steaks&anvils
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Looks like a bucket opening tool. But it is wider than I have seem before. Maybe for those square buckets? or home made?
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Looks like a bucket opening tool. But it is wider than I have seem before. Maybe for those square buckets? or home made?
Outlawmws
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I think S&A has it - opening plastic buckets.
3baygarage
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Well guys, I must be rusty due to all the time off from picking. Stopped at a Habitat for my first in person tool shopping since everything broke out. A sale was going on too, 20% off a $20 or more purchase.
Cool right?
First thing I see, Wilton USA drill press vise in immaculate condition for $14.99. Wow, what a bargain! I didn’t even play around with it. Quick glance at it and slid it back on the shelf. It was already purchased in my mind!
Oh look, a Diamond wrench for 4 bucks! Just need to find another couple bucks worth of hand tools.
A few minutes passed. I turned around to grab the vise and.....GONE!
I think this couple ninja swiped it
when they stopped to look at the power tools.
I was praying it was abandoned at the counter for restock but no such luck.
Aargh!
Oh well. Time to shake the rust off.
I only spent $10 instead of 20, but would have gotten the vise for 10 if all had worked out.
Aside from the well used green Diamond wrench:
A nice Wright open end
Mac headlight spring tool
Snap On awl
Snap On electronics phillips
Stanley wood chisel
Cool right?
First thing I see, Wilton USA drill press vise in immaculate condition for $14.99. Wow, what a bargain! I didn’t even play around with it. Quick glance at it and slid it back on the shelf. It was already purchased in my mind!
Oh look, a Diamond wrench for 4 bucks! Just need to find another couple bucks worth of hand tools.
A few minutes passed. I turned around to grab the vise and.....GONE!
I think this couple ninja swiped it
when they stopped to look at the power tools.I was praying it was abandoned at the counter for restock but no such luck.
Aargh!
Oh well. Time to shake the rust off.
I only spent $10 instead of 20, but would have gotten the vise for 10 if all had worked out.
Aside from the well used green Diamond wrench:
A nice Wright open end
Mac headlight spring tool
Snap On awl
Snap On electronics phillips
Stanley wood chisel
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BlueBomber
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Finds for the week all garage sale.
Post vise $20
2 man saw $25
Box of vintage tools $5
SK Diamond era socket set with ratchet and drives complete 3/8" $15
Craftsman midget box end wrench set with pouch $3
2 valve lifters 1 KD 1 vintage snap on $1ea
I am not a vise person so I am going to clean the vise up a bit and look for makers marks. Any idea where to start or is there a way to tell by the construction who made it?
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Folks seem to be getting civilized on this thread, but I'll say it...YOU ****!
For maker marks, check the outside slope of the jaws, just down from the opening. On my post vise, the marks are on the fixed jaw face. Post it when you find it.
Outlawmws
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on the suckage! I've seen makers marks inb the mounting plate as well
I did go out to one YS this AM but bought nothing...
My sister stopped by to drop off some of her tomatos, and something I had her pick up in the town next to her.
A Coleman Focus 5 Propane heater for $10! Here is is after getting the antiseptic wipe down:
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Hit an Estate Sale this morning. No 10 in line. No other competitors for tools and loaded up 2 totes worth but the most interesting find was this Sawyer Tools 24 1/2B vise for free. More on other finds later as I go through and inventory them.
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r_olson_06
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It's a WTF! Warren Tool & Forge Co. I will try and post up some details later. Someone welded the removable mount in place so I will undo that.
I've seen makers marks inb the mounting plate as well
I did go out to one YS this AM but bought nothing...
My sister stopped by to drop off some of her tomatos, and something I had her pick up in the town next to her.
A Coleman Focus 5 Propane heater for $10! Here is is after getting the antiseptic wipe down:
Looking for a Smooth Finish Plomb 3065 Double Open End Wrench
Private Lugnutz
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That's a neat find. The only tools I recall seeing from Sawyer Tool Company is a compound bevel owned by Toolmaker65, linked here, and my screwdriver, linked here, and those are both true antiques. But they were made by Sawyer Tool in Fitchburg, Mass. Maybe it's a different Sawyer Tool? EDIT: Fierljeppen up on the MegaVise Thread will know.
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jdbilodeau
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Thanks to GJ's Craigslist Deal thread I picked up a couple dozen heavy duty stacking bins from a machine shop in CT yesterday. These will be a great upgrade to my current duct tape/cardboard box storage system. Better organization and way better aesthetics.
Since I "had" to be on the road for the pick up I took the opportunity to hit up some sales along the way. Keeping with the Connecticut theme I picked up two Collins axes and an assortment of New Britain ball pein hammers along my route.
Since I "had" to be on the road for the pick up I took the opportunity to hit up some sales along the way. Keeping with the Connecticut theme I picked up two Collins axes and an assortment of New Britain ball pein hammers along my route.
