Great Job! The repair was nice touch! Your Grandfather, I'm sure would be proud. Best of luck with your channel. I look forward to your next one. Have a Good'un.
I work 2 miles from Channellock in Meadville. I drive past it everyday. I always wanted to stop in and see if you can buy tools right in their factory.
Nice job brother. I've been restoring a lot of my late fathers old tools over the past few months but there are some that still have dirt and grease on them that I'm going to leave alone. They just remind me of him like your old wrenches remind you of your grandfather.
Using old boy's tools--it's like he's right there in the garage with you. Wish i had been paying closer attention. Kids nowadays....nice project, naybr. I can totally get behind that.
I appreciate the kind words! I bought that anvil for $100 and it was covered in an ugly blue paint. I stripped it off and painted it with Rust-Oleum high heat black spray paint.
In my opinion, FYI- They are like @$$ holes; EVERYONE has one, in doing tools on my little channel. As long as YOU are happy with the results then that is ALL that matters!
They were fine to begin with. Why not leave his wear? Now they are not your grandfather's. "How loose the blue handles are"... not at all. New Channelocks don't even cost much. The finish looks homemade on the metal now. Plasti dip is not as good as what you cut off IMHO. Cool anvil.
