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SquirrelsTools
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I am motor head. So when I buy a new ATV or side by side, I have to have the new service manual to the machine. I have had years of problems with the dealer fixing under warranty. So I just fix them myself. Except new cars or trucks. I just can't afford the new tools.
Stubby1743
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First published 1946. Mine is 1951 third printing.
Provincial
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Complete with typo! The third line in the second paragraph doesn't fit there, and appears to be part of a description that is missing.
ttpete
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The third and fourth lines are swapped. Operation is similar to a 1911.
Stubby1743
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I have Volumes I & II of "The Practical Metalworker" totalling over 1100 pages. They are not dated but must be sometime between the World Wars.
Private Lugnutz
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Picked this up at the flea this morning. A very interesting, beautiful document, from the heavy parchment paper to the font. Some of the data is amazing, and some of the figures are worthy of framing. Unfortunately, someone, probably a collector, was using it as a sort of inventory. Some of the figures (e.g., smooth-bore) are marked up, from illegible notes to check marks (assuming, 'I have this one!') to circles (assuming, 'I need this one!'), fortunately all done in pencil. I plan to use a good, professional eraser to remove them.
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Outlawmws
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Awesome find Lugz!
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paulm12
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anyone want this small book ?? just cover shipping. It has damage, and is about 8"x4"
thanks
thanks
WisJim
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Wee were out of town over the weekend, visiting old friends, and stopped at an antique mall where I picked up a couple of books. A 1931 copywrite Morse drill catalog with a 1938 discount sheet, and a 1969 reprint of the 1937 classic "China at Work" by Rudolph Hommel. The China book documents how things were done in China before industrialization, and I've interesting in finding a copy for a long time.
paulsomlo
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These books, pamphlets, and catalogs need a good home - free for the cost of shipping. Understandably, preference will be given to those who request multiples. And please, no resellers.
Outlawmws
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Going to PM on the Atlas Stack, Circular saw Jointer, Fix it tips adn 2 Craftsman to the left, Antique tool (black cover) , Clamps, (Jorgansen?), Civil war cannon, Hardening adn Tempering, Approaching Free Energy, Starrett (red/Yellow) The Grinding machine. Museum tools adn Not sure what the 3 Blue books at the top are?
WisJim
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I PM'd you about a few of them.
paulsomlo
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Yep - got it; and you were the 1st to respond Jim - you get the pick of the litter.
paulsomlo
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The 3 blue books at the top are:
"Trigonometry Slide Rule Mechanics"
"Mechanical Drawing"
"Steel Square and it's Uses"
The blue book towards the center is "Model Making", as in steam engines, etc..
paulsomlo
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paulsomlo
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Updated picture - the Logan catalog is now gone:
Private Lugnutz
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paulsomlo
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I found six new items, shown in the top row. The 4th from the left (upside down) is an Armstrong Tools catalog. I'll attach a picture revealing the wonders that may be found inside the 1930 Schoellkopf's catalog. Somebody make me a happy man - take all of these, cost of shipping.
@Private Lugnutz - no museum is complete without a Schoellkopf's catalog!
@Private Lugnutz - no museum is complete without a Schoellkopf's catalog!
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Private Lugnutz
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Why do I get the feeling you're in sales?
paulsomlo
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Nope, not at all! But you're off the hook - someone PM'd me and will take all of them; I'm a happy man.Why do I get the feeling you're in sales?
Private Lugnutz
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Stubby1743
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These two volumes are the best account of J.A.P. history.
Outlawmws
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Someone was into Vintage/Antique MC's for sure
WisJim
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Got home today from our vacation to Colorado, and opened two boxes of books that had arrived while I was away. One was a box from
@paulsomlo with a nice selection of "model engineering" books, including ones about steam engines, model locomotives, model boilers, and others. The other box was four volume set of Knight's Mechanical Dictionary ca 1879-1884, reprinted in 1979 by the Mid-West Tool Collectors Association and the Early American Industries Association. I couldn't afford the set when originally reprinted in 1979, but I couldn't pass up this set when I found it online.
@paulsomlo with a nice selection of "model engineering" books, including ones about steam engines, model locomotives, model boilers, and others. The other box was four volume set of Knight's Mechanical Dictionary ca 1879-1884, reprinted in 1979 by the Mid-West Tool Collectors Association and the Early American Industries Association. I couldn't afford the set when originally reprinted in 1979, but I couldn't pass up this set when I found it online.
paulsomlo
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That should keep you busy for awhile.
The Amateur Machinist - 1934
The Story of the Engine - 1937
How to Understand Electricity - 1935
What's New in Hot Rodding - 1967
Guide to Racing Cars - 1963
So You Want to be a Ham - 1975
Audels Do-It Yourself Encyclopedia A-Z - 1963
A. Frederick Collins is a new name for me, but he seems to have been prolific. I will be keeping an eye out for additional titles.
The Story of the Engine - 1937
How to Understand Electricity - 1935
What's New in Hot Rodding - 1967
Guide to Racing Cars - 1963
So You Want to be a Ham - 1975
Audels Do-It Yourself Encyclopedia A-Z - 1963
A. Frederick Collins is a new name for me, but he seems to have been prolific. I will be keeping an eye out for additional titles.
Private Lugnutz
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As first reported in the 2024 Garage Sale thread, I picked up another wartime Navy blueprints manual at the flea yesterday. I say "another," because I found one last February (see post #264, pg 7). That one was dated 1944. This one is dated 1945, but oddly, it is not simply a later edition of the other one. It does have a few of the same illustrations, as well as plenty of fresh ones, which I never get tired of looking at, maybe especially the 'Men at Work (behind Desks or Benches)' variety. Check out the size of the vise in the last pic!
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I am reserving a separate post for this page. I've already sent it to my brothers. As the sons of a WWII Navy veteran, who also just happened to have had a career as a draftsman for a structural steel company (I still have and use old surplus "D" size blueprints that he would bring home from work and make "notebooks" out of for us to use in school, instead of buying them!), it expresses so well and so efficiently so much about our father and an entire generation. You would never find anything like this in a current publication. It's so esoteric and so earnest about a topic that would be considered so innocuous, that it would be taken as sarcastic.
gearhead1960
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@Private Lugnutz Yes, stories of the greatest generation's thrift brings up reminders of my WWII parents. My mom used to re-use plastic baggies, wash them out, put 'em on a line to dry and store away for the next time. There was no such thing as a Dagwood sandwich in my house....more than 2 slices of meat and 1 of cheese was wasteful....
Outlawmws
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Picked this up yesterday for a buck - last min pick from an estate sale - 1971 Edition; other copyrights 1943 and 1957:
