You Won’t Believe How Neat These Tools Are
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My buddy lives on Starret Dr. in Athol. The company created housing for the workers back in the day. Starret Dr. is a cul de sac road shaped like a wrench.😁
Had to Google it haha, I think it’s Starrett Avenue
My Pappy (Grandfather) had a pair of pliers just like those. He used to repair cuckoo clocks. The main jaw and cutter he obviously used for basic plier stuff, but, the end of the handle is another jaw that he used for pulling stubborn drive gears.
I really like this format and the way Will can tell a 5-minute story about old tools. What about doing a virtual mailbag every month? People send in pictures of their old tools and Will tells them what gems they’ve got.
55 years ago an old neighbor gave me a folding ruler just like yours made in brass and wood. Under the caliper or T square there is a maker's mark of BB. The action of the tool is tight and smooth. I've never seen another one until yours. I practiced mechanical drafting for about 20 years as an adult although I never used it. This is one of a few items I have from my childhood and is a treasure of mine.
Got myself one like yours, brass and wood. Think it was hiding in someone’s toolbox, it’s not even dirty.
Patina is just a fancy word for oil soaked rust. Gotta boil that rust to concert it to black oxide, then card it off with fine steel wool. You get the rust and blue the steel at the same time.
I have a brass & wood version of that little Stanley folding rule, such a neat little tool. Loved seeing more of your old tool collection, hope to see more videos like this between project videos!
I'm a 4th generation carpenter. Some of my best and definitely the coolest tools are ones my grandpa and even a couple my great grandpa used. I have a very similar rule. That hand vise is awesome!
Sweet stuff! I really dig that hand vice. That adjustable wrench you showed at the end, I got one that I guess Ford put in their old model Ts and stuff. It’s super useful.
I collect old lanterns and stoves so I get how there’s just something magnetic about how old well made stuff from the past can draw you in. Thanks for sharing
I definitely think you need to recreate the folding rule. Man, a line of bespoke tools like that would sell like hotcakes!! If you applied the same details to tool making as you do to your knives, you could pretty much name your price!
Great video Will.
I have the exact same Athol vise, and I use it all the time at work. Perfectly clamps to my desk for fine detail work.
I have a similar hand vise and thebrass/wood version of the folding ruler.
Thanks for sharing!
Glad I found your channel again. My laptop and my ipad broke on the same day. So Im still trying to get back all my favorite CZcams channels. You are one of them. Love all your solo videos.
These are super cool! The only note I have is that those threaded handles in old hand vices and eggbeater drills were made on lathes, often including the threading. It’s not done very much any more, but chasing threads with specialized scrapers and chisels is very possible on a woodturning lathe. It’s helpful that rosewood was commonly used for those handles, as its dimensional stability, toughness, and high consistency for wood make it the ideal candidate for small wooden threads.
🎶 these are a few of my favorite things 🎵. Right there with you. Love the old well made things too. And enjoy refurbishing them from time to time. Great video as usual. Thank you 😊
Excellent video! I want to find myself one of those hand vises now 😅 My favorite old tool would probably be a large drawknife that supposedly my great great grandfather owned, it has a wrought iron body with a forge welded in high carbon edge, with 2 oak handles, it is very handy when I need to shave down a piece of wood for tool handles, but mostly it hangs on the wall of my shop as I don't do a whole lot of wood work, still a very cool piece of history, and family history as well!
Hey Will, I agree!! 'Another man's junk is another mans treasure'... I love old 'junk'!!!
That last tool is 100% a jewelry tool. My grandfather was a master watchmaker and I have a few of those in his old watchmaker bench.
Loved this video, im a old-tool muppet myself and love that aspect of your workshop.
I'm 41 and I forge things as well. I'm right there with you! Awesome video. Keep up the great work
You should take a trip down to Jason and make a video about how much you love his giant floor standing vice 😂
That vise is a beast!
@@Donorcyclist its huge (that's what she said)
Love the old tools! Have you considered a visit to Engels Coach Shop in Joliet Montana? He rebuilt the rebuilt the 40 Mule Team wagons from the ground up and has tons of old tools and custom built ones for forging, wheelwright, etc. Love to see y'all get together!
"All new tools were made with old tools" no idea where this quote is from but one I think on quite often.
Good on you for encouraging people to seek therapy. Very important to keep your head right.
All tools need maintenance, the brain is the most important one you've got.
