POST YOU'RE OLDEST TOOL

[Anonymous No.2800061]

Post the oldest tool in your collection

[Anonymous No.2800070]

>>2800061
Oldest would probably be my Picard cross-pein and it's only a couple years old. I love that hammer though. I've learned a lot in a couple short years. Bought a better straight pein this year. I love tools.

[Anonymous No.2800080]

Belonged to my grandfather.

[Anonymous No.2800081]

>>2800061
my oldest machine. built in give or take 1907

[Anonymous No.2800083]

>>2800081
Surprisingly modern hydraulics. I thought everything in 1907 was using pulleys.

[Anonymous No.2800085]

another category: oldest tool you purchased or obtained. I found the pliers on the ground at my school in the 5th grade in 1966, turned them in to the office lost-and-found, and at the end of the year they let me have them.

The adjustable wrench was the first tool I bought to work on my 5 speed Schwinn Collegiate in maybe 1970.

I still use both of these, and other than destroying all the cutters on the pliers on my way to learning what hardened steel was, they both work good as new.

[Anonymous No.2800086]

>>2800081
sick

[Anonymous No.2800087]

>>2800080
he ground out a screwdriver from a rat tail file?

[Anonymous No.2800096]

>>2800087
He found it in the first house he bought as a young man. Someone made it before him.

[Kevin Van Dam !ZNBx60Gj/k No.2800108]

>>2800061

Maybe not the oldest, but she got character. Indestro USA 1/2” drive ratchet. Still gets some use when I feel like hammering on a ratchet. Been rebuilt sometime before the current millennium

[Anonymous No.2800109]

>>2800061
invented by my grandfather circa 1940's

[Anonymous No.2800111]

>>2800109
kek looks like grandpa was on the bennies and jazz cigarettes when he came up with that little number

[Kevin Van Dam !ZNBx60Gj/k No.2800113]

>>2800108
Also any oldfag wanna tell me when bakelite was a thing? I have an old beam style torque wrench with a handle that doesn’t feel like any plastic I have ever felt.

[Anonymous No.2800114]

>>2800111
hey, it works very well.

I'm tempted to refine it.

[Anonymous No.2800115]

>>2800109
also my grandfathers. circa early 1950's. I completely disassembled it, replaced the grease, and fixed a broken armature winding.

[Kevin Van Dam !ZNBx60Gj/k No.2800119]

>>2800115
Man we have come so far. Would you even want to use that in the rain?

[Anonymous No.2800124]

>>2800114
I'm just fucking with you. You should.

[Anonymous No.2800136]

These came with the commie-cars my dad used to drive in the seventies

[Anonymous No.2800139]

>>2800136

weird. why not cдeлaнo в CCCP

[Anonymous No.2800141]

>>2800139
Export version of Lada

[Anonymous No.2800142]

>>2800119
I installed a 3 prong cord with the case grounded and verified that the case was electrically isolated from the line and neutral.

and also I don't think I have ever used any tool in the rain.

[Anonymous No.2800147]

>>2800080
That proud beauty has seen some battles

[Anonymous No.2800155]

>>2800113
Bakelite was produced from around 1910 until around WWII when other materials replaced it.

[Anonymous No.2800156]

*unzips dick*

[Anonymous No.2800163]

Old 1930's snap on 3/4" drive ratchet, and a couple old hammers. The copper ended one is a Danielson and the other is a Greene and Tweed Defense hammer. I bought some brass and copper bar stock so I can machine some inserts for each end of it.

I know I have a lot of other old tools kicking around as well...

[Anonymous No.2800167]

Winrar

[Anonymous No.2800168]

>>2800061
>POST YOU'RE OLDEST TOOL
>YOU'RE

I'll post a link to the difference between YOUR and YOU'RE so your uneducated redneck ass can know for the next time when you need to use either of these words.

https://www.wikihow.com/Use-You're-and-Your

[Anonymous No.2800179]

My oldest hand-tool. Yankee Drill Model 30. Made 1914. FYI the "Yankee" Co. patent is from 1895. The socket wrench is just something interesting. No known maker or date. The 1/2 drive tang can be swapped out for a 3/8 tang. The bench grinder was my grandfather's. About 90 years old. Swapped on a new wire wheel, replaced the power cord, oiled the bearings and fuck it - I run that bitch. About .090 side to side play in the shaft bearings, but I keep'em oiled.

