Tool Talk

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Northwoods on November 23, 2016, 08:02:02 PM

Title: WWII German tools
Post by: Northwoods on November 23, 2016, 08:02:02 PM

Tools collected by the US military along with German aircraft at the end of the war.

https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/web11668-2010hjpg

Title: Re: WWII German tools
Post by: skipskip on November 24, 2016, 10:57:05 AM

on a related note , here is a pic of a blue point  valve tool  for Wright rotary airplane engines, before being packed up for shipment to Snapmom.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5703/31152218096_d475298340_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PsPg7y)DSCF2140 (https://flic.kr/p/PsPg7y) by Skip Albright (https://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/), on Flickr

Title: Re: WWII German tools
Post by: EVILDR235 on December 06, 2016, 10:12:40 PM

One of my favorite to go when i was a teenager was the Army/Navy surplus store. The sights, sounds and smells. If i had only known back then--------------------------------

EvilDr235

Title: Re: WWII German tools
Post by: mikeswrenches on December 07, 2016, 05:39:53 AM

Quote from: EVILDR235 on December 06, 2016, 10:12:40 PM

One of my favorite to go when i was a teenager was the Army/Navy surplus store. The sights, sounds and smells. If i had only known back then--------------------------------

EvilDr235

Isn't hindsight a wonderful thing?

Mike

Title: Re: WWII German tools
Post by: EVILDR235 on December 09, 2016, 07:32:26 PM

I do have a pair of pliers marked MADE IN GERMANY U.S. ZONE out in the garage.

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