As a aircraft mechanic I finished this video with tears In my eyes. I hope when my time comes my tools pass on to someone's who cares for the items that have taken care of my family for the last 30 years....

80 years old, he was an Old School Toolmaker! You can tell by the comprehensive-complete selection of tools this person owned he was a very competent - well rounded journeyman machinist-toolmaker! A very rare find indeed!

Holy smokes, what a find! I'm speechless. I'm sure the old guy would be proud to know they've gone to an honorable caretaker.

@SteveSummers

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. :-)

It's always sad to go through a dead guy's toolbox and find little personal things, or things that they'd made. The guy is watching this with a smile hopefully in the big shop in the sky...

@aaronhenderson4359

4 жыл бұрын

Lite Roadie well said

@TheDuckman02050

4 жыл бұрын

An excellent place for these tools to land. They will find a use once again.

@aodhmacraynall8932

4 жыл бұрын

I hope so too but ya never know, he may be in th burn pit out back.

@adeh503

4 жыл бұрын

True

Speaking as a Toolmaker myself, that is a true Toolmakers' box!

Thats the biggest & best score I have EVER seen. I would love to run across something like that!!

@SteveSummers

6 жыл бұрын

Now that's saying something LOL. Thanks Mrpete. I feel lucky that I got this guys tools. I cant wait to get them properly cleaned up and back in use. I normally work with the bare minimum so this is a welcome change.

@stargatefred

6 жыл бұрын

Mr. Pete you probably have most of not all in your tool boxes already please give the rest of us a shot at picking up some of the auction finds. Have a great day. Bill from Seattle

@brenjud

6 жыл бұрын

I think I saw a coffee mug that said, (he who dies with the most tools wins.) Now that's challenge if I say so.

@sblack48

6 жыл бұрын

But I thought you went to your last auction Mr Pete....bwahahaha!

@lonniewhite258

6 жыл бұрын

That's a awesome find man a true blessing

Great tooling score Steve! Very nice and glad to you get such a great deal!

@SteveSummers

6 жыл бұрын

Abom79 Thanks Adam. I was glad to get it.👍

Thank you young man I'm 64 years of age and I've been looking for someone to remind me how to do what I forgot I have traumatic brain injury thank you I'm going to enjoy following you from 6:44 p.m. Reno Nevada USA just an old cowboy thank you sir.:-)

Once in a lifetime find. Continue to appreciate the prior owner and keep those tools alive! Thanks for all the great videos!

SCORE!!! Dude, you hit the gold mine with this purchase. This is the kind of find we all dream about. You're set for life with all those tools. I know you'll put them to good use. May the guy you got them from rest in peace knowing these tools are in good hands.

You really hit the mother-load with this haul , and it's nice to see and hear that you appreciate you're find , enjoy the many years of pleasure these tools will bring you !

Wow what a treasure chest of awesomeness. It’s always sad when someone passes away and leaves stuff that was part of his life’s work. I’m always glad though when, like in your case, the tools end up with someone that appreciates what they’ve got, will respect the person they’ve come from and they’ll carry on using them. The guy will be up there smiling knowing that his tools are with someone that will treat them the way he did. Great video Steve. I love tool hauls and this was a really good one. The mini lathe is really awesome. I’ve wanted one for so long but can’t decide which is a really good one for the amount of money I want to spend. Glad you’re feeling a bit better and back making great videos with awesome content.

Its a scary thought for me knowing that my lifes collection of tools and machine tools go on the open market when i die for a fraction of what it cost.Untill that day comes im going to enjoy what i have and when i die im going to haunt all my tools to make sure the next user work them correctly.

@SteveSummers

6 жыл бұрын

I agree. My advice is to make very clear plans for when that time comes. My stuff is going to my son as long as he will appreciate them. Other wise they will go to a school or the person of my choice.. One thing I don't want is for my stuff to be left up to the state to decide where it goes.

