Thanks Stu! My first subscriber was a fellow in the UK named Reggy. He has a channel called Reggyontheroad. He is a lorry driver and makes videos about driving and he stuff he does in his shed(s). I think he lives near Birminham. If you are into very high end antique tools, check out the tool addict channel. His name is Ben and he is also in the UK. Cheers!
Nice video. I’m near Canton Ohio this week. I’m planning to be in Hartville flea market Saturday morning. I’m hoping it doesn’t rain. Again nice job and have a great week.
I have never gone to the Hartville flea market. I always hear that it was huge before covid and now it is less impressive, but it is an hour drive from me so I have never gone. I hope you have good luck there! If you are in Canton any days, you can check out Buckeye Salvage. That is a good place to hunt for old tools. It is where I get most of the stuff for my Canton tool hauls. They are CASH ONLY and don't be alarmed by the high sticker prices. They will negotiate if you offer a lower price. If you buy a small pile of stuff, they will make you a good deal, especially if the stuff is not priced.
Oh and if you need a good place to sight-see, check out the President Mckinley tomb and associated building. It has a little of everything inside for everyone. Including a nice history of Canton area, a mock old town to walk thru with lots of old things to see, a large model train set with lots of other model train stuff on display, a natural history area, a hands on science center, etc... Also right near there is a good old style diner place called Kennedy BBQ.
Yes they are. I know I said I probably won't restore his box, but this video has so many views, I feel like I have to do something with it. Thanks for watching and if you liked this video, check out some of my other videos! 👍😀😎
I believe the steel circle thing you thought might be a cutter thing of some sort threads on a handle for a hand crank used to start cars or tractors in the early 1900's. Cool old box thanks for sharing it.
Thank you Mark! You are correct! I have found several examples of it online and I am halfway thru the follow video to show all the gems and what I learned about them including that! Stay tuned for the followup video, and THANKS FOR WATCHING! 👍😁😎
Thanks for taking me along to open the treasure chest. Lots of fun. Those tools have been in the box for a long time. I noticed two sheet metal sockets. If they are stamped with an M enclosed by a diamond, they are Mossberg sockets.
You are welcome! Thanks for coming along with me! Mystery boxes like that are so much fun to look thru. You never know what you will find! Four weeks ago, the salvage place said they had a lot more houses lined up to demolish in the Canton area so lots more stuff would be coming. I am heading back there this week, so I am cautiously optimistic that there will be another old box of goodies! And Friday I took off work to go to my first auction. It is a nearby farm where they had an impressive machine shop set up so there will be lots of tools! Though I am not made of money so I hope to get some boxes of tools for not too much $$$. Wish me luck and Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
Nice deal for forty bucks! I think that wood handled scraper is a chair maker's too., maybe. I used to shop there at Buckeye when I lived in Canton years ago. great treasure hunt every time.!
Agreed! I was just back there today! No awesome old toolbox this time, but I found a few good items to add to the other stuff I found at Marshals salvage and the Canton Preservation society thrift store. If you are no longer near Canton, where did you move to?
Yeah. I think I got a pretty good deal. Not as good as if I went to the Long Island tool meet, but still pretty good! I am going back to Buckeye salvage this Thursday and Friday I am going to my first, and possibly last auction with my son. There is a farm nearby that had a huge machine shop so there will be lots of tools and stuff in the auction.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge John! If you liked his video, please check out some of my other tool hauls and help educate everyone else who watches! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
The “wood handle pokey thing” is an ice pick. Every household use to have at least one. My tool box would never be without one! The item with fine screw threads on one end and four “hooks” on the other looks like it screws on the front of the crankshaft of 1930s and earlier cars to fit the hand crank.
I figured it was an ice pick by its size, but it is fun to call it a pokey thing! When I clean it up, maybe there will be a marking on it somewhere. So one else suggested that the four horned thing may be for a hand crank of an old engine. I need to do some research and hopefully I can verify that. If you liked this video, you would probably like a lot of my other videos as well. Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
Well that is very specific! You must know with certainty! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! If you liked this video, please check out my other tool hauls and share your knowledge about other interesting items! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
That’s what I thought too when I saw it. Then I doubted myself…should it have a curved ‘belly’? Or am I thinking of an oolong for hollowing the seats on Windsor chairs..?
I think the first stone can be used for leveling floors (after applying floor leveling compound) The wood handled poky thing and the blow lamp look good to me 🛠👍😊
What are you referring to as the "blow lamp"? Ooooh right you guys call a flashlight a torch. I called it a blow torch. Hmmm. In a set of oxy-acetylene tanks with a "thing" that fire comes out of and cuts steel, what do you call that "thing"? 🤔🤔🤔
@@Everythings_Adjustable That is fascinating! I watch a channel called "lost in the pond" where he talks about all sorts of UK vs USA differences including lots of vocabulary videos. You might like it. 👍😀😎
I used to have interesting conversations with a Texan girl (many years ago when I was single) lots of confusion from both sides 😁, Here's a quote I like, George Bernard Shaw said: "England and America are two countries separated by a common language" Spot on I recon 👍😁. Also even here in the UK Guys working next to each other can have different names for the same thing, a short heavy hammer (2 to 4 pound) I would call a lump hammer others call it a club or a mini sledge. I hope that's a little bit interesting to you 🥃 👍 😊
There was a double headed concrete form nail in there. The second head is for pulling the nail out when removing the form. The threaded L shaped rods are anchors that go into uncured concrete for fastening base plates. They can be hooked through rebar, but shouldn’t be in direct contact with the rebar to prevent dissimilar metal corrosion.
