Swap Meet Tool Finds

[OldeTimeEtc]

Hello guys....and if there's any girls here......just thought I would share my finds at a recent swap meet I went to. The Treasures consist of:

3 Irwin Auger bits I needed to complete an old set I have
8 small wrenches of various sizes for my lathes
2 spanner Wrenches
1 "wiggler" center/edge finder
1 twist drill sharpening gage
1 Cobblers Hammer
1 leather pouch to store small various pliers or tools in
1 old 1926 Brown & Sharpe catalog
1 Brown & Sharpe thread gage in original box
2 brass Yale cabinet locks w/keys
1 old brass tire pressure gage (still works)
1 miniature 4 jaw chuck with 8mm mount...fits my small jewelers lathes
1 very large "vintage" padlock w/key with Wells Fargo badge on it (replica)
1 1906 Morse Folding twist drill stand

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

I especially liked the Morse drill bit stand since I've been wanting another one for my other drill press. The seller had replaced the original pin...most likely lost...with a nail to the mounting hole that holds it in a triangle. I decided to make a new one. So I measured the hole diameter, length plus some steel rod I needed and also found a small brass knurled nut to use as a knob and set about making a new pin. Pretty much a quick project.

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

These are handy for keeping a full set of fractional drill bits at a convenient reach when you need to drill a quick hole for a project. Here it is mounted on my drill press. These seem to work with any drill press that has a 2 1/2" dia pole.

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Heres my other one...I think these are pretty handy and they detach easy if you need to move the table.

 

[sha]

Very cool stuff, esp. that stand

 

[bonneyman]

Very cool stuff, esp. that stand

Yeah, the drill stand is very cool!

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

My latest tools finds at an estate sale buried inside a toolbox. Although I know what they are for.......lets see if anyone else here knows what they are and what they're used for.

 

[coleman10]

My latest tools finds at an estate sale buried inside a toolbox. Although I know what they are for.......lets see if anyone else here knows what they are and what they're used for.

They look like some kind of punch pins to me.

 

[oldnrusty1460]

Transfer screws, many sets

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Transfer screws, many sets

Looks like oldnrusty got it right. These are Heimann Transfer Screws. Here's a sample video of how they are used.:

 

[notlob]

Love the Morse drill bit stand. Been looking for a similar one for ages - no luck yet!

 

[Apdl]

im digging that hammer

nice finds

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Love the Morse drill bit stand. Been looking for a similar one for ages - no luck yet!

These aren't easy to find. Last one I saw for sale was over a decade ago....although I hadn't been actively looking.. I just got lucky. Theres 2 on Evilbay right now although its sellers don't seem to know the difference between Fractional and Letter drill bits. Both are for Letter Bits and neither are on the cheap side. Theres also another type of stand for sale its a number bit stand for 1-60 bits.

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

im digging that hammer nice finds

The seller had at least a doz of those Cobblers Hammers for sale. I'm sure I'll see him again.

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

There was also a guy selling a great deal of NOS lab glass and I just had to have these pyrex bottles with ground glass tops....his prices were just too awesome to pass up too. Although these probably wouldn't be considered tools to most these are tools to me. I have uses for them especially in my watch and clock work shop. I also have a love for old scientific tools and glass and just thought these finds were just too cool to not show. The tiny glass bottles are especially useful for keeping tiny watch parts in.

 

[RidgeRunner]

The seller had at least a doz of those Cobblers Hammers for sale. I'm sure I'll see him again.

I have a hammer like that in my collection of inherited tools. Never knew what it might have been used for, thanks for the explanation.

Ed

 

[Tarnished]

These are handy for keeping a full set of fractional drill bits at a convenient reach when you need to drill a quick hole for a project. Here it is mounted on my drill press. These seem to work with any drill press that has a 2 1/2" dia pole.

Thanks for the tip Olde,
I have a number of these folding indices.

Never gave any thought to putting them on the drill press as you show.
Learn something here every day!
Thanks!

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Found this cool unusual Jewelers Bench Vise for $5 today at a local swap meet. I have many small vises in my collection but have never seen one quite like this since there isn't any threaded handle to clamp the vise onto anything. Instead it has a ratcheting clutch-like step pattern on the side of the Jaw's machined body that closes and locks the jaw when the side lever is drawn forward. I couldn't find it on the internet and I couldn't find any manufacturing label but did find a number and the faded patent number and date which I could quite make out as pictured. Maybe someone here might know who made this and when. I might try playing with the picture of the patent numbers thru Photoshop and see if I can draw out more detail from it.

 

[3baygarage]

Nice buy. That's a nifty little vise, it sure looks old. Also try the vise thread. A lot of knowledge here, maybe one of the vise gurus knows what it is.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44782&page=1756

 

[notlob]

Patent dates appear to include:

March 12, 1868
July 19, 1870 (or maybe 1876)

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Here's another curiosity.......I found for $2 this "handle" with an expanding pin that looks like it fits into a hole and turning the handle spreads it apart and locks it in. My guess its part of another tool. Its signed "Stevens New York made in USA Pat Appld for T-137". I looked all over the internet and couldn't even find a company with that name......maybe someone here might know.

