Time is money for a flat-rate auto mechanic, and for the DIY guy working on his car at home extra time isn't always an easy resource to come by. This fact brings us to the evolution of the basic open ...

A REWARD is on offer for the return of a piece of equipment which fell from a vintage motorbike. Wallace Holmes is desperate to find the tool box, which fell from his 1912 Rudge TT bike while he was ...

On Sunday, Aug. 1, members of the Early American Industries Association and the Mid-West Tools Collectors Association will host their annual Antique Tool Show and Sale at Garfield Farm Museum in ...

Do you know what this mystery tool, from the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum collection, was used for? Landis Valley curator Jennifer Royer says its dimensions are: Length, 6.5 inches; width: 4.5 ...

Today I want to visit with you about a conversation we had with fellow docents. They shared with us that one of their friends visited the museum and was quite disappointed because all it had in it was ...

Last month’s mystery tool really lit a flame for our readers — and, for many, that flame was a nostalgic one. Our mailbox and email were flooded with correct answers, identifying the tool as a tobacco ...

Francis Nicholson is America’s first documented planemaker. It’s believed he was the first planemaker to imprint his name on the tools he created. Nicholson lived from 1683-1753 and this wooden plane ...

LAFAYETTE -- Linda Mariconda hasn't met an antique tool she didn't like, although there are those she likes better than others. "I held this one in my hand," she said recently at her shop in the ...

Members of the Mid-West Tool Collectors Association and the Early American Industries Association will be returning to Garfield Farm Museum in Campton Hills on Sunday, Aug. 6, to put on the 30th ...