Hey Big John! Thank you for the info! If you liked this video, please check out some of my other videos and share your knowledge about other interesting items! 👍😀😎
Good video. You got me I subscribed. I wouldn't restore that box either. It doesn't look well made. The coarse stone looked like the kind used to smooth concrete. The "spoke shave" looked like a scaper. The "aggressive cutter" goes on the end of an engine's crankshaft so that you can use a crank to start it. The "L" bolts are for sinking into concrete to use as anchor bolts for sill plates. That was a finish nail set. If you live in a rural town check at your local transfer station for a "swap shed". I've picked up a lot of tools and tool boxes at mine. Be very careful with old ammo. Most of it won't even work but, some kinds get unstable and can cause injury. Nice video. The strange steel tool with two different holes makes me think of a wood burning kitchen stove. Good Luck, Rick
@@timeflysintheshop I have learned many jobs over the past 60 years: laborer, carpenter, mechanic, machinist, soldier, civil engineer, teacher, and Dad. I'm curious about many things and have several hobbies. Good Luck, Rick
@@timeflysintheshop I consider myself to have been very lucky. I just tell the stories to my son. I've got too many projects to do, to sit and write an autobiography. I need to fix my van, restore my 1985 Chevy C-10 and a couple of old garden tractors, fix up various tools to include an early Atlas Metal Shaper, and double the size of my garden.
That is quite a list! I am sure those are just off the top of your head and there is probably much more! I have more than a lifetime of old junk to clean or fix and yet I can't stop looking for cool old stuff. How old is your son?@@richardross7219
I wondered about that. I will check to see if they fit that or the other wood handled tool that I called a spoke shave. That has been suggested to be a "card scraper", so I have some investigation to do. Thanks for your comment! If you liked this video, please check out some of my other videos and share your knowledge and insights about other tools as well. Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
Nice find. As for whether that makes you weird or not, the box probably doesn't have much to do with it. But you should keep being this kind of weird. It's also known as "sanity". Rock on!
Thanks! You are the first person to make any reference to my question on the thumbnail! If you liked this video, check out some of my other videos and Thanks for Watching! 👍😀😎
Shellac should be fine. As long as the alcohol hasn't evapped too much; if so then just top it up since it's unopened. Orange is the grade and 4lb is the 'cut' or shellac to alcohol ratio. The colors range from orange to clear. The dried flakes come from the shells of lac bugs and are graded according to color. The flat blades probably go in the spoke shave. Check the clamp handle on that tap wrench: The threads might be compound which makes a VERY nice wrench. Two threads, one inside the other. The chain brace thing was most likely used for cast iron pipe plumbing, as was that 4 tooth anular cutter you had there. A lot of the old braces were made for the 4 sided shanks, so that small chuck with 3 jaws would hopefully be an adapter for round shank cutters. The wrench with one rectangular end and one diamond end is probably a service wrench for utilities. One end for water, one end for gas. I love old boxes like this. I go to flea markets just to do what you did with this video to the entire place. Even if I don't find anything I often learn something.
Wow Keith! You are a fountain of knowledge! Thank you for the info! If you liked this video, please check out my other tool haul videos and share what you know about them too! Thanks for watching and commenting! 👍😀😎
My bet is the shellac is useless. It def has a shelf life, especially the old stuff. But you can test it easily, when you want to use it, apply 2 coats to a test piece. It should dry nontacky in about 15 minutes. if yes its still good. if its still tacky after 30 minutes its probably done for. search other videos on shellac for colloboration. Once you open it, even if its good, it will only be good for about 6 months after that.
Thanks for the info! I have never used Shellac. If you liked this video, please watch some of my other videos and share you knowledge about other interesting items as well! Thanks for Watching! :)@@orbitalair2103
Oooo. Good idea! I was thinking it was half of a power transmitting joint of some kind, but I think you may be right! I will try to look up examples and see if I can find a picture of it anywhere. Thanks for the suggestion, and THANKS FOR WATCHING! 👍😀😎
@@JohnBlink-de4jx Thanks for your input John! If you liked this video, please check out my other tool hauls and share your knowledge about other interesting items. Thanks for Watching! 👍😀😎
wow how technology changed us 100 years ago some craftsmen wood with their tools and knew the names of them all too how were wounding what they then used them to i was at a yard sale a while back they had boxes like that his great-great-grandfather worked on wooden boats at 6:30 and was a cutter to remove plugs on the side of the boats
As a society, we do seem to forget things all too quickly! Just in one generation our technology has changed so much, that people born today will wonder about things that were normal everyday tools, appliances, communication and data storage, etc for us(well if you at least fortyish years old already). Thank you for sharing your info! If you liked this video, check out some of my other videos and share your knowledge! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
Thanks for sharing your finds. I'm wondering if the "metal plates" are the irons for the spoke shave/ scraper with the wood body, as they had different profiles on them for scraping.
