2023 Garage Sale Thread

[bbbarracuda]

 

[Old Radar]

Dang @bbbarracuda, you beat me to it.
@Private Lugnutz, that's why my hint was "everything you need except a cardboard sign."

 

[RTM]

Here is my haul from a small ES yesterday, couple of friends cleaning out a moms house, pretty much just boxes in the driveway, Busy morning, we got there late due to dog walking and slow breakfast service.

Not a stellar haul, but it’ll do.

XActo utility knife, Trimont pipe wrench, 2x Craftsman WF screwdrivers, 1/4” Craftsman chisel, odd ring on a shaft, KAL inch DBE w deep offset, Husky 9mm ratchet combo, 13mm Craftsman combo, teeny tine metal handled screwdriver

I don’t think this XActo will hit Lugz’ utility knife or XActo curator’s corner, but did have a nice easy to grip handle. Hard to fit in a pocket or toolbox. The screwdriver will pop up inone of the tiny tools threads, once I guesstimate it’s vintageness, or not.

 

[four.cycle]

^ interesting design on that X-acto knife for sure!

@Private Lugnutz -
I should have noted yesterday:
Those funny hooked blades are used by guys who lay carpet - you PULL the knife back toward you. They are thicker because they have to be thicker - the thinner blade would snap off trying to cut carpet with even the slightest twist. I've used them for laying in vinyl flooring.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Yeah, so, like light duty utility versions of real carpet knives, which were serious tools, with serious hooked blades, inserted into wooden handles, with a ferrule.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

that's why my hint was "everything you need except a cardboard sign."

Got it. Frankly, I was just thinking handheld or propped up cardboard sign, and, with a relatively modern frame of mind, not classic, vintage, LIFE magazine photo worthy era panhandling. The pencil did not register at all. Just a blindspot in my historical knowledge base, I guess.

Still haven't looked up the age. On the road today. Mfgr is Lyon.

 

[Outlawmws]

XActo utility knife,

Xacto generally makes tools for the hobby/workbench so not that surprising they would make something like that with no retracting or ease of tool box storage or pocket carry. I have several wood boxes for Xacto tools, but never with that one in them. I do like the looks of that one and assuming it fit the hand well I'd pick one up.

Those funny hooked blades are used by guys who lay carpet

Actually I think those hook blades were designed for linoleum before vinyl took over so much. Certainly it could be used for carpet, but all the carpet layers I've seen for the past 4 decades or so use these:

 

[alinc100]

Got the contents of the estate auction pick up from yesterday sorted and inventoried. About 5 lbs of garbage sockets went into the scrap bin and a partial set of import/offshore wrenches will go into the Taiwan junk box I sell as a cheap bundle. The better stuff sorted below:
Estate Sale Auction 12/09/23

SOCKETS

1/2” Drive

CRAFTSMAN 9/16”,19/32”,3/4”,13/16”,15/16”,1”,1-1/16”,1-1/8”,1-1/4” 12 point shallow =v=
CRAFTSMAN 7/16”,(2)1/2”,(3)9/16”,(3)5/8”,(3)11/16”,(2)3/4”,(2)13/16”,7/8”,(2)15/16”,1” -v-
HUSKY 15/16” 12 point shallow
INDESTRO-SUPER 1-1/16” 12 point shallow
S-K 1/2”,9/16”,3/4” 12 point shallow
PROTO 9/16” 6 point shallow
WRIGHT1/2” 12 point shallow
WIZARD 5/8” 12 point deep
WILLIAMS 1-1/16” 12 point deep
CORNWELL 1-1/8” 12 point deep
CHROME VANADIUM(TAIWAN) T40-T55 TORX

3/8” DRIVE

CRAFTSMAN 7/16”,1/2”,(2)9/16”,(2)5/8”,11/16”,¾” 12 point shallow =v=
CRAFTSMAN 7/16”,9/16” 12 point deep =v=
CRAFTSMAN 7/16”,(3)1/2”,(2)9/16,(3)5/8”,11/16”,3/4” 12 point shallow -v-
CRAFTSMAN 1/2”,(2)9/16 12 point shallow -vv-
CRAFTSMAN 9/16” 12 point deep -v-
INDESTRO-SELECT 7/16”,5/8”,11/16”,3/4”,7/8”,15/16”,1” 12 point shallow
INDESTRO-SUPER 13MM 12 point shallow
THORSEN (2)1/2” 12 point shallow
THORSEN 3/8”,13/16”(sp) 6 point deep
THORSEN 1/2”,9/16”,11/16”12 point deep
CHALLENGER 1/2” 12 point swivel
CHALLENGER 1/2” 6 point shallow
PROTO 5/8”,3/4” 12 point shallow
SK 11/16”(2)3/4”,13/16” 12 point shallow
SK 5/8”,13/16” (SP) 6 point deep
WRIGHT 9/16” 6 point shallow



