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[promac850]

If you keep making posts I'm gonna get distracted by your avatar and forget what this thread was all about in the first place.

Uhhh.....what were we talking about?

Impact wrench tests...

How are we gonna do this?

Oh, no, she ain't shareable... she's fiercely loyal to me...

 

[joe25DA]

Traded for these

I had a commercial laundry soap machine for sale on CL. I had it for cash and trade for tools.
So I got $100 and:
10'' ryobi chop saw
1/2" bosch hammer drill and case
Bostich N80 frame gun
50' new air hose
and a craftsman micro with case
was a good day
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[DSS]

I had a commercial laundry soap machine for sale on CL. I had it for cash and trade for tools.
So I got $100 and:
10'' ryobi chop saw
1/2" bosch hammer drill and case
Bostich N80 frame gun
50' new air hose
and a craftsman micro with case
was a good day
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I don't know what a commercial laundy soap machine is, but I like the tools a lot better!

Good score again!

 

[Nardoo]

That little Craftsman/Poulan is worth more than any soap machine I have ever seen! Great trade.

Al.

 

[joe25DA]

I don't know what a commercial laundy soap machine is, but I like the tools a lot better!

Good score again!

They are actually big bucks.
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[wigglesworth]

Kinda my new found intrest, so I thought Id share a pic or two.

Picked up this Craftsman branded Axe for a song the other day. Not in bad shape, just the typical scale and rust. Original handle as well. It was a funky 50's green color, but 99% of it was gone already. Not sure if Ill paint it back or leave it as is. Its just a wall hanger anyhow.

Also picked up this really cool Boys Axe. The only markings on it are "Crusader" in the handle. The only info I can come up with is an ad on eBay from the 1930's, advertising a "Cruasder Boys Axe". Im assuming its one and the same. Probably gonna leave this one as is.

A side by side for size comparison

I have several more, as time allows Ill post some more pics up, if anybody is interested.

 

[Walt41]

Those are some nice axes, I have about half a dozen myself, including a couple two sided ones. A good sharp axe comes in handy for landscaping, makes a great removal tool and root buster.

 

[wigglesworth]

Those are some nice axes, I have about half a dozen myself, including a couple two sided ones. A good sharp axe comes in handy for landscaping, makes a great removal tool and root buster.

Thanks Walt.

A good axe is hard to find nowadays. Everything you find now is cheaply cast and made in china.

 

[Eccentric]

Joe you are on fire. Fantastic trade deal with the soap machine and the tools.

Wigs
>I got a Craftsman branded axe just like that at the salvage yard a few years ago. Was rusty as hell, and the handle was old and dried out. Paid $3. Did a quick and dirty cleaning with a flap wheel on my 4.5" angle grinder. Surprisingly, all the rust came right off, and most of the bluing remained. Quickly redid the edge with a grinder and sharpened it with a stone. Works great. It always goes with me when I go cutting. It splits well too. I finally busted the old dried out handle with a poorly aimed splitting strike. Put a new handle on it, and it's still in service. Yours looks to be in even better shape than mine (mostly at the edge), except mine has more bluing left on it. I need to take some time and do a good thorough reshaping of the edge.

 

[Nardoo]

Hey Wiggs, Lovely axes! I have a few old ones too but I think I should start searching a bit harder.
I made a handle for my old Plumb out of Jarrah about 25 years ago and it is still going strong. Haven't made a handle for a while but I have a bit of spotted gum that is almost seasoned enough. Gotta get my spoke shaves out and get to it.
Thanks for the pics.

Al.

 

[DSS]

Cool beans everybody.

 

[joe25DA]

I have several more, as time allows Ill post some more pics up, if anybody is interested.[/QUOTE]

Awesome score Wiggs. I refuse to buy that Chi-com crap too. Ill have to post some pics of my salvaged axes, sledges, picks and maul. I did buy an Estwing hatchet and Fireside friend, along with my framing hammer. But those are still made here!

