Florida Flywheelers Swap Meet

[@Stevie75]

Can we agree on this ? Whoever doesn't like a benchvise is not normal . Well done on the filming Abby ! 🙂

[@motopreserve]

Gotta say. The tables were the most organized and neat of any swap meet I've ever seen. Nice scores!

[@captpaulhaugan]

It’s nice to you two having time off and enjoying yourselves.

[@PhotoArtBrussels]

Very nice video. Abby does a great job filming, so next to a life partner you also have a great camera person!! I'm happy to see you two happy and relaxed. Enjoy life, have fun. Greetings from Brussels, Belgium.

[@wobbbs]

Hi Adam just a quick note to say I recently discovered your channel and to say I enjoy your videos very much. I'm a retired machinist myself and I always have an understanding of what you're doing, it's clear you know your stuff and I find your vid's very entertaining and informative. I wish you every success for the future. Dave, Norfolk UK

[@JJEMcManus]

Abom & Abby! A winning combination. Give that woman a camera!

[@DoRiteFabrication]

I was so glad to have you down here so you could share in the flywheelers experience. I'm glad the Hartman vise got the SECOND best home it could ever have. You wouldn't have got it if I had gotten there first, but I guess that's what I get for helping Keith Rucker buy up all the Eagle 66 Oilers. Be sure to say hi to Stephen Cox for me......

[@Abom79]

Only problem with sharing the swap meet with your buddies, eveyone is looking for the same stuff! LOL! Had a great time Jim, and looking forward to next time.

[@RealZealProds]

Love those Eagle 66 Oilers

[@johnburens3395]

Thanks for posting Adam! My Dad had a Colombian vise. I ran a lot of projects through that vise as a kid. Brought a tear to my eye remembering that old vise, but my Dad's wife gave a lot of his stuff away after died and before we could get a court order to stop her. Someday I'll have a vise like Dad's again !

[@WatchWesWork]

When Kieth Rucker said it was 100 acres, I thought there was no way that was possible. But that place is huge!

[@mulchman2000]

It's actually 240 acres total. Probably about 100 acres of swap meet area. www.floridaflywheelers.org/

[@jimsvideos7201]

That dozer could very easily be equipped with a some cameras and radio links for them; tell me that wouldn't make clearing the snow off your driveway more fun. Thanks for taking us along!

[@joenet42567]

use an old candle to rub the drawer slots on the tool boxes. it protects and makes them slide really easy.

[@SmallMartingale]

That Mitutoyo will be great for KZbin videos with that big dial. Easy for us to see 🔎Cool video!

[@BigRock804]

Adam: That tool box was made by a sister company of Gershner Tool box Co. They stop making about 1940. You can buy the felt from Gershner and the correct hide glue. I refinished one like that and that how I found out the information. The one I fixed was not in as good as yours, it look showroom quality now. Good luck

[@forrest225]

Wow, that cam lock vice is awesome!

[@philparker1666]

Wish we had shows like that in the UK. Enjoyed your film guys 👍

[@tedmattingly7564]

So much cool stuff. I'd love a couple of those anvils and vises. All those Oliver tractors are cool too. A very close friend of mine just lost a dozen Oliver's in a barn fire including a 880, 777, 66 super and some other beautifully restored pieces. He and his brother are the local Oliver experts.

[@benrivenbark]

I'm happy to see you wearing a seatbelt Adam! Ever since I saw a wreck where a man was bent backward in half I've been keen on wearing mine.

[@juansalinasfaber]

You’re looking great Adam... slim and strong ... awsome finds !

[@oldschool6345]

Hi Adam, a common trick with furniture is to use white candles and wax the drawer slides. Would probably help the homemade box alot. Envious, looks like ya'll had fun! Thanks for sharing

[@jmcenterprises9591]

Nice finds, looks like a great time was had. Thanks for bringing us along!

[@tailorshands7049]

Truly, a man of many vices.

[@johnbonner922]

Tailor's Hands - Ain't it the truth! :o) Blessings friend

[@Rm250ing]

I have one of those Lufkin Boxes from my great grandad. Its still filled with his daily tools from when he was a tool maker in Detroit and Saginaw back in the 1940's. I never really knew that lufkin was in the Machine tool business until I took a look inside there. I just thought they made rulers and tapes.

[@agentbertram4769]

What a huge selection of tools! My friends and cousins over in the USA, you are lucky people and I wish I could have been there with you.

