This past Sunday I picked up another hand drill. When I got it home…. Oh no, the main gear is missing some teeth. I can fix a lot of things but not that. I disassembled it, de-rusted it and put it back together anyway. It actually works fine and I even put pressure on the [...]

In 1877 some guy named Laroy Starrett invented the combination square. Where would we be  without them ? Probably right where we are now but  making things would be a lot harder. Where would this L.S. Starrett Co No 94 combination square be without me? Probably rusting away in the bottom of  some plastic container. [...]

I never heard of International Forge Company but this little ratchet looks very similar to an older model Craftsman. I thought that’s what it was when I saw it at the bottom of a yard sale milk crate full of junk . It had obviously spent some time outdoors or in a flooded basement. Some [...]