Being a cool windy morning, after breakfast out with MLW I took another run at the estate sale from yesterday. Things were much quieter today, there was tool guys and flippers there, but they were much more calm and cooperative than the day before. Lots of stuff had been moved out or spread into the aisles reducing the 4 foot high pile down 2 1/2‘ but now 5 feet wide instead of three. I found a few new goodies including a small Kennedy from pre-1947. This is one where the drawers don’t easily remove and there was a paystub stuffed behind there from 1947. I was hoping to find the other pieces from the Alford hand vise, but no such luck there. I did find a whole bunch of smalls, including a bunch of screwdriver bits that fit into a brace and a bunch of leather working tools, mostly decorative. I found two boxes of auger bits that I had ignored earlier, but it appears someone had stripped part of them. I also found another Luxo light, this time with a built in magnifier. Couple of chisels and a box of rivets rounded out the first dive in.
After a brief break to let the dog out of the truck for a potty break, I dove back in. A new guy had showed up, a personal call as he knew machine shop work, and eventually took both the lathe and the partially dissembled mill. Spent some time helping them clear things, passing in bits and pieces scattered by the earlier people, and removing **** in their way.
The host pointed out a green “vise” he might like. Turns out it was an arbor press, which he declined. I grabbed a variable power supply, and then asked how much for the arbor. Just then it started raining, so a bunch of us helped put tarps in place. After this, I got the price, it was decent, so I called it a day. Spent a little more today than yesterday, but still no complaints.
Some Details below, but more details will be included in the vintage arbor press, toolbox etc threads.
L-R, Irwin bit box with a slide out hidden drawer, the Luxo magnifying light, pile of brace screwdrivers, conical sharpening stone, big Craftsman DBE, couple of mortising machine bits and chisels, 2 crate opening tools, decorative leather tools, copper rivets, 2x wooden clamps, box of bits from Simmons Hardware, another skew rabbet, and a tree saw handle.
The 16” Kennedy box, with some metal inside, some NOS drill bits, a Herbrand 9/16” distributor wrench, some Rimco tools, a 14N Jacobs chuck, hammer head, an OTC bushing driver kit 814, a Dietzgen level scope, a wheel from some tool, a Cincinnati C clamp, a box of number drill bit, missing 4, otherwise NOS Craftsman, and a nifty little hacksaw.
The variable power supply, 3 boxes of pencils, and an Atlas 0, a 1-1/2 ton arbor press.
