2023 Garage Sale Thread

[jwilson645]

I have some front loading parts/bolt bins, and when I got them I was super happy for the organization. Over he years it has palled as I'm a fabricator and wood worker, so they collect debris... I'd want doors or sliders on those.

The Pic-A-Nut on the other hand, I've had mine equally as long, and perpetually restock it, some of the boxes are half wore out and I "rebuild" them. Its just too handy for the commons, and it's in constant use..

I'm a fabricator too so i know what youre saying. Thinking I may use one of those shower curtains with the magnets in the bottom as a front cover. Maybe even a tarp or sheet attached with magnets.

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

That tape tin is neat.

Believe I have it full of electrical skittles right now.

 

[CoogarXR]

Believe I have it full of electrical skittles right now.

Hopefully fresh ones; not ones that have been in that tin since 1977.

 

[4gotN]

The 1940 9998C is not your box.
Earliest catalog example on archive.org with your box's style pulls is No. 11 from 1932, as a No. 9999.
If your box has the Socket Rack, it's a 9999A and sold for $25.10 back then. Current prices may vary.

Edit: Additional info. Boxes 9999 and 9999A continued to be depicted through Cat No. 17B (1939), with the 9998C appearing in 1940.
1932 is near the end of the Round "O" period and therefore it is possible your box could have come complete as a Master Tool Set, although inclusion of Round "O" tools in the box is not indicative of the year since the box was offered for a further seven years.

A profusion of Round "O" tools resident in your box increases the likelihood of it coming from the "O" period.

Either way, as long as you didn't have to pay through the nose for it, You ****!

So, let's see the tools!

Sorry for the late reply. Here they are! All of this came from the same mechanic.

edit; actually that’s not true. The pebble Plomb tools were added in after I sorted through everything. His tools were all mostly from before 1940

 

[3baygarage]

Nice find. Even the miscellaneous pile. That looks like a Plomb crowfoot with the dual drive squares.

Any name on the skinny forked tool at the very top center of the pile? Looks like the escutcheon plate tool I picked up recently.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/2023-garage-sale-thread.508550/post-9924715

 

[RedVise]

Thursday Yard Sales !!!

2 sales today, found some neat items.
Couple of awls and a turn screw, a Roberts Alcohol Torch Circa 1899, ruler from defunct local paper,primative hammer,Sta-Sharp cleaverand a Besco battery terminal tool. And a can of Singer Oil, very clean!. A Cman plane and a small Stanley plane.

The odddball object is a Vintage Cavatelli Gnocchi Pasta Maker !
Very cool !! I had help identiying that one.Looks like they go for a pretty penny to boot.
This tool is featured in the Museo Giovanni Fabbri, a pasta museum in Chianti, Italy

And a bit display that neeeds a little attencion.

 

[RTM]

That Craftsman plane is probably by Sargent. The round at the top end of the iron is the tell.

Here are two by Sargent, and two by Millers Falls

Craftsman Connection - KirkHMB

The Sargent left and MF right 4 3 3 4

kirkhmb.smugmug.com

That swoosh logo is apparently early, to make it even sweeter.

 

[Old Radar]

Only one sale today and even though there was a good supply of tools, over half were from off shore and the US made items were onesies and twosies of many brands, including Proto, S-K, Cornwell, Bonney, Husky, Snap-on and Craftsman, just to name some of the major brands. There were many others but again, just a sprinkling of unrelated items from each manufacturer.
After seeing and passing on a few orphan Wizard sockets, I thought there might be enough to make searching back through the pile worthwhile, but only came up with the six you see--half are 3/8" and the other are 1/4" drive. The three 1/4" S-Ks are all 9/32" hexes, and that's all there were in that category. I picked up the Husky CM-43 just because I have trouble leaving 1/4" rats behind. The 8" extension is a Wright NM-12A from 1957. I like the little screw starter on a 1/4" drive--it's unbranded but the perfect thing to go on the end of a spinner. I found the National lock set in a drawer full of nuts, bolts and junk but I'm pretty sure I can use it on one of my tool chests.