[@ellobo8593]

Swap meet in a golf cart? Tools as far as the eye can see? That's what heaven looks like

[@MickMcMadder]

Hey Adam, great to see you and Abby out and about, rooting out the bargains and sharing the experience with us.

[@randywl8925]

I never knew they would have swap meets that big. Wowza! Thanks for sharing that one.

[@leeh.4453]

Paraffin works really well to lube the drawers. Put it on both the slide and the dado. It lasts forever, and they will be smoother than ball slides.

[@WAVETUBE84]

Swap meets, flea markets, 2nd hand stores and garage sales are always an adventure.

[@enterBJ40]

...and a nice one usually :)

[@artazole1291]

"Fleur de Lys", so cute the way Abby said that. Nice collections of old-goods and treasures you got there. Cheers from France !

[@jamesmiller5655]

Great video Adam and Abby, some great finds too

[@glennmoreland6457]

Hi again from England Did you notice what happened when Adam mentioned about polishing all the nic nacs at the brass stall.... And how Aby's foot quickly went down on the accelerator...

[@jerrycoleman2610]

Adam & Abby, Nice scores thanks for sharing.!.!.!.

[@smjones4238]

On Abby's box, you might sneak in some HDPE slider strips on the side of the drawers to work against the metal non moving part to prevent any further abrasion and to make for silky smooth sliding. Those are some really nice looking hinges, lots of character... Good eye, Abby! I have several boxes full of hinges from auctions, not many are that nice.. Great video as usual. Envious of the vises, they are one of my vices.. LOL.. Michael in Colorado. Currently16°F @ 4mph SSE.

[@xenonram]

*PTFE

[@Rubbernecker]

I'm drooling... Over tools.... Love the music too - great choice! Wish I had known about that swap meet, I'm an hour away and I need a vice!

[@Abom79]

It's an annual event.

[@FabFunty]

crrrk ... Nice Tapwrench at stand 1304 ... crrrk over ! 😃 Awesome Swap meet and vise haul video. thanks for taking us with you

[@AtimatikArmy]

Abom or anyone! I have a beautiful Starrett Athol model 323 1/2 bench vise I have restored. Unfortunately, I somehow lost the swivel clamp lock for it during a move (it baffles me, but somehow it is just gone.)... I'm on the lookout for this part which so far has been impossible to locate... If by chance anyone has this part, runs across this part at the swap meet/garage sale, or happens to run across one of these vises in poor shape where this item can be salvaged from it for parts.... Please respond to this comment! I'm seriously on the hunt!!! Thank you! Love your aura and work Abom,. Thank you for sharing this timeless Americana!

[@W0mpa]

Funny to see Keith in civilian clothes. Looks like a awesome swap meet, I love myself a good haul.

[@dezfan]

I’d love to find a small 4-5 inch vise from the 30s or 40s. The craftsmanship is just beyond compare. Awesome scores.👍🏼

[@RookieLock]

Great Trip Adam! Thanks for taking us along for the ride, and Thanks for the great camera work Abby!

[@chadstrutzenberg9171]

I think it’s really cool that you and your wife can go do stuff together and you both enjoy it!

[@vincerodriguez2649]

drooling some of the coolest stuff ive ever seen..gonna watch this 6 more times once i get to work

[@rodhenry4862]

Thank you Adam & Abby for sharing ! Lots of very cool stuff , and Abby will have a great jewelry box! That Hartmann vise is pretty cool! Can't wait for next video that you took showing more of the swap meet!! Thanks Again Adam!👍👍👍👍👍

[@MIGASHOORAY]

At auc tion coupla years ago i picked up a 4x8 ft x5/8 in welding table WITH AN OFSETT 6 inch vice for $200.00 that was the win of the year for me. Cheers Adam.I cant even lift one end of that table. Real solid.

[@imagineaworld]

I just cant help but smile seein you and abby drivin together, talkin Bout your adventures. Goals man, goals.

[@mikeymike5074]

That looks like a heck of a great time! Gets me jacked for Summer! Thanks for bringing us along.

[@nolandraper3504]

That was a cool swap meet . Now I’m looking for a Hartman vise! Thanks for sharing you two .

[@TrueMachine2]

Enjoyed the vises, you got some nice ones! Wooden Tool Boxes always cool!

