Old corded tools

[47fivewindow]

A friend came by a bunch of old corded tools he did not want.
He called on the way to the dump. Sure! I’ll look through
them. Ports Cable was the standard when I was young. 2
jigsaws, 2 routers, two belt sanders,2drills, and a 4 inch
grinder. I did ok.

 

[old]

I have an old electric tube patch device that is corded and the cord is getting pretty bad and if you plug it in the wrong way it might shock you but boy does it do a good job or putting on the patch. Put the tube in with a patch on it clamp it shut and plug it in. Wait 30 minutes unplug and let it cool and the patch is on tight and no glue needed

 

[David G]

I have changed the cords out to grounded type on my non insulated tools.

 

[47fivewindow]

Amen, Mr G. I will change the cords on any of them I keep. I got hit hard by a 110v grinder years ago. I learned my lesson, thanks for the good advice.

 

[Steve@Advance]

I didn't think they still made that type patch.

Is it a roll of sticky black rubber, you cut to size, peel the back off?

That's what we used back in the 60's-70's, worked good!

 

[Steve@Advance]

You did good!

 

[old]

It works with the patch they make today with or without glue. I have even in a pinch taken a piece of old tube and used it in place of a patch

 

[Tom in TN]

You all probably remember these - - I worked in a garage when I was in High School back in the late 50's and early 60's. I put a whole bunch of
"hot patches" on tubes. The small patch was in a metal frame. You'd clamp the patch to the tube using the metal frame to hold it down well and then light a fire to the stuff in the metal frame. It would burn and smoke and stink, but it fused the patch to the tube. To the best of my knowledge, I never had a failure with those patches. I suppose the EPA outlawed them years ago.

Tom in TN

 

[old]

I used a lot of those on my bike and motorcycle tubes.

 

[JD Dave]

Oh yeah! Porter Cable was the best money could buy 60 or 70 years ago. Probably you can check the bearings, motor brushes and replace the cord and you have a perfectly good tool that won't run a battery down.

 

[Kansas4010]

I've never heard of that type of patch before. Sounds like it would be a lot better than the nonstick glue I've tried using.

 

[old]

This is old school as in say the 40s or 50s. This device has a heating plate that heats the patch to the point it is sort of melted to the tube and yes it gets hot enough that if you touch it with your fingers it will burn you

 

[Stephen Newell]

Be sure to check the wiring on those metal body tools. I almost got fried with one of those. I would use a volt meter and check it from the body to ground before using them.

 

[JD60677]

Do you want to sell the router on the right? That was porter-cables best laminate trimmer. Thanks.

 

[kcm.MN]

JACKPOT!! The only thing missing is a nice old circular saw.

My dad had 2 old B&D circular saws. I always prized them, even when they were considered junk. When they chose to move from Texas to Arkansas(?!?!????), he threw the saws away thinking they were worthless. One of the two wasn't worth much, but the other was a bit more rare and seems I remember looking up to find similar saws selling for over $200 to collectors. Wife and I both were sick to our stomachs.

Very nice collection. Thanks for posting a pic!

 

[miangus]

I still have my grandfathers vice to hold those patches on the tube. Grandfather had it mounted in the basement workshop area where he fixed the chain saws. My grandmother wasn't overly happy with the smell of gun powder in the house. Of course they had a wood/coal furnace in the basement and improper operation of the damper could fill the house with the acid coal smell. I used to buy those patches at the local auto parts store, I always thought they worked better then cold patches. One of the local garages had an electric hot patch machine.

 

[4wdtom]

Those tools don't look like they have all that much use on them and may well be in very good shape inside. I agree, a grounded cord. And after all this time it would probably be worth it to take them apart and replace the grease in any gearboxes as the old grease may be pretty well dried up by now. Maybe put a drop of oil on any motor bushing or carefully grease any sealed bearings that may have dried up grease. They they would probably be as good or better than most top of the line power tools you can buy now, you made a good score!

 

[miangus]

I think you did good. Everything is battery powered now. My boys laughed at me when I bought two large older B&D corded drills at an auction, they where 3/4 inch for $5.00 each.

 

[Bret4207]

Nice haul! We have a local electric shop that I take my old corded tools to when they need a new cord or service. For a few dollars they come back to be cleaned, lubed/repaired and with a nice long heavy duty cord. I've gt my FIL's B+D 9" grinder from the '50's and it's still twice the tool anything I can get today is.

 

[showcrop]

(quoted from post at 14:53:19 08/27/20) I have an old electric tube patch device that is corded and the cord is getting pretty bad and if you plug it in the wrong way it might shock you but boy does it do a good job or putting on the patch. Put the tube in with a patch on it clamp it shut and plug it in. Wait 30 minutes unplug and let it cool and the patch is on tight and no glue needed

Old, you may wan to think about replacing that cord. It could get worse than just a shock. You have your share of breakdowns that you tell us about. We don't want to hear about a burn down.

 

[Goose]

I remember those.