Greetings Mr Pete! Thank you so much for the respect you showed for this gentleman's dogtags! We love our vets! Always enjoy your tours through auction finds! Knock yourself out at the auctions! You, passing up on a good deal out of guilt will not benefit any of us that were not at the auction. Live long and prosper Mr Pete!
Lyle, the Ajax drill stand, when cleaned up could sell for $45.00 or more by itself on Ebay....Vintage drill stands are very desirable...On the dog tag, that one was issued either just prior or during WWII, judging by it's shape.. I am a Korean War Marine veteran..joined in 1950 and my dog tags are oval in shape..Those issued after about 1952 are more rectangular with a "notch" in one edge...I am almost 86yrs old and I stated work in a machine shop in 1947..I presently have eight lathes, four of which are "suitcase" lathes and one is a 1947 South Bend 9A...One can never have too many tools!!!!! Keep those UA-cams coming...I thoroughly enjoy them!!!!!
I think the Mueller drill/tap combination bit is used to make a connection to a pressurized iron water main. A large saddle is placed over the main, the hole is drilled and tapped, then the fitting is installed. There is a gate valve on the bottom and a seal on drive shank at the top that makes this possible. The drive tool was air powered.
I appreciate your love for tools because I am the exact same way and I truly enjoy going through these drawers with you and also I got choked up what's the dog tag as well. in fact I have my grandfather's dog tag from the coal mines
Yes, I agree with the rest of your Viewers, DON'T STOP GOING to those auctions !!! In the 1990's & early 2000's I went to an auction about 3 times a month . Bought thousands of dollars worth of tooling for pennies on the dollar , BOY do I miss those days , now I enjoy YOUR auction trips and finds . Keep it up ! And your in the best part of the country , between Detroit & Bridgeport ! Byron Fox ,retired machinist.
I didnt even know about starrett (I'm a woodworker and dont use that high of quality measurements)before watching your videos. Now I hawk them at auctions and really look for them! Thanks I didnt realize they were high quality.
six volt siren still working. made when things had value. pride in workmanship. I envy your yard sales. I enjoy you spending the money and I get to watch.
Thank you for this tour of your auction loot. When you brought out that S&K toolbox, I thought that looks a lot like my Dad's toolbox even down to the same bent drawerpull. He bought that box when he was just starting out, I have a similarily sized box I bought when I was just starting out...I guess its a kind of rite of passage buying your first toolbox. I greatly enjoy watching these type of videos. It really drives home how little manufacturing was done in the area I am as the area auctions rarely have factory tools of any kind usually it is hobbies or diy stuff and very occasionally tools to support farming but little industrial type tools.
The Muller drill tap is off a corporation tap machine for water main wet or dry ,can be a hand ratchet type for new work dry or a wet tap machine under pressure.
I know it will happen to all of us at some point, but to know your stuff you worked so hard for in your life gets sold as you sit in a nursing home is a hard big bitter pill to swallow. I only hope his dog tag finds his way back to him. Thank you Mr. Pete for sharing these treasures with us.
Lyle I believe you and I suffer from the same affliction, "can't ever have enough". That drill index is pretty neat. The SK tool box looks like it is olive drab, it makes me wonder if it was made for the military during the war. It certainly not typical SK quality. Not many WWII vets still around all in my family are gone.
love these videos. Great way to wake up on a Saturday with a cup of coffee. Reminds me of getting my grandfathers tools. Some dated back to when he was stationed in the pacific and Japan at the end of WW2. The government issues starrett tools that I still use and cherish.
Sometimes its hard to accept that certain people resent other people having fun. A pernicious form of envy I expect. Regardless keep going to auctions Mr. Pete because I feel your joy. On the topic of getting bulk items distributed how about you start a Patreon account to cover the cost of shipping stuff you find. Id contribute to help ship stuff say to some mechanic in the Congo or Philippines or such. Perhaps there's an NGO that could be trusted to help. Float the idea to your viewers se what comes up.
My wife is from Philippines each year in October we send Balik Bayan boxes with many different things last xmas i enclosed a 110 amp welder for the guys this year its gonna be a couple of tool kits so they can fix their motor bikes etc ,i just watch out for car spare parts shops which have open days HUGE DISCOUNTS ON TOOL KITS .MY WIFE SENDS MAYBE 300 lbs of clothes and food I JUST SENDS MENS STUFF., I KNOW THEY LOVE THE HELP.CHEERS.
Hi Mr Pete, that drill-tap is probably from a Talbot mains pressure water ferrel inserter, from the UK. I wish we had sales similar to yours, boy o boy, do you get some bargains. You know, sometimes, when looking through a collection of old tools like this, it's almost a biography of a mans working years. Broken things that have a memory moment from his youth, perhaps. A touching look back into the past. Thanks again, Pete from the IOW, UK.
Mr Pete, I would have given up to $100 just for the pipe taps! I enjoy your gone to auction videos. Don’t let the bad comments get you down. It doesn’t matter how much you already have! I don’t like to hear about old machine shop tools going to the scrap yard. It may be old, but it is still better quality than what is being made today! Just think of yourself as member of the “Old Tool Preservation Society”....we are just preserving it for the next owners! Keep up the great videos!
Mr Pete you might want to check with Steve Summers and see if he could use all the dull end mills. He has a cutter grinder and is learning how to use it. Would be good stock for him to learn on.
I know the feeling.It's another mans life.Especialy a veteran.I'm also a veteran from the Vietnam period and hold the ww2 veterans in very high esteem.They trained me back in my flying days.My wife and I recently returned from Normandy and I did cry.It's to overwhelming to put into words.God bless.
