My good friend passed along some tools to me.

Mike CA · Apr 27, 2009

My neighbor that helps me with my tractor restoration has tons and tons of tools. Not long ago I asked him if he had any older or extra combo wrenches he'd want to sell. Well, his mother in law passed away not long ago, and he'd cleaned out her shed which had a lot of his tools in it. So, he threw a bunch together, and BAM! Gives them to me! I only just fingered through them so far. Some are in pretty bad shape there is no coming back. Like the pipe wrenches. Some I don't have a clue what they are for. And some are in pretty good shape! I'll have to clean them up and sort them out. I'll just toss the junk, and will probably donate any excessive extras. But damn, what a load!

I've heard to clean them with miniral spirits and put against a wire wheel to bring them back. Is that the best way?

A dresser drawer full of sockets, with other stuff piled on.

That's an IH Fuel Filter in there. Looks new. Anyone need one?

Anonymous-0 · Apr 27, 2009

Don't throw nuttin away!!!!!!! A bench grinder with a wire wheel will bring it all to life (wear a dust mask) AFTER you brush it squirt the moveable stuff with liquid wrench or the like and give everything a shot of wd40 and cover it up (5 gal bucket works good) for a week or so or til you think about them again. Then give your kids a pile of rags, dust mask, and rubber gloves and make a deal with them.

I've found MUCH worse and always have my eyes open for junk.

Good find....
Dave

IaGary · Apr 27, 2009

Are you sure them ain't from my shop? {:~})

Gary

Andy Martin · Apr 27, 2009

The guy did you a real favor. Everything will clean up. I didn't see any junk in the pictures except for the one size fits all box end wrenches (says "heavy" in photo). Old US made wrenches are generally excellent quality, old Husky, Bonny, Fuller, J.C. Penny, Western Auto, etc.

Old pipe wrenches come in real handy for working on a tractor. Dull jaws don't damage a surface and often are the best tool to get a long cheater on to persuade something stubborn to come loose.

Anything you don't want will sell to the tool guy at the local flea market. Not for much money, but at least it gets recycled. the old heavy open end wrenches look nice on lots of folks' walls.

Some of the older tools may have some antique value, but not in the trash.

HENRY E NC · Apr 27, 2009

My thoughts exactly.I could have sworn you paid a visit to my shop. No junk, just lots of valueble friends. Henry

Janicholson · Apr 27, 2009

Any sockets with Tiwan stamped into them will be the only disposable items, and if they fit a sequence, keep them until replaced. (or use them for bushing drivers) Congratulations, there are more than 500 dollars worth of craftsman and other good brands in the assortment. Pipe wrenches are precious. believe me!! Jim

Dellbertt · Apr 27, 2009

Mike,
Go slow. When I cleaned my old barn I gave away two trailers of old tools to a local salvage yard. Including hand made chisels and hand made planes and all kinds of old old handtools. I always wondered why he was so happy to "take them off my hands". Now I know.
Dell

PS- I never heard what happened to the collection of IH you were checking into about a few weeks ago that was near you.

Bob Kerr · Apr 27, 2009

Hi Mike, any of the tools with chrome can be cleaned fine with 00, 000,0000 steel wool and water. Then oil them after they are dry. It is a lot less mess that way. The bare steel tools can be cleaned like new with Phosphoic acid and water mix. I use Dupont metal prep which is a phosphoric acid cleaner used when painting. It works slick as a whistle and there is no work except for cleaning and oiling after they soak for a day or so. That stuf eats the rust right off even down inside the adjuster wheel on the pipe wrenches. It may eat the chrome so don't use it on that. I actually never used it on chrome. It will eat zinc. I also use it on old brass carbs and they look like new after.

Dave Sherburne NY · Apr 27, 2009

Take the whole bunch throw them in a cement mixer with lots of sand turn it on and sit back and watch.

Mike CA · Apr 27, 2009

PS- I never heard what happened to the collection of IH you were checking into about a few weeks ago that was near you.

She sold the entire collection the second day. They were hauled away over the next couple days after that. I hope they have a good home.

GA Dave · Apr 27, 2009

I cleaned a bunch of very rusty bolts and nuts for wheel weights with electrolysis. I put them in a fryer basket to "cook". Shake them once or twice to get good coverage. David...............

garytomaszewski · Apr 27, 2009

Mike, I see S-K, Proto, Williams, and Craftsman tools in that
collection, no junk that I could pick out. I guess that $ 500
would barely buy what you have, if you bought the same quality.
I think you may have to sacrifice the fuel filter though; setting in
less than clean condition with both ends open is baaad.

Adrian Billheimer · Apr 27, 2009

Keep in mind, Any damaged Craftsman handtools can be replaced free of charge no questions asked.

Adrian

Anonymous-0 · Apr 28, 2009

Dave

(quoted from post at 16:28:34 04/27/09) Take the whole bunch throw them in a cement mixer with lots of sand turn it on and sit back and watch.

I heard that before also...It works???

When I was 8, Dad gave me a bunch of tools in about the same shape that someone had thrown in on a trade. I looked at that impact driver like a monkey studying a math problem but wasn't about to ask what it was or how it worked. About 3 years later, I saw someone using one and was an instant expert :roll: :roll:

Mike CA · Apr 28, 2009

I've got an impact driver in there. I looked at it, but have no idea what it's for or how to use it.

Dave Sherburne NY · Apr 28, 2009

Only thing I saw in there I wouldn't put in the mixer was the ratchet handle and if I could get it apart after to clean the sand out that would go in too.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 29, 2009

(quoted from post at 11:43:50 04/28/09) I've got an impact driver in there. I looked at it, but have no idea what it's for or how to use it.

Put a socket on it, put it on a stuck bolt/nut, and slam it with a hammer. When you see how simple it is, it can make you feel real stupid. It also reverses, play with it when nobody's around saves cool points.

Dave

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