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    What's my purpose?

    Picked this carry tray up today. No idea what it was intended to hold/carry. The long stainless dividers touch the bottom of the pan, but not all the short dividers do as you work your way from the low to taller side of the tray. I don't really need it but at $6.00 I couldn't pass it up.
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    Vintage Champion C-Clamp Find

    Picked this little 'Champion' C-Clamp up today. Thought the skeleton screw handle was pretty cool. Thinking early 1900's. Paid $3.50 for it. There's another 6 or 7 still at the antique shop. At least one other Champion and a couple different manufacturers. All with skeleton key type screws. May...
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    Sharon's Brite Line Fastener Cabinet

    I Picked this out of a dumpster the other day. Its a SHARON"S BRITE LINE fastener parts cabinet. Someone painted over the original blue cabinet color and white painted lettering company design. I looked up the name and it appears that they were bought out back in the early eighties by another...
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    The Dallett Co vintage stone working tools

    Here's a couple pics of my vintage Dallett Co. pneumatic air hammer or chipper gun as well as some of its bits and a very cool swivel type hose ******. Made by The Dallett Co, Phila., Pa. U.S.A. (No Longer in Business) Its a Model 3/4"-No H -36415 RS3-L. Made for stone engraving type work such...
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    Old Cloth Electrical Tape

    Looking for the older cloth type electrical tape. Haven't seen any around at the local hardware store or big box stores. Is it still being made?
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    This Weeks Tool Finds

    Picked up a couple things this week at a local antiques shop and small collectible/antique show. (1) Sears Timing Light, As New Condition, USA, w/original 1984 Sales slip. $6.00 Doesn't look like it was ever used. (1) Ridgid Pipe Wrench, 14", USA, Old w/Patent No.1727623 $1.00 (1)...
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    Vintage Rayovac Flashlight

    I used to collect old flashlights. Sold them off some time ago, but still have a couple left. Here's a couple pics of my old Rayovac flashlight. This flashlight is covered in rubber of some type. I believe the flashlight's lense turned yellow over the years. Not sure if it was designed as a...
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    S-K Set, What Am I Missing?

    I picked this S-K set up today at a local antiques shop. The metal label inside the case reads S-K TOOLS Chicago, Ill 60632 Its a 1/4" Drive Metric set with a 40 tooth round head ratchet wrench marked S-K USA 45170 USA on one side and Pat. No. 2232477 on the other side. All the sockets are...
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    Identify This Tool

    Can you I.D this vintage tool, its approximate age and its originally designed use? When you pull the trigger on the handle a sharp cutting blade pushes out from the other end. I picked it up at a local antique shop. I use it for a couple things.
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    Surgical Table Painting Stand

    I got this years ago when dumpster diving while doing construction work at a hospital. Its all stainless steel and has a removable top pan. I can adjust the height of the top section and spin it 360 degrees if needed. I remember disinfecting it with bleach and Lysol to get off some weird sticky...
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    Novelty Type Small Battery Testers

    Let's see your 'Novelty' type small battery testers. These would be for testing your 1.5v to 9v type batteries in your flashlights, radios, toys, hand testers, etc. I've started it off with two of mine that came my way over the years. I display them with my old flashlights/lamps. They work...
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    Old Sears Tester Birthday Gift

    This tester sat on a shelf in a local Antiques Dealer for what must have been over six months if it were a day. My wife and I go there about every other weekend or so. We Usually find something cheap that we collect or can put to use. Anyway, every time I passed by the booth I would mention to...
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    10 Lbs of Cookies in A 1 Lb Box 'Garage'

    Lets start at the 'Yellow Garage Door'...and the first thing you see walking in...followed by a scan to our right and looking down the right side of the 'Bay' Let me know if you need to see more of the 'Garage'
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    Motorcraft Tune-Up Cabinet

    This is my late 1970's 2pc Motorcraft Automotive tune-up parts cabinet. This was placed in garages on consignment and kept stocked by saleman. I got them new and for free from a former saleman back around early eighties. There was suppose to be a middle box that was available when ordered by...
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    Help I.D. My Tool Box

    I bought this box a couple years ago and have yet to see another like it. I bought it off a Snap-On dealer. It was a trade in. The Snap-On logo had been covered up and he was surprised when I showed it to him on his next visit to the shop. He could not I.D. it himself. The only stampings are...
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