I enjoy auction finds like this. If I were to know what was inside, like you said, I may have bid $ 75. Not knowing and paying $25, what a deal. Good going!!!!!!!!! This was fun to see the cool things you ended up with. If you ever had a garage sale, and sold some of the tools from this lot that you didn't care to keep, you will find that you will get your money back, and that you end up with the things you did liked and kept, you get for free. It's funny how the things we really could care less about, others would give their left arm for, and the things they could care less about, we really want. I believe there are a lot of one armed machinists out there who have ended up with all the cool tools. Thank you for sharing this with us. Michael
I would have gone as high as $25.00 for that box, unexamined. Examined, I'd have passed. Thanks for letting me live vicariously through you this morning.
I believe that is a early car alarm before we got the electronic ones we have now. I also have one of those sirens and it was hooked up as a car alarm when I got it from the wrecking yard where I worked.
Neat that you are a Minneapolis Moline fan. One came up for sale near my shop and I wanted to do it but I chickened out. It was propane. Too many projects already
I’m not a machinist, but I do like the toolbox, I’d pay $50 for it and pay up to $25 extra for the metal rulers and various knickknack, but no mor than $100 for the lot. Thanks For the fun, Mr Pete!
The meuller tap at 26:15 is for a Meuller tapping machine (for tapping water lines while under pressure). Likely for ductile pipe, not steel, and meant to be turned by hand. I have not done it, but have watched it a good number of times. Nice box. I'd say $25 is fair. I like rules and, within limits, can never have enough taps and dies in special sizes. They can be sharpened, at least well enough for one job when you need that one special one.
Thank you for sharing you knowledge with the world, that is priceless! As far a value, and as an experienced Ebay Seller (over 15 years) I estimate $300 to $400 , once the items are cleaned up and put into small lots. The box itself is probably not worth what it would cost to ship. It is easy to determine an items value by looking at Sold Items on Ebay, this will give you the real market value. Sellers can ask any price they want, but the Sold price is golden. You happen to live in an a part of the country where there appears to be plenty of machine related tools. I am in the Sierra Foot Hills of CA and although these kind of items are around, they require a lot of searching and digging and the competition from other buyers can be brutal. I just found an old Power Craft (Logan) 10 x 24 Lathe and am in the process of restoring it. Your videos are very helpful. Thanks again!
I am glad you are showing us your auction loot. I have all the tools I can fit in my garage right now. Space is more valuable than more tools . I enjoy participating in going thru your stuff though.
Respect to you sir for your reaction to finding the dog tag. I have a son who passes on his worn out to him mechanics tools to me. He remembers when I used to passed on to him my old tools. He remembers the excitement to get any tools as a youth.
I think you got a good deal on that tool box. We got to see a glimpse of a man's life. I'm glad you honored the man and his privacy. I don't think a guy can ever have to many tools!
Thanks for the show and tell I have been enjoying catching up on your older videos. Around her that full tool box would go for over $100.00 at auction. Just the Ajax drill index sells for 15-20 on ebay.
For those of us not in that part of the country we would love to get our hands on things like that. You got a very good deal on that toolbox and your other items
I love watching these videos and the fun you have going through your purchases. Thanks for sharing. I wish I could find some of these auctions out here in Southern California but there doesn't seem to be many machinists passing away out here. Either that, or their family just throws the stuff away. I'd probably pay $25-50 for that tool box. There were some decent items in there.
I think you did very well on that box. I would have been very pleased at twice the price you paid. I retired from the Army in 1990 and have kept one of my dog tags on my key ring since then. It is a bit bent but still holding up well!
You had a very nice day and lots of fun. The only sad thing is I don't live close to you so I could get in the fun of bidding for good or bad stuff. Thank you for sharing
When I saw that dog tag ,my heart jumped too. The serial number on the tag indicates he was drafted in the military and received his tetanus shot in 1956. US stands for inducted (drafted) and RA indicates regular Army (enlisted) . Check out how worn the hole is in the tag, he must have worn that tag a very long time. He is what makes America great. I enlisted in the Army in 1955 and my prefix was RA, however as years went on all that changed. The Army even went to SSN, but that was a dumb idea. Later on , I became an officer and my prefix was O5327###, while the officers that attended places like West Point received the prefix like RA regular army. The joke at the time after the Vietnam war was, non RA were Christmas help and the RIF was on. (reduction in force). I retired in 1975. Thank you for returning that dog tag to the family it will mean a lot. Again thank you Mr. Pete for being so respectful....Ken
Mr Pete, he might have gotten another set of dog tags at a later date and the service would have updated his dog tags with his most recent tetanus shot. I have several sets of dog tags with updates on most. You sent me scrambling to find my old dog tags and I managed to find only one of the original tags with the T55 . My dog tag has the elongated worn hole, but not worn through like his. My dog tag has that strange cut out on the left side of the tag, like his and a A, for blood type and P for Protestant .That cutout has a gruesome need for use when placing one tag with a deceased soldier in combat. The Army no longer uses that on newer tags. Probably more information then needed so I'll butt out. Take care ...Ken
The drill and tap with the tapered shank is used with a tapping machine to tap cast iron or ductile water main while under pressure. The tool is advanced into the pipe using a thread which matches the tap and were powered with a hand crank. The tap was removed and the valve installed without removing the machine.
