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A week ago Sunday I went to an estate auction (some of you may remember me mentioning in an earlier post that the deceased owner of that estate had been a WWII combat pilot, postwar test pilot, aero-engineer, and FAA inspector, and that I had gotten some really neat vintage aircraft memorabilia...

I'm starting to clean and sort the tools I got at that big farm auction two weeks ago. There were quite a few items jammed together in lots, which I got stuck with when I bid only a couple of bucks in order to get one or two tools which were mixed in there. :dunno: I've seen big old...

Bull created a pretty cool little game. :bowdown: So now, if Bull doesn't mind too much, I would like to copy his idea and post this Identification Challenge Game featuring one old mysterious ratchet that I have. Bull, now you have a chance to participate in your own cool game! :thumbup: This...

I saw a post about an odd old plier/wrench combo tool not too long ago, but couldn't find that earlier post just now. :( It SEEMS to me that I remember someone saying that they had been searching for one like it for 10 years or so? Well, a week ago I went to an auction and bought a bunch of...

Check this one out. Not in my price range right now. http://dayton.craigslist.org/tls/1851023154.html

Hey gang, there is a Morgan machinist's vise near me for sale for $50. 6" jaw opening size. No welds or breaks. Everything working smoothly. Is this a bargain? I already have several vises this big. So I would only buy it if it were a bargain which I could sell or use for trading. I could...

Once again, I seek to drink deeply from the cool-clear well of wisdom, which is the Garage Journal membership! You folks seem to know the answer to just about every dumb question I come up with! :bowdown: This time, I have found a Snap On rolling "stand" or "cart" for mounting some sort tool or...

I've read posts on Garage Journal that Baldor bench grinders are your best buy. So I found this one used on Craigslist, right in my hometown area. But it seems pricey to me. Can someone kindly give me an opinion on that? If it really is a good buy, I may go look at it tomorrow. Thanks so much...

I asked this question before, at the tail end of an older post about Parts Washers. But I am in a bind right now, and REALLY need the advice of more-experienced Garage Journal members...as soon as possible, please. So I hope you will all forgive the redundant nature of this post. :bowdown...

Last night I saw a listing for a farm auction near Waynesville, OH. It said the old gentleman had lived on that same farm since 1921. There were tools listed along with everything else, plus a vise and an anvil. :) The listing also showed LOTS of nice antiques, so I expected a large crowd. That...

Well, after getting beat out on that BIG old PARKER from the auction a couple weekends ago, I have been trying to find another big old vise to buy. But everything I have found has been either too expensive, totally trashed, too small, or Chinese. So when I found an old rusty vise today at what...

I bought a bunch of tools on Thursday at a yard sale, and I am finding now that there were several Snap On tools in the pile. But this one new Snap On combo wrench threw me for a loop. It is 10 MM size, but at first I thought it was broken. Indeed, the seller TOLD me it was broken, and just...

Ha. Go ahead folks, let's hear the jokes first. Fire 'em at me. I'm ready for a laugh. :bounce: :lol_hitti :beer: But then, after we've heard all the jokes, I really do want to know your opinions on this problem. I have a small, old-style open-gear ratchet (6" overall length), with a...

I answered another post earlier and said I didn't buy anything else after my hauls on Thursday and Friday, but in fact I did stop at several garage sales on Saturday morning, and struck out cold...mostly. But then today (Monday, July 5th) I emptied out the car today and remembered that I had...

Today I had a chance to sneak away from work for 2-3 hours, so I headed out to several yard sales in my area. But all I found was baby clothes, Avon, dishes, and crude crafts. Yecch! :mad: After hitting six sales with almost nothing to show for it, I chalked up today as a tool-hunting loss, and...

I have been pulling my (thin!) hair out for several weeks and months, trying to find a way to sort out all of my extra USA-made sockets, wrenches, and other tools NEATLY. First I got some small cardboard boxes, and then later some of those cheap plastic shoeboxes. But since my computer is in the...

I first learned about tools and car repair by handing tools to my dad in the mid 1960’s, when I was about 10-12 years old. Dad had sets of Mac combo wrenches, sockets, and screwdrivers, and also had a mixed bag of other tools by Billings, Bonney, New Britain, Blackhawk, , etc. He constantly...

For those who don't like "look what I found" posts about used tools, I do apologize. You may wish to skip this one. :) Last weekend I posted about a huge Parker vise which I got beat out on at an auction. :mad: However, I did get the only other tool offering there, (or at least the only other...

I bought this stuff at a pawn shop last week, but didn't post it right away, cuz some folks are apparently tired of used tool purchases on GJ. Sorry folks...no harm intended. :o But earlier someone learned that I got this stuff, and suggested I post it. I have been in pawn shops before, but...

Bummer. RATS! Sht!!! :mad: Last week I posted a question on Garage Journal, asking what GJ guys mean when they describe a vise as, "...an 11" vise", since I had seen that description in an upcoming local auction listing. Most GJ posters predicted that the auctioneer's newspaper ad meant a...