Many tools, from ones for carpentry to household chores, have fallen out of favor to more modern alternatives. Or, they're ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." From rare 19th-century leather working tools to mid-century woodworking handplanes, these finds tell the ...

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Albert Dremel developed the now famous rotary tool and started the company in 1932 to make blade sharpeners. It would be 1935 before the company produced the Moto-Tool which is mostly recognizable as ...

You know that dusty toolbox in the corner of the garage? The one that hasn’t been opened since the Reagan administration? It might be hiding more than a few rusted screws—some vintage tools are ...

They sure don’t make tools like this anymore, you muse as you turn the old jack plane in your hands. Thousands of planing passes have smoothed its wooden sole. Years of grime obscure the wood’s ...

Browsing an estate sale, yard sale or even an antique shop, shoppers might be looking for any number of items that pique their interest. But items such as hand tools are often overlooked. With grease ...

Ancient tools, buried for millions of years in Kenya, may be the oldest example yet of our ancestors’ technological prowess. The tools, recently discvered on the Homa Peninsula in Lake Victoria, are ...

Tools get rusty. It's one of the things they do best. But they don't have to stay rusty. The DIY experts at Stack Exchange offer a few solutions to keep your tools gleaming clean. While I don't use ...

People say they don’t make em’ like they used to, and while this isn’t always the case, it’s certainly true that old vices rarely die with time. This doesn’t mean they can’t use a ...