Tools - Found a box at the thrift store

[Bulucanagria]

I just took a casual glance at it and picked the whole thing up and took it to the counter. It didn't have a price on it so I had to wait while the young girl behind the counter who "didn't know about tools" got her manager. I thought, "Great, the manger will know just enough about tools to think this is worth $100". The manger shows up and says, "Um, I'd like to get $15 for the whole bin."

And so you shall, dear madam, so you shall.

(Actually, it's an independent church thrift shop and they do good work so I rounded up to $20.)

[Bulucanagria]

FYI, there are a few pieces here that I'm gonna want more info on so you'll be seeing them around with questions attached. It may take a while as I'm way too busy these days, but they'll be popping up here and there.

To get discussion rolling, can anyone tell me a bit about the Marson Klik-Fast pop-riveter in the photo. It's marked HP-1. I find tons of info about their HP-2 online but Google yields nothing about this piece. It's not really my style to keep so I'd like to move it along. Is there a market for it and what value might it have?

[rusty]

The little pipe wrench is nice :)

The HP-1 only has one fixed size tip, the HP2 comes with multiple tips so you can use different sized pop rivets

PS: They called them 'klik-fast' because 'pop-rivet' was still trademarked by United Shoe Machine
Other makers had still different terms for them...(SNAPO's, POW's...)

[Bulucanagria]

The little pipe wrench is nice :)

The HP-1 only has one fixed size tip, the HP2 comes with multiple tips so you can use different sized pop rivets

PS: They called them 'klik-fast' because 'pop-rivet' was still trademarked by United Shoe Machine
Other makers had still different terms for them...(SNAPO's, POW's...)

Aaaah! Sweet, sweet knowledge...I do love it so!

I like that pipe wrench as well. It's the first one of its kind that I've owned. Likewise my first drawknife.

It's funny. I've always had a few tools that I kept for aesthetic purposes but I honestly recently got into it a little more heavily to flip them. While I have sold a good few tools I'm finding it more and more difficult to let go of some of them.

[keykeeper]

It's funny. I've always had a few tools that I kept for aesthetic purposes but I honestly recently got into it a little more heavily to flip them. While I have sold a good few tools I'm finding it more and more difficult to let go of some of them.

That's how the addiction starts, at least it was for me.

[Yadda]

Looks like you got your money's worth out of this purchase.  Nice haul!

[keykeeper]

Still can't find the pipe wrench Rusty mentioned..

[Lewill2]

Second picture just below the egg beater drills on the lower right. It is a Parmelee (spelling?) style that wraps around the pipe. You need a different set of jaws for each size of pipe.

Like this,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-WALWORTH-PARMELEE-NO-1-PIPE-WRENCH-WITH-4-JAWS-/231348465757?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35dd71705d

[Bulucanagria]

I cropped the pipe wrench out of the picture and included a few close ups of the head. They don't really show the way it's constructed but they do show that Lewill2's spelling was correct, so that's something.

[HeelSpur]

I cropped the pipe wrench out of the picture and included a few close ups of the head. They don't really show the way it's constructed but they do show that Lewill2's spelling was correct, so that's something.

I believe I have extra jaws if your looking for each size. I'll have to dig them out to see what I have if your interested.

[oldtools]

Nice haul for $20,  like the drawknife...

[Yadda]

Great find!

[john k]

If you can keep "flipping" them, and keep out the good stuff for your own use, you won't need a bigger shop soon.   Of course to get a bigger shop one needs a bigger lot, with a bigger house, more taxes, it is a vicious circle!   Real good $20 buy.