 

[WesternSaw]

Tools and Tools

You fellas are just smokin hot right now with all your good finds.Congrats are in order!
Lawrence

 

[Brmorgan]

Well, no tool finds or purchases of note lately, but here are a couple "shop tools" I've built in my spare time at work when the mill isn't broke down and I'm not busy with a project:

I built this one today. It's a roller chain tensioner to help installing drive or deck chains etc. at the mill. Useful if you want to make your chain as absolutely tight as possible. You wrap the chain around the sprockets as tightly as possible (not as important if one is an idler) and install the "jaws" of the tensioner between the rollers of the two end links to pull them together like this:

That is a 60-pitch chain in the picture. I cut the tapers/relief on the tips so it'll fit 60 right at the ends like that up to 120-pitch farther up (cutting angles like that with an angle grinder and Zipcut is tedious!). The jaws are made from 3/4" square keystock steel, the bottom guide rod is a 1/2" grade 8 bolt 8" long welded solid on the one end, and it's moved by a piece of 1/2" ready-rod with a nut welded on one end to make it a bolt. The one jaw is threaded for it so it gets pulled in when it's turned.

All in all I'm pretty happy with how that one turned out, looks a far sight better than the one over in the sawmill shop that someone built, though not quite as big, but plenty big enough for what I deal with in the planer more often. It's out of alignment a tiny bit because the table on the POS drill press in the shop is slightly off-square to the chuck and the chuck wobbles a lil bit, so the guide holes aren't exactly perfect. But it'll do what I need it to.

Calling this one a "tool" may be pushing it a bit... but it's useful and helps me get jobs done, so I dunno. This is for aligning bent sheet metal to be welded flush. You weld the base of the big 1" x 2" steel block to the "low" sheet so that the tip of the bolt is over the edge of the "high" one. Weld it just enough to get the job done as you'll be cutting it off again. Then turn the bolt until it pushes the sheet down into alignment with the other, and tack into place.

Built this one a few weeks ago actually. It's a depth gauge, not much to it. Just a 3/4" square keystock base and a 1/4" dia. x 12" long rod for the feeler. Found the thumbscrew kicking around, no idea what it's from. Just drillled and tapped a hole for it to lock down on the rod. Should come in handy for measuring the depth of stuff like I-beams and whatnot, not to mention holes like pipes etc.

 

[joe25DA]

Millwaukee

I just got this Sunday, and the deal I got was crazy. I had 4 things in my favor and the timing was perfect. First off, the Millwaukee 1/2" 18v lithium hammer drill lists for just under $280 with a case, charger and 2 batteries.
1. I had a $150 HD gift card
2. Tax free weekend in Mass this weekend
3. Wife gets 10% discount
4. Drill was on clearance, and mis-marked as a regular drill
Some how I walked out with the drill, an Estwing rubber mallet and a can of PB blaster white lithium grease along with a $17 HD giftcard. The cashier was baffled!
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[DSS]

I just got this Sunday, and the deal I got was crazy. I had 4 things in my favor and the timing was perfect. First off, the Millwaukee 1/2" 18v lithium hammer drill lists for just under $280 with a case, charger and 2 batteries.
1. I had a $150 HD gift card
2. Tax free weekend in Mass this weekend
3. Wife gets 10% discount
4. Drill was on clearance, and mis-marked as a regular drill
Some how I walked out with the drill, an Estwing rubber mallet and a can of PB blaster white lithium grease along with a $17 HD giftcard. The cashier was baffled!
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If it was anyone else but you, I wouldn't believe that story.

Nice drill.

 

[joe25DA]

If it was anyone else but you, I wouldn't believe that story.

Nice drill.

I know. Even my wife said "Joey you have to get that drill!"

 

[Eccentric]

Holy CRAP Joe! You have THE GIFT when it comes to scoring cool tools for peanuts. Next time you go tool shopping, look for a Milwaukee M12 or M18 impact driver for me. I love my M12 1/4" power screwdriver. Saves the wrists when working on stuff. Bet you can get it for the cost of a Big Mac...

 

[Brmorgan]

I got a new toy/tool yesterday -

It used to be the welder in the fingerjoint area of the mill years ago, but has sat collecting dust in the corner. Boss said I could have it because it was "acting funny" and not welding properly. At first I thought it was three-phase, and of course of no use to me at home here, but upon closer inspection it is single-phase. So I brought her home yesterday and wired 'er up. I can't see anything wrong with it. It is a bit of a glorified buzzbox so it's nowhere near as good as the big three-phase welders we do have at work, but it's a lot better than what I had. I just don't think they had it wired correctly for the voltage we were using at the mill. It says it needs 100A at 230V, but I have it on a 60A breaker and ran it up to 150A DC and didn't trip it, and that's about as hot as I've ever needed to weld at home.

 

[WesternSaw]

Joe

Hey Joe another notch in your aquistion belt, LOL!
Man you have to be Irish!
Lawrence