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5 жыл бұрын

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@msafirstein

5 жыл бұрын

I'm the only kid that loved tools as much as my Dad did. He gave me a large wooden craft filled with tools that were my GreatGGGrandfathers from when he had his farm. Some of the wrenches are huge. Been hauling that crate around for years but last year I cleaned all the tools and sprayed them down. Huge them all up on a pegboard, they look so cool. If you're concerned about the future of your tools just make sure they go to someone who appreciates them.

@JRBUISEXCAVATING

5 жыл бұрын

Mick O Callaghan I told my wife to bury me with my tools.

Thank you so much for sharing this. As a fellow Tool Maker I can absolutely appreciate and respect the man who made these tools his livelyhood, I know you feel the same. You, I, and others on this post who knew exactly what you were showing us with each drawer you opened (with "kid in a candy store" excitment) are not commen men but we share the same passion. Great find and I'm glad to know these tools have been given a new lease on life in your hands, just as the original owner would be proud to know.

Ohh my! What an amazing acquisition Steve! Glad those amazing tools went to a great home! Those 6" Brown & Sharp dial calipers are my favorite calipers ever. They are soo sweet!

good score Steve, at least they have gon to a good home and not wasted.

Glad to hear you are on the mend. Was fun going through the boxes with you. Who better to have these treasures. I am sure the fellow who had them would have been happy all those tools would be cared for and put to use, and I know you will. Congratulations!

@SteveSummers

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jeff. Good to hear from you. I would like my tools to be cared for after I'm gone. It is heart breaking when you see some honest hard working mans things get tossed around at a action like they meant nothing. This was the tools that made this guys life. paid his bills and kept his family going.

Wow, now you need a few machines to maximize those goodies! Great find, best way to get good tools too. Thanks for sharing

Mother of God !!!!!, Steve that is awesome. I bet the Ol Boy just bought collection after collection. I guessing there is quite a few gems still to be found within that collection. I like that you bought everything, keep all the pictures, notes, keys etc. They help tell the story of a man who obviously just didn't potter around his shed, I would have loved to hear his story.

Loved This, it’s good when things like tools get passed onto someone that not only understands the value of the tools but will look after and use them. Love this !!

Glad to see the old machinists tools have gone to someone who appreciates them. 😎

WOW! I am green with envy! I literally had to force myself to watch this all the way to the end... I'll watch it again, once I have calmed down, hahah. Thanks for sharing!

What an absolute treasure trove, you're a very lucky man what probably took this guy a lifetime to accumulate you have got in one hit, a truly excellent find

I'm s 68 year old retired toolmaker with all my tools in my garage. I make sure I keep them lube up so rust does not sneak up on them. When I die I hope some one enjoys them as much as you do.

How can you not feel amazing after a haul like that?!!!!! That is really sweet! You are better equipped than I am that is for sure!

@SteveSummers

6 жыл бұрын

bcbloc02 I feel good mentality 😃. You know you feel like crap when you get something like this and you don't go swimming in it the second you get a chance. I'm starting to feel better physically and my bones are not popping every time I move. Time to start the huge job of cleaning this stuff up. I still find it hard to believe I got all this stuff. I'm use to working with the bare minimum. Nice to hear from you Brian 👍

@bcbloc02

6 жыл бұрын

I hope it brings you many many years of enjoyment! Get well and stay well my friend. :-)

Beautiful collection! I know you'll give it all a new life in your shop.

That is quite the score there Steve! I ended up with pretty much the same assortment and quantity of stuff you did a few years ago when I bought my Bridgeport mill. I paid like $400 for 3 boxes full to the gills of tools, tooling and everything else at auction. I also scored the mill for $700 with Kurt vise, $65 for a 12" rotary table, and $10 for a 6"x 12" Harig surface grinder! I have never had a day like that since and probably won't have again, but it is definitely worth going to auctions if you can find them. There is probably $20k in those boxes if all was bought new so congratulations Steve! Someone is very happy to see those tools go to a good home to be used and appreciated for sure. Enjoy and stay well!

@shakdidagalimal

4 жыл бұрын

It's a lot more than $20K.

Awesome Tool Score, looks like a lifetime collection, i'm glad the tools are in good Hands!