Yes! I figured that too after I finished filming and was putting everything back into the box! Weird that we still call it "filming" even though we don't use film anymore. If you liked this video, check out my other tool hauls and share your powers of observation! Thanks for Watching! 👍😀😎
Agreed! Yes it was a great find and a lot of fun to look thru! If you liked this video, please check out some of my other videos, especially the tools hauls and share what you might know or think you know about other interesting things! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
The shellac has denatured alcohol in it as a thinner. If you use any type of mineral spirits it will turn green, curdle and not bond. The alcohol is the vehicle in which it uses to stay liquid until it can air dry and then cure. Nice find. If it had said Shellac "Finish" then it would only be about 25-30% shellac and the rest would be alcohol and a drying agent such as a Japan dryer. Hope this helps.
Wow you sure do know a lot about shellac! Thanks for the info! If you liked this video, please check out my other tool hauls and share more of your knowledge about other interesting items! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
@@timeflysintheshop At the time 0:14 is that an air compressor on the left ? I was a professional painter for about 18 years. That was a REALLY NICE find with the shellac. If that is the air compressor on the left, I have one just like it. At least,,, that's what mine looks like from about that angle. Anyway, if it is could you show it in a short video ? Mine needs new seals on both sides of the case where the crank shaft goes through.
@@c.blakerockhart1128 that is an old air compressor. I scored that at a yard sale where they were packing up for the day. The tools were mostly still out, but I was really only interested in this old compressor. The guy had three little compressors like this for spray painting, and he started telling me how much for them from the newest to the oldest. For the more modern one he wanted $150! At that point I thought, Oh OK a thanks but that is too much for me, but the next one was $80, and then the coolest one was only $20!!! My wallet leapt from my pocket of its own will to buy it! I will either tack it onto a future video, or I'll make a short video just about the compressor.
@@timeflysintheshop I will go up to my shop tomorrow and shoot a short video of my compressor and come back here and comment so you can look at it and see if maybe you would be able to help me find replacement seals for it if you will. Can you please check back here tomorrow afternoon or evening ? Have a Great night.
Those metal Plates look like they are Card Scrapers often used in Woodworking as a Precurssor to fine sanding your can Scrapers the top layer of the Wood to level out any high spots
First stone item might be a pumice stone for cleaning. Folding rule is still very useful especially for setting up forms for curb and gutter. Never seen a metric folding rule
The Box is Pretty Cool, if shipping prices weren't so absurd I might try to Sweet Talk you out of it...............Torch looks to be in excellent condition, should clean up and look like new with a fresh coat of paint.
I think the torch might be brass. If so I would not paint it. As for the box is it a bit beyond what George would call "shwetty", but not beyond restoration. I forget. What state do you live in???
@@timeflysintheshop I saw the paint & rust on the handle and assumed it was painted steel but looking again I can see that's a separate piece and the body is likely Brass like you say, which should look Fantastic polished up. I'm in Michigan, maybe your Son can strap that Old Box on the back of his motorcycle or go-cart and run it up to me.......The Adventure of a Lifetime, like Running Shine Across the State Line !! 😂😂 The reality is I have plenty of projects to work on but it is a Great Old Homemade Box, maybe someday you'll have the time and decide to tackle it. I think my little "Comment Rant" about postage was caused by a tool that was sent to me a couple days ago by another channel and the label on it said 14.9 ounces and it cost him $8.90 to send it and just so happens he's from Michigan too.......I just got done sending him a picture of it restored so at least he'll know his effort and 10 Bucks weren't wasted.
@@rawbacon That made me laugh! Thank You! We are going to look at a 1974 Jeep for my son's first car on Friday after we go to our first auction. It won't be long and he could drive it up there! I go to Plymouth Michigan every few years for work. Do you live anywhere near there, or are you farther north or west?
Hey Larry! Thanks for he info! If you liked this video, please watch some of my other videos and share your knowledge about other interesting items! 👍😀😎
They are called anchor bolts, you cast them in a concrete slab or footing to connect the bottom sill plate of a wood framed wall. he had it pretty close.
@@markthomas5316 Right! I knew that somewhere in my noggin, but in the middle of filming, your brain is not always quick enough to get the recognition and the right words out in a timely manner.
Old shellac is probably no good anymore. If you tried to use it, it would probably just stay sticky and not dry very well. It's a great conversation piece though! Shellac is made with shellac flakes and denatured alcohol. It's the purest wood finish you can buy and has been used for centuries. 4 pounds of shellac flakes added to 1 gallon of denatured alcohol gives you a "4 pound cut". By the way, denatured alcohol is not the same as isopropyl (medicine cabinet stuff).
Thank you for the explanation about shellac! One of the main reasons I make videos is for other people to share what they know about what is in the videos! Please check out some of my other videos and share your knowledge! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
That was suggested by a few others as well. There really is not any other good idea, so lets just go with that! :) Thanks for watching and check out the followup video if you would like to see the cool details of some of the items.
Really? I have never heard of using a stone to dress grinding wheels! Thank you for your input! If you liked this video, please check out some of my other videos and share what you may know about other interesting items! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
You can dress a grinding wheel with a hand stone. However, I believe that coarse stone with diagonal grooves is intended for dressing rough spots on concrete before laying a ceramic tile or other floor covering. I've got one stashed away somewhere.
