Tool mutilation

 If the tool you need can't be bought, you better be able to adapt something for the task! The ones above look like tools to make repeated adjustments to some machine, and why keep the end that's never used?

The ones below look like tools made to fit that one specific impossibly-located bolt head found on modern cars and motorcycles. We'll add to the list as we find them.

 

Schuil Duimstokken (Folding Rule)

 Yet another name I've never seen before. Most of the folding wooden rules that appear around here are Lufkin or Rabone Chesterman. Nice to see something from a different country and to find another manufacturer.

 Schuil Holland was founded in 1938 in the town of Leeuwarden in the north of Holland. They moved to nearby Drachten 10 years later, I wonder why? The company is known for manufacturing precision folding rules for carpentry, construction, and assembly trades. This one is nice traditional boxwood with brass hinges, 100 cm long. They also made them in aluminum.

 

Remembrance Day

 Remembering the Canadians at Dieppe.

Know your American Four-Cylinder Touring Car

 

Gravely 526 Two wheel tractor

  This past summer we were removing rosebushes and cutting down some brush and vegetation that had gotten out of control. A friend happened by, saw the job and said "I have a solution". That solution was this 1974 Gravely 526 2 wheel tractor with rotary cutter. It is indeed the solution. This device is not a spectator sport, the bits of branches etc. fly out with enthusiasm but it sure is an awesome destruction machine. Sturdy cast iron construction and the 8 hp Kohler is as basic as it gets, look at that starter, condenser and coil.

Still works as well as it did when it was new. 

 

Tramontina #2 plane

  I came upon the name Tramontina a couple of years ago when I found a hatchet made by the company. The Brazilian company makes quality housewares, pots and pans, kitchen knives and accessories, but this small block plane was a surprise, I did not know they made woodworking tools.

One of my vices is vises, Bison

  Interesting vise from Poland. Tighten normally, then a cam action clamp does the final securing. Good for repetitive work. These vises are still being made. More here.

Shingling hatchet head

  The Crucible Cast Steel stamping is the only marking on this well-used shingling hammer. It appears there were several companies that stamped Crucible Steel in their edged tools, referring to the process of melting iron with carbon in a crucible which resulted in a high quality steel. 

 It's likely the head shown was either C. Hammond of Philadelphia or Isaiah Blood of Ballston, NY who made premium shingling axes and tools that regularly used "Cast Steel" or "Crucible" on their tools . A little googling shows both manufacturers made shingling hammers of this shape. 

Sidecar Sunday

moto guzzi inline 4 1951

 Moto Guzzi management wanted to replace its aging 500cc 120 degree V twin racer in 1951, this advanced four was the result. It featured a watercooled 4 cylinder engine mounted longitudinally in the frame with shaft drive. The motorcycle was first raced in 1952, it was not very successful as the center of gravity was considered to be too high and the torque of the longitudinal engine affected handling. It lasted till 1954 and was replaced by the famed V8.