 drjimPremium,MVM
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Re: Old Power Tools All these tools were made when they were an investment by the buyer. As such, they were expected to last a long time, and be user serviceable.
My Dad's old drill has replaceable brushes, and the manual came with an exploded view, listing all the parts with their Sear's part numbers.
It's a far cry from the $8.99 1/4" drill I bought at Harbor Freight when I wanted something CHEEP to buff out the clear headlights on my wife's car!
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| i know, its pretty sad i find, look at clint eastwood the way he describes his tool collection in grand torino |
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 nonameyetI Make Them Ring..RingPremium
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Sellersville, PA | reply to sk1939
craftsman drill press | 
kennedy tool box | 
craftsman 6 |
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Stone Mountain, GA | said by nonameyet:My Dad's Old tools, Still work. Circa 1950.
I have that lathes big, older brother (Circa 1941);)
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 caffeinatorComing soon to a cup near you..Premium
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Nice stuff....man, wish I had some of my Dad's tools as some were over 100yrs old. But, I do have a nice 1950's era toolbox. 
The Box.
Nevermind that mess...
IDK who made it as there are no markings. I got it about 20 years ago from a friend who was leaving the country and couldn't take it with him. He was 40-ish then, and said it had belonged to his Dad.
It's a bit rough, but it's still solid as hell. I've used it to stand on many times. It's heavy, good 'ol steel and fire engine red. I love it.
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 mityfowlPremium
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Dallas, TX | reply to sk1939
It's going to be a few months before I get back to N. Illinois to show you guys my dad 1st project with that table saw.
I think it was 1955-56.
You will be impressed.
He was quite the craftsman. We had a lathe too. |
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i enjoy visiting houses on open house days, i especially love 50s and 60s houses. they date to an era when every man was expected to be handy and know how to fix things, they generally all have a workshop. I love the look of a good workshop, no matter how small, and think of the things fixed there from lamps to kids toys. Houses built after that that ive seen rarely if ever have any kind of shop area, kinda sad in my opinion |
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drjimPremium,MVM
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| Yep, I agree it's very sad. We really need more vocational schools. Not everybody is cut out for, or should, go to College.
When I was in high-school back in the middle 60's, I wanted to take General Shop. My "counselor", looking at nothing more than my test scores, said no, because "Shop was for dummies"!
I old my parents what he'd said when I got home, and my Dad, a Tool and Die Maker, called the school to make an appointment with my counselor.
I never heard what he told the counselor, but the next day I was signed up for the shop class.
Call me old-fashioned, but I grew up in an era like what telco_mtl describes. Men were EXPECTED to know how to fix things, and get them fixed, even if it meant getting dirty and sweaty.
Today it just us "hobbyists" for have an appreciation of things like the old tools in this thread, and who know how to use them.
Very sad indeed......
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sk1939Premium
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I look forward to it.
I still use em, once I get back I'll show you the TV stand I built a week or so ago. |
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 Lurch77BBR BullyPremium
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Oconto, WI
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I have this monstrous old Buffalo Forge drill press from 1974. It was a military tool, I got it for free when some jar heads in the squadron next to us were going to toss it. Overkill for my garage shop, but it will never die and will never come up short on a job. |
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 chmodPremium
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Lockport, IL | reply to nonameyet
I have that same tool box. |
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| said by chmod:I have that same tool box.
Cool.
Do you know happen to know anything about it? |
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i often reget listening to my highschool guidance counsellor for telling me to go into I.T. when i initially wanted to go into electricity, but tradeschools as you said above "trades are for dummies" im the guy in my circle of friends who is proud to drive a beater, scour U-pull yards for the best parts deals, all my buddies tell me i could easily afford a new car why dont i get one, i like the feeling of fixing it myself, so what if its off the road sometimes for a couple of days, my 2 beaters cost me less than their lease! |
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drjimPremium,MVM
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| Yeah, I've been 'tinkering' with stuff since I was 10 years old. The General Shop class I wanted to take was 6 weeks of wood shop, 6 weeks of metal shop, 6 weeks of automotive, etc until the school year was finished.