That is very possible! Thank you for the comment! If you liked this video, please check out some of my other videos and share what you know about other interesting items! Thanks for watching! 🙂
@@user-pk2fg8im4u Yes I understood what you meant. I have looked it up and it appears the be the "claw" for the hand crank for an 8 cylinder 1935-1936 flat head Ford! Pretty cool! Though I will admit I never thought you could hand crank an 8-cylinder engine! The compression ratio must have been pretty low back then! 👍😀😎. Thanks again for your comment and please check out some of my other videos to share your knowledge about other interesting items!
Really!?! Well I don't know anything about it for sure, so if you say so, then that is what it is for. Thanks for watching and sharing your knowledge! If you liked this video, please check out some of my other tool hauls and share you info about them too! 👍😀😎
I think you nailed it! Thank you sharing your knowledge! With that name, you should like to watch my Habitat for Humanity tool hauls! 😉😉😉. Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
Awesome! I thought it looked like an ice pick! Maybe when I clean it up I will find some marking on it! Thanks for the info and THANKS FOR WATCHING! If you liked this video, I have almost 250 posted, check out some of my others. 👍😀😎
Hi, the threaded 'cutter' is not a cutter - it looks like an old 'dog' for a starting handle - the thread goes into the front of an engine crankshaft, hope this helps. Stu (uk)
Hey Stu! I have confirmed that is a hand crank part for a 1935 to 1936 eight cylinder flat head ford! I never would have thought that you could hand crank an eight cylinder engine, but I guess they were pretty low compression back then. Thanks for the comment, and thanks for watching! Check out sme of my other videos and share what you know about other interesting items!
Yes several other people have suggested that as well. I will try to look for pictures of that sort of part for old cars to see if that is indeed what it is. Thank you for the suggestion! If you liked this video, please watch some of my other tool hauls and such and share your knowledge of other interesting items! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
That's about as unique and diverse, a lot of tools as I have seen someone purchase. Yes you got a good lot of tools for $40. Ammo? maybe he takes the easy way and instead of trapping anilams in attics and walls he shoots them with a .22 rifle then repairs the damage. Sloppy storage of ammo. That one flat steel tool may have been to operate a valve maybe on a cylinder or even for gaslines or meters.
Thanks! It was quite a find! There are several good suggestions for what the flat steel tool is used for. If you liked this tool haul, check out my other videos, you are sure to more interesting things you can share your knowledge and ideas about. Thanks for Watching! 👍😀😎
So I may be a little slow, but ahhhhhh shooting board??? Is that a carpentry term? I will try to look that up. Thanks for the comment, and Thanks for watching! 👍😎👍
Ok so I must be living under a rock, because there are a ton of videos on YT about "shooting boards" and none of them appear to be about pew pews! Thanks! 👍😎👍
Thank you for the info and link! After I did the filming, I was putting it all back into the box and thought maybe it was a floor scraper or something other thana spoke shave. And I think the steel plates with a sharp edge are the blades for it. If you liked this video, please watch some of my other tool hauls and share your knowledge about other items as well! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
I love old boxes like that! Lots of potential clean up videos there - thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Your welcome! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
Your tools are very good and very useful nice to see all these tools and your video is very good my dear friend
Thank you for your kind words. Do you live in Pakistan?
Always fun going through boxes like that one, Mr. James! That torch is prettt cool...and quote is spot on👍
Thanks Vic! You are the only one who ever mentions the quotes. I wonder if any else reads them. 👍😀😎
Thanks for quick response - quite a collectors piece (back in the day in England we called them dogs).
Great channel, keep it up. Stu
Thanks Stu! My first subscriber was a fellow in the UK named Reggy. He has a channel called Reggyontheroad. He is a lorry driver and makes videos about driving and he stuff he does in his shed(s). I think he lives near Birminham. If you are into very high end antique tools, check out the tool addict channel. His name is Ben and he is also in the UK. Cheers!
Nice video. I’m near Canton Ohio this week. I’m planning to be in Hartville flea market Saturday morning. I’m hoping it doesn’t rain. Again nice job and have a great week.
I have never gone to the Hartville flea market. I always hear that it was huge before covid and now it is less impressive, but it is an hour drive from me so I have never gone. I hope you have good luck there! If you are in Canton any days, you can check out Buckeye Salvage. That is a good place to hunt for old tools. It is where I get most of the stuff for my Canton tool hauls. They are CASH ONLY and don't be alarmed by the high sticker prices. They will negotiate if you offer a lower price. If you buy a small pile of stuff, they will make you a good deal, especially if the stuff is not priced.
Oh and if you need a good place to sight-see, check out the President Mckinley tomb and associated building. It has a little of everything inside for everyone. Including a nice history of Canton area, a mock old town to walk thru with lots of old things to see, a large model train set with lots of other model train stuff on display, a natural history area, a hands on science center, etc... Also right near there is a good old style diner place called Kennedy BBQ.
Old boxes ,especially home made are great.
Yes they are. I know I said I probably won't restore his box, but this video has so many views, I feel like I have to do something with it. Thanks for watching and if you liked this video, check out some of my other videos! 👍😀😎
I believe the steel circle thing you thought might be a cutter thing of some sort threads on a handle for a hand crank used to start cars or tractors in the early 1900's. Cool old box thanks for sharing it.
