I did stick with you and I really enjoy watching you sort/rummage thru boxes of potential treasure. I, too, like to do the same thing. And although I haven't done it for awhile, watching you makes me want to go into my shop and dig around.
Mr Pete as a late twenties European man who is in love with machining and old school machining tools , i love these videos because there is no way in hell i can score something similar in Europe . These haul videos are amazing. Thank you for sharing.
There is a certain comfort in watching someone who finds little things interesting, and shares an old fashioned sensibility. I find myself watching your videos the day they come out and look forward to each one. Thank you.
@@mrpete222 Always kept a twenty in my eyeglass case for the tough times bartering advantages. For the nicest stuff their was the jar of shine in my toolbox on the truck. Bucket of hand tied flies on champagne corks were too good @$5 per Cork that had about six. Two sips of corn and got hundreds of dollars worth for $45! 🎣🐛🦟🐜🐝🐞🦋🦗～>`)～～～Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ/╲/\╭(•‿•)╮/\╱\
Definitely not. A couple of times I even thought I spotted something before mrpete did. For example the Lion numbering machine. I thought you'd said "Bates stamp" which is what a lot of people call them, even the ones made by Lion. I have a couple of Lion stamps and one Bates.
I loved this! thank you for taking us to the auction and through your loot. As for the teacher in me, I saw those binder clips and couldn't believe you didn't excitedly put them in a pile to clip work, haha! I'm not sure what everything all was, but those little wooden boxes were neat, if nothing else, clean them up and get your wife some jewelry or trinkets and gift them in those boxes!
I watched all three of these videos, its always interesting to see what comes up for sale at auctions and whats out there. Thanks to you I've gotten tools that help me all the time and before watching some of your videos I had no idea they even existed.
No video you do is ever a waste of time. Going through your auction stuff was interesting. I watched you go through assembly of an automatic center punch and now I can use the one I took apart years ago and could not figure out how to put back together. Thanks.
Your auction videos are like Christmas all over again. I am accused of being a collector but I'm nothing like you. Keep up the good work. I'm 83 years old my wife says I have all the tools I need.
The 10% surcharge is the way the auctioneer guarantees a return. The internet bidders pay more percentage. The auctions locally have a 15% surcharge. The real rub is that that surcharge is added to the bid which increases sales tax. While bidding it's important to add about 25% to your bid to cover the real cost.
That was so much fun. Thank you so much for the look. I love digging thru items like that. It is amazing to me how many things great Americans came up with and produced. It makes me very proud.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. During my 37 year career as an instrument maker/welder/machinist/ experimental equipment mechanic/Aircraft Mechanic I related to all the different inspectional devices that the watch company left behind you showed us in your tapes.. The scrap price for the stuff that will never be used will more than cover your cost for attending the auction I bet. Keep going with your tapes their are still a few of us that appreciate your finds and topics.
Lyle, those balls are called gauge balls. Theyre used (among other things) to measure tapers. You use two different sized balls, measure how far they go in the taper, then use the distance between them and their size to calculate taper.
Are you sure they are not broaching ball set used to expand the internal diameter of bronze guides to expand the guide before reaming to final I.D, Love your videos, you taught me many things I did not know keep up the the passing of knowledge
Hi Mr Pete. I watched all the way through also and enjoyed every second, it reminds me of my own auction purchases .I am the same when I get home and go through everything and sort the treasures ,down under ( Australia) Enjoy all your Videos Russell
I watched it again. I always like hearing the excitement of you finding stuff and enjoying what you're doing. The one thing I've learned is that if you have more than one of the same tool, you shouldn't keep them together because if you can't find one, then you can't find the others. Women don't realize what a well thought out and managed system it is.
Love it! Watched all three parts and thoroughly enjoyed all. Like looking through all the neat stuff at auctions hoping to find that one piece of treasure. You got some really nice pieces out of all that stuff, well worth what you paid. Hope you do some of these videos again and thanks for putting all this together for us Mr. Pete, it is appreciated!
That was a fun video to watch while I was eating my morning oatmeal. The enjoyment of rooting through a mystery box but with the advantage of the junk staying at your house. :) I believe you mentioned an arbor when you found some slitting saws. Making a slitting saw arbor would provide some good video for the channel, especially since the imported models are of such poor quality. I made one a few years back but would still like to see your take on it. And remember, the only difference between a hoarder and a collector is a good organizational system. I'm still working on it...
