Tool Talk
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: amecks on October 16, 2022, 08:40:53 AM
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Friday I took a small amount of metal to the metal recycler and left with $20. Went straight to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. I picked out these three items, which rung up for wopping $1.62 with tax.
(https://i.postimg.cc/k5T7Xf5p/20221014-143820-01.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Snap-On scredriver, Auto-Lite spark plug gage with a magnifier lens in the center(!), and a Williams 1/4 drive/extension (has a 1/4 female plug in the plastic handle). The last two items I need at work.
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Money well spent!
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I find my way to the Habitat Restore about weekly. Our home remodeling is slowing down, but did find a outdoor lamp for the garage, got an all weather outlet box for the yard lamp pole. Usually an interesting tool selection, wrenches, sockets, and screwdrivers. Often come home with 3-4 things, but it has to be rare. Ladyfriend loves Klien tools, Vaco, and EXcelite. I find an odd MAC, Proto, or Barcalo. Or anything rare, unusual, or just out of the ordinary, the get home and Google the name very often getting surprised, learning a piece of history. Last purchase was a no name, 1/2 flex head bar, with the end of the handle a male half inch, turning it into a 20 inch extension. Love to find interesting stuff.
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Al,
The Auto-lite spark plug gapper is correct for a WW2 GMTK toolset. The ones that aren’t chrome plated are kind of hard to find intact with all the loops and the magnifier in place. Good find!
-Don
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John, I have one of those breaker bar/extension tools. It is marked Duro-Chrome. Selling it on ebay with an Indestro ratchet 1/2 female drive.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/115122462993 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/115122462993)
Don, The WWII vintage is pretty cool! I am using it at work where my small 4 drawer toolbox is a WWII armorer's chest, so it may feel at home there. The magnifier glass, though scratched, is very effective, fairly strong. It has already come in handy.
Thanks
Al