Watching Mark Novak's channel "Anvil" I've seen him use a process to remove rust without damaging the bluing on old firearms. He boils the rusted part(s) and then uses a wire wheel that is so soft it will not abraid the skin of his hand. The original bluing is preserved and the rust is gone. An amazing and VERY knowledgeable man for certain.
You know quality, when you see it! None of that is "junk". Very nice video, good to see that side of you and get a glimpse of old times iron work. 👍👍👍
I love old tools too, they just don't make them like that anymore! My coolest find was getting the opportunity to clean out an old blacksmith shop that was frozen in time from about the 30's era. Thanks for the video.
Great tools. I have been collecting old tools for probably 20 years and one of my favorites is still a brace and bit drill that belonged to my great grandfather and has his initials carved into it. It has has 4 generations of my family’s initials stamped or carved into it and still works great for drilling holes especially in wet wood.
I love those old set of pliers. I love finding old tools like that. I got some really neat old ones. Cause my grandfather collected some really neat ones cause he was a clockmaker And I remember as a little kid 40 years ago. Playing with those old tools which I have now.
Nice Stanley rule, those ivory/German silver ones are beautiful. I edc a brass/boxwood version just like it, actually use it quite a bit.
Vices deserve an episode of their own.
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Athol is a beautiful town in Massachusetts right at the base of the Berkshires. Many people who come to visit the state spend there time in the City of Boston and never get to experience the beauty that is the western half of the state. If you ever get the chance to visit Mass you should make the trip west, Starrett Tools even has a museum and you can see alot of vintage machines on display.
Its was good to see Will play and show us some of his little tools 🤙😆
Those are wire drawing pliers. You’d use them to pull gold or silver wire through a draw plate.
Good show. Thank you 😊
Thanks Will for showing us. 😁👍
12:54 if you decide to start a garden (maybe when you're older) that adze could come in handy breaking up the soil if you decide to go the "hand tool" route on your (potential) garden.
Will, videos like this are incredibly interesting to fellow tool lovers.
I'm one of the lucky ones in that I live in the antique capital of the country. I'm a few minutes from New Oxford Pennsylvania. I get to see all sorts of cool old tools and have purchased some here and they're.
If you ever get a chance, take a trip to New Oxford and tour through a bunch of the insane amounts of antique stores in the area. I implore you. You won't regret it.
However you may regret not taking the trip within the next decade or so. The economy isn't all too good and interest in antiques has waned to the point where some of the shops have gone out of business and it doesn't seem to be stopping.
If you take the trip, bring tons of cash, because you won't want to leave without taking armloads of antique tools with you. 😂
Comment on this if you make the trip. I'd be interested to see what your experience is if you do. I really think you'd be overwhelmed. Haha.
I have a few pairs of vintage dividers. The old ones are really cool for sure.
I just took a 5 week family RV trip through up state NY and found some awesome old tools. I was pretty excited. The wife, not so much.
The best way to preserve mental health is buying tools and equipment with your dog. No one can ever have too many tools.
Great content thanks for sharing
I took have a love of hand tools, small Vise's for sure. I lived in Bozeman for 24 years and was able to pick up several pieces of my collection from The East Main Trading Co. before they sold off everything and closed up after the elderly gentleman owner passed away. I have a lot of hammers too.... Subscribed...
Really cool I have a very similar small vice like the #0, I'll have to look at who made it. Super useful in weird ways for stuff, I've used it 2 or 3 times in the 1.5 years I've had it. Cool video for sure.
I recently found an old Stanley 1/4' chisel. I had to make a new handle for it. It was a good find since the smaller ones don't seem as prevalent. I think they are probably broken the most. I have a few old planes, including moulding planes. But my next project is a couple old rusty back saws.
hi will...i use the exact type of callipers down under in nz..except i use them for making dentures...they are awesome!
Back in '79 I bought some supplies for my college courses. The dividers were exquisite as they were made out of stainless steel and had replaceable springs and could also hold a marker lead if desired. They were expensive but worth the price. The other supplies were just as beautiful and expensive and every one of them was worth every nickel I spent on them. I don't think nowadays I could find those tools anymore. :(
Athol Mass. is a sister city to Athol Idaho, where there was a navy training and testing site in the 40s-50s. A train brought ship and submarine parts from Mass. to Id. to be tested at Farragut Navy base. There is still a sub testing site there in Bayview Idaho, and also a lake monster in lake Pend O' Reille. 🙂
Very nice collection and I wish you luck on finding more. The small hammer might be a jewelers. But more likely, it's a cobblers hammer for shoe making.
