Mr Pete, we all have that disease and the best cure is watching others suffer from theirs, lol. With all the stress and media pollution in our daily lives, your video's do in fact improve my quality of life. Thank you Sir.
Every backyard metal caster is also an obligate basement patternmaker (wood worker). All 20 of us. Show off all the hand planes you want, I'm here for it!
Thank you Mr. Pete for going to the auction. I can’t believe that General item was over $18 as old as it was. There appeared to have been thousands of dollars worth of tools and I’m sure they sold for pennies. Thank you again Mr. Pete for your work.
Some great finds there, Mr. Pete. I went to an estate sale a week ago near me. I saw a small Centeral Machinery hydraulic press. I looked at the price... it was $400!! I told the lady that I could get one at Harbor Fright for nearly half that price. She said, "Harbor Fright sells junk." I just started laughing. She looked up the price and became extremely embarrassed.
Even though like everyone else I'd guessed what was coming I still laughed out loud after the cut at 0.50. Thanks for that. Never change Mr Pete, never change.
"I'm going to an auction...but I'm not going to buy anything." ...then, "look what followed me home" I knew how this was going to end as soon as you said "auction" I can't wait for the next auction!
You sir, are loving life, and I for one, am happy that we can share your journey with you. I’ve said it many times before, THANK YOU for passing your knowledge and love for tools along to us. ❤️
Lyle - Like my friend at work used to say 'first liar doesn't stand a chance'. My next auction is going to be my last one too - LOL. Keep it up, it is what we enjoy it seems more once past 75. I can't ever remember seeing a micrometer in Woolworths back in the day - that's a new one for me.
Thanks for your latest last auction Mr Pete! See you at the next one 👋 Wow, I remember when you found Henry in the top drawer of that Kennedy toolbox, now he's lifting lathes.... the time flies.
"I'm not buying nothing". What a hoot. I was laughing and my wife was smiling and said no way. I just got back from a marketplace find. 4 Mitutoyo inside micrometers. Brown & Sharpe adjustable parallel set. Brown & Sharpe wiggler set A pair of threaded 123 blocks in the box with the bolts. Everything is in great shape for $175.
Tubalcain- Don't sweat it going to auctions & getting stuff. You're retired-- You've got the time, effort, & KNOWLEDGE to get good stuff!. Besides I enjoy watching what you found!
I must apologize, my memory isn't what it was. The tool is used to adjust carburetors with recessed screws. They used to seal the openings with plugs and then after the plug was removed, that tool allowed the mechanic to adjust the tamper-proof idle screws.
6:45 - that, I believe, is a pressure gauge off a sphygmomanometer. You'll wish you hadn't stuck it in you mouth when you find out what a sphygmomanometer is. Great videos.
Lyle, I’ve been depressed lately. Watching your failure as an auction attendee has really lifted my spirits. It made my day. If only to support my continued well being, you must at all costs to yourself, continue your path down the road to the next auction. Kind regards.
I do my fair share of woodworking as well as metal work. I have a nice collection of hand planes that I maintain and use fairly regularly. Looks like you found a few gems. I have one of those little Handy-Mikes. Not sure where I got it, and can't bring myself to throw it away.
Two fun videos today. I have hit some good sakes recently. We attended a flea market and dropped $1k on NIB Snap-on at our first stop only 100' inside the gate. I picked up a handful of quality tools and found a Prentiss Bulldog that was "stuck", but otherwise undamaged. It is a 5" vise, and is an ideal size for a daily user in my shop, which now sports 5 quality bench vises on various workbenches. The Prentiss cleaned up easily and was deserving of a proper paint job. This shop still has 2 more benches without a quality vise. I culled a larger unbranded vise to a friend that had been grossly abused, but that I had machined back to life. I didn't need a Fluke meter that I found for $60, but my son is outfitting service trucks for hus boys. He added the Fluke to his purchases. That meter is currently retailing around $800. Thus flea market is an annual visit while we family reunion in OH. We live in MO. I hit a Pony pipe clamp deal, at home, and purchased 22 more, bringing my clamp inventory to around 275. I do enough woodworking to justify clamp hoarding. A good number of these will go out this Christmas as gifts. I still use Pony, but I have outgrown that style for most of my work. Local auctions and flea markets in my area with tools that I want are infrequent. Thanks for the Arnfest video. That swap meet is attractive. The event price is steep, and I have never attended. ...maybe next year.
Well, I guess "last" and "final" can mean different things to different people. I like your definition. Enjoy your purchases (and future purchases). -cheers, Doug
Neat- the model railroad stuff is worth a few dollars, not to be thrown away. I'm glad I wasn't there or I would have brought a lot of the RR stuff home. Good show.
