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Last summer while making a trip to visit family members in Massachusetts, I went to a junk shop and later to a flea market near Amherst. I was surprised to find some nice stuff...and especially surprised to find good items at the junk shop! Anyway, the "junk shop" (one of those houses...

I have several old tool catalogs; some dating into the 1920's. In my past, I cared ONLY about US cars and tools, etc. So this Hazet catalog which I have owned for about 20 years or more, formerly was uninteresting to me. But since I have joined Garage Journal, I have developed an appreciation...

Here is a neat old Tool Board offered for sale. It is designed to be used either as a table top or a wall-hanger model. Size is approximately 15” wide by 17” tall by 2” thick, including wire pegs and brackets. (approx 38 cm x 43 cm x 5 cm). I photographed it on my pool table, with a...

Look at this cute little 1/4" drive Blackhawk tool set. It's pretty dirty and really needs some detailing, but it's pretty cool nonetheless. There is no ratchet with it, but there is a little breaker bar, an extension, and a ratcheting screwdriver. There is also a flat-blade 1/4" drive...

Some of you may have seen my threads earlier this year when I bought lots and lots of cool old USA-made tools. Today while I'm waiting for the Super Bowl to begin, I'm sorting through them and putting a few online for sale. This really old small Dayton brand electric drill is neat. And it HAS...

Some of you may have seen my threads earlier this year when I bought lots and lots of cool old USA-made tools. Today while I'm waiting for the Super Bowl to begin, I'm sorting through them and putting a few online for sale. But this really old small Dayton brand electric drill is neat enough...

Here is a JC Penney roll-around tool cabinet and a tool box offered for sale. Both pieces need some cleaning and perhaps some restoration work, depending on your tastes. The cabinet is 47" wide x 18" deep x 33" high. Tool box is smaller, as you can see in the photo. (NOTE: After thinking about...

I have decided to sell this Snap On Cabinet, model # KRSC40PJK. I bought it used for my shop, but it's too wide for the space I wanted to fit it into. I bought it used. It's pretty dirty, but will clean up nicely, I think. Size is 40" wide X 20" deep X 45" high. I had new keys made for the...

I bought one of these this past summer, and checked on eBay to see what it is. Finally found an eBay auction for one, but the seller offers no details. Anyone know what this special ratchet is for? :headscrat I have one exactly like it, but the eBay auction is NOT mine. Can anyone help to ID...

Guys (and gals!), I have been buying tools all year, as some of you may have noticed from my posts on GJournal. Now I have FINALLY got much of it sorted, and I'm gonna start selling a few pieces. I'll list some items soon on the GJ classifieds, but you are required to list prices there. So, on...

A few months back I made a post about a bunch of older Snap On tools which I had bought at an estate sale. There were some older Bakelite Snap On meters (tach, dwell, etc) and a "Slide Hammer Gear Puller." It's time to sell some of these older tools, and since I have the box for the gear puller...

My last swap meet of the year was this past weekend, Nov 13 and 14. We ran with a skeleton crew, to keep costs down. Yesterday it was perfect weather, and so we were mobbed with huge crowds. Thus, I didn't get to shop till later in the day. But I did make some buys. Weather today was awful, and...

Today at our swap meet I found some really cool 1/4" drive ratchets in the booth of a guy who always has odd batches of new and used tools, auto parts, hardware, etc; which he apparently buys from various warehouses around the country. This seller often has mixed batches of new Snap On, Mac, and...

Sitting here trying to decide whether to load a bunch of empty tool boxes in my truck, to take them up to our final swap meet of the year. I have a bunch of junk to take up there already, but after a long summer of buying tool boxes full of tools, I have ended up with quite a few small to medium...

But that particular vendor at the blacksmith show didn't have a larger unit in his booth. As I walked away, another guy who had overheard me talking came up and asked me how large of a vise I wanted. I said that I wanted a REALLY big US-made vise. He simply replied, "Oh, sorry. Can't help you...

Our last non-automotive flea mkt event of 2010 was this past weekend. This new event of ours is not yet large enough to require the entire fairgrounds; thus we only rent half of it. So the other half was rented by a big annual Blacksmith show. So when I got there, I hopped on a golf cart, and...

This old medium-sized Athol vise is for sale at the blacksmith show on the same fairgrounds as my fall flea mkt this weekend. I'm writing this message Sat nite, and I will be back at the fairgrounds tomorrow. So I'm asking for advise from my GJ brethern...should I buy this vise tomorrow...

Hey Heelsroll, SCScout driver, Bindernut, and the rest of you... There is a blacksmith show at the same fairgrounds as my fall flea market in Troy, Ohio, this weekend. I found a small vise for sale there, cheaply priced, which I thought you MIGHT find interesting. It's really little, but I...

My recent posts about the chrome-plated IH tools I had bought at auction, and then sold on eBay, brought out several questions from other GJ members. While I was at the Cars & Parts Swap Meet & Car Show in Springfield, Ohio this past weekend, I got some answers for you. Within our big general...

I've been trying to sort out all the used tools I bought lately, to find out how many of certain brands I may have, which some GJ members are seeking. One such brand is JC Penney and Penncraft tools. At the swap meet this past weekend I was cruising for tools and spotted a tool box and tool...