You hit the jackpot, Sir! Hell of a find for $0.00. Good on you for saving all those from the landfill--many of them are no longer made, certainly not in the U.S.A.
Wow!!! What a great score!!! I like to rescue old tools myself. I have access to a large vibratory tumbler with ceramic polishing stones. I recently got a 1920’s era Plumb brand hatchet for $1.00. It was a chunk of rust but turned out beautifully. I like Evaporust as well. It does a great job! Not to nag but you should wear safety glasses!! The Old Army Scout…
@@thenkgarage I agree. Looks like a newer flush rivet design Western Forge USA made Craftsman. The model number and Western Forge (who made them for Sears) date code not stamped, they are laser engraved/laser etched on them and fade quickly.
That a great fine. When I was working on trash trucks we use to find a lot of old tools, I started to collect them and clean them up. Keep up the great video 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸😉😉
8:10 ah, CAB, Cellulose Acetate Butyrate, which break down into Butyric Acid, also known as bile stench. An old timer at the salvage yard that I spotted indiscriminately throwing plastic handled socket wrenches into a shopping basket told me yesterday … hydrogen peroxide. Just make sure it is clean and dry of vinegar from the previous step of using vinegar to get at the grime. I have tried everything, seems like a shot
Some of those Vise Grips look like the newer Chinese made ones, and some are the older Petersen DeWitt USA made ones. I found a tote box full of tools at a house that was being cleaned out after the person's death. I wound up with a snowblower and lawn mower from the property too (the next-door neighbor held it for me and gave me the story behind the house). It turns out that the former owner was likely a customer of my grandfather's barber shop (my grandfather lived to be 101.5 years old and was a barber for over 75 years). and was a machinist at Proctor and Gamble at one time. His brother was a teacher at my high school, but I didn't have any of his classes. I cleaned up the tools and kept them. I also wound up with a Craftsman (Chapin made) garden sprayer which just needed a new end to operate. That Craftsman round head fine tooth should clean up pretty well with some TLC. I found an S-K ratchet like that one that you showed on the road to a bridge that I take to work. I got a rebuild kit from S-K and had it working in 10 minutes. A week later up the road I found a 1/2 drive extension (also S-K) that probably belonged with it. LOL. I've found a ton of items at the curb. I've sold over a dozen bicycles at the curb that I've flipped online. I've found several tote boxes, a 1968 Craftsman six drawer top chest in 2003, a lower Kennedy box, badged as JCPenney's from the early 1970s, and all of the equipment that maintains my workshop property (which used to be part of my grandparents property) came from the curb down to the rake, lawn mower, snow blower, toolboxes and just about everything else. I always look out at the "Curbside Candy Store".
Other than dunking them in soapy water don't you have to wipe them down to get that layer of black off? When I do t hat lots of black comes off on the rag.
You hit the jackpot, Sir! Hell of a find for $0.00. Good on you for saving all those from the landfill--many of them are no longer made, certainly not in the U.S.A.
Thanks it was a pleasant find!
Wow!!! What a great score!!! I like to rescue old tools myself. I have access to a large vibratory tumbler with ceramic polishing stones. I recently got a 1920’s era Plumb brand hatchet for $1.00. It was a chunk of rust but turned out beautifully. I like Evaporust as well. It does a great job! Not to nag but you should wear safety glasses!! The Old Army Scout…
Nice score! I love restoring tools!
Kurt the really rusty diagonal cutters looks like a Craftsman pair.
I think so too, its so rusty I don’t think i’ll find any markings.
@@thenkgarage I agree. Looks like a newer flush rivet design Western Forge USA made Craftsman. The model number and Western Forge (who made them for Sears) date code not stamped, they are laser engraved/laser etched on them and fade quickly.
Good day from Ontario. Boy that tuff really work The rachet put oil in it. I changed oil on tractor oil spill on it
works nice & quite. Thanks
Thanks
Pretty nice.. not a bad find for free..👍
Thanks! It was a good find! Keep an eye out everywhere!
Hey you lucky dog ,I can't believe them was my uncle's tools he told us they was junk and now he is kicking his own butt now lol
Thanks
@@thenkgarage thanks
Ok
That a great fine. When I was working on trash trucks we use to find a lot of old tools, I started to collect them and clean them up. Keep up the great video 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸😉😉
Free stuff is the best stuff even if it needs some tlc
Great video keep them coming, you guys are fast turning into my favorite tool haul channel.
Thanks so much! Tool hauls are so much fun!
Houdini lock lube was recommended to me for cleaning tools. It dries with no oily greasy residue. Good stuff
Nice find
Thanks for the tip!
8:10 ah, CAB, Cellulose Acetate Butyrate, which break down into Butyric Acid, also known as bile stench. An old timer at the salvage yard that I spotted indiscriminately throwing plastic handled socket wrenches into a shopping basket told me yesterday … hydrogen peroxide. Just make sure it is clean and dry of vinegar from the previous step of using vinegar to get at the grime. I have tried everything, seems like a shot
The classic acetate handle smell
Some of those Vise Grips look like the newer Chinese made ones, and some are the older Petersen DeWitt USA made ones.
I found a tote box full of tools at a house that was being cleaned out after the person's death. I wound up with a snowblower and lawn mower from the property too (the next-door neighbor held it for me and gave me the story behind the house). It turns out that the former owner was likely a customer of my grandfather's barber shop (my grandfather lived to be 101.5 years old and was a barber for over 75 years). and was a machinist at Proctor and Gamble at one time. His brother was a teacher at my high school, but I didn't have any of his classes. I cleaned up the tools and kept them. I also wound up with a Craftsman (Chapin made) garden sprayer which just needed a new end to operate. That Craftsman round head fine tooth should clean up pretty well with some TLC. I found an S-K ratchet like that one that you showed on the road to a bridge that I take to work. I got a rebuild kit from S-K and had it working in 10 minutes. A week later up the road I found a 1/2 drive extension (also S-K) that probably belonged with it. LOL.
I've found a ton of items at the curb. I've sold over a dozen bicycles at the curb that I've flipped online. I've found several tote boxes, a 1968 Craftsman six drawer top chest in 2003, a lower Kennedy box, badged as JCPenney's from the early 1970s, and all of the equipment that maintains my workshop property (which used to be part of my grandparents property) came from the curb down to the rake, lawn mower, snow blower, toolboxes and just about everything else.
I always look out at the "Curbside Candy Store".
So many good things can be found curbside!
@@thenkgarageThe curbside store always offers more.
Soak in evaporust for a day. They'll look great
Thats exactly what we did
Other than dunking them in soapy water don't you have to wipe them down to get that layer of black off? When I do t hat lots of black comes off on the rag.
It depends on how rusty the tool was sometimes it comes off easy sometimes it takes more
Nice find!!!! ifn you heat/warm the evaporust, with say an aquarium heater, it will work better.... just sayin'
Yes it does
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Thanks!
What is your favorite ratchet to guys use
I have a lot of ratchets, but the modern snap on ratchets are quite nice.
@@thenkgarage I got a lot I use the old craftsman 1/2 drive the most
I love craftsman, every manufacturer makes an ok ratchet these days
This was the work of a woman.
It was someone who doesn’t appreciate tools