines.

 

[Trollhole]

That's cool.