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I responded to a CL listing last night, and the seller and I exchanged a few emails and then a phone call and agreed to meet earlier...

Paid a quick visit to my small local car boot sale yesterday morning and then went a further couple of miles to a small boat jumble...

Finally got a moment to post some of the items I picked up at an estate sale 2 weeks ago. Saw an add at work and made a mad dash for the...

Went out yesterday AM for this pile of junk….. Seller had it on FBM for $5 and had the Pee Dee thread measuring wires for another $5...

You can shut the thread down, because I obviously found the answer at the flea market this morning. :) At the time, I was thinking it...

That was my first guess as well. But all the Huot embossing is missing and the tag rivets don’t jive. I have a nice Huot decal too….but...

The only one I know who did the blue like that was Huot, but they did silver drawers with s blue outer shell. Pull handles are simimar...

Here is my “unknown” machinist chest. This came in a package deal with two other boxes a few months back. Finally got around to going...

Pick this up off marketplace place for 20 dollars. I’m happy!

Been AWOL for a while. I had a post started responding to posts from early June on, but lost it. :tantrum2: You ****! Huh, that...

Small finds today, ten bucks…. Starrett No. 161-E parallel clamp and a NOS By-Buk No. 700 Bending Block. The case hardening on the 161...

Do the fractional graduations match up with the straight edges or the angled/tapered edges? If they match up with the tapered edges...

When cleaning out my fathers garage, I ran across an unusual 24" (OK, 23") Brown & Sharpe inside/outside caliper. I would expect a...

This is a vintage industrial oily waste can manufactured by Justrite Manufacturing Co., typically used in shops to store oily rags. I...

I feel it’s an often overlooked necessity in any working shop. All of mine leave the shop and sit in a metal can outside till trash day...