Tool **** Friday.

[goeduck]

How long since anyone has used a handsaw like this?

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^
Not as long as you might think. Sometimes it's easier and less of a mess to grab the handsaw, vs digging out the skilsaw and often the generator just to cut a few boards. (Mine is not as old as yours though, it was purchased sometime toward the end of WWII)

 

[Howling]

Picked these up years ago from a bunch of used tools for sale.

 

[Tin Cup]

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[JasperFrank]

I had a small triangular file in my tool set for well over 20 years, never knowing what I was going to do with it. Had no idea what it was for. Tool **** Friday made me look it up to see what it was used for. Its used for sharpening cross cut hand saws! So I spent the better part of last weekend using it to restore several old hand saws that were no longer usable. And now they cut like they were new!

 

[dragoneggs]

I had a small triangular file in my tool set for well over 20 years, never knowing what I was going to do with it. Had no idea what it was for. Tool **** Friday made me look it up to see what it was used for. Its used for sharpening cross cut hand saws! So I spent the better part of last weekend using it to restore several old hand saws that were no longer usable. And now they cut like they were new! View attachment 586238

I got one of those... in a pile of files from my dad's toolbox. Thanks for the info... I didn't know it had a special purpose.

 

[Big Barn]

I had a small triangular file in my tool set for well over 20 years, never knowing what I was going to do with it. Had no idea what it was for. Tool **** Friday made me look it up to see what it was used for. Its used for sharpening cross cut hand saws! So I spent the better part of last weekend using it to restore several old hand saws that were no longer usable. And now they cut like they were new! View attachment 586238

The double cut version of that is called a three-square file. It is used for internal filing and cleaning up square corners.

 

[CWB Wyo]

Hear is one for you guys, the guy we bought the house from left it in the water shed. I was thinking it was some how used to sharpen a chainsaw. I was looking through a 1953 Stanley tools catalog and fond it In there. It's not a Stanley but it is all most like the one in the catalog.

He also left pliers
CWB.

 

[goeduck]

I have a pair of those pliers. Jaws close in perfect parallel.

 

[4570Man]

They’re similar to a Knipex version of an adjustable wrench. What are they used for with the small jaw opening?

 

[coldsteelva]

Hear is one for you guys, the guy we bought the house from left it in the water shed. I was thinking it was some how used to sharpen a chainsaw. I was looking through a 1953 Stanley tools catalog and fond it In there. It's not a Stanley but it is all most like the one in the catalog.

He also left pliers
CWB.

Do the pliers lock? They look similar to hose clamping pliers for pinching off fluid lines for short periods.

 

[CWB Wyo]

The pliers don't lock but there is a groove that runs the hole length of the lower jaw. It would be about the right size for bailing wire. I looked up the manufacturer and it said that they made a lot of pliers for costume jobs.
Right off hand I don't remember the the manufacturer name. I'll look today when I go out to move the snow.

CWB.

 

[bigtiller]

The pliers don't lock but there is a groove that runs the hole length of the lower jaw. It would be about the right size for bailing wire. I looked up the manufacturer and it said that they made a lot of pliers for costume jobs.
Right off hand I don't remember the the manufacturer name. I'll look today when I go out to move the snow.

CWB.

I think telephone company repair men were issued pliers like that back in the 60's & 70's.???

 

[k0ua]

We had pliers like that for squishing UY and UR and UG splice connectors in the telecom industry. The jaws need to close in parallel so that the top "button" on the solder-less connectors comes down evenly into the bottom of the connector and the insulation displacement metal piece inside comes down evenly into the two wires you are trying to connect together and the "PIC" waterproofing materiel then squishes out the holes around the wires making the whole splice waterproof.

You can squish these connectors with regular pliers but the results are not nearly as good or consistent. There was also a "gun" that you preloaded with a "magazine" of 20 of these connectors and they fed into the gun "semi automatically" so that with each squeeze of the handles, it squished the connector and then when you opened the handle the spring pressure on the follower loaded another "round" into the "chamber" of the gun read for you next wire insertion and squeeze of the handle. This sped up the workflow as you didn't have to load a connector manually each time into manual pliers.

UY connector - - Yahoo Image Search Results

 

[murphy1244]

Hear is one for you guys, the guy we bought the house from left it in the water shed. I was thinking it was some how used to sharpen a chainsaw. I was looking through a 1953 Stanley tools catalog and fond it In there. It's not a Stanley but it is all most like the one in the catalog.

He also left pliers
CWB.

I too bought a pair of those pliers because they were strange.Put it on my what is it table.

 

[goeduck]

Mine says Bernard on it. Apparently part of Sargent tools. Historical picture on this link off to the right in the middle.
Our History

My tool:

 

[Howling]

Parallel jaw pliers are nice for handling small stuff. They comes various jaw styles for the jewelry industry. Parallel Jaw Pliers - Specialty Pliers - Pliers, Cutters &...

 

[shooterdon]

Parallel jaw pliers are nice for handling small stuff. They comes various jaw styles for the jewelry industry. Parallel Jaw Pliers - Specialty Pliers - Pliers, Cutters &...

Also in my gunsmithing tool kit.

 

[CWB Wyo]

I looked they are the Bernard pliers. They come in handy ones and a while.

No guesses on the other tool. Here is a pic of the Stanley catalog. You have to make it bigger to see it. It's on the top right hand side and the description is at the bottom of the page. If I hadn't seen it in the catalog I would never have guessed what it is. I have used a few times and it works pretty good.

CWB.

 

[L120]

I have all the part & pieces nuts & bolts Post & rails figured out for my backyard fence for muh dawgs. HF has what appears to be a pretty nice auger for an affordable price $179 and if I can use a 20% off coupon even more inviting. 4-ends 2-corners 4-line = 10-post holes total.