August 6, 20178 yr Popular Post Got to ride along to visit a small section of The World's Longest Yard Sale.....Stopped at about half of the sales we found...I think I bought items from 8 different vendors....spent..$18...Soooo, first up was a "Truckstop-like" place in Cartegena, Oh area, on US 127.....large barn for selling Golf carts, another for selling sporting goods, another was the gas station/deli/grocery.....and a few tents of vendors....and another long building full of antiques.. Prices were a tad too high, for me... and.. Next booth.. Table in the center of this booth.. Yes, it says $9 for that block plane...Bought a pair of Yankee/North screwdrivers from one tent, and a Dunlap #3 from another... Stopped at a few other sales......one had this big tool.. Has a drive shaft to a PTO. Didn't have the room in the van...or the shop... Stopped at a place called "York Woods" (?) a campground in a woods. Also had quite a few vendors....one was 80% tools! Got a backsaw, a square, and another Yankee/North Bros. One other stop got me a short rip saw....Started the day with a twenty, came home with $2..for these? Square is a 12" model. Backsaw isn't much bigger. Might take a little clean up? Road weary now....might be too tired to try the shop today....Had tried to do a little rehab on the 5-1/2ppi rip saw.....glued a crack in the handle, and replaced one bolt.. Yep..THAT one (bolt and crack) Someone had peened the bolt over onto the nut....had to grind away to remove the bolt. Handle is sitting clamped up, with a bead of glue where the crack broke out.. Warranted Superior medallion...might take awhile to get it rehabbed? I think I'll sit and rest for awhile....
August 7, 20178 yr Used to have a saw like this when I was in elementary school. We'd hook up a drive belt to the tractor. My dad would put the wood on the table and tilt it in. I'd stand on the outside and catch the cutoffs and toss into a wagon. We heated our home this way for a number of years. Sat outside my grandfather's greenhouse & shed.
August 7, 20178 yr Author That one had a drive shaft! Needed a little work, anyway. Saw and a square have been rehabbed.. Replaced that weird bolt, with a correct one, and polished the brass. Cleaned the "patina" ( aka RUST) off the saw plate.. Had to glue up the handle after a crack finally broke through. Clean break, easy fix. Square? 12" Stanley No. 20. Looks a little better, now? Two down, five to go...
August 7, 20178 yr 16 hours ago, steven newman said: Got to ride along to visit a small section of The World's Longest Yard Sale Hey you did pretty well for your short ride along 127...pretty decent prices too. I really like that "little" back saw; Getting the straight bits with each of those Yankees is great find in itself...too often the bits are MIA, The $9 block plane sure appeared to be a Dunlap...got one in rehab process nearly identical...At least you can identify another square in your collection now Several years back when HGTV used to have an annual show on the "World's Longest Yard Sale" my wife and I spent 3 days n the "trail." Drove to Cincinnati, spent Thursday night, then advanced our way to central Tennessee by Sunday AM before turning around and heading home...LOTS of stops and walking along the way...not sure my knees would take it today...best Lemon Shake-up I've ever had was bought in a 20 +/- acre farm field in central Kentucky where vendors had set-up.
August 7, 20178 yr Author Got the Yankees all rehabbed up, thought I'd have a group shot of all the ones I have.. Well, while digging through a drawer in the shop later...found yet another one...A Stanley #130....except it was with a phillips tip. Might have a "Problem"?
August 8, 20178 yr 2 hours ago, steven newman said: Might have a "Problem"? Yep you sure do...you only have seven by my count...problem is you're five short of a dozen 2 hours ago, steven newman said: except it was with a phillips tip. Even more rare to find one with a phillips bit versus straight...most of the ones I see around here are missing the bits.
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