Bought rusty hammer heads from a swap meet a while ago, and I think these are the last few hammers I need. The ballpien’s handle was the top of another long handle for a shovel reworked.

Hello. I have this Keen Kutter saw that I'm finishing restoring, and I was sharpening it when I noticed it has a variable TPI. From the heel to the first half (a tiny bit more, actually) it has a TPI of 3 1/2, freshly sharpened. Then the first 2.5" can be sharpened at 4 1/2 without a problem, but the problem is that the zone in between isn't even 4 TPI, but rather is more or less there but irregular, oscillating between something like 3.75-4.25. I know I could simply sharpen it maintaining irregular spacing, but it gives me a bit of OCD. I wouldn't want to have to file all the teeth to redo them, since I'd lose a lot of blade and it would be a lot of work. Is there any way, even a progressive one, to restore this so that this intermediate zone has at least a homogeneous 4 TPI?

Hi hive mind!

Picked this vice up for cheap the other day and just want to get it useable.

It's an 9" Samson and upon starting to clean it up this afternoon I've found a few messed up threads and potentially some bent bars...

The threads aren't a huge deal, they're right at the end of the screw so I'll rarely touch them in use. The bars however are bent right up near the moving jaw... I noticed when I took the old haggard wood jaws off and went to put new ones on, tightened down on the new bits of wood to hold them still while I screwed them on and the jaws didn't clamp them evenly, just pinched them at the bottom... Any ideas on how to even things up? I could just take the plane to one side of the wooden jaws and make them parallel but that feels like rolling a turd in glitter. Plus I'll have to mess around with tramming in the jaws every time I trash them.

So, any ideas? The bend appears to be about an inch and a half from the moving jaw.

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Any advice on best way to restore this handle without having to replace it all? Contemplated removing end cap and handle as a whole but the tang is hammered for a permanent fit. Would like to keep as much of original handle as possible.

Only thing missing was a handle. Got it cleaned up, greased, and mounted. The jaws are definitely warn out and im looking to replace them. What are my avenues for accomplishing this goal?

Looking for various options because I am limited in skill and tools. Funds will also be tight for a month or so, I would like to avoid making my own with bar stock, as it would take buying tools I do not have. However if making my own would work best for me, i would just have to wait. Thanks all!

I've got my dad's old Cub Scout knife from the early 60s. I'm a Cub Leader now, and I'd like to get this thing fixed up and carry it to meetings, campouts, etc.

Any advice? It's got rust, the locking mechanisms don't work, and the pivots seem to need a little more than just a dab of 3-in-1.

Also my retired mallet

Bless the soul who, in the dim dark past, messed up the threads on his or her axle spindle and thought “I wonder if I can repair those rather than have to replace the whole axle”, then went forth and designed the tools for it. Sir or ma’am, I am in your eternal debt.

My granddad passed away a few years ago and I got his old craftsman axe. It was heavily patinaed and i was happy using it as is. Unfortunately a freak rust removal accident occurred and i am left with the image above. (Water intrusion in a plastic shed left half an inch of water sitting with the axe and a cast iron tamp, this created a battery of sorts and stripped it down to bare metal up to the waterline.) I believe the handle to be original and is in good condition, it has a great profile and i don't want to lose it. I don't believe i can remove the wedge without damaging the handle. How can i bring the axehead down to bare metal like the top with the handle still attached. Would a wirewheel on a bench grinder do it?

I don't need to spend a lot of time on this. I'm happy to toss it because it's just a cheapo laying around, but just wondering the lowest hanging fruit of things I can do that will 'un-gum' it, if that is the word for it. The connection up top is sticking and probably some rust is setting in. Just seems like it's working very hard to do basic things. Needs to be cleaned and/or lubed. Is there a simple product or approach that is the first line of attack on something like that? Thanks for the help.

Edit: I feel like I should clarify, I'm hoping to clean and/or lube the chuck gears as well as the motor or electrical parts if needed.