I recognize that airplane. It's a "Stuntman 23". I built a few of those as a kid, lots of fun. They fly way better than the plastic ready to fly Cox models with the same little .049 engine. I have a box full of those engines lurking in my archives somewhere. Nowadays I build and fly full sized aircraft. Something's going to get your money.... make it something fun.
Retired but if I was younger would definitely want to bid on several of the great things that you have. Only attended one auction years ago. Purchased two extra heavy painted over file cabinets for only $25" ( for both ). Have them on wheeled cart in the garage filled with supplies & some tools that will not fit in my two large tool chest.
The NOS General dial caliper had no UPC to scan. That dates it to the early ninteen eighties at least! I know that is not really that old to you, but forty years or more in the original package is impressive! 😊😊😊
Those control line airplanes with the Cox .049 engines... I had that red one, it was a trainer. I *think* is was a Goldberg model. Unlike most of the balsa planes that would turn into toothpicks when you crashed, it was pretty rugged. We used to mark successful (full gas tank) flights with a hash mark on the underside of the wing. I think mine had almost 50 flights.
Whenever you do a walk around at an auction, I try to imagine what people will think about me when my stuff gets auctioned off after I take the dirt nap. Kind of an eerie feeling. Thanks for the video.
Mr. Pete I would need your checkbook at that auction. Eagle. you're like me I'm 77 and can't keep away from buying all that stuff, get it home and wonder what I'm going to do with it.
The gauge that you found with the first box of taps that was “certified”, is the gauge for a sphygmomanometer. AKA, blood pressure cuff. It should have a a unit marking on it in/Hg (inches of mercury).
00:49. Baloney! I know better! Try telling me how large that fish was, again! LOL 00:50. Yep! Saw that coming a country mile away! LOL Keep all of the parts for the binoculars. Those are few and far between. Sans & Streiffe were actually decent optics. Please, keep it all together. Last one? Not likely! This will repeat again and again and again. As long as Mr. Pete is breathing these videos will keep coming. That's not a bad thing. LOL You grousing about not getting that little lathe says that you are upset with yourself for NOT bidding higher and getting it. LOL 28:29 THAT'S MY SAW! Actually, it is a carbon copy of my ENCO saw! I bought it from their storefront in 1984 and it is still going strong today! WHY CAN WE NOT HAVE SUCH FUN THINGS IN NEW ENGLAND? Thank you again Mr. Pete! Keep up the good work.
Last auction...doubtful. I think they are going to put a bidder's number in the flower arrangements at your funeral. :) Keep enjoying. Always fun. We need a deluxe tour with signage of all the studios you film in.
We never have auctions like that down here where I live in Alabama. Maybe everyone was too poor to buy stuff like that, who knows... The only thing similar was an "online only" auction a couple years ago of an old friends estate but apparently the guys son had already pilfered all the good stuff.
A lot of good stuff there. I alway pick up hardware. I just hate sorting it. Eventually it will find a use. I might drop some of my extra stuff off at Habitat. Good cause.
Lyle Peterson ------ Mr Pete -------- if you don't live you die ------- this is your life ----- don't die ------ look forward to the next auction !!! Pleeeease don't apologise for what you are ------- that's why we watch Your biggest fan in the UK !!
Glad to hear you're all done with the auctions! Can't wait to see the next one!!
hehe
Not gonna lie, that was my first thought too.
I can think of worse obsessions to have.
🤔 correct 😅
Mr Pete, we all have that disease and the best cure is watching others suffer from theirs, lol. With all the stress and media pollution in our daily lives, your video's do in fact improve my quality of life. Thank you Sir.
Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it!
Every backyard metal caster is also an obligate basement patternmaker (wood worker). All 20 of us. Show off all the hand planes you want, I'm here for it!
True
Once I properly sharpened my plane blades, I became a convert to using them.
Last auction ever…this week. 😊
That is correct.
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LMAO!
Isn’t it kind of amazing how stuff follows you home from an auction. I truly know this from personal experience!
I do enjoy these last ever auction videos. Looking forward to the next one.
I love that every auction is the last 🙂
That last one is definitely my last
Thank you Mr. Pete for going to the auction. I can’t believe that General item was over $18 as old as it was. There appeared to have been thousands of dollars worth of tools and I’m sure they sold for pennies. Thank you again Mr. Pete for your work.