 

[notlob]

From Alloy Artifacts:

Merger with Stevens & Company

In 1926 Walden-Worcester merged with Stevens & Company to form Stevens Walden-Worcester, Inc., and the combined company offered an extensive line of automotive service machinery and tools. Stevens had previously offered a line of valve-grinding machinery, pullers, specialty tools, and toolboxes, using the logo "Stevens Speed-Up Tools".

By 1928 the combined Stevens-Walden catalog (No. 263) was offering a wide variety of socket tools, wrenches, and automotive specialty tools. The Walden section listed chrome-nickel sockets in square, hex, and double-hex broachings, and even claimed "DoubleHex" as a trademark.

Not much is known at this time concerning Walden's development during the 1930s and later, as we don't have catalogs or other information available for that period; hopefully we'll be able to provide more detail in the future. It's probably safe to assume that Walden was forced to change significantly as the demand for fixed socket wrenches dropped after the 1920s, although the company continued to offer some of these products at least into the 1950s. Walden added forged open-end and box-end wrenches to their product line, probably in the 1930s.

In later years Walden shortened its name to simply Stevens Walden Inc. and sold products marked with "SW" in a particular SW-Circle logo. Walden remained in business until some time in the 1990s.

https://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/walden-worcester.html

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

notlob......thanks for the info but any idea what this tool is for or does?

 

[jask]

I would guess it is an internal tube flaring tool of some sort. Stevens made a lot of specialty tools for Ford for the Model T and before that they made a lot of tools for the bicycle service trade.

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Went out "hunting" yesterday just on a whim......here's my latest finds:

A vintage Watchmakers Jewelers Lathe leather drive belt "splicing" tool in its original Box - $5

A vintage Lufkin Mod#H80 Dial Indicator in its original storage box - $20

A Proto #218 Battery Plier - $3

A vintage Williams 11/16" wrench - $1.50

A Container Guard Lock (Hockey Puck Type) missing the key (can get key) - $2

A Jacobs #8 1/2N , 0-1/4" w/ straight arbor - $5

A rusted-frozen Jacobs #6A , 0-1/2" w/ #2MT arbor (will be restored) - $2

2 new old stock Jacobs 2MT/3JT Arbors - $10each

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Also a beautiful vintage in MINT CONDITION, Brown & Sharpe #586 18" vernier height gage with its original mahogany storage box... $40

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

A better pic of the Splicing Tool

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Pics of the Lufkin Dial Indicator...it also came with several different "probes"

 

[Gear Wolf]

There was also a guy selling a great deal of NOS lab glass and I just had to have these pyrex bottles with ground glass tops....his prices were just too awesome to pass up too. Although these probably wouldn't be considered tools to most these are tools to me. I have uses for them especially in my watch and clock work shop. I also have a love for old scientific tools and glass and just thought these finds were just too cool to not show. The tiny glass bottles are especially useful for keeping tiny watch parts in.

As someone that was a former chemist, I can tell you those pyrex bottles are quite spendy. Truly a great find!

I'm curious to know what was stored in them prior to you acquiring them. In most cases clear dish soap will knock most common chemicals in old pyrex bottles save aggressive chemicals that may impregnate the glass.

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

As someone that was a former chemist, I can tell you those pyrex bottles are quite spendy. Truly a great find! I'm curious to know what was stored in them prior to you acquiring them. In most cases clear dish soap will knock most common chemicals in old pyrex bottles save aggressive chemicals that may impregnate the glass.

Mr Doom......far as I know the lab glass this guy had for sale was all new old stock. The bottles I bought showed no signs of ever having been used and I found no traces of chemicals or even something odd smelling in them. They were clean and spotless. Just wish I had more money at the time to buy other lab glassware this guy had....specially the huge bell jars and spherical jugs he had. I'm sure I'll see him again when they have another swap meet at that location perhaps in a few months.

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Here's some pics of my latest finds.... 3 homemade tools. A Vice, bar clamp, some kinda pliers with steel plates for grasping and a new old stock Jacobs Ball Bearing Super Chuck

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Several misc name brand pliers, Wiss scissors, Awl, several Craftsman Screw holder Screw Drivers, a variable nut driver, new old stock air pressure gage and a small ball peen hammer head

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

New machinery foot control switch, safety glasses, buffing wheel compound, craftsman rachets, Craftsman speed adapters, set of needle files, old oil can, radiator Fin comb, key saw, fabric disc cutter, punch and a really nice new old stock shaper adapter that just happens to fit my old Craftsman drill press.

 

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New window putty remover, New delta mini drum sander, center drill and misc adapter.....not sure what it was.

 

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Box full of polishing rouge

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Misc Vintage new old stock Hole saws and a Starrett mandrel that fits them.

 

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Nice Selsi Binoculars, 3 sets of John Alexander screw transfers, New Hickory Mallet, Vintage Union measure gage, Bergman Multi Tool

 

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Chapman tool Kit, set of small Dunlap Wrenches, a couple of square nut wrenches for my metal lathes and a vintage Exacto Contour sander set

 

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Armstrong Metal Lathe boring tool, Vintage Whitman and Barnes fractional Drill bit stand and Cleveland number drill bit stand.

 

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Huge No. 36 Jacobs Chuck and vintage Hamilton Watch company hole gage.