Vintage work crew photos

**PJs** · Jan 6, 2019, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by Jon

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Great picture Jon...excellent contrast and in focus! They must have been proud working on that by their faces and the tools in hand. Big O' auger bit (long) and what looks to be a curved handle adz.

Thanks,
PJ

**suther51** · Jan 6, 2019, 10:26 AM

and got to take my dog Smokey (90-100lb Husky/Shepard) for a run...he loved it...

Man n dog, best work crew ever
Eric

**suther51** · Jan 6, 2019, 12:23 PM

what looks to be a curved handle adz.

Yup seem to remember that it is called a ship or ships adz. The spike like small end was for sticking into a timber to hold the tool steady for sharpening much like it is seen in the picture.
Eric

**Paul Jones** · Jan 7, 2019, 09:10 AM

PJs,

More than 60 years ago I would help my dad with repairs around our house and remember using his carpenter brace and a Stanley hand drill for many drilling repairs. I still have both tools and the old augers in one one my tool boxes but haven't used these in a very long time. Finally in the early sixties I filled in enough of the "Blue Stamp" booklets when I could "buy" a Black & Decker model 7004 1/4" corded electric drill. I thought this small drill was so cool and made all the work so much easier. I fitted the drill with a small drill stand used for portable drills and used the electric drill to build my first metal lathe. I still have the electric drill but it burned out years ago but for nostalgic reasons could not throw it away. Too many good memories. You don't have to have the fanciest tools to do good work.

Regards,
Paul Jones

**PJs** · Jan 7, 2019, 09:56 AM

Paul,

I remember the Blue Chip Stamps and S&H too. They were a big thing around our house too and had some real value compared to coupons today. I too still have Dads "Egg-Beater" drill an older Brace n' Bit and his first Craftsman 1/4" electric (mid-late 50's), the polished cast aluminum one. He was pretty proud of that and we used it for years (decades). It started giving a little zort thru the case about 30 years ago and took the chuck off it for use on a hand chuck with a broom handle...but couldn't toss it. Thought one day I'd take it apart and restore it with a grounded plug and change the bushing and brushes if I can find them, but never have. Yet still smile every time I see it and remember some of the many, many things we built or repaired with it.

Absolutely true about not needing fancy or top of the line tools all the time to get things done or even build tools to do the job...Hence HMT and what it represents that way.

PJ

**DIRTYJOHN** · Jan 7, 2019, 05:43 PM

I still have MY Dad's old Craftsman polished aluminum 1/4 drill. I need to do the same thing. It howls, growls and shocks. But have the same memories.

**ranald** · Jan 9, 2019, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by PJs

Paul,

I remember the Blue Chip Stamps and S&H too. They were a big thing around our house too and had some real value compared to coupons today. I too still have Dads "Egg-Beater" drill an older Brace n' Bit and his first Craftsman 1/4" electric (mid-late 50's), the polished cast aluminum one. He was pretty proud of that and we used it for years (decades). It started giving a little zort thru the case about 30 years ago and took the chuck off it for use on a hand chuck with a broom handle...but couldn't toss it. Thought one day I'd take it apart and restore it with a grounded plug and change the bushing and brushes if I can find them, but never have. Yet still smile every time I see it and remember some of the many, many things we built or repaired with it.

Absolutely true about not needing fancy or top of the line tools all the time to get things done or even build tools to do the job...Hence HMT and what it represents that way.

PJ

I've done another post here, but suffice it to say, I'm with you on that as I still have B&D corded tools with sleeves/bushes & not bearings from the sixties & early 70's . I still use them ocasionally. I use my Makita corded gear more often and was gobsmacked when I was able to get parts for my D handled 1974(approx) router after a jo blake knocked it of a high shelf. Thing is that many non bearing tools did not survive as folk would push & lean on them hard instead of allowing the drill bit or saw blade or sandpaper do its job & they usually wrecked those bushes when the machine/motor was otherwise still in good order. I still see tradies & diy'ers push their tools in the sake of speed not realizing the reverse is true. Drill bits broken/burnt/ blunted: saw blades burnt/buckled from heat, sand paper worn irregularly, jig saw blades broken or teeth worn off, etc. I had one guy tell me that he kept used sand paper to use as a finer grit when it was worn down. Logic?LOL