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Well, as many of you might have expected, I received LOTS of inquiries for tools which fellow Garage Journal members wanted, during my big sorting/cleaning project. I finally had to stop cleaning for a while, and just sort, so that I could get around to answering folks. So now the tools are...

Folks, The tool sorting project I have been doing has taken WAY longer than I ever thought it would. Consequently I have not been able to promptly reply to the dozens of requests I have received for tools some of you wish to buy. Even when I decide to stop sorting for a while, and try to answer...

This tool-sorting stuff is hard work! :eyecrazy: The more piles and boxes of tools that I tackle, the more often I keep having to redo work I did before. Storage containers get overloaded, and so the tools inside must be broken apart into more specific sorts, etc, etc, etc. Today I decided that...

I visited one of my buddies at his place of business the other day. He owns and operates an auto repair shop not too far away. He has been at it all of his life. We yakked about old times a bit, and then he suddenly said, "Hey, did I hear correctly that you now collect old tools and tool boxes...

Folks, I'm still in the middle of that epic sorting project. I'm up to my ears in vintage tools. But the Rolling Stones, a little Tanqueray Gin on the rocks with a lime, and seeing the progressive organization of these piles is making it a pretty enjoyable evening. At the moment, I'm starting...

There is a chain of cheapo-junk stores in our area, called either "Odd Lots" or "Big Lots", depending on their location. When they first hit this area, those stores often really did have "odd lots" of distressed merchandise. My wife loves bargains, and often would shop there, while I of course...

Guys, my Garage Journal Private Message files are getting close to being too full (94%), and I keep deleting some old ones here and there to reduce it. But some I don't really want to delete...maybe the address of a GJ friend or a tool someone wants to buy if I find that I have it, etc. If I...

My youngest son has been out of work, so I offered him a chance to come and work for me, sorting out the vintage tools I bought last year. WHEW, what a big project this is turning out to be! :willy_nil I mentioned my big sorting project to Bull, 'cause I have a few old tools I have been...

Sorting out tools and I found this Blue Point tool, part number GA 454. That part number is not in the current Snap On catalog website. Whatisit??? :headscrat It has a date code symbol which I found on the Snap On date code chart for 1999. That probably means it's too new for me...probably...

Folks, I picked up a set of Snap On hex ball drivers, Snap On set # 206EFABL, last summer, planning to keep it in my tool box. But the other night when I was looking up some tools in the current catalog, I decided to see what these are worth. HOLY COW! The catalog lists them at $155! :scared...

Once again ol' Lump is seeking your advice, Oh knowledgeable ones! Last summer I bought a bunch of stuff as a package at an auction, to get a few items I wanted. I ended up getting a Victor argon gas gauge, which may be new, unused. But I have no box for it. Anyway...I have no tig outfit at...

Last summer I bought a bunch of tools, which I am just now getting sorted out. Here are a couple of Snap On accessory items, which I am hoping to get more info on: First: This one is a key fob, I assume. Seems to be made of brass or bronze; definitely not magnetic. Length roughly 2". How old...

Once again, it's ignorant ol' Lump, asking for wisdom from the tool experts on Garage Journal. Thanks to all of you who have helped so far. :thumbup: I have had this old ratchet plug sitting by my computer monitor since last summer, hoping I would figure out what tool brand it is for, since I...

Thanks for your help so far, folks. It is really appreciated. Right now today I am trying really hard to sort out so many tools, and decide what to keep and what to sell. Of course, I like it all, but I need to generate a little cash flow, and I just do not have the room to keep everything. So...

I have a Snap On flexible 3/8" extension. I found it years ago, and bought it for my own tool box. But today I saw one GJ person's signature line with tools wanted to buy notes, including a flexible extension like mine. Are these uncommon? You can see in the photo below that it appears to be...

I could use some input from my wise Garage Journal pals. Last summer on that 450-mile-long 127 Yard Sale event, I stopped at a yard sale in the parking lot of an old hardware store. I walked inside, and saw this really cool metal drill bit display cabinet sitting on a shelf, mostly empty...

Nice guy "Lowbucktruck" had asked me months ago for photos of two Proto tool boxes which I had gotten at an estate auction. I'm just now getting them posted. (Sorry LBT! I just forgot. :dunno:) Anyway, there are two nearly identical boxes with tool trays in them. I have been using them as...

I'm selling three vintage Snap On Diagnostic Meters. They all have Bakelite cases, with matching handles with chrome insert strip on the top. All three are marked with the words "Snap On" on the front. There is one Cam Angle Meter (Dwell Meter, I think) # MT-420-A This one is a Tachometer...

Some of you may recall last summer when I posted that I had bought a bunch of tools at an estate sale, in which the guy had been an electronics whiz from the Physics Lab at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. The guy also repaired radios and TV's on the side, so he had LOTS of old electronic...

Check out this cool old CRAFTSMAN store display for combination wrenches. Should this be called a “Tool Board?” You decide. Anyway, it is made of light gage sheet metal, painted grey, with the old style logo and other lettering screen printed or painted on. It has some scratches and a few...