It's amazing how a man's life work is reduced to boxes filled with what someone else calls junk. I bet Mr. Bartles held on to some of that stuff for decades & cherished it. It's going to take a lot more than three videos when someone finally goes through all your stuff Tubalcain! Thanks
I just watched an Acme screw threading video of yours from 2011. At the end you said to be sure and watch your ONE hundred and fifty other videos. Now its EIGHT hundred and fifty. You must be the busiest pensioner ever. God bless.
Lyle, I really enjoyed your "auction haul" videos. I think what I found most compelling was your enthusiasm as you plowed through the boxes. "junk, junk, OH WOW this is neat!" It was infectious even over the air. As a hoarder-in-training I need to catch one of those auctions to begin to outfit my shop with the appropriate odds and ends. Thanks for all you do.
I am working my way through all of your videos. One man's scrap is another man's treasure. You need to get your family to help you develop inventory sheets for all your tool cabinets. Include blank lines for new items. Keep Numbered copies that go with each box. Am trying to set up a small shop. I wish they had auctions like that around here.
Hi Lyle from down under in Melbourne Australia... don't sell yourself short ..your "collection habit" is delightful to watch... Always nice to look into the past ...it's kinda "Engineering Archaeology" a real delight for an General Motors fitter & turner like me... Cheers from Rodney in Melbourne
My wife says hello, whilst I'm here watching, wishing there was a tool auction around here so I could buy more stuff that I don't need! Loving the surprises.
The contents look just as my wife's grandfathers' work bench looked like when he passed back in 1994. He was a Professor of Engineering at UCONN and a Machinist at Pratt &a Whitney I was lucky enough to save most of his tools, gauges and other stuff from the scrap metal pile. I still use most of the stuff to this day. Thank you for sharing. Happy New Year from Brooklyn Connecticut
I stuck with you to the end sir and enjoyed at least 98 percent of the show. The remaining 2 percent is only because i was not able to fiddle with the items myself. Thank you and have a nice day.
I love your Hoard, you know people scrap tools, misuse, anuse, and just plainly don't care for them at least you are saving alot of the past . thank you and may you use them all at least once. you be around a long time.
Well, one man's junk is another man's treasure, or so I've been told. I think you have a lot of treasure in my book. I still need to watch the last 5 minutes but have to get ready for Church. Thanks for letting me see this event, Greg. OK, back from Church and finished the video. I think you have some valuable stuff. Greg
I really enjoy watching your videos. Because of you, I now know what my father made back in the 50's. He worked for a company called American Screen Products in Broward County, Florida. When they closed up shop, he did not want to move to Chicago, so he had a lot of other jobs. We ended up moving to South Carolina, where he worked for Sears. Anyway, thanks for the videos.
Pete you sure hit the jackpot on a lot of items, the Arkansas stones are a great find and the gage blocks are always useful, plus all the raw materials and the needles are great for oilers but blunt the ends a little.All said you did great for the price, congratulations on the success
This reminds me of an old industrial supply outfit I used to visit back when I was a young man. All you need to complete the memory is a 1950's pin up calendar and the aroma of lubricants and cigars. Ah, the memories!! Thanks for sharing this.!!
Some abject rubbish ... protecting jaw dropping treasures. Not everything has to be utilitarian, some treasures, like those straight edges are just nice to hold. From what you've said they cost, worth every penny just for the fun of opening those boxes. I'm truly envious.
I just happened on these auction videos... I have to admit, when you pulled out the cylindrical square I started whooping like I was watching a football game! The wife gave me the strangest look. What a treat it was, going back in time with you. Thank you Mr. Pete!
