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1. Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 07:57:59 -0800 (PST)
How many of you have developed "favorite tools"? Through the years I've acquired a foot locker full of odds and ends. Even though I have several new sets of combination wrenches, open end wrenches, a
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00023.html (8,294 bytes)

2. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:27:35 -0700
I think all of us have odd and special tools, I have a bunch I modified and made when working in aerospace and other projects. For some tools I bought at swap meets and even cheap stuff if I needed
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00024.html (9,070 bytes)

3. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:43:35 -0700
Do a google search on Billings Wrenches, several on e-bay Glen -- Original Message -- From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com> To: "lsr list autox" <land-speed@autox.team.net> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00025.html (8,930 bytes)

4. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Rich Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:15:40 -0800
I read this and went out to look at my wrenches I bought in the mid fiftys. Didn't know who made them. Dunlop and Electrolite of Defiance, Ohio. Had them a long time and they were well made tools. I
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00029.html (7,961 bytes)

5. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 10:24:50 -0700
Many of my favorite are the PLUMB end and combo wrenches. Still trying to locate some to complete the set. They don't have swap meets up here in St. George, have to go to the one in Vegas if they hav
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00030.html (8,826 bytes)

6. RE: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 11:39:13 -0600
I'm partial to a few Bonney wrenches & sockets that I've accumulated over the years. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ How many of you have developed "favorite tools"? Through the years I've acquired a foot
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00031.html (9,159 bytes)

7. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 12:03:34 -0600
I can't imagine any of us not being tool hounds.... my most used tool by far is a vernier caliper.... why I don't know... it's just the one I have in my hand most times... Most the junk I have is sna
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00033.html (8,482 bytes)

8. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Tom Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 10:24:51 -0800
My first set of tools were Williams Brand, but I lost them to a thief. I had a Kennedy "Clam Shell" Box with tools stolen out of the back of my truck at the night drags in Long Beach (Lion's Drag St
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00035.html (9,213 bytes)

9. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Rich Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 11:15:23 -0800
If you would like to see what I bought the battery charger for go to this site. 40 years have certainly let me grow with the sport. RF http://www.hopupmag.com/index.php?/weblog/article/123/ --
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00036.html (8,563 bytes)

10. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 15:35:05 -0700
Some years ago I went to a garage sale near my house in Long Beach and picked up a set of short and deep sockets. They are Blackhawk brand and have a 7/16 sq. drive and a 1/2 to 7/16 adapter. Unusual
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00039.html (9,600 bytes)

11. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: Chris Harris <yesford@clear.net.nz>
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:45:44 +1300
The oldest tools I have are the few remains of an extensive American made set my Dad bought after the war. The brand is Herbrand. Anyone heard of this company. Their quality is outstanding. Chris H..
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00040.html (8,786 bytes)

12. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Anderson" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:39:03 +0000
Glen & List; "...ever get rid of them as they bring back memories from days long gone." Boy did you ever hit the nail right on the head on that one Glen.... Cheers, -it's your ol' pal, "Dirt Track Do
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00041.html (11,384 bytes)

13. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Anderson" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:52:51 +0000
Ditto on the vernier caliper Keith.. I 'think' I have five ( not really sure you know lol ) I 'always' reach for one of them first. Starrett, Brown & Sharpe, Chinee... ( "nuttin' -fina made in China.
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00043.html (10,232 bytes)

14. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Anderson" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:11:12 +0000
Hi Chris! Sure I remember Herbrand... I have a chrome plated 1 1/4" tall pocket/keyring screwdriver made by Herbrand I picked up along the path of life.. damned if I know where. Yes Herbrand made GOO
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00044.html (10,123 bytes)

15. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Rich Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 18:18:06 -0800
I still have one Vernier caliper. Don't use it much anymore. I have a 4 inch, three 6 inch and a 12 inch dial caliper that I use a lot. RF -- Original Message -- From: "Doug Anderson" <boogiewoogie12
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00045.html (9,354 bytes)

16. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: Doug Odom <dlodom@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:48:08 -0800
I took one of my least expensive dial calipers and shortened the adjustable end point about a 1/4 inch. Yep ground it off. Now when I need to scribe a line .380" from the edge of a sheet of metal I j
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00047.html (9,830 bytes)

17. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Anderson" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:59:47 +0000
oops I use 'vernier and 'dial' interchangeably Rich,.... opps me bad. cheers, -it's your ol' pal, "Dirt Track Doug" -- I still have one Vernier caliper. Don't use it much anymore. I have a 4 inch, th
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00048.html (10,508 bytes)

18. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Anderson" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 05:06:47 +0000
Another good idea ! Geeze this is gettin' good ! cheers, -it's your ol' pal, "Dirt Track Doug" forever leadin' the way in the eternal search for Hot Blues, Cold Beer, Fast Cars and Warm Willin' Wimin
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00049.html (10,864 bytes)

19. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: Bryan Savage <b.a.savage@wildblue.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:42:50 -0800
Here's a real goofy one... I have an old pair of toe nail clippers, the type that looks like a weird pair of dikes. I use them to clip off the end of a tie wrap. It cut's so close that there's nothin
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00050.html (8,919 bytes)

20. Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 04:03:32 -0600
Yep Doug... Rich caught us.... you and I just call the stuff what we think it is at the time.... Sorry Rich... mine's a brown and sharp Dial caliper as well.... The only thing I have that is truly me
/html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00052.html (8,960 bytes)


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