DetailSeeker
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First: falling behind, but a "YOU ****" to >checks notes< @Squez , @d42jeep , @Mr. Wonderful , @Skellyii , @3baygarage , and @3jakes .
Second: the local tool library (bless 'em) had their first garage sale today! I limited myself to the $2 table (where I got a tiny discount) and the free stuff, and got out of there with only $36 spent.
In the free category:
A Ramset toolbox, a set of Stanley Yankee screwdriver bits (made in West Germany, which is not remarkable but which seemed neat), six glass cutters (three Red Devils, a Hoppe, a Richard, and a Fletcher), a toggle clamp still in the bag (I guess that makes it NOS?), and a bench hold-down.
(The pliers in the bottom right corner were actually from the $2 pile.)
In the $2 category:
Above, the flat-nose pliers with a cutter, stamped BLOSTA on the pivot and FOREIGN on one of the arms.
Pliers, left to right and top to bottom,
And more generally: a Cluthe nail-set, a Gray four-way lug wrench, three corner clamps, a drill index from the Century Twist Drill Works (I will look up the patent number later), two half-full packs of aniline dye, and an augur with two adjustable cutters (one of which seems pretty dull).
...and a box wrench from the free table that I forgot to take a picture of until right now. The stamps on it make no sense; that's says 7/16, but I think it's been stamped over a 6, which would make that thing metric. I'll deal with it later.
Second: the local tool library (bless 'em) had their first garage sale today! I limited myself to the $2 table (where I got a tiny discount) and the free stuff, and got out of there with only $36 spent.
In the free category:
A Ramset toolbox, a set of Stanley Yankee screwdriver bits (made in West Germany, which is not remarkable but which seemed neat), six glass cutters (three Red Devils, a Hoppe, a Richard, and a Fletcher), a toggle clamp still in the bag (I guess that makes it NOS?), and a bench hold-down.
(The pliers in the bottom right corner were actually from the $2 pile.)
In the $2 category:
Above, the flat-nose pliers with a cutter, stamped BLOSTA on the pivot and FOREIGN on one of the arms.
Pliers, left to right and top to bottom,
- W&B Co (Made In Canada) slipjoint
- ETF slipjoint
- Hoppe slipjoint (are you sensing a
pattern 
) - combination pliers that need some derusting before I have any idea
- skinny little needlenose pliers with a hole near the tips; stamp reads something like CYMMIONS
- J.P. Danielson Co. slipjoint
- Indestro slipjoint, very tiny (is there a different word for the angled slipjoints?)
- Snap-On slipjoint
- Utica 50-6 linesman
And more generally: a Cluthe nail-set, a Gray four-way lug wrench, three corner clamps, a drill index from the Century Twist Drill Works (I will look up the patent number later), two half-full packs of aniline dye, and an augur with two adjustable cutters (one of which seems pretty dull).
...and a box wrench from the free table that I forgot to take a picture of until right now. The stamps on it make no sense; that's says 7/16, but I think it's been stamped over a 6, which would make that thing metric. I'll deal with it later.
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