A guy and his dad are "liquidating" their tool and personal belongings off an old farm(out of state move impending) south of town and I went out Thursday night to see what they had.  The dad siad all the tools in the shop were his son's and they were all for sale.  His meager stash he was keeping.  I went out and went immediately ga-ga over the Blue Point Snap On  MAC V-series Craftsaman etc. and made several big piles that I felt were certainly worth less than $100(some were in "abused" condition for sure).  Then the son announces that he needs half of retail price for everything and I pretty much wasted an hour of my time......until I asked about the really old Craftsman Drill Press he had in the back of the shop... He said it worked and had like 12 speeds to it.  When I cautiously asked what he wanted for it, he said,"Ten dollars".  He didn't want to get rid of his Curtis dual motor air compressor either(can't blame him), but he had an old 16 gal Monkey Wards he'd put a bigger dual stage compressor pump on, and a newer Craftsman oil-less one with a 30 gallon tank.  His pitch was to make one good compressor out of the two.  When I asked what he wanted for both, he said ,"$35".  The Dad had a 14 hp Honda liquid cooled engine(wrapped around a Craftsman riding lawn mover that needed repair) and wanted $40 for all of it.

My wife was getting  "the look", so I simply took the $45 worth and then found a few more old tools they wanted to get rid of for another $10 and left.  Photos here in a day or two.

This guy has like 6 acetylene torches and I think a return visit closer to departure day will yield some better buys......stay tuned....


DM&FS

People are always goofy selling their own tools...

>This guy has like 6 acetylene torches

Silver ones that say Smith or Purox are the only ones really worth anything anymore...

Go back without the wife

^^^what jabber said^^^

Quote from: rusty on September 02, 2012, 12:33:56 PM
People are always goofy selling their own tools...

>This guy has like 6 acetylene torches

Silver ones that say Smith or Purox are the only ones really worth anything anymore...

I had a set of airco for forty  years. the only trouble was hoses and tips .Had the original guages, body and cutting body when i sold them a year ago they worked perfectly   bob w.

The battle with Windows 10 is going slowly, especially with their photo resiszinf program.  I think I havce it figured out well enough to get some photos up, but maybe not.  I'll try a few.  No one said I was a fast learner, that's for sure....  I think I'll be able to title and add comments easily with the new system, it's just getting the modified images to TT under the limit.  Try number 1 will be the drill press photos.

some close ups of the unit.  anyone that can help find out the year of this thing that would be a big help and maybe a link to an on line manual so I know where  and what to lubricate...  The drive motor is a Westinghouse/Maytag...

Thanks

DM&FS

Here's the pile of old tools(and the unique rounded corner tool box) from the farm liquidation I got for $8

From the right and zig zagging vertically we have:

Drake Electric Co. Soldering gun
Armstrong-Bray #2 hub puller(missing the legs)


No name speed handle with a weird item on the bottom, kinf of a shade tree looking adjustable drill bit thingie, or just something to score a circle in wood maybe??
Lufkin Ni-Clad steel tape(needs some love)
"Universal Indicator Clamp"  according to the patent # circa 1945
C-man drift WF series with plating challenges....
SOHACO small square....Southaven something or another
"Germany" ratcheting screwdriver
NO name woodie screwdriver I gabbed thinking it might be a Winchester...wrong!!
Blue Point 3/8" combo OEX120
Bonney 1/2" drive 1" extension 4090 B
Gummow L Wrench  GLW-375  Original patent sows early 80's , but this design is from turn of the century.  It needs some love too.  NO idea who made it....not that old, patent in the 80's and this design is like turn of the century.  It doesn't exactly wreak of quality....

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Samson Lever Wrench   in pretty good condition
NO name slip joint pliers with A "1" cast in the handle and a BB stamped on one arm.
No name German looking pliers
Cee Tee pliers in an unusual configuration
Wards MAster Qaulity pliers
"England" Fuller needle nose
6" Rigid pipe wrench with bend in the shaft
No name side cutters
"Berg"(???  logo is in cursive and hard to pull out) angled  side cutters  made in Sweden

Husky 1/2" Speeder  H3382
Herbrand 2335  the lug nut part has a crack in it
Whitaker S wrench 303(might be 308?)  logo is in rough shape
6" Crescent
No name DOE
No name Lug nut speeder

close ups were done at night with incandescent light....sorry...

DM&FS

Quote from: dimwittedmoose51 on September 03, 2012, 01:56:23 PM
some close ups of the unit.  anyone that can help find out the year of this thing that would be a big help and maybe a link to an on line manual
Thanks
DM&FS

The logo is the same as the decals on the C-man lathe tools that came with my 1949 ShopSmith.  I'm thinkin' late '40s through early '50s.

Thanks Branson, Can't imagine them building this thing during the war, so you may be right on.  Somewhere on the web there's sa guide to the Craftsman logos used over the years.  The only first generation logo tool I have is an axe head from like 1928 or so.

DM&FS

Quote from: dimwittedmoose51 on September 03, 2012, 05:31:46 PM
Thanks Branson, Can't imagine them building this thing during the war, so you may be right on.  Somewhere on the web there's sa guide to the Craftsman logos used over the years.  The only first generation logo tool I have is an axe head from like 1928 or so.
DM&FS

I think the 1928 Craftsman was pre-Sears.  If I remember rightly.

I didn't fine the logo site, but did find online catalogs at Rose Antiques.  1959 shows some tools with this logo, but the 150 floor model drill press
has the crown logo in the photo.  Your logo shows up in the 1948 catalog, but the drill press (model 100) has sets it in a jeweled band.  '56 catalog shows the right logo on your machine, but it sits in a jeweled band that wraps around the sides, just like the press shown in the 1948 catalog .

So, different treatment '48 through '56, different logo in '59.  Your drill press was made in either 1957 or 1958.  It looks like this is the better line, more industrial, offered by Sears.

Cool!!  thanks,  man

DM&FS

>SOHACO small square....Southaven something or another

Southern Hardware Company, a very interesting company in it's own right...

Quote from: rusty on September 04, 2012, 06:18:52 PM
>SOHACO small square....Southaven something or another

Southern Hardware Company, a very interesting company in it's own right...

Close, it's Southington Hardware Company. My hometown, Southington CT.
Their factory was across the street from Peck Stow & Wilcox (PEXTO)

http://toolemera.com/catpdf/sohocoCat1930Sec.pdf

Oh!  Southington!  I didn't know their product line was so diversified.  One of my most prized tools is a Southington bevel square, one of the cam lock models.  The lock never gets in the way of anything.  I can't figure out why it wasn't more popular.