This is not real old but it is definitely neat. A friend gave me this saw a few years ago. We both thought it was a miter saw until I got it home and started looking it over. It converts from a miter saw to a table saw. It was made by ELU in Germany in the 1960-1970s from what I can find online. There is nearly no info out there though.
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hey RCW
I think the saw your were referring to was made by Mercury
a couple of my logger friends each have one
the engine was used on Wajax Mark 1 fire pumps also
Hank
I think the saw your were referring to was made by Mercury
a couple of my logger friends each have one
the engine was used on Wajax Mark 1 fire pumps also
Hank
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Yes!!! [emoji41] Pretty sure your right. That thing was a beast.
Thanks!
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Just a couple I have run a cross through the years.
1/2 inch drive Plumb ratchet and some sort of spring loaded adapter that makes a breaker bar into a ratchet? You can just make out part of the snap on lettering but no dealer I have talked to has ever seen one. Anyone else seen one?
1/2 inch drive Plumb ratchet and some sort of spring loaded adapter that makes a breaker bar into a ratchet? You can just make out part of the snap on lettering but no dealer I have talked to has ever seen one. Anyone else seen one?
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Picked this Crescent AT10 Spud wrench the other day at a garage sale. The guy had bought an abandoned storage unit full of tools, but this was the only tool I didn't have.
The seller told me it was used somehow for processing potatoes.
The seller told me it was used somehow for processing potatoes.
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MX6000 HST open station, FEL, 6’ cutter, forks, 8’ rear blade, 7’ cultivator
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MX6000 HST open station, FEL, 6’ cutter, forks, 8’ rear blade, 7’ cultivator
Not a "find" really but this was my grandfather's scythe. My dad used this as a kid. He was born in '23. I, in turn, used the same scythe as a kid. I was born in '53. The blades are original.
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RCW, those tapered files were made for sharpening the old cross-cut saws.
My dad, who retired from his hardware store in 1986, died last year. He had kept a number of things, some of which we decided to keep and some which we need to find a new home for. Anybody need a NOS horse-drawn turning plow? Never has had the handles bolted on. I stopped at a hardware store on my way home the other day and a pair of plow handles was $50 !.
My dad, who retired from his hardware store in 1986, died last year. He had kept a number of things, some of which we decided to keep and some which we need to find a new home for. Anybody need a NOS horse-drawn turning plow? Never has had the handles bolted on. I stopped at a hardware store on my way home the other day and a pair of plow handles was $50 !.
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Not old tools, but my daughters new beau got me these for Christmas. Never met the fellow before Christmas Eve.
He Seems nice, and I like these a lot. Never saw them before, but had seen the Knipex name. Package says made in Germany.
Obviously trying to get on the big old guys good side……
He Seems nice, and I like these a lot. Never saw them before, but had seen the Knipex name. Package says made in Germany.
Obviously trying to get on the big old guys good side……
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I found a really nice rigid brand grinder sitting in the middle of the road by the entrance to my banks drive through.Only tool I ever found was a snap on screwdriver in the side wall of my tire when I was going through town, I had to get a new tire but the snap on guy was at the tire store and he gave me a new screwdriver for that one, which I managed to loose in about a week
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I have an older set of those. Probably 13 years old now. Come in really handy.Not old tools, but my daughters new beau got me these for Christmas. Never met the fellow before Christmas Eve.
He Seems nice, and I like these a lot. Never saw them before, but had seen the Knipex name. Package says made in Germany.
Obviously trying to get on the big old guys good side……
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Now you need a set of Gear wrench ratcheting wrenches .
You can not beat Knipex pliersNot old tools, but my daughters new beau got me these for Christmas. Never met the fellow before Christmas Eve.
He Seems nice, and I like these a lot. Never saw them before, but had seen the Knipex name. Package says made in Germany.
Obviously trying to get on the big old guys good side……
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fixed, while the bf is still buyingNow you need a set of Snap on ratcheting wrenches .
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Snap on man bailed out our shop. Same with the mac man. Only one still sniffing Round is the Matco man.fixed, while the bf is still buying
I always recommend gear wrenches for one reason. Just about every hardware store carries them so it's easier to get them warrantied.
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I have an older set of those. Probably 13 years old now. Come in really handy.
Now you need a set of Gear wrench ratcheting wrenches .
fixed, while the bf is still buying
You can not beat Knipex pliers
I'm okay with ratcheting wrenches for now. Couple smaller-sized sets; one is not-so-good.
But I'll remember that for a larger ratcheting set!
You guys will know - - - will these kinda take the place of a good adjustable wrench in some places?
Seem to be a better option just playing with them...
I'm missing a couple of my old stand-by Crescent wrenches...my son may have something to do with that...
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Snap on guy is no longer allowed on the company property, he will pull up across the street and call the few techs that still deal with him. We still have matco, mac, and cornwell.
Gearwrench aren’t too bad, my biggest issue with them was the edge was so “sharp”. I went with the matco twist ones. Easier on the hands (until they discontinued them
) have a few that broke and they just replace them with the regular ones now.
And you don’t have to squeeze them together like conventional pliers, you can just push on the top handle and it will clamp down