Oh my. Sure would've been neat to have one of the Facom spanner wrenches in the 90's +. We put spacers in 100's of hyd. cylinders and were stuck using a pipe wrench. Embarrassing to me. Excellent sale and a fun video! Tools are pure drool. Haha! I wouldve given $5 just for the band aid box from our youth! You got bunuses.
It's not about what you "need" it's all about what you want and also having fun and meeting people. Keep doing what you're doing, we like you're sharing.
My wife and I go to garage sales nearly every weekend, as well as estate sales. I shop for tools, she shops for vintage pottery and glass. Both of us have far more of both then we ever will need, and both my garage and our house are over flowing. But, it’s the thrill of the hunt that keeps us going. We’re both in our late sixties and I want to spend the time we have left doing things we both love.
Mr Pete ; The adj. spanners I believe were made by Williams and branded Blue Point . The c412 bag was just a universal for many different tools Snap on sold . I was a Snap on dealer for almost 30 years , now retired for close to 20 yrs. Many , many thanks for the fine videos and the priceless education !!!!! Please keep them coming .
I was told once that bluepoint was snap on made outside of the US. And I was told wrong. I was a semi truck driver for a year. Being from the south and only driven in snow and ice once, I found myself in the heart of Chicago driving a 70-foot truck alone. What an experience. Thanks, Mr Pete!
Good for you Mr. Pete. I actually got to go to one of those once in a lifetime estate tool sales a couple of years ago. I bought more than I should have and not nearly as much as I would liked to have. I can’t say that I need lathe mandrels from 1/4 inch to 2 inches in 1/16th increments but I have them. Along with so many other things that we rattled all the way back to the house.
Thank you Mr Pete. I'm really happy for you. I know how exciting it is to find a surprise like that. BTW, we have been doing the shoe boxes for many years. Thank you for y'all's participation. PS congrats on the Mitutoyo goodies.
That metal Band-Aid box is probably worth $5 by itself to the right person. Yeah, you did good! Wish we had garage sales like this. Down here, they are pretty much junk and rags for sale at a high price! Thanks for sharing, Ken
I have kept all of mine and refill them with the new band-aids from cheap flimsy paper containers of today. I have single and double width metal boxes...Love them. Sadly they cost a good $12 to fill them these days.
I remember how excited I was walking to an estate sale with a load of machine tools everywhere, I showed up by accident on the last day and still got some great stuff. I could only imagine what I missed out on if the leftovers were so good.
I hit one of those 15 years back… The Man ran the first jig grinder that was shipped up to Canada. Moore Tools I have his edge finder. He was thrilled to sell it to me when in conversation he learned I ran one. Many tools will virtually last forever. Good find Mr P
New subscriber here, Mr. Pete. Enjoyed seeing your great garage sale haul. All the days my Dad took me around to garage sales in the Naperville area I don’t think we saw a sale that nice!
nice, those Maher's operate in both directions without flipping a switch, most of the new test indicators do. Those FACOM's are top quality. I don't like their wrenches, they are boxy with square sides. But the pin spanner is a top quality item, VERY expensive. When I saw the title, I thought you were having a garage sale .. Glad you had a good haul.
Mr. Pete...you deserve everything from Mitutoyo! Your channel has changed the world in YTube... Keep doing the things that make you smile and happy...price... "no object"...Many thanks for you time and sharing...
@@mrpete222 ...we all have enough tools to choke 2 cows...and we don't regret any of them when they're needed and put back on the shelf... Unfortunately ...some of us are now walking "sideways" in our shops. Keep up the GREAT work!
I got scared for a second when you said today was june 18th. I'm supposed to be out of town at a function on the morning of the 18th. I thought... oh no, I got my days mixed up, and I'm supposed to be 100 miles from here now. Thin I checked the calendar, and my blood pressure returned to normal. Today is the 15th👍😁 Enjoyed the video and... Have a Jesus filled day everyone Greg in Michigan
Very good video(as all your videos), 7:07 as far as I know, this tool is for Motorcycle flywheels and clutches, it can also be used for holding other things such as gears and hubs with holes so that you can do/undo the nut/bolt securing them. Facom is a good, respectable and quality brand. In my opinion it is definitely not a junk.