Hey, I live in the middle of Utah. I enjoy going to the auctions vicariously with you, we sure don't get many out here. Maybe one every other year. Always enjoy getting to hang out with Tubalcain. Craig
mrpete222 we have plenty of garage sales just none with anything good being sold. In 10 years of watching the local classifieds I've seen 2 Hendey lathes for sale here. I bought one of the 2 to go with the one I drove to California to pick up. Thanks for all you do Mr. Pete. Those of us that live in the hinterland really rely on you and the other UA-cam machinists to teach us, we couldn't do it without you. Craig
I've spent about a 100 bucks for just a few of the things you found in there. I love the Starrett 3 inch calipers, and spent probably 40 bucks for a set of those. And I still need some button dies in various sizes. You done good in my book. Down in south Texas, there isn't much machinist stuff that isn't oil field left overs, which means beat to death, dull and ruined. I appreciate your emotion on finding the dog tag. I still do that with dad's old tag. And my high school buddy's dad had a loaded Garand clip on his workshop window sill. Full of cob webs and dirt, but just thinking about it gets me.
Great deal on the tool box hard to find good used machinist tools, mostly hard to find old machinist tools in Michigan too many active mechanical trades people seem to snap them up quickly at full market price. Most of my vintage Starrett tools come from California, New Jersey, or New England states which seem to be de-industrializing rapidly and shop metal working tools do not seem to be highly valued by the estate offspring.
WOW ! Mrs Tubal Cain may well be the coolest lady in the world. The box value? If you got it for less than $100 that's pretty good. If you were to resell the items you would make that much surely. The Starrett items alone would fetch a decent price.
The Muller combination drill and tap you got in the machinist tool box probably was used in a Muller hot tap machine used to bore and tap holes in gas or water pipe that were under pressure. The hot tap machine allowed a connection to be made without shutting down a pipeline. As for the price of the toolbox and contents you got as real.
I scrambled looking for a desk to climb under as soon as you fired up that siren!! Sounds almost the same as the sirens we had in school in the late 80's for hurricanes and air raids.
Glad you and Mrs. Pete had some fun on her BD and imagine you are both quite a catch. Happy BD Mrs. Pete! I sure had fun watching this. The box of the wool and paper was a great find. Drawer 2, I think that was a broken Cleko? I might have spent $50 on the box depending how much I spent on other things. I usually give myself a limit on how much I spend overall when I get there and get a feel for whats there. A few good things in the box, but most required a lot of clean up. For some reason the plumb bob spoke out to me...looked old school quality, but how often does one use them anymore. Pretty clear about the files and no file card in the box, but a good lot of them. Forget the complainers by considering the source, they have their mind and place too...I think¿ Felt the emotion on the Dog Tags too. Glad you'll get them back to the family, very kind. I have Dads and his OCS ring, plus my Brat ones...Gkids will get them when I auger in. Thank You for all you bring Mr. Pete!
Sometimes you miss some very worthy tools . I remember chuckling when you came across some German pump pliers, Knipex, I think, they are $65 Canadian around here.. And they are worth it ! And you were about to through them out ! By a man's tools we read a man's life.Keep at it. It's fun to watch.
Mr. Pete. Is there any chance that you would do a video on milling cutters, and more specifically how to tell if they are “good or not” and if they are sharp. I have a bunch of old end mills that I’ve acquired at auctions and garage sales. They feel sharp, but they might be garbage; how do you tell/check? Great video! I have a siren as well off of a vintage fire truck and a bell from a railway crossing..... it appeals to the 8 year old in me. Please give us lots of heads up on the date for the “meet and greet”. Driving in from Canada. Best regards sir.
Mr Pete, as a Viet nam combat infantry man I was very sobered by the way you treated the man's dog tag. I think that box and contents are worth $75.00. Thanks for another good video.
Love the auctions. Id go 50 ish on the box.. but the cheaper the better. Do the meet and greet at Iron Fest. That way i dont have to drive up there 2 times.. thanks Mr.Pete
I enjoy watching these particular videos of your tool hunts. As to what the box is worth; I believe I would have bid up to $50.00 for the box and maybe even higher If I got Auction Fever while I was bidding. I attend the local flea markets regularly though the Summer months and I see a lot of the small tools that were contained in the box. Usually those tools sell for a dollar each. So, if the contents of the box was priced out at a dollar each, you have struck a gold mine. Problem is; it would take the rest of your days to realize the "gold". Best Wishes and keep the good videos coming.
Just got to this one Mr Pete and yes it's hard to pass some items knowing that the scrap man is the next stop. As I don't have many of your number taps and dies and no American pipe taps or dies then think I would pay your $50 or $100 Australian As a side that tap with drill bit attached. I have a ¾ BSP version. I still remember, was the late 50's in the UK, watching workers setting up and fitting a tapping to a live cast iron gas main. This type of drill tap was hand driven in a rotating assembly, clamped to the underground cast iron pipe. First the hole was drilled and tapped, the assembly head was then rotated and a valve was then screwed in. PS. I do enjoy your videos. If only my instructors had your flair.
I paid $50 for a Kenny toolbox full of tools, a Delta floor drill press and a 6 inch Delta table belt sander at an estate sale many years ago. The sander had a 220 volt 3600 RPM 4 HP motor. The motor is on my table saw! You never know what you are going to find at one of these sales.
Hey Mr .Pete that's at least a $300.00 box up here in Ontario Canada so I personally think it's a great score!!!! Keep hitting those auctions and saving the tools from the scrap yard!!!!
If I could pick the box up to get an idea of what the weight as an indication of what was in I would go $100 unopened, just looking at it and not touching it $50. I am like you and enjoy looking through all the goodies I get when i win a lot box of assorted items. Don't let anyone tell you that you need to stop going to auctions, you can never have enough toys. My shop is running over and I am still bringing in more. You do seem to have better sales in your area than we do here in Georgia.
