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Offline amecks

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A few interesting items from a bucket of junk...
« on: June 30, 2019, 06:52:55 AM »
I purchased a 5 gallon bucket of mostly junk tools from the guys at a neighborhood golf course (have purchased there before). 

At the top left a Dayton 4x464 screwdriver;  Craftsman 236565 hacksaw - I have a drawer in the garage where I stash these kind of saws;  battery lifting strap - no name - made from double sided v belt material;  KD428 clamp pliers;  very cheap flat nose pliers - unmarked;  Japan tool kit screwdriver lightweight,great for auto or cycle tool kit;  Moore pliers with screwdriver blade handle;  Vaco Phillips bits No. 2 and No. 4 (!) I don't think I have a No. 4 bit or even a screwdriver that large;  E.C. Stearns & Co. multi wrench, Stearns was once a large Syracuse NY hardware manufacturer;  Lectrolite box wrench 3/4 x 25/32;  two tape measures TrueValue and a 10' Craftsman 3450 in excellent condition;  Unusual wire brush -  I found this called a block brush but still not sure what it would be used for - screws onto a broom handle and branded HDX;  unknown unmarked brass device, possibly a soapstone holder?  I don't have any square soapstone here at home but I think its too small for soapstone - the inside is only 3/16" wide.

I added the recently found new Nicholson blade





What the heck is it?

Al
Jordan, NY

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Re: A few interesting items from a bucket of junk...
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2019, 09:53:13 AM »
Hello, Al. Nice haul!! Stearns made bicycles and lawnmowers, I could never get a definite answer if those wrenches were for either, or both. Maybe one of the wrench guys could help. I run into those #4 Phillips screws at work once in a while, so I keep a #4 screwdriver in the truck. Regards, Lou
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Offline jdjax

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Re: A few interesting items from a bucket of junk...
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2019, 10:36:41 AM »
The brass item looks like a primer holder for black powder guns.


Offline Yadda

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Re: A few interesting items from a bucket of junk...
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2019, 11:13:40 AM »
The brass item looks like a primer holder for black powder guns.


He shoots. He scores! Gooooooooooooooooooal!  Great ID!
You might say I have a tool collecting problem....

Offline amecks

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Re: A few interesting items from a bucket of junk...
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2019, 11:23:36 AM »
Wow! Thanks!  I'll ask some of the shooters I know if they can use it.

The Stearns wrench has 19/32, 3/8 and 5/16 openings.
Al
Jordan, NY

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Re: A few interesting items from a bucket of junk...
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2019, 11:01:18 PM »
Heck yeah, nice group!

I have/had a EC Stearns wrench around here. I believe it was a tractor plow wrench, from my research at the time (2010). Very old company, from the late 1850's.
« Last Edit: July 02, 2019, 11:08:03 PM by bonneyman »
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: A few interesting items from a bucket of junk...
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2019, 11:28:21 AM »
The brass item looks like a primer holder for black powder guns.


He shoots. He scores! Gooooooooooooooooooal!  Great ID!
"He primes!  He shoots!  He hits the target!" may be a more appropriate metaphor.

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Re: A few interesting items from a bucket of junk...
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2019, 07:10:35 PM »
The brass item looks like a primer holder for black powder guns.


He shoots. He scores! Gooooooooooooooooooal!  Great ID!
"He primes!  He shoots!  He hits the target!" may be a more appropriate metaphor.
Well said!  Center mass, bull's eye!
« Last Edit: July 05, 2019, 07:12:08 PM by Yadda »
You might say I have a tool collecting problem....