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40+ years ago, when I was around telephone guys, they used Scotch 88 tape for everything, including first aid!

Catching up here, ***** to: David99 alinc100 NoahG four.cycle Nice pickings going on!

I bought one for the same price a number of years ago. It had the plug cut off the cord, and the seller thought it was to keep a couple of teenage boys from trying to put it to use! Safety first. I tested it for shorts and grounding, then put a new plug on the cord and it works perfectly.

***** to ORC and seber. I missed the Branch 15 swap meet because of a schedule conflict. I looks like it would have been a lot of fun!

Die filer files cut on the pull, toward the shank.

I have the number and fractional boxes, and am looking for the letter size box.

I have one like that that my grandfather used. He probably made it himself, since it is a cast threaded cap on the pipe.

Ditto!

Some classic books there!

I saw a discussion among WWII historians in which it was mentioned that Japanese writing was changed after WWII. This makes it difficult to read the WWII military records, as machine translation doesn't work. I think they said the change was made to facilitate machine (typewriter/computer)...

Drywall from a certain overseas country seems to crumble much quicker.

r_olson_06 gets a big ****, and jumps to first place for Volume Pick of the Year! At least my travel expenses were lower. :D

Saturday was the local annual Auto Swap Meet. It was pretty well attended, but not as many vendors. There was some interesting stuff, and digging in boxes under the tables was entertaining! P&C 2746 combo 1-7/16 P&C 2518 DBE 1/2 x 9/16 P&C 6205 1/2 dr. extension P&C 3/8 drive speeder. No...

I've been too busy to hunt tools much. The local flea market happens on the first Sunday of each month, and I was able to go there before I went off to work. It turned out pretty well. National Drill Stand for fractional sizes Plomb LA 2056 slide hammer puller Plomb USA 5461 1/2 dr. extension...

Rates a **** for the printer!