Bundoman Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 (edited) I have wanted one of these for a long while. They usually are home made, or in a bad state of affairs when I find them, or both and pretty expensive, too. So, I have passed several up over the years. Anyway, I almost never find myself on the hunt on Fridays because of my J-O-B but used personal time today. We went out to the garage sales and passed s new store that The wife wanted to stop and check out. It is a re-purpose shop and although this is not always my cup of tea, I can say that the owner has some nice things. We had pretty much walked the store when I spied this Wheelwright Traveller. Yes, it has been covered in metallic gold paint to go with the store inventory. I was out the door for 12 bucks though! Guilty that I probably will not give this much use but loved the cool factor. Every now and again, I am guilty of bringing things home just because...well... you get the picture. Edited November 21, 2017 by Ron Dudelston tags added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 Awesome Tool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 What a neat find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred W. Hargis Jr Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 nothing wrong with having stuff for the cool factor, and that is pretty cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stick486 Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 some just have the really cool stuff ... great find... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandyDan Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 Great find Brent. I can certainly relate. I fall for out of the ordinary tools too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bundoman Posted September 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 It took more e-tank time than I thought it would. It cleaned up nicely, though. I did find an old repair to the arrow lock ring that had failed over time. It had stripped threads sometime during its long life and a prior owner had rivetted a washer to it and threaded the washer to produce new threads. That washer cracked into pieces and caused another failure. I drilled and riveted another new washer onto the existing holes and I tapped new threads again. It is a nice clean repair and is functional again. Gold paint is gone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandyDan Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 That looks great cleaned up and repaired. Nice work. Bundoman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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