Garage Art

Dude, now you need to put together a sidecar outfit and mount that in the sidecar and put some gun barrels on the front of the sidecar.
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Couple old tools found in father in laws garage. I really like the file holder (never seen one like that before) that's going to get some use!
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Some place I have one of those folding rulers, have a feeling it will show up someday when I'm looking for something totally different.

Got me thinking about an odd tool I sort of inherited from wife's late husband. Never was sure what it was but noticed it had a Snap-On number on it so I did a bit of searching online and found a place that has many old Snapy catalogs scanned in and found it!

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Any one working on a 1960's vintage Ford or Chrysler transmission?
 
I pick up another crapy set of chrome rims. Front would be unsafe to use, rear in dire need of re-chrome. Since I have a hard time throwing things away I decided I needed to do something with them. I decided the Eagles that came off of my XS2 needed rims. They would look OK from floor level. Mounted them up. If you look close the beads are not seated, I could not bring myself to put more than 20 lbs of air in those 40+ year old tires. Whatever happened to that teenager working in a service station that was fearless seating beads on tires. I'll tell you what happened to him he got old. For some reason the pucker factor seating beads has grown exponentially with age.
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I pick up another crapy set of chrome rims. Front would be unsafe to use, rear in dire need of re-chrome. Since I have a hard time throwing things away I decided I needed to do something with them. I decided the Eagles that came off of my XS2 needed rims. They would look OK from floor level. Mounted them up. If you look close the beads are not seated, I could not bring myself to put more than 20 lbs of air in those 40+ year old tires. Whatever happened to that teenager working in a service station that was fearless seating beads on tires. I'll tell you what happened to him he got old. For some reason the pucker factor seating beads has grown exponentially with age.
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I like it. gonna need a little more but I bet it'll come to you!
 
We are experiencing quite a drought here in Central New York so nothing is sprouting except garage sales.

On Bussey Road this morning, 3 families put out their stuff together.

In the category of Lawn Art, there was a crusty 1963 Norton with a very cool tank, and a Suzuki of some sort.
I passed.

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But I did pick up a 1938 Ford dog dish V8 hub cap for 5 bucks. It will go on the outside of the Garage. I like the patina.

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..as well as this Mystery Tool for 2 bucks. I think I know what it is, but I'll open up the phone lines for guesses.

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Zook looks like a Titan 500. No eye deer on the wrench.

Did you bother to inquire what sort of astronomical prices they had on the rat bikes?
$1000 on the Norton.
The Suzuki was such a mess I didnt ask. Yes, it could have been a water buffalo, as I think they were called.
 
Wow! $1000 for that pile of scrap metal? Smokin' some wicked stuff!

Don't think the Zook is a Water Buffalo, they're 3 cylinder 750's. The Titan (I think I have that model name right) I'm thinking of was a 500cc twin. Quite the rocket in it's day.
 
Norton Navigator? Never actually seen one, I don't think they caught on. Part of the UK m/c industry's under-resourced, too-little, too late fight back against the Japanese invasion.
 
Daniel Craig. It’s the lips that do it, almost as pursed as Bruce Willis.
 
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We are experiencing quite a drought here in Central New York so nothing is sprouting except garage sales.

On Bussey Road this morning, 3 families put out their stuff together.

In the category of Lawn Art, there was a crusty 1963 Norton with a very cool tank, and a Suzuki of some sort.
I passed.

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But I did pick up a 1938 Ford dog dish V8 hub cap for 5 bucks. It will go on the outside of the Garage. I like the patina.

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..as well as this Mystery Tool for 2 bucks. I think I know what it is, but I'll open up the phone lines for guesses.

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I think the mystery too is for removing wristwatch backs.
 
Well this one is not exactly "Garage Art" but think some here will like it. Think I mentioned about a barber shop up the rood before having an interesting waiting room. Well I needed a haircut today, well actually a couple weeks back, but today worked so I finally got a picture of one of the lights over the pool table, every barber shop has a pool table in waiting room right?
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Could stand to have the wiring neatened up a bit.
 
I like to decorate my garage work spaces with vintage gizmos and gadgets from the 20's, 30's and 40's.
On a recent trip to the Catskill mountains on my '83 XS650 I discovered an old barn converted to an antiques shop.

One of the things I bought seems to be a vintage (30's?) magnetometer, perhaps used to locate underground water pipes.

It is made of bakelite, glass and chromed trim and is fully functional. It was a bit of a struggle to remove it from its leather case.