Thank you Mark! You are correct! I have found several examples of it online and I am halfway thru the follow video to show all the gems and what I learned about them including that! Stay tuned for the followup video, and THANKS FOR WATCHING! 👍😁😎
Some good stuff there, personal favourite is the small clamp, not sure why but it's definitely cool.
Thanks for taking me along to open the treasure chest. Lots of fun. Those tools have been in the box for a long time. I noticed two sheet metal sockets. If they are stamped with an M enclosed by a diamond, they are Mossberg sockets.
You are welcome! Thanks for coming along with me! Mystery boxes like that are so much fun to look thru. You never know what you will find! Four weeks ago, the salvage place said they had a lot more houses lined up to demolish in the Canton area so lots more stuff would be coming. I am heading back there this week, so I am cautiously optimistic that there will be another old box of goodies! And Friday I took off work to go to my first auction. It is a nearby farm where they had an impressive machine shop set up so there will be lots of tools! Though I am not made of money so I hope to get some boxes of tools for not too much $$$. Wish me luck and Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
Good luck! Hope you come home with treasures.
Nice deal for forty bucks! I think that wood handled scraper is a chair maker's too., maybe. I used to shop there at Buckeye when I lived in Canton years ago. great treasure hunt every time.!
Agreed! I was just back there today! No awesome old toolbox this time, but I found a few good items to add to the other stuff I found at Marshals salvage and the Canton Preservation society thrift store. If you are no longer near Canton, where did you move to?
Lots of great stuff in that box! 😃👍
Yeah. I think I got a pretty good deal. Not as good as if I went to the Long Island tool meet, but still pretty good! I am going back to Buckeye salvage this Thursday and Friday I am going to my first, and possibly last auction with my son. There is a farm nearby that had a huge machine shop so there will be lots of tools and stuff in the auction.
“Orange 4 lb” means that it is orange shellac in a 4 pound cut. There are 4 pounds of shellac flakes dissolved in one gallon of denatured alcohol.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge John! If you liked his video, please check out some of my other tool hauls and help educate everyone else who watches! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
The “wood handle pokey thing” is an ice pick. Every household use to have at least one. My tool box would never be without one!
The item with fine screw threads on one end and four “hooks” on the other looks like it screws on the front of the crankshaft of 1930s and earlier cars to fit the hand crank.
I figured it was an ice pick by its size, but it is fun to call it a pokey thing! When I clean it up, maybe there will be a marking on it somewhere. So one else suggested that the four horned thing may be for a hand crank of an old engine. I need to do some research and hopefully I can verify that. If you liked this video, you would probably like a lot of my other videos as well. Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
The big wooden spokeshave is actually a travisher, used for making chair seats.
Well that is very specific! You must know with certainty! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! If you liked this video, please check out my other tool hauls and share your knowledge about other interesting items! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
That’s what I thought too when I saw it. Then I doubted myself…should it have a curved ‘belly’? Or am I thinking of an oolong for hollowing the seats on Windsor chairs..?
I think the first stone can be used for leveling floors (after applying floor leveling compound) The wood handled poky thing and the blow lamp look good to me 🛠👍😊
What are you referring to as the "blow lamp"? Ooooh right you guys call a flashlight a torch. I called it a blow torch. Hmmm. In a set of oxy-acetylene tanks with a "thing" that fire comes out of and cuts steel, what do you call that "thing"? 🤔🤔🤔
oxy-acetylene torch but I guess I've always most other thing blow lamps I don't know why
@@Everythings_Adjustable That is fascinating! I watch a channel called "lost in the pond" where he talks about all sorts of UK vs USA differences including lots of vocabulary videos. You might like it. 👍😀😎
I used to have interesting conversations with a Texan girl (many years ago when I was single) lots of confusion from both sides 😁,
Here's a quote I like, George Bernard Shaw said: "England and America are two countries separated by a common language" Spot on I recon 👍😁.
Also even here in the UK Guys working next to each other can have different names for the same thing, a short heavy hammer (2 to 4 pound) I would call a lump hammer others call it a club or a mini sledge.
I hope that's a little bit interesting to you 🥃 👍 😊
There was a double headed concrete form nail in there. The second head is for pulling the nail out when removing the form. The threaded L shaped rods are anchors that go into uncured concrete for fastening base plates. They can be hooked through rebar, but shouldn’t be in direct contact with the rebar to prevent dissimilar metal corrosion.
Hey Big John! Thank you for the info! If you liked this video, please check out some of my other videos and share your knowledge about other interesting items! 👍😀😎
That's was a good haul. Looking forward to the clean up videos.
Good video. You got me I subscribed. I wouldn't restore that box either. It doesn't look well made. The coarse stone looked like the kind used to smooth concrete. The "spoke shave" looked like a scaper. The "aggressive cutter" goes on the end of an engine's crankshaft so that you can use a crank to start it. The "L" bolts are for sinking into concrete to use as anchor bolts for sill plates. That was a finish nail set. If you live in a rural town check at your local transfer station for a "swap shed". I've picked up a lot of tools and tool boxes at mine. Be very careful with old ammo. Most of it won't even work but, some kinds get unstable and can cause injury. Nice video. The strange steel tool with two different holes makes me think of a wood burning kitchen stove. Good Luck, Rick
Wow! You are a fountain of info! Thanks for subscribing! Feel free to check out my other tool haul videos and share your wealth of knowledge! 👍😀😎
@@timeflysintheshop I have learned many jobs over the past 60 years: laborer, carpenter, mechanic, machinist, soldier, civil engineer, teacher, and Dad. I'm curious about many things and have several hobbies. Good Luck, Rick
@@richardross7219 Wow! It sounds like you have lived an interesting life! Have you ever considered writing an autobiography?
