BobinVirginia Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 (edited) One shelf. Where to start? Pop loved tools. So do I and hopefully one day I’ll organize things. I saved every tool he collected my Dad didn’t Edited July 9, 2021 by BobinVirginia (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdang Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 1 hour ago, BobinVirginia said: HOT Dr. Pepper? New one on me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 I need a good oil can like that in the picture. Remember our family used to have one long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36 D2 Coupe Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, zipdang said: HOT Dr. Pepper? New one on me! Actually that might not be too bad. On a very hot midsummer tour that my wife and I participated in a couple of years ago, we had left a large bottle of Coke in the car. Being desperate for something to drink, we opened the HOT Coke! Surprised that it was quite spicy and refreshing. So now we kind of like it that way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Yes, it's a real thing. High-fructose corn syrup DP ain't as good as the old cane sugar version, either cold or hot. Whenever the rain lets up and I can get some good daylight, I have some wonderful teens tools I'll post. One of my hotrodder kids has already spoken for them. They'll have a good home and caretaker with Kristopher. I unfortunately have no tools that were handed down to me. All my dad had were very basic and cheap hand tools. For some reason he never understood my tool junkie gene, though my uncle "Tump" and aunt Evelyn did. Tump had tools out the yingyang but no organization at all, had to search for what he needed every time he needed it. Evelyn OTOH knew where everything was- or was supposed to be anyway!🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobinVirginia Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Everyone, I have hundreds of items that my grandfather’s had. The thermometer was from the Roanoke, Virginia bottling company. My maternal grandparents had this at their motel located at the Blue Ridge Parkway. The motel was the Big Dipper located on US 220 South in Clearbrook Va. This was located Between the Parkway, Roanoke Dragstrip and Starkey Speedway. All were within a mile of their motel. Most tools I have are my dads Father’s. He was born 1921 and my mothers father in 1904 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 I was born 1960, my father was born 1917, and his father 1872. That can happen when men have children when they are past 40. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) Well, Bob, that (pliers) is not in the 1959 New Britain catalog. No Google hits on the part number so far... https://archive.org/details/NewBritainMachineCatalogNo59M1958/page/n7/mode/2up Edited July 10, 2021 by Frank DuVal (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobinVirginia Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Frank DuVal said: Well, Bob, that (pliers) is not in the 1959 New Britain catalog. No Google hits on the part number so far... https://archive.org/details/NewBritainMachineCatalogNo59M1958/page/n7/mode/2up I’ve never really looked into these as they seem more modern. They’re really a cool tool for certain applications! Some tools I have are definitely just singular purpose tools! Edited July 10, 2021 by BobinVirginia (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave39MD Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) My grandfather got this lathe around 1900 and it was old then. Not sure of it's use but my mother called it a jeweler's lathe but I don't see that. Notice one of the dogs is made from a piece of old gun barrel. He did not throw anything away. Movers managed to lose the tool rest. Edited July 11, 2021 by Dave39MD (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobinVirginia Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Worked at my Pops old place today. Had to tighten a hydraulic line on my tractor. I thought about an old Walworth Stillson pipe wrench of his and how handy it would’ve been. He used it on steam heat radiator pipes. He liked being able to carry this little pipe wrench in his pocket. I wire wheeled the steel but the handle is original finish. Late 1890’s or early 1900’s is my guess with the makers marks? A couple pics one with a bottle cap for scale. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skvitt Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Perhaps not antique, but made in the country that no longer exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, Skvitt said: Perhaps not antique, but made in the country that no longer exists. No idea what the country is. I still have a roll of sandpaper made in W Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skvitt Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, TAKerry said: No idea what the country is. I still have a roll of sandpaper made in W Germany. This was GDR - German Democratic Republic. I have a few tools made in CCCP (USSR) 😊 Used by my father, electrical pliers. Shows the price 2 rubles and 80 kopeks, Good below 1000 volts. Edited July 20, 2021 by Skvitt (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejboyd5 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Speaking of things made in the GDR, here's one most have never seen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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