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I like the look of that Diamond monkey wrench. I used to ignore them. Now I know to look them over for stamping. As a kid, we didn't have many tools, but Dad had one of those that along with a cheap pliers was all I had to twist off my bicycle axle nuts to fix a flat tire. Discovering actual...

Outlaw, I like the hatchet, & absolute major suckage on the machinist box & other stuff. Things have slowed up in my neck of the woods. Yesterday I drove an hour to pickup a Starrett 4" level & a Crescent nail puller that I won through an online estate auction. I had bid on 10 other Starrett &...

Ok, but yours has the key in the top drawer. You have to push the top drawer in & lock with a key in order for the drawer to stay all the way in correct? Otherwise it springs out about 1" or so. The one in the estate listing that I am looking at has the lock in the bottom drawer.

Indeed, I probably will pass on the deal as any other drawer photos show stuff I have no interest in. And since this is an on line thing, no further inspection will happen.

From a local estate sale listing: Being sold as two Snap-on boxes. I have never seen a middle box with the key on the bottom tray. Also no Logo plate. Middle box has more depth than the top box. So is the middle box Snap-on?

It's a rainy Thursday morning and I have already looked at Craigslist & Facebook to see that there are no worthwhile yard sales to travel to this weekend. Is this what Joe Biden meant when he referenced a "Long Dark Winter"? Luckily last week I brought home several minivan loads from 2 separate...

jimmy12345678, I wish you were closer so I could visit your shop when I can't tackle or figure out my own repairs. BrandoJames, I try to use shops that are small enough that I can actually talk to the guy doing the work before and after. I like to get answers to questions like "Is there...

You need 2 flashlights (just like you always need 2 chainsaws) Headlamp. It is looking where your eyes are pointed. Then whatever cordless platform you have (dewalt milwaukee) get one of their led spotlights for directing traffic around your broke down combine in the middle of the road.

Jim, as a guy that until covid hit has made most of his living for the last 40 years in the music biz, I'd be curious to hear the name of the mixer. Any cool old microphones or vintage rack mount gear in the stash? A home studio?

Total suckage on the Snap-on if you paid 8 bucks. Babe is cool as well.

End of season yard sale. Garage was jam packed with stuff that myself & another fella were making piles as fast as we could. ha! There was a roll up dumpster next to the house & they wanted it empty. Here are a few highlights at $2.00 each. Pexto Hammer SK Ratchet Two Eagle Oilers. Brass 66 and...

These last two weekends were pretty busy & I haven't had time to sort & clean. Here are 3 highlights. I stopped at a garage sale that was mostly Longaberger baskets & yard tools. An old fella was sitting behind the table in front of an old Mac box. I asked him if he had any mechanics tools He...

Thanks WisJim for that catalogue and explanation.

I see Lugz & several others already have the Treadle sewing machine belt tool 119-6. Here is mine I dug out of the dollar box this weekend. I had no idea what it was, but recognized the parallel jaws right away. As a kid (now 66yrs) we had my grandmother's Singer treadle machine sitting on the...

You have more patience than I do, :dunno:

Yeah I thought of your posts about single mantles when I bought it. I never knew there was such a thing, let alone it being Kero fueled.

Ok one last then I'll shut up Pair of Blue-Point tail pipe stretchers. When the guy said $5.00 the pair, I nearly had to clean out my drawers.. :eyecrazy: And this single mantle lantern that needs some TLC. $3.00

Rusty weekend continued: KD 2031 tail pipe cutter $1.00 Reed No.11 Pipe wrench ??? $1.00 Miller C-3301 Retaining ring pliers $1.00 Starrett #230 in red case $5.00 & my favorite that i had no idea what it was.... Buckingham #6103 $1.00 Video here: (skip to 45 minutes)

It was a rusty weekend. But not very expensive. Mostly yard sales & a return visit to the cat pee condemned house. Yesterday afternoon was spent in front of the wire wheel & squirting oil to get this stuff working. Matched pair of Simplex 1-1/4 x 10 w/ ball bearing caps barn jacks $5.00/pair...

Hey Rickster, I'll ask since I don't know. Are the 3 "zebra handled" hammers an owner modification? Reminds me of when I used a propane torch to burn then clear the wood work in my 78 E150 custom van...