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estate sale finds - MarkSingleton - 10-20-2018 [attachment=13811]Friday, yesterday, I was about sixty people back in line fifteen minutes before they let us go in. Estate sale of a retired shop teacher from the Los Angeles County school system. He had a VERY large shop in the back yard. The bar clamps I had an eye one were scooped up by someone ahead of me who had the foresight to bring a folding wagon. Can't begrudge a guy with some ingenuity. ( I always go to these things figuring I am going to miss stuff, but what I find should make up for it.) Well. I made three trips in, filling my hands and a small piece of rope I brought. Amazing what you can carry with a loop of rope. A Stanley #10 Carriage Makers Rabbet Plane. Has a hang hole drilled in the back, needs a new tote. Other than that, it is good. 4 12" Jorgensen F clamps, 1 18" F clamp. These are the "37" series. 1 8" Jorgensen F clamp in the "39" series. MUCH heavier. Had no idea they made them that heavy. 3 14" Jorgensen Adjustable Hand Screws. 8" Proto Dividers Apex Saw Set Buck Bros Spoon Gouge North Bros/Stanley "Yankee" #45 drill with ALL the bits. Five unmarked 2" wide plane blades. Nearly new. Four Disston Card Scrapers and a fifth scraper that appears made from an old saw. Five straight blade screwdrivers for a brace. Stanley depth stop for auger bits. First one I have ever laid eyes on. A very cute little pair of channelocks, model 424. I can see where these will be useful to me. My buddy had a similar one made by snap on. Dreier Bros "Champion" hacksaw. VERY robustly made. I have two other similar design hacksaws and would not part with any. I like the idea of setting up seperate ones for steel, aluminum, etc. A complete in the box , with the instruction sheet and showing almost no use, Whitney-Jensen metal punch, the "No 5 Junior" A small die stock handle. Two carborundum sharpening stones. A small box with three Hard "Arkansas" Stones A small tapered slipstone three grinding wheels. One of which may fit onto what is not shown, a hand crank grinder. It is already dis-assembled and taking a bath at the moment(!) also not shown: There was also a 8/4 piece of what appears to be maple. I really wasn't looking for or at wood. But, it is seven inches wide and over five feet long. A good candidate for a Moxon Vise some day. And a wooden briefcase, cute as all get out, that was obviously made for the guys' teaching career needs. I may use it to make up a storage for my stanley/yankee tools. My Tool fund took a hit. But it was worth it. I may go back Sunday, tomorrow, for a chance to half price whatever remains that sparks my interest. RE: estate sale finds - toolmiser - 10-20-2018 Looks like a nice haul. I try not to pass on Jorgensen clamps. They just ooze quality. RE: estate sale finds - blackhat - 10-20-2018 Nice haul. I seem to recall those pliers or similar being touted as battery pliers for the top post clamps on auto batteries. RE: estate sale finds - Timberwolf - 10-21-2018 (10-20-2018, 07:11 PM)MarkSingleton Wrote: Friday, yesterday, I was about sixty people back in line fifteen minutes before they,,,,,,,,, Nice haul, Mark...I have had a set of those little 4" channel Locks in my ignition set for many years, along with a 4" Crescent wrench and a slew of Blue Point box-end wrenches from about 3/16" and up...I sorta "collect" the 4" adjustable wrenches, but they are constantly increasing in price..many companies made them. RE: estate sale finds - Stwood_ - 10-21-2018 Nice haul. The "39" clamps, my favorite of all F clamps. I have a slew of the 18" ones. RE: estate sale finds - MarkSingleton - 10-21-2018 Could not resist. Today, Sunday, is half off. ( Actually it was way more than that!) Three more 14" adjustable hand screws. Two are Hartford Clamp Co, according to the stamp. The third is unmarked. Perhaps replacement jaws, the hardware is VERY similar to the usual Jorgies. So far, I have purchased exactly ONE wooden hand screw at retail. Got two more at garage sales some years back. Those three are 12 inch. Before Friday I had nothing larger, since then six have come into the shop!! Couple big chunks of mystery wood. Two longish sticks of walnut looking stuff... A 12" face plate for a lathe. Looks to be inch and a quarter eight but I have not examined it closely yet. A smaller Craftsman face plate. Casting reads 018924. Not sure that my yet to be set up lathe can use either, but they would be handy for other things... for instance, I would like to make an auxiliary table for the drill press. Time will tell. Band Saw Handbook. Might as well have a copy for fifty cents!! Last but not least, a Record #146 Bench Hold Fast. Did not have the threaded insert for the Bench top. Don't know if I can fabricate something or should just wait til I find one. It has seen very little use. The decal is even still present. The shaft is 7/8" but a hole of that size does not work thus far... may have to use a round rasp and see if I can get it to work without an insert. Any thoughts on that idea? Or is it only going to work with the proper bench mounted insert? Anybody got one laying around? A good morning!! [attachment=13845] RE: estate sale finds - Stwood_ - 10-21-2018 ................... RE: estate sale finds - DaveBeauchesne - 10-21-2018 (10-21-2018, 03:36 PM)MarkSingleton Wrote: Could not resist. Today, Sunday, is half off. ( Actually it was way more than that!)Mark: Nice score(s). You will love the Whitney punch - to everyone out there who can find one, hopefully complete or not too beat up, pick one up as Mark did, if you can. The ' real ' ones are at least $200.00 U$$$ - for holes in sheet metal, nothing is finer. Dave B RE: estate sale finds - Bill Wilson - 10-22-2018 (10-21-2018, 03:36 PM)MarkSingleton Wrote: So far, I have purchased exactly ONE wooden hand screw at retail. Got two more I know what you mean. For years I wanted wooden hand screw clamps, but resisted buying new ones, because of the price and the fact that I didn't know if I would get much use out of them. I put my limited funds into other types of clamps that I get much more use out of. For the past few years, I've been going to flea markets & yard sales and I have a couple dozen of them now. I probably overpaid for the first few, but now I'm more discriminating and can pick them up for a few $$ each. I even have a few old ones with the wooden screw. They aren't as functional as the modern ones with steel screws, but I like the look of them hanging from the ceiling of my shop. RE: estate sale finds - Stwood_ - 10-22-2018 I never bought into the wooden clamps. Had them in high school shop (3 years) long ago, and found them clunky. |