Swap Meet Tool Finds

[bluebolt]

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

Love the drill bit stands!

 

[Kevin54]

OldeTime....I was reading through your thread and saw your transfer screws. Those were made just a couple of miles from me. The factory was a large Quonset hut. They just sold out last year to some company in Chicago. So Heimann is no more. I'll have to ask my buddy who they sold out to because he is a brother to the one that owned and ran the place.

 

[Rileysan]

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.

I'm not a chemist, but work in a metallurgical lab. There are very few chemicals that will etch/impregnate pyrex glass. Lab hygiene procedures are simply "rinse and swish 3 times with water" before putting on a rack to dry - and this with some of the most dangerous acids you can imagine.

I wouldn't worry about used Pyrex - unless they were used for biological substances.

Brian

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

OldeTime....I was reading through your thread and saw your transfer screws. Those were made just a couple of miles from me. The factory was a large Quonset hut. They just sold out last year to some company in Chicago. So Heimann is no more. I'll have to ask my buddy who they sold out to because he is a brother to the one that owned and ran the place.

Kevin.....I have Heimann Transfer Screws. I think theses are from a different company or did the name change or get sold? The cards are signed "Nielson Transfer Screws Mfd. by John L. Alexander Inc". I looked on the net and so far haven't found anything that relates the 2 companies

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Love the drill bit stands!

Yeah I've been developing a fondness for these so I might start picking more up at swap meets and yard sales as I find them. Sadly I had to leave 2 others behind at the last swap.....just didn't have the money to buy them all.

 

[bonneyman]

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

Oooh, digging the Chapman set!

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

As luck would have it this weekend A gentleman decided to put almost his entire garage full of old tools up for sale. Even getting to the sale late in the morning I found all these great finds.....amongst these was a set of Bushing removers and a Vintage Survey Pocket Scope (most likely a Leitz)...........

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

......all these Snap-on tools.....

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

...a complete set of T-Handle metric Allen wrenches made by Chesco.....

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

....several hammers, some craftsman.....

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

....several pliers, mostly Channel Lock and a new Mac Tool....

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

.....Jacobs Chuck, Eastman Swagging tool set, ETC Battery Crimping tool, SK Driver, Stanley Awl, Zircon Electronic Stud Finder, Thread File, Impact Driver and a twist drill letter set......

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

......Vintage thread chaser made mostly of solid brass, Vintage Starrett Inside Micrometer set in original wood box, large Taps, KD Ramo-matic Zerk fitting tool and Irwin Auger Bits....

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

......Xcelite Allen Screw Drivers....Proto Adjustable Wrenches.....

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

......Mostly Proto tools and 3 Blue Point Wrenches.....

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

....and a beautiful running Vintage Thor 1/2" Power Drill...huge chuck takes a 5/8" drill bit. (check out the soild brass name badge). I'll be tearing this down and doing a full restore. All this from one yard sale...I had a good weekend.

 

[bonneyman]

Oh baby that Thor drill looks like a beaut!

Probably take your arm off if the bit jams.

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Oh baby that Thor drill looks like a beaut! Probably take your arm off if the bit jams.

Thats what I like......positive encouragement from the audiance!

 

[markbugno]

Wow. Awesome score. That starrett inside mic is a great score itself. What did this set you back?


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[OldeTimeEtc]

Wow. Awesome score. That starrett inside mic is a great score itself. What did this set you back?

Although I bought the entire lot as a package deal the Starrett Set cost $10

 

[markbugno]

Well if you got as good a deal on everything as you got on the mic, then YOU ****.


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[OldeTimeEtc]

Well if you got as good a deal on everything as you got on the mic, then YOU ****.

Well if I told you I over paid at $80 for the entire lot...does that mean you'll take your "you ****" back?

 

[markbugno]

$80. YOU DEFINITELY ****.


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[BlueBomber]

Hey, OldTime, great finds! Thanks for posting - we love pictures. In case you don't know, there's also an annual Garage Sale Finds thread on General Tools forum where we post our tool finds, new and old. It is one of the most highly trafficked threads on GJ. Feel free to post your finds there!

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

My finds today from a vintage tool estate...a box full of staples for office staplers and staple guns, staplers, a staple puller and a nice craftsman ball peen hammer.

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

......a set of 6 Marples Cabinetmakers beech Handled Screwdrivers, several small Williams square wrenches for my metal lathes, an adjustable pin spanner wrench, unusual 1/4" drive no-name ratchet, large chuck key, small Starrett parallel clamps, tiny flat billed pliers, 3 drill drifts......

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

...an Eagle Mfg plunger can....

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

...an old Proto Ratchet Metal box with a full set of old Craftsman bushing remover/installers

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

...and the tiniest jewelers/watchmakers ball peen hammer I've seen so far with a nice rosewood handle.

 

[shortykorte]

Saw these at the Moultrie swap meet. Vintage Craftsman jigsaw and drill.

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Yesterday I happen to be passing by someone clearing out their storage unit of misc tools.....here's what I found and took home: A Milwaukee Portable Metal Cutting Bandsaw in its original metal storage box with 2 extra saw blades and a Delta 12" disc sander . Both in fine running condition and both for $40 ea!

 

[jeffmoss26]

Nice stuff. I like the old locks!

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

SCORE!! Picked up this beauty at a Southern Calif Estate. A Working Delta Toolmaker Surface Grinder with magnetic Chuck. This will be one of my next restore projects in the future. I have tons more to show but hadn't unloaded yet...stay tuned

 

[bonneyman]

SCORE!! Picked up this beauty at a Southern Calif Estate. A Working Delta Toolmaker Surface Grinder with magnetic Chuck. This will be one of my next restore projects in the future. I have tons more to show but hadn't unloaded yet...stay tuned

Ouch! I want to say that probably hurt your wallet, but - knowing you - it's probably another "You ****" acquisition.

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Ouch! I want to say that probably hurt your wallet, but - knowing you - it's probably another "You ****" acquisition.

You are quite correct in your assumptions

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Unloaded today after a long nap. I didn't get home till 3am that day and I was beat and covered from head to toe in grime. grease and dirt. Here's some pics of my finds that were included with the Delta Toolmakerr....first here's a couple more pics of the Toolmaker, the Brown and Sharpe magnetic chuck and the grinding wheels thrown in with it.

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

More pics of what I was able to find among the mass of stuff there was in this long deceased machinists' work shed in back of the house. The place had things thrown everywhere...took me hours to look thru it.

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

More finds....

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

Loved these sand molds this guy made to produce whatever machines he was making.....mostly hydraulic related machines. These will make some nice wall displays. I gave one each to 2 of my buddies.

 

[OldeTimeEtc]

This very old machinists wood tool chest I found deteriorating in a dark corner of the shop.....I asked the seller what he wanted for it and told him I intended to restore it to new condition. He just gave it to me mainly because he wanted it to go to a good home. Don't know who made it. No name on it and possibly a Gerstner. This will be another project in the future.