Digging into a small piece of Frank's life I can only imagine what the auction at your estate will be like. (mine too) This video has kickstarted a thought that I might just begin to print/engrave my name into various tools and whatnot and possibly in the future someone will wonder about me as I have about Frank Bartel. He seems to have been quite the machinist . His story might be worth looking into
@Don D'Egidio Hey.Don, sorry this is so far after the fact but I only just discovered this channel. Anyway, a lot of Mr.Petes "junk" was specialised clock and watchmaking tools and gauges and they either are not made anymore or if they are the prices are so far out of the reach of the smaller clock/watch repairers as to be entirely unobtainable. Smaller, one-man watch shops (like mine) have no option but to refurbish and use vintage equipment, like this "junk". I know that if these tools were put up on ebay they would at least cover what Tubal paid for the whole lot, probably even after ebay took their cut too. I noticed a couple of items that would fetch $100-120 each. This type of tooling is getting harder and harder to find and the prices are reflecting that. It makes me weep to think of how much usable and rare "junk" has ended its life in scrap bins just because people didn't know what they were looking at. Sorry this is such a long post but I had to reply to your comment. Well, that's my little rant over with! I hope you and yours are safe, well and clear of this horrific virus. Regards from Scotland. Andy.
I really enjoyed your finds, in this video near the end is a piece with a wire connector and a u shaped frame. That is for a watch timer. Put your wrist or pocket watch in the spring loaded clamp and it could be rotated for positional timing, the machine it plugs into may have also had a paper printer to show how close or far off the watch was.
I enjoyed your videos. You found some real treasure mixed in there. I especially liked the cylindrical square. I looked for a long time for the Brown & Sharpe 558 that I use now.
Watched all three with great interest. Sometimes more than once. Sorry you had to leave anything behind. Love these videos. Wish I could have been at the auction also.
Hi mr pete. The steel block with the hemispherical holes, I think is a doming block, used with doming punches for forming domed pieces in copper, silver, gold sheet - for jewellery making etc. Probably very sellable on ebay!
that to me is the score of a life time. awesome video. I love those Taft Pierce boxes. As a guy who is new to being a hobby machinist I see use in almost every you showed in those boxes, and as a tool hoarder myself I wouldn't give up a thing, hahahaha!!!
HAHA, I liked when you said"looks like a medical device" , although we may not have been thinking of the same purpose. You definitely got your money's worth,even if you may have left lots of good stuff behind.
I love looking through boxes of so called junk and sorting it out into places where you can find it when you need a bit of steal or brass. When you get older its hard to get some excitement in life :-)
I watched all the way through Mr. Pete! I was wondering how you organized all your finds and then you answered in the end of the video that you often forgot what you had and where you put it! I really enjoy your videos, keep them coming.
Been going through all of your content for days... a wealth of great well presented content! Well... the auction stuff is mildly interesting, but the rest of it has been fantastic and educational. Thanks for providing so much!
I enjoyed watching your search through the "treasure" boxes. There was probably more satisfaction from the little hidden treasures in the $5 piles than the bigger known items. I often wonder if the spirit of some machinists are watching down as we rummage through their old stuff and if they cringe as we classify or label stuff as junk....because they knew what it cost or how much effort they invested in making it.
i greatly enjoyed the video. It's always interesting to see what you find and I know what you mean about putting things away and then forgetting you have them!
At 21:55 you pick up a watch makers timer timing machine Vibrograf pick-up, a watch movement holder, that sends the sounds of the movement to the main electronic device that converts the mechanical watch beat for precision setting of the watch to keep correct time. I watch your vids with great interest. I have recently retired and am learning from you and others to use my south bend lathe. My father-in-law was a watch maker and taught me a lot about fixing watches and said I was the son he always wanted and left me all his tools. So yes i have the above mentioned tool and also a jewelers lathe. so yes the collets you held fit that lathe. Thank you very much for you vids and keep talking, I am listening. Gil
I enjoy looking at your recent treasures. You mentioned there were boxes of vacuum tubes. If they were new, they can be worth a fair amount of money, some sell for $50-100 depending on what it is.
15:00 Always pay attention till the end of class. That's how I learned what I know!! Man I wish I could go thru your trash after this. I'd be all over those sticky dial indicators. Thanks for doing this series. Take care!
Gee Mr. Pete, after watching the last 2 videos, it seems like you hit some real jackpots and aren't even aware of the value of a lot of what you are calling "junk"
New Zealand too... I know Mr Pete said they aren't for sale... but I'm sure I'm not the only one who would love to dive into the "junk"... lots of.. wish I could have that!!!... LOL
I watched till the end of all 3 vids, in fact I just got back from an auction. I repair old mechanical watches, I wish I could have been at that auction. some of the stuff you said was junk, please don't throw away until you check it, there was some watchmakers items there that were in your junk it pile lol, in the last vid toward the end the metal U shaped base with the slide on top and the cord I believe is an old microphone pickup for a watchmakers timing machine. Great vids.