Mr. Pete, all these auction videos have got me into auctions now. My tool chest says "thank you" and my wallet wants an apology. Haha. Thanks for all your videos.
well if i was bidding on it unseen so to speak like you...i would say, i'll try for 5 bucks no more...which means i will go to 15 but in the heat of it i would be at 25 before i backed off. it's probably worth more easy, but i have so much stuff already. both junk and good. to be truthful i really don't need anything more like that. i can outfit both my kids when i am gone and they will still need to get rid of lots of it. it's just so hard to not pick up well made (possibly) metallurgy though. and that is why i have to thank you sir. i can see yer plunder and enjoy the heck out of you going thru the boxes. i really do enjoy that, and i don't have to hear the wife telling me "what are you going to do with that stuff, yer shop is already overflowing." thank you for sharing.
Up here in Canada, I bet someone would ask a couple hundred dollars for that, and would probably settle for $150. Save some of the "garbage" for the meet up when you have it and make a free box. One man's trash, is another mans treasure. I don't think it's going through a mans pockets, I see it more as keeping things alive and your commentary helps us to understand some of the odd ball things that might be in there. I would also forward that dog tag back to the mans family like you said. I don't have any military in my family but if I did, I'm sure I would want it. Great haul! It makes some of us jealous as we wish we had those kinds of sales close to us. Keep well Mr Pete!
I always get a little remorseful when i go to a auction and buy another mans tools . I think about how many years he saved those tools , and what will happen to mine ? 25 - 45 on the tool box if I couldn't look before hand. BIKERB
Nuts and bolts at my local hardware store have gone up quite a bit. Any box of bolts and screws no matter how varied is worth something. And the people running the estate sales around here have been to the hardware store and they want way too much for the nuts, bolts and screws sort of ruined a good thing.
Mr Pete, myself, I love watching these videos. I probably would have bid $40-$50 but I'm in an area like you (eastern Oh Western Pa) so we have lots of auctions like these. I really hope you can reunite the family with the dog tag, I know I would give almost anything to have my dads and if someone just found it and gave it back to me I would break down and cry like a baby for sure!
From the motor housing and mounting bracket, that siren looks like a "Seagrave RITE-O-WAY". It is missing the from horn or screen. There is a restored one on eBay going for $1450.
I forgot to include the word "similar". I don't think it is exactly the same model. It looks a bit larger than yours. < www.ebay.com/i/261671431278?chn=ps >
Very Very happy mrpete wen i watch those videos i just go crazy. I would of pay 100$ or more, i think you will live forever making videos, are #1shop teacher ☝
Your hands became the same dirty color as mines when I need to look trough my old dies taps and so on, with that distinct smell of old oil and grime... ;) Not usually bidding high on used dies and taps, never got good experience unless they were new or so, same on endmills and reamers, those chunks of HSS were a better deal, though... ;)
Happy Birthday to Mrs. Peterson. If it was the same day as the date on the video we have the same birthday. I would have given $50.00. Thanks for sharing.
Mr Pete my first tool box was that exact S-K box when I started my apprenticeship I think. I gave $15 for brand new. I am building a small shop again so if you feel the need to pass on any of your plunger let me know and the price we'll make a deal. Great vids!
You enjoy going to auctions keep going and making videos of them as for the value in Australia a 3/4 pipe tap is (aud $60) $ 45A hacksaw blades start at $3A once again you have got a bargain
If you can locate the family I'm sure they would love to have the dog tag back! As for the tools I hope when I go the person who gets mine looks after them the same as I do.
Siren might be a burglar alarm - all low voltage for safety. The very thin files in one drawer are for cleaning Relay contacts. I have a diamond set myself. Lufkin is Luf-Kin. I live near a town of that name.
Greetings Mr Pete! Thank you so much for the respect you showed for this gentleman's dogtags! We love our vets! Always enjoy your tours through auction finds! Knock yourself out at the auctions! You, passing up on a good deal out of guilt will not benefit any of us that were not at the auction. Live long and prosper Mr Pete!
Thank you for a nice comment
Lyle, the Ajax drill stand, when cleaned up could sell for $45.00 or more by itself on Ebay....Vintage drill stands are very desirable...On the dog tag, that one was issued either just prior or during WWII, judging by it's shape.. I am a Korean War Marine veteran..joined in 1950 and my dog tags are oval in shape..Those issued after about 1952 are more rectangular with a "notch" in one edge...I am almost 86yrs old and I stated work in a machine shop in 1947..I presently have eight lathes, four of which are "suitcase" lathes and one is a 1947 South Bend 9A...One can never have too many tools!!!!! Keep those UA-cams coming...I thoroughly enjoy them!!!!!
This Old Tony got me here. You remind me of my dad, He's in his 80"s now. Thank you Sir for the great videos.
Thanks to you and Tony
My dad would appreciate you honoring our vets. He was a merchant marine in ww2. Also served stateside during Korea. Thank you
I think the Mueller drill/tap combination bit is used to make a connection to a pressurized iron water main. A large saddle is placed over the main, the hole is drilled and tapped, then the fitting is installed. There is a gate valve on the bottom and a seal on drive shank at the top that makes this possible. The drive tool was air powered.
Thank you for the information
I appreciate your love for tools because I am the exact same way and I truly enjoy going through these drawers with you and also I got choked up what's the dog tag as well. in fact I have my grandfather's dog tag from the coal mines
Yes, I agree with the rest of your Viewers, DON'T STOP GOING to those auctions !!! In the 1990's & early 2000's I went to an auction about 3 times a month . Bought thousands of dollars worth of tooling for pennies on the dollar , BOY do I miss those days , now I enjoy YOUR auction trips and finds . Keep it up ! And your in the best part of the country , between Detroit & Bridgeport ! Byron Fox ,retired machinist.
Thank you
I didnt even know about starrett (I'm a woodworker and dont use that high of quality measurements)before watching your videos. Now I hawk them at auctions and really look for them! Thanks I didnt realize they were high quality.
Thank you, and yes they are the best
six volt siren still working. made when things had value. pride in workmanship. I envy your yard sales. I enjoy you spending the money and I get to watch.