[Anonymous No.2800180]

>>2800179
The adjustable socket wrench

[Anonymous No.2800183]

>>2800179
Bench grinder. Wheel must have been replaced right before he died, around '56.

[Anonymous No.2800185]

>>2800168
Did you know what he meant? Then hooray, language works! Now go aweigh.

[Anonymous No.2800193]

>>2800185

doesn't matter, if you cannot use proper grammar, then I cannot take you serious enough to respond with advice.

[Anonymous No.2800195]

>>2800193
>doesn't
Look who doesn't no how to capitalize

[Anonymous No.2800205]

>>2800081
is it just me or is that a REALLY dumb way to lift it.

[Anonymous No.2800215]

>>2800167
That's cool, but I have the full set.

I believe it's the Peltmaster, from ThogCo.

[Anonymous No.2800216]

>>2800061

my kid is sleeping so will have to take a picture in the morning.

[Anonymous No.2800229]

>>2800061
Got this Parker vice from the early 30s almost 10 years ago. Use it relentlessly.

[Anonymous No.2800253]

>>2800185

[Anonymous No.2800254]

>>2800205
it's just you. slings on the ram is standard procedure for rigging shapers. the weight of the machine itself is trivial compared to the cutting forces it was designed for

[Anonymous No.2800437]

>>2800163

It was raining last night so I got a bit of shop time. Went ahead and made the brass and copper inserts for the hammer...

[Anonymous No.2800441]

>>2800061
i have farm shit like hoes that are probably more than a century old but god knows which ones are really old and which ones are not that much

[Anonymous No.2800443]

>>2800254
i dont doubt the ram can handle it...not sure the proper name, but the plate going into the dovetail/slot

[Anonymous No.2800483]

>>2800168
your a newfag
>>2800437
Sexo. Now you just need a Jag XK120 with knock-off wire wheels to use it on.

[Anonymous No.2800487]

>>2800061
>Post your oldest tool
Cant do that fren, this is a blue board.

[Anonymous No.2800493]

>>2800061
Great-grandfather's. Numbers are barely visible.

[Kevin Van Dam !ZNBx60Gj/k No.2800536]

>>2800437
Do the inserts thread in or what? Was it originally copper and brass? Don’t see copper heads much.

[Anonymous No.2800571]

>>2800493
use a marker to make them easier to read

[Anonymous No.2800578]

>>2800536
no, they're press fit. copper, rawhide and brass were common. i think thors were mostly copper and rawhide.

[Anonymous No.2800579]

>>2800578
but on closer inspection, that's not a thor. us made. even better.

[Anonymous No.2800594]

>>2800571
Already tried that trick with some enamel, didn't do much. You can see them when the light hits it right. I thought about disassembling it and turning it into a wooden handle letter opener or something.

[Anonymous No.2800609]

>>2800083
https://www.britannica.com/science/hydraulics

oldest hydrolic systems are from the 6000s bc utilizing literal water. Modern ones using oil first appeared in the early 1900s.

[Anonymous No.2800626]

>>2800483
>Sexo. Now you just need a Jag XK120 with knock-off wire wheels to use it on.
That's what the lead hammer is for!

>>2800536
>Do the inserts thread in or what? Was it originally copper and brass? Don’t see copper heads much.
Press in. I think this green and tweede was originally rawhide on both ends. I bought it at the local farm tool place for $3. Then proceeded to spend an arm and leg for brass and copper shaft. Oh well I have enough left for many more inserts!

[Anonymous No.2800632]

I found a dunlap wood plane in my garage. probably from the 40s or 50s. it hasn’t been used in probably 50 years. I should restore it.

[Kevin Van Dam !ZNBx60Gj/k No.2800725]

>>2800626
>Then proceeded to spend an arm and leg for brass and copper shaft
That was the other thing I was thinking about. I was hoping you snagged some scrap chunks because copper and brass are not cheap.

What size was the stock you got and what did you pay?

[Anonymous No.2800736]

>>2800061
Don't know for sure. Maybe an old wooden level from the second half of the 19th century. Oldest power tool is probably a dremel from the 40s.
>>2800493
I have my great-grandfather's try square, too. No numbers, just his initials stamped into it.

