Show your "Long C" Craftsman!
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JoCoSawdust
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That's a nice haul of leftovers you got there OOB. I really like that framing square.
Hey, everyone, I'm back again with another power tool!
I picked up this air pump for $15 on FB Marketplace. It's a model number 283.18260, the motor runs great and the pump pushes a good amount of air. The previous owner used it for bicycle tires.
I am in the process of taking it apart and getting it cleaned and lubed up. I am going to make a separate thread for this as I work on it to get any help or advice. Enjoy!
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I picked up this air pump for $15 on FB Marketplace. It's a model number 283.18260, the motor runs great and the pump pushes a good amount of air. The previous owner used it for bicycle tires.
I am in the process of taking it apart and getting it cleaned and lubed up. I am going to make a separate thread for this as I work on it to get any help or advice. Enjoy!
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Holy cow, OOB! You found a nice cache there, I'm jealous.
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outofbounds
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Are you kidding, GalaxyRat? I've seen some of the work you do......I got a long way to go to match some of your scores! PS - I found that Blackhawk D21 socket. PM me and we can get it going your way.
JoCoSawdust
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Hey, everyone, I'm back again with another power tool!
I picked up this air pump for $15 on FB Marketplace. It's a model number 283.18260, the motor runs great and the pump pushes a good amount of air. The previous owner used it for bicycle tires.
I am in the process of taking it apart and getting it cleaned and lubed up. I am going to make a separate thread for this as I work on it to get any help or advice. Enjoy!
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Nice snag. I'm a sucker for the pre-war/wartime/immediately post-war compressors. I'm trying to gather an example of all of them for eye candy in the shop.
d42jeep
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d42jeep
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Thanks, Outlaw. Lately it seems like she’s been finding a lot of the cool stuff.
-Don
-Don
JoCoSawdust
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I hit what is, for me, a major milestone in my collection today by completing the 1939-1942 Super Deluxe set. The tool box proved quite elusive to me but this one was well worth the wait. The box is in as good original condition as one could hope to find an 80 year old tool box. All I did was scrub it down with WD40 and fine steel wool. This set is now the belle of the ball in my collection.
Private Lugnutz
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Congrats, JoCo. Looks terrific.
Oldtuleguy
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Wow looks great! You are getting quite a hoard.
Private Lugnutz
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I picked up this screwdriver this morning at the flea. Honestly, I usually don't pay too much attention to any screwdrivers with composite handles, unless they're miniature ignition types with 2-inch blades and a pocket clip (WWII spec). But as is wont to happen around here, sometimes just talking about a tool has a strange effect on collectors, and this one stuck out for me, almost certainly because of the recent run on screwdriver photos on page 83 and page 84. Cleaned up well. I'm impressed. It's stout, well-built, and I really like the square shank and the unusual tip shape. I thought it might've been altered at first, but now I think it's factory. Is it?
EDIT: Does anybody who has a bunch of these "see"/know the code? Looks like two letters to me, a B and something else.
EDIT: Does anybody who has a bunch of these "see"/know the code? Looks like two letters to me, a B and something else.
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r_olson_06
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Very nice. Congrats on the major milestone.I hit what is, for me, a major milestone in my collection today by completing the 1939-1942 Super Deluxe set. The tool box proved quite elusive to me but this one was well worth the wait. The box is in as good original condition as one could hope to find an 80 year old tool box. All I did was scrub it down with WD40 and fine steel wool. This set is now the belle of the ball in my collection.
Sooo.... What's next? [emoji3]
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Congrats, JoCo! What an excellent collection you have amassed.
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I hit what is, for me, a major milestone in my collection today by completing the 1939-1942 Super Deluxe set. The tool box proved quite elusive to me but this one was well worth the wait. The box is in as good original condition as one could hope to find an 80 year old tool box. All I did was scrub it down with WD40 and fine steel wool. This set is now the belle of the ball in my collection.
JoCoSawdust
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Thanks gents. This was a big one for me. Next milestone? I started picking up dome long handles as I searched for this one and have reached the 50 percent mark of having one of each of the variants so I'll continue down that road.
All this and I can't find any amber handle screwdrivers!!!!
All this and I can't find any amber handle screwdrivers!!!!
JoCoSawdust
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If I remember correctly they're BT Lugz but then again I often have senile moments. I'll double check tomorrow.
Oldtuleguy
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Those are hard to find. I can tell you from first hand experience when you are working on cars for a living screwdrivers take a serious beating. I have ground them bent them hammered them grabbed the handles with pliers even made other tools out of them. Those amber handles are old and most were probably destroyed by someone like me....long before they were collectable.
Private Lugnutz
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It does look like a BT, which I associate with Vlchek (ball-pein hammers). But I don't think of Vlchek as a screwdriver house.
JoCoSawdust
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Agreed. Between that and Outlaw's point of warranty turn ins those suckers are pretty elusive.
JoCoSawdust
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Yup. Kinda goes back to the debate on wether or not Vlchek made the BT ratchet or if Vlchek was outsourcing to NB. Could be the same possibility of outsourcing the screw drivers.
d42jeep
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I just skimmed through the Vlchek thread and all of the screwdrivers and nutdrivers had wood handles. I found this one with the surplus paint in with the other Craftsman screwdrivers last week. I’m sure it will clean up.
