![]() Mom passed just 3 months after the move in, and dad's mental cognition slipped rapidly after that. Of course, nothing came of that, but that toolbag was his most precious asset in the assisted living facility. Dad, ever the fix-it guy, had visions of helping the maintenance staff, so I bought him a Husky toolbag and together we packed "all the stuff he'd need". He was OK about walking away from the house, but was distraught over walking away from his tools. Anyway, I have a big, heavy green S&K box with all the goodies + a few other brand components (ratchet, breaker bar) thrown in for good measure. He was a "tool guy" from a very early age, and after WWII & his discharge from the Navy, he was a car nut. In that same handoff, dad gave me his S&K 1/2" socket set. They're much more than "just wrenches" to me. I don't use them a lot, but when I need such, there they are. They're old Craftsman, back when that name meant something. My father gave me a lot of tools when he was about 75 (2002), and these were included. My offset box wrenches were my grandfathers, and became my dad's upon Grandpa's passing in 1981. Far too much / many to itemize, but a few stand out: Since then, I moved to using a cherry picker, but every spring I use that chain hoist to pick up the rear end of all three of my riding mowers to remove and sharpen my lawn mower blades as well as various other things that I deem too heavy to try to pick up myself these days. He bought that to help me with my first ever engine swap. There are also miscellaneous hammers, axes, and screwdrivers that I probably won't use but I'll never get rid of any of them due to the memory.ĮDIT: One thing of my dads that I use quite often is a chain hoist, I believe it's a two ton, that he found buried in the basement of a hardware store. Three things I have that were dad's are his 10" table saw that is way better than the one I had, his Makita 12" planer that I've never used, and hopefully never will, and his old Lincoln Tombstone welder that he bought with me with him at about 10 years old that may never get used since I bought a MIG. My brother has always been a borrower without asking, including dads tool box and contents, but has yet to return a single thing he borrowed so most of the small tools are long gone but that's ok because since I was in high school in the 80's I've always bought my own. Anyway, the house and garage came with all of my dads tools, which were mostly old Craftsman hand tools and Makita power tools (corded). She, like everyone else in the world, couldn't get along with my wife so she moved to my brothers and then voluntarily went to assisted living. In 2016 my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimers so I sold my house and bought hers in the hope that she would never have to leave home. I attached a few images of tools I have already processed and brought home to help get this thread going. ![]() He has quite a few vintage logging tools as well. ![]() I don't have much of it in my possession yet, but I have spent some time in his large basement shop and there are lots of interesting tools there, including a large blacksmithing anvil, a 3/8" steel plate work bench, lots of vintage hand tools, a couple vintage US made bench vises in good condition, a more modern 10" Taiwan bench grinder, a more modern Taiwan machinist style benchtop drill press, a vintage Craftsman band saw, several homemade sheet metal tool boxes, some WW2 era tools, etc. He used tools his whole life, and he was still cutting down trees and working outside well into his 90's, so he has quite a bit of stuff to go through. ![]() I will likely be posting images in this thread here and there, because my grandfather passed away several months ago and I recently found out that he wanted me to have all of his tools. All are welcome here as long as the tools were inherited, passed down, or given to you by someone else for free. Everything is welcome, from rusty and obsolete tools with lots of wear to modern functional tools. Let this be a place for tool pictures, sentimental stories, childhood memories, etc. I noticed that this forum has quite a few individual posts related to inherited tools, how to clean them up, or asking what they might be worth, but I couldn't find any threads related specifically to inherited tools, so I figured I would start one and see where it goes. ![]()
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