I aced all of them, and learned a lot of things I didn't know, and have never forgotten.
I'm sure dear old Dad reamed the counselor a new one, as he seemed a bit miffed at me when I went to pick up my new class schedule!
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Pittsburgh, PA | reply to Lurch77
Wow. Surely this is what H.H. Geiger had in mind when he designed 'Alien'. It's scary just as it is. |
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But I always wondered what the tire was for ?
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said by drjim:Yeah, I've been 'tinkering' with stuff since I was 10 years old. The General Shop class I wanted to take was 6 weeks of wood shop, 6 weeks of metal shop, 6 weeks of automotive, etc until the school year was finished.
I aced all of them, and learned a lot of things I didn't know, and have never forgotten.
I'm sure dear old Dad reamed the counselor a new one, as he seemed a bit miffed at me when I went to pick up my new class schedule!
i have dealt with a lot of engineers in my career and its discouraging the amount of them that cant take things to practice after designing them. I am amazed how easy it is today for me to make a little extra pocket money simply doing "handyman" stuff for people, its simply because people dont know how to do things anymore |
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kudos:1 | said by telco_mtl:said by drjim:Yeah, I've been 'tinkering' with stuff since I was 10 years old. The General Shop class I wanted to take was 6 weeks of wood shop, 6 weeks of metal shop, 6 weeks of automotive, etc until the school year was finished.
I aced all of them, and learned a lot of things I didn't know, and have never forgotten.
I'm sure dear old Dad reamed the counselor a new one, as he seemed a bit miffed at me when I went to pick up my new class schedule!
i have dealt with a lot of engineers in my career and its discouraging the amount of them that cant take things to practice after designing them. I am amazed how easy it is today for me to make a little extra pocket money simply doing "handyman" stuff for people, its simply because people dont know how to do things anymore I've observed the same thing and it's one reason we are falling behind in the world.
People now are helpless unless it can be texted, tweeted, or found on X-Box. |
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| said by Jack_in_VA:said by telco_mtl:said by drjim:Yeah, I've been 'tinkering' with stuff since I was 10 years old. The General Shop class I wanted to take was 6 weeks of wood shop, 6 weeks of metal shop, 6 weeks of automotive, etc until the school year was finished.
I aced all of them, and learned a lot of things I didn't know, and have never forgotten.
I'm sure dear old Dad reamed the counselor a new one, as he seemed a bit miffed at me when I went to pick up my new class schedule!
i have dealt with a lot of engineers in my career and its discouraging the amount of them that cant take things to practice after designing them. I am amazed how easy it is today for me to make a little extra pocket money simply doing "handyman" stuff for people, its simply because people dont know how to do things anymore I've observed the same thing and it's one reason we are falling behind in the world. People now are helpless unless it can be texted, tweeted, or found on X-Box. a big sign of what is happening is our "home improvement" shows on TV there was a time in the 80s when they used to show us how to do the nitty gritty, install a sub panel, sweat pipe, install a receptacle. today they are all about paint and wallpaper, same goes for magazines, i remember certain magazines used to be about home improvement and car repair, now sadly they hardly have any of that stuff. Its like the places we buy from, i remember when i was a kid heading down to one of the 3 local lumberyards. They were classic hardware stores on steroids, nothing pretty but had everything you need and were staffed with guys who knew their product and if they didnt have an item could tell you where to go. Today those 3 yards as well as my 2 favorite local hardware stores are gone. Now all i have in my direct area are 3 of the big home center places, while they may be pretty to shop at they are not the old hardware and lumberyard. but this can be attributed to the fact "we dont know how to do anything anymore" It can easily be seen on garbage day by what people throw out. My neighbor loves it, he is retired and fixes small engines in his spare time. He pulls lawnmowers out of the trash, cleans the carb, changes the oil and paints them and sells for a profit. 30 years ago most people i know would have done all that prior to simply tossing it.
sorry im going in circles its just this is a subject that really gets me going, and its the same in the US as in Canada, people are becomming helpless. This isnt good, we have become 2 nations of button pushers. |
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