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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....
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Friends of ours have sold their home and bought something similar in a much lower-priced area, so they decided to have a yard sale to avoid having to truck unused items a hundred miles down the road. We dropped by on Sunday, and I found a pair of C-clamps (4" & 6", unused) for $10., which sounded reasonable. Then I spotted something interesting in a box of mixed items. Asked what he wanted for it, and was told anything in the box was $1! Since I hate to take advantage of anyone, I gave him twice that amount, and told him to keep the change. Not bad? Yankee No. 131. 16 1/2" long, 25" extended. Reason for the low price? No bits. As it happened, I had spares! The box in the background holds a Hoppe version (German made), 12 1/8" long, which uses the same bits. John