txlonghorn1989
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That CM Crown chest is a beaut!!! What is the chart on the front cover?
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That CM Crown chest is a beaut!!! What is the chart on the front cover?
tin medic
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This particular set first appears in the 1934 Fall/Winter catalog and is gone by the 1935 Fall/Winter Catalog.
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What the heck? More pics of the craftsman crowntop please! I didn't know they made a wood machinist chest that large. Looks like mostly plywood but with finger joints on the drawers yet screws and brackets on the frame?
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What the heck? More pics of the craftsman crowntop please! I didn't know they made a wood machinist chest that large. Looks like mostly plywood but with finger joints on the drawers yet screws and brackets on the frame?
It is built from a combination of plywood and solid woods.
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Cleaned up the Star/National a bit with citrus degreaser and awesome from the dollar store. Took the felt out of the lid and found the production stencil.
Cleaned up the Star/National a bit with citrus degreaser and awesome from the dollar store. Took the felt out of the lid and found the production stencil.
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Here's my purchase for the day. I won this at auction and just picked it up. I've been waiting patiently for an aluminum frame Workmate to turn up and this one finally did. It's an all aluminum frame 79-001 Type E from England with original Instruction manual, still has original rubber feet intact and is only missing the clamp blocks. It looks to be barely ever used and just has a good coat of dust and cob webs from storage. I'll get it washed up and it will be a keeper. $13 plus bidder fee and tax so likely $15.00 all total.
Outlawmws
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RM those originals are HARD to find! Ya ****!
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I picked up this Buffalo Tap & Die set some months back from some folks who were selling the contents of an old home. They flip houses. Anyway, I think I paid $5. I figured it was junk but didn't really have a tap & die set. Got it home and opened it and was very surprised to see Sears Craftsman on the inside. This thing looks to have never been used. Which is kinda cool. I'm wondering when Sears would have been selling these sets and if they are worth a darn in terms of quality. I sure don't ever recall seeing Buffalo brand in any Sears stores.
Thanks!
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Here's my purchase for the day. I won this at auction and just picked it up. I've been waiting patiently for an aluminum frame Workmate to turn up and this one finally did. It's an all aluminum frame 79-001 Type E from England with original Instruction manual, still has original rubber feet intact and is only missing the clamp blocks. It looks to be barely ever used and just has a good coat of dust and cob webs from storage. I'll get it washed up and it will be a keeper. $13 plus bidder fee and tax so likely $15.00 all total.
You ****! Congratulations!!!
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Company is coming this weekend so Mrs Duddly is riding me to clean up. Now I am finding stuff I forgot about so long ago that I have no idea where I got it. A couple of cool old tin containers. One was for a Ford Emergency Kit that has long since been used for storage in a garage and is covered in paint splatters, and the other is a motorists first aid kit, likely an advertising/giveawy piece that still has the 'buy US savings bonds' sticker on it. Both are empty.
I need to clean up more often! I can't remember what flea market I got these at but from where I found them it was part of a lot.
1930 mentioned we might want to start a thread on how we display our vintage stuff, I might have to take a run at that once I finish organizing.
I need to clean up more often! I can't remember what flea market I got these at but from where I found them it was part of a lot.
1930 mentioned we might want to start a thread on how we display our vintage stuff, I might have to take a run at that once I finish organizing.
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Outlawmws
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TX, I think that is just a Craftsman booklet tossed in the box. Are the tools marked Craftsman? (I'm seeing Japan...)
Is there a printing date ion the booklet? Looks 70's or so?
Is there a printing date ion the booklet? Looks 70's or so?
Outlawmws
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Cool boxes Duddly!
454ragtop
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Looks like a Buffalo made in Japan T&D set that a PO added a Craftsman handbook to to me.
tin medic
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Thanks. So I am missing C-10, C-11 and C-14.
Thanks! That's wild, never knew they made that large of a wooden machinist chest. Part of me questions if it truly is a Craftsman made chest or something someone made and branded as such.
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Previous weekend there was a 'leasing out my barn' sale. I got 2 galons of Kilz primer and this Workmate for $35. Maybe one day I'll find an aluminum one to trade up for.
