My wife and I went to the Stormville NY flea market and did some searching on the way down and on the way back. Discoveries where good.
4 large casters and 4 larger caster.
A few weeks ago I broke the jaws off my bench vise. So why buy one when you can get 2 for the same price.
I then happened across this Columbian 10" quick release wood vise. I wasn't going to buy it, but when the price got down to $20, I couldn't leave it. Yes it needs some tlc, but we can give it that
Great find Don! My wife wouldn't see me for weeks with a find like that. I'd be locked in the workshop putting new life back into all those old tools. That should keep you out of trouble for a while!!
great score! what does that handle with the router planne iron do?
central PA flea markets were all dry holes today; one guy wanted $85 for a cracked #4 another wanted $400 for a millers falls that he said was a buck Rogers (it wasn't, just red plastic handled smoother) almost bit on a transitional router plane but it looked like a horse had chewed on it
this aint right, the local flea market here has one guy that sells tools, same guy same tools everytime..
I have picked up and looked at every plane he has at least five times… I need to branch out.. great find.. I would also ask how does one break the jaws on his bench vise.. just how big was that hammer? ...
Lordy, you people up there in Yankeeland just make me sick. The only planes I can find down here are ones that were dug up in a field (really). Once in a while you can find a used Craftsman that looks like it has been run over by a bulldozer or a little old no-name block plane that somebody used for a hammer to bust up concrete.
But do I want to move up there? Nah.
So how do you brake the jaws on a bench vise. Stick a trailer hitch in it, grab a very large pipe wrench and slide a 4' pipe over the pipe wrench. Then put your whole 240 pounds into it. It was that hard really. I'm thinking the new one will be harder.
Shipwreck, I thought it would take a lot to clean it up, but luckily who ever owned it greased the crap out of it. A few hours in electrolysis and some wire brushing and it came nice and clean. It was not as rusty as it looked. I need to pick up some dark grey paint. A piece missing on the lower dog cavity, but that shouldn't hurt much. Now I'm going to need a bench rework.
I went to the flea market here in Salt Lake City 4 or 5 times. I never found anything really interesting.Twice I bought a saw, that's it.
They sale mostly new junk stuff.
I was a little more lucky with the antique stores but not much.
Nice topic Don. Most of the tools I own and use come from such places. You could say my shop tour is my show and tell.
I will enjoy reading this thread.
One of the biggest flea markets around these parts (within about an hours drive) are TWO markets down near lebanon, Ohio. It is at the I-75 exit FOR Lebanon/Monroe Ohio. On the west side: Turtle Creek Flea Market. And, on the east side…...Traders World. IF they don't have it, you didn't need it anyway! Heck, you can even ride a train while there. And IN Monroe, Ohio: A Worthington Steel plant. Buildings "B" through "H" were the ones i spent EIGHT LONG MONTHS building foundation on. It has an Aircraft carrier sized "pole barn' for cooling steel coils from the Middletown AK Steel plant just up the road. Pole barn? One that is almost 1200' long, with a clear-span of 150'. Gravel floor does make a pole barn, right? It has an overhead crane that spans the 150' of floor. They tested one day, while I was there, by lifting two coils of steel. 131,000 pounds, and the beam only sagged 6". passed!
Look the places up, as ithas been a while since I've been down that way.
Stupid ass **************************************** around Norfolk/Virginia Beach would ask $75.00 - $100.00 for a a rusted out plane. I envy you guys with these finds. I gave up on the flea markets around here. The people on Ebay have done me pretty well so far though. I'll probably do some deals on here with LJ's in the future as well. I love doing the restorations but time is always a killer for me.
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