You Lucky Dawg !!! , i would love to find just one of those box's , let alone three , i hope you enjoy your find for many years .

I’m glad his tools went to someone like you, that appreciates tools and will take care of them.Good tools will will survive us for many generations if properly cared for and that’s a good thing. Just part of life. Congratulations.

Wow, what a huge score.. I'm so jealous.. Great find bro..

Awesome score! Now to find the time to put it all to use.

WOW!! Steven, you came across a once in a lifetime tool treasure. I'm not a Machinist and do not own any of those items, but I do have a machinist's toolbox which I plan to put all of my expensive wood carving tools inside of it. I just have to finish making the walnut holders/dividers for the tools to lay on so they don't bang each other. I love all of those nice wooden boxes that the different tools came in. I do have a very good idea of what those tools cost though. To buy each one of those tools would have cost a fortune, and you eluded to it being a real bargain. So good for you!! They have found a new home where they'll be put to good use once again. I'm sure the old man is looking down on you with a big smile on his face.

I really enjoyed you taking us through those tools you were lucky enough to find and purchase. Gotta keep my eye for estate sales like that. Thanks!

@SteveSummers

5 жыл бұрын

They don't come up often but they do happen. I just got real lucky I think. Sure made my day even tho I was real sick at the time👍

You got a very lucky to pick this lot up. Im sure you will carry on his love and dedication to engineering. Hope your feeling better. Keep the videos coming.

I think your pretty much set with tooling😃 What an awesome score 👍🏼

I know its an older video, but when you said he must have bought out a shop, I had to comment. A year or so ago, I met an older fella. Heck of a guy, mid 70's. I told him I was interested in machinist tools, and his face lit up. As he motioned for me to follow him into a back shed, he asked how much tooling was I looking for as he pointed to a plethora of tools and boxs. I was like so, yea, ya went to an auction, and he scoffed at me. Lol Then proceeded to explain that he started machining in 1968, and retired in 2013 and everything I seen he bought. I just shut my mouth, sat down and listened to his stories. I am now the owner of all his tooling, boxs, endmills, reamers, broaches, literally everything you have there and then some, kurt vices, drill vices, sine plates, olson 9 x 12 saw and tons of stuff ive never seen. Took me three trips to go down with my truck to pick it up. On my last trip, he took me into a leanto and wahlah, there sat, a bridgeport mill. Said it needed some work and any offer would work for him. I said $200 and he asked how soon I could pick it up. He explained he bought the mill in early 70's, so already 20 years old when he got it. So yes, alot of older machinist, if they needed it, they bought it. Nice looking load though.

Get well soon Steve. Lucky you happening upon that treasure trove of goodies. ❤

Good Lord Steve! that's quite a haul! Bless the old fella who passed it on to you. Been in those situations my self (both sides of it) and the best you can do is be grateful and make good use of good tools.

That's some barnfind 👍👍. It's like going from zero to Tom "i've got a toolproblem"Lipton in one go 😄

Wow! Never have to buy any more tools ever again. A nice gift for an up and coming tool maker.

@SteveSummers

5 жыл бұрын

It was a nice score👍. Don't come by complete boxes often.

What a great find. I grew up in a town full of factories, machinists and tool and die makers. Today there is hardly anything left and good machinists are hard to find. It will be harder and harder to find such tools as time goes on. I guess we call that progress, but it's sad.

@ChevyRedneckGFX

2 жыл бұрын

The tools they make now are junk

Great find, some very nice tooling in the boxes. Always sad when someone passes away.

That was so much fun to watch. I think I might need to watch it a few more times.

Great haul. Tools like that are shop budget killers for most of us home shop guys. Congrats.

Steve, like others have said, nice score. And I know the previous owner would be very happy knowing that his tools are in good hands and appreciated

Sweet find, lots of wonderful tools. Like Brian said , better setup than I have.

Awesome find! You’re very fortunate to have been given the opportunity to purchase these tools. The tool that you show in your hand at 3:33 are corner rounding end mills. They have different radiuses on them

That's a HUGE SCORE!! Congrats Steve, tons of tools!!!