This last weekend, I was on my way to move out of my commercial storage spot, but there was some deal with a fire truck blocking the entrance. I doubled back to the sale I 'hadn't had time for' about a block from my house.the family was clearing out grandpas house, he'd 'got a purple star or something.' Mr CMC was no softie judging by how his tools were beaten. The guy saw me start putting tools in a shoebox, and said 'if you like tools, look in the shed in back.' Off I went. there was some serious random hardware hoarding, an this unassuming Union Supersteel box.
I now realize My first toolbox I got from my dad (still rides in my truck, much the worse for wear)was one of these, same color, same handle, same !@#$ing filthy goo. This one had more of it though. I guess the gent realized he was gettin a bit long in the tooth, and poured some ...IDK, it was softer than cosmoline...over the box. I dragged my heap to the front and paid my $10. Overnight in simple green didn't touch the goo. Not wanting to buy 10 cans of carb spray, I went with gasoline. Gross, but it worked.
DoEs; 2 velchek, lectrolite, Wards(has a small B stamp on one head), 2 IHCs, pretty good Barcalo, unkonwn drop forge USA, and an indesto 723.
One combo, pretty good Proto 1/2 long.
DBEs; Pebble is worse than it looks, and a little bent, but it is a size I didn't have. Vlchek is nice. S-O 1 rust spot.Lectrolite, I might have a small set of these soon. 2 Pennens, one is torked. unknown cutoff, and another gate handle Ford wrench.
US marked Billings Coes Wrench(works perfect), '44 BetR GRip 8", Imperial brass flare tool, way nicer than my plastic box one, Elegant OTC chain wrench, Federal? HD screwdriver has no scales or markings), Vaughan Craftsman 12oz., Nice CeeTeeCo big pliers, missing the rivet/bolt, No Name ball pein, knife forker(will be nice as soon as I grind the wood down a tad), and some strike tools which have seen heavy use.
And in the socketry dept; Plomb on thelow left...15/16 must be a replacemtnt for the one above it...Not sure if He cracked it hammering on the side, or hammered the side in to keep using it after it broke...Proto above, PnC above that, 5/8 is square, and a Truth to the right of that, my first. PnC extension is a little bent.
Below that, 3 circleH Craftsman with matched extension and running into S-K.
Above that, a D-I 1 1/4, 2 Indestro Super, a big Wards(nickel plate no knurl), and a Wizard 19/dirtytoofs. Proto and 2 Snap-On power sockets. A well loved(well, maybe a little raped) Bonney stud driver Thorsen up top, the one at the right is 3/4 drive, and the 1/2-3/4 adapter has the TT in a horseshoe logo that appears on some Calif Tool. It's edges are cut so square it won't go in a Plomb socket. The three deeps are MAC sabina, Crafty V, and Wright.
Then my phone apparently pulled a fast one on me; Bushing driver set(I've thought about buying one 50x, but never did),the rustier speeder is a Craftsman C-92 by Snap On, cleaner one has no name. The Proto Breaker is a bit of an odd duck, you push it in, and it can be clocked to any of 20 rotational positions. They also sold this mechanism as an adapter. the part number 55457 now belongs to a flex head ratchet. (click for better pics of one). And I'd have paid the $10 just for the 1-13/16 Plomb socket, it looked bad, but after I elecrolised it for awhile, a huge mound of scale fell off and hardly left a dent. This brings my 3/4 set to a box, ratchet, breaker, slide bar, 16" extension, and 4 sockets
This last weekend, I was on my way to move out of my commercial storage spot, but there was some deal with a fire truck blocking the entrance. I doubled back to the sale I 'hadn't had time for' about a block from my house.the family was clearing out grandpas house, he'd 'got a purple star or something.' Mr CMC was no softie judging by how his tools were beaten. The guy saw me start putting tools in a shoebox, and said 'if you like tools, look in the shed in back.' Off I went. there was some serious random hardware hoarding, an this unassuming Union Supersteel box.