WRENCHES

CRAFTSMAN COMBINATION
7MM-18MM-v^- 1/2”,5/8”,(2)11/16”,3/4”,1”-vv-
CRAFTSMAN DOE
3/8 X 7/16,1/2 X 9/16,5/8 X ¾ -vv– -v- -vv-
5/8X11/16 LINE WRENCH

CRAFTSMAN DBE
1/2X9/16 , 15/16X1 =V=

SK FULL POLISH METRIC 11,13,14,17,18,19MM
POWRKRAFT 1/2 X 9/16 DBE
PROTO 9/16” COMBO
SNAP ON 9/16” COMBO
DURO CHROME 1/2X9/16 TAPPET
PALMERA 1/2X9/16 DOE
YAMAHA 14X17MM DOE
K-D BRAKE BLEEDER WRENCH

 

[WNYflyer]

Pick-ups from this week/weekend.

Williams aluminum pipe wrench, Blackhawk puller, Vulcan nut drivers, driver and pliers.


Went to a pro estate sale Thursday that opened at 12:00/lunchtime and made a trip during a late lunch to take a look at a vintage Craftsman top box shown on the sales photos. Got there about 30 minute after opening and the box was still there but full of misc/**** tools and priced at $250.........nope way too much for my cheap azz. So for yucks I figured I would stop back at the sale first thing on on 50% off Saturday morning since I was heading to another sale anyways, if it was still there great if not it wasn't meant to be. Walk in the garage and the box was still there so talk to the head lady and make her an offer and she accepted. Tool guy in the garage says the tools in the box don't go with the box so he proceeds to clean out the box while I waited, little did he know he was doing me a favor! Anyways a vintage Craftsman top box of a style I have been chasing to have a somewhat match to a bottom box I already had.

 

[Patrickm82]

I went back today for deal day looking for a tool box I saw yesterday but it was gone. Nothing special a craftsman rally box 3 drawer. But I did grab a few things for $10.

Set of Klein nut drivers - the 3/8
SK Wayne 12pt and shorty extension
Billings s wrench marked 2017
Craftsman vv doe
Craftsman 10” adjustable
Craftsman #2 Phillips
Proto screw driver
Craftsman pliers and dikes
A bag of rags
Couple of peg board hangers
And vise pad I’ll repurpose to tool box liners

 

[akasrick]

Xacto generally makes tools for the hobby/workbench so not that surprising they would make something like that with no retracting or ease of tool box storage or pocket carry. I have several wood boxes for Xacto tools, but never with that one in them. I do like the looks of that one and assuming it fit the hand well I'd pick one up.



Actually I think those hook blades were designed for linoleum before vinyl took over so much. Certainly it could be used for carpet, but all the carpet layers I've seen for the past 4 decades or so use these:

Sure enough shows in the 1958 catalog, "ideally".



akasrick

 

[RTM]

Xacto generally makes tools for the hobby/workbench so not that surprising they would make something like that with no retracting or ease of tool box storage or pocket carry. .

Actually this one does retract, and tool less blade change too, just flip the lower lever. Just a big chunk to carry

 

[WabiSaabi]

The tool gods have smiled upon me today:

• Rigid 2hp fixed base router
• KOOOD router bit set (sealed new)
• Suizan Dozuki 6" pull saw
• Narex 6-piece chisel set
• Estwing Sportsman's hatchet (new)
• Huskey 1/4" drive 7/16" deep socket (to replace a lost one)
• Japanese pull plane and mini-box plane
• Diablo sanding discs
• Ryobi Laser Cube
• And a box of bungie-cords, because you never have enough

Grand total: $70

Some solar start-up was moving offices and had a craigslist sale. Apparently they were emptying out some storage lockers that must have been abandoned since the pandemic.

 

[genog]

Nothing major or anything to get too excited about...
Couple of Snap On pieces
Diamond diagonal cutters with the price sticker still attached
and the Porter Cable plunge base from a couple weeks ago

got a set of 3" casters that I always seem to have a need for

 

[Squez]

Swap meet most likely last trip for this year
craftsman #3 tappet 3/8-7/16 Deb 1/2drive sockets 3/4 v 15mm v 9mm13mm 7mm 8mm 1/4 drive 5/16 Velasquez combo 17mm combo
proto <<7\16>> 3/4 8mm 5/16 combos 5/8 U 9/16 5/16-9/16 Deb ignition pliers screwdriver
challenger 7/8 one proto 3/8
p&c 3/8 combo
fleet 5/16-1/4 Dbe 7/8 socket
walden 1/4-15/64
bet r grip pliers looks like protos
williams 9/16-1/2 5/16-3/8 no9727 5/8-9/16
wright 11mm combo
sk 3/8-7/16 flare 1/4-5/16 doe 1/2-9/16 offset box sockets 13/16 9/32 1 1/8 3/8
Unmarked Dbe 9/16-1/2 looks proto
penens 9/16
dayton 11/16-19/32 doe looks protoish
unmarked 6in adjustable
lufkim tape
klien wire cutter 2 Phillips 3 slot 5 nutdrivers
eklind folding hex
dg10 airgun
stw 13/16 socket
snapon 3/8 socket 11/32-3/8 doe
durachrome e64
3/4 dotco
barcalo 3/8 combo
heyco pliers
hapewe pliers
3 hex sockets
most pulled out of the .25 and 1.00 bins paid 5for the 8mm proto just because i needed it