Best content as usual. Your channel and courses have been so great for me over the years learning....and also led me to my obsession of buying vintage tools and machines. Up to 2 Atlas shapers now because of this channel alone😏. Have a great weekend and thank you as always.
Remember what Walter Brennen used to say. "No brag! Just fact!" That should settle any arguments easily. Great job! I wish we had yard sales with such goodies here in New Hampshire! They are very few and very seldom. Oh well. Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing.
Nice score. Wish I had time to get to yard sales. It's nice to repurpose things rather than have them thrown away. On the flip side, half of what I buy there just sits in my garage instead of theirs...
Ah Lyle, I never thought you’d “sell out”. But I guess it happens to the best of us.😊 By the way, you never talk too much. It’s your talking, even meandering, that we come here for. I’m sure you know, but some may not know that a longer probe on an indicator changes the readings.
I would say about one in fifty yard sales to hit the jackpot. Often, the goodies are on a table off to the side and no one seems to know what the stuff is. Ahh, like opening King Tut's tomb, you find "things, wonderful things!" It is exciting when you see the markings like Starrett, Mitutoyo, Lufkin, Brown & Sharpe, and Moore & Wright. Finally, how many 0-1" micrometers does a man need? No one has reached that number to tell us.
Mr. Pete, Nice haul. The $5.00 spent on the Band-aid tin of indicators was well worth the price. You can say you paid for the tin box and got the indicators for free. There are tin Band-aid boxes on eBay right now listed for between $4.00- $15.00. Living in Florida, we don't see too many garage sales like the one you attended. What generally happens is the person having the sale had moved to Florida years ago and sold everything before the move. Then if they need a tool after they arrive, they headed to Harbor Freight and picked up some piece of junk which sits in a box (after one use)getting rusty until the widow decides to have a garage sale. I've had luck at thrift stores but still you've got to wade through the Chinese stuff in order to fine something worth while. It's interesting to think of what will be on CZcams in 60 years. "Antique Harbor Freight Hand Drill Restore" and someone will comment "I had one of those and they sure don't make them that good any more".
Keep doing what your doing. I thoroughly enjoy it, as I'm sure thousands others do as well. Ignore the negative Nelly's. "Mr. & Mrs. Pete's Adventures"
Singer sewing machine oil very good at 1/3 the price. I've noticed that none of my Mitutoyo tools just don't rust in harsh conditions. Not long ago I worked for a magnesium mine which has some chlorine gas floating around that destroyed Starrett tools.
You may not be aware that there is a relationship between Federal and Mahr. Mahr acquired Federal (Providence, RI )in about 1999 as Mahr Federal and products were branded as such. Within the past 10 years the name was changed to Mahr. Mahr is a large global metrology company based in Germany with history going back to the 1800s.
That really is an incredible haul. Good find - those tools went to a good home! I wish I could attend the open day, but just started a new job so cannot get the time off - maybe next time!
@@mrpete222 I have learned so much from your videos. I bought a lathe and mill. I am coming along with your teaching through your videos. I need to get the foundry course. Thank you again!
Love your Videos Glad you are having fun tool collecting I too have too many tools but I love hunting for Quality Tools at reasonable prices I live in Iowa and love auctions and some garage sales. It's the hunt that's fun Thanks for posting
i’ve got a few Facom tools but mostly Snap-On. I love their hexagonal tube spanners, they look like short fat Allen keys in a dull chrome but they are tubular. just use like a socket with it’s own small handle. Really comfy to use.
