Tool Talk
Welcome Forum => Welcome Board and Introductions => Topic started by: d1deleonrn on September 08, 2014, 02:18:11 PM
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Hello,
My name is Dan and I am an RN by trade, but love my old tools, I have a special affinity for screwdrivers, especially Yankees (before Stanley) and Kraeuters. I love the feel and finish of all my old tools. I got started after my Uncle Delmas died in 1979, and I received a phone call from my Aunt in 1999 (twenty years later) asking if I still wanted his tools. She said she wanted to wait until I was old enough (I was 32 in 1999). It took the better part of a year to go through and inventory all he had, from Billings, to S-K, to Snap-On, to MAC... you name it, he had it.
My Yankee collection started prior to that and numbers near 50 pieces. Some ratcheting, some not, some not screwdrivers. In time, I want to convince my wife to allow them inside. :-).
I can't say it enough, and I'm sure there's agreement, they (Yankees and most of the old tools) were built to a better standard, not just a select few (Snap-On).
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Welcome Dan hope you jump in and join the fun, don't forget we love pictures of old tools!
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Welcome from Ohio , charge up the camera batteries.
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Welcome to Tool Talk!
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Hi Dan, Welcome aboard. This is a great site!
Mike
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Welcome Mike
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Well, I currently am 5 degrees South of the Equator, and 125 degrees West on a NOAA Research vessel (not complaining, it's my profession), but when I make ports me and my trusty bicycle go searching for tools. Last stop Newport Oregon. Finds: Proto 1/4 driver, Craftsman mm driver (not old), Craftsman snap ring pliers, Craftsman combination box1-1/16 and 1-1/4 inch wrench and an ACE Hardware Brand #3 phillips. Total outlay: 6 dollars. When time permits, I 'll recount the time I bought a stanley corner vise and a S-K socket set and pedaled it entirely too far!! Pictures of the ACE and Proto, the others are not near vintage enough to think about posting.
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Hi Dan, You definitely have a tool addiction if you're toting vises around on a bicycle! I like Kraeuter tools also, because of the quality but also because they were made in the place I was born, Newark, NJ.
Sounds like you have a fascinating job working for NOAA.
Al
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Hello and welcome from north central Idaho — and amen to the photos, which you're evidently into.
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Welcome from Denver.
Do you ever come to Colorado? I've done a lot in the Skaggs building, in NOAA spaces.
Chilly
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Welcome & Aloha from Hawaii...