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Quote from: Hoosier Daddy on August 26, 2023, 08:00:37 AM
I knew the three already named from my days as a Mechanic.... but that yellow thing has me stumped.
I'm Tinking chain saw sharpening guide, think I have that one somewhere

I had to take pics carefully as to no reveal it. I thought it would stump most. It is from the round headlight days, and probably mostly just found in autobody shops.

Back_Roads · « **Reply #712 on:** August 27, 2023, 09:05:04 AM »

I see it now LOL

Hoosier Daddy · « **Reply #713 on:** August 27, 2023, 09:14:31 AM »

Methuselah · « **Reply #714 on:** August 27, 2023, 02:20:42 PM »

I've always just pulled up to the side of a building, but I too was stumped (was thinking 55 gallon drum opening tool for the screw in plugs).

bantam5s · « **Reply #715 on:** November 08, 2023, 11:46:28 PM »

I'm a major " toolfreak " for Vaughan & Bushnell, the greatest hammer manufacturer in the business.

anti-squirrel · « **Reply #716 on:** November 09, 2023, 07:23:21 PM »

Quote from: bantam5s on November 08, 2023, 11:46:28 PM

I'm a major " toolfreak " for Vaughan & Bushnell, the greatest hammer manufacturer in the business.

Nice hammer, but I'm an Estwing and Plumb hammer fan. I have a shorty 20-ounce Estwing with leather washer handle- belonged to my grandfather

I have several Vaughan hammers, though my all-time favorite is an Estwing 20-ouncer with the vibration dampening blue handle. It has built many houses, lots of sheds, decks, done a number of additions, and even been used to coerce pieces of metal into moving an RCH when a 4-pounder was too much.

Estwing also has some REALLY nice geologist tools- there's a couple in my Wishlist on Amazon.

Speaking of tools- got one for Sonja- a Hoover electric skillet with broiler. Yeah, kitchen tool, but still a tool.

K.O. · « **Reply #717 on:** November 10, 2023, 04:05:31 AM »

A Friend made this for me...a good while ago...use it for one of my other hobbies... It is a very good copy of the same tool made by Ibex...

mobilehomer · « **Reply #718 on:** November 10, 2023, 12:08:16 PM »

I checked this ad and wound up ordering the DeWalt batteries with 1/2" impact driver. There are some really great deals all this month.

https://www.homedepot.com/b/Gift-Center/N-5yc1vZ1z1c7ho

bantam5s · « **Reply #719 on:** November 10, 2023, 09:06:42 PM »

Quote from: anti-squirrel on November 09, 2023, 07:23:21 PM

Quote from: bantam5s on November 08, 2023, 11:46:28 PM
I'm a major " toolfreak " for Vaughan & Bushnell, the greatest hammer manufacturer in the business.

Nice hammer, but I'm an Estwing and Plumb hammer fan. I have a shorty 20-ounce Estwing with leather washer handle- belonged to my grandfather I have several Vaughan hammers, though my all-time favorite is an Estwing 20-ouncer with the vibration dampening blue handle. It has built many houses, lots of sheds, decks, done a number of additions, and even been used to coerce pieces of metal into moving an RCH when a 4-pounder was too much.

Estwing also has some REALLY nice geologist tools- there's a couple in my Wishlist on Amazon.

Speaking of tools- got one for Sonja- a Hoover electric skillet with broiler. Yeah, kitchen tool, but still a tool.

Plumb made good hammers at one time but of course they're just a name owned today.

My most treasured hammer but most hated from a tool standpoint is a 20oz plumb.
I treasure it because it belonged to my grandfather who I watched re-roof his workshop and build my toy box with it , but as a tool I hate it .
It's an 80's cooper era Plumb with an uncomfortable fat gripped fiberglass handle.
It's poorly balanced and feels heavier and clunkier than it is.
That's all an issue with the handle though, if the head itself was marked I'd put it on a hickory handle.

I understand people liking Estwing and the Vaughan steel eagle hammers because they're durable, but I just can't use them myself
For me it doesn't get any better than the Vaughan & Bushnell 999, V&B has been in the game for over 150 years for good reason.

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