Maybe a dozen years ago I came across a garage sale that included a lot of machining related stuff, mostly cutting tools. I bought some stuff, but looking back on it now I really wish I would've bought all of it. I could have afforded to back then and I could use those cutting tools right now for projects at home. But I have enough to get by right now so it's all good :) Thanks for posting :)
I live in Michigan ( close to Flint &Sag ) and there was a time when there was a tool and die shop every mile even out in the stixs...My pawn shop owning friend told me there was a day when quality machinist tools was a major part of his business but, he said now a days he very rarely gets any machinist tools...
Good scores for your needs, I would have got the 1-2-3 blocks, planner gage, test and a dial indicator.... perhaps the magnetic Starrett indicator base.
I am not a machinist, even though at my age watching machining videos, I would have been a good machinist. I am at heart a woodworker. However, I just bought a nice (pricey) drill press to replace the one I have used for 35 years. I gave my old one to my grandsons. I was really wanting to know the runout on the chuck to see if I did ok with my purchase. I have a new magnetic indicator holder but cannot find an indicator in my budget. Truth be told, I am not sure even what type I need to check the runout as well as the runout many other tools such as my table saw blade or lathe spindle. I may have to make a trip up north to find the items you find. I have never visited a yard sale or auction or anything similar in TN that has tools like you find regularly and get for a reasonable price. Thanks.
At a garage sale recently I got a set of 6-32 to 1/2-13 spiral point and spiral flute taps, all new, 6 carbide end mills, all new and a 81pc set of gauge blocks for $40. Those sales are really rare around here
I am from Europe and facom is well known in Europe. It's one off the best brands and they have really nice tools but are expensive. I worked with that facom tool for years and it's great quality 👍 My whole toolbox was facom
I've found that with a number of sticking test gauges that they're over oiled which cause them to stick. Open them up and you find an oil slick.. No good. Just as in fine watchmaking there is the proper amount of lubrication to be applied after the pivot points are first cleaned. There is also the right kind of oil to use after they've been thoroughly cleaned.
Thanks. The 3 dovetails on the MAHR look to be very versatility enhancing. The Facom tools are much nicer looking now then in the 60-70's, they were boxy, squarish, light weight with a barely rust resistant finish & raised numbers that you could read from 3 meters away. Not graceful & smooth like Snap-On in any way at all, almost like the French went out of their way to be an anti-Snap-On!
Facom is sold with Proto in their catalog. So they got some sort of connection. they tend to have the more specialized tools. Quality stuff though in my book!
I am looking forward to seeing the Mitutoyo Video. That looks like quite a selection of. promotional material. and tools. I think it's a shame that they stopped selling Band-Aids in the little flip top cans or metal boxes, or whatever you choose to call them. They were just the handiest things for storing small parts. Please keep making these videos. There are a lot of us out here that really enjoy them.
One of the reasons I follow you is that you continue to go to auctions and garage sales after you say you won't go to any more. I love buying stuff I don't need.
Facom tools are French.....Great quality. The 117B is about $100 new in US... and yes the spanner and those pins are with it.
Thank you, that brand is new to me. But I did look it up and it was about $90 plus shipping.
Oh my. Sure would've been neat to have one of the Facom spanner wrenches in the 90's +. We put spacers in 100's of hyd. cylinders and were stuck using a pipe wrench. Embarrassing to me.
Excellent sale and a fun video!
Tools are pure drool.
Haha! I wouldve given $5 just for the band aid box from our youth! You got bunuses.
At one time Facom owned S-K Wayne. Very high quality
It's not about what you "need" it's all about what you want and also having fun and meeting people.
Keep doing what you're doing, we like you're sharing.
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My wife and I go to garage sales nearly every weekend, as well as estate sales. I shop for tools, she shops for vintage pottery and glass. Both of us have far more of both then we ever will need, and both my garage and our house are over flowing. But, it’s the thrill of the hunt that keeps us going. We’re both in our late sixties and I want to spend the time we have left doing things we both love.
That is awesome!
