Grandfather's Tools
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This is an awesome site. I keep googling tools and items I know nothing about, and either find someone talking about them here, or find someone selling the same item on ebay.
My name is Mike. As I've recently begun sorting through a lot of tools passed down from my dad and grandfather. I've set aside 1-2 of all the basic things, and still have 300-400 items to get rid of.
I'm going to hold a garage sale, but only for the stuff with little value. Selling off hose clamps, sanding discs, screwdrivers (I have 42 straight edge alone), chisels, punches, files(about 50 combined), 6 full drill indexes, a dozen channel lock pliers, 14 hammers (inc one peculiar one with a square head and a circle head), hole saws.....he had a ton of these. Must be 40 or more in this drawer. Half are newer looking threaded type by Starrett, and a bunch of older ones with no threads, just a rectangular hole. They look like what is used for installing door locks, as the smaller ones are kept inside the one just a size larger, etc.
Then there is the vintage stuff that I see selling on ebay and etsy. I would love to partner up with someone who has a good seller's reputation/feedback, and let them take some of the sales amount for their efforts. If anyone knows anyone in VA or MD who might be interested, please send me a message.
I have an old (working perfectly) Powerstat regulator V116, a Kennedy Kits toolbox, Old weller soldering guns, and Ungar irons, 5 Blue Point wrenches, lots of iron stuff, some of which I have to clean up to see if I can read anything. I have this "Black Box" breakout box/cable tester that someone is selling for over $300 online. Another company wants $540 for a new one. I don't know where that value comes from from a plastic box with pins you can short with jumpers or open with switches. Crazy. Vintage Lufkin wooden rules, speedwinder, tempered steel rules, angle/level combos, squangle, vintage Fendall safety glasses, expensive medico locks with interchangeable cores.
Now I need to sort and categorize the pile of chisels and files......
Cheers
My name is Mike. As I've recently begun sorting through a lot of tools passed down from my dad and grandfather. I've set aside 1-2 of all the basic things, and still have 300-400 items to get rid of.
I'm going to hold a garage sale, but only for the stuff with little value. Selling off hose clamps, sanding discs, screwdrivers (I have 42 straight edge alone), chisels, punches, files(about 50 combined), 6 full drill indexes, a dozen channel lock pliers, 14 hammers (inc one peculiar one with a square head and a circle head), hole saws.....he had a ton of these. Must be 40 or more in this drawer. Half are newer looking threaded type by Starrett, and a bunch of older ones with no threads, just a rectangular hole. They look like what is used for installing door locks, as the smaller ones are kept inside the one just a size larger, etc.
Then there is the vintage stuff that I see selling on ebay and etsy. I would love to partner up with someone who has a good seller's reputation/feedback, and let them take some of the sales amount for their efforts. If anyone knows anyone in VA or MD who might be interested, please send me a message.
I have an old (working perfectly) Powerstat regulator V116, a Kennedy Kits toolbox, Old weller soldering guns, and Ungar irons, 5 Blue Point wrenches, lots of iron stuff, some of which I have to clean up to see if I can read anything. I have this "Black Box" breakout box/cable tester that someone is selling for over $300 online. Another company wants $540 for a new one. I don't know where that value comes from from a plastic box with pins you can short with jumpers or open with switches. Crazy. Vintage Lufkin wooden rules, speedwinder, tempered steel rules, angle/level combos, squangle, vintage Fendall safety glasses, expensive medico locks with interchangeable cores.
Now I need to sort and categorize the pile of chisels and files......
Cheers