I now realize My first toolbox I got from my dad (still rides in my truck, much the worse for wear)was one of these, same color, same handle, same !@#$ing filthy goo. This one had more of it though. I guess the gent realized he was gettin a bit long in the tooth, and poured some ...IDK, it was softer than cosmoline...over the box. I dragged my heap to the front and paid my $10. Overnight in simple green didn't touch the goo. Not wanting to buy 10 cans of carb spray, I went with gasoline. Gross, but it worked.
DoEs; 2 velchek, lectrolite, Wards(has a small B stamp on one head), 2 IHCs, pretty good Barcalo, unkonwn drop forge USA, and an indesto 723.
One combo, pretty good Proto 1/2 long.
DBEs; Pebble is worse than it looks, and a little bent, but it is a size I didn't have. Vlchek is nice. S-O 1 rust spot.Lectrolite, I might have a small set of these soon. 2 Pennens, one is torked. unknown cutoff, and another gate handle Ford wrench.
US marked Billings Coes Wrench(works perfect), '44 BetR GRip 8", Imperial brass flare tool, way nicer than my plastic box one, Elegant OTC chain wrench, Federal? HD screwdriver has no scales or markings), Vaughan Craftsman 12oz., Nice CeeTeeCo big pliers, missing the rivet/bolt, No Name ball pein, knife forker(will be nice as soon as I grind the wood down a tad), and some strike tools which have seen heavy use.
And in the socketry dept; Plomb on thelow left...15/16 must be a replacemtnt for the one above it...Not sure if He cracked it hammering on the side, or hammered the side in to keep using it after it broke...Proto above, PnC above that, 5/8 is square, and a Truth to the right of that, my first. PnC extension is a little bent.
Below that, 3 circleH Craftsman with matched extension and running into S-K.
Above that, a D-I 1 1/4, 2 Indestro Super, a big Wards(nickel plate no knurl), and a Wizard 19/dirtytoofs. Proto and 2 Snap-On power sockets. A well loved(well, maybe a little raped) Bonney stud driver Thorsen up top, the one at the right is 3/4 drive, and the 1/2-3/4 adapter has the TT in a horseshoe logo that appears on some Calif Tool. It's edges are cut so square it won't go in a Plomb socket. The three deeps are MAC sabina, Crafty V, and Wright.
Then my phone apparently pulled a fast one on me; Bushing driver set(I've thought about buying one 50x, but never did),the rustier speeder is a Craftsman C-92 by Snap On, cleaner one has no name. The Proto Breaker is a bit of an odd duck, you push it in, and it can be clocked to any of 20 rotational positions. They also sold this mechanism as an adapter. the part number 55457 now belongs to a flex head ratchet. (click for better pics of one). And I'd have paid the $10 just for the 1-13/16 Plomb socket, it looked bad, but after I elecrolised it for awhile, a huge mound of scale fell off and hardly left a dent. This brings my 3/4 set to a box, ratchet, breaker, slide bar, 16" extension, and 4 sockets
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rmalkow2
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I got 2 galons of Kilz primer and this Workmate for $35. Maybe one day I'll find an aluminum one to trade up for. "Ole Slewfoot"
Patience is the key as the aluminum ones are still out there waiting to be found. I have a steel one like yours and have used it almost every day for years. Keep looking!
Awesome find of old tools as well, you got a lot of good stuff for $10.
Patience is the key as the aluminum ones are still out there waiting to be found. I have a steel one like yours and have used it almost every day for years. Keep looking!
Awesome find of old tools as well, you got a lot of good stuff for $10.
duddly
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Those are the sales you live for! They are getting more and more rare. Great haul! I am jealous!
garthg
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You didn't have to consider it as charity. It's goodwill for repeat business. Like samples at Costco.
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Out transsecting the continent, I stopped in Mineral, WA, at a “huge barn sale” last Sunday. The barn wasn’t that huge, but the hurricane fenced-in lot had several buildings and a lot of stuff on tables and under tarps. Several boats, trailers, 50gal drums stuffed with fishing rods, crates of reels, and other miscellancy. The proprietor had a gravelly voice and was, as far as visible, fully tattooed. I dug through a few likely-looking totes and found a BOG socket, an orphaned Indestro stamped-steel DOE, and a 1930s Bonney CV DOE. Having left my smartphone (wanted list) and Mrs. LesserSon in the van, I thanked the guy, and left without buying anything. Later stopped at a “huge neighborhood garage sale” down the road near Silver Creek. Nice little Kennedy machinist chest with keys and a few electric motors and shop-made jigs. But again, this was just to dull the ache of flea market deficit. No purchases.