Mr Pete ; The adj. spanners I believe were made by Williams and branded Blue Point . The c412 bag was just a universal for many different tools Snap on sold . I was a Snap on dealer for almost 30 years , now retired for close to 20 yrs. Many , many thanks for the fine videos and the priceless education !!!!! Please keep them coming .
Thanks for that insider information
I was told once that bluepoint was snap on made outside of the US. And I was told wrong.
I was a semi truck driver for a year. Being from the south and only driven in snow and ice once, I found myself in the heart of Chicago driving a 70-foot truck alone. What an experience. Thanks, Mr Pete!
That’s not the only thing dangerous about Chicago
Glad you are still doing your videos. I don't always get on to check them all out but I do enjoy them when I get a chance. Thanks.
Good for you Mr. Pete. I actually got to go to one of those once in a lifetime estate tool sales a couple of years ago. I bought more than I should have and not nearly as much as I would liked to have. I can’t say that I need lathe mandrels from 1/4 inch to 2 inches in 1/16th increments but I have them. Along with so many other things that we rattled all the way back to the house.
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Thank you Mr Pete. I'm really happy for you. I know how exciting it is to find a surprise like that. BTW, we have been doing the shoe boxes for many years. Thank you for y'all's participation. PS congrats on the Mitutoyo goodies.
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That metal Band-Aid box is probably worth $5 by itself to the right person. Yeah, you did good! Wish we had garage sales like this. Down here, they are pretty much junk and rags for sale at a high price! Thanks for sharing, Ken
Thanks for watching!
I have kept all of mine and refill them with the new band-aids from cheap flimsy paper containers of today. I have single and double width metal boxes...Love them. Sadly they cost a good $12 to fill them these days.
I remember how excited I was walking to an estate sale with a load of machine tools everywhere, I showed up by accident on the last day and still got some great stuff. I could only imagine what I missed out on if the leftovers were so good.
Enjoyed watching you go through that find. Thank you for supporting Samaritan’s Purse.
Thanks, Mr Pete, a nice haul indeed. $5 for the bandaid tin 👍 Those mahr indicators 👍👍
I enjoy you auction and garage sale videos! Keep 'em coming...
A kick ass mother load tool sale if I've ever seen one + most of the items I am currently looking for. Shucks but glad for you!
G'day Tubalcain, I completely get what you say about how much fun it is to hunt down and buy good used tools that you don't need!
Nice haul! It is amazing how much enjoyment one can get from a good sale, whether you need the booty or not!
True.
I just got back from an auction watch for the video
I could watch these videos all day long!!! And I too have way more tools than I need, but I will never stop buying them. Thanks Mr. Pete.
Right on!👍👍👍👍👍👍😄😄😄
I hit one of those 15 years back…
The Man ran the first jig grinder that was shipped up to Canada.
Moore Tools
I have his edge finder.
He was thrilled to sell it to me when in conversation he learned I ran one.
Many tools will virtually last forever.
Good find Mr P
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Mitutoyo promo while wearing a Starrett shirt: Priceless ♥
I was hoping someone would catch that
Love the good sales. Always enjoy your videos.
Showing and talking about the things you love isn't bragging, keep on making the videos and we will keep enjoying watching them. Thank you!
Thank you! Will do!
I seem to remember you having shown an all-metal Facom handsaw in one of your shop tour videos a few years back.
New subscriber here, Mr. Pete. Enjoyed seeing your great garage sale haul. All the days my Dad took me around to garage sales in the Naperville area I don’t think we saw a sale that nice!
Well, it’s the first time I ever saw one that night, L O L.
MrPete, you made some great scores!
Glad you're still out on the hunt.
Nice finds at fair prices , you never know what you got until you get it home and have time to look at it better.
You got that right!
nice, those Maher's operate in both directions without flipping a switch, most of the new test indicators do. Those FACOM's are top quality. I don't like their wrenches, they are boxy with square sides. But the pin spanner is a top quality item, VERY expensive. When I saw the title, I thought you were having a garage sale .. Glad you had a good haul.