The catch of the day and the first thing I nabbed was the Blue Point GA-290 Power Flex Angle Drive Unit. Lugz started a deep dive thread here a couple of years ago. This one differs from his (and all the others I've been able to find on the web) by the two bands around the waist where the swivels meet. Don't know if this is a later improvement or an early feature they deemed unnecessary. Everything else seems to be the same.


For those of you more interested in the swivels, I got a Snap-on IPFM10 10mm hex impact, a PL∇MB WF-77, a Wright, MU-57 from 1943 and a Duro-Chrome 4496 3/8" Universal.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I can’t imagine a scenario where that angle drive would come in handy.

But for some reason you will all understand, I still want one..lol

 

[3jakes]

Old Radar ***** for that Blue-Point goober.
One sold on ebay looks different:

Blue Point GA-290 Snap-on | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Blue Point GA-290 Snap-on at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

 

[mritchie77]

Hit up an estate sale about 50 miles away that looked to have a promising amount of tools. Unfortunately, the estate company felt that the Craftsman and Snap-On names meant they could charge the current silver spot price per oz of steel.

Shied away from those but found a unmarked mystery box that they didn't plan on selling full of older tools.

Ford DOE
Fairmount DOE
Duro-Chrome 5/16" Combo 2228S
New Britain obstruction wrench M109
Challenger 5/16" Combo 6110
Hinsdale 1595E DOE
Thorsen 3/8" Combo 2012
Chrome Vanadium Steel (made in USA) DBE - anyone know who made this? Maybe Indestro? @four.cycle
6" Craftsman Adjustable (to sell)
Plomb Pebble 1220 Combo
Barcalo Buffalo DOE
Thorsen 3/8 drive extension
Craftsman hose clamp pliers
Craftsman 3/8" drive RHFT ratchet (to sell)
Craftsman 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 universal
Wright MU-51 7/16" universal. Looks wartime

And for another $20 I got some Craftsman Professional 3.5ton jack stands to replace the current short 2 ton that my F150 doesn't like to sit on well.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

I hit an estate sale yesterday. It was in its second day and was picked over pretty well. I found this in a box under a table. It’s not a Zylss but a vundar vise. Seems about the same to me. It looks to be complete minus the jaw covers.

 

[Old Radar]

I went back to yesterday's sale to grab the few Husky 1/4" sockets I saw along with a 1/4" Walden Worcester and another Wizard. While there I saw and brought home a K-D No. 130, Distributor and Carburetor Adjusting Tool from the late '50s-'60s. Basically a flexible screw driver, although the original bit was a combination hex key for Delco-Remy distributors and a flat blade for carbs. Serendipitously, I need to adjust the carb on my '99 Harley Fatboy and you can't do that without first removing the air intake assembly. I'm hoping I can snake this tool up high enough to engage the adjustment screw without bothering the intake because, with it off, it makes test drives hazardous from the occasional backfire jetting hot exhaust gasses into the side of my knee.


At my first stop today I scored two 1/4" socket boxes. One, an empty S-K box and the other a good start on a Hinsdale No. 11M set. Strangely, the empty S-K box cost the same as the Hinsdale set--$4 each. The Snap-on G-code socket was also inside the Hinsdale box and I picked up three unrelated 3/8" drive Hinsdale sockets in another part of the house. I found the "Tiny Socket Set" listed in the 1935 & 1938 catalogs with seven 12pt and two 8pt sockets. The set I picked up has the two advertised 8pts, but the remaining three sockets are 6pts instead of 12pt. Along with the fact that the descriptions in both catalogs claim the set comes in an 8" box while mine is only 6-1/2" is making me doubt I'm looking at the same set.
Total on the day was $11.

Here are the before and after shots.



Some may ask why I saw fit to remove what appears to be a cosmoline coating and I don't have a good answer beyond I plan on keeping the set and didn't like the feel.

 

[d42jeep]

No sales for us today as we were having out of town visitors from Folsom. Much to my surprise they brought a box of treasures for me. There were a lot of items I particularly liked.
Wartime S-K short DBE wrench. GMTK correct.
Blue Points ignition wrench
Ward Master small wrench set.
Millers Falls destined for my Gerstner box
Superrenches
4” Crestoloy adjustable
Possible Danielson 8” pipe wrench (typewriter font)
Mystery auto wrench.