Mr. Pete, I noted that you got several spray cans of solvents, cleaners, etc. in part 3. I had a can of spray cleaner in my shop rust out from the inside and become a rocker engine (after about 15 years of sitting on a shelf). It flew around the room, spraying rusty solvent everything, walls, floor, etc. and made quite a mess. I later found an identical can, just waiting to go airborne. I guess this is a major hazard if you were nearby at take off time. I really enjoy you and Adam Booths videos.
Mr. Pete I remember when working in the ship yard at General Dynamics they had tooling for sale for the employees. Most high end tools and vey expensive. I be leave I remember most of them tools at lest in the machine shop coming in cheep packaging, I always thought this reason was that the company bought in bulk & to save us an them money(s) the boxes ect.. were not shipped. Remember this was in a time when tradesman had no problem making/crafting a pouch / box to save money. Most of us in the first years of our employment made tools as time killers as well as completing a steep up to the next pay grade(s)
Good stuff. I almost grabbed the RR track anvil off the table, but you went by it too fast and there were a lot of not just boxes, but wooden boxes, left unopened (maybe that was the last sale I just remember it was cold outside). I enjoyed it.
That's a small fortune just in the Arkansas stones. Gunsmithing suppliers charge a fortune for them anymore. That miniature torque wrench is really interesting. Need to try to find one to display with my other antique tools
I did stick with you and I really enjoy watching you sort/rummage thru boxes of potential treasure. I, too, like to do the same thing. And although I haven't done it for awhile, watching you makes me want to go into my shop and dig around.
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I watch all the way to the end, Really enjoy it.
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Mr Pete as a late twenties European man who is in love with machining and old school machining tools , i love these videos because there is no way in hell i can score something similar in Europe . These haul videos are amazing.
Thank you for sharing.
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There is a certain comfort in watching someone who finds little things interesting, and shares an old fashioned sensibility. I find myself watching your videos the day they come out and look forward to each one. Thank you.
Thanks for watching
@@mrpete222 Always kept a twenty in my eyeglass case for the tough times bartering advantages. For the nicest stuff their was the jar of shine in my toolbox on the truck. Bucket of hand tied flies on champagne corks were too good @$5 per Cork that had about six. Two sips of corn and got hundreds of dollars worth for $45!
🎣🐛🦟🐜🐝🐞🦋🦗～>`)～～～Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ/╲/\╭(•‿•)╮/\╱\
You are not talking to yourself, I enjoy
Definitely not.
A couple of times I even thought I spotted something before mrpete did.
For example the Lion numbering machine. I thought you'd said "Bates stamp" which is what a lot of people call them, even the ones made by Lion. I have a couple of Lion stamps and one Bates.
21.50 I don't know what that thing is....I don't like it though
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I think it is a microphone pickup stand for a watch timing machine. Not sure though and it probably cost a fortune new.
Ditto.
I loved this! thank you for taking us to the auction and through your loot.
As for the teacher in me, I saw those binder clips and couldn't believe you didn't excitedly put them in a pile to clip work, haha! I'm not sure what everything all was, but those little wooden boxes were neat, if nothing else, clean them up and get your wife some jewelry or trinkets and gift them in those boxes!
Thanks for watching
Thank you for showing you treasures.
Most of those things were very nice. I am glad you rescued them.
I watched all three of these videos, its always interesting to see what comes up for sale at auctions and whats out there. Thanks to you I've gotten tools that help me all the time and before watching some of your videos I had no idea they even existed.
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No video you do is ever a waste of time. Going through your auction stuff was interesting. I watched you go through assembly of an automatic center punch and now I can use the one I took apart years ago and could not figure out how to put back together. Thanks.
Because we are enthralled by your joy and excitement, as giddy as a schoolgirl!
Your auction videos are like Christmas all over again. I am accused of being a collector
but I'm nothing like you. Keep up the good work. I'm 83 years old my wife says I have all the tools I need.
The 10% surcharge is the way the auctioneer guarantees a return. The internet bidders pay more percentage. The auctions locally have a 15% surcharge. The real rub is that that surcharge is added to the bid which increases sales tax. While bidding it's important to add about 25% to your bid to cover the real cost.
