7th Kahuna
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A $10 Toolbox.
Periodically one of you guys will mention that you bought a toolbox and it came with some 'unadvertised' stuff inside.
It was you that I was thinking of when I saw this ad over the weekend:
Looked interesting, so I decided to give it a go. My dad was looking for a Craftsman box.
Here is the result:
From the tray.
It is such an odd collection of stuff. I didn't go through it until I got it home. When I did, I noticed there were a couple of semi personal items in the box and that made me wonder if perhaps it was stolen, but who steals a box of tools and sells it for $10? Then I got to really looking at the tools and there are so many duplicates yet not really functional sets. Even the flashlight is without bulbs or batteries. It really starts to look like someone was just 'cleaning house'. The head of the square doesn't fit the rule, the wood chisel is without a handle, as are a couple of saw blades. There are three 6" crescent wrenches, four mini blade screwdrivers??? The sockets are an odd mix of sizes and makes, 2 Craftsman, 2 Snap-On, several Crescent, a Huskey and a BenchTop from Japan. The needle nose are damaged beyond repair but the rest looks ok.
Does anyone know what either of these are? The white object is well used and looks like it may have been for aligning something. It is solid hard plastic. The other tool is clearly a crank or a winder for something. On one end you have a free spinning handle and on the other a square hole, 3/16" in size I believe. Too nicely made to have been intended for a one time use but no locking screw or anything to have secured it with. Both items were in a baggie with the sockets.
This little Snap-On barely turned but I managed to get it apart and all it needs is some grease. (It finished off the Craftsman screwdriver however.) I don't know a lot about Snap-On, but I haven't seen one like this before. Doesn't offer much leverage but a handy little wrench for tight places.
This poor mirror has seen better days but it is a MAC. I wonder if I could replace the glass?
From inside the box:
That orange handled wrench is a Craftsman. I would assume that would be for grabbing a semi stripped nut or is it just an improved crescent wrench?
All the Craftsman wrenches are USA, either -V- or -VV-, but again, take a close look and you will see two each of most of them.
The Select Steel wrenches look like cheapies but they seem to have a really nice finish. Anyone familiar with them?
The one below however particularly caught my interest. I feel like I should know that logo, can anyone identify it?
So there you are. No body won the Powerball this weekend but I think I did ok on my $10 gamble. I'm sure my dad will like the tool box.
Oh, one more thing. Does anyone know where I could find a digital copy of the user manual for the Fluke 73 Series II meter. I found the service manual but not the user guide. I did find the Series III user guide which should be pretty close but if someone could point me to the Series II version I would appreciate it.
Periodically one of you guys will mention that you bought a toolbox and it came with some 'unadvertised' stuff inside. It was you that I was thinking of when I saw this ad over the weekend:
Looked interesting, so I decided to give it a go. My dad was looking for a Craftsman box.
Here is the result:
From the tray.
It is such an odd collection of stuff. I didn't go through it until I got it home. When I did, I noticed there were a couple of semi personal items in the box and that made me wonder if perhaps it was stolen, but who steals a box of tools and sells it for $10? Then I got to really looking at the tools and there are so many duplicates yet not really functional sets. Even the flashlight is without bulbs or batteries. It really starts to look like someone was just 'cleaning house'. The head of the square doesn't fit the rule, the wood chisel is without a handle, as are a couple of saw blades. There are three 6" crescent wrenches, four mini blade screwdrivers??? The sockets are an odd mix of sizes and makes, 2 Craftsman, 2 Snap-On, several Crescent, a Huskey and a BenchTop from Japan. The needle nose are damaged beyond repair but the rest looks ok.
Does anyone know what either of these are? The white object is well used and looks like it may have been for aligning something. It is solid hard plastic. The other tool is clearly a crank or a winder for something. On one end you have a free spinning handle and on the other a square hole, 3/16" in size I believe. Too nicely made to have been intended for a one time use but no locking screw or anything to have secured it with. Both items were in a baggie with the sockets.
This little Snap-On barely turned but I managed to get it apart and all it needs is some grease. (It finished off the Craftsman screwdriver however.) I don't know a lot about Snap-On, but I haven't seen one like this before. Doesn't offer much leverage but a handy little wrench for tight places.
This poor mirror has seen better days but it is a MAC. I wonder if I could replace the glass?
From inside the box:
That orange handled wrench is a Craftsman. I would assume that would be for grabbing a semi stripped nut or is it just an improved crescent wrench?
All the Craftsman wrenches are USA, either -V- or -VV-, but again, take a close look and you will see two each of most of them.
The Select Steel wrenches look like cheapies but they seem to have a really nice finish. Anyone familiar with them?
The one below however particularly caught my interest. I feel like I should know that logo, can anyone identify it?
So there you are. No body won the Powerball this weekend but I think I did ok on my $10 gamble. I'm sure my dad will like the tool box.
Oh, one more thing. Does anyone know where I could find a digital copy of the user manual for the Fluke 73 Series II meter. I found the service manual but not the user guide. I did find the Series III user guide which should be pretty close but if someone could point me to the Series II version I would appreciate it.
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Ban him. 
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