-Don

 

[four.cycle]

< M - H > ..... McCaig Hatch, maybe?

... check AA .... I recently sent him ALL of my logo *.jpg files because he said he was re-working his "logo and trademark" page.

 

[d42jeep]

I went back to yesterday's sale to grab the few Husky 1/4" sockets I saw along with a 1/4" Walden Worcester and another Wizard. While there I saw and brought home a K-D No. 130, Distributor and Carburetor Adjusting Tool from the late '50s-'60s. Basically a flexible screw driver, although the original bit was a combination hex key for Delco-Remy distributors and a flat blade for carbs. Serendipitously, I need to adjust the carb on my '99 Harley Fatboy and you can't do that without first removing the air intake assembly. I'm hoping I can snake this tool up high enough to engage the adjustment screw without bothering the intake because, with it off, it makes test drives hazardous from the occasional backfire jetting hot exhaust gasses into the side of my knee.


At my first stop today I scored two 1/4" socket boxes. One, an empty S-K box and the other a good start on a Hinsdale No. 11M set. Strangely, the empty S-K box cost the same as the Hinsdale set--$4 each. The Snap-on G-code socket was also inside the Hinsdale box and I picked up three unrelated 3/8" drive Hinsdale sockets in another part of the house. I found the "Tiny Socket Set" listed in the 1935 & 1938 catalogs with seven 12pt and two 8pt sockets. The set I picked up has the two advertised 8pts, but the remaining three sockets are 6pts instead of 12pt. Along with the fact that the descriptions in both catalogs claim the set comes in an 8" box while mine is only 6-1/2" is making me doubt I'm looking at the same set.
Total on the day was $11.

Here are the before and after shots.



Some may ask why I saw fit to remove what appears to be a cosmoline coating and I don't have a good answer beyond I plan on keeping the set and didn't like the feel.

That S-K wartime box may have originally held a 3/8” drive universal set..
-Don

 

[BlueBomber]

Hello, all! My long dry spell came to an end today, thanks to a road trip to Virginia, transporting a pickup truck down to my brother. There has been an absolute dearth of estate sales near me with the kind of stuff we all like and even the auctions I had resorted to had come up dry. For this trip, there were a few promising sales advertised across Connecticut and New York, and I targeted two privately run sales, both close to my path of travel.

The first was a family cleaning out Dad's house after he'd gone into an assisted living home. The ad said lots of tools and car parts, but they must have been open days earlier because there wasn't much left. I was poking around an old tote box full of tools when one of the daughters walked into the garage with "Does anyone know what this is?" I immediately recognized a zip- tied bundle of Chevy small block rocker arms and told her so. She thanked me and whipped out a ziploc baggy--"What about these?" "Push rods," I said, probably for the same engine. Her: "Are they valuable?" Me: "Sadly, they are extremely common, and anyone rebuilding a Chevy small block will probably buy new ones. "

She thanked me again and said her Dad would have liked me. I helped them identify a few other old tools in the tote that I didn't want, and they took $5 for the six I did.


6" putty knife, older unbranded w/ a press-formed metal handle
20-ft Stanley tape measure, beat up but functional
50-ft Wards Powr-Kraft white tape measure
Stanley Surform No 296 wood rasp
Kobalt square-notch margin trowel, new and unused
Goodell & Pratt No 135 thread gauge

Next stop was a downsizing sale, with the owner out in the garage. I thought I was going to come away empty handed when I spotted a bench vise in the shadows behind a large garden cart. When I asked how much, he said "Tell me what you want to pay." He took my $40 offer without hesitation, and even brought tools and unbolted it from the bench for me. While he was working on the bolts, my gaze slid down the bench to another prize. "How much are you asking for the grinder?" He gave me the same answer, and after we confirmed that it worked like a charm, he again accepted my $40 offer.




Cha's Parker No 88 bench vise with pipe jaws, w/ patent dates of 1906 and 1910



Craftsman Commercial crowntop-logo 1/2-hp bench grinder with tool rests and light, missing only a quench tray. It ran very smoothly and the bearings took a loooooong time to spin down, so it's in great shape.

