It followed me home (Part 2)

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I bought this two-man log carrier primarily because of the handle - those are harder to find. The owner of our local military surplus had it as decoration. He said it had been in his father’s home above a man door to the back of the property. He remembers it with two hooks but his father moved wood in a pile at waist level with it and only grabbed one end to do it. He said he used it and hung it up inside after each use. It's missing one of hooks but I might have an extra set that match “enough” in length and overall mass to make it a good user.
Hardware is probably necessary.

Hook by Agent Hierarchy, on Flickr


Hook by Agent Hierarchy, on Flickr

And an axe that recently trailed me home. I knocked out the handle and weighed it – 3lbs 15oz.

Hook by Agent Hierarchy, on Flickr
 
Hickory n steel said:
Those Black & Decker workmates are solid and extremely well made, I use mine all the time.
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Yes they are. Those old ones are terrific. That one looks like late 70's or early 80's. The very early ones had a cast aluminum H-frame. They are the toughest of the bunch. But they only open up to 4 inches. The late 70's models open up to 6 inches. They have pressed steel frames. Still very solid and light but not as solid as the old cast aluminum frames.

Folks have come up with all sorts of ingenious drop-ins for their workmates. There's a website that demonstrates many of these but I've lost it. I have a tabletop drop-in and a bench vise drop-in for mine. That covers most of my needs.

Oh, here's that website. Found it!

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?s=36962dbee61f17f54afcfd6588105fa7&t=92136

And here's the original design.

https://toolsfirst.com/workmate-workbench-history/
 
Square_peg said:
Yes they are. Those old ones are terrific. That one looks like late 70's or early 80's. The very early ones had a cast aluminum H-frame. They are the toughest of the bunch. But they only open up to 4 inches. The late 70's models open up to 6 inches. They have pressed steel frames. Still very solid and light but not as solid as the old cast aluminum frames.

Folks have come up with all sorts of ingenious drop-ins for their workmates. There's a website that demonstrates many of these but I've lost it. I have a tabletop drop-in and a bench vise drop-in for mine. That covers most of my needs.

Oh, here's that website. Found it!

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?s=36962dbee61f17f54afcfd6588105fa7&t=92136

And here's the original design.

https://toolsfirst.com/workmate-workbench-history/
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Oh I was a member of the GJ at one time, and let's just say it wasn't friendly enough of a place for me.
It's a large forum that's been around a while so there's lots of great info, but you do get many groups of " top dog " types.

Well anyways, there's definitely lots of cool stuff there.
My workmate is one of the later stamped steel ones with the sticker logo, but it's still solid and well made regardless.
It came from my grandfather who had replaced the wood and cobbled up some kind of replacement rubber feet for it, but it still works great.
 
This is just axe related stuff that followed me home. First is a Plumb? jeep axe? boy's axe that has an epoxy/permabond eye. Sorry 'bout the poor pic quality but my phone camera has focusing issues. Last but not least a Plumb Boy Scout? hatchet with one of the thinnest handles I've ever seen. That is a full width pencil for scale.
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A friend told me that in SE Asia it's common knowledge that black dogs taste the best. Go into any town and you will find that there are no black strays.

I'm not so sure. But I know that black horses taste great!
 
Square_peg said:
A friend told me that in SE Asia it's common knowledge that black dogs taste the best. Go into any town and you will find that there are no black strays.

I'm not so sure. But I know that black horses taste great!
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This is kind of funny. Don't let any Pug find out, though.
 
CedarEater said:
I went to help my brother-in-laws family move a couple days ago and my wife found this abused hatchet head out by their wood pile. It was her grandfather's hatchet and it rode home in my truck. It is a 1942 American Fork & Hoe Co. hatchet that is stamped with the military U.S. on it. It should clean up and will get a custom new haft eventually and probably be a birthday present for my step son next year.



My apologies for the crappy picture taken with my phone.
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