Just as well, because a week on the road, living in a minivan, has taught me I have too much stuff already. One thing that has proven useful is the pair of drop-over car-door screens I devised with Mrs. LesserSon and my mother, Mrs. LesserSon Senior, took time away from her quilting to sew up for us. They have worked great for those nights when pitching a tent for a few hours sleep has seemed a net loss.
Just as well, because a week on the road, living in a minivan, has taught me I have too much stuff already. One thing that has proven useful is the pair of drop-over car-door screens I devised with Mrs. LesserSon and my mother, Mrs. LesserSon Senior, took time away from her quilting to sew up for us. They have worked great for those nights when pitching a tent for a few hours sleep has seemed a net loss.
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Hit my first sales in about a month. Just hasn't been much interesting and some family commitments. Hit permanent garage/warehouse sale trying to masquerade as an estate sale first. Not much interesting except the Stanley No. 75 Bull nose rabbet plane. I paid his $10 asking price. Decent shape, original blade in good condition. Then headed for the real estate sale. Before even getting in the garage I saw the Kennedy box hiding under a plastic toolbox. First asked the guy what he wanted for it and then asked where to start a pile after he replied with "$10". It was used as a fishing tackle box and that may be what Kennedy sold it as. It looks like he put the cardboard in all the trays immediately after buying it as they look new. Found the folk art naval battle pencil drawing out in the gentlemen's shed. I was already stocked with a good supply of steel wool but at $0.25 per I couldn't say no. I'm not sure how I managed to live this long without a couple of bottles of Burbank's "**** and Weasel Scent" and "Muskrat Scent".
I may put a few dabs behind each ear and sleep in the yard tonight. Let's get the party get started! Ended up paying $15 total at the estate sale.
I may put a few dabs behind each ear and sleep in the yard tonight. Let's get the party get started! Ended up paying $15 total at the estate sale.
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Finally found a piece of krateuter in the wild. happy with everything except the globemaster, cool box but I blame the sun. Any idea what the Dunlop case was for?
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Acetylene torch tip cleaners?
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Private Lugnutz
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Now that's the true sign of a picker. On vacation is one thing. On an extended vacation trekking across the country!
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Please no one tell my wife I just fell in love with Shanny's. She's a keeper!
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Wh-wha-wha-blubbetty-blubbety-blubbety-what?! Your WIFE goes picking for you when you're on what I assume is some kind of extended work-related travel?!
I might have to come up with a whole new category of prizes for this!
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Private Lugnutz
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I had a good day, guys. Stopped at my Thursday Early Bird and picked up everything you see other than the red toolbox. That I bought from a guy on another forum and picked it up in person in Quakertown.
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- The midgets set is a Dayton and has never been used.
- That old cardboard canister with sheet metal lid and bottom was in the main compartment of a beat up roller. Some oldtimer was keeping drill bits in it. But I recognized it right away. It's a "CONTAINER, M-47," and marked that way top and bottom. The M-47 was a chemical bomb issued to US Army Air Forces during WWII, designed to be hand-dropped. They were never used because they leaked in storage and handling! Anyway, the vendor, a woman with more tattoos than me, with her daughter, who had more tattoos than her mom, refused to sell me just the container. They looked like they were living out of their van. She wanted $5 for the container and the drill bits. So I dumped the drill bits, gave her a five, and told her to re-sell the bits.
- The long brass rods on the canvas sheath are for rifle cleaning.
- The stout screwdriver is a "HOBSON'S". Hexagonal shank. I haven't even looked it up yet, but I am guessing fin de siècle to teens. It is a beaut.
- The half-moon wrench is beat to hell and pitted with box rot on the flip side, but it's a CORNWELL, 13 BW 66, and I don't have any Cornwell brake/starter wrenches in my half-moon wrench collection.
- The uni-joint is a 3/8-inch drive PENENS.
- The clamp is a Peck Stow & Wilcox Steel Screw No. 4 with a 1896 patent date.
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- The midgets set is a Dayton and has never been used.
- That old cardboard canister with sheet metal lid and bottom was in the main compartment of a beat up roller. Some oldtimer was keeping drill bits in it. But I recognized it right away. It's a "CONTAINER, M-47," and marked that way top and bottom. The M-47 was a chemical bomb issued to US Army Air Forces during WWII, designed to be hand-dropped. They were never used because they leaked in storage and handling! Anyway, the vendor, a woman with more tattoos than me, with her daughter, who had more tattoos than her mom, refused to sell me just the container. They looked like they were living out of their van. She wanted $5 for the container and the drill bits. So I dumped the drill bits, gave her a five, and told her to re-sell the bits.
- The long brass rods on the canvas sheath are for rifle cleaning.
- The stout screwdriver is a "HOBSON'S". Hexagonal shank. I haven't even looked it up yet, but I am guessing fin de siècle to teens. It is a beaut.
- The half-moon wrench is beat to hell and pitted with box rot on the flip side, but it's a CORNWELL, 13 BW 66, and I don't have any Cornwell brake/starter wrenches in my half-moon wrench collection.
- The uni-joint is a 3/8-inch drive PENENS.
- The clamp is a Peck Stow & Wilcox Steel Screw No. 4 with a 1896 patent date.
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Outlawmws
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Wh-wha-wha-blubbetty-blubbety-blubbety-what?! Your WIFE goes picking for you when you're on what I assume is some kind of extended work-related travel?!
I might have to come up with a whole new category of prizes for this!
Now THAT's one I'd never win!
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Found this 26' wooden extension ladder on LetGo. My daughter and I are training for our second Spartan Race next month and we wanted a set of monkey bars to build upper body and grip strength. I also want a wooden ladder for the newly built storage balcony in my garage. This was the answer for the right price: free!
This guy and his brother are starting to clean out the old family home of 60 years, and were starting with the garage. Naturally, I asked if there were any tools in the pile. He said no, not in the garage, but definitely in the basement that he had not yet begun to dig out. We chatted some more about old family collectables and how he didn't want to leave a mess for their nieces and nephews to dig through. I thanked him for the ladder and told him to keep my number handy whenever he made it to the basement.
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This guy and his brother are starting to clean out the old family home of 60 years, and were starting with the garage. Naturally, I asked if there were any tools in the pile. He said no, not in the garage, but definitely in the basement that he had not yet begun to dig out. We chatted some more about old family collectables and how he didn't want to leave a mess for their nieces and nephews to dig through. I thanked him for the ladder and told him to keep my number handy whenever he made it to the basement.
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Thanks, Outlaw. Ironically, I put it to use almost immediately so I can't take photos of it for a few days.USUCK for finding a Peck Stow & Wilcox clamp that old!
RagTopTA
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Nice haul Lugz, wish we had a flea during the week here! I found a Peck Stow & Wilcox adjustable while back. Think its a 10"
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For years I have been going on Fridays (stops 1 & 2) and Wednesdays (stop 2, summer months only), because they're on my way to work, and I just recently added this third one on Thursday. I've always heard it was good, but it's a 30 minute drive completely out of the way for me, then a 30 minute back track to work. After two weeks, I can already tell I am going to be putting more miles on my vehicle!
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For years I have been going on Fridays (stops 1 & 2) and Wednesdays (stop 2, summer months only), because they're on my way to work, and I just recently added this third one on Thursday. I've always heard it was good, but it's a 30 minute drive completely out of the way for me, then a 30 minute back track to work. After two weeks, I can already tell I am going to be putting more miles on my vehicle!
but its the hunt and treasures you find at the flea that keep you going back! I could do that every day! or until my bank account dried up : )
the Local flea is actually about 17 miles away. And the big monthly is an hour away. But try to never miss them. Unless Im forced to work.
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