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[jagwinn]

Brookstone tool bag. Found at Goodwill for $1.01.

Carving/Woodworkers knife

UTICA adjustable, USA

Set of Craftsman flex socket purchased 1983

KLEIN toolbag, 1983

13mm JOHN DEERE branded

Advertising screwdriver/magnet TINYTOOL USA

Craftsman hacksaw

Hacksaw handle

Multi saw, JAPAN. Very good quality. Hard plastic handle

1950 Amusement park train. Has engine with Wisconsin 2 cylinder; 3 passenger cars and 400 ft oval track.

 

[coconanipoo]

Great Stuff!

 

[jeffmoss26]

Wow! That train is really cool.

 

[mooman]

Keep telling yourself that Brookstone purse is a tool bag.....
Love the train!

 

[PBCampbell]

Way jealous of the train!

 

[G_P]

That Brookstone bag looks like it is meant to either carry a small dog or the prissy stuff women carry around with their purse-dogs.

It even has a dogbone on the side.

 

[jagwinn]

Multi bit.

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Thread gauge, standard in stainless; metric in brass.

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[jagwinn]

The train was part of the Illinois State Fairgrounds amusement area. It was recovered from a pond into which vandals had pushed it into from the bridge that carried the track.

The engine is a Wisconsin 2 cylinder and NOS parts are available. It has been rebuilt. Work continues on the damaged cab and fabrication of a missing 4-wheel truck.

 

[Haveblue]

That train looks awesome! id have so much fun with it!! Are you going to restore it, and set it all up to run?(you answered while I was typing!) What are your plans for the train? we have to see more of it!

 

[jagwinn]

Found this wrench on the magnet for the green coffee unloading pit. The coffee beans come from all over the world, so I can't say for certain the port of origin.
Unusual for a wrench made in Brasil to be SAE. Or is it?

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[Farmall450]

The train was part of the Illinois State Fairgrounds amusement area. It was recovered from a pond into which vandals had pushed it into from the bridge that carried the track.

The engine is a Wisconsin 2 cylinder and NOS parts are available. It has been rebuilt. Work continues on the damaged cab and fabrication of a missing 4-wheel truck.

Great find, that's too bad, and good luck!

 

[jagwinn]

Re: From the bag; New bag

This is a CraftMates tote from Amazon.com:

It has six (6) of these inside; They come with it from Amazon:
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This is how it looks out of the box:

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And this is how it is used! This is a great small parts organizer for less $ than Lowes and Home Depot:


LESS THAN $30 !!
John

 

[jagwinn]

 

[jagwinn]

What's the use??...of this DOE:

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Found in garage sale today for $5.

 

[Richard Cranium]

What did you have to pay for the train?
Would love to have it.

 

[jagwinn]

$250. Was underwater (pushed off bridge). Google Amusement Park Train.

 

[jagwinn]

Can anyone identify the wrench in post #14?

 

[Gmonkee]

Water pump packing wrench maybe 1920's or 1930's.

Probably aftermarket if not specifically marked. Most likely fit a bunch of makes and models.

 

[jagwinn]

Thanks Gmonkee, packing material would be something that would not require a lot of length for leverage.

 

[jagwinn]

Trouble understanding the internet; tried searching for MODAL tool box and got pages of references to a software called MODAL.

This is what I found today, would like to know what it is AND would like to know how your frame your search inquires to get the results you want. Thanks for the help.

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[M6erfan]

"From the bag"

Wait, that train was in the bag???

 

[davethorik]

Trouble understanding the internet; tried searching for MODAL tool box and got pages of references to a software called MODAL.

This is what I found today, would like to know what it is AND would like to know how your frame your search inquires to get the results you want. Thanks for the help.

Umm the box says "Model" not "Modal". Might have been a sticker denoting what "Model" it was.

 

[jagwinn]

Umm the box says "Model" not "Modal". Might have been a sticker denoting what "Model" it was.

Duh! What was I looking at?:: Thanks.....

 

[jagwinn]

ARCHER LUBRICANTS AIRCRAFT OIL. Found in a hanger in Macon Co., Bloomington, IL.



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[jagwinn]

Very good day at GoodWill.

 

[jagwinn]

Looking for information on this piece...I had no luck with Google:

Disston Dial Saw; found in thrift shop in Monmouth, Illinois. Would like to see it in a Catalog.

John

 

[Air21]

Am I the only one who started reading thinking that stuff was found inside the Goodwill bag?

 

[jagwinn]

Sorry for the confusion...started thread to show finds in Bloomington and Central Illinois thrift and resale shops.

I titled the thread when I featured the Brookstone Tool Co. bag. This was a company from the 80's sort of like Sharper Image is today.

I add to this thread my finds so as to keep them in one place.

John

 

[rchappell]

This is my first post, so please forgive me if I am out of line, but were you able to find any information on the Disston Adjustable Hole Saw? I have one exactly the same and I'm not really sure how to use it.

 

[jagwinn]

Hello rchappell, welcome to Garage Journal!
I have not found any information on the Disston Hole saw...I did take it apart for restoration, and found a few bent pieces that may have been the reason for it not being able to adjust, I'll find out more when it is reassembled.
John

 

[engineer2]

You guys are lucky. At our local GoodWill store, employees snag all the good stuff.

 

[jagwinn]

I am in Jacksonville Illinois; we have the regular GoodWill and we have the GoodWill Distribution Warehouse.
The warehouse sells at $.99/lb.!! It's a huge dis-ordered yardsale!

 

[gungatim]

wow, cool old thread I know, but I picked up a movie poster for the frame at Goodwill the other day for $4. clerk said, "I missed that, I would have bought it", so they do get the good stuff first.

anyway, I pulled the poster to put another in and found a sheet of uncut basketball trading cards hidden in the back. sold on FB for $50...

they also had a NOS Craftsman Phillips screwdriver marked 4/$1.99, but they refused to sell it to me because "they can't sell them individually, you have to buy 4" even though there was just the one...

I generally have better luck at the Salvation Army...

 

[jagwinn]

Went to the Goodwill Distribution Center today...everything is $.99/lb.:
Found this=
The tool has the following: top half =flat blade; philips tip; tack puller; wire stripper; bottle opener. Middle of the tool (triangle cut-out) measures diameters. Bottom has knife or scissor sharpener (two discs); alligator wrench; glass cutter (small disc); the edge has file teeth and there is a scale in 1/8s but not numbered. Lettering says: ELECTRA VOICE CORP. CHICAGO USA PAT APLED F

The gray parts bin are 32 bins and 8 wall brackets.

All told $6...

 

[jagwinn]

More on the ELECTRA VOICE tool.

 

[jagwinn]

Just before Coronacation happened, found this in a favorite resale store:

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[jagwinn]

Something new...Manuals.

 

[jagwinn]

Manuals...

 

[jagwinn]

Manuals...

 

[jagwinn]

Manuals...