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What are the sizes (weights)?! And please post photos of the logos. I've been collecting ball-pein hammers for years for WWII GMTK's (4 oz, 16 oz - through 1942 only, and 32 oz), and I don't recall ever seeing a New Britain hammer before. EDIT: Those have super round cheeks and conical peins, reminiscent of Williams pattern.
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Roy, you'll make some nice tool spending money on the post vise. Congrats on that nice find! And of course...YOU ****!
r_olson_06
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Thanks. That is the name of the game. Buy low, sell high, and buy more Plombs! Should be able to make about 5-7X on the vise and 10X ish on the saw! All good on a B-Day weekend.
I also was gifted another leg vise earlier this year that was my great great grandfathers. It is much bigger than this one. I will have to get it out and post some pics. Probably pushing 100lbs.
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Outlawmws
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That's a heck of a compass!
Provincial
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Nice compass! Is it a Brunton? It also works as a clinometer.
gearhead1960
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It is a Brunton. While it is very cool it will likely end up on fleaBay...gotta pay for the other stuff...
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jdbilodeau
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Lugz-
The two large ones are both 48oz, the middle is 20 and the small head is an 8oz. The logos are script New Britain and on one of the 48oz I can make out a Made in the USA stamp below the logo. Weights are stamped on the back, H-48, H-20-I, H-8
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Nice! Thanks, JD.
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RTM
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Here’s another vise I snagged today...
No marks on it that I could find. Any ideas as to maker or purpose?
In a 1900 catalog, it’s listed as a Vise, Forged, but in Austrian, Joh. Weiss & Sohn, Wien,
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Thanks. That is the name of the game. Buy low, sell high, and buy more Plombs! Should be able to make about 5-7X on the vise and 10X ish on the saw! All good on a B-Day weekend.
I also was gifted another leg vise earlier this year that was my great great grandfathers. It is much bigger than this one. I will have to get it out and post some pics. Probably pushing 100lbs.
Looking for a Smooth Finish Plomb 3065 Double Open End Wrench
I found one similar last year and sold it on CL pretty quickly for my $175 asking price. YMMV. :0)
r_olson_06
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Good to know! Thanks for info [emoji106]
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bargainhuntingking
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Thanks Mike but I think I’ll hold onto them for now to keep my random spare bits.
It’s too bad because it has such a nice feel in the hand. I haven’t used it yet, but it felt so light that I could see it breaking with a firm grip and too much torque. Good concept but poor execution. Perhaps a metal heavier duty version would have been popular/successful?
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Cruzan80
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I have a few, and never broken one. Works great for screws.
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Wow. Looks like we lost a couple of days worth of posts in that re-set.
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I spotted what looked like a Reed N-series vise in a lone bad pic on CL last night. A quick email to Drivesitfar confirmed my suspicions as the owner didn't know the maker. Picked it up this afternoon. The owner said it was a 4" vise but turns out it's a cute little 3-incher. He said he "liberated it from Saudi Arabia". He used to work oil & gas over there. I'm sure he was in his 80's. Anyway, it's my first N-series Reed. Now my Reed made Craftsman 5170 has a little friend to play with. Gonna try to find a swivel base for it if I can. If anyone has one they're willing to sell or thoughts on finding one let me know please. It was looking like this was going to be a two-vise day. This morning I was texting meeting arrangements with a guy about a 4" Wilton bullet when he texts "several other people are texting me about it. I think I may have under-priced this vise. I'm gonna delete the ad and look at reposting it." He was selling it with two old railroad jacks and was asking $200. Oh well. I'm happy with just the Reed. It came with the stand which I'm going to put an old Dayton grinder on for the time being.
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Ryan had DB issues and had to go to the last full backup and that was ~3 days old. He said he was trying to get more restores (incrementals?) done but no promises....
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Bummer about the lost content.
I spent Wednesday crawling around a dim, damp home basement shop that hasn’t been used since the nineties, with my best friend and my son. I do wish I’d gotten a few more pics of the cavern of wonders, but I’ll probably get back. My friend wanted a hand extracting a couple items from his mother’s house, and gave me a few items from his father’s hoard. His dad did a lot of woodworking when we were teens. Just a bit melancholy treat to visit some of the tools I remember him using back in the day.
Tomorrow, I’ll get pics of what I took away, but here are a few closeups of some things that stayed behind (at least until “the sale”).
I spent Wednesday crawling around a dim, damp home basement shop that hasn’t been used since the nineties, with my best friend and my son. I do wish I’d gotten a few more pics of the cavern of wonders, but I’ll probably get back. My friend wanted a hand extracting a couple items from his mother’s house, and gave me a few items from his father’s hoard. His dad did a lot of woodworking when we were teens. Just a bit melancholy treat to visit some of the tools I remember him using back in the day.
