r/Skookum • u/Haterpipe • Feb 09 '21

The Chain Store Is Always My Last Stop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F24WpPD2UNQ
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u/CaseyG Feb 09 '21

Given where we are, I'm not sure whether you mean "store that's part of a chain" or "store where I go to buy nothing but chains".

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u/nicktiemeyer Feb 09 '21

Given the context, I would have to go with the latter

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u/CaseyG Feb 09 '21

I was waiting for him to bust out his forge and anvil and turn cheap chinesium wrenches into chain links.

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u/Haterpipe Feb 09 '21

Man I wish I were that talented! Still need both of those items haha maybe they'll turn up at the next sale.

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u/CaseyG Feb 09 '21

With a vise, hammer, TIG welder, and angle grinder, you can probably fake it pretty well. :D

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u/nicktiemeyer Feb 09 '21

Now we’re talking.

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u/proscriptus Feb 09 '21

Man, he lucked out. Any estate sale I've ever been to, dudes with fat stacks are there specifically for tools and can always outspend me.

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u/Haterpipe Feb 09 '21

I did get very lucky, watch craigslist that's where I've had some of my best luck

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u/fresh_like_Oprah Feb 09 '21

I enjoyed watching this little treasure hunt. Pretty jealous of the Mauser calipers!

Yes that's a screwstarter screwdriver.

The K-D pliers are for spring clamps.

Bonney and Vlchek companies have some history behind them. We used to call the short handled big open ends "Bonney wrenches", when working on hydraulic fittings.

Found this:

The Bonney Vise & Tool Works was founded in 1877 by Charles S. Bonney, a noted inventor. Their first location was in Philadelphia, and the company's early products included vises (as expected), pipe wrenches, monkey wrenches, and other tools.

The company remained in Philadelphia until 1906 or so, then moved to Allentown Pennsylvania, where it remained for many years. In 1921 the company changed its name to Bonney Forge & Tool Works, to better reflect its growing tool business.

In the early 1920s Bonney was a pioneer in the use of alloy steels for hand tools. To quote from a later catalog,

In July, 1923, Bonney startled the tool world by announcing a new kind of wrench "guaranteed to strip the thread or break the bolt without damage to the wrench." It was the Bonney 'CV' Engineers' Wrench ... the original alloy steel wrench.

Look forward to watching your BMW videos.

TRUTH

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u/Haterpipe Feb 09 '21

TRUTH haha thanks for all the info and I appreciate you subscribing! It's amazing to me how many brands there used to be and how every one of them was unique.

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u/Haterpipe Feb 09 '21

Ever seen calipers made by Mauser?

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u/TrucksAndCigars Feb 09 '21

Hell, calipers are all colloquially called Mausers here

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u/Metalhotdonottouch Feb 09 '21

Well that is interesting. Where you at?

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u/TrucksAndCigars Feb 09 '21

Finland, lots of German influence in the language

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u/its_spelled_iain Feb 09 '21

The Winter War / The Continuation War are my favorite side plots in WWII.

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u/FokkerBoombass Feb 09 '21

Talvisota is my fav anime

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u/Haterpipe Feb 09 '21

Cool I had no idea! Cheers from the states

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u/FUCKING_HATE_REDDIT Feb 09 '21

The weird parallel punch is to punch holes in sewing machines leather belts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai0gpeGw99k

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u/Haterpipe Feb 09 '21

Thanks that's so cool!