This morning kicked off the summer Steam Engine Show and flea market at 
Jacktown.  Unlike the spring event which is all flea market, this is a 
mix of show and flea market, and also goes for 3 days rather than 2.  I 
crawled out (way too damn early BTW), found some road coffee and hit the 
road.  I got there around 6:30AM with the place lightly covered in fog 
and with not too many dealers open.  But slowly and surely things picked 
up although it cloudy and damp the whole time.  A least there was no mud!

Couple of pics of the flea market area, early and in the fog


http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2015/jacktownsummer2015f1.jpg

http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2015/jacktownsummer2015f2.jpg

The exhibitor area where a lot of folks camp for the weekend.


http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2015/jacktownsummer2015f3.jpg

Tractor row


http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2015/jacktownsummer2015f4.jpg

Overall pickings were decent for the time and money spent.  The Stanley 
pickings included a No. 80 cabinet scraper, a Type 11 No, 3 smoother 
plane, a No. 42X saw set that needs the anvil and screw (which I think I 
still have from a basket case one), a 6" Rule & Level bevel square, a 
minty No. 49 auger bit gage, and a No. 151 adjustable spoke shave.


http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2015/jacktownsummer2015t1.jpg

Dunlap 8" draw knife, a long and well made machinist tapered reamer, 
long and skinny blacksmith tongs, pair cabinet maker's turnscrews to 
restore, and a Wostenholm & Son IXL stag handled dagger.


http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2015/jacktownsummer2015t2.jpg

Cobblers No. 3 lasting pliers, Alford Patent Millers Falls No. 1 hand 
vise, a C Hammond No. 1 cobbler's hammer, pair Starrett No. 298 
Machinist key seat clamps, a penny knife made in Austria, German 
jeweler's hand vise, leather lacing slitter shave, small scraper blade 
burnisher, 6" Perfect Handle screwdriver, and a pair of Starrett tool 
maker's calipers.


http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/bffiles/2015/jacktownsummer2015t3.jpg

Not a massive pile but reasonable overall.  Depending on the weather 
(which seems to be targeting my flea market days here for the past 
month..grrrrrrr) I may go back for a clean up pass tomorrow after the 
flea market.

But we shall see

Tony (in serious need of sleep and new knees..)

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Tony, 
 The winners seem to be the Alford hand vise and the two classic "turnscrews".
At least, that's what floats my boat, YMMV.
 
The Starrett stuff and the shop-made machinist reamer aren't too shabby, either.
 
Made me want to drive over to Bangor PA......but I'm already backlogged with
restorations.  Besides, I'm sure you got all the good stuff! 
 
John Ruth

On 7/17/2015 3:01 PM, John Ruth wrote:
> Tony,
>
> The winners seem to be the Alford hand vise and the two classic 
> "turnscrews". At least, that's what floats my boat, YMMV.
>
> The Starrett stuff and the shop-made machinist reamer aren't too 
> shabby, either.

Well I missed out a bunch of good Starrett, this old guy showed up and 
emptied out 2 machinists chests at pennies on the dollar prices but I 
got there 5 minutes too late...grrrrrrrrrrrr

>
> Made me want to drive over to Bangor PA

Bangor?  I don't even know her!  (Local radio joke...)

> ......but I'm already backlogged with restorations.  Besides, I'm sure 
> you got all the good stuff! 

There were a number of empty spots and a few of the regular's weren't 
there but I sort of doubt with the "60% chance of the world coming to an 
end" forecast for tomorrow that they will be showing up.

Tony (but who knows eh?  And it is a fun place to visit)

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Sure looked like a lot of fun
  I wonder how long it takes to get all that iron (tractors)
   onto the property, and set up.
   There has to got be some fun there ! hehehehe

   I want the knife
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From: Scott Grandstaff

  I wonder how long it takes to get all that iron (tractors)
   onto the property, and set up.
   There has to got be some fun there ! hehehehe

The few I’ve managed to show my old tractor at, the people show up at daylight
and start setting up. Stragglers drift in from dawn until noon.  First come
first served so the late ones end up in the swamp or woods.

On 7/17/2015 6:04 PM, scott grandstaff wrote:
> Sure looked like a lot of fun
>  I wonder how long it takes to get all that iron (tractors)
>   onto the property, and set up.
>   There has to got be some fun there ! hehehehe

Well there are people there starting Wednesday and over 1/2 of the flea 
market area was up and running on Thursday.  I'm sure after all these 
years they have a system for herding cats as well as tractors.

