good finds rmalkow, I love CL...wait, I mean I hate CL...wait... It's a love/hate relationship really...
Not an awesome buy, but I got 43 Snap-On sockets and a ratchet adapter for $200 at a flew market. Some are in rough shape, and they're all SAE. I don't use SAE much
today's haul
3 guys have been selling off the 1 dudes tools all summer...I've bought a bunch of old made in us stuff before but I've held out on these for the prices to come down.
$50 for it all
this isn't a knapheide is it?
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ton's of bits
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hardware and such to clean up
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bunch more made in us, husky crowfoot's, snappy speeder
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mac rat and us sockets on the right, taiwan on the left
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missing lock cylinder and dirty but solid
they were surprised I wanted this
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this stuff was stuffed up inside the bent up drawer
some of the suff I got from these guys last time...maybe $20
first time I got a big mayhew pry bar and a few snappy pry bars for $9 (no pics, does not count)
What is this?
I hit up a nearby estate sale this morning. Somehow I missed the listing for it yesterday or I would have really cleaned up.
When I walked into the garage there was a LARGE pile of metal items out by the door. In the pole were two giant old house radiators, a wrought iron railing some other trinkets and a LARGE maybe 8" vise. There was a man standing nearby negotiating a price with the seller. She was offering it all to him for free because he was a regular at their sales and said if he didn't take it they would scrap it out. He said it looked like a good pile so he gave her $20.He went to get his truck. When he came back I asked him if he wanted to break even on the money he had just spent and sell me the vise for $20. He said he wanted to keep it. He then offered to give me a, "couple bucks" to help him load the radiators into the van. I countered and said I'd do it for the section of railroad track in the pile. Done.
I did find a decent sized Reed vise for $15. A dozen screw-in ceiling hooks for $3. A small railroad rail piece for $1, an old c-clamp for $1, and a pair of OLD coupe, quarter panels in the rafters. I had to climb up to get them down. The seller told me someone yesterday had said they were for a Model T. I wasn't sure what they fit but knew it looked mid-20's to early 30's. While I was loading them up a man said that they were for a '32 Ford. I just laughed and said, 'I doubt it, but if they are I just hit the mother lode!' Got those both for $5.
I then spent the next 30 minutes removing the vise from the bench. In their brilliance someone had mounted it using four non-slotted carriage bolts that the nuts had now rusted to on two of them. That was not fun! I ended up using a breaker bar to break it through the bottom of the bench. Worth it! Ughhhhhh....
Second is this older Simonsen tackle/tool box maybe from the 50's or 60's? Love the old decal with "Niki" the mascot dog.
And then there is the odd little Mini Iron. Not sure what it's intended use was. maybe heat activated patches?
Todd's Farm
rt1A Rowley
sunday morning only
Antiques, Kitch, Vintage clothing, tools, it all depends on who shows up to sell on any given sunday. NO IMPORT KNOCKOFFS.
What you find can be hit or miss. Some sellers have great prices, some ask top dollar. I'll had some great luck there one week, and then weeks of drought. I'd have better luck if I collected any and all of the older brands (I'd also have an empty wallet and no room to move in my shop), but I try to restrict myself to what I'm using.
Get there early 7-7:30am, Some sellers start packing up by 10.