[Anonymous No.2800742]

>>2800632
I stopped at the place selling used tools. Most of crap was outside under tents , and they slightly overpriced crap, though the sign did say price is negotiable. Owner says he's got some more inside and "don't let price shock you, every thing is negotiable". He had some planes in there, most were missing something or in bad shape. Everything priced not to sell. The only complete plane in decent shape was a Dunlap no4. He wanted $200 for a low tier Sears brand that you could, at the time, find in better condition on ebay for around $20. Not a negotiable starting point.

[Anonymous No.2800766]

>>2800725
>That was the other thing I was thinking about. I was hoping you snagged some scrap chunks because copper and brass are not cheap.
>What size was the stock you got and what did you pay?
I bought 1.5" diameter stock off e-bay. Not really any good places to get brass or copper around here. Eh I'll use em for more inserts or other projects someday anyhow.

[Anonymous No.2800785]

>>2800215
>he doesn't have the original handleless scraper-knife-drill-hammer
Fucking kids these days

[Anonymous No.2800879]

My Hay Budden anvil is around 100 years old. I also have a wooden foreplane that is of unknown age, but potentially older than that. Lots of my wood working hand tools are pretty damn old in general.

[Anonymous No.2800882]

not the oldest thing I have from my dad, but it's something he made in his highschool machine shop class around 1957.

as far as I know he never used it for anything. when he passed away I did some minor work on it so the handle would not unscrew, and the plastic part wasn't loose. now I use it all the time.

[Anonymous No.2801013]

>>2800061
I would post my Grandpa but I don't want to doxx him

[Anonymous No.2801108]

>>2800882
It would've been amazing to have grown up in the 50s and had the opportunity to take shop class and learn from an old salt.

[Anonymous No.2801222]

>>2801108
some pics of the shop class, my dad took the pictures so he's not in them.

[Anonymous No.2801225]

>>2801222
in the late 50's early 60's at his high school you could:
learn to be a machinist.
get your pilots license
learn to be an aircraft mechanic
learn to be a diesel gasoline engine mechanic

[Anonymous No.2801232]

>>2801225
here is a cutaway electrically powered radial engine for the aircraft mechanic class.

When I took the class the engine was still there, the teacher was still there, but we were the last class. Teacher was a cool old guy. smoked unfiltered camel cigarettes (in class). there were all sorts of interesting parts and pieces of airplanes like a P-51d canopy. the class was pretty laid back.

The teacher died in 2013 he was 91.

[Anonymous No.2801239]

>>2801232
The US was very different before it was ruined. I too miss that world no one after can truly conceive.

[Anonymous No.2801243]

>>2801239
yeah. my wood shop class in 7th and 8th grade taught:
wood working
some metal working
drafting
gun safety

we could even bring guns to the class to work on them (make grips or stocks).

teacher kept a civil war sharps breech loader next to his desk.

[Kevin Van Dam !ZNBx60Gj/k No.2801245]

>>2801225
They should bring that back. I had a wood shop in my public middle school, but not the private HS. There’s a couple technical high schools that train for the trades in big cities, but most of them have become “college prep” and electives are all arts and ceramics and photo class. But these days they just want students to pass the exams and go away for a worthless liberal arts degree and all of the institutions keep getting paid.

[Anonymous No.2803276]

>my oldest tool

[Anonymous No.2803297]

>>2803276
same here

[Anonymous No.2804232]

My wall of old tools, the braces at the top are from 1840s to 1890s

[Anonymous No.2804304]

>>2801225
God we need to bring back apprenticeships starting in early teens.
the modern education system is so fucked. kids spend the first 18 years of their lives spending like 8 hours a day in class, 5 days a week for 2/3s of the year and when they're done the only things they're qualified for are food service or retail.
and worst of all the really smart kids are forced to slow down to the level of everyone else.

[Anonymous No.2804328]

>>2804232
nice, got a signed a picture of Roy Underhill

this guy woodworks

[Anonymous No.2804396]

>>2804304
It starts at home. I make my kids watch me work on shit. My youngest helped me replace fence posts when he was 4. He didn't do anything but I still made him watch. Gardening is another thing I make them do.

[Anonymous No.2805108]

Great grandpa's old blacksmithing tools. Probably around a hundred years old. Some of the stuff is still useable

[Anonymous No.2805333]

>>2805108
Why are you keeping them in the dirt and leaves?

[Anonymous No.2805492]

>>2805333
>dilapidated old building
>"blacksmith" shop
>rusty tools
farmer detected.