Yes, that was quality
Thank you for this tour of your auction loot. When you brought out that S&K toolbox, I thought that looks a lot like my Dad's toolbox even down to the same bent drawerpull. He bought that box when he was just starting out, I have a similarily sized box I bought when I was just starting out...I guess its a kind of rite of passage buying your first toolbox. I greatly enjoy watching these type of videos. It really drives home how little manufacturing was done in the area I am as the area auctions rarely have factory tools of any kind usually it is hobbies or diy stuff and very occasionally tools to support farming but little industrial type tools.
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Happy Birthday Mrs. Tubalcain!
Thank you from her
The Muller drill tap is off a corporation tap machine for water main wet or dry ,can be a hand ratchet type for new work dry or a wet tap machine under pressure.
Thank you, so that's what it is
I know it will happen to all of us at some point, but to know your stuff you worked so hard for in your life gets sold as you sit in a nursing home is a hard big bitter pill to swallow. I only hope his dog tag finds his way back to him. Thank you Mr. Pete for sharing these treasures with us.
Yes it is sad, but I guess we all have to die
Thanks for showing us your latest auction acquisitions.
You certainly seem to get some bargains in your part of the world.
Yes I do think goodness. But remember I am out bid 99% of the time
Lyle I believe you and I suffer from the same affliction, "can't ever have enough". That drill index is pretty neat. The SK tool box looks like it is olive drab, it makes me wonder if it was made for the military during the war. It certainly not typical SK quality. Not many WWII vets still around all in my family are gone.
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It is not possible to have too many tools, as long as you have a place to keep them...!
Doug that is the key requirement.
love these videos. Great way to wake up on a Saturday with a cup of coffee. Reminds me of getting my grandfathers tools. Some dated back to when he was stationed in the pacific and Japan at the end of WW2. The government issues starrett tools that I still use and cherish.
Thank you for watching
Sometimes its hard to accept that certain people resent other people having fun. A pernicious form of envy I expect. Regardless keep going to auctions Mr. Pete because I feel your joy. On the topic of getting bulk items distributed how about you start a Patreon account to cover the cost of shipping stuff you find. Id contribute to help ship stuff say to some mechanic in the Congo or Philippines or such. Perhaps there's an NGO that could be trusted to help. Float the idea to your viewers se what comes up.
Thank you, that is a good analysis
My wife is from Philippines each year in October we send Balik Bayan boxes with many different things last xmas i enclosed a 110 amp welder for the guys this year its gonna be a couple of tool kits so they can fix their motor bikes etc ,i just watch out for car spare parts shops which have open days HUGE DISCOUNTS ON TOOL KITS .MY WIFE SENDS MAYBE 300 lbs of clothes and food I JUST SENDS MENS STUFF., I KNOW THEY LOVE THE HELP.CHEERS.
Hi Mr Pete, that drill-tap is probably from a Talbot mains pressure water ferrel inserter, from the UK. I wish we had sales similar to yours, boy o boy, do you get some bargains. You know, sometimes, when looking through a collection of old tools like this, it's almost a biography of a mans working years. Broken things that have a memory moment from his youth, perhaps. A touching look back into the past. Thanks again, Pete from the IOW, UK.
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Mr Pete,
I would have given up to $100 just for the pipe taps! I enjoy your gone to auction videos. Don’t let the bad comments get you down. It doesn’t matter how much you already have! I don’t like to hear about old machine shop tools going to the scrap yard. It may be old, but it is still better quality than what is being made today! Just think of yourself as member of the “Old Tool Preservation Society”....we are just preserving it for the next owners! Keep up the great videos!
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Mr Pete you might want to check with Steve Summers and see if he could use all the dull end mills. He has a cutter grinder and is learning how to use it. Would be good stock for him to learn on.
You didn't loose any money on the tool box!!
I know the feeling.It's another mans life.Especialy a veteran.I'm also a veteran from the Vietnam period and hold the ww2 veterans in very high esteem.They trained me back in my flying days.My wife and I recently returned from Normandy and I did cry.It's to overwhelming to put into words.God bless.
I love the auctions, never stop!
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I enjoy auction finds like this. If I were to know what was inside, like you said, I may have bid $ 75. Not knowing and paying $25, what a deal. Good going!!!!!!!!!
This was fun to see the cool things you ended up with. If you ever had a garage sale, and sold some of the tools from this lot that you didn't care to keep, you will find that you will get your money back, and that you end up with the things you did liked and kept, you get for free.
It's funny how the things we really could care less about, others would give their left arm for, and the things they could care less about, we really want. I believe there are a lot of one armed machinists out there who have ended up with all the cool tools.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
Michael
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I would have gone as high as $25.00 for that box, unexamined. Examined, I'd have passed. Thanks for letting me live vicariously through you this morning.
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Great video! I love seeing someone who is enjoying themselves, and that is definitely you as you sift though the plunder. Go man go!!!
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I believe that is a early car alarm before we got the electronic ones we have now. I also have one of those sirens and it was hooked up as a car alarm when I got it from the wrecking yard where I worked.
Could be
Neat that you are a Minneapolis Moline fan. One came up for sale near my shop and I wanted to do it but I chickened out. It was propane. Too many projects already
I’m not a machinist, but I do like the toolbox, I’d pay $50 for it and pay up to $25 extra for the metal rulers and various knickknack, but no mor than $100 for the lot. Thanks For the fun, Mr Pete!
I think you got a great deal on that box and I am happy for you.
I love this kind of thing as much as you do. Thanks for taking us along.
