Tool restoration

Restoring an Antique Screwdriver: Today I will show you how I restored this antique C.D. Smith Co. Perfect 'Winged' Handle screwdriver (marketplace find). You might be wondering why would anyone want to restore a simple tool like this? For me, it all started with watching 'My mechan…

Tool Restoration: It might be widely know the virtues of vinegar. Not only can you put it on a salad, you can kill weeds with it, a perfect cleaner, and for the purposes of this instructable remove rust. Compared to other over the counter cleaning chemicals it can't …

It’s easy to forget that all carpentry was once done by hand. People used the power of muscle, skill, and what are now vintage tools.

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It’s easy to forget that all carpentry was once done by hand. People used the power of muscle, skill, and what are now vintage tools.

To rescue your classic tools requires patience, sturdy abrasives—and vision.

Learn how easy it is to get rid of rust on tools by sanding them or scrubbing them with common household supplies.

That pile of corroded wrenches and pliers may seem like it's destined for the trash heap, but there are ways to bring rusted tools back from the brink.

Have some old tools that aren't working like they used to? Use these 10 tips to restore your old tools to good-as-new condition.

Restoring an Old Wrench: I found this old rusty wrench from a flea market. I tought I should try to restore and polish it. The wrench was very disty and barely funtional because the adjustment mechanism was almost jammed by rust and dirt. As a fan on Mad Max movies I would …