I have the exact hand vise (with rosewood handle) that my dad gave me. Also have a few punches and files that are from around the 1890's. Stay safe.
Probably my coolest old tool other than my Peter Wright anvil, is a sawyer;s vise from 1901
That little parallel jaw hand vise is super cool, now I must have one!!!…
4:13 We know, Will. One could even say that's one of your vices..! 😂🙈🙈
I grew up in Athol MA. Super neat to see that vice
I'd love to see a video of you recreating those dividers, perhaps a larger set
Will, I know you know some leather workers. The creator of the world's coolest marshmallow roaster deserves an apron with a more secure top pocket.
Why would anyone need therapy when a new Will Stelter video just dropped?
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Something something sword breaker
If you need therapy that scum is about as helpful as a loaded gun.
Dude! That drink can is triggering me!!! LOL 0:06
just picked up an old record 122 quick release vice, trying to get the bolts to unscrew from the jaws but going slowly just soaking it in penetrating oil every few days. gave it a bit of heat but don't want to cook the steel entirely in case it does more harm than good (any suggestions are welcome though)
I found a Columbia leg vise in the junkyard today to add to my collection
The Stanley ruler...Mine is wood, yet with the same extension. From Grandpa Mueller (1896-1999).
OK Will. I challenge you to make a duplicate of that incredible little folding ruler. That should be a 4 parter at least!
Love my athols. I’m on my way as I type to pick up a late model athol 623
I think the divider is a part that trainee precision mechanics had to produce as a task. this is common in germany when you become a craftsman. My grandfather has a similar divider that he made. you may find suspicious measurements in mm 😅
You should take some of your items to antiques road show Will
I didnt realize you are in Boseman. I just bought a Boseman bandsaw mill. I doubt its built there, probably China but its goingbto be a lot of fun to play with.
Nice antiques Will love that stuff.
Calipers likely made in number using fixtures and jigs. Could easily see them made and rounded over a mandrel that has a form to produce the thin spring with less grinding on a difficult surface to keep perfectly round and the same thickness. Maybe someone just spent time or maybe they made one dozen every day.
Wd-40, a Scotch-Brite pad and elbow grease 💪
Love old tools!!!
my coolest old find is a scuare but i wish it would be something more interenting, i dont have many old tools
Would be a good watch to see you make the dividers and the pliers.
oh wow. i even did pause at the first view of the vice and thought thats a nice, solid looking little vice. i really thought it has like 6 inch wide yaws.
absolutely did not notice its tiny.
Well done buddy
Somebody beat me to being the firts person to give a like. Love your videos will keep up the good work. I met Des Horn today and i was wondering if you could do another folding knife.
12:09 I was just going to suggest you should create some of your own tools like that if you haven't already.
I really like old tools too..
Given the dovetail on the notches in the jaws of the pliers, could that be a place it put soft jaws in?
G'day Will. You will probably find that your dividers were made by a apprentice. Both Your hand vice are identical to the one's I have here in Tasmania. They spread far and wide!
The old ax thing as you called is called a FROE
Good stuff!! When I hit the lottery I’ll be hitting you up for the German silver/ivory ruler!
I fucking love old tools, cool video!
The pliers are for hand drawing precious metal wire.
I can find you a link to something modern and similar if you want?
So when is the Stelter Tool Museum opening?
Dude!!! I have the same addiction😂😂😂
Great video Will, they built things to last back in the days when those tools were made. I don't know how it is in the USA, but here in the UK there is no heavy industry like there was back in the 18th/19th and early 20th centuries.
I'd like to see Will recreate The Iron Bridge, near Coalbrookdale!
The ads was probably forged in two parts and weighted and then a hardened bare steel to the end
You should make a post vise
Do you think you could pull of this forging technic that you talked about while showing the pliers? 😅
You're the man! Thanks for the awesome comment my friend! Great video, not your normal type video (imo) but I really enjoyed it! So thank you!
@3:40 Hey Will, you do realize that the turn of the century was only 23 years ago. 🤔
Pretty cool.
you should make a leg vise
Hand chased. But might have been a machine that made those handles.
There are a lot of old GERMAN tools that can be found here in Chile but you have to look hard. Jim
Will: have you ever come across a fractal vise?
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Please note the change of title did not make me click on this. It’s just what time I watch. (I saw a different title at lunch) love ya great video.
When it comes to old tools you have a lot in common with Adam Savage as he likes old tools as well.
Sweet
All those beautiful tools are just fancy vice grips lol. Still amazing pieces though