On Saturday, I decided to head down to the far end of the state, as there is a supposedly giant swap meet there on Sunday. And, on the way I was able to hit a few sales that at least looked good in the ads.
The first stop was the estate sale of a retiring dentist, who was the son of a dentist. So, lots of vintage dental equipment, so interesting tooling, etc. I was, however, getting there on the second day, so, unsurprisingly, it was pretty picked over. I did end up getting this for a very good price though:
a nice National brand dental chest. Needs cleaning, but that is OK.
After that I hit a few sales that ended up with nothing I was interested in, but I did find the two Chrome Molybdenum DBEs and a older Xacto knife at the tail end of an estate sale.
After that, I hit a Restore, were I picked up a Goodell Pratt push drill, with some of the original bits still in it!, a Stanley driver, SK metric hex key set (incomplete) and, as it was 75% off, a P&G valve gapper. On of the best things about this particular Restore is that they seal up any sets they get in thick plastic bags, which tends to keep sets together and whole. So I was happy to find the P&G set, as this is what it looked like:
As far as the swap meet, it was only so-so, although I did manage to find the following:
Furnas drum switch, Jacobs #20n, Stanley vise, Lufkin micrometer set. Everything, except the vise, needs a bit of work, but that just means I got a good deal! That, and that Jacobs should net enough to pay for the whole lot.
So, a pleasant trip, where I found a nice brewery for dinner, stayed at a cool retro hotel, had a good breakfast, and generally had a good time.
