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Joe Sears Most Wanted: Your Unwanted Craftsman Tools
May 26th, 2005 08:20 AM
Folks:

Once again, interested in your unwanted Sears Craftsman tool items. Yea, if you were going to pitch it, I'm your man to give it a new life.

I don't sell whatever you give me. I restore it, clean it it up, or at minimum use it to salvage another oldie goldie to keep it going.

As an aside, I recently picked up a bunch of nice stuff that was being pitched:

2 Wilton 400S machinist vises,
Large amount of unique hand tools, some JH Williams wrenches and other goodies,

Last night, I got a FAMCO machine #1 Arbor press. Nice little USA made unit!

Thanks for any offerings/giveaways or leads to the same.

Best regards,

Joe
Adam Pitched stuff
May 26th, 2005 08:21 PM
May 26, 2005 Pitched stuff


Of all the stuff West coasters toss, why can't I find any TOOLS?

Oops.

I forgot.

You've got to own quite a few of them, to toss any away.

My bad.
Joe Fingers do the walking
May 27th, 2005 07:53 AM
Maybe because a lot of folks out there have one main tool in their toolbox....

the telephone (they call if they need something fixed :) ).

I betcha it's more prevelant on the West Coast than the East :).
Randal avid diyer
May 27th, 2005 11:01 AM
I'm an avid diyer who doesn't get things done to my own stuff as much. I get started, then I am on the receiving end of the "I have this emergency" phone call. Makes it real fun, when I need help and that phone doesn't work the other way.
My experience is Craftsman makes the best hand tools, but not the best power tools (value overall). Generalization, as sometimes people don't listen to why you need what you need. I got a gift because I was looking at circular saws, no where near strong enough, so I have a Craftsman 14.4 drill and saw combo kit I am thinking of giving my nephew, as he seems to be interested in learning how to do things, unlike his father. If there is a no interest, I'll email you.
Joe The Best Things in Life are Free...
May 27th, 2005 04:20 PM
Randal:

I don't want to sound presumptuous in any way, but I'm only looking for the freebies :). LOL. (Of course I will pay to ship the items)

Thanks for thinking of me, it's very appreciated. Hopefully your nephew takes a liking to your DIY ability.

:)
Randal Good home
May 28th, 2005 02:29 AM
I really would like to see him learn too. I'd rather he didn't take after his father, and have been asking about getting him tools. He is at the age where he is starting to check out both girls and cars. So I have thought about doing something that I never had a part of growing up. I almost bought a 64 GMC the other day (good body, blown motor) as a rebuilder for his first vehicle, in a few years. When I was growing up, I started maintaining my Grandmothers house, but when I was at home, I wasn't even supposed to work on my own vehicle. MY father hated plumbing, electrical, (somethings I am good at) and cars. He built his first one as a kid (a 40 willy's) and being from a poor family, his mother drove it till she totaled it before he turned 16.
sorry kinda got off topic there, when it comes to tools, I like a statement that Bill Gates said in an interview, Let them go to who needs and apprectiates them.
Joe Sears
May 28th, 2005 07:25 AM
Fair enough and very true.

As an aside, last night I cut my grandpa's lawn.

I used my recycled 1988 Craftsman mower, and my Echo GT2400 trimmer (also recycled).

Sure, I could have bought them both new, but it's much more fun taking trash from the curb and making it run like new. Not bad for a guy with an MBA on the wall, huh? :). LOL.

I scowl at people who have degrees and think "down" on people that can ALSO do things with their hands and have a mind to fix things too.
Randal Degrees
May 28th, 2005 10:09 AM
"I scowl at people who have degrees and think "down" on people that can ALSO do things with their hands and have a mind to fix things too."

Those people tend to scowl at us, till they need us.
When my dad retired from IBM, it was interesting, watching him get a job. People would ask, "do you have a computer science degree", and he'd explain the concept of working on computers before there were degrees for it!
Adam Degrees
May 29th, 2005 06:39 PM
The people graduating from Cal Poly are generally pretty down to earth.

In how many other colleges can you be serenaded by a cow in the background while returning back to your dorm after a differential equations test?

The electrical engineers brag that, unlike Berkely, they know what a resistor "looks-like". LOL!

No flaming! I'm not a Cal Poly electrical engineering graduate.

My degree is in Manufacturing Engineering (with 3 misguided years in Mechanical Engineering).

Awfully hard to look down, when you're underneath a machine, tinkering with its drive mechanism or painting it for display during "Poly Royal".

I like the high degreed folks that come to Sears. They're the only people I know who by a big treadmill or TV and think its going to somehow fit in their BMW, Lexus or Volvo Sedan.

"Just take it out of the box." - I have to leave the area when I hear that.

No bad intentions intended Joe or anyone else with a Masters or higher degree.

I'm up to a couple of degrees, several technical certificates, and a Commendation award.

A few more and I'll be able to wallpaper.
Joe Good to have both
May 31st, 2005 07:28 AM
I'm more at home with fixing things than at some intellectual debate or something. LOL.

I like to go to museums and stuff and I enjoy some culture. But, my art is making trash into treasure :).
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