Mr. Pete...you deserve everything from Mitutoyo! Your channel has changed the world in YTube... Keep doing the things that make you smile and happy...price... "no object"...Many thanks for you time and sharing...
Wow, thank you
I really needed the encouragement at this time.
@@mrpete222 ...we all have enough tools to choke 2 cows...and we don't regret any of them when they're needed and put back on the shelf... Unfortunately ...some of us are now walking "sideways" in our shops. Keep up the GREAT work!
I got scared for a second when you said today was june 18th. I'm supposed to be out of town at a function on the morning of the 18th. I thought... oh no, I got my days mixed up, and I'm supposed to be 100 miles from here now.
Thin I checked the calendar, and my blood pressure returned to normal.
Today is the 15th👍😁
Enjoyed the video and...
Have a Jesus filled day everyone
Greg in Michigan
A Jesus filled day! What an awesome thing to say!!! Thanks!
Nice haul Mr. Pete, you did well. Houston Micrometer and Indicator Repair recently serviced my starrett indicator and did a great job.
Thanks for the info
Hello mrpete, I love watching your garage sales and auctions, keep them coming, thanks for sharing with us, cheers from me. 😃👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks, will do!
Very good video(as all your videos), 7:07 as far as I know, this tool is for Motorcycle flywheels and clutches, it can also be used for holding other things such as gears and hubs with holes so that you can do/undo the nut/bolt securing them. Facom is a good, respectable and quality brand. In my opinion it is definitely not a junk.
Some great tools. Thanks for sharing your haul!
Best content as usual. Your channel and courses have been so great for me over the years learning....and also led me to my obsession of buying vintage tools and machines. Up to 2 Atlas shapers now because of this channel alone😏. Have a great weekend and thank you as always.
Thanks for watching, now you’re just as bad as me
You definitely have my attention on all those tools you bought!
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Remember what Walter Brennen used to say. "No brag! Just fact!" That should settle any arguments easily. Great job! I wish we had yard sales with such goodies here in New Hampshire! They are very few and very seldom. Oh well. Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing.
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Glad you had a great day! Nice load!
Some very nice finds there, Mr. Pete.
Great seeing your fantastic finds . The Mahr gauges are really nice👍
That Facom spanner might work for large snap rings also.
Looks like you had a good day at the yard sales
Great video Mr.Pete love the ranting and all the tool action keep up the good work Mr Pete
Thank you, I will
Nice score. Wish I had time to get to yard sales. It's nice to repurpose things rather than have them thrown away. On the flip side, half of what I buy there just sits in my garage instead of theirs...
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Ah Lyle, I never thought you’d “sell out”. But I guess it happens to the best of us.😊 By the way, you never talk too much. It’s your talking, even meandering, that we come here for. I’m sure you know, but some may not know that a longer probe on an indicator changes the readings.
I am one of those that did not know that. Actually, I’m pretty ignorant.
Oooo I am going to like this video, but we are about to take a six hour trip! I am looking forward to watch this at the hotel! 👍😎👍
Hey, that Starret hat is like impossible to get!
I am glad you went to that yard sale instead of me I would have broke the bank, Thanks for the vide, Mr. Pete you old tool junkie.
I was thinking about going back this morning to see if there was anything left
I would say about one in fifty yard sales to hit the jackpot. Often, the goodies are on a table off to the side and no one seems to know what the stuff is. Ahh, like opening King Tut's tomb, you find "things, wonderful things!" It is exciting when you see the markings like Starrett, Mitutoyo, Lufkin, Brown & Sharpe, and Moore & Wright.
Finally, how many 0-1" micrometers does a man need? No one has reached that number to tell us.
I probably have 50 and it makes no sense. I am mentally ill and should be institutionalized like millions of Americans that live in the street.