Some great finds there, Mr. Pete. I went to an estate sale a week ago near me. I saw a small Centeral Machinery hydraulic press. I looked at the price... it was $400!! I told the lady that I could get one at Harbor Fright for nearly half that price. She said, "Harbor Fright sells junk." I just started laughing. She looked up the price and became extremely embarrassed.
Even though like everyone else I'd guessed what was coming I still laughed out loud after the cut at 0.50. Thanks for that. Never change Mr Pete, never change.
I seem to remember, you've been saying that for the last few years. Auctions are a very addictive habit and we all know you're hooked.
I really enjoy watching the proceeds of your "last" auctions.
Always fun Mr. Pete. Thanks for passing "treasures" along to Habitat.
I loved riding my bike to the local mall that had a Wool Worths in it. Such a fun store when you are a early teenager. That was back in the late 70's.
Hi Tom!
@@mattthescrapwhisperer Morning Matt.
"I'm going to an auction...but I'm not going to buy anything." ...then, "look what followed me home"
I knew how this was going to end as soon as you said "auction"
I can't wait for the next auction!
Mr. Pete , you are the very ,very Best!!!!!!!!! Do not ever stop !!!!!!!! Please !!!
You sir, are loving life, and I for one, am happy that we can share your journey with you. I’ve said it many times before, THANK YOU for passing your knowledge and love for tools along to us. ❤️
It's my pleasure to share!
Great you are still going to auctions!!! Whatever makes you happy is the best medicine for anyone !!!!
Lyle - Like my friend at work used to say 'first liar doesn't stand a chance'. My next auction is going to be my last one too - LOL. Keep it up, it is what we enjoy it seems more once past 75. I can't ever remember seeing a micrometer in Woolworths back in the day - that's a new one for me.
A few good finds. But always fun to go. Thank you Lyle for sharing your advnetures.
Looks like lots of fun. Wish we auctions like this around here. Look forward to the next one.
i've enjoyed a number of the 'last ever' auctions over the years, and look forward for the future ones. If your having fun, keep going !
Love to see what kind of goodies you can't live without!
I would've never expected Woolworth's to have sold a micrometer.
There's one too many a radial arm saw being sold these days.
Thanks, Mr Pete!
My son has a model A Avery tractor that was sold by Woolworths in Springfield Ohio in 1945.
Thanks for your latest last auction Mr Pete! See you at the next one 👋
Wow, I remember when you found Henry in the top drawer of that Kennedy toolbox, now he's lifting lathes.... the time flies.
Henry sure has grown!
"I'm not buying nothing". What a hoot. I was laughing and my wife was smiling and said no way.
I just got back from a marketplace find.
4 Mitutoyo inside micrometers.
Brown & Sharpe adjustable parallel set.
Brown & Sharpe wiggler set
A pair of threaded 123 blocks in the box with the bolts.
Everything is in great shape for $175.
You just made me very jealous
@@mrpete222 Thank you. He has much more quality lathe and milling tools. I just restrained myself, but I can go back.
Some of your junk would have been treasure to me.
That remote control boat was a neat piece of work. 👍
Yeah, that was cool.
looked pretty cool
Well that was a great haul! Thanks for includimg the bit at the end with your grandson! 😊😊😊
I'm told those Sargent planes make good users. Thanks for sharing and take care!
Greetings from the oldest town in Texas, Nacogdoches. More nice and necessary stuff for the shop. ❤
I have had that set of Craftsman flex sockets for years and they do come in very handy in tight spots!
_"my name's Mr Pete and I'm a tool-aholic."_ I love your final tool auction videos Mr Pete and I'm looking forward to the next one 😄
Thanks 👍
The tool you picked up out of the first try at 7:36 is a carburetor adjustment tool.
I always stick around for the extra credit. Great video as always.
I didn't see that auction advertised? Oh well. What a nice surprise with the Snap on ratchet and the Craftsman swivels. See you soon.
Walking around pre auction is fun, tHanks for taking us along
Tubalcain- Don't sweat it going to auctions & getting stuff. You're retired-- You've got the time, effort, & KNOWLEDGE to get good stuff!. Besides I enjoy watching what you found!
At 7:42 the squiggle thing with the black sliding center is a tool for setting the points on a General Motor ignition distributor.
I must apologize, my memory isn't what it was. The tool is used to adjust carburetors with recessed screws. They used to seal the openings with plugs and then after the plug was removed, that tool allowed the mechanic to adjust the tamper-proof idle screws.
Look, who lost control again...😂
Good for me. I LOVE your tool auction videos.
6:45 - that, I believe, is a pressure gauge off a sphygmomanometer. You'll wish you hadn't stuck it in you mouth when you find out what a sphygmomanometer is. Great videos.
Thanks for the info!
