estate sale finds

[MarkSingleton]

    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.

[toolmiser]

Looks like a nice haul. I try not to pass on Jorgensen clamps. They just ooze quality.

[blackhat]

Nice haul. I seem to recall those pliers or similar being touted as battery pliers for the top post clamps on auto batteries.

[Timberwolf]

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.

,,,,,,,,,
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.

[Stwood_]

Nice haul. The "39" clamps, my favorite of all F clamps. I have a slew of the 18" ones.

[MarkSingleton]

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!!

   

[Stwood_]

  ...................

[DaveBeauchesne]

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!!

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

[Bill Wilson]

 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!!

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.

[Stwood_]

I never bought into the wooden clamps. Had them in high school shop (3 years) long ago, and found them clunky.