I attended the "Sale on the trail"; a garage sale / flea market tour on the "El Camino Trail" which is one of the most famous roadways in America (and the oldest road in Texas).  Land owners, flea markets, businesses, and charity organizations hosted a 175 mile long trail sale.  It stretched from Natchitoches, Louisiana to Crockett, Texas.

Pictures below of some of the things I picked up from the event.  If you want to view the entire picture album (with close-ups) you may do so via the following link:  http://www.photobucket.com/oilytools

I picked up this older jack from a roadside garage sale.  I suspect it is a farm jack of some sort based on the other items present in the sale.  You'll see a sledge hammer head in one of the following pictures that came with it.




An older Ridgid 14", Proto 14", Trimo, Stilson




Toyota Adjustable - I hadn't seen one before



Caldwell Pliers


Snap-on Impact set at a steal


I don't have a clue what these are:


The socket pile - a few nice finds if you have the eye for it


Wrenches







A bluepoint hacksaw, SK case, fuse set, and unknown drill






I could use some help figuring out what all these pieces might go to - all in the bottom of a $10 1950's crafty toolbox.


I suspect this may be the deal of the trip.  A $5 hardened case with something very expensive looking.



Oil Mister?


AAA Award


Allen USA torx set


Crafty hammer


Crescent cutters,  unknown socket

WOW! As if you didn't already have a lot of stuff!

Quote from: Papaw on May 07, 2012, 09:23:54 AM
WOW! As if you didn't already have a lot of stuff!

I now suspect you and my wife are talking :)

YES, Sir!  But it was an opportunity I might not have had at another time.  It was also a pleasure trip to visit with a long time friend retired on the lake.  I was hunting hard for our pipe wrenches but had no luck.  I was able to score several things Thorsen that are hard to find, including a pair of SJ-6 slip joint pliers to put beside the SJ-8 I got from dimwittedmoose.

I got to one estate sale all weekend, and you run into a truckload of things!  In the unknown rusty toolbox items, Keystone iron device, Disston Saw, and Pennsylvannia RR, used the Keystone, may be part of a logo?  A new thought on that keystone, with the little feet, looks like a trivet for a hot pot or iron.  We used to use that oil mister device to spray down  engines with degreaser.   That Bluepoint hacksaw now, that is neat!  Below it the unknown drill, is a chain feed accessory for a brace drill.   Still the easiest way to drill a hole when up a ladder, think barn building.    Go easy cleaning the chuck, there will be a lightly stamped name near the knurling.   The pair of jaws are for clamping pipe in a small vise.  The skeletal frame,  is either for resetting handsaws, or an accessory for a hand plane.   That is a whole mess of sockets, and with those wrenches, you'll need another tool box.  I'd say you did well, very well, and got to visit an old friend too, hard to do better than that.  John

Great scores! My idea of a weekend well spent.

The ratchets from the trip - from the left - Husky 3/8, Snapon 3/8, MAC alignment, Master Mechanics USA 3/8, unmarked 3/8", SK 3/8, 2 crafty 3/8", and 3 crafty 1/2" far right - one of them circle U.

The 'Deal of the day' is a set of precision ground and hardened Go-No Go guages used to inspect bored holes. The bent T bars are for making a quick check to see if you are close.

PLus ratchet?   Still digging out the truck aren't you?  That Craftsman 1/2 on the right is a twin to the one that walked out of my toolbox last winter.  I got a feeling there is more to come. 

Quote from: OilyRascal on May 07, 2012, 09:07:38 AM

I've got one of those, too.  I suspect automotive jack, although it certainly would work in a farm setting too.  Or a 1/2-acre Victorian house that I'll never finish working on setting.  For instance.

Quote from: OilyRascal on May 07, 2012, 09:07:38 AM

That's a form of "post/pipe drill."  You wrap the chain around the post/pipe after retracting the shaft all the way and putting your bit in, get everythng adjusted, and then find a teenager to turn the brace so you can bore a hole through the post/pipe.  I've seen pictures; never have I seen one in the wild (or I'd own it).

Quote from: OilyRascal on May 07, 2012, 09:07:38 AM

Bottom center is used in sharpening timber saws (like the big cross-cut timber saws) and adjusts to set the proper filing for, if I recall correctly, the raker teeth.  The chain and snap at the top left just looks like generic hardware - needs more chain at one end and a dog attached to the snap end.  Or something similar.  The other stuff is a mystery to me; they look like cast iron bits from something or other than the previous owner held on to because they might be useful someday - I mean, I've heard there are people who do that kind of thing.

The Keystone shaped piece might be a Diston spider type saw set, I think they were used on large circular saw blades. 3 of the 4 legs are the same length and the 4th is longer. You set the 3 on the surface of the blade and the 4th is set out on the tip of the tooth. That shows you how far the tooth should be set. The 2 in the lower left corner look like pipe jaws for a small vice.

that's a pickup truck load!  Some nice stuff.  Thanks for sharing

WOW

Many nice pieces there in your finds. 

8th picture down 2nd frame below the pile of sockets, the little flat wrench with the # 1 stamped into it, this is what I collect and I would like to have it if it is available. Thanks

I collect these numbered 1-5 identical to this # 1 except the 5 is much larger and they graduate in size, I also collect these very same wrenches with no numbers on them, nuthin on them at all so if you run into any others I would like to have them.

Looks like someone has made a mess of this poor little guy but I would give it a good home for hopefully many years still

># 1 stamped into it, this is what I collect

Haven't you cornered the market on those things yet? LOL!

Looks like you had a good time.  Did you get any sockets to go with the Mac alignment ratchet?  I have the same ratchet but only one socket.