terrancelee
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Found this forum looking for some info on ultrasonic cleaners and have really enjoyed looking around. Funny, been on the net since before Al Gore invented it, and I don't think I've ever set foot in a tool forum. I wanted a USC to try and clean some tools I picked up from a fella at a yard sale a week or so ago. He had various tools in five gallon buckets, cheaply priced, but nothing really caught my eye. Saw a Starrett electronic caliper. How much? $5. Okay, sold. Then he told me he had a toolbox full of tools, also.
First thing I saw when I looked was this.
Do I really want this? Then I noticed this.
This is getting more interesting! Upon further inspection, this box was FULL of mostly sockets, ratchets, and extensions with very few that didn't say USA on them. Now, I'm not a box guy, having only a very small craftsman box I picked up at a sale many years ago. So, I had no idea about the brand of this box, but it looked decent. Actually, two boxes he attached together.
So, I told him I'd take it. After getting it home and emptying it all out, it seems I wound up with just over 200 pieces total.
All in all, I counted 7 allen sets, 14 taps, and 9 files.
Sockets: 42 deep well, 165 regular, 3 phillips, 1 slot, 1 torx, 4 crows foot, and 10 hex.
Ratchets: Seven 3/8", Four 1/2", and One 1/2" torque.
Four breakovers, Fifteen 3/8" ext, Five 1/2" ext, Two 1/2" - 3/4", One 1/2" - 3/8", One 3/4" - 1/2", and a few various other items.
After reading about the success some folks had with USC's and tools, I went over to HF and picked up a $60 unit to try out. While I think it did do some work okay, it was still a chore to get all the grime out of these sockets. Fella told me he retired from the oilfields after thirty years, and this stuff has been in storage for several years since. Oil, sand, grime .. gunk city! However, after two days of bent over wiping and scraping, they cleaned up okay. I didn't attempt to make them showroom clean, just wanted to get most of the gunk off. Took the Proto ratchets apart and used white lithium inside the mechanisms. Didn't get it all wiped off this one, but can live with it for now.
Found a few oldies but goodies, as the saying goes.
Also found a few Bonneys as well as a couple Indestros. After sorting all this out, I wound up with forty Taiwan/Japan sockets, one Taiwan ratchet, and one Japan ratchet. I don't think I did too badly for mostly Proto sockets and ratchets. Did find a few cracked sockets, and several that have had ID markings / initials ground off. However, I think I can live without the $75 he wanted for this haul.
This is why we buy yard sale junk! http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65365
First thing I saw when I looked was this.
Do I really want this? Then I noticed this.
This is getting more interesting! Upon further inspection, this box was FULL of mostly sockets, ratchets, and extensions with very few that didn't say USA on them. Now, I'm not a box guy, having only a very small craftsman box I picked up at a sale many years ago. So, I had no idea about the brand of this box, but it looked decent. Actually, two boxes he attached together.
So, I told him I'd take it. After getting it home and emptying it all out, it seems I wound up with just over 200 pieces total.
All in all, I counted 7 allen sets, 14 taps, and 9 files.
Sockets: 42 deep well, 165 regular, 3 phillips, 1 slot, 1 torx, 4 crows foot, and 10 hex.
Ratchets: Seven 3/8", Four 1/2", and One 1/2" torque.
Four breakovers, Fifteen 3/8" ext, Five 1/2" ext, Two 1/2" - 3/4", One 1/2" - 3/8", One 3/4" - 1/2", and a few various other items.
After reading about the success some folks had with USC's and tools, I went over to HF and picked up a $60 unit to try out. While I think it did do some work okay, it was still a chore to get all the grime out of these sockets. Fella told me he retired from the oilfields after thirty years, and this stuff has been in storage for several years since. Oil, sand, grime .. gunk city! However, after two days of bent over wiping and scraping, they cleaned up okay. I didn't attempt to make them showroom clean, just wanted to get most of the gunk off. Took the Proto ratchets apart and used white lithium inside the mechanisms. Didn't get it all wiped off this one, but can live with it for now.
Found a few oldies but goodies, as the saying goes.
Also found a few Bonneys as well as a couple Indestros. After sorting all this out, I wound up with forty Taiwan/Japan sockets, one Taiwan ratchet, and one Japan ratchet. I don't think I did too badly for mostly Proto sockets and ratchets. Did find a few cracked sockets, and several that have had ID markings / initials ground off. However, I think I can live without the $75 he wanted for this haul.
This is why we buy yard sale junk!
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65365