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The meuller tap at 26:15 is for a Meuller tapping machine (for tapping water lines while under pressure). Likely for ductile pipe, not steel, and meant to be turned by hand. I have not done it, but have watched it a good number of times. Nice box. I'd say $25 is fair. I like rules and, within limits, can never have enough taps and dies in special sizes. They can be sharpened, at least well enough for one job when you need that one special one.
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If you lived down the street, it would be great fun to poke around the sales and shops with you.
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Thank you for sharing you knowledge with the world, that is priceless!
As far a value, and as an experienced Ebay Seller (over 15 years) I estimate $300 to $400 , once the items are cleaned up and put into small lots. The box itself is probably not worth what it would cost to ship. It is easy to determine an items value by looking at Sold Items on Ebay, this will give you the real market value. Sellers can ask any price they want, but the Sold price is golden.
You happen to live in an a part of the country where there appears to be plenty of machine related tools. I am in the Sierra Foot Hills of CA and although these kind of items are around, they require a lot of searching and digging and the competition from other buyers can be brutal. I just found an old Power Craft (Logan) 10 x 24 Lathe and am in the process of restoring it. Your videos are very helpful.
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I am glad you are showing us your auction loot. I have all the tools I can fit in my garage right now. Space is more valuable than more tools . I enjoy participating in going thru your stuff though.
You are right, I am out of space. I have to get rid of things
Respect to you sir for your reaction to finding the dog tag.
I have a son who passes on his worn out to him mechanics tools to me.
He remembers when I used to passed on to him my old tools.
He remembers the excitement to get any tools as a youth.
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I think you got a good deal on that tool box. We got to see a glimpse of a man's life. I'm glad you honored the man and his privacy.
I don't think a guy can ever have to many tools!
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Thanks for the show and tell I have been enjoying catching up on your older videos.
Around her that full tool box would go for over $100.00 at auction. Just the Ajax drill index sells for 15-20 on ebay.
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I really enjoy these videoes! Buying lots at auctions and sorting through it is also one of my favorite things to do!
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Thank mullar tap Is for live tapping water lines. It goes into a machine you can use a power head or by hand
For those of us not in that part of the country we would love to get our hands on things like that. You got a very good deal on that toolbox and your other items
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I love watching these videos and the fun you have going through your purchases. Thanks for sharing. I wish I could find some of these auctions out here in Southern California but there doesn't seem to be many machinists passing away out here. Either that, or their family just throws the stuff away. I'd probably pay $25-50 for that tool box. There were some decent items in there.
I think you are right, 90% of the stuff is thrown out
I think you did very well on that box. I would have been very pleased at twice the price you paid. I retired from the Army in 1990 and have kept one of my dog tags on my key ring since then. It is a bit bent but still holding up well!
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You had a very nice day and lots of fun. The only sad thing is I don't live close to you so I could get in the fun of bidding for good or bad stuff.
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When I saw that dog tag ,my heart jumped too. The serial number on the tag indicates he was drafted in the military and received his tetanus shot in 1956. US stands for inducted (drafted) and RA indicates regular Army (enlisted) . Check out how worn the hole is in the tag, he must have worn that tag a very long time. He is what makes America great. I enlisted in the Army in 1955 and my prefix was RA, however as years went on all that changed. The Army even went to SSN, but that was a dumb idea. Later on , I became an officer and my prefix was O5327###, while the officers that attended places like West Point received the prefix like RA regular army. The joke at the time after the Vietnam war was, non RA were Christmas help and the RIF was on. (reduction in force). I retired in 1975. Thank you for returning that dog tag to the family it will mean a lot. Again thank you Mr. Pete for being so respectful....Ken
Thank you for that info on the dog tags. I did not know any of that. I had thought maybe he was in World War II.
Mr Pete, he might have gotten another set of dog tags at a later date and the service would have updated his dog tags with his most recent tetanus shot. I have several sets of dog tags with updates on most. You sent me scrambling to find my old dog tags and I managed to find only one of the original tags with the T55 . My dog tag has the elongated worn hole, but not worn through like his. My dog tag has that strange cut out on the left side of the tag, like his and a A, for blood type and P for Protestant .That cutout has a gruesome need for use when placing one tag with a deceased soldier in combat. The Army no longer uses that on newer tags. Probably more information then needed so I'll butt out. Take care ...Ken
The drill and tap with the tapered shank is used with a tapping machine to tap cast iron or ductile water main while under pressure. The tool is advanced into the pipe using a thread which matches the tap and were powered with a hand crank. The tap was removed and the valve installed without removing the machine.
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Mr. Pete, you crack me up!...."my last auction.." We all know ya mean "my latest auction"....it's too hard to stop doing what ya love to do....
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Hey, I live in the middle of Utah. I enjoy going to the auctions vicariously with you, we sure don't get many out here. Maybe one every other year. Always enjoy getting to hang out with Tubalcain. Craig
Yes, I bet there aren't many garage sales in Utah
mrpete222 we have plenty of garage sales just none with anything good being sold. In 10 years of watching the local classifieds I've seen 2 Hendey lathes for sale here. I bought one of the 2 to go with the one I drove to California to pick up. Thanks for all you do Mr. Pete. Those of us that live in the hinterland really rely on you and the other UA-cam machinists to teach us, we couldn't do it without you. Craig
Muller drill and tap is for tapping a service line into a main live water line. Still commonly used today
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I really like that ajax number drill index!! I have never seen one !! Great find!!
I've spent about a 100 bucks for just a few of the things you found in there. I love the Starrett 3 inch calipers, and spent probably 40 bucks for a set of those. And I still need some button dies in various sizes. You done good in my book. Down in south Texas, there isn't much machinist stuff that isn't oil field left overs, which means beat to death, dull and ruined.