@@timeflysintheshop I consider myself to have been very lucky. I just tell the stories to my son. I've got too many projects to do, to sit and write an autobiography. I need to fix my van, restore my 1985 Chevy C-10 and a couple of old garden tractors, fix up various tools to include an early Atlas Metal Shaper, and double the size of my garden.
That is quite a list! I am sure those are just off the top of your head and there is probably much more! I have more than a lifetime of old junk to clean or fix and yet I can't stop looking for cool old stuff. How old is your son?@@richardross7219
The 5hree plates are cabnet scrapers. .the first wooden handel with Brad is a cobblers pegging awl . And the hook is also a cobblers stitching awl
@@garyjohnson9297 Thanks for the info Gary, and THANKS FOR WATCHING!
Those plates are scraper blades for the handled holder with sandpaper in it.
I wondered about that. I will check to see if they fit that or the other wood handled tool that I called a spoke shave. That has been suggested to be a "card scraper", so I have some investigation to do. Thanks for your comment! If you liked this video, please check out some of my other videos and share your knowledge and insights about other tools as well. Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
Nice find. As for whether that makes you weird or not, the box probably doesn't have much to do with it. But you should keep being this kind of weird. It's also known as "sanity". Rock on!
Thanks! You are the first person to make any reference to my question on the thumbnail! If you liked this video, check out some of my other videos and Thanks for Watching! 👍😀😎
Shellac should be fine. As long as the alcohol hasn't evapped too much; if so then just top it up since it's unopened. Orange is the grade and 4lb is the 'cut' or shellac to alcohol ratio. The colors range from orange to clear. The dried flakes come from the shells of lac bugs and are graded according to color.
The flat blades probably go in the spoke shave.
Check the clamp handle on that tap wrench: The threads might be compound which makes a VERY nice wrench. Two threads, one inside the other.
The chain brace thing was most likely used for cast iron pipe plumbing, as was that 4 tooth anular cutter you had there.
A lot of the old braces were made for the 4 sided shanks, so that small chuck with 3 jaws would hopefully be an adapter for round shank cutters.
The wrench with one rectangular end and one diamond end is probably a service wrench for utilities. One end for water, one end for gas.
I love old boxes like this. I go to flea markets just to do what you did with this video to the entire place. Even if I don't find anything I often learn something.
Wow Keith! You are a fountain of knowledge! Thank you for the info! If you liked this video, please check out my other tool haul videos and share what you know about them too! Thanks for watching and commenting! 👍😀😎
My bet is the shellac is useless. It def has a shelf life, especially the old stuff. But you can test it easily, when you want to use it, apply 2 coats to a test piece. It should dry nontacky in about 15 minutes. if yes its still good. if its still tacky after 30 minutes its probably done for. search other videos on shellac for colloboration. Once you open it, even if its good, it will only be good for about 6 months after that.
Thanks for the info! I have never used Shellac. If you liked this video, please watch some of my other videos and share you knowledge about other interesting items as well! Thanks for Watching! :)@@orbitalair2103
That metal nut with claws looks like a crank start for the crank shaft on a car or tractor .
Oooo. Good idea! I was thinking it was half of a power transmitting joint of some kind, but I think you may be right! I will try to look up examples and see if I can find a picture of it anywhere. Thanks for the suggestion, and THANKS FOR WATCHING! 👍😀😎
Yep I’ll second the crank start socket. Looks like the part attached to the crank shaft that receives the crank wrench.
@@JohnBlink-de4jx Thanks for your input John! If you liked this video, please check out my other tool hauls and share your knowledge about other interesting items. Thanks for Watching! 👍😀😎
wow how technology changed us 100 years ago some craftsmen wood with their tools and knew the names of them all too how were wounding what they then used them to
i was at a yard sale a while back they had boxes like that his great-great-grandfather worked on wooden boats at 6:30 and was a cutter to remove plugs on the side of the boats
As a society, we do seem to forget things all too quickly! Just in one generation our technology has changed so much, that people born today will wonder about things that were normal everyday tools, appliances, communication and data storage, etc for us(well if you at least fortyish years old already). Thank you for sharing your info! If you liked this video, check out some of my other videos and share your knowledge! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
Thanks for sharing your finds. I'm wondering if the "metal plates" are the irons for the spoke shave/ scraper with the wood body, as they had different profiles on them for scraping.
Yes! I figured that too after I finished filming and was putting everything back into the box! Weird that we still call it "filming" even though we don't use film anymore. If you liked this video, check out my other tool hauls and share your powers of observation! Thanks for Watching! 👍😀😎
Interesting. Toolbox might've belonged to a handyman that did some plumbing work.
As with a lot of toolboxes: quite the eclectic collection.
Agreed! Yes it was a great find and a lot of fun to look thru! If you liked this video, please check out some of my other videos, especially the tools hauls and share what you might know or think you know about other interesting things! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
The shellac has denatured alcohol in it as a thinner. If you use any type of mineral spirits it will turn green, curdle and not bond. The alcohol is the vehicle in which it uses to stay liquid until it can air dry and then cure. Nice find. If it had said Shellac "Finish" then it would only be about 25-30% shellac and the rest would be alcohol and a drying agent such as a Japan dryer. Hope this helps.
