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Try soaking the Gearwrenches in ATF for a day or three...
Good find this time of year!
Impacts I will usually hit on a fine wire wheel with a light "polishing" action. It almost always takes the rust and leaves the black oxide.
You bought that stuff used. Now you're going to try to send it in for free warranty exchange? Shame


SWMBO and my son were both out of the house this morning and, with no one around to keep an eye on me, I slipped out to a 2nd-day estate sale 15 minutes away.
Typical run-down small house with a basement work shop and shed, although right on the Concord River in Billerica, MA (pronounced "Bell-ric-ah" around these parts).
The basement yielded these four FatMax saw horses. They sell new for $40 each--I got all for for that price. Good thing too--I just broke one of my 14-yr-old plastic horses last weekend. The newspaper on the one saw horse dates from 2007.
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I made a small pile in the basement, did some dickering on price and then slipped out to the shed. I found a few more things to add to my pile inside. The guy's prices were high at first, but I kept adding things to the pile faster than he would add to the price. We settled on a price of $85 for everything below.
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This ratcheting vise was my last "add". It had 2-3/4" jaws and no markings that I can find. Anyone recognize it?
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These two Williams Superrenches were in a box of garden tools in the shed.
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Grabbed this watering can for SWMBO just because she likes them for gardening. Turns out this Haws 1-gallon can is a pricey British import. Sometimes luck smiles on you.
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How about a 10" Disston and Sons back saw from the 1880s?!
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...or a 40" Warranted Superior Keystone logging saw? !
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Someone liked this model RP3230 Corona ratcheting pruner--I found 15 of them on the property, including the two still in their boxes. These should pay for everything else through Ebay resales.
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I threw in the old man's antique wrench collection because I knew they'd just end up in the dumpster that was already lined up outside. I don't collect these, so if anyone wants 'em, PM me.
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I used this toolbox to carry out everything else, and so got the tools inside as well. Not much to speak of, but I thought the Norton Crystoloy Home Garden Sharpener was neat. The one screwdriver with the gunky handle is an Excelite--the handle still had that signature vomitous aroma. The two tin snips are Wiss, and the Stanley wood chisel is English-made.
https://postimage.org/Outlaw-any thoughts on de-rusting the extended reach Mac pliers? Again--trying to maintain as much as the original finish as possible may be difficult.
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Oh no--you misunderstood my interest in selling stuff.. The Pro Craftsman stuff I want to keep--so if I can get all the broken ones replaced--them I have nice new and usable soft-handled drivers.. Same with the GearWrenches--I don't have any so I want these all to work obviously.. All the tool-truck stuff will be finding new homes if I already have something similar..
Each one of the sad Craftsman Professional screwdrivers is in beat up shape and broken..
Realistically-these tools are supposed to have a lifetime warrantee--just because the previous owner didn't take advantage of having access to that warrantee-doesn't mean the warrantee is dead...
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SWMBO and my son were both out of the house this morning and, with no one around to keep an eye on me, I slipped out to a 2nd-day estate sale 15 minutes away.
Typical run-down small house with a basement work shop and shed, although right on the Concord River in Billerica, MA (pronounced "Bell-ric-ah" around these parts).
The basement yielded these four FatMax saw horses. They sell new for $40 each--I got all four for that price. Good thing too--I just broke one of my 14-yr-old plastic horses last weekend. The newspaper on the one saw horse dates from 2007.
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I made a small pile in the basement, did some dickering on price and then slipped out to the shed. I found a few more things to add to my pile inside. The guy's prices were high at first, but I kept adding things to the pile faster than he would add to the price. We settled on a price of $85 for everything below.
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This ratcheting vise was my last "add". It had 2-3/4" jaws and no markings that I can find. Anyone recognize it?
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These two Williams Superrenches were in a box of garden tools in the shed.
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Grabbed this watering can for SWMBO just because she likes them for gardening. Turns out this Haws 1-gallon can is a pricey British import. Sometimes luck smiles on you.
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How about a 10" Disston and Sons back saw from the 1880s?!
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...or a 40" Warranted Superior Keystone logging saw? !
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Someone liked this model RP3230 Corona ratcheting pruner--I found 15 of them on the property, including the two still in their boxes. These should pay for everything else through Ebay resales.
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I threw in the old man's antique wrench collection because I knew they'd just end up in the dumpster that was already lined up outside. I don't collect these, so if anyone wants 'em, PM me.
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I used this toolbox to carry out everything else, and so got the tools inside as well. Not much to speak of, but I thought the Norton Crystoloy Home Garden Sharpener was neat. The one screwdriver with the gunky handle is an Excelite--the handle still had that signature vomitous aroma. The two tin snips are Wiss, and the Stanley wood chisel is English-made.
Thanks for the ID on the vise, Topop. It is unusual enough that I may keep it. I'm storing duplicates of some shop tools until I get my wood shop and second garage built, but that might be a while. Meanwhile, the current garage is getting pretty full. It's a good thing I'm still retired from picking. ..;-)BB Oh for being retired .. You scored on the Stephens vise.. You better get that sent out to me right away! 2-3/4 " makes it a no 3.