Mr. Pete, Nice haul. The $5.00 spent on the Band-aid tin of indicators was well worth the price. You can say you paid for the tin box and got the indicators for free. There are tin Band-aid boxes on eBay right now listed for between $4.00- $15.00. Living in Florida, we don't see too many garage sales like the one you attended. What generally happens is the person having the sale had moved to Florida years ago and sold everything before the move. Then if they need a tool after they arrive, they headed to Harbor Freight and picked up some piece of junk which sits in a box (after one use)getting rusty until the widow decides to have a garage sale. I've had luck at thrift stores but still you've got to wade through the Chinese stuff in order to fine something worth while. It's interesting to think of what will be on CZcams in 60 years. "Antique Harbor Freight Hand Drill Restore" and someone will comment "I had one of those and they sure don't make them that good any more".
Thanks for an excellent analysis of what is going on
Very nice equipment. He he. I have a soft spot for all sorts of tools and machinery. I try to stay away, because it will bankrupt me. Great video
Keep doing what your doing. I thoroughly enjoy it, as I'm sure thousands others do as well. Ignore the negative Nelly's.
"Mr. & Mrs. Pete's Adventures"
Lol
Singer sewing machine oil very good at 1/3 the price.
I've noticed that none of my Mitutoyo tools just don't rust in harsh conditions. Not long ago I worked for a magnesium mine which has some chlorine gas floating around that destroyed Starrett tools.
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Great find Mr pete!!
Thanks Lyle, great video.
Another great video, thank you for your time and knowledge
Falcon are up there with the best.
You may not be aware that there is a relationship between Federal and Mahr. Mahr acquired Federal (Providence, RI )in about 1999 as Mahr Federal and products were branded as such. Within the past 10 years the name was changed to Mahr. Mahr is a large global metrology company based in Germany with history going back to the 1800s.
Thank you very much for that history
That really is an incredible haul. Good find - those tools went to a good home! I wish I could attend the open day, but just started a new job so cannot get the time off - maybe next time!
Great finds pete !!! Can't wait for the mititoyo video!!
Coming soon!
Keep doing what you enjoy as long as possible! You are not bragging to me.
I appreciate that, but you would not believe the number of yours that are jealous and resentful
@@mrpete222 I have learned so much from your videos. I bought a lathe and mill. I am coming along with your teaching through your videos. I need to get the foundry course. Thank you again!
Nice haul!
Oh man, I need one of those Facom pin spanners!
I just found out they cost like $80
I WOULD have paid 20! I don't have a back-plunger indicator (or whatever they are called), and I gotta catch 'em all!
Happy Father's Day!
Ya just never know! Good score Mr. Pete!
Fabulous score!
What would be fun is if you had a garage sale..You would have people come from all over the world.
Lol
love the videos!
Love your Videos Glad you are having fun tool collecting I too have too many tools but I love hunting for Quality Tools at reasonable prices I live in Iowa and love auctions and some garage sales. It's the hunt that's fun Thanks for posting
nice score!
Thanks!
Yay Samaritan's Purse!
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When I go to the flea market, it always going to buy something I don't need.
i’ve got a few Facom tools but mostly Snap-On. I love their hexagonal tube spanners, they look like short fat Allen keys in a dull chrome but they are tubular. just use like a socket with it’s own small handle. Really comfy to use.
....the armpit of the nation. Funny. I thought that's where i'm living..
It is good that I don't live anywhere near you, I would be constantly broke. Thanks for the video keep on keeping on.
That’s why I am constantly broke, I was thinking about going back this morning to see if there was anything left, but it’s 25 miles away
Maybe a dozen years ago I came across a garage sale that included a lot of machining related stuff, mostly cutting tools. I bought some stuff, but looking back on it now I really wish I would've bought all of it. I could have afforded to back then and I could use those cutting tools right now for projects at home.