[@p3th3t1c]

Your Lufkin tool chest is a EXACT match to my great grandfathers H.Gerstner & Son's tool chest out of Dayton, Ohio. He was a gold smith and used it as his traveling show case to show his rings, pendant's, chain's and gold script's (hand bent gold wire in a name or logo). I still have the box and today it houses the family coin collection with a few of His gold rings, my favorite being a LARGE yellow diamond with a rare cut in a gold band with silver inlay with 2 side diamonds. Someone must have been kicking these boxes out for different companies, the only differences I can see between yours and mine are the names on the locks and the builders plates! EDIT: so typed H.Gerstner & Sons into search engine and they build fine wooden chest and are still in business! So sublet to Lufkin perhaps? PS: Your gunna wanna check out theyre web site and KZbin CHANNEL! hehe 8)

[@vbe75]

A well equipped shop should have a vise every 2 feet!!

[@TheFuzzyhartley]

Super jealous of that Hartmann vise! I've lived in Racine, Wi my whole life and have never seen one in person.

[@bigd341]

Awesome video !! Love all those old things . I love the hit & miss engines and the old tools . Ya it is a little cool up here in maine is 23 ' right now and we had 10 " of snow yesterday but spring is on the way !!😊😉 Thanks for sharing your time with us !! Have fun at the show and hop you & yours have a great day !

[@mattcnc9]

Lucky bastard it was 84 today in Arizona

[@TheMot616]

I recommend bar soap as a lubricant for the wood slides. Works well and is the old school method.

[@paulwhited117]

I had to laugh when I seen all the vises on the bench. I thought maybe you broke in my shop to take video. Lol. You are right it is a great hobby and it’s very fun to find something that you are excited about and then to get a fair price on it. That’s what’s keeps me up at night. That’s my Disney world dream. Ha. And make sure you tell Your fiancé we really appreciate her being in the videos and helping record.

[@adamarmstrong7582]

Man I could spend a week down there. And spend a fortune too!

[@wayfastwhitie455]

Very awesome scores. Glad to see your girl out there with you.

[@davidp5286]

You said you were looking for a Gerstner box. I suspect the Lufkin box was actually made by Gerstner.

[@BeardedRC]

That rear moving vice looked awesome!

[@beachcomberbob3496]

Looks like Florida has all the good tap wrenches. Wish I could get one like that here in the U.K.

[@losiyotaman]

Great job with the camera Abby

[@rb032682]

The ice cream makers are my favorite. That's the first time I have seen a pastel pink tractor. lol If those old tool chests are in daily use for a few decades, they pick up a unique odor of the shop. That's occasionally a pleasant, nostalgic scent, and occasionally it's mildew and mold. (edited to correct drunken typing.)

[@rb032682]

I like the mirrors inside the lids of those toolchests. That's a great feature for those machinists who like to check and repair their makeup and hair throughout the workday.

[@grosskt]

You've mentioned your display cabinet and oil can collection in a few videos before. Any plans to do a video on what's in there? I've seen you collect some cool stuff!

[@TheAyrCaveShop]

Wow !! So much cool stuff and tools. Probably a good thing there's nothing like that here on the west coast. I'd have to start moving the furniture out of the house to make room... LOL

[@xenonram]

I'm sure you do. I live 60 miles away from this one and I have never heard about it. I'll be willing to bet there's something like this near you. Maybe not as big, but something. It's mainly a flea market, but he only really showed us the pertinent part, the tools. So in sure you've got a flea market at least.

[@girliedog]

Good move Abby, I've been using s Gerstner toolbox for jewellery for many years.

[@du5t33]

Must say i do notice the change in your figure Adam. Keep up the great work man.

[@garyvanrheenen181]

Good swap meet. Lots of interesting things. Got yourself some good items there.

[@raincoast2396]

Keep this up Adam, name change soon: 'Booth Machine & Tool Shop.' lol Cheers Abbie.

[@austinwhiteside8486]

The vise at 25:45 is a millers falls brand vise made from about 1880 till 1910.

[@remek_ember]

Tap wrenches has a special place in machinist's heart

[@donsipes]

I'm very glad we don't have events like that near where I live. I'd be Soooo broke!

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday Adam ‘n’ Abbie, you guys certainly got some beautiful finds, I new when you first looked at the cam lock vice I was going to see it in your shop, I have never seen or new they existed a real great design, thanks so much for sharing the trip it really makes me want to get out here in Australia to swap meets, I just have to sweet talk the wife to let the purse strings undo a bit but I’ll work on that over time, Abbie’s Jewellery box was a great find and will look really nice all cleaned up, I would like to see this in the finished state so can you please share a look when this is done, I have a idea for my wife but don’t tell her that please shhhhh, Thanks again guys cheers Matty

[@peckerwood780]

I'm a tool geek too those vises were awesome. I like that Lewis alot.

