Let’s see those Tools and Tool Boxes!!

Getting ready to add a room on. This little tool is so badass. I wished I had one years ago.

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WJCO said:
Getting ready to add a room on. This little tool is so badass. I wished I had one years ago.

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Dude. No kidding. It was always one of those tools I never paid much attention to cause I have others that can accomplish the same thing.
Until I finally broke down and snagged one. I use that fucker all the time for a ton of random little jobs around the house.
 
HighwayTrout said:
Dude. No kidding. It was always one of those tools I never paid much attention to cause I have others that can accomplish the same thing.
Until I finally broke down and snagged one. I use that fucker all the time for a ton of random little jobs around the house.
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Exactly what happened to me. I saw this for years and thought 'I don't really need that.' I had a buddy who was a professional general contractor but did a lot of work himself along with his guys and he told me (about a year ago) that he used that tool more than any other. I just picked one up a few weeks ago and realized how much faster I could have accomplished shit for over a decade, lol.
 
JKbrick said:
How many people remember using these ?
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I remember them well. Using them was like playing oil roulette - your options were: punch through the cardboard, it would fall out of the can when you went to pour because it wasn't locked in, or - by some miracle - it actually worked. I don't have pictures, but do you remember the old school refillable glass bottles or the filler can with the hinged spout that would not stay up - and when it dropped down the oil would spill out over everything?
My grandparents had a General Store, Gas Station, Bar and Restaurant dating back to the 30's. They passed away in the mid 60's and the properties were sold. I was only about 10 or so but my cousin and I managed to salvage some of the old "crap". He still has the bulk tank with the hand pumps to fill the glass bottles and cans; I have the 1925 Wayne 515 Visible gas pump.
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p38 said:
I remember them well. Using them was like playing oil roulette - your options were: punch through the cardboard, it would fall out of the can when you went to pour because it wasn't locked in, or - by some miracle - it actually worked. I don't have pictures, but do you remember the old school refillable glass bottles or the filler can with the hinged spout that would not stay up - and when it dropped down the oil would spill out over everything?
My grandparents had a General Store, Gas Station, Bar and Restaurant dating back to the 30's. They passed away in the mid 60's and the properties were sold. I was only about 10 or so but my cousin and I managed to salvage some of the old "crap". He still has the bulk tank with the hand pumps to fill the glass bottles and cans; I have the 1925 Wayne 515 Visible gas pump.
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I don’t remember glass bottles but I remember seeing the cans with the hinged spout. That pump is awesome, I think those were made here in Ft Wayne


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JKbrick said:
I don’t remember glass bottles but I remember seeing the cans with the hinged spout. That pump is awesome, I think those were made here in Ft Wayne


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The glass bottles were shaped like oversized Coke bottles and had a tapered spout that screwed on and off. You unscrewed the top, put the bottle under the spout of the dispenser and cranked the handle - filling the bottle and spilling oil down the sides of the bottle and all over the top of the holding tank. There was a screen under the spot where you put the bottle to allow the overflow to drain back into the tank, along with all the dirt, dead bugs, etc which had accumulated on the screen. My grandparents had long-since abandoned the tank system and gone to the cardboard cans - but my cousin and I would recycle the old oil left in the tank to lubricate our bicycles, toys, whatever we deemed in need of oil. How were we supposed to know Barbie's car, and EasyBake Oven doors do not routinely require oil?

I believe you are correct regarding the pump. I have all the original signs and dataplates - it's restoration is on my list of retirement projects. There was another smaller version of that pump which dispensed white gas - that unfortunately disappeared from my uncle's barn.
 
p38 said:
I remember them well. Using them was like playing oil roulette - your options were: punch through the cardboard, it would fall out of the can when you went to pour because it wasn't locked in, or - by some miracle - it actually worked. I don't have pictures, but do you remember the old school refillable glass bottles or the filler can with the hinged spout that would not stay up - and when it dropped down the oil would spill out over everything?
My grandparents had a General Store, Gas Station, Bar and Restaurant dating back to the 30's. They passed away in the mid 60's and the properties were sold. I was only about 10 or so but my cousin and I managed to salvage some of the old "crap". He still has the bulk tank with the hand pumps to fill the glass bottles and cans; I have the 1925 Wayne 515 Visible gas pump.
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Thats a nice score! Very cool.

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Here's a pair of 3/8 off-set extensions I picked up back in the 70's. No manufacturer's marks, and I have never seen anymore like them. They have proven to be quite handy in tight spots.

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