Wow you sure do know a lot about shellac! Thanks for the info! If you liked this video, please check out my other tool hauls and share more of your knowledge about other interesting items! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
@@timeflysintheshop At the time 0:14 is that an air compressor on the left ? I was a professional painter for about 18 years. That was a REALLY NICE find with the shellac. If that is the air compressor on the left, I have one just like it. At least,,, that's what mine looks like from about that angle. Anyway, if it is could you show it in a short video ? Mine needs new seals on both sides of the case where the crank shaft goes through.
@@c.blakerockhart1128 that is an old air compressor. I scored that at a yard sale where they were packing up for the day. The tools were mostly still out, but I was really only interested in this old compressor. The guy had three little compressors like this for spray painting, and he started telling me how much for them from the newest to the oldest. For the more modern one he wanted $150! At that point I thought, Oh OK a thanks but that is too much for me, but the next one was $80, and then the coolest one was only $20!!! My wallet leapt from my pocket of its own will to buy it! I will either tack it onto a future video, or I'll make a short video just about the compressor.
@@timeflysintheshop I will go up to my shop tomorrow and shoot a short video of my compressor and come back here and comment so you can look at it and see if maybe you would be able to help me find replacement seals for it if you will. Can you please check back here tomorrow afternoon or evening ? Have a Great night.
@@c.blakerockhart1128 Yes, if you comment back again tomorrow(I mean today!), I should see it.
Those metal Plates look like they are Card Scrapers often used in Woodworking as a Precurssor to fine sanding your can Scrapers the top layer of the Wood to level out any high spots
Thanks Craig! :)
That Blowtorch has lots of ornamental potential... cleaned up of Corse 😉
Yes, I am excited to polish it up someday, but I also want to fire it up to see it work first! Thanks for the comment and THANKS FOR WATCHING! 👍😀😎
First stone item might be a pumice stone for cleaning. Folding rule is still very useful especially for setting up forms for curb and gutter. Never seen a metric folding rule
I have quite a few folding rules, but this is my first metric folding rule! Thanks for the info and THANKS FOR WATCHING! 👍😀😎
The extra board on top of box is a version of a bench hook.
Do you mean it is there to stop a work piece from moving while doing some work on it? Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
Yes. For sawing
@@richardjones7776 I can see that. Good idea! Thanks for the input! Please check out some of my other videos and share your knowledge! 👍😀😎
That was fun lets do another one.
@r.tomrobison8307 I am glad you liked it too! Check out my other videos. I have lots of tool hauls.
The Box is Pretty Cool, if shipping prices weren't so absurd I might try to Sweet Talk you out of it...............Torch looks to be in excellent condition, should clean up and look like new with a fresh coat of paint.
I think the torch might be brass. If so I would not paint it. As for the box is it a bit beyond what George would call "shwetty", but not beyond restoration. I forget. What state do you live in???
@@timeflysintheshop I saw the paint & rust on the handle and assumed it was painted steel but looking again I can see that's a separate piece and the body is likely Brass like you say, which should look Fantastic polished up.
I'm in Michigan, maybe your Son can strap that Old Box on the back of his motorcycle or go-cart and run it up to me.......The Adventure of a Lifetime, like Running Shine Across the State Line !! 😂😂
The reality is I have plenty of projects to work on but it is a Great Old Homemade Box, maybe someday you'll have the time and decide to tackle it.
I think my little "Comment Rant" about postage was caused by a tool that was sent to me a couple days ago by another channel and the label on it said 14.9 ounces and it cost him $8.90 to send it and just so happens he's from Michigan too.......I just got done sending him a picture of it restored so at least he'll know his effort and 10 Bucks weren't wasted.
@@rawbacon That made me laugh! Thank You! We are going to look at a 1974 Jeep for my son's first car on Friday after we go to our first auction. It won't be long and he could drive it up there! I go to Plymouth Michigan every few years for work. Do you live anywhere near there, or are you farther north or west?
The 4 pieces of metal that are bent on one end and threaded on the other would go in wet concrete and this allowed a top plate to be bolted in place.
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They are called anchor bolts, you cast them in a concrete slab or footing to connect the bottom sill plate of a wood framed wall. he had it pretty close.
@@markthomas5316 Right! I knew that somewhere in my noggin, but in the middle of filming, your brain is not always quick enough to get the recognition and the right words out in a timely manner.
Old shellac is probably no good anymore. If you tried to use it, it would probably just stay sticky and not dry very well. It's a great conversation piece though! Shellac is made with shellac flakes and denatured alcohol. It's the purest wood finish you can buy and has been used for centuries. 4 pounds of shellac flakes added to 1 gallon of denatured alcohol gives you a "4 pound cut". By the way, denatured alcohol is not the same as isopropyl (medicine cabinet stuff).
Thank you for the explanation about shellac! One of the main reasons I make videos is for other people to share what they know about what is in the videos! Please check out some of my other videos and share your knowledge! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
Maybe a plane stop
That was suggested by a few others as well. There really is not any other good idea, so lets just go with that! :) Thanks for watching and check out the followup video if you would like to see the cool details of some of the items.