[@heavymachinery2843]

If we would have meetings like that i would buy every socket every wrenches everything i could get 🤣👍👍very cool video

[@TheGoodoftheLand]

😁 I'M FIRST! Such a great time! It was very nice to finally meet Abby. She is awesome!

[@cassiusjimmy658]

InstaBlaster.

[@gonecoastal4]

That's it! I am going to make my way up there next year.

[@mikemoore9757]

Man, I would have been like a cat on a shrimp boat at that swap & shop. Very cool.

[@ChrisB257]

Dang - so much stuff!! I could spend a fortune if I had it and got close to all that!! Vises - you need more! I'd love even 1% of all your stuff - too old and too broke.

[@garykarel674]

I have an old Union Steel oak tool chest at work, it's showing it's age well for being 70+ years old.

[@deej19142]

89 degrees out? Wow that's kookie talk! I went for a ride last Saturday on the dual sport and it was 25, wind blowing and I only make it 10 miles and had to come back home.

[@horneygeorgeforge7079]

great finds! on Abby's box, first try this trick, "OOOO" steal wool (very fine) and furniture oil polish, a liquid gold would do just fine to clean up the wood and if there are any labels just take care cleaning those places of course. good luck and have fun! Oh, for the drawer slides just rub some wax in there and they will smooth out

[@johnlanham9057]

Bees wax in those wooden slides. You should have bought one of those mounting oilers. I got to meet you when y’all came to Louisville and suggested it to you for the cutting oil on the shaper. Put a pendulum on it to oil on the backstroke... 😁😁

[@rickf5615]

Adam, Fantastic show! Probably a good thing I am in NJ and not Fla.. I have been looking for a decent two or three hundred pound anvil and that kind of stuff just does not show up around here. Down there you have them by the ton, literally! Great score on the vices, Just this past week I restored one of those same Colombia vices.

[@KozmykJ]

Good to see a man not afraid to indulge his vices in public ...

[@donaldnaymon3270]

Awesome score. Looks like Florida flywheeler wheeler show was huge. Thank you

[@neil1150]

I enjoyed that look at the show, nothing like that over here. But although I like looking at the stuff you showed, it's so frustrating when you skirt all round something i'm really interested in. Like the small domestic piston type water pump, the one sitting on top of the weird anvil, id have paid good money for that over here. Lol

[@GAIS414]

Adam, put some graphite on the runners of the home made tool box and the drawers will run just fine again.

[@longshot789]

That Lewis vise is a real beauty, maybe I do understand this antique vise allure.

[@eppa]

hello you two, perfect couple so happy for u , best regards from Norway.

[@jamesbrewer3020]

Looks like you two had a good old time. Keep them coming.

[@victoryfirst2878]

So nice to see you going to show down south. Will run into you some day. I will one day get a huge nice vice as you did. What I really like is the real nice large shaper machine you have in the background of the video. Keep up the great work Adam. Drop a line when you can. V

[@evilbrat5376]

Could have sworn you would have picked up that Monarch Vice down there. The scores you made are awesome, the vice with the rear swiveling jaw is a trip, never seen one with that feature before & the cam lock swivel vice. . . sweet. Good job on all you picked up and Abby's dad is gonna flip over his. Nice..

[@Abom79]

I was told by the seller that the Monarch vise was built by Prentise, another line of theirs.

[@McFlysGarage]

I feel like I need to go to this swap meet You guys were literally in my back yard. Nice. Magic Kingdom is about .75 miles from my front door

[@floridaflywheelersantiquee7578]

Thanks for sharing the Florida Flywheelers

[@SuperSecretSquirell]

Now you need more benches to mount the vices lol.

[@francoisfouche2568]

Come on woodworkers !!!! Not one stepping up to help Abby out ??? I would love to restore that tool chest for you guys but New Zealand is just a little too far away !

[@firemedicseven]

You were only about 20 miles from where I grew up. My family is just south of Ft. Meade.

[@tomahoks]

Good filming Abby!

[@rosserpace3602]

Now I know why all the good stuff was gone on Saturday!!!!

[@maggs131]

I could picture Abom twirling around singing the 🎶world of pure imagination🎶 song from willy Wonka

[@frankdeegan8974]

Adam when you cleanup the vices you want to flip,. some of them looked like they did not have removable jaws do you machine cross hatch pattern of some kind or just leave them smooth

[@kentuckytrapper780]

Nice vise, all of them. Just keep them away from fireball tools,he's hard on equipment. LoL. Great video.