Tool Thread - Post up your new tools!

[AndrewBird]

My new Indicol indicator holder mated to my grandfather's Starrett last word indicator.

[10Toes]

Got this at the same estate sale I got my bottom box. Paid a whole $1 for it.

People still use those

[spike68]

I just bought an air kompressor, impact wrench, and a chuck. SO PUMPED.

[AndrewBird]

People still use those

I likely won't ever use it for drafting, if that's what you mean, but I do use it for marking square lines on things like plywood or a sheet of metal. All kinds of uses other then just drawing.

[Mlarsen]

People still use those

I have one, I use it quite frequently actually.

In other news, I will soon be a proud owner of a new alignment rack.

[scottinAZ]

My new Indicol indicator holder mated to my grandfather's Starrett last word indicator.

Old School Starret rocks. Looks like one of the indicators that I inherited. LOVE THEM

[nomansland92]

I picked up some new goodies last weekend. We have a big event once a year called parts-a-rama where a bunch of people sell tools, parts, junk or whatever. Pretty much a big flea market but there's always a lot of good quality tool venders with some great deals on new tools

I got a big set of new sk metric wrenches and a nice long handle fine tooth snap on ratchet. I got them both for a little over $200, pretty good deal i'd say

[Fleksta]

Just picked this up off Craigslist; 1941 Dunlap Drill Press (Sears Roebuck)

[george graves]

That looks like it will serve you well. I'd rather have a 30 year old top of the line tool, than any of the cheap stuff today.

Some of you guys should take your girlfriend to garage sales on the weekend - they'll love you for it, and you can find some great stuff. If you find a widow getting rid of her late husbands tools, you've have struck gold.

[$hane]

I had the same drill press. It belonged to my great grandfather. I just retired it. My boss wanted to toss our gang drill table to i took it home and sold 3 of the 4 drill heads and kept the table and one drill. Super stout.

[S62]

Good old Snap On

[AndrewBird]

Got these recently:


Etalon, made by Tesa, same company that owns Brown And Sharp. Swiss made and very nice. Only $100 too!

[george graves]

Built some tools a few weeks back I needed for a current project. Resistor substitution boxes.

[jeffnhiscars]

Those of us who have been a round a while all have tools that have vanished and cannot be replaced with anything comparable. I had a Rockwell 3/8 electic drill that I think I struggled to pay $30 for. It had a polished aluminum housing and I remember using it once to bore a rather large hole in 1\4 steel plate. The plate was on the ground so I could put my full weight on the drill and it must have slowed to 100 RPM's, but that SOB kept turning and did the job. If only my e30 had that much torque :D

This thread also reminded me of my commercial salmon fishing days off the coast of British Columbia. We were often in and out of the village of Bamfield, which was a 4 hr steamer ride from the nearest paved road or you could drive 60 miles on private logging roads as long as you watched out for the 16ft wide trucks.

Bamfield had 400 people living in it and boat was the only way to get around the inlet. What I will never forget was the machine shop. Being the only facility in that section of coast it was very well equipped, but since the 40 ft trailer with the diesel gens that powered the town was fairly recent, the entire shop ran off a Ford flathead V8. The ceiling had jack shafts everywhere along with pulleys and huge leather belts hanging from it with swing clutches.

There were starter buttons for the Ford, which sat outside (not very well muffled) in several locations so when they had a job to do, they would fire it up, swing the clutch levers which tightened the drive belts and the entire ceiling started whirring and spinning, the belts wobbled back and forth and the machines, which were all monster cast iron jobs, went to work.

Talk about a kid in a candy shop :D

[enigmaticdream]

Just picked up a valve adjustment tool for the S14 off ebay for $100.