I appreciate your emotion on finding the dog tag. I still do that with dad's old tag. And my high school buddy's dad had a loaded Garand clip on his workshop window sill. Full of cob webs and dirt, but just thinking about it gets me.
Yes, I'm glad to hear that little story
Love going to the auctions with you. I would have paid 25.00 just for the tool box. Anything in it is a bonus.
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Great deal on the tool box hard to find good used machinist tools, mostly hard to find old machinist tools in Michigan too many active mechanical trades people seem to snap them up quickly at full market price. Most of my vintage Starrett tools come from California, New Jersey, or New England states which seem to be de-industrializing rapidly and shop metal working tools do not seem to be highly valued by the estate offspring.
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WOW ! Mrs Tubal Cain may well be the coolest lady in the world. The box value? If you got it for less than $100 that's pretty good. If you were to resell the items you would make that much surely. The Starrett items alone would fetch a decent price.
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The power saw blades are worth it to me....I so enjoy your channel....thank you
The Muller combination drill and tap you got in the machinist tool box probably was used in a Muller hot tap machine used to bore and tap holes in gas or water pipe that were under pressure. The hot tap machine allowed a connection to be made without shutting down a pipeline. As for the price of the toolbox and contents you got as real.
That is interesting, I did not know that
I scrambled looking for a desk to climb under as soon as you fired up that siren!! Sounds almost the same as the sirens we had in school in the late 80's for hurricanes and air raids.
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mrpete222 I meant to mention that this was in Gulf Breeze, Florida.
Glad you and Mrs. Pete had some fun on her BD and imagine you are both quite a catch. Happy BD Mrs. Pete! I sure had fun watching this. The box of the wool and paper was a great find. Drawer 2, I think that was a broken Cleko? I might have spent $50 on the box depending how much I spent on other things. I usually give myself a limit on how much I spend overall when I get there and get a feel for whats there. A few good things in the box, but most required a lot of clean up. For some reason the plumb bob spoke out to me...looked old school quality, but how often does one use them anymore. Pretty clear about the files and no file card in the box, but a good lot of them. Forget the complainers by considering the source, they have their mind and place too...I think¿
Felt the emotion on the Dog Tags too. Glad you'll get them back to the family, very kind. I have Dads and his OCS ring, plus my Brat ones...Gkids will get them when I auger in. Thank You for all you bring Mr. Pete!
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The drill / tap combo is really strange. I would think the shavings & chips would have cause a problem. Thanks for sharing.
Sometimes you miss some very worthy tools . I remember chuckling when you came across some German pump pliers, Knipex, I think, they are $65 Canadian around here.. And they are worth it ! And you were about to through them out ! By a man's tools we read a man's life.Keep at it. It's fun to watch.
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Mr. Pete. Is there any chance that you would do a video on milling cutters, and more specifically how to tell if they are “good or not” and if they are sharp. I have a bunch of old end mills that I’ve acquired at auctions and garage sales. They feel sharp, but they might be garbage; how do you tell/check? Great video! I have a siren as well off of a vintage fire truck and a bell from a railway crossing..... it appeals to the 8 year old in me. Please give us lots of heads up on the date for the “meet and greet”. Driving in from Canada. Best regards sir.
Pretty sure it will be September 15. But watch for a video on that subject
Mr Pete, as a Viet nam combat infantry man I was very sobered by the way you treated the man's dog tag. I think that box and contents are worth $75.00. Thanks for another good video.
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Love the auctions. Id go 50 ish on the box.. but the cheaper the better.
Do the meet and greet at Iron Fest. That way i dont have to drive up there 2 times.. thanks Mr.Pete
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Love these video's I wish we had auctions like there where I live!!
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Another enjoyable video. Love seeing all that old "made in USA" stuff.
I enjoy watching these particular videos of your tool hunts. As to what the box is worth; I believe I would have bid up to $50.00 for the box and maybe even higher If I got Auction Fever while I was bidding. I attend the local flea markets regularly though the Summer months and I see a lot of the small tools that were contained in the box. Usually those tools sell for a dollar each. So, if the contents of the box was priced out at a dollar each, you have struck a gold mine. Problem is; it would take the rest of your days to realize the "gold". Best Wishes and keep the good videos coming.
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I sent a box of hand tools to Kenya several years ago. They dont have electricty there and we dont really use them any more.
Yes, they're going to still use the hand tools over there
Always interesting to see you go trough all these, I'd love to buy that kind of lot once and spend a few hours combing the tools and junk.
Thank you, I had fun
Very enjoyable! Nice to see all the lathes in the background
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Another interesting video. Just love it When you show us what you bought. In my country I thing I would have gladly paid 60 dollars for that box.
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Definitely a hundred dollar tool box. Great score!!
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Just got to this one Mr Pete and yes it's hard to pass some items knowing that the scrap man is the next stop.
As I don't have many of your number taps and dies and no American pipe taps or dies then think I would pay your $50 or $100 Australian
As a side that tap with drill bit attached. I have a ¾ BSP version.
I still remember, was the late 50's in the UK, watching workers setting up and fitting a tapping to a live cast iron gas main.
This type of drill tap was hand driven in a rotating assembly, clamped to the underground cast iron pipe.
First the hole was drilled and tapped, the assembly head was then rotated and a valve was then screwed in.
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I do enjoy your videos.
If only my instructors had your flair.
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I paid $50 for a Kenny toolbox full of tools, a Delta floor drill press and a 6 inch Delta table belt sander at an estate sale many years ago. The sander had a 220 volt 3600 RPM 4 HP motor. The motor is on my table saw! You never know what you are going to find at one of these sales.
Hi Ernie. That was a goodbye on the drill press
Hey Mr .Pete that's at least a $300.00 box up here in Ontario Canada so I personally think it's a great score!!!! Keep hitting those auctions and saving the tools from the scrap yard!!!!
