Tool Talk

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Papaw on August 30, 2012, 03:02:29 AM

Title: How did you find Tool Talk?
Post by: Papaw on August 30, 2012, 03:02:29 AM: Discussion of outstanding old tool finds leads me to ask for your stories about finding Tool Talk.
Title: Re: How did you find Tool Talk?
Post by: oldtools on August 30, 2012, 04:54:50 AM: actually stumbled on it when I was Googling info on old tools.
Great find!! Thank you for keeping this site going...
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Post by: Lostmind on August 30, 2012, 06:40:35 AM: google
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Post by: fflintstone on August 30, 2012, 08:19:52 AM: Garage Gazette.
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Post by: sumner52000 on August 30, 2012, 08:34:21 AM: Garage Journal
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Post by: lauver on August 30, 2012, 09:08:48 AM: Link on Garage Gazette.

Googled Ford wrench number.
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Post by: amertrac on August 30, 2012, 09:33:15 AM: You guys can BLAME athol tool works for bringing me here. I was looking up information on the wrench and noel had one on the front page of his site with a little story abour giving one away before he found out what it was worth.SO NOW YOU ARE STUCK WITH ME. I belong to other forums but check here first every day . bob w.
Title: Re: How did you find Tool Talk?
Post by: lbgradwell on August 30, 2012, 10:33:09 AM: I stumbled on TT while researching something or other many years ago - long before this "re-launched" version was needed!

I was the 54th member of the original TT and TT was actually the first forum I joined; before Garage Journal (which used to be MUCH better), the now-defunct Garage Hangout, and the replacement Garage Gazette.

I now spend most of my time here & at GG.

Way back when I used to read Mark KW's tool board which was interesting. That may have been called ToolSource at one time too. But it was an older-style forum and they were hard to read, so when GJ started to grow (it was new back then) and had a nicer format, I switched.

I've also read and/or been a member of Practical Machinist, Yesterday's Tractor, Craftsman Tooltalk, Collecting Snap-on and probably others...
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Post by: Branson on August 30, 2012, 11:02:19 AM: I stumbled across TT when researching Stiletto tools and Hamilton Baker hardware company. Read the page on HB and registered immediately. That was just before the blowup.
Title: Re: How did you find Tool Talk?
Post by: stanley62 on August 30, 2012, 11:18:54 AM: I was referred by my father (jimwrench). Glad I was. This is a great site with a lot of helpful and well informed people.

Jim
Title: Re: How did you find Tool Talk?
Post by: lauver on August 30, 2012, 04:26:08 PM: Quote from: Papaw on August 30, 2012, 03:02:29 AM
Discussion of outstanding old tool finds leads me to ask for your stories about finding Tool Talk.

Papaw,

Just a suggestion-- you might want to dupe this thread/survey in the Welcome Forum to find out more about the newbies and how they found their way here.
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Post by: eddie hudson on August 30, 2012, 06:51:26 PM: I don't remember.
Title: Re: How did you find Tool Talk?
Post by: Papaw on August 30, 2012, 07:16:23 PM: Quote
Papaw,

Just a suggestion-- you might want to dupe this thread/survey in the Welcome Forum to find out more about the newbies and how they found their way here.

Good idea!
Title: Re: How did you find Tool Talk?
Post by: jimwrench on August 30, 2012, 07:19:31 PM: I'm with Eddie.
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Post by: Nolatoolguy on August 30, 2012, 07:21:26 PM: I posted a video on youtube about my grandpas 71N ratchet an cliff comented on it along with were I could find more info an sent me the link to toolalk, ive been hooked ever since.
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Post by: Provincial on August 30, 2012, 10:35:02 PM: Recommended by a Garage Journal member when I was trying to identify an old wrench.
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Post by: 1930 on August 31, 2012, 07:33:23 PM: You all have Bus to blame for the rearing of my ugly head
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Post by: dimwittedmoose51 on September 02, 2012, 03:03:51 AM: I just voted, but I'm pretty sure I was researching a tool of some sort. Since I can't go back and find my very first post on the old site, I guess i could make something up. I occasionally visit the others, but I MAKE TIME for this one..... BTW, I did finally get some photos into the new hard drive and now to figure out which stting for the re-sizing and I'm off and running. I'll get those AA photos out thee eventually.

Now, back to figuring out all the whistles and bells of Windows 7(and the Windows 8 upgrade coming in October that we can get for an additional $15)

DM&FS
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Post by: Batz on September 02, 2012, 04:30:13 AM: I must have been researching blow torches.

So glad I did find this site, your a nice mob of blokes who are more than willing to help a mate out.