Thanks for watching
That was so much fun. Thank you so much for the look. I love digging thru items like that. It is amazing to me how many things great Americans came up with and produced. It makes me very proud.
Thanks
I've watched all 3 and wish I had some of what you called junk ; )
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Thanks for the trip down memory lane. During my 37 year career as an instrument maker/welder/machinist/ experimental equipment mechanic/Aircraft Mechanic I related to all the different inspectional devices that the watch company left behind you showed us in your tapes.. The scrap price for the stuff that will never be used will more than cover your cost for attending the auction I bet. Keep going with your tapes their are still a few of us that appreciate your finds and topics.
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I enjoyed all the junk sorting. Keep the videos coming.
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Your not talking to yourself Mr Pete. I enjoyed the videos, keep making them.
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I'm a repair machinist that "makes something out of nothing", so all that stuff looks useful to me! Thanks for the video.
Lyle, those balls are called gauge balls. Theyre used (among other things) to measure tapers. You use two different sized balls, measure how far they go in the taper, then use the distance between them and their size to calculate taper.
thanks--interesting application
yeah... I liked the look of those guage balls too.
He's right
Andre Gross ...that's a great idea!!!
Are you sure they are not broaching ball set used to expand the internal diameter of bronze guides to expand the guide before reaming to final I.D, Love your videos, you taught me many things I did not know keep up the the passing of knowledge
Let's just say ENJOYABLE.
That goes for all I've watched, dozens I'm sure.
Thank You Uncle Pete.👍
Thanks
Hi Mr Pete. I watched all the way through also and enjoyed every second, it reminds me of my own auction purchases .I am the same when I get home and go through everything and sort the treasures ,down under ( Australia) Enjoy all your Videos Russell
I watched it again. I always like hearing the excitement of you finding stuff and enjoying what you're doing. The one thing I've learned is that if you have more than one of the same tool, you shouldn't keep them together because if you can't find one, then you can't find the others. Women don't realize what a well thought out and managed system it is.
True
Love it! Watched all three parts and thoroughly enjoyed all. Like looking through all the neat stuff at auctions hoping to find that one piece of treasure. You got some really nice pieces out of all that stuff, well worth what you paid. Hope you do some of these videos again and thanks for putting all this together for us Mr. Pete, it is appreciated!
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That was a fun video to watch while I was eating my morning oatmeal. The enjoyment of rooting through a mystery box but with the advantage of the junk staying at your house. :)
I believe you mentioned an arbor when you found some slitting saws. Making a slitting saw arbor would provide some good video for the channel, especially since the imported models are of such poor quality. I made one a few years back but would still like to see your take on it.
And remember, the only difference between a hoarder and a collector is a good organizational system. I'm still working on it...
Had lots of fun going through those boxes with you Mr. Pete. It was like a treasure hunt. Thanks!
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It's amazing how a man's life work is reduced to boxes filled with what someone else calls junk.
I bet Mr. Bartles held on to some of that stuff for decades & cherished it.
It's going to take a lot more than three videos when someone finally goes through all your stuff Tubalcain!
Thanks
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I just watched an Acme screw threading video of yours from 2011. At the end you said to be sure and watch your ONE hundred and fifty other videos. Now its EIGHT hundred and fifty. You must be the busiest pensioner ever. God bless.
Made some progress!
Lyle, I really enjoyed your "auction haul" videos. I think what I found most compelling was your enthusiasm as you plowed through the boxes. "junk, junk, OH WOW this is neat!" It was infectious even over the air. As a hoarder-in-training I need to catch one of those auctions to begin to outfit my shop with the appropriate odds and ends. Thanks for all you do.
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I am working my way through all of your videos. One man's scrap is another man's treasure. You need to get your family to help you develop inventory sheets for all your tool cabinets. Include blank lines for new items. Keep Numbered copies that go with each box. Am trying to set up a small shop. I wish they had auctions like that around here.
Hi Lyle from down under in Melbourne Australia... don't sell yourself short ..your "collection habit" is delightful to watch...
Always nice to look into the past ...it's kinda "Engineering Archaeology" a real delight for an General Motors fitter & turner like me...
