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My father-in-law passed away in April and now that the house is on the market it is time to start going through the garage. He has a ton of cool stuff. Some of it I will probably keep and will probably sell some. Ill update this post as I go through things. All input is welcome. Some of these things Im not even sure what they are.

What are these?

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Spent some more time going through the garage today. The drill press is coming home with me, not sure about the other stuff yet.

Found this interesting looking vise - not sure what it is for.

Was pretty excited to find all there c-clamps, especially the 10" one, until I saw it was bent.

I really like his bench vise, couldn't find any identifying marks on it. Might be a little overkill for me, but we will see.
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The interesting vise, as you put it, is a saw sharpening vise. The big vise shown at the end is a low-end Chinese vise, sadly.

The drill press looks like a Craftsman or Dunlap model, but I am not sure. Check out the vintage drill press thread and you will find more information. It should definitely work for you, but I would be very careful of the wiring, as it looks iffy in the pic.
 
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My guess is the drill press is a Mohawk, missing it's cover. Look on the base, right near the column and see if it has a Sears tag.
 
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Buffalo isn't too bad imo. And yes the 2 at the top of this thread are likely machinist's jacks. Larger "trumpet" shaped jacks that are a foot or more taller (collapsed) are probably building/structure leveling jacks. Such jacks often have a 'grab handle' as part of the cast iron stationary 'trumpet'. All-in-all some pretty cool tools.

Condolences to you and your family members on the passing of FIL.
 
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Had a chance to go through a few more things. Found a Curtis No 60 vise. Not sure what its for. I would imagine something specialized because the jaws are curved. tempImage8Dh5iX.jpgtempImageFleo7a.jpg
 
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Some place posted that as a "Curtis MFG Co. Model 60 Boat Lantern Clamp Mount. This auction is for a vintage hull mount lantern clamp by Curtis Manufacturing Co. of Muncie. IND". Maybe someone can expand on that. There was one posted in the vise thread a while ago, with no one identifying it. Clicking through does not work

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A few more picks from todays sorting. An old Workmate, Sandblaster, some tong looking things (I'm not sure what they are for, and a Bailey no 5 plane.tempImage18yhzH.jpgtempImageMvQAd9.jpgtempImageu180p2.jpgtempImageDA0oYv.jpg
 
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I have one of those sandblasters in my garage. I've been trying to figure out what to do with it since I had to do a couple of garage cleanouts recently. Right now I've lost my motivation and a lot of stuff is just sitting in boxes. Good luck with the cleanout I had to give away a lot of stuff just to get rid of it.
 
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Found some kind of old cutters. Never seen anything like them before with the way they fold up and all. Any ideas if they were for a special purpose?
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You have some neet tools there. I always wondered how a 'C' clamp that big could get bent sideways. My dad has a Sears jack like yours and it works just fine.

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George Plumpton Ltd. British World War l Military wire cutters

In my many tool hunts around central Ohio sometimes I am very amazed at the tools that I find. This tool has traveled from the shores of England to my home town, indeed that has been a very long road to travel. Because the tool was so very rusty and I did not want to touch the original patina...
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Was over the there today going through the shed an pulled out the most awesome wheelbarrow I have ever seen.

maybe 2 years ago I was over there doing yard work when he wasn’t able to and pulled this thing out. I asked him if that has Batman’s wheelbarrowA7F55543-9A59-4525-B88F-56B3CCFCF5BA.jpeg
 
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MidnightZ21 said:
Was over the there today going through the shed an pulled out the most awesome wheelbarrow I have ever seen.

maybe 2 years ago I was over there doing yard work when he wasn’t able to and pulled this thing out. I asked him if that has Batman’s wheelbarrowA7F55543-9A59-4525-B88F-56B3CCFCF5BA.jpeg
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Great for concrete work: keeps the spillage off the wheel area.
 
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