Well done. Have not looked at the pix in the other email, but the inventory
is impressive.

Ya could done Galootaclaus big time w the excess.

Kirk

On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 10:52 AM Erik Levin via OldTools <
oldtools@s...> wrote:

>
> And continuing the dumb luck of the season, I had to drive up to Rutgers
> this morning to pick up a side job (machining job) I'm doing for a
> researcher in the department I used to work for.
>
> I saw a sign. Garage sale.
>
> The next sign said Estate sale
>
> I had to stop. I just had to. I didn't want to.
>
> But it's a disease.
>
> I tried to resist.
>
> But stop I did.
>
> It was `week n' of an estate sale, apparently the last. The realtor
> running it wanted the rest of the stuff gone, and most of the good stuff
> went the first few weeks. What remained at the end of the day was going to
> a dumpster.
>
> If the good stuff was gone, I missed out.It could have been bad, but I was
> pressed for time, and didn't want to go into the house. By the sales agent,
> the guy was the type who would just buy another rather than look for
> something if he couldn't find it right away. Other than the big stuff and a
> few likely holdouts, he was letting it go for free. Books. Tools.
> furniture. There was a lot of stuff without going past the garage, and
> apparently more in the house.
>
> I walked away with a 2 cubic foot recycle container about half full. 120#
> (60 litres and 55Kg, Jeff) Plus some loose items and about a dozen books.
>
>
> The items I glommed that are of interest here include some measuring
> tools- small scales, gages, depth probes, and calipers- as well as
> scrapers, files, some square socket tee wrenches, and an assortment of
> other items.
>
> https://postimg.cc/dZQLxd9r
>
> A couple tachometers were buried in the mess, as well.
>
> https://postimg.cc/YhnmTXZ9
>
> The large set of boxes in the middle is Clipper belt lacing. I already
> have a tool for this, but there was one here, as well. For free.
>
> https://postimg.cc/hJxzzKjz
>
> But this wasn't it. Also of interest
>
> https://postimg.cc/XrtBYrV6
>
> I have not catalogued these yet, and I think there are more still in the
> bin, but this comprises about 40, most Starrett, B&S, and union. A missing
> scriber here, a missing bow spring there, but most complete, with several
> having the quick adjust nut, and at least one larger with the fine adjust.
>
> There is more. Stones. A veritable pile of sharpening stones. These are
> the wedge shape with rounded edges (I can't recall the proper name.) I
> grabbed five, one in each grade that was there, but there were maybe
> another 25 in assorted grits
>
> https://postimg.cc/wyQ12FD9
>
> I passed on the planes, as they were nothing special, though priced ok
> ($10 for a later #5 jack plane in user condition doesn't grab me anymore,
> and I have no need for another #102 block plane, for example), the
> remaining chisels were nothing of interest, and the only interesting items
> were incomplete. The saw vise was tempting, though. I almost bit on that.
>
> The guy was a machinist, and I apparently missed the best of that stuff,
> as well, but maybe 1/3 of the weight was lathe tooling of various types.
> Would've loved to see the basement, but I had to go.
>
>
>
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