Recent content by Gidge

Welcome to the forum !

Picked up these valve cutting tools today. --------------------------------------------------------- What do you think would be a fair market value asking price if I were to sell them on FleaBay ?

Lithium grease

Picked this up recently -- any idea what it is / is used for ?

Thank Lugz ! Makes sense, I'm not too far from the Metro Boston area. Found this : The Bay State Street Railway Company was a horse-drawn and electric streetcar railroad operated on the streets of Boston, Massachusetts and communities directly north (stretching into New Hampshire) and south...

Picked this up recently -- it appears to be from a Railroad company -- Does anyone know which railroad from the markings : BSt RRco ?

Recent haul : Need to clean them up to see if I can spot any maker's marks "

Scored this very rusty 1960's Wagner Ware #8 Skillet. My intention was to use electrolysis to remove the rust but was fresh out of Washing Powder - my local supermarket doesn't carry it, I could have ordered a super-sized box from Amazon for $13.00, and I try to avoid trips...

We here in New England has Fallstaff... me and my high school buddies had many "Staff meetings" - ha ha ha ! The bottle caps had weird messages:

Yesterday's haul (the cast iron skillet is Wagner-Ware --circa 1960s-- and a great candidate for an electrolysis project) ...

What would you say the age of that bag is (1930s -1940s, earlier) ? The bag contained old electrical wire, an old pulley and some 5" carriage bolts (and nuts).

Yesterday's haul :

+1 :thumbup:

This weekend's haul - not much in the way of tools but some pretty cool items nonetheless: Antique Bissel : Ceramic bowls Boxes and Bits Tice flag pole hardware (Patent 1879):

Wing ?