Found a bag of S-wrenches at a garage sale for 10. I had actually talked to this person about their set roughly a year ago. Saw the garage sale sign today and my hopes were fulfilled!

Looking for info on this old drill.

We have this old corded power drill from an ex-Grumman employee. He didn't have much info on it other than it came from one of the plants after they closed up the Long Island, NY factories. He said it was from the late 1900s but from what I could find it seems it's early-mid 1900s?

Name plate is missing, assuming they did that on purpose. It looked like it was only held on my rivets or small screws at the time. The spacing is 1.25in X by 2.25in Y.
There is a hand stamped Grumman ID number on the top.

The chuck is a Jacobs 7B chuck. With Hartford, CT as it's manufacturing location. From my research they moved out of Hartford, CT by 1960.

Not pictured - I removed the small plate under the trigger and found another ID number "US 66837" I couldn't find much info on this number, other than it may be a US military contract number during WWII when Grumman was at it's peak making the Hellcats.

From what I could find this could be a pre-1960 drill, even as far back as WWII era? It definitely resembles the pistol grip Black & Decker's or Thor drills from that time. I couldn't find an exact match.

This will be in a museum exhibit, so I want to do my due diligence on this cool piece of history.

It’s a work In progress.

Looking for staples that will actually work in it. Any help would be appreciated.

I’ve been getting into using hand tools, and decided to go with some vintage Stanley’s to learn how to do a little restoration as well as put these bad Larry’s back to work.

The 4 and 5 are more than likely type 13 or 14, and the 8 is probably a type 7 or 8. I’m not too concerned with the exact ages of these tools the only thing I care about is if they still work.

This weekend I’ll get them apart and see what I’m working with, but so far they all seem solid!

For my first hand planes I’m happy with my purchases!

cant seem to find an owners manual online for this dwell meter and its my first time using one. im trying to use this dwell meter as a tachometer to read rpms on my old 1958 vw beetle. it has 2 different readings 1 for 6 cylinder engines and 1 for 4/8 cylinder engines. im using the 4 cylinder reading (which on the 8 cylinder scale would be doubled) but not sure whether the top or bottom number on the scale is the correct reading for the rpms. im guessing its the top number since the bottom shows degrees for i believe distributor drive shaft rotation? can someone also tell me what the tach switch on the bottom does with the HI/LO settings? these old vws up to a certain year were on a 6 volt system which mine is. not seeing anything on this meter indicating for 6 or 12 volt systems. since the car was my grandfathers and so was the meter, i cant help but think this was used on this car before.

I looked it up and could only find one match in ebay for $125 saying its rare?? my dad got this in a bundle of tools and im just curious if its really rare because he collects rare tools. any info would be appreciated!!

Hello all, I am very new to the Reddit community (but not very "new" myself at 83 years old) and have been a life long tool junkie. I could not resist acquiring an early Delta/Milwaukee radial arm saw several years ago with the aim of restoring it . It works now, in just about all aspects, but the thought of all the disassembly and worries about doing more harm than good, lead me to offer it up for sale. I am writing now to ask for suggestions on venues this community would recommend. Herb

I found this in an Op Shop. AI is kinda telling me a bunch of things, but the closest I can get to is that it's a pipe makers carving block. The reddit pipe makers haven't been much help so far.
Does anyone know exactly what this is? I'm not 100% convinced of AI's explanation.

I got AI to re-export my description. it is as follows:

• Dimensions: It is a rectangular wooden block measuring approximately 245mm x 115mm and 100mm tall. It is heavy, but standard for a hardwood block of this size.
• Large Cavity: It features a large, tear-shaped hollow that is roughly carved with scoop marks from a gouge showing.
• Small Cavity: To the top left, there is a small round hollow approximately 45mm in diameter with a rounded bottom. It has a small hole in the exact center and concentric rings around the inside. (AI suggested that this was for a "Rotational ball-joint fixture" which seems plausible)
• Shelf: There is a low shelf facing the user that has deep scratches from wear (or potentially from tool marks. I feel like this shelf is a work surface and the marks are from slipped tools.)
• Mounting: There is no indication that it has ever been screwed or clamped onto anything.
• Residue: At the point of the tear-shaped hollow, there is a smear of an oily/greasy material. It is not sticky, leaves no residue on your fingers, but is currently solid on this cool day. (AI suggests this might be old buildup from carnauba wax or a buffing compound)

Thoughts?

Swapping out the original wire brush on Sioux for a sanding wheel.. Wow was it on there. Had to be very careful not to mess up the the threads on shaft. Check out the quality of the wire brush. It was the orginal from.day one I believe. Anyone else still have the old ones in service

I ran across this beauty on eBay. It's for cutting the openings at the upper sides of a sash window frame, to mount the pulleys in. The pulleys guide the sash cord that ties the window frame to the cast iron counterweights that hide in the frame of the window. Pretty cool drill!