I was a little stumped as to what I would do with my finds, as I'm returning to Mass by train and my last two treasures are too big to bring as carry-ons, until I remembered I'd be driving right by my in-laws place and my wife was coming this way next month for a visit. A quick phone call assured me a welcome space in a large garage until SWMBO can return with them. Yay!

 

[Psiber]

Mystery auto wrench.

-Don

Massey-Harris (tractors)

 

[gleman]

Hello, all! My long dry spell came to an end today, thanks to a road trip to Virginia, transporting a pickup truck down to my brother. There has been an absolute dearth of estate sales near me with the kind of stuff we all like and even the auctions I had resorted to had come up dry. For this trip, there were a few promising sales advertised across Connecticut and New York, and I targeted two privately run sales, both close to my path of travel.

The first was a family cleaning out Dad's house after he'd gone into an assisted living home. The ad said lots of tools and car parts, but they must have been open days earlier because there wasn't much left. I was poking around an old tote box full of tools when one of the daughters walked into the garage with "Does anyone know what this is?" I immediately recognized a zip- tied bundle of Chevy small block rocker arms and told her so. She thanked me and whipped out a ziploc baggy--"What about these?" "Push rods," I said, probably for the same engine. Her: "Are they valuable?" Me: "Sadly, they are extremely common, and anyone rebuilding a Chevy small block will probably buy new ones. "

She thanked me again and said her Dad would have liked me. I helped them identify a few other old tools in the tote that I didn't want, and they took $5 for the six I did.


6" putty knife, older unbranded w/ a press-formed metal handle
20-ft Stanley tape measure, beat up but functional
50-ft Wards Powr-Kraft white tape measure
Stanley Surform No 296 wood rasp
Kobalt square-notch margin trowel, new and unused
Goodell & Pratt No 135 thread gauge

Next stop was a downsizing sale, with the owner out in the garage. I thought I was going to come away empty handed when I spotted a bench vise in the shadows behind a large garden cart. When I asked how much, he said "Tell me what you want to pay." He took my $40 offer without hesitation, and even brought tools and invoked it from the bench for me. While he was working on the bolts, my gaze slid down the bench to another prize. "How much are you asking for the grinder?" He gave me the same answer, and after we confirmed that it worked like a charm, he again accepted my $40 offer.




Cha's Parker No 88 bench vise with pipe jaws, w/ patent dates of 1906 and 1910



Craftsman Commercial crowntop-logo 1/2-hp bench grinder with tool rests and light, missing only a quench tray. It ran very smoothly and the bearings took a loooooong time to spin down, so it's in great shape.

I was a little stumped as to what I would do with my finds, as I'm returning to Mass by train and my last two treasures are too big to bring as carry-ons, until I remembered I'd be driving right by my in-laws place and my wife was coming this way next month for a visit. A quick phone call assured me a welcome space in a large garage until SWMBO can return with them. Yay!

You ****! My cash would have caught fire from yanking it out so quick.

 

[gleman]

I got some thrift store finds today.

A steel and glass table -20 bucks.
4 qt. Pyrex mixing bowl - 3 bucks.




A Craftsman Rally Box with keys - 5 bucks.






And a Disston My Buddy 7120 - 9 bucks.



I'm hoping the boxes clean up nice.

 

[mikeinri]

Hello, all! My long dry spell came to an end today, thanks to a road trip to Virginia, transporting a pickup truck down to my brother. There has been an absolute dearth of estate sales near me with the kind of stuff we all like and even the auctions I had resorted to had come up dry. For this trip, there were a few promising sales advertised across Connecticut and New York, and I targeted two privately run sales, both close to my path of travel.

The first was a family cleaning out Dad's house after he'd gone into an assisted living home. The ad said lots of tools and car parts, but they must have been open days earlier because there wasn't much left. I was poking around an old tote box full of tools when one of the daughters walked into the garage with "Does anyone know what this is?" I immediately recognized a zip- tied bundle of Chevy small block rocker arms and told her so. She thanked me and whipped out a ziploc baggy--"What about these?" "Push rods," I said, probably for the same engine. Her: "Are they valuable?" Me: "Sadly, they are extremely common, and anyone rebuilding a Chevy small block will probably buy new ones. "

She thanked me again and said her Dad would have liked me. I helped them identify a few other old tools in the tote that I didn't want, and they took $5 for the six I did.


