Here is this weekend’s haul in three pieces. 1st bit was from near where MLW was going to be on Friday, started Thu, but work was too chaotic to even look at ads . Lots of pix of craploads of tools, on tables, in piles, nothing I could discern. She sent a few pix, had her grab a few items, including a 24”x 4” miter saw, Warranted Superior is all we know so far. Oh, and very rusty. Also spotted two orange ish handled screwdrivers, to,d her to grab them if Vaco or XCelite. Oops, Jensen?, those will do just fine thanks.
First stop of Saturday was a local stop with both 8am and 9am start times posted. In vacation recovery mode, we didn’T get rolling with breakfast in hand til 9. Turns out the vultures arrived at 7, and the pots MLW was after sold right at 8. Grabbed a large roll of thick leather, a Utica 11 wire cutter cheap.
Second haul came from a nearby rural town annual barn sale, that is really more like a flea market now, everyone who can gets in a central area or two. This one is fun to attend, as being a small town, everyone knows everyone, very friendly. Found some real goodies in the past, so fun shopping.
First couple of rows had nothing, then found 2 matching cigar boxes, then hit a retired United mechanic with some fun tools, but only a few sockets of interest, and a Craftsman RA ratcheting screwdriver, which went to a buddy today, next row had a guy with a Rubbermaid tote full of saws. Poked thru it, he said $20 for the box. I pulled out 3 Disston and 1 Atkins saw, and got the answer i dreaded, $20. Took the box, he’d hold it for me til later. Wandered down a side street, grabbed nothing, but gabbed about apple trees with a guy who had a bunch of heritage trees. Little later ran into another box of saws, and a buddy bought one, said he’d tried to buy one out of another box, but was already sold. Oops. We told him to catch us later, but we never reconnected. Rest of the fields were pretty dry, so we headed back to the truck to pack up, and a neighbor had texted me pix of the saw my buddy bought, two hours prior. Turns out he was standing between my truck and my location, his wife was negotiating to buy a tiny sailboat 8’ long 4’ wide. I offered to put it in the truck, save them an hour round trip to get their bigger car with roof rack. She was thrilled. We loaded up our hauls, added the sailboat, and jaunted off to other nearby sales they had seen.
Next sale had a stash of vintage tools, from one guy’s dad, in rough shape, Kennedy box w twanged lid, no front flap, various rusty Starrett like tools, and a couple of OddFellows. Recognized the Boos name and shape, and the Vice Grip like tool’s brand name is now escaping me (BMC), but knew
@Private Lugnutz was aware of both. Got them out last night, realized both need help in adjusting, might be toast. Also an old Craftsman ratchet, I think BE era. Last hit came from the town vet, and got a 20Mp Nikon PnS, and Olympus stereo voice recorder real cheap. The camera powered up ok w new batteries, and took a pic, so hoping the recorder works too.
All in the pics below, the 3 saws with red painted handles are Disston & Sons 12” #4, two with etches, one of which says Manual Training something. Probably the best of the bunch, and I hadn’t seen them til after purchase. The miter box saw is 28x5”, the other WS is 16”, last is 12” again. Lots of rust.
This pic of saws, the left ones are more interesting, older, decent brands, decent condition. The right stack, not so much, they may turn into donors. Newer, mismatched components, missing medallions, busted up. And BTW, the single saw above was half the cost of the box of saws.
And the cigar boxes, they were buried in the back of the truck, had forgotten about them,
There I was, feeling sorry for myself yesterday, but then I noticed an Outdoorsman Flea Market was going to set up at Lazybrook Park in Tunkhannock Twp, about halfway home from my parents’ place. I don’t think I’ve ever been here, for all the times I’ve driven past Tunkhannock. The lenticular truss bridge is one of four surviving in PA.