Cheers from Rodney in Melbourne
My wife says hello, whilst I'm here watching, wishing there was a tool auction around here so I could buy more stuff that I don't need! Loving the surprises.
Thanks for watching
The contents look just as my wife's grandfathers' work bench looked like when he passed back in 1994. He was a Professor of Engineering at UCONN and a Machinist at Pratt &a Whitney I was lucky enough to save most of his tools, gauges and other stuff from the scrap metal pile. I still use most of the stuff to this day.
Thank you for sharing. Happy New Year from Brooklyn Connecticut
You know, is both sad and wonderful to see a man is a work function and what he does. Besides his family, it's the most important thing of his life.
I stuck with you to the end sir and enjoyed at least 98 percent of the show. The remaining 2 percent is only because i was not able to fiddle with the items myself.
Thank you and have a nice day.
I love buying boxes like these at auction to take home and see the surprises.
That was fun to watch. Lots of fun and interesting things. I like looking at some of the older tools and things.
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Thoroughly enjoyed all three of your auction videos. Left me envious . . . . THNX
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"I don't know what that is but I don't like it" I had to laugh but I know exactly what you mean!
I love your Hoard, you know people scrap tools, misuse, anuse, and just plainly don't care for them
at least you are saving alot of the past . thank you and may you use them all at least once. you be around a long time.
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Well, one man's junk is another man's treasure, or so I've been told. I think you have a lot of treasure in my book. I still need to watch the last 5 minutes but have to get ready for Church. Thanks for letting me see this event, Greg. OK, back from Church and finished the video. I think you have some valuable stuff. Greg
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That was just as fun as the other two ... One ones junk, is still junk, BUT, I am in love with my junk!! lol. Thanks for sharing this venture.
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Watched all three videos from start to finish and enjoyed every item from every box.
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hey Pete I am watching and drooling over the stuff you got. Dont loose faith in your subscribers.
Just love to see all the wild tool finds and surprises.
please make more of these. it's fascinating watching you go through what you find.
Rather enjoyed this little rummage. As others have said, one man's junk is another man's treasure. Best wishes.
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This series of videos was a treat to watch and the numbers show that many people also thought so. Many thanks for putting them up.
you can re-pressurised old spray cans with a tire valve from a car wheel over the bare valve of the can with your compressor Lyle.
I really enjoy watching your videos. Because of you, I now know what my father made back in the 50's. He worked for a company called American Screen Products in Broward County, Florida. When they closed up shop, he did not want to move to Chicago, so he had a lot of other jobs. We ended up moving to South Carolina, where he worked for Sears. Anyway, thanks for the videos.
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I thoroughly enjoy looking at all your plunder. Thanx for sharing.
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Pete you sure hit the jackpot on a lot of items, the Arkansas stones are a great find and the gage blocks are always useful, plus all the raw materials and the needles are great for oilers but blunt the ends a little.All said you did great for the price, congratulations on the success
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I watched all three, wow, that was a lot of plunder. I enjoyed watching all three of them.
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This reminds me of an old industrial supply outfit I used to visit back when I was a young man. All you need to complete the memory is a 1950's pin up calendar and the aroma of lubricants and cigars. Ah, the memories!! Thanks for sharing this.!!
Some abject rubbish ... protecting jaw dropping treasures. Not everything has to be utilitarian, some treasures, like those straight edges are just nice to hold. From what you've said they cost, worth every penny just for the fun of opening those boxes. I'm truly envious.
I like all this stuff,cant work anymore so love machines and related stuff,so thank you very much.
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I'm watching and very much enjoying the rummage through the boxes. I could watch a dozen more like it.
Thank you
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Another listener, more time than sense, lol! I enjoy these vids, almost as much as the machining episodes. Thanks!
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I just happened on these auction videos... I have to admit, when you pulled out the cylindrical square I started whooping like I was watching a football game! The wife gave me the strangest look. What a treat it was, going back in time with you. Thank you Mr. Pete!
Digging into a small piece of Frank's life I can only imagine what the auction at your estate will be like. (mine too) This video has kickstarted a thought that I might just begin to print/engrave my name into various tools and whatnot and possibly in the future someone will wonder about me as I have about Frank Bartel. He seems to have been quite the machinist . His story might be worth looking into
I did watch and always enjoy these!
