Weekly community thrift haul thread

[Downwindtracker2]

The tool I was always suspicious of finding in pawn shops were Hilti concrete drills. New, they were expensive. Being very handy, so contractors would hold on to them. Yet, there they were. I guessed ex -employees getting bonuses. Or with small time cont actors, wage replacements.

 

[jorogi]

I spent some time in a pawn shop a while back. I asked how they handle hot goods.

Apparently, everything has to be reported to the local police so they can cross check against reported stolen within some geographic region. Also, everything has to be stored for a month to allow for a reasonable check. After that, it can be put in display and sold. So it's entirely possible that your tools were there, just not on display yet.

Bought a motorbike a decade ago. Great shape, priced less than 50% of its value, had trailer not motorcycle plates on, name on the paperwork didn't match the seller and everything I said to the seller resulted in a further $100 off the price. I called the cops to see if it was hot, they wouldn't say suggesting that I could be the thief trying to see if it had been reported stolen. Called the insurance provider same uselessness. With difficulty I managed to track down the previous owner and he confirmed he had sold it 3 months prior to a guy matching the description of the seller so lucky day. It seems like the officials don't really give a rats about solving crimes.

 

[skippyelwell]

That's the beauty of the Restore, you KNOW nothing in there was stolen.

Can you show a picture of the backside? It's a woodworking face vice, so there should either be a couple ears on the backside with holes pointing up to secure to the underside of a workbench, or there should also be a couple holes through the fixed jaw to secure to the face of a workbench. It looks to me like there are two holes that are currently used to hold those wooden jaws on that can be used to mount the fix jaw to the edge of a bench. But without a picture of that back it's tough to say if that's the only option. Don't think I've ever seen one without ears or another means of mounting from underneath, but I certainly have not seen them all. Handy vises to have anyway. One can never have too many different ways to securely hold something. This reminds me, I need to remount mine somewhere.....Been sitting a long time since the dismantling of our old woodworking shop at my Dad's place, and subsequent jamming of all that shit in my barn.

Thanks, I figured it out eventually.

 

[whydontu]

I spent some time in a pawn shop a while back. I asked how they handle hot goods.

Apparently, everything has to be reported to the local police so they can cross check against reported stolen within some geographic region. Also, everything has to be stored for a month to allow for a reasonable check. After that, it can be put in display and sold. So it's entirely possible that your tools were there, just not on display yet.

Police get a list, and promptly file it in the oval file.

My son David plays drums in a band. One birthday I bought him a good set of digital drums and an oddball Roland amp specifically designed for drums. Six months later his house is broken into and the amp is stolen. Police report is filed.

I'm trolling through a Cash Converters, and I see a Roland drum amp. Curious, I make a note of the serial number, and scoot over to the music store that sold me the amp. Sure enough, it's David's amp. Get a copy of the bill of sale. Go to the police and convince an officer to meet me at Cash Converters. Officer confirms the amp is stolen, that it's mine, and the Cash Converter manager just shrugs his shoulders and lets me take the amp.

I'm pretty sure this happens often enough that it's just a cost of doing business as a pawn shop.

 

[Gennady]

Are garbage day pick ups considered thrifting 🙂 ?

Four alum/mag allow rims - good for casting

 

[Dan Dubeau]

Nice score!

 

[Susquatch]

Four alum/mag allow rims - good for casting

Unless they are damaged, I'd bet they are worth WWWAAAYYY more as BMW wheels than they are as casting material. You could prolly sell them and buy 10x the aluminium equivalent.

Must be nice to be so wealthy that you throw factory BMW wheels in the garbage..... I'd be checking his garbage for 24K gold too.

 

[Gennady]

LOL. this was my first thought, but hey are damaged. Some chipped away beads on rim, probably invisible cracks that shown under load.

 

[Doggggboy]

Are garbage day pick ups considered thrifting 🙂 ?

Four alum/mag allow rims - good for casting


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[Downwindtracker2]

I drive a 1ton p/u, with the hunting camper, she is maxed out. Guys don't realize both tires and wheels have to be load rated.

 

[whydontu]

Today’s swap meet haul:

Armstrong #51 threading tool, Moore &Wright edge calipers. Not bad for $25

 

[Dan Dubeau]

Nice Gem of a find in that threading tool. Good haul!

 

[skmbabon]

I stopped in at the Restore yesterday, slim pickings.
I did find 3 new handles for the drawers I put built into the Colchester lathe stand. Also, an old wooden vise that I haven't figured out yet how to mount, I think it might be missing some parts.

Does the woodworking vise say "No 1" on the front?
"Hercules" was a house brand for tools and hardware from J. Pascal based in Montreal. I have this ad for the No 6 and No. 8 but so far nothing for a No. 1.

 

[skippyelwell]

Does the woodworking vise say "No 1" on the front?
"Hercules" was a house brand for tools and hardware from J. Pascal based in Montreal. I have this ad for the No 6 and No. 8 but so far nothing for a No. 1.
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Yes it does say No1 but it's 6" long.

 

[skmbabon]

Thanks for the pic @skippyelwell. That's still the only Hercules WW model I've seen.

 

[skippyelwell]

For the price of shipping it's all yours, I picked it up for a few bucks from the restore and I'm probably never going to get around to mounting it.

 

[skmbabon]

For the price of shipping it's all yours, I picked it up for a few bucks from the restore and I'm probably never going to get around to mounting it.

Thank you, PM sent.

 

[whydontu]

Yesterday’s score: German-made #41 push drill, eight clean bits. $6.

 

[Stuart Samuel]

Yesterday’s score: German-made #41 push drill, eight clean bits. $6.

That looks like a nice one! I've thought about picking one up to drive a conical deburring tool, for taking the edge off drilled holes.

Years ago I made a drill chuck for a girlfriend's electrician father, to use in one of the Yankee style ones. Just a little Jacobs chuck with the right shank welded to the back end. Sadly abandoned in a plant evacuation when he was working in Alberta (I don't blame him, there was an explosion, to my recollection).

 

[Dan Dubeau]

That looks like a nice one! I've thought about picking one up to drive a conical deburring tool, for taking the edge off drilled holes.

Years ago I made a drill chuck for a girlfriend's electrician father, to use in one of the Yankee style ones. Just a little Jacobs chuck with the right shank welded to the back end. Sadly abandoned in a plant evacuation when he was working in Alberta (I don't blame him, there was an explosion, to my recollection).

I have a small eggbeater hand drill that I put a countersink in for the same reason. Also have up a Yankee screwdriver to do the same with, but just never got around to it. Consider it yours if ya want it.