Exploring Ingenuity in Iron ...

August 25, 2009 8:27 PM

Alloy Artifacts an "online resource for 20th century hand tools and the companies that made them".
posted by Mitheral (9 comments total)

It's just like going through the book section of Lee Valley...
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 9:05 PM on August 25, 2009

Hey, thanks for this.

Tool pr0n!
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 10:18 PM on August 25, 2009

siamese mutant!
posted by Rhomboid at 11:27 PM on August 25, 2009

A magnificent obsession.
posted by tellurian at 11:58 PM on August 25, 2009

wipes drool from chin
posted by Duke999R at 2:46 AM on August 26, 2009

Good stuff. When is MeFi going to introduce a 'Tool of the Week' feature?
posted by Abiezer at 4:17 AM on August 26, 2009

When is MeFi going to introduce a 'Tool of the Week' feature?

Well, there's MeTa...

You can see way, WAY cooler tools than these, with authentic grime, at a flea market near you every week. Of course, they don't have any identification and the guy behind the table speaks only in Grunt from behind a 6 foot beard so you'll have to figure out what the tools are yourself...
posted by DU at 4:42 AM on August 26, 2009

Considering this guy's worship of tools, I'd love to see his expression when we slip a 6' long pipe over the end of a wrench to increase leverage when trying to loosen a nut that refuses to budge. After he's pleading for us to stop, we'll fiendishly grind down the outside of a socket that's a little too big to go into the area surrounding the head of a bolt. And for good measure, we'll weld someone's initials onto the side of a wrench so no one can steal it.
posted by digsrus at 5:41 AM on August 26, 2009 [1 favorite]

If this locking adjustable wrench actually worked it would be awesome. I'm guessing lack of a modern version means better in theory than practise.
posted by Mitheral at 2:03 PM on August 26, 2009