Posted on February 8, 2009 by admin
Toolbox blog was created to archive some of the thousands of tools that I own. As a general contractor and constant blogger, I spend a great deal of my life in my workshop or on my computer. I am focusing my tools on one site so we can refer to them and maybe one day have a decent resource. I am always looking for fixes, advice, opinions and reviews before I buy and sometimes much later down the road. Who else owns tools from the 1900′s? I do and I use them.
With your help I can develop an effective format to share my experience.
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Posted on February 8, 2012 by admin
Tool: Yankee Handyman No. 133H, North Brothers Manufacturing Company
As usual, before I write about a tool on ToolboxBlog.com, I do a bit of online research to see what other’s are saying. Thanks to Ron’s Woodshop, I learned a little about the number system with this old Yankee driver. If Ron is correct, the number 1 in the model No. 133 indicates this driver has a spring. So, it is a model 33 with a spring, making it No. 133H.
I do recommend checking out Ron’s page on Yankee drivers solely for the video at the end where, neglecting to pre-drill, he struggles to drive screws into a board with two Yankee drivers. I watched the video because it says for the “bloody-minded” but I never did see him rip any skin. Oh well, I don’t really like horror movies anyway and I’ve ripped more skin in a year than the average human does in a decade. Read more »
Filed under: Antique, Drills | Tagged: Drill, Driver, North Bros, Yankee | No Comments »
Posted on February 7, 2012 by admin
Tool: M. Klein & Sons Lineman’s Plier No. 201-8NE
Shortly after I reviewed the 2011 Klein-Kurve Wire Stripper I was in my shop cleaning up and clearing out some tools I haven’t used in a while when I came across my old, and I mean really old, Klein side cutters. This pair of M Klein & Sons lineman’s pliers I inherited decades ago.
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Filed under: Pliers and Wrenches | Tagged: Klein Tools, Linemen's, Pliers | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin
Tool: Bahco Triangle Detail Scraper
I really like this little scraper. It’s a dangerous little beast and can cut through most finishes, if not most materials. I’m certain if Carry Underwood dug the Bahco scraper into the side of her boyfriend’s suped-up 4-wheel drive it would have been irreparable.
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Filed under: Knives and Blades, Other Hand Tools | Tagged: Bahco, Paint, Sandvik, Scraper | No Comments »
Posted on February 5, 2012 by admin
Tool: Klein 11055 Klein-Kurve Wire Stripper
As a carpenter, my job includes a little of everything but most of the wire pulling, stripping and connecting on a job site is left to the electricians. As a handyman, though, the tasks of the electrician are commonplace and buying the correct tool for a job increases one’s efficiency and productivity.
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Posted on February 1, 2012 by admin
When I’m not reaching for a pencil I’m likely to be reaching for one of the little tools sitting on a slice of reclaimed mahogany that I use more than all the tools on ToolboxBlog.com. Oddly enough, I only bought a few of them.
It’s interesting how some of the tools I appreciate the most I didn’t anticipate owning. Certain tools, like the odd-shaped blade with the dark wood handle, find their way into your shop and take a favorite spot.
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Filed under: Files and Rasps, Hand Tools, Knives and Blades, Other Hand Tools | Tagged: Small Tools, Tweezers, Victorinox, X-ACTO | No Comments »
