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Bumping another great thread ...

I found this tool in a bike swap junk bin a few years ago. Bought it for a dollar.

Now I'm rebuilding an English 3-speed and it's coming in really handy.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/IMG_8772.jpg

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Originally Posted by auchencrow (Post 9467348)

I would suppose that my workbench is rather pedestrian, even as home enthusiast workbenches go. Perhaps this is part of the reason why a few older tools have found their way onto my bench, and a second life as bike tools.

Pictured from left, counter-clockwise, are my Starrett mike (c. 1900), old Channelock side cutters, a no-name ball-peened hammer, two Starrett inside dividers (for measuring bolt center distances /seat tube diameters etc: patent date 1885), a pair of Aetna open ended wrenches, a small “perfect handle” flat blade screwdriver, and a 12” adjustable wrench from the Diamond Calk Horseshoe Company.

Does anyone else use any old tools that they would like to show here?

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/BkeTools.jpg

I have a mix of old and new tools that get used for a variety of different purposes, from measuring seatpost diameters to removing cranks. I regularly use a couple sets of dividers that looks exactly like yours, plus a third set that measures outside diameters. I think they were in an auction box of tools I bought for a quarter!

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Originally Posted by nlerner (Post 9468785)

That flat-bladed screwdriver is a wonderful thing. I could just imagine how well it fits your hand and allows for lots of torque.

Neal

+1, I love those screwdrivers. Most of my tools are hand-me-downs and a few have a long family history. I have a claw hammer with my grandfather's nickname (Neno) carved in the handle.

This one has only been with me for a short while, but it's been pressed into bicycle repair:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_TIeBxBH6dXI/S_..._wrench_02.jpg

A good part of my tool stash started with my Dad's Craftsmen tools from mid 60s. I think I had to replace a ratchet a few years ago. I also use a Craftsmen radial arm saw he bought used in 1966. I remember driving to the boonies (south St Louis county at the time) to get it. Still have the receipt from the original owner when he bought it from Sears.