Shortly after Elaine posted this thread, I contacted her via PM and eventually email, offering my advice, which was essentially to hold a well-advertised Estate Sale right at her father’s house, and then perhaps list some things on CL for whatever was remaining after that. It was good to see other well-meaning GJ members offer similar advice.
Yesterday I met her and her husband at the premises. I helped them identify some machines and tools, and also gave them some rough, general assessments. Her father was old school, with a pit and a creeper and some cabinets in the garage, and a small, well-organized and well-kept hobby shop in the basement. The basement has outside access, double doors, short set of concrete steps, Bilco.
It is not my intent to turn this into a Classified Ad, first of all, because this is not the place for it, and secondly, because I have no involvement in selling. But I told Elaine that if I followed up on her post here with a report of my visit it might attract people to the Estate Sale, which will probably not happen until after the holidays, and, if she wanted to welcome it, individual appointments before the sale. I was thinking especially of GJ members who may be in the Central and North Jersey area, Northeast PA, or even lower NY state. Anyone interested in anything should contact Elaine. Do not use PM. She found it too difficult and daunting to navigate. Email her directly and provide your own email address.
South Bend Model A 9” x 36” Tool Shop Cabinet-Top Precision Lathe SN 344ZN (Location: garage)
Atlas Model TV48 SN 059612 Lathe with a 4-foot bed and 10-inch swing. I noticed but forgot to identify and itemize the attachments underneath the lathe, but it possibly comes with additional chucks, rests, taper etc. (Location: basement)
Tank mounted compressor (not marked as far as I could see, possibly a Quincy) with a Century motor. (Location: garage)
Orbit (made in Taiwan) Model OR-1412 Drill Press, 5 speed, 1/2-inch, early Jet type. (Location: basement)
CRAFTSMAN 10” 2.5HP Radial Arm Saw (Location: basement)
Other items (I didn’t have time and/or just forgot to take photos of):
- A modern compressor and some spare small motors
- Two (2) jig saws
- Complete Russell-Jennings auger bit set in a blue vinyl roll-up, also marked Russell-Jennings
- A couple of vintage pneumatic hand tools and hoses
- A few electric handheld buffers/polishers with attachments
- Sets and loose 1920’s era hex drive sockets, pressed steel ratchets, extensions, etc (Duro, Walden)
- Very small number and loose mixed-brand assortment of wrenches (DOEs, DBEs, and Combos), screwdrivers, hammers (claw, ball pein), no Snap-On, Plomb, no holy grails, etc, I saw some Indestro, =CRAFTSMAN= VV, Barcalo-made DROP FORGED, SK, but again, this is a very small, onesy-twosy lot
- A couple RIDGID pipe cutters, medium to large capacity
- A vintage circuit tester in a wooden case with a leather handle (sorry I didn’t note the brand)
- Vintage wooden slat creeper with black vinyl headrest and caster wheels (brand is not legible)
- Floor-to-ceiling steel parts shelves and framework with plastic bins all filled with hardware
- Very large homemade workbench with side cabinets and top shelves
As you guys know, it’s often more important to know what is NOT there as it is what is there, so note that there are no complete wrench sets of any kind, no complete or even incomplete modern socket sets, and no mechanics toolboxes, top boxes, cabinets, stacks, etc.
Also, the 7-ton Ringueberg & Van De Mark floor jack has been sold.
Maybe the mods will get me for this. I dunno. I hope not.
(It may be a little golden, but I am a picker at heart!) A couple dozen stacking parts bins, painted OD green! Some drive tools and attachments. A few old trigger oilers and a 2 quart measure with a bottom dispenser and a flexible nozzle. And a few catalogs. All vintage. 