I believe the cutter to be a large plug cutter.
Wood handled pokey thing is an ice-pick.
Thanks Mark. I know. It is just fun to call it a "pokey thing". Thanks for watching! 👍😁😎
Wrench for old water or gas main. That diamond is for something special.
Thanks for the info! Thanks for watching! And I DO NOT HAVE SIX FINGERS ON ANY HAND! 😉😉👍😀😎
yes my guess is to
The first stone I think is for dressing grinding wheels
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You can dress a grinding wheel with a hand stone. However, I believe that coarse stone with diagonal grooves is intended for dressing rough spots on concrete before laying a ceramic tile or other floor covering. I've got one stashed away somewhere.
@@tonyanderson-ln9gl Thanks for the info Tony! Check out the followup video recently posted! Thanks for watching! 👍😁😎
I think the 4 cog piece is a crankcase receptacle for an old crank start engine, off an old tractor, model T or A?
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@@timeflysintheshop I meant to type crank"shaft", not crankcase, but I'm old and not the best at typing.
@@user-pk2fg8im4u Yes I understood what you meant. I have looked it up and it appears the be the "claw" for the hand crank for an 8 cylinder 1935-1936 flat head Ford! Pretty cool! Though I will admit I never thought you could hand crank an 8-cylinder engine! The compression ratio must have been pretty low back then! 👍😀😎. Thanks again for your comment and please check out some of my other videos to share your knowledge about other interesting items!
The first abrasive stone is for rubbing rough poured concrete.
Really!?! Well I don't know anything about it for sure, so if you say so, then that is what it is for. Thanks for watching and sharing your knowledge! If you liked this video, please check out some of my other tool hauls and share you info about them too! 👍😀😎
The wrench with rectangular hole is for shutting off gas at meter.
I think you nailed it! Thank you sharing your knowledge! With that name, you should like to watch my Habitat for Humanity tool hauls! 😉😉😉. Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
That was a crank adapter for cranking old motors to start !!!
@@charlescox6608 Yes you are correct! Thank you for the comment and THANKS FOR WATCHING!
The wood handled pokey thing as you called is the same shape as an ice pick I have from the 1939 San Francisco's World Fair. Thanks for the video 👍🏼
Awesome! I thought it looked like an ice pick! Maybe when I clean it up I will find some marking on it! Thanks for the info and THANKS FOR WATCHING! If you liked this video, I have almost 250 posted, check out some of my others. 👍😀😎
Hi, the threaded 'cutter' is not a cutter - it looks like an old 'dog' for a starting handle - the thread goes into the front of an engine crankshaft, hope this helps. Stu (uk)
Hey Stu! I have confirmed that is a hand crank part for a 1935 to 1936 eight cylinder flat head ford! I never would have thought that you could hand crank an eight cylinder engine, but I guess they were pretty low compression back then. Thanks for the comment, and thanks for watching! Check out sme of my other videos and share what you know about other interesting items!
Looks like a box my Dad made
Thanks for the comment Joe. What state do you live in? Did your dad ever live in or near Canton Ohio?
the "cutter" looks like it screws into the end of a crank shaft and accepts a crank handle!
Yes several other people have suggested that as well. I will try to look for pictures of that sort of part for old cars to see if that is indeed what it is. Thank you for the suggestion! If you liked this video, please watch some of my other tool hauls and such and share your knowledge of other interesting items! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎
The shellac is orange grade and 4 lb. cut. To use shellac it has to be dissolved in alcohol
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The first stone is to flatten the finer stone
That's about as unique and diverse, a lot of tools as I have seen someone purchase. Yes you got a good lot of tools for $40. Ammo? maybe he takes the easy way and instead of trapping anilams in attics and walls he shoots them with a .22 rifle then repairs the damage. Sloppy storage of ammo. That one flat steel tool may have been to operate a valve maybe on a cylinder or even for gaslines or meters.
Thanks! It was quite a find! There are several good suggestions for what the flat steel tool is used for. If you liked this tool haul, check out my other videos, you are sure to more interesting things you can share your knowledge and ideas about. Thanks for Watching! 👍😀😎
Orange four pound means it’s a 4lb cut off shellac tinted to be orange colored.
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The silver bullets are for use if you are attacked by a werwolf
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Sanding block. I made something similar.
Small work surface, perhaps...
That top part is a shooting board
So I may be a little slow, but ahhhhhh shooting board??? Is that a carpentry term? I will try to look that up. Thanks for the comment, and Thanks for watching! 👍😎👍
Ok so I must be living under a rock, because there are a ton of videos on YT about "shooting boards" and none of them appear to be about pew pews! Thanks! 👍😎👍
Crochet hook... VERY OLD.
Isn't it a little short to be a crochet hook? Thanks for you comments and THANKS FOR WATCHING! 👍😀😎
at 3:33, that's not a spokeshave but a card scraper holder. Here are two examples from a RUclips channel:
ruclips.net/video/538W5WKvww4/видео.html
Thank you for the info and link! After I did the filming, I was putting it all back into the box and thought maybe it was a floor scraper or something other thana spoke shave. And I think the steel plates with a sharp edge are the blades for it. If you liked this video, please watch some of my other tool hauls and share your knowledge about other items as well! Thanks for watching! 👍😀😎