Tomorrow, I’ll get pics of what I took away, but here are a few closeups of some things that stayed behind (at least until “the sale”).
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Welcome, ALL, to JU-LY!
Great Caesar’s Ghost! There seems to be an uptick in “****”worthy hauls, of late.
Here’s a preliminary, straightforward breakdown of June “****”s. I’ll review and update after any further data restores occur.
r_olson_06, Provincial & cbacres each earned 3 “****”s.
Motorman55 & madison069 each scored 2 “****”s.
Additionally, there were 9 single-“****”s.
I know I haven’t captured every acknowledgment, and I will revisit after a few days. Till then, go Fourth!
Great Caesar’s Ghost! There seems to be an uptick in “****”worthy hauls, of late.
Here’s a preliminary, straightforward breakdown of June “****”s. I’ll review and update after any further data restores occur.
r_olson_06, Provincial & cbacres each earned 3 “****”s.
Motorman55 & madison069 each scored 2 “****”s.
Additionally, there were 9 single-“****”s.
I know I haven’t captured every acknowledgment, and I will revisit after a few days. Till then, go Fourth!
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As mentioned previously, I recruited my son to go help a friend I grew up with move some stuff. We took our time looking through is dad’s home shop, which was a trip down memory lane for me. I was particularly struck my the more massive power tools. One I had intended to dismantle enough to take was a 220V planer (eyeballed 12”), which I could put to use on my father’s hoard of rough-sawn ash. But it remains more massive in person than my memory recalls, and I just haven’t solved the problem of getting it out of the basement, and then to my parents’ place. Still, it calls to me.
There was a Dunlap table saw (splitter/antikickback in previous post), a huge Dunlap wood lathe (no pic - it’s propped up in a dim corner), a very large Craftsman underline scrollsaw, and an intact 1/3hp Craftsman block grinder on a home-made stand. (Model number plates in previous post.) Also stacks of seasoned native hardwoods, and this massive stone grinding wheel.
Smaller stuff in drawers included a set of Cman underline turning tools (I have an identical set from my grandfather), innumerable parts, etc. If I had the equipment to move it, space to set it up, and cash to justify it, I’d take it all. The family has always been very welcoming and generous to me, and I’d love to honor his father’s tools by keeping them together. But it will be better for my friend’s mother if they sell them off, and that’s what he’s planning.
There was a Dunlap table saw (splitter/antikickback in previous post), a huge Dunlap wood lathe (no pic - it’s propped up in a dim corner), a very large Craftsman underline scrollsaw, and an intact 1/3hp Craftsman block grinder on a home-made stand. (Model number plates in previous post.) Also stacks of seasoned native hardwoods, and this massive stone grinding wheel.
Smaller stuff in drawers included a set of Cman underline turning tools (I have an identical set from my grandfather), innumerable parts, etc. If I had the equipment to move it, space to set it up, and cash to justify it, I’d take it all. The family has always been very welcoming and generous to me, and I’d love to honor his father’s tools by keeping them together. But it will be better for my friend’s mother if they sell them off, and that’s what he’s planning.
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Keeping in mind that I am currently trying to downsize and organize my own hoard to better fit the space I have available, there were a few small treasures offered which I did carry home for myself.
B&D drillbit sharpener, 1-1/4 Barcalo scoop combo, 15” Crescent adj, MF Buck Rogers push drill, Stanley light-duty picture frame clamp, two empty Huot drill boxes, Cman tap&die set, Stanley Sheffield England rabbet plane in box, nest of Bridgeport DOEs, large CeeTee slipjoints, Proto 1/4dr ext, C’man BE 1/4dr socket, bitbrace countersink.
Also a set of rubber castors for my trashcan and an anvil.
My buddy offered a few more items that I declined for the present, as they violate the spirit of downsizing, and (I believe) will fetch more cash for his mother than I can swing.
B&D drillbit sharpener, 1-1/4 Barcalo scoop combo, 15” Crescent adj, MF Buck Rogers push drill, Stanley light-duty picture frame clamp, two empty Huot drill boxes, Cman tap&die set, Stanley Sheffield England rabbet plane in box, nest of Bridgeport DOEs, large CeeTee slipjoints, Proto 1/4dr ext, C’man BE 1/4dr socket, bitbrace countersink.
Also a set of rubber castors for my trashcan and an anvil.
My buddy offered a few more items that I declined for the present, as they violate the spirit of downsizing, and (I believe) will fetch more cash for his mother than I can swing.
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Finally, I picked up this load of previously-promised bitbraces (2 Stanley, 1 Japan) and planes. The Sargent seems unmarked. One block is marked Stanley and the other (with an adjustable toe/mouth) is not. The smaller burgundy-toted plane has “Moneys Worth” stamped on the iron, but I have yet to see any other markings.
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