I have some tool envy, especially for some of those Norton Arkansas pointed stones! What a find!
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Lyle,
Some of that "junk" could be put up on Ebay and you could make back a few bucks, especially some of those gauge blocks still in wax.
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@Don D'Egidio Hey.Don, sorry this is so far after the fact but I only just discovered this channel. Anyway, a lot of Mr.Petes "junk" was specialised clock and watchmaking tools and gauges and they either are not made anymore or if they are the prices are so far out of the reach of the smaller clock/watch repairers as to be entirely unobtainable. Smaller, one-man watch shops (like mine) have no option but to refurbish and use vintage equipment, like this "junk". I know that if these tools were put up on ebay they would at least cover what Tubal paid for the whole lot, probably even after ebay took their cut too. I noticed a couple of items that would fetch $100-120 each. This type of tooling is getting harder and harder to find and the prices are reflecting that.
It makes me weep to think of how much usable and rare "junk" has ended its life in scrap bins just because people didn't know what they were looking at.
Sorry this is such a long post but I had to reply to your comment.
Well, that's my little rant over with! I hope you and yours are safe, well and clear of this horrific virus. Regards from Scotland. Andy.
I promise you sir, you are not talking to yourself. I for one, enjoy watching you dig through your treasures!
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I really enjoyed your finds, in this video near the end is a piece with a wire connector and a u shaped frame. That is for a watch timer. Put your wrist or pocket watch in the spring loaded clamp and it could be rotated for positional timing, the machine it plugs into may have also had a paper printer to show how close or far off the watch was.
I love watching these auction videos. I am a tool hoarder myself lol
Good stuff Mr. Pete! Enjoyed the 3 videos and all your others as well! Jason
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I did watch all of the auction video on the auction. I did learn some things that I didn't know. so we do like to see this. Thanks
Hi Pete, it is enjoyable to see what you got. From one machinist to another "you can never have to much stuff" great job.
I skipped the auction videos after your "warning" I watched this and thoughourly enjoyed it 😀 going to go and look at the auction videos now...
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I enjoyed your videos. You found some real treasure mixed in there. I especially liked the cylindrical square. I looked for a long time for the Brown & Sharpe 558 that I use now.
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Watched all three with great interest. Sometimes more than once. Sorry you had to leave anything behind. Love these videos. Wish I could have been at the auction also.
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Keep on shopping, showing and talking I really enjoy spending some time with you. Mike from NJ
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Hi mr pete. The steel block with the hemispherical holes, I think is a doming block, used with doming punches for forming domed pieces in copper, silver, gold sheet - for jewellery making etc. Probably very sellable on ebay!
Dapping block. I missed that. I've shopped for a set a few times. Might be a little too artsy-fartsy for Mr. Pete. ;-)
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that to me is the score of a life time. awesome video. I love those Taft Pierce boxes. As a guy who is new to being a hobby machinist I see use in almost every you showed in those boxes, and as a tool hoarder myself I wouldn't give up a thing, hahahaha!!!
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HAHA, I liked when you said"looks like a medical device" , although we may not have been thinking of the same purpose. You definitely got your money's worth,even if you may have left lots of good stuff behind.
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Enjoyed all the way through. Like a kid at Christmas.
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I love looking through boxes of so called junk and sorting it out into places where you can find it when you need a bit of steal or brass. When you get older its hard to get some excitement in life :-)
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Looks like you found some treasure. We don't have industrial auctions in my location. It's all agricultural. Thanks for the video..
I watched all the way through Mr. Pete! I was wondering how you organized all your finds and then you answered in the end of the video that you often forgot what you had and where you put it! I really enjoy your videos, keep them coming.
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I watched it till the video stopped. Lyle - You are natural teacher and making even boring fun!
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I watched every one in this series, some who watch your videos are hard core machinist like you. Interesting fuse!
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Been going through all of your content for days... a wealth of great well presented content! Well... the auction stuff is mildly interesting, but the rest of it has been fantastic and educational. Thanks for providing so much!
I enjoyed watching your search through the "treasure" boxes. There was probably more satisfaction from the little hidden treasures in the $5 piles than the bigger known items. I often wonder if the spirit of some machinists are watching down as we rummage through their old stuff and if they cringe as we classify or label stuff as junk....because they knew what it cost or how much effort they invested in making it.
i greatly enjoyed the video. It's always interesting to see what you find and I know what you mean about putting things away and then forgetting you have them!