But I have enough to get by right now so it's all good :)
Thanks for posting :)
I almost went back yesterday to the garage sale to buy virtually anything that was still there, but I held back
Your video doesn't have a Like hand but I liked it. Lucky chap gets all that Mitutoyo stuff
@2:14 you ask....
$50 for the Haul....
whats it worth new? $750
I wasn't offended when you said "Hello Americans." I'm a North American, I guess, from Canada.
I live in Michigan ( close to Flint &Sag ) and there was a time when there was a tool and die shop every mile even out in the stixs...My pawn shop owning friend told me there was a day when quality machinist tools was a major part of his business but, he said now a days he very rarely gets any machinist tools...
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Not just America I’m in Australia 👍
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Good scores for your needs, I would have got the 1-2-3 blocks, planner gage, test and a dial indicator.... perhaps the magnetic Starrett indicator base.
It rained the night before, and the little wooden box with the blocks had water in the bottom. I can’t believe he did not have everything covered.
I am not a machinist, even though at my age watching machining videos, I would have been a good machinist. I am at heart a woodworker. However, I just bought a nice (pricey) drill press to replace the one I have used for 35 years. I gave my old one to my grandsons. I was really wanting to know the runout on the chuck to see if I did ok with my purchase. I have a new magnetic indicator holder but cannot find an indicator in my budget. Truth be told, I am not sure even what type I need to check the runout as well as the runout many other tools such as my table saw blade or lathe spindle. I may have to make a trip up north to find the items you find. I have never visited a yard sale or auction or anything similar in TN that has tools like you find regularly and get for a reasonable price. Thanks.
Thanks again
I like the new hat😊
Facom is the french Snap-On equivalent.
Thank you did not know that
Watching the second time under a different account so you get two thumbs up
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Boy, I wish they had sales like that in our area.
At a garage sale recently I got a set of 6-32 to 1/2-13 spiral point and spiral flute taps, all new, 6 carbide end mills, all new and a 81pc set of gauge blocks for $40. Those sales are really rare around here
Wow, sounds like a better sale than what I attended
I am from Europe and facom is well known in Europe.
It's one off the best brands and they have really nice tools but are expensive.
I worked with that facom tool for years and it's great quality 👍
My whole toolbox was facom
I am shocked that I have never heard of that brand. We never see European tools over here except perhaps some items from Germany.
I've found that with a number of sticking test gauges that they're over oiled which cause them to stick. Open them up and you find an oil slick.. No good. Just as in fine watchmaking there is the proper amount of lubrication to be applied after the pivot points are first cleaned.
There is also the right kind of oil to use after they've been thoroughly cleaned.
Thanks
Happy Father's Day! The number and quality of garage/estate sales around me have been really bad so far this year. I'm glad you're having good luck!
I assure you, that I will probably never see another great garage sale in my life. It is extremely rare.
your videos are perfect
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The Mahr indicators are pretty expensive. Granger has a similar model over $300
Wow
"Today is June 18th, or something like that." A video from the future!
Thanks. The 3 dovetails on the MAHR look to be very versatility enhancing. The Facom tools are much nicer looking now then in the 60-70's, they were boxy, squarish, light weight with a barely rust resistant finish & raised numbers that you could read from 3 meters away. Not graceful & smooth like Snap-On in any way at all, almost like the French went out of their way to be an anti-Snap-On!
Morning Lyle
Facom is sold with Proto in their catalog. So they got some sort of connection. they tend to have the more specialized tools. Quality stuff though in my book!
I am looking forward to seeing the Mitutoyo Video. That looks like quite a selection of. promotional material. and tools.
I think it's a shame that they stopped selling Band-Aids in the little flip top cans or metal boxes, or whatever you choose to call them. They were just the handiest things for storing small parts.
Please keep making these videos. There are a lot of us out here that really enjoy them.
Thanks
One of the reasons I follow you is that you continue to go to auctions and garage sales after you say you won't go to any more. I love buying stuff I don't need.
We are of like mind