Much as I would have liked to be there on Thursday, vendors come in all 
day and well, I just can't justify setting around doing nothing all day 
in the hopes of snagging something good.  Plus it's only a 45 mile ride 
one way, but it's an hour:15 run during dawn's early
light, but after
that, add on average another 1/2 hour due to traffic.  Sigh....

Got rained out this AM for the most part.  I had just enough time to 
check out the one regular at the flea market who I usually do okay with 
before it seriously cut loose.  The ride back here was an adventure to 
say the least, as the one road I take probably had better drainage 150 
years ago when it was a stagecoach route than it does these days!

> I want the knife

Yeah, I'm having some trouble pricing that guy, doesn't seem like they 
made too many of them and even fewer have shown up for sale. The most 
common Wostenholm & Son dagger has brass handle and that brings some 
serious coinage.  But I'm sure I'll figure something out

Tony (just having all kinds of fun eh?)

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late to this party, but which one gets the tree grown through it?  gotta be
that there steam tractor.

bill
felton, ca
just say i think of john when i hear the steam whistle from our local train
station...

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 4:31 PM, David Nighswander <
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> From: Scott Grandstaff
>
>   I wonder how long it takes to get all that iron (tractors)
>    onto the property, and set up.
>    There has to got be some fun there ! hehehehe
>
> The few I’ve managed to show my old tractor at, the people show up at
> daylight and start setting up. Stragglers drift in from dawn until noon.
> First come first served so the late ones end up in the swamp or woods.
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Hey, Bill ! I hadn't thought of that classic OLDTOOLS post in years!  IIRC, it's
got to be a caterpillar-tracked steam tractor with a brass whistle.
 
Oh, I suppose the newer members of the list would like a pointer to the story,
but I can't find one.
 
There was an almost universal gut reaction that that's what would happen to each
and every one of us if we ever tried to bid on something like that with SWMBO
present!
 
John Ruth

i was trying to explain the thing about the norwegian womens' eyes
reflecting any of the seas, in any conditions.

here's the post:
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he was a hoot, john was.

bill
felton, ca


On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 4:55 PM, John Ruth  wrote:

> Hey, Bill ! I hadn't thought of that classic OLDTOOLS post in years!
> IIRC, it's got to be a caterpillar-tracked steam tractor with a brass
> whistle.
>
> Oh, I suppose the newer members of the list would like a pointer to the
> story, but I can't find one.
>
> There was an almost universal gut reaction that that's what would happen
> to each and every one of us if we ever tried to bid on something like that
> with SWMBO present!
>
> John Ruth
>

John,

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 3:55 PM, John Ruth  wrote:
> Hey, Bill ! I hadn't thought of that classic OLDTOOLS post in years!  IIRC,
it's got to be a caterpillar-tracked steam tractor with a brass whistle.

Perhaps this post?

http://swingleydev.com/ot/g
et/6429/thread/

Cheers,

Chris
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On 30/07/2015 9:55 AM, John Ruth wrote:
> Hey, Bill ! I hadn't thought of that classic OLDTOOLS post in years!  IIRC,
it's got to be a caterpillar-tracked steam tractor with a brass whistle.

'It was, on close examination, a steam tractor. Not just any steam 
tractor, but a caterpillar treaded steam tractor, slightly larger than 
our apartment."

" It had, I suddenly noticed, a whistle."

>   
> Oh, I suppose the newer members of the list would like a pointer to the story,
but I can't find one.

 From John Lederer, 12 February 2004.  Archive No. 129028,

A first class yarn!

Cheers,

Tony B
Hobart, Tasmania

Tony,

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Tony Blanks  wrote:
> From John Lederer, 12 February 2004.  Archive No. 129028,

Thanks Tony.  The URL is:

http://swingleydev.com/ot
/get/129028/single/

Cheers,

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Thank you.
On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 9:09 PM, Christopher Swingley <
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> Tony,
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Tony Blanks 
> wrote:
> > From John Lederer, 12 February 2004.  Archive No. 129028,
>
> Thanks Tony.  The URL is:
>
> http://swingleydev.com/
ot/get/129028/single/
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
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> Fairbanks, Alaska
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