You ****.
Mike





Jim,So we hit "both sides of the fence" today. We hit some Flea Markets and Garage Sales and bought a few things. We also donated 4 bags of no longer needed clothing to the local VNA for their sale next month.
I picked up a cute little 1/4 "Breaker bar" (seems like an oxymoron). It's marked "Grants" and "WTG NO 5-3355".
I can't find anything about "Grants" or by the Part Number.
Cheers
Jim











I don’t know much about them other than I think they were a store brand, and the bulk of socketry seems to have been made by the Pendleton Empire (similar to Penens, Fleet, Proto,etc.).So we hit "both sides of the fence" today. We hit some Flea Markets and Garage Sales and bought a few things. We also donated 4 bags of no longer needed clothing to the local VNA for their sale next month.
I picked up a cute little 1/4 "Breaker bar" (seems like an oxymoron). It's marked "Grants" and "WTG NO 5-3355".
I can't find anything about "Grants" or by the Part Number.
Cheers
Jim
I don’t know much about them other than I think they were a store brand, and the bulk of socketry seems to have been made by the Pendleton Empire (similar to Penens, Fleet, Proto,etc.).








Yeah, that is the one. That company will usually do me solid, but as you see, I didn't find much. There was a later SK machinist box, but I have too many machinist boxes as is.Haven't been doing much lately but Friday morning I did get out to one sale--bmw, if the garage you were referring to had a red MGB and a few junk motorcycles in it, we may have been at the same sale. A Craftsman T-handle tap wrench #4067, two 6" C clamps--one Willliams and one Jorgensen and a Craftsman Allen wrench set. The bulk of the tools were import-grade junk. There was one older Stack-on 6-drawer box, nice older style but something I didn't need.
Tom B.
Here is my haul from 3 planned stops Friday afternoon. Left work early to finish stuff at home, as they didn't expect my data until 5pm.Here is my haul from 3 planned stops Friday afternoon. Left work early to finish stuff at home, as they didn't expect my data until 5pm.
First stop was the Toy store closeout I hit two weekends back. Not much tool wise, but grabbed some HO scale train engines and transformers. Also found a little metal box with Welsh Manufacturing on it. Seemed a nice size, so into the box it went.
Next stop was one I had hit before also, and they are struggling to move stuff, prices are too high. Did find a nice Lufkin 50' cloth tape measure, at an acceptable price.
Last stop was an ES of a rock hound, mostly lots of fun rocks that I had no interest in. There were other tools which may have been used to cut and polish rocks. I found a few items which could cross over to other worlds. But also lots of bits and pieces of other tools, like the guts of a table saw. Suspect he was building custom rock cutters and polishers, based on the pieces that were partially assembled.
L-R, 2 Cincinnati clamps, one B&C, and one only marked 152. Next up, two saws, the coping saw with an X-Acto handle, and a smaller fret saw labeled X-Acto 043. Next is a backsaw blade missing a handle, and a square to hex converter, marked USA, and then the Lufkin Tape.



Herbrand it is! Thanks. I was looking for the name on the handle. I was giving most of the tools away but I think I'll keep that one.Your unknown speeder’s probably Herbrand. Check the knob.
Dowel Centers for marking holes on mating pieces of wood to be joined together. You can put them in pre-drilled holes and the point marked the opposite piece, or slip the end over a dowel and mark the opposing piece.Picked this up recently -- any idea what is is / is used for ?
Set up dowel centers, put in the end of a dowel to find where it’s going to hit so you can drill the receiving hole.Picked this up recently -- any idea what is is / is used for ?
Transfer dowel centers. stick it in the first hole and center punch the mating location.Picked this up recently -- any idea what is is / is used for ?
Interesting roller! The holes on the side made me think of a Blackhawk roller and the pull out handles. Regardless, you **** majorly!Picked up the last lot from my recent online auction binge. I paid $99 after all the fees and taxes were assessed. I really just wanted the Portapower set, and am hoping to flip the rest to make back my purchase price.
Unbranded Portapower system. Seems to have all of the parts, but the labels are worn off the hydraulic cylinder, so can't tell if it's a 4- or 10-ton setup.
Included in the Portapower box was this Made-in-England Felco Mark II hydraulic jack. The company is still in business and specializes in "precision lift hydraulic jacks". This one is rated at 10 tons and 1.5 inches of lift. It was dry, but when I filled it with 80-weight oil, it pumped right up.
Wright Manufacturing 1-1/2-ton chain fall. The thing is massive, and I estimate from the 1930s. Dirty and beat up, and I still need to verify it works, but it should bring some decent coin if functional.
KR-300 Snap-on Rollabench tool cart. This was a surprise, as the chest was covered in grime and unrecognizable as Snappy from the auction pics. Given the logo, this might be pre-war, but I'm no Snap-on expert. I'll cross-post to the Snap-on thread for some help. This cart is missing its nifty work light and the side handle, the drawers are stiff and the paint is peeling in places, but I'm hoping someone wants it enough to buy it off of me.
Finally, the contents of the tool chest: about a hundred pounds of drill bits, reamers, huge mills bits, Allen wrenches and taps. Some are unused, some are very worn. These will go on the market, too.![]()
But for the sake of this thread he only ***** onceYou ****... Twice.
Mike
Craftsman Heritage roller intact, but missing paint and the lower drawer needs its glides straightened.


You're right that it's past my niche, but I kind of like the labeled pouches. 1953 is about as late as you'll find a wartime era FSN. The configuration of the wrenches is atypical with the severe obstruction angle, usually 15 x 60 or 15 x 75. S.I. Jacobson is still in business, still making tool rolls for the government and others. There's a similar if not same pouch on the VB with Giller wrenches in it. Your is cooler with the WW wrenches, and that largest WW wrench is very cool. I have a couple DOEs with that raised lettering grip but it's even cooler on an obstruction wrench.I had visions of Lugz dancing in my brain when I saw the OD canvas roll shoved to the back of a low shelf...
Thanks! It is 32h 25w 17d.Nice score LS! Is that the older narrower (25"? IIR) roller?
I used one like that as my "welding bench" for many years, I had a 1/2" sterl plate I cut to fit, and a folding Side shelf (braced with a strut) with a small (grounded) vise, and a tiny 4" grinder. the right side had a hanging cabinet and the Lincoln 125 wire feed sat on top of that.