-Don
-Don
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Very good condition, lotsa love there.
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Rileysan
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No truer statement can be said! We are terrible influences on each other!! Congrats and well done!
Rileysan
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That is fantastic, Scott! That tool box is especially hard to find in serviceable condition. You have a couple of items that have eluded me but I'm still watching!
If I might add a new challenge ... are you going to work on the 125 piece socket set, now? There are more amber handle drive tools to be had!
Brian
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JoCoSawdust
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Ha! Yeah it never ends does it? I actually have a loose 3/8 reversible amber rat and the 3/8 speeder so I guess I have a start on it eh? I'd really like to find the amber long head female rat to swap into the set in the carry box.
The ambers are intriguing and I'd really love to know the full story on them but don't think we ever will. The 39 flyer shows it with a long head female. I don't have anything from 40 showing the amber stuff but as you know the 41/42 flyer shows the Super Deluxe with a reversable amber 3/8 rat and a plain jane open gear 1/4 rat. Nothing shows the box head female 1/4 amber that I have in my set here. I know there's an early Costello 1/2 rat with the T bar shift lever (which may or may not be depicted in the flyers, the detail is hard to make out). I'm also told there's a 1/4 amber speeder which I've never seen.
I'm really pleased with the box here. As I said on the other forum after all my nation-wide searching and inquiries to family and friends, it all boiled down to an eBay purchase. I think I saw it within minutes of being posted with a buy it now price that was at the top end of what I'd told myself would be the max I was willing to pay for a good one. What little wear the box shows seems to be only from tools shifting around when moved. I don't think the box got much actually use and don't believe it ever held anything in the lower section. Possibly purchased new by someone that didn't make it back from the war and just shifted around from family member to family member. I sure would love to have the tools that came in it in as good as shape as the box!
The ambers are intriguing and I'd really love to know the full story on them but don't think we ever will. The 39 flyer shows it with a long head female. I don't have anything from 40 showing the amber stuff but as you know the 41/42 flyer shows the Super Deluxe with a reversable amber 3/8 rat and a plain jane open gear 1/4 rat. Nothing shows the box head female 1/4 amber that I have in my set here. I know there's an early Costello 1/2 rat with the T bar shift lever (which may or may not be depicted in the flyers, the detail is hard to make out). I'm also told there's a 1/4 amber speeder which I've never seen.
I'm really pleased with the box here. As I said on the other forum after all my nation-wide searching and inquiries to family and friends, it all boiled down to an eBay purchase. I think I saw it within minutes of being posted with a buy it now price that was at the top end of what I'd told myself would be the max I was willing to pay for a good one. What little wear the box shows seems to be only from tools shifting around when moved. I don't think the box got much actually use and don't believe it ever held anything in the lower section. Possibly purchased new by someone that didn't make it back from the war and just shifted around from family member to family member. I sure would love to have the tools that came in it in as good as shape as the box!
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Private Lugnutz
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Not to cut in on the waning afterglow of JoCo's stunning Super Deluxe achievement of amberness..., but I found something in a different shade of "Golden" at the flea market this morning that I am pretty excited about.
Underneath the florescent blare on that shiny pistol grip handle is most of a Long C logo - although the "t" seems to have been worn down from use, surrounded by four stars.
But the flip side is where the historically significant jubilation is hiding!
Underneath the florescent blare on that shiny pistol grip handle is most of a Long C logo - although the "t" seems to have been worn down from use, surrounded by four stars.
But the flip side is where the historically significant jubilation is hiding!
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JoCoSawdust
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Wow! Glad it was the other side that got worn down with hard work. Fantastic find Lugz!
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Nice!
DD T/A
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I had no clue underline craftsman was mid 30's! I figured it was 40-50's
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Private Lugnutz
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Thanx, guys. Lucky find! Truly. Sometimes you have to work at this hobby and sometimes things just seem to appear. I have no doubt the guy who owned that hacksaw also owned the IRWIN ink-stamped logo "perfect handle" screwdriver (same era) I picked up from the same vendor, in the same lot. The vendor has had nothing but junk lately and I almost didn't even walk over to his area.
I do have one more incredible find in the queue for this thread - and a second thread (it's a real two-fer) that will have to wait for next week.
I do have one more incredible find in the queue for this thread - and a second thread (it's a real two-fer) that will have to wait for next week.
r_olson_06
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Private Lugnutz
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Haha. It's going to get worse. I'm thinking three-photo, three-post strip-tease-like reveal, taking guesses in between!
Edit: Honestly, not everyone will be as excited as me (which will be a hint, eventually, in and of itself). . It's not a big, popular, common item.
I'm just busy with real life stuff this weekend.
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d42jeep
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Not to cut in on the waning afterglow of JoCo's stunning Super Deluxe achievement of amberness..., but I found something in a different shade of "Golden" at the flea market this morning that I am pretty excited about.
Underneath the florescent blare on that shiny pistol grip handle is most of a Long C logo - although the "t" seems to have been worn down from use, surrounded by four stars.
But the flip side is where the historically significant jubilation is hiding!
As soon as I see a vintage Craftsman tool, I always wonder who was the supplier. In the case of this hacksaw, I think it was Crescent.
-Don
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Private Lugnutz
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I agree. They use the same stripes. Edit: Or was it checkerdot knurling on the same pistol grip? Yeah, that must be it.
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