[Anonymous No.2805647]

>>2805492
>farmer detected.
Nah man, I'm an actual farmer and I sure as hell don't leave my tools lying around in the dirt and leaves...

[Anonymous No.2805651]

>>2805333
We weren't really 'keeping' them there, it just happened as my great grandparents got old and moved out and no one could take care of the barn anymore.

[Anonymous No.2805659]

>>2805651
So that was as you found them then? Please tell me you gathered them up and have been cleaning them up/restoring them, and using them properly.

[Anonymous No.2805696]

>>2800096
And you'll be passing it on to the next generation?

[Anonymous No.2805715]

>>2801222
>>2801225
>>2801232
Fuckin' sweet photos, man. Don't want to dox you but what state?

[Anonymous No.2805795]

>>2805647
are you the descendant of a farmer on a 100+ year old farm that just lets the old barn and workshop fall apart? or a modern first gen farmer?

[Anonymous No.2805796]

>>2805715
>but what state?
well there's a mexican in one of the pictures so...

[Anonymous No.2805798]

>>2805651
>no one would take care of the barn anymore.
fixed that

[Anonymous No.2805906]

>>2800061
My anvil
Peter wright supposedly, though I’ve never verified that

[Anonymous No.2806012]

The one on the right is an international harvester 1897 patent wrench that I Found in a pipe chase many years ago. It was froze up, however I got it functioning again. I have no clue what the make is for the one on the left.

[Anonymous No.2806049]

>>2805906
I have two Peter Wrights and an Arm and Hammer. The Arm and Hammer was cracked in two and welded back together before I ever got it. Was also welded to two truck rims as a base. I've used it like that for years for beating on stuff to straighten it out. Not proper, but handy as all hell.

[Anonymous No.2806164]

VEB Elektromotorenwerk Grünhain (GDR)

[Anonymous No.2806180]

>>2806164
pre-Nazi?

[Anonymous No.2806183]

>>2806180
>(GDR)
1949-1990

unknown year of construction

[Anonymous No.2807623]

>>2800193
>cannot take you serious enough
SeriousLY, you fucking troglodyte. If you’re gonna be a grammar Nazi, do it right.

[Anonymous No.2807625]

>>2807623
>SeriousLY,
improper capitalization. post ignored.

[Anonymous No.2808032]

>>2800108
I have a whole set of those I picked up at a yard sale in Cali when I wss passing through. Bought a bunch of stuff, so I don't remember the price, but I'm a cheap-ass mofo, so it was a deal. Metal case for it & everything.

[Anonymous No.2808033]

>>2800115
Badass. I have a similar giant impact drill that will put a hole through a brick in about 4 seconds. Only have one bit for it, though. Made a great 'Mad Dentist' prop for Hallowe'en one year.

[Anonymous No.2808034]

>>2800156
Yeah, yeah...

[Anonymous No.2808035]

>>2800216
How loud is your camera?
Or does your kid sleep in your toolbox?
Ah, your kid is a tool...got it!

[Anonymous No.2808037]

>>2800493
I'll bet he made that in shop class.

[Anonymous No.2808039]

>>2800785
>Fucking kids these days
You better stop that shit. Right now.

[Anonymous No.2808043]

>>2806012
I have that same wrench on the left. I think mine has a square end on the top jaw.

[Anonymous No.2808070]

>>2800609
I think he's making a joke about the fork truck, not the lathe.

[Anonymous No.2808230]

>>2800061
My oldest tool is a "boring" wooden mallet, so I'll show my hand plane instead. #5 from Sestroretsk Instrumental Factory, 1960s.

[Anonymous No.2808408]

I’m not sure how old it actually is, but I have this snap-on 1/4” ratchet that I got at a flea market for pretty cheap a while back. The “M” at the start of the model code apparently means that it’s been made for some military contract.

[Anonymous No.2808425]

>>2800061
I have a very old upholster's hammer that I'm planning on refurbishing. I know people hiss and cry when you try and give a tool new life but it's a tool, it's meant for work. I don't want the rest of its life to be sitting in some drawer, damn it.

[Anonymous No.2810811]

>>2800193
have an nice day

[Sieg !NP2jUmGKeo No.2812319]

>>2800061
1920’s Stanley bailey no4 hand plane

Oldest that sees daily use is my bestest indicator

These 4 tools are most of my day job handled