In the the last couple of weeks while out to the Emerald Cities, managed to hit a couple of in-door flea markets, Habitat for Humanity Restore and a couple of yard sales...Pics of treasures.

 

Yard sale finds....

 

Bottom 2 in this frame from an indoor flea market...not pictures was a 1/2" T x 12" x 26" piece of plate glass I intended to use for sharpening...turns out it was concave 1 side/convex other and out .013" from flat end  to end side to side; I won't admit how many U100 Series B&D 1/4", 3/8" & 1/2" drills I now have accumulated...started as a parts quest for my original 1/2" VS a few years ago...

 

Misc items on right included new Fuller stubby #3 straight and #2 straight Husky, 6"; I'm a sucker for unused screwdrivers; Also two items I'd never seen before, no markings. 1/4 collet chucks for hand brace

Edited November 21, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
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Pretty decent finds there

Nice haul Dave.  It's fun to find useful items at bargain prices.

45 minutes ago, Chips N Dust said:

Pretty decent finds there

The manure/mulch fork will really get used...have one just like it only paid way more than $5 for it new...now I've got one for each grand-daughter. 

2 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

Nice haul Dave.  It's fun to find useful items at bargain prices.

It's as much the hunt and bargaining as the buy...I've been able to build woodworking tool inventory on a limited budget with some decent finds...other items I just enjoy collecting...hopefully someday my grandsons will appreciate what's been left to them...I have a few of my dad's and his dad's tools both mechanic and carpentry I wouldn't trade for any $$'s...I just love old tools and hate to see items get abused or trashed.

12 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

The manure/mulch fork will really get used...have one just like it only paid way more than $5 for it new...now I've got one for each grand-daughter. 

It's as much the hunt and bargaining as the buy...I've been able to build woodworking tool inventory on a limited budget with some decent finds...other items I just enjoy collecting...hopefully someday my grandsons will appreciate what's been left to them...I have a few of my dad's and his dad's tools both mechanic and carpentry I wouldn't trade for any $$'s...I just love old tools and hate to see items get abused or trashed.

A lot of times the seller doesn't know what he is selling to you.  I have been asked by the vendor---what is that? 

Nice haul!

 

I was recently shopping for a B-Day present for a buddy and wondered into a tool flea market. Found a Starrett 12" combination square with center finder. The level was intact as well as the scribe. Checked it against a plastic 12" drafting square and it was dead on. $35.

On 9/28/2016 at 6:23 PM, lew said:

Nice haul!

 

I was recently shopping for a B-Day present for a buddy and wondered into a tool flea market. Found a Starrett 12" combination square with center finder. The level was intact as well as the scribe. Checked it against a plastic 12" drafting square and it was dead on. $35.

Great find Lew especially a Starrett. I stumbled upon this in a pile of junk a couple of months ago for a buck. It was pretty crusty/rusty. I was really excited when I got it cleaned up and saw it was a Starrett.

 

The center finder is not original...I found it in a box of junk for $0.50 at an open air flea market last fall...had a little rust, but not bad. The sliding square is not original either...I buy them quite often at flea markets/yard sales for 25 cents to a dollar. Keep one at the router table, table saw and joiner just for quick checks.

 

Nice snag, GPDave!

It was cleaned up less than a week when I found it as a immediate solution because it was 18" L. Find myself using it way more than I thought. I've got a number of "old Starrett tools; micrometers, inside/out versions, calipers, a couple of dial indicators...probably all as old or older than me but way more accurate than I.

 

The two T-bevels above are Millers-Falls, all steel and plated...I'll include them in a future thread...