You are one of a kind Mr. Pete, watching from Conroe Texas
Lyle, I’ve been depressed lately. Watching your failure as an auction attendee has really lifted my spirits. It made my day. If only to support my continued well being, you must at all costs to yourself, continue your path down the road to the next auction. Kind regards.
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"This is my last auction" 😅 OH, okay 👍 Love your videos shop teacher 😀
You scored !!!! Auctions get the heart pumping. There was a lot of things there I would have bid on. The lathe was not one of them.
I do my fair share of woodworking as well as metal work. I have a nice collection of hand planes that I maintain and use fairly regularly.
Looks like you found a few gems. I have one of those little Handy-Mikes. Not sure where I got it, and can't bring myself to throw it away.
I also like auctions. Mainly just to see how much stuff goes for. Great video!
Two fun videos today.
I have hit some good sakes recently. We attended a flea market and dropped $1k on NIB Snap-on at our first stop only 100' inside the gate.
I picked up a handful of quality tools and found a Prentiss Bulldog that was "stuck", but otherwise undamaged. It is a 5" vise, and is an ideal size for a daily user in my shop, which now sports 5 quality bench vises on various workbenches. The Prentiss cleaned up easily and was deserving of a proper paint job. This shop still has 2 more benches without a quality vise. I culled a larger unbranded vise to a friend that had been grossly abused, but that I had machined back to life.
I didn't need a Fluke meter that I found for $60, but my son is outfitting service trucks for hus boys. He added the Fluke to his purchases. That meter is currently retailing around $800. Thus flea market is an annual visit while we family reunion in OH. We live in MO.
I hit a Pony pipe clamp deal, at home, and purchased 22 more, bringing my clamp inventory to around 275. I do enough woodworking to justify clamp hoarding. A good number of these will go out this Christmas as gifts. I still use Pony, but I have outgrown that style for most of my work.
Local auctions and flea markets in my area with tools that I want are infrequent.
Thanks for the Arnfest video. That swap meet is attractive. The event price is steep, and I have never attended. ...maybe next year.
It’s great to hear you had such a successful weekend
I love the self-aware, self deprecation. 😂❤ I chuckled most of the way through this one. 😂
Glad you enjoyed it!
The wobbly cable thing with the gray hex is for adjusting fuel trim screws in Rochester carbs. Thexton tool.
Well, I guess "last" and "final" can mean different things to different people. I like your definition. Enjoy your purchases (and future purchases). -cheers, Doug
Thanks Doug!
Neat- the model railroad stuff is worth a few dollars, not to be thrown away. I'm glad I wasn't there or I would have brought a lot of the RR stuff home. Good show.
Mr Pete the adjustable square you were showing and saying it could be Sttarret can be from Sawyer Tools Co.
I love the Starrett tools and what I find equally awesome are the manuals and books that you find .
Me too, I love those manuals!
We’ve heard this before
Keep on keeping on!
I recognize that airplane. It's a "Stuntman 23". I built a few of those as a kid, lots of fun. They fly way better than the plastic ready to fly Cox models with the same little .049 engine. I have a box full of those engines lurking in my archives somewhere. Nowadays I build and fly full sized aircraft. Something's going to get your money.... make it something fun.
Awesome
Sunshine, good clean fresh air, money in the pocket and a tool auction! Doesn't get much better!
😀😀
Retired but if I was younger would definitely want to bid on several of the great things that you have. Only attended one auction years ago. Purchased two extra heavy painted over file cabinets for only $25" ( for both ). Have them on wheeled cart in the garage filled with supplies & some tools that will not fit in my two large tool chest.
I am glad to hear that you are donating tools to Habitat. That is what I do with usable tools that I don't need. 😊😊😊
It's a good cause!
Mr. Pete, your gauge that you bought and were blowing in, is part of a Blood Pressure Cuff, minus the hose and cuff.
I enjoy watching the auction videos. If I was there I would probably spend money.
The NOS General dial caliper had no UPC to scan. That dates it to the early ninteen eighties at least! I know that is not really that old to you, but forty years or more in the original package is impressive! 😊😊😊
You’re right, time flies!
Those control line airplanes with the Cox .049 engines... I had that red one, it was a trainer. I *think* is was a Goldberg model. Unlike most of the balsa planes that would turn into toothpicks when you crashed, it was pretty rugged. We used to mark successful (full gas tank) flights with a hash mark on the underside of the wing. I think mine had almost 50 flights.
Thanks Mr Pete. I'm glad you got some goodies.
