Old habits die hard. Every time it dawns on me to cancel all my ebay notifications something on one of them catches my eye and looks like a good deal. Even if it is something unneeded it will be watched and it surprises me how often there is no bid.
Often it is poorly displayed or may have other problems. A couple days ago an auction with Russell Jennings bits caught my eye. The 10 bits in the broken box all look good even though one bit looks like it may have been used to plant small bulbs in a garden:
Second Row RJ Box.jpg
The top row looks to have an Irwin pattern bit in the spot that would house the 3/8" bit:
Top Row RJ Box.jpg
There was also a box of 13 bits that look to be Russell Jennings pattern bits. They look pretty rusty but I've seen worse come back to life. There is also a box with 30 miscellaneous bits that look like many of them are decent users:
Rusty bits & 30 Odds.jpg
It didn't show anyone else watching. Mine was the only bid.
For me, working on cleaning up old tools is enjoyable like working wood.
Now I need to make some more room for storing stuff or work on cleaning out extras.
Maybe that should have come to mind before buying some more pony clamps and a felling wedge last week.
Just remembered, bought another bunch of bits. Though they were mostly gimlets and piercing bits.
jtk