6" putty knife, older unbranded w/ a press-formed metal handle
20-ft Stanley tape measure, beat up but functional
50-ft Wards Powr-Kraft white tape measure
Stanley Surform No 296 wood rasp
Kobalt square-notch margin trowel, new and unused
Goodell & Pratt No 135 thread gauge

Next stop was a downsizing sale, with the owner out in the garage. I thought I was going to come away empty handed when I spotted a bench vise in the shadows behind a large garden cart. When I asked how much, he said "Tell me what you want to pay." He took my $40 offer without hesitation, and even brought tools and invoked it from the bench for me. While he was working on the bolts, my gaze slid down the bench to another prize. "How much are you asking for the grinder?" He gave me the same answer, and after we confirmed that it worked like a charm, he again accepted my $40 offer.




Cha's Parker No 88 bench vise with pipe jaws, w/ patent dates of 1906 and 1910



Craftsman Commercial crowntop-logo 1/2-hp bench grinder with tool rests and light, missing only a quench tray. It ran very smoothly and the bearings took a loooooong time to spin down, so it's in great shape.

I was a little stumped as to what I would do with my finds, as I'm returning to Mass by train and my last two treasures are too big to bring as carry-ons, until I remembered I'd be driving right by my in-laws place and my wife was coming this way next month for a visit. A quick phone call assured me a welcome space in a large garage until SWMBO can return with them. Yay!

YOU ****, @BlueBomber!!!!!

Did you get the other pipe jaw with the Parker vise?

Mike

 

[3jakes]

BlueBomber ***** on that vise & grinder!


You know how when someone advertises "cheap prices, must sell" that they are usually "priced to not sell"?
This morning was an exception.
The craigslist add for this sale showed lots of tools & a few things I could use, so I arrived at 15 minutes before the advertised time of 7:00 only to see 20 cars parked & the garage door open with 10 guys milling around the stuff.
Rats!
From the photos I had seen a gas can, Craftsman flex head ratchet, and a Craftsman Pro clamp grip thing.
I went inside & 1, 2 , 3 I had them. I normally would ask the price, but decided to make a pile first then ask.
I did that going over everything that seemed interesting & the resulting pile was purchased for his price of $25.00
Truth in advertising for once..... priced to sell.
3 Craftsman wrenches (2 I needed to complete my basement set)
4" Craftsman Western Forge adjustable
The 3/8 Craftsman Flex head
Craftsman Western Forge chain wrench
The Auto lock clamp
Holy grail of gas cans
Peterson grips
Pack of D-cells
Metric set of MAC 3/8 6 point Sockets (missing one with an Easco substitution)
Well used Snap-on flat tip
KD filter wrench
Proto 1/4 breaker
Proto 3/8 female #5249FW
Pair of KD Feelers
No name pullers
OTC Pullers
And an octagon hatchet that I can't see any stamping on. (a little disappointed there)

​

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

What a score! Would love to have found those mac sockets.
-Tommy

 

[Old Radar]

Blue Bomber ***** for the vise & grinder.
3jakes ***** for his $25 haul that included the MAC 3/8 6 point Socket set.
Excellent scores gentlemen!!

 

[mikeinri]

BlueBomber ***** on that vise & grinder!


You know how when someone advertises "cheap prices, must sell" that they are usually "priced to not sell"?
This morning was an exception.
The craigslist add for this sale showed lots of tools & a few things I could use, so I arrived at 15 minutes before the advertised time of 7:00 only to see 20 cars parked & the garage door open with 10 guys milling around the stuff.
Rats!
From the photos I had seen a gas can, Craftsman flex head ratchet, and a Craftsman Pro clamp grip thing.
I went inside & 1, 2 , 3 I had them. I normally would ask the price, but decided to make a pile first then ask.
I did that going over everything that seemed interesting & the resulting pile was purchased for his price of $25.00
Truth in advertising for once..... priced to sell.
3 Craftsman wrenches (2 I needed to complete my basement set)
4" Craftsman Western Forge adjustable
The 3/8 Craftsman Flex head
Craftsman Western Forge chain wrench
The Auto lock clamp
Holy grail of gas cans
Peterson grips
Pack of D-cells
Metric set of MAC 3/8 6 point Sockets (missing one with an Easco substitution)
Well used Snap-on flat tip
KD filter wrench
Proto 1/4 breaker
Proto 3/8 female #5249FW
Pair of KD Feelers
No name pullers
OTC Pullers
And an octagon hatchet that I can't see any stamping on. (a little disappointed there)

​

Wow, You also ****, @3jakes!

I wish I knew those gas cans were so "special." I've thrown many away because they leaked, maybe just needed an o-ring?

What's the model number on the Craftsman flex head ratchet? I may have its twin (bought new at full price, of course).

Mike

 

[3jakes]

What's the model number on the Craftsman flex head ratchet?

 

[gearhead1960]

@BlueBomber You get a "you ****" for the Parker and the Craftsman grinder.....

 

[four.cycle]

"...patent dates of 1906 and 1910..."

808960 and 976521, respectively.

Question for you on that unit: The "lever" that is used to secure the "swiveling" part of the vise is missing on mine. YOURS appears to have a screw threaded into each end of it. Am I seeing things? Or.... ?

 

[Outlawmws]

Blue Bomber & 3jakes both ****

 

[BlueBomber]

You ****! My cash would have caught fire from yanking it out so quick.

Thanks. I felt a little guilty, but he did say to name my price!

YOU ****, @BlueBomber!!!!!

Did you get the other pipe jaw with the Parker vise?

Mike

Truthfully, I didn't notice it was missing until I saw your question. By then, I was well down the road.

BlueBomber ***** on that vise & grinder!

Blue Bomber ***** for the vise & grinder.
3jakes ***** for his $25 haul that included the MAC 3/8 6 point Socket set.
Excellent scores gentlemen!!

@BlueBomber You get a "you ****" for the Parker and the Craftsman grinder.....

Thanks, 3jakes, OR and GH60!

808960 and 976521, respectively.

Question for you on that unit: The "lever" that is used to secure the "swiveling" part of the vise is missing on mine. YOURS appears to have a screw threaded into each end of it. Am I seeing things? Or.... ?

You are seeing that correctly, four.cycle. I'm guessing it's a shop-made replacement, but I don't know Parker vises all that well.

Blue Bomber & 3jakes both ****

Thanks, Outlaw!

Tools were successfully dropped off at BIL's garage. Now three more hours of driving to get to Doe Hill, VA for the night.

 

[alinc100]

Blue Bomber you **** on that haul. 3Jakes you **** as well. I can't decide if it's too cold or not to walk out and see if I might have a loose MAC 14MM in the bucket.

 

[Outlawmws]

I took a drive to my old stomping grounds near my mom's old house for a HS Flea that does well. Some prices are stupid high, but I just leave those behind. (2X today)

Right off, barely out of the car I found a plastic sewing box full of stuff and a fair amount was older. I wanted the oil can and the green box of attachments (Should fit my Feather Weight 221 Singer) and he said "take the whole box for $7" So I did. These are the keepers, I tossed about 1/4 of the total pile and another half went to the ladies of the house, I kept the wood thread spools and the colors I would use more commonly.




3 50's Lyman loading books $5 each ;




$15 bass plugs ;


11 of them all wood core, but for the 2 in the upper right - A coupl surpized me, the paint looke dlike plastic, but had chips that showed the wood core.




$10 Dunlap wrenches, Vlchek Pliers; $1 small marine pulley; $1 Oak Leaf Wire forming pliers; $7 Sharp EL-5100 programmable Calculator (Works! -Buying a bit of my past, as mine finally died, so I'll get new batteries for this one - I used to program the calculation for designing printed and etched resistors with it. I don't need it now, but I like having it. ) $4 10X (I think) prism monocular, & 1/8" Proto combo - that one may be my smallest now? I need to check;



$15 Wards Deluxe Quality Anvil/Vise 3-1/2" jaws, 17-3/4 lbs, good for light hobby use, and that's what i'll do with it.

 

[gleman]

I took a drive to my old stomping grounds near my monm's old house for a HS Flea that does well, some prices are stupid high, but I just leave those behind.

Right off, barely out of the cae I fond a plastic Sewing box full of stuff adn a fair amount was older. I wanted the oil can and the green box of attachments (Should fit my Feather Weight 221 Singer) and he said "take the whole box for $7" So I did. these are the keepers, I tossed about 1/4 of the total pile adn nover half went to the ladies of h hose, I kept the wood tread spools and the colors I would use more commonly.




3 50's Lyman loading books $5 each ;




$15 bass plugs ;


11 of them all wood core, but for the 2 in the upper right - A coupl surpized me, the paint looke dlike plastic, but had chips that showed the wood core.




$10 Dunlap wrenches, Vlchek Pliers; $1 small marine pulley; $1 Oak Leaf Wire forming pliers; $7 Sharp EL-5100 programmable Calculator (Works! -Buying a bit of my past, as mine finally died, so I'll get new batteries for this one - I used to progrm the calulations for designing printed and etched resistors with it. I don't need it now, but I like having it. ) $4 10X (I think) prisum monocular, & 1/8" Proto combo - that one may be my smallest now? I need to check;



$15 Wards Deluxe Quality Anvil/Vise 3-1/2" jaws, 17-3/4 lbs, good for light hobby use, and that's what i'll do with it.

That is one cool vise! You know it's good when its marked Deluxe Quality.

 

[d42jeep]

I woke up late and walked to a moving sale around the corner. Not much left but I grabbed these.
After coffee, we jumped in the car and drove to San Leandro. First tool sale was one we have gone to regularly and found a few tools. I seldom leave any Blue Point or Snap-on behind. The next San Leandro estate sale was put on by one of our favorite companies, unfortunately this one had almost no tools. We then drove to a moving sale in Berkeley that advertised “tons of tools”. I would guess that there were less than 5 lbs of tools. I grabbed the double fister and a few other things.
The final sale was in Point Richmond and the sale pictures showed great views of the bay so we went kind of late. Surprisingly, there were some worthwhile item left plus we got some good view shots.
In the left behind category, here is a large Cornwell roller we saw at the tool sale.
-Don

 

[jeffmoss26]

I was fifth in line on the second day of a two day sale, the garage was “fill a shopping basket for 10 bucks” and I did!
Also got a small red Kennedy hand box that I’m cleaning/painting the top of.
If anyone can use the larger twist drills/carbide tooling let me know!
PS I now have a lifetime supply of 1/4” drywall anchors

 

[genog]

Not about the score or anything like that.
That's what the Pro's do
I am just an amateur...

I had fun today hanging out with a couple of friends and just happened to find a couple of tidbits for myself.
My friends are much too Serious about this Flea Market Stuff....

I saw many Onesies sockets that I left for the next guy.
Tempting, but.....

I did find a useful CMan router bit box and a couple of other Craftsman bits

Circle H 3/8" drive breaker bar
Powr Kraft 1" combo wrench
And an S-K screwdriver which I don't need

Like I said, it was Good Fun today

 

[jeffmoss26]

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[Outlawmws]

That is one cool vise! You know it's good when its marked Deluxe Quality.

Thanks! I know they are often despised but I like the concept for light use.

I did find a useful CMan router bit box and a couple of other Craftsman bits

I have 2 of the router bit boxes - very handy!


More good scores gentlemen!

 

[Outlawmws]

I did find 2 Whatzits" in the sewing stuff. I know what one item is, and one at least is sewing related.

What do you guys thing these are?

Item One:



Item Two - it is spring loaded and after compressing it will spring back:

 

[gleman]

I did find 2 Whatzits" in the sewing stuff. I know what one item is, and one at least is sewing related.

What do you guys thing these are?

Item One:



Item Two - it is spring loaded and after compressing it will spring back:

Is the bottom one for sucking lint out of the bobbin holder or feed dogs?