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Offline PFSchaffner

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Proto plain and tall
« on: August 13, 2015, 08:33:09 PM »
These nice big Proto combos arrived in the donation bin this week. (A full set would have been nicer of course.)

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Re: Proto plain and tall
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2015, 08:16:31 PM »
I picked up a Proto set like that at the local Habitat Restore. If i remember right, i paid $3.00 for each wrench. I believe the largest was 1-1/2 inches. They were all combo wrenches, but was missing one. Mine were all marked Los Angeles making them first generation Proto tools. I believe i got a total of 6 wrenches.

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Re: Proto plain and tall
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2015, 03:22:33 PM »
Nice. We (the Kiwanis Thrift Sale) hope to get a little more than $3. We'll see.
I priced them provisionally at $15 ea, on the basis that the market is pretty small,
but comparable new Chinese-made wrenches at TSC would fetch $20 each
(didn't check the prices at Harbor Freight etc.). We'll see if anyone bites.
I am of course tempted to buy them myself, but am beginning to learn
to resist these impulses. I try to check out the Habitat ReStore once a week
if I can, sometimes find a bunch of rusty gems cheap -- and sometimes
clean them up and re-donate them to Kiwanis in order to keep our tool
aisle fresh and appealing. In theory, this is why I took on this job -- to give
me the satisfaction of finding the occasional treasure without necessarily
having to hold onto it. Verdict on this experiment is still open.
pfs
member: TATHS | MWTCA | EAIA | MVWC | CRAFTS
tool-cleaner and -sorter, Ann Arbor Kiwanis Thrift Sale