On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 2:34 PM John Ruth  wrote:

> Kirk,
>
> Don't keep us in suspense! Everyone on and under the Porch is vicariously
> enjoying your acquisitive adventure.
>
> Please! Tell us that you didn't forgo one of the opportunities of a
> lifetime! Tell us you went back for another truckload!
>
> Or two!
>
>
Okay, you talked me into it.

Being a cool windy morning, after breakfast out with MLW, I took another
run at the estate sale from Saturday.  Things were much quieter today,
there were tool guys and flippers there, but they were much more calm and
cooperative than the day before. Lots of stuff had been moved out or spread
into the aisles reducing the 4 foot high pile down 2 1/2‘ but now 5 feet
wide instead of three.  I found a few new goodies including a small Kennedy
from pre-1947.  I was hoping to find the other pieces from the Alford hand
vise, but no such luck there. I did find a whole bunch of smalls, including
a pile of screwdriver bits that fit into a brace and a bunch of leather
working tools, mostly for decorative work.  I found two boxes of auger bits
that I had ignored earlier, but it appears someone had stripped part of
them out.  I also found another Luxo light, this time with a built-in
magnifier. Couple of chisels and a box of rivets rounded out the first dive
in.

After a brief break to let the dog out of the truck for a potty break, I
dove back in.  A new guy had showed up, a personal call from the owner, as
he knew machine shop work, and eventually took both the lathe and the
partially disassembled mill.  Spent some time helping them clear things,
passing in bits and pieces scattered by the earlier people, and removing
crap in their way.

The host pointed out a green “vise” he might like.  Turns out it was an
arbor press, which he declined.  I grabbed a variable power supply, and
then asked how much for the arbor press.  Just then it started raining, so
a bunch of us helped put tarps in place.  After this, I got the price, it
was decent, so I called it a day.  Spent a little more today than
yesterday, but still no complaints.

Some Details below, but more details will come later, as I dig stuff up.

https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Woodworking-Tools/i-PWR5BL4

L-R, Irwin bit box with a slide out hidden drawer, the Luxo magnifying
light, pile of brace screwdrivers, conical sharpening stone, big Craftsman
DBE, couple of mortising machine bits and chisels, 2 crate opening tools,
decorative leather tools, copper rivets,  2x wooden clamps, box of bits
from Simmons Hardware, another skew rabbet (with a tilted sole), and a tree
saw handle.  I've had a catalog cut of one of those drawer bit boxes saved
on my hard drive since catalogs started appearing online.  The hinges are
in bad shape, so maybe just a model for later.

https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Woodworking-Tools/i-P87B5PX

The 16” Kennedy box, with some metal pieces inside, some NOS drill bits, a
Herbrand 9/16” distributor wrench, some Rimco tools, a 14N Jacobs chuck,
hammer head, an OTC bushing driver kit 814, a Dietzgen level scope, a wheel
from some tool, a Cincinnati C clamp, a box of number drill bit, missing 4,
otherwise NOS Craftsman, and a nifty little hacksaw.  The Kennedy box is
one where the drawers don’t easily remove, and there was a paystub stuffed
behind there from 1947.  It had the usual metal strip with the owner's
name, and buried in the back, under the last drawer, was a paystub from
1947 for the same guy, from a SF company of that era.

https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Woodworking-Tools/i-VRVB4kD

The variable power supply, 3 boxes of pencils, and an Atlas 0, a 1-1/2 ton
arbor press. Dates back to the 40's supposedly, before Dake bought Atlas,
and incorporated their lineup.

And yes, Paul had not heard the recent news that Kim and I FINALLY got
married last month.  Bill was laughing at my drive-by gloat last post,
wondering who else would notice.

-- 
Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA, where the wind finally calmed down today,
when I am stuck inside.


-- 
Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA