Duplicate Screwdrivers
Jan 19, 2021 16:33:50 #
petrochemist
Loc: UK
pendennis wrote:
Same here. My dad's early days were as a construction electrician. I still have all his Klein and Channellock pliers and screwdrivers, and his spud wrenches. My most cherished possession is his set of climbing hooks. The leather straps on them finally gave way, and I had a leather-making shop recreate the originals. Like you, I'll never part with them. Too many loving memories.
The tools I have from my Dad are good but nothing truly special many of them are models that can still be brought new now. The few from my Grandfather on the other hand are beautifully made & irreplaceable. I wish I has his old Photographic gear but I never even got to see most of it. I still remember a glass plate negative of his which was a carefully placed double exposure. I think it might have been back in the 70's that I last saw it!
Jan 20, 2021 06:13:17 #
pendennis wrote:
My most cherished possession is his set of climbing hooks.
My older cousin was a pole climber for the phone company. When I was walking home from school one day, I heard someone calling my name, and it was him - at the top of a telephone pole.
Jan 20, 2021 13:13:14 #
petrochemist wrote:
The tools I have from my Dad are good but nothing truly special many of them are models that can still be brought new now. The few from my Grandfather on the other hand are beautifully made & irreplaceable. I wish I has his old Photographic gear but I never even got to see most of it. I still remember a glass plate negative of his which was a carefully placed double exposure. I think it might have been back in the 70's that I last saw it!
I have my own tool accumulation, but when my dad passed, I opted to keep his also. There were some unique tools in his electrical "kit". The spud wrenches he used were all hand made by using large adjustable wrenches, and locating pins for I-beams. He had one of the welders on site to cut off wrenches a few inches down from the adjusting screw, then cut off the tops of the locating spikes, and cutting a centered groove. The new tool was welded together, and is as sturdy as any modern spud wrench. I see, though, that spud wrenches are no longer used as much, since most I-beam joints are now welded, instead of being bolted.
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