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Enjoyed and I share with you your emotion of our veterans...God bless them
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If I could pick the box up to get an idea of what the weight as an indication of what was in I would go $100 unopened, just looking at it and not touching it $50. I am like you and enjoy looking through all the goodies I get when i win a lot box of assorted items. Don't let anyone tell you that you need to stop going to auctions, you can never have enough toys. My shop is running over and I am still bringing in more. You do seem to have better sales in your area than we do here in Georgia.
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Mr. Pete, all these auction videos have got me into auctions now. My tool chest says "thank you" and my wallet wants an apology. Haha. Thanks for all your videos.
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The siren is great. mount that on the tractor for backing up.
I'd definitely given $100 for that. The tap/dies alone would pay for lot.
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Yeah, those pipe taps at 26 minutes are very expensive...! I'd give $100 any day for that box!
I would have paid $100 but my dollar's not worth as Mutch as yours
That tap/drill is for installing a corporation tap into live water mains. They are hand operated.
well if i was bidding on it unseen so to speak like you...i would say, i'll try for 5 bucks no more...which means i will go to 15 but in the heat of it i would be at 25 before i backed off. it's probably worth more easy, but i have so much stuff already. both junk and good. to be truthful i really don't need anything more like that. i can outfit both my kids when i am gone and they will still need to get rid of lots of it. it's just so hard to not pick up well made (possibly) metallurgy though. and that is why i have to thank you sir. i can see yer plunder and enjoy the heck out of you going thru the boxes. i really do enjoy that, and i don't have to hear the wife telling me "what are you going to do with that stuff, yer shop is already overflowing." thank you for sharing.
That happens to me too. I always end up bidding more than I plan on
Up here in Canada, I bet someone would ask a couple hundred dollars for that, and would probably settle for $150. Save some of the "garbage" for the meet up when you have it and make a free box. One man's trash, is another mans treasure. I don't think it's going through a mans pockets, I see it more as keeping things alive and your commentary helps us to understand some of the odd ball things that might be in there. I would also forward that dog tag back to the mans family like you said. I don't have any military in my family but if I did, I'm sure I would want it. Great haul! It makes some of us jealous as we wish we had those kinds of sales close to us. Keep well Mr Pete!
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I always get a little remorseful when i go to a auction and buy another mans tools . I think about how many years he saved those tools , and what will happen to mine ? 25 - 45 on the tool box if I couldn't look before hand. BIKERB
I would love to buy that baker indicator as it bears my last name. I can't explain it but I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos of auctions stuff.
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Nuts and bolts at my local hardware store have gone up quite a bit. Any box of bolts and screws no matter how varied is worth something. And the people running the estate sales around here have been to the hardware store and they want way too much for the nuts, bolts and screws sort of ruined a good thing.
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Yeah, hardware metal is outrageous now. I've gone to drilling holes in pennys for washers
Thanks. Love these plunder videos.
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Mr Pete, myself, I love watching these videos. I probably would have bid $40-$50 but I'm in an area like you (eastern Oh Western Pa) so we have lots of auctions like these. I really hope you can reunite the family with the dog tag, I know I would give almost anything to have my dads and if someone just found it and gave it back to me I would break down and cry like a baby for sure!
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29:40 "I'm gonna smell it"
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"I'm not liking the smell"
You crack me up, keep up the great work
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From the motor housing and mounting bracket, that siren looks like a "Seagrave RITE-O-WAY". It is missing the from horn or screen. There is a restored one on eBay going for $1450.
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I forgot to include the word "similar". I don't think it is exactly the same model. It looks a bit larger than yours.
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Boy I sure like that folding drill index.
The Muellar tap is for inserting a curb stop in a water line. I've used them. The box i would pay maybe $50.
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Very Very happy mrpete wen i watch those videos i just go crazy. I would of pay 100$ or more, i think you will live forever making videos, are #1shop teacher ☝
Thank you for watching, I am glad you like it
Your hands became the same dirty color as mines when I need to look trough my old dies taps and so on, with that distinct smell of old oil and grime... ;)
Not usually bidding high on used dies and taps, never got good experience unless they were new or so, same on endmills and reamers, those chunks of HSS were a better deal, though... ;)
I agree on used cutting tools. Generally I want them brand new
How many People came out when you set that siron of :)).. Thanks for sharing sir..
Or ran to there bunker......
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The box is not worth much to me but the video is worth a fortune. Love the auction review and the rants. Thank you.
Thank you very much Randy, I'm glad you survived the fire
Thank you Lyle. We are glad too. Too many homes and lives are lost this week here in CA from the wildfires.
Happy Birthday to Mrs. Peterson. If it was the same day as the date on the video we have the same birthday. I would have given $50.00. Thanks for sharing.
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Mr Pete my first tool box was that exact S-K box when I started my apprenticeship I think. I gave $15 for brand new. I am building a small shop again so if you feel the need to pass on any of your plunger let me know and the price we'll make a deal. Great vids!
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@22:00 I think that's a self-centering drill bit, a broken one to be exact.
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That box was worth three times what you paid just for the taps and the dies..the thread files put the icing on the cake! Thanks, Mr. Pete! :-)
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You enjoy going to auctions keep going and making videos of them as for the value in Australia a 3/4 pipe tap is (aud $60) $ 45A hacksaw blades start at $3A once again you have got a bargain
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If you can locate the family I'm sure they would love to have the dog tag back! As for the tools I hope when I go the person who gets mine looks after them the same as I do.
Siren might be a burglar alarm - all low voltage for safety. The very thin files in one drawer are for cleaning Relay contacts. I have a diamond set myself. Lufkin is Luf-Kin. I live near a town of that name.
Must be Texas