Hope you get to feeling Better! Nice score on the tools ,several are very useful and handy besides the common tools !God Bless!

Jackpot ' it's sad the previous owner passed away, but I'm sure it would make him happy knowing a machinist has his tools. I hope someone like you ends up with my shop tooling. Great video.

You sure got all the fixin's! Great find and I know you'll put it to good use. Hope you feel better soon Steve.

@SteveSummers

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm still up and down. One hour I feel better and the next I feel like death. But I think I'm slowly getting better.

Steve whilst it would be very easy to be jealous of such a haul of fine tooling, I am happy and Thankful that you received it, the $ paid was immaterial. You are now the keeper of that machinists legacy! Congratulations on such a terrific windfall.

Great find, I am sure you will have fun carrying on the previous owners tradition Thank you for a great interesting and really informative video Thank you Sam

Amazing find!!!! You know you're just going to have to buy a Mill now..;)

All that could not have gone to a more deserving and appreciative man!

The cool thing is somebody that really appreciates this man's tools probably as much as he did he'd be very proud and honored to know that you have his tools take care of them think of him give him the honor this is cooooooool.

I had a next door neighbor for aboit ten years, who used to buy and sell stuff. He was one of the people who sold a pair of Nike Jordans for thousands. He found a pair at Goodwill intake, and sold them for 14-15,000.00. Anyway, we used to joke and laugh about 'Dead Man's Stuff', and how much everybody loves DMS. He wanted to open up a used stuff store, and call it Dead Man's Stuff. You scored some good stuff. Hope you enjoy using the great tools this guy had.

Steve, nice finds, 'pickin the bones' and it will happen to us all. Kindest regards. Joe.

What a treasure trove. A great find that’s gone to a good, caring home.

Why does this not ever happen to me? I've been buying tools for 60 years and even when I have found used tools I still pay dearly for them. I like the idea below about haunting my tools. GREAT FIND.

What a haul! I kept thinking that it's a history of one machinist's life.

Wow what a find. Nice one. Great video. Thanks

What a score! Congrats.

I had to watch this again ... lifetime worth of tools gone to a good home ,somebody who'll appreciate them.

looks like youve won the machinist lottery, lol. Great finds and looks like you'll be stocked on everything for at least a week or two, lol.

Mate! If that collection doesn't make you feel better already then nothing will! Greetings from Down Under.

WOW! What a haul Steve. Hope you feel better soon.

Great find I hope whoever ends up with my tools after I am gone knows how to take care of them and use them properly.

What a score!!! I see lots of projects upcoming. Those tools will make a lot more things possible. Those little Chinese(?) lathes have a huge following and there's a million possible upgrades you can do to make them very decent for small work.

Congratulations! From collector to hoarder in one day. How I envy you!

You did hit the lottery! Awesome.

Bunch of great tools and equipment! Grats!

My father was an aerospace machinist lathe machinist. When my father passed away and I inherited his tool box the only thing of real value were about 6 different common measuring instruments and his Machinery's Handbook. The item of most value was the test gauge that could discern tenths of a thousandth because he would always talk about those precision jobs. The rest of the box was filled with ground carbide and high speed steel tools that he ground for specific jobs. Leftovers and drops from past projects with little value going forward. Most likely his company supplied anything he needed from the tool room. My machine shop has everything I need and his box takes up valuable space. He would agree as he was not one to hoard things except maybe for his ground tooling. His whole spirit is in his vintage test gauge which I will treasure as I will use it to test spindle run out. A friend offered me her late husbands machinist tool box. There was nothing of value but the box itself. It would have been a burden If I took it. I have what I need and know what I need and would rather spend my time in my shop making stuff than looking trough flea markets and garage sales. 50 years ago these tools were expensive and could always be reused by craftsmen. Today these tools are inexpensive and easy to get.... until you start machining to tenths of a thousandth and then those jobs have their own tooling and economics. What is most rare and valuable today is the intellectual effort to understand and use those tools. You now have a lot more nice stuff and that is nice if you have the room for it. Has it helped you moved forward with the work you need to be doing? I hope I never come across one of those wonderful finds because it would be a serious distraction. Beware of garage sales!

