Sorting through my Father-In-Law's tools

[Too Many Projects]

Hmmm... who gets the rivet gun...

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

Hmmm... who gets the rivet gun...

Here's that vintage Montgomery Ward rivet gun for you old tool fans:

[big gear head]

Drill bits come in fraction sizes, letter sizes and number sizes. Then there are the metric sizes too. One of the first things I learned to do in machinist school was to hand sharpen drill bits on a grinder. It's not hard with the larger bits, but small ones are difficult. I've got more drill bits than I can count. 3 sets of fraction, 3 sets of letters and 3 sets of numbers, plus 2 boxes of loose bits.

[big gear head]

I have one of those. It's got a little wrench for changing the adapter for different size rivets. The wrench fits in the rubber grip.

[njsteve]

What does the wrench look like?

[big gear head]

Originally Posted by njsteve

What does the wrench look like?

It's just a flat metal piece that's stamped out. I'm sure that I won't remember it, but I'll try to take a picture when I'm at my old shop again.

[njsteve]

Unfortunately, there's almost as many flat, stamped-out wrenches in his tools as drill bits.

[Too Many Projects]

Dang, I was envisioning a bucking tool for real rivets.

[olredalert]

----Who doesn't remember "Monkey Ward".....Bill S

[KevinW]

Steve, I am going through the same process now too. Bought my friend's tool collection for my kids. Same cleaning/ ID /sorting process going on.

Just wait until you get to the Allen key sorting. I'm still in the process, got a bunch of standard sets, still have to do the metrics.

The drill bits went to a friend since I have plenty from my father and FIL. The drill bit sorting for me was not as pretty, but got sharpened sets out of them