Lifetime warranty doesn't cover abuse. Using a screwdriver as a chisel or prybar is abuse.
If its the black/red pair, It looks like it is still black oxide on "polished" metal? If so, I'd still go with very light fine wire wheel ( this is where one of those cheap 4" 1/6 HP grinders do well, you CAN'T hardly go too hard with that low of HP and a 4" wheel...). You can also try oil and 0000 steel wool. I've also had some good (If messy) results with oil and a wire wheel but setup to catch the spry and wear something that can easily be washed after... (Canvass Apron or shop coat? Something that already needs washed?)
Lifetime warranty doesn't cover abuse. Using a screwdriver as a chisel or prybar is abuse.
HEMI: while i used to almost agree with your thinking about buying broken tools and turning them in for a warranty new one I never did that. i have since changed that thinking cause most of the tools that were broken were done so doing the wrong job for that tool and in most cases the owner knew it so just threw it in the scrap pile or old tool box not wanting to abuse the warranty. and others brake tools doing something they shouldn't have been doing just cause they want a new one.
not that Sears or other companies are going out of business or have strictly went to making Chinese made cheap tools to replace all the old better made ones, but i'm sure it didn't help.
in all my years using Craftsman tools and the last new set i bought was in early 80's and a VV set i've only turned in one 1/2 inch ratchet for a new one and it probably broke cause i was using it instead of a breaker bar on some rusty bolts.
you do as you feel justified cause you are within the rules, but i just thought i'd voice my thoughts cause i have bought more than a few broken life time warranty sockets, wrenches and tools that are NOT going to be replaced under warranty. personally i'd like to see tools made better again and given reasonable warranty replacements cause i've seen and heard of guys using the wrong tool for the wrong job knowing that even if it broke they'd get a new one.
Twertsy: did you buy all those tool boards for $10 or even $10 each is still a great find. just never know where you will find some great tools.
ALL: have a great weekend and remember to vote for next year's GS thread host if you have somebody you'd like to see host it.
Drives, they were $10 each.HEMI: while i used to almost agree with your thinking about buying broken tools and turning them in for a warranty new one I never did that. i have since changed that thinking cause most of the tools that were broken were done so doing the wrong job for that tool and in most cases the owner knew it so just threw it in the scrap pile or old tool box not wanting to abuse the warranty. and others brake tools doing something they shouldn't have been doing just cause they want a new one.
not that Sears or other companies are going out of business or have strictly went to making Chinese made cheap tools to replace all the old better made ones, but i'm sure it didn't help.
in all my years using Craftsman tools and the last new set i bought was in early 80's and a VV set i've only turned in one 1/2 inch ratchet for a new one and it probably broke cause i was using it instead of a breaker bar on some rusty bolts.
you do as you feel justified cause you are within the rules, but i just thought i'd voice my thoughts cause i have bought more than a few broken life time warranty sockets, wrenches and tools that are NOT going to be replaced under warranty. personally i'd like to see tools made better again and given reasonable warranty replacements cause i've seen and heard of guys using the wrong tool for the wrong job knowing that even if it broke they'd get a new one.
Twertsy: did you buy all those tool boards for $10 or even $10 each is still a great find. just never know where you will find some great tools.
ALL: have a great weekend and remember to vote for next year's GS thread host if you have somebody you'd like to see host it.
) $5 for this stop:
, Millers falls, Proto, and a small Loc-Bloc driver with a screw holder:

Meager heck, Outlaw! That's a hell of a haul for $12! BTW, that looks like the same double-15 domino set we have.I can hardly believe the finds being made! Well done guys! I thought I did OK today esp. considering the time of year and its pouring outside now (I got out and back just in time...) before I saw the posts!
Here are my (comparatively speaking) meager finds:
Last stop first an the (mostly) non tool items; A NOS Primer pump, Craftsman Pry bar, cable and hook (I was thinking Come-A-Long refill, but it might be too much cable...) and a decent set of dominose, (might be a double set?):
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All the rest is from the first YS (#2 was a deadbeat - Second day in a a row..) (almost an Estate sale; might have been but not advertised as such)
Brass number stencils, 2" and 1-1/2" the smaller set is missing the 1 and 5
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Ticket box, an old Giants Mechanical Pencil (I don't think its the mm sizes...), Blue plastic tools sleeve that I will use to store/carry Tea light (sample shown) for camping. (wish I'd though of that when I was there he had more...), an old school cast iron matchbox holder, Giant Safety Pin, and a Brass Belt buckle for "AL" (or maybe American League, like SWMBO complained about..)
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6" Coes Monkey wrench, 2 Cincinatti 3" clamps, Old school Channellocl Needle nose, SureForm pliers; battery of water pump? jaws are different..., Proto DOE, Snap Ring plieers, Tap Handle:
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Drivers from SO, SK, Williams?, Millers falls, Proto, and a small Loc-Bloc driver with a screw holder:
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Stanley Chalk-O-Matic (Bakelite case?), Sparta swivel socket, Mack 1/4 drive Extension, APEX Impact Socket, Sharpener/glass cutter, and a small Miter head, (should fit a disc sander table):
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All for $12 then I spotted this old level; Stanley, not a SW...) adn it was a buck!
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