That a fiber stick, They are used for rubber gaskets on old cars…I actually collect old meters, it would be fun to maybe see yours someday.😊
Some very nice finds. I like your idea of comparing the 6-inch General caliper to a real one. I wonder how accurate it will be? Hope you do it.
Yeah, that’s a good idea!
I just bought a tool box with two of those Kent Industries tools in it, the box looks to be from a GM tool and die maker.
Good job Sir !!! best regards Steve
I have one of those 1/2 inch Woolworth micrometers I picked up on ebay. I will be interested to see how yours checks out. Mine seems a little sloppy.
Whenever you do a walk around at an auction, I try to imagine what people will think about me when my stuff gets auctioned off after I take the dirt nap. Kind of an eerie feeling. Thanks for the video.
I know the feeling!
I’ll be glad to take those model railroad parts from you, just say how much you need for them.
The HO scale train items are interesting. If I lived closer I would happpily pay you for them.
I remember Woolworths when I was a kid. My favorite part was the lunch counter 😂👍
Mr. Pete I would need your checkbook at that auction. Eagle. you're like me I'm 77 and can't keep away from buying all that stuff, get it home and wonder what I'm going to do with it.
The more the merrier, I’m glad I’m not alone.
The gauge that you found with the first box of taps that was “certified”, is the gauge for a sphygmomanometer. AKA, blood pressure cuff. It should have a a unit marking on it in/Hg (inches of mercury).
You're having FUN!! Don't feel bad for more then a second or two, and continue to berate all, for my/our video fun.
The gadget at 16:15 is a soldering station for electronics.
Thanks
00:49. Baloney! I know better! Try telling me how large that fish was, again! LOL
00:50. Yep! Saw that coming a country mile away! LOL
Keep all of the parts for the binoculars. Those are few and far between. Sans & Streiffe were actually decent optics. Please, keep it all together.
Last one? Not likely! This will repeat again and again and again. As long as Mr. Pete is breathing these videos will keep coming. That's not a bad thing. LOL
You grousing about not getting that little lathe says that you are upset with yourself for NOT bidding higher and getting it. LOL
28:29 THAT'S MY SAW! Actually, it is a carbon copy of my ENCO saw! I bought it from their storefront in 1984 and it is still going strong today!
WHY CAN WE NOT HAVE SUCH FUN THINGS IN NEW ENGLAND?
Thank you again Mr. Pete! Keep up the good work.
Last auction...doubtful. I think they are going to put a bidder's number in the flower arrangements at your funeral. :) Keep enjoying. Always fun. We need a deluxe tour with signage of all the studios you film in.
Just like a moth to light, Mr Pete buys more tools. I love it.
In the process of moving near Paris, IL. Maybe, I'll make to one of 'your' auctions...
That white roll and the tripod looked as if you had bought a telescope 😂👍
You say that some of the unwanted items will go to Habitat, here in the UK, that is a retail furnishing store.
It looks like someone emptied out my house. HO trains, automotive tools, and stuff.
Hahaha! We love your humor Mr Pete
As long as you had fun and didn't break the bank account it was a good day.
Aw, hell, Mister Pete!
You've been going to your last auction for YEARS! 😂
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Thank you for another great video
I think we all knew better !!!
have a great day
We never have auctions like that down here where I live in Alabama. Maybe everyone was too poor to buy stuff like that, who knows... The only thing similar was an "online only" auction a couple years ago of an old friends estate but apparently the guys son had already pilfered all the good stuff.
I have one of those Handy branded 0-1/2" mics. Checked it against my Mitytoyo and it is spot on at .250" and .500" which surprised me.
That is surprising, Handy is not known for quality.
@mrpete222 I don't use it, I just checked those 2 sizes for reference and put it back up for a display.
0:58 You holding up number 19 made me laugh. You must have arrived early to get such a low number.
Wahoo !! the "last" auction. har-har- har !
Oh comon you got more than a year to go! You have more stories to tell us!
Yes
I've been looking for tooling type auctions here in louseyville, we just don't have any.
Sad to hear that.
A lot of good stuff there. I alway pick up hardware. I just hate sorting it. Eventually it will find a use. I might drop some of my extra stuff off at Habitat. Good cause.
I used to laugh at friends who spent the weekends going to various sales. then I caught the habit. Keep on buying.
Lyle Peterson ------ Mr Pete -------- if you don't live you die ------- this is your life ----- don't die ------ look forward to the next auction !!!
Pleeeease don't apologise for what you are ------- that's why we watch
Your biggest fan in the UK !!
Thank you very much for watching my videos
i am interested in the velvet drive repair manual .
Keep on treasure hunting, it keeps us young. 👍🏻