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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: lptools on June 26, 2022, 12:16:10 PM

Title: Sunday Flea
Post by: lptools on June 26, 2022, 12:16:10 PM

Hadn't been to the local flea for a while, glad I stopped by this morning!!

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: Analog on June 26, 2022, 12:37:38 PM

Great find on the Xcelite Set, It's missing the needlenose and side cutters but those should be easy to come by.

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: Bill Houghton on June 26, 2022, 12:52:55 PM

Wow.

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: Northwoods on June 26, 2022, 04:08:52 PM

Colt clamps?

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: lptools on June 26, 2022, 06:15:47 PM

Good eye!! Yes, Colt Batavia, NY!!

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: lptools on June 26, 2022, 06:18:04 PM

Hello, Bill and Analog. Thanks for the replies!! Have to keep my eyes open for those pliers!!

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: amecks on June 26, 2022, 08:37:56 PM

Are the Colt clamps the ones with the round cam?  I have a similar clamp at work and it has been very useful.  What make are the box end wrenches, Lou?

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: lptools on June 26, 2022, 08:56:17 PM

Hello, Al. Yes the Colt clamps have the round cam. That set of small box wrenches is Indestro.

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: mikeswrenches on June 26, 2022, 09:18:33 PM

Hi Lou,
You did good!! Really good.
Those “V” shaped corner clamps are not common. They were a patent by J. L. Taylor, November 30, 1909, no. 941,825.

The Colt patent was 792,758, issued June 20, 1905.

I had one pair of the Taylor’s, the only ones I had ever seen until yours. They bring a decent price on the ‘bay. I have yet to run across any of the Colts.

Who made the little Drill Press? My first guess would be Goodell-Pratt then Millers Falls.

 Mike

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: lptools on June 26, 2022, 09:45:46 PM

Hello, Mike. Thanks for the reply, and the Patent info! I believe the Colt clamps were made in Batavia, NY, so they seem to pop up here in Syracuse. The guy that sold them to me didn't know what they were, so after I paid him, I put the clamp on the corner of one of his tables, ( with his permission) and  it held there nicely!! Good guess on the Drill Press!! From my research so far it looks like a Millers Falls No. 22 Universal Drill Press/Stand. Adaptable to their hand drills, 2 or 3 of the MF Hand Drills will work with the No.22.

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: Yadda on June 27, 2022, 01:10:42 PM

Fantastic finds!  Those Craftsman wood chisels bring a nice price on that auction site. You can almost make more selling them separately

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: lptools on June 27, 2022, 02:48:05 PM

Hello, yadda. Thanks, I always grab those alloy chisels when I see them!!

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: d42jeep on June 30, 2022, 06:21:27 AM

Nice find on the Xcelite set. Here is mine that I found a few years ago at the late lamented Tahoe flea.
-Don

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: lptools on June 30, 2022, 09:45:17 AM

Hello, Don. Thanks for the photo, yours looks to be in great shape!!  I'm going to try to clean the pouch, it was in the bottom of a bin at the flea, some type of oil got on there. Hoping to find a few of the missing pieces, although I don't think I've ever seen an Xcelite adjustable!!

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: d42jeep on June 30, 2022, 04:17:29 PM

They aren’t that common but I found this one in 2019.
-Don

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: Yadda on June 30, 2022, 05:42:12 PM

I have an Xcelite adjustable.  It was my first 4 incher. .

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: lptools on June 30, 2022, 07:49:08 PM

Thanks! The search will continue!!

Title: Re: Sunday Flea
Post by: d42jeep on July 01, 2022, 03:48:18 PM

Here is my 4” Xcelite adjustable in the box.
-Don