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A bit about bakelite:

In 1909, a Belgian chemist named Leo Baekeland created the first entirely synthetic plastic—and it would revolutionize the way many consumer goods were manufactured. Baekeland called his plastic “Bakelite.” Its properties made it suited for a much wider variety of purposes than its predecessors. For example, it was resistant to heat and would not conduct electricity, so it was a really good insulator—which made it particularly useful in the automotive and electrical industries emerging in the early 1900s.

Like many modern plastics, Bakelite was lightweight and durable, and it could be molded into nearly infinite shapes, so its use quickly expanded as manufacturers realized its potential. Consumers primarily were attracted to its aesthetic qualities: a sleek, stylish look coupled with a substantial, high-end feel. People bought Bakelite jewelry boxes, lamps, desk sets, clocks, radios, telephones, kitchenware, tableware, and a variety of game pieces such as chess sets, billiard balls, and poker chips. Bakelite ushered in a new era of attractive, affordable, convenient consumer goods, making it possible for a broad range of consumers to enjoy products that previously had been inaccessible.

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Now I just need to find a spot for it on the shelves.....

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I like to decorate my garage work spaces with vintage gizmos and gadgets from the 20's, 30's and 40's.
On a recent trip to the Catskill mountains on my '83 XS650 I discovered an old barn converted to an antiques shop.

One of the things I bought seems to be a vintage (30's?) magnetometer, perhaps used to locate underground water pipes.

It is made of bakelite, glass and chromed trim and is fully functional. It was a bit of a struggle to remove it from its leather case.



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A bit about bakelite:

In 1909, a Belgian chemist named Leo Baekeland created the first entirely synthetic plastic—and it would revolutionize the way many consumer goods were manufactured. Baekeland called his plastic “Bakelite.” Its properties made it suited for a much wider variety of purposes than its predecessors. For example, it was resistant to heat and would not conduct electricity, so it was a really good insulator—which made it particularly useful in the automotive and electrical industries emerging in the early 1900s.

Like many modern plastics, Bakelite was lightweight and durable, and it could be molded into nearly infinite shapes, so its use quickly expanded as manufacturers realized its potential. Consumers primarily were attracted to its aesthetic qualities: a sleek, stylish look coupled with a substantial, high-end feel. People bought Bakelite jewelry boxes, lamps, desk sets, clocks, radios, telephones, kitchenware, tableware, and a variety of game pieces such as chess sets, billiard balls, and poker chips. Bakelite ushered in a new era of attractive, affordable, convenient consumer goods, making it possible for a broad range of consumers to enjoy products that previously had been inaccessible.

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Now I just need to find a spot for it on the shelves.....

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I recognize a Simpson 260 in your collection. It’s still a useful tool for sure.
 
I like to decorate my garage work spaces with vintage gizmos and gadgets from the 20's, 30's and 40's.
On a recent trip to the Catskill mountains on my '83 XS650 I discovered an old barn converted to an antiques shop.

One of the things I bought seems to be a vintage (30's?) magnetometer, perhaps used to locate underground water pipes.

It is made of bakelite, glass and chromed trim and is fully functional. It was a bit of a struggle to remove it from its leather case.



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A bit about bakelite:

In 1909, a Belgian chemist named Leo Baekeland created the first entirely synthetic plastic—and it would revolutionize the way many consumer goods were manufactured. Baekeland called his plastic “Bakelite.” Its properties made it suited for a much wider variety of purposes than its predecessors. For example, it was resistant to heat and would not conduct electricity, so it was a really good insulator—which made it particularly useful in the automotive and electrical industries emerging in the early 1900s.

Like many modern plastics, Bakelite was lightweight and durable, and it could be molded into nearly infinite shapes, so its use quickly expanded as manufacturers realized its potential. Consumers primarily were attracted to its aesthetic qualities: a sleek, stylish look coupled with a substantial, high-end feel. People bought Bakelite jewelry boxes, lamps, desk sets, clocks, radios, telephones, kitchenware, tableware, and a variety of game pieces such as chess sets, billiard balls, and poker chips. Bakelite ushered in a new era of attractive, affordable, convenient consumer goods, making it possible for a broad range of consumers to enjoy products that previously had been inaccessible.

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Now I just need to find a spot for it on the shelves.....

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I used to use a magnetometer just like that one when I first started working for the city I live in
We used it to find any buried steel objects mostly finding the curb boxes for water shutoffs in front of peoples homes
It wasn't the best tool to use for that but it's what we had then
Now they just use metal detectors Quick and easy
 
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