I love having the mini lathe just for those small jobs where setup can take forever they need a few mods to keep them accurate but work well and are surprisingly versatile

thanks for sharing! get well, dude you hit the lottery. thanks again!

You have been holding out on me Steve............LOL Nice score!!!

@SteveSummers

6 жыл бұрын

LOL. Not holding out. To be honest I've been so sick all I have done is try to sleep for the last week.

Had to keep cleaning the phone off here . Drooling lol 🤤 lol great find

Great find. Blessings come to those in need

Wow, some nice stuff there. 😀

Hey Steve what a bargain and it could not of happened to a nice bloke hope you feel better soon

You certainly stumbled across a mountain of tools. Probably more than the average working man could afford if he had to buy them as income would permit. It will take a lifetime more than likely to learn how to use them all properly and efficiently. It is said that a good and fair deal is when buyer and seller can walk away from a deal and both parties are happy. I hope that is the case here. If it is I congratulate you on a once in a lifetime discovery. Imagine if 2 or 3 machinists stumbled on these tool boxes at the same time? Hell of a score!

Great stuff, and clean as a whistle too!

Like the 4th time I've rewatched this one..❤ This one. Gets my old heart pumping.

Wow! My collector/hoarder vibes just went through the roof.

It was sad to know another toolmaker is gone but it's good that you rescued such a great collection of quality machinist tools! I wonder if the family knew how valuable the collection was. I have that same Kennedy Cart and chest. I got a great deal on it about 20 years ago at $550 (just to put the some perspective in the value) because it had a dent in it. I'm surprised there was not a Gerstner box (my pride and joy) but they are so nice looking that women might even want it for their jewelry ! I am curious on how much you paid. But just removing the heavy tools was a big help to the family.

I'm so very jealous of that gorgeous mini lathe, in such mint condition too! Very sad the owner didn't get much use out of it, I hope it makes many good parts for you.

What a great score Steve congrats man

Thanks for sharing your amazing find, I came here from Abom79 channel and really enjoy your content.

What a score....I have had some luck at local auctions, but nothing like that...great find

@SteveSummers

6 жыл бұрын

I have seen some good action scores myself. My problem is I stay at home 99% of the time and don't go to actions and miss out most the time.

Steve, I would love to get my hands on that toolbox! Brilliant find. I'm really interested in making a sine plate like the one in this toolbox that you showed. Is there way you could send me some photos of it or even just some rough dimensions?

Oh thank buddy for doing this video for us, much appreciated

Great find, lucky you :-)

First thoughts, what a score and boy all of that looks heavy🤣

Really nice ! You got the mother load 😀.

Thanks Steve for sharing your great tool our purchase. I don't thing it could of gone to a more deserving person. Is it possible to find out more about the previous owner? Where he worked? What he worked on? It would make an interesting follow up video.

Gently my friend! You can be very heavy-handed whilst handling everything, especially those paper thins stones. Great find though, looks like a lifetime of collecting. Sad non of his kids or others closer to him didn't follow in his steps...

It fantastic when a makers tool set goes to someone who's going to use the tools and appreciate them. How it should be!

I actually think he did a fantastic job taking care of his tools, he really took pride in his tools, those boxes looked better than some working machinists boxes, I love getting someone's tools because I cherish them so much, just thinking about their story and what they made, this was an incredible find, I just lost my brother 2 weeks ago and am saving all his things for when his kids are older hoping they want them, its really sad but I guess that's life...

Blimey Steve, you struck lucky there my friend. Sorry to hear you've been under the weather, same here, just no energy last couple of weeks to do much at all for long. Get well soon mate, lots of cleaning up and sorting out in those trays and boxes. All the very best Mat

@SteveSummers

6 жыл бұрын

lookcreations Thanks Matt I have not felt good for 2 weeks also . You are not alone Matt. I'm struggling myself . Hope you feel better soon Matt.