Lets all say a few words about our interests

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Some of us have been here for  a while and we kinda get to know  who collects what.

And sometimes its a type of tool, and  some folks are brand-centric

And some times the user name is a clue (plyerman, Bonneyman, Snapmom)

But since we have a slew of newer members,  maybe we can just type a few sentences about ourselves,so they can  get an idea of  the width and breadth of our interests


I lean toward tools  and equipment used in the auto repair trades, tho lately I have been seduced by some machine shop tools and equipment.

And frankly, I have never met a tool I didnt like.. well almost never.


Skip

DSCF3192 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

[Papaw]

I relate to H D Smith tools, Bergman and Bluebird tools, and used to buy a lot of Coes wrenches.

[p_toad]

Other than not having enough room for them, i pretty much like any tool that hits my hand..lol.  I have to admit i hate seeing tools that have been beat up, but probably did my share of that when i was a kid.  Picked up a couple of old slip-joint pliers, a couple of split tip (screw-holding) screwdrivers, a Craftsman "yankee" screwdriver, and a brass plumbbob recently and i think the tool i brought home before that was a 24" level with twin bubbles in each position (I'm very partial to those  )

[Ken W.]

I collect mostly  automotive , small engine , and machine shop equipment. Snap On , then others. I have more than my fair share of drill presses and they are starting to get in the way. I have a Wellsaw # 5 , a brake lathe , band saw , 3 Foley sharpeners , and 15 + roller and chest tool boxes. And much more.

[Lewill2]

My main interests are Hilary Klein miniature wrenches and unusual adjustable wrenches including quick adjust examples.

[lptools]

I feel like such a lightweight with the 300+ hand planes that I have here!!!!!!!!!

[Yadda]

I collect Eifel plierenches, multi tools (vintage and modern) and an eclectic mixture of other pliers and wrenches.

[Bad 31]

I started off collecting Snap On and still do if it's not expensive. Now my main focus is on SK tools. I particularly look for the old diamond and SK Wayne logo tools. I also attract old tools of most all brands. I love the search for them. That's why I say I'm not really married to anything that follows me home. Oh, and Steve is the real name.

[bill300d]

Started out collecting mechanics tools then a little further down the road machinist tools following me home. Before I knew what happened I was also starting to pick up metal and woodworking tools and implement tools and, oh well, you know the drill. The more odd and or unusual the better these days.

bill

[john k]

Well, will try to keep this short.  Just retired after 40+years as an auto mechanic so have my  share of Mac, Craftsman and Snapon.  Have a farm background, like some woodworking, and do blacksmithing.   So have filled my shop with stuff from most trades.  Approaching a set of Walden Worcester early automobile socket  wrenches.   J A Williams wrenches, Bonney, and nearly full set of New Britain wrenches, one a pre_WWII set, and the 1947-1953 series with double grooves, about 75 pieces.   Have never turned down handsaws, hand crank drills, eggbeaters, braces, and more woodworking tools for wheelwright work.  Quite a few gas station things are hiding in the barn too.  2- 20 gallon hand crank oil tanks with glass pumps.  Grease guns, quart oil cans.  A couple of old chainsaws, and a number of good axes, single and double bit, just found an ice axe.   Pump oilers, and oil cans, from tiny to gallon size.  Pocket knives seem to spring up at me.  Oh, hand carry tool boxes,  have had to stop at a dozen or fifteen, or thereabouts.  Keeps one busy yaknow, and its nice to open a long buried box and say: When did I get these?  Yes I like old tools. 

[Plyerman]

Not hard to figure out that my interest is mostly pliers, the older and stranger the better. But over the years my interests have expanded to wrenches and hammers and other tools too, especially if they have multiple functions.

[gibsontool]

I don't have any one particular thing that I focus on, I collect all kinds of stuff that I find interesting or unusual. Lots of Stanley tools,400 plus planes, scrapers, gauges,screwdrivers, miter boxes etc. I have a fair amount of implement and mechanics wrenches, several unusual ratchets and quite a few 1/4' SK socket sets, several Walden socket sets and quite a few other Walden tools. All license plates from the US and Canada ( except for the Canadian territory of Nunavit). About 50 or 60 tobacco tins about 30 vintage buggy and automotive jacks. Lots of bit braces, drill bit sets and on and on it goes.Both my father and father in law had trap line in their younger days so I have quite a few old traps, my father in law worked at Coal Harbour on Vancouver Island which was the last active waling station in Canada so I have lots of pictures of him and other guys processing the whales. I also have some where a galvinized pail full of whales teeth.We moved about 18 months ago and I still don't have all of the boxes unpacked. The place we bought has a nice shop 30' x 45' with a 16' ceiling and a small mezzanine floor. It had no benches or shelves and no stairs up to the higher floor. that's done now and I'm in the process of building shelves to display stuff. I had a full knee replacement last November and it's been slow to heal so I'm not where I thought I'd be in terms of getting things done.
  I'll dig out the camera one of these days and get some pictures to post.
    Thanks to Papaw for a great forum. Jim
 

[stanley62]

I started out with Stanley planes (might be in the name...), then Stanley tools, then any tool that has age and strikes my fancy.  I seem to pick up Plomb. Mossberg, Bergman, Vacugrip, old patented wrenches....... Tractor seats... even an occasional cast farm related toy.  Lots of slippery slopes and I fall down most of them.

 Jim

[jimwrench]

 I try to limit my collecting to things made of metal or wood although a little plastic sometimes creeps in.
Once you are contaminated it is hard to be cured. I quit collecting planes some years ago and yet I bought 4 planes saturday. I have come to accept these relapses as inevitable and they don't seem to get better with time.

[Northwoods]

I buy every Plomb I can get my hands on.  And older non-roundhead ratchets.  And any interesting older hand saw. And the usual suspects, as well.