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Skimpy Yard Sale? - bandit571 - 05-01-2021 Quality vs Quantity? hmmm....So..what all did I get for $5.50? [attachment=35124] Price tag (green spot) says $5.....which means that extension was a mere fifty cents.... [attachment=35125] And, after a quick clean up..find out it is a John S. Fray & Co. No.2....clean up managed to free up the chuck, so it could work again.. [attachment=35127] You can really reach out and touch something, once a bit is also installed.. [attachment=35126] Now, about that 40pc Tap & Die set.....I dumped the mess into a bowl, and soaked the parts in Coke-a-cola for the afternoon.... [attachment=35128] Yum!...Hauled this to the shop...wire wheel to clean the taps.. [attachment=35129] Which left these... [attachment=35130] "NEXT!" [attachment=35131] Then cleaned the rest of the tools in the set... [attachment=35132] Which leaves the tray....it may get tossed into the dishwasher...we'll see.. [attachment=35133] Hardest part was cleaning that thread gauge..... A bit skimpy, today....just one sale, today. RE: Skimpy Yard Sale? - iclark - 05-01-2021 The suckage is strong with this one. RE: Skimpy Yard Sale? - MarkSingleton - 05-01-2021 Yep, good haul for sure! RE: Skimpy Yard Sale? - Bill Wilson - 05-01-2021 I picked up that exact same tap & die set at a flea market a couple years ago. I think I paid $10 for it, but it was green tagged for $15. Mine wasn't quite that rusty and I had to replace one of the small taps. I'd say you got a pretty good deal. RE: Skimpy Yard Sale? - bandit571 - 05-01-2021 This set is missing the smaller 2 taps. Day #2 of the Weekend Rust Hunts...again, rather skimpy....only spent $3...plus a dollar for the gas can for the mower... [attachment=35149] Picked this, because of the bits it has...and my Yankees do not.... [attachment=35150] $1 for a Disston D8, 26"long 8ppi cross cut....decided to pick up the saw set, as well.. [attachment=35151] [attachment=35153] For another dollar bill.... 4 sales today, and a Junk-in-the-Box Store.....one sale.. [attachment=35152] When ya can smell the Rust from way back here.... A bit windy out, was up in the 60s, temp wise...good day to get out and about... Clean-up/rehab will come later....had to mow the yard.. RE: Skimpy Yard Sale? - Bill_Houghton - 05-01-2021 It's early yet. Last weekend, I scored a Columbia WW vise for $20 and four Jorgie F-clamps, 36" long capacity plus a 4" Adjustable Clamp C-clamp for another $20. A bit high, but the long clamps don't show up often. I've freed up three of the four (the C-clamp came in good shape). Hoping for the serious sales soon. RE: Skimpy Yard Sale? - Tony Z - 05-01-2021 Was at the first Hazen flea market for 2021. Tools were scarce and what was there was badly over priced. Junker saws,too rusty to even cut for a scraper,were $10. Did get a Sargent Autoset smoother plane sole that I needed, no blade,very rusty, for$5. RE: Skimpy Yard Sale? - bandit571 - 05-01-2021 One of the tools from today's sales...has been cleaned up.. [attachment=35157] Has a Patent Date of Sept 15, 1908.....a triple A logo....and has the E.C. Atkins & Co. name stamped on it. Can't make out the last stamp....___-85? [attachment=35158] Knob for the anvil, has a pointer, that points to settings. [attachment=35159] Looks a little like another one I have in the shop..same Maker? [attachment=35160] Different ways of holding a saw... [attachment=35161] Maybe keep one for "Fine" and the newest one for "Coarse"? Waiting on a finish to dry on that Disston D8 ( no hyphen, pre-1928 logo)then will assemble and show it off.... I had to stand at that sale, and explain to the sellers exactly what a Saw Set does.....AFTER I had already paid for it, of course..they thought it was simply a funny looking pair of pliers. RE: Skimpy Yard Sale? - stav - 05-03-2021 I don't know why, but I'm a sucker for tap and die. Nice find on those. I need to find some of these yard sales you are always finding. RE: Skimpy Yard Sale? - bandit571 - 05-03-2021 That Disston D8 ( 8 is inside of the D).. [attachment=35176] Has had the handle refinished, and rubbed down... I now have a pair of D8 handsaws the same age... [attachment=35177] One is a 5-1/2 Rip, and the latest one is a 8ppi cross cut [attachment=35178] Both have the same readable etch... [attachment=35179] Just that the Rip is at 28" vs the 26" of the Crosscut... [attachment=35180] I spent $1 on each of these saws...not too bad? |