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Offline amecks

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Nearby sale
« on: August 31, 2022, 08:46:16 PM »
On Craigslist with no photos, but it said "old tools" among the other things they were selling.  Close enough to home, so went up after work.

Proto 8" with slight rust, Crestoloy and Ridgid 10" in good shape.  Wiss shears or snips with homemade brazed-on copper loops and like new barber type scissors.  There were three S-K 1/4 drivers - I bought one.  Average cost for all - less than $1 each.


Al
Jordan, NY

Offline john k

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Re: Nearby sale
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2022, 10:08:54 PM »
Would have done the same, never seen a RIGID  adjustable, a first for me.   Old and slightly rusty, just the kind of stuff that draws me in.
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Offline Lewill2

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Re: Nearby sale
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2022, 08:30:06 AM »
Ridge Tool made a whole line of Ridgid adjustable wrenches I have several differently marked 4-inch examples.

Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: Nearby sale
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2022, 03:46:05 PM »
I never understand why people sell sharp scissors of Wiss or other quality names.  They'll last forever with good care; the modern composite scissors...no.

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Re: Nearby sale
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2022, 07:52:30 AM »
I've been using the Wiss snips right along since I got them.  They will cut most things.  Plastic bags and cloth - no.  But paper, they work very well. 
The no brand scissors are like new, so working perfectly.

Picked these up affordably at a house sale Friday.  Williams Superrench in chrome 7/8 x 1-1/16 and 8" Diamalloy.  (Oh no its upside down but you can figure that out!)
Al
Jordan, NY

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Re: Nearby sale
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2022, 08:06:59 AM »
Is that a chop saw blade on your table saw?

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Re: Nearby sale
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2022, 03:21:56 PM »
Yes.  Don't try this at home kids.  (I vacuum the sawdust out before using it to cut metal).  Somewhere I have photos of using a Craftsman fixture to cut the fins of motorcycle aluminum exhaust clamps on this saw.  The custom clamps they sell are of an exaggerated style, so I trim the fins to look more normal but still custom.
Al
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