Tool Talk
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: amecks on August 31, 2022, 08:46:16 PM
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On Craigslist with no photos, but it said "old tools" among the other things they were selling. Close enough to home, so went up after work.
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Proto 8" with slight rust, Crestoloy and Ridgid 10" in good shape. Wiss shears or snips with homemade brazed-on copper loops and like new barber type scissors. There were three S-K 1/4 drivers - I bought one. Average cost for all - less than $1 each.
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Would have done the same, never seen a RIGID adjustable, a first for me. Old and slightly rusty, just the kind of stuff that draws me in.
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Ridge Tool made a whole line of Ridgid adjustable wrenches I have several differently marked 4-inch examples.
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I never understand why people sell sharp scissors of Wiss or other quality names. They'll last forever with good care; the modern composite scissors...no.
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I've been using the Wiss snips right along since I got them. They will cut most things. Plastic bags and cloth - no. But paper, they work very well.
The no brand scissors are like new, so working perfectly.
Picked these up affordably at a house sale Friday. Williams Superrench in chrome 7/8 x 1-1/16 and 8" Diamalloy. (Oh no its upside down but you can figure that out!)
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Is that a chop saw blade on your table saw?
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Yes. Don't try this at home kids. (I vacuum the sawdust out before using it to cut metal). Somewhere I have photos of using a Craftsman fixture to cut the fins of motorcycle aluminum exhaust clamps on this saw. The custom clamps they sell are of an exaggerated style, so I trim the fins to look more normal but still custom.