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I watched every minute of it. You have no idea how much I love stuff like that. Congratulations on your haul.
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At 21:55 you pick up a watch makers timer timing machine Vibrograf pick-up, a watch movement holder, that sends the sounds of the movement to the main electronic device that converts the mechanical watch beat for precision setting of the watch to keep correct time.
I watch your vids with great interest. I have recently retired and am learning from you and others to use my south bend lathe.
My father-in-law was a watch maker and taught me a lot about fixing watches and said I was the son he always wanted and left me all his tools. So yes i have the above mentioned tool and also a jewelers lathe. so yes the collets you held fit that lathe.
Thank you very much for you vids and keep talking, I am listening.
Gil
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For non-machinists like me, it's very interesting to see gadgets I never knew existed.
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Love it Lyle, I wish there were auctions like this near me so I could sort through boxes of other peoples junk.
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I love the thrill of the hunt! You never know what you'll find.
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I enjoy looking at your recent treasures. You mentioned there were boxes of vacuum tubes. If they were new, they can be worth a fair amount of money, some sell for $50-100 depending on what it is.
I love these videos. it's like a treasure hunt. haven't been any good auctions here in a while.
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15:00 Always pay attention till the end of class. That's how I learned what I know!!
Man I wish I could go thru your trash after this. I'd be all over those sticky dial indicators. Thanks for doing this series.
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Reminds me of going thro my grandads tool boxes when i was a kid. Ahhh, the good old days.
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Gee Mr. Pete, after watching the last 2 videos, it seems like you hit some real jackpots and aren't even aware of the value of a lot of what you are calling "junk"
I would like to be is trashman lol
If your going to junk the stuff u call junk let's have an auction! Between us subscribers
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Neil jepsen in New Zealand agrees. We would pay hundrreds of dolkars for that "junk".
neil9 I'm in NZ too.. no idea what half that stuff is!
New Zealand too... I know Mr Pete said they aren't for sale... but I'm sure I'm not the only one who would love to dive into the "junk"... lots of.. wish I could have that!!!... LOL
I stayed to the end and enjoyed it all. Thanks!
I watched till the end of all 3 vids, in fact I just got back from an auction. I repair old mechanical watches, I wish I could have been at that auction. some of the stuff you said was junk, please don't throw away until you check it, there was some watchmakers items there that were in your junk it pile lol, in the last vid toward the end the metal U shaped base with the slide on top and the cord I believe is an old microphone pickup for a watchmakers timing machine. Great vids.
Mr. Pete,
I noted that you got several spray cans of solvents, cleaners, etc. in part 3. I had a can of spray cleaner in my shop rust out from the inside and become a rocker engine (after about 15 years of sitting on a shelf). It flew around the room, spraying rusty solvent everything, walls, floor, etc. and made quite a mess. I later found an identical can, just waiting to go airborne. I guess this is a major hazard if you were nearby at take off time. I really enjoy you and Adam Booths videos.
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Don't worry, you are not alone. We are here three watching you. Me and my two cats,,,,LOL
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Mr. Pete I remember when working in the ship yard at General Dynamics they had tooling for sale for the employees. Most high end tools and vey expensive. I be leave I remember most of them tools at lest in the machine shop coming in cheep packaging, I always thought this reason was that the company bought in bulk & to save us an them money(s) the boxes ect.. were not shipped. Remember this was in a time when tradesman had no problem making/crafting a pouch / box to save money. Most of us in the first years of our employment made tools as time killers as well as completing a steep up to the next pay grade(s)
Good stuff. I almost grabbed the RR track anvil off the table, but you went by it too fast and there were a lot of not just boxes, but wooden boxes, left unopened (maybe that was the last sale I just remember it was cold outside). I enjoyed it.
I'm watching and wishing I could go to the auctions with you
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That's a small fortune just in the Arkansas stones. Gunsmithing suppliers charge a fortune for them anymore. That miniature torque wrench is really interesting. Need to try to find one to display with my other antique tools
Looks like lots of failed inspection tools but, as you said, plenty good enough for the home shop . Fascinating:-)
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