 

[four.cycle]

@Private Lugnutz
@Outlawmws

Okay... I think Outlaw has it correct there: hook knife for linoleum/vinyl, big heavy straight blade on carpet.
I've never laid carpet.
I've put several vinyl floors in .
Those hooked blades will slice the beejesus out of your fingers, just in case you don't think they're "serious".
Just sayin' ....

 

[Outlawmws]

The tool gods have smiled upon me today:

Yes they did - You ****!

and the Porter Cable plunge base from a couple weeks ago

Do you have the router for that? If not maybe a trade?

 

[Macduf]

Never thought of collecting SAK but that puts the count at 14.

 

[paulm12]

I found these in a tool box I picked up a while back. Anyone know the purpose?



thanks

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

I found these in a tool box I picked up a while back. Anyone know the purpose?



thanks

those look like covers for a big chisel or a slick.

 

[misterbill]

I went way out of my normal grazing zone for a CL pickup yesterday. Found a nice galvanized watering can for my daughter and she also gets the Heinz ketchup themed triceratops. For me, it was a Big-Box-O-Plomb. All photos "as found".

Watering can in ride-along position.


Suprisingly hefty triceratops is a collectible of the full-size decorated dino that appeared in downtown Pittsburgh once upon a time.


Big old box of Plomb. Most I've ever seen in the wild in my area.


Two 1/4" boxes, Wright Field 3/8" speeder, 5402 beam torque wrench, etc.


Pebble DOEs.


Pebble DBEs.


Pebble combos.


Miscellaneous 1/2" drive stuff, chisel, screwdriver.


Miscellaneous pre-war dated items.


And the rest.


I never had much of a pebble collection, but all these may have just found a home in my grubby 9990 box!

Bill

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...just in case you don't think they're "serious".

Oh, I bet they're capable of slicing skin. But THESE (attached) are vintage linoleum or carpet knives in my neck o' the woods, if I was home I would post my examples instead of this handy excerpt from IA/ITCL, and, no, I wouldn't call a retractable blade inside a Stanley handle quite as "serious" in terms of its construction and durability. A hawkbill knife in a wooden handle with a ferrule will take your whole dang finger off!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Big old box of Plomb.

Dang, Bill! Big score. Congrats.

 

[four.cycle]

^ The first TOOL I ever purchased was a wood-handled linoleum knife from Vaughn Hardware at 84th & Pacific, and they cut me off a nice chunk of Alaskan Yellow Cedar about a foot long. I brought them home and was going to carve a boat.
I brought them both home, sat down under the locust tree in the back yard, and immediately sliced open my left thumb to the bone, which required a quick trip to the doctor's office and 8 stitches. I was almost 12 years old. I can almost still see a faint shadow of the scar.

Thanks for the reminder.

 

[d42jeep]

I went way out of my normal grazing zone for a CL pickup yesterday. Found a nice galvanized watering can for my daughter and she also gets the Heinz ketchup themed triceratops. For me, it was a Big-Box-O-Plomb. All photos "as found".

Watering can in ride-along position.


Suprisingly hefty triceratops is a collectible of the full-size decorated dino that appeared in downtown Pittsburgh once upon a time.


Big old box of Plomb. Most I've ever seen in the wild in my area.


Two 1/4" boxes, Wright Field 3/8" speeder, 5402 beam torque wrench, etc.


Pebble DOEs.


Pebble DBEs.


Pebble combos.


Miscellaneous 1/2" drive stuff, chisel, screwdriver.


Miscellaneous pre-war dated items.


And the rest.


I never had much of a pebble collection, but all these may have just found a home in my grubby 9990 box!

Bill

You must have been a VERY good boy this year. I’m really jealous and by the way, you ****!
-Don

 

[SuburbGuy]

^ The first TOOL I ever purchased was a wood-handled linoleum knife from Vaughn Hardware at 84th & Pacific, and they cut me off a nice chunk of Alaskan Yellow Cedar about a foot long. I brought them home and was going to carve a boat.
I brought them both home, sat down under the locust tree in the back yard, and immediately sliced open my left thumb to the bone, which required a quick trip to the doctor's office and 8 stitches. I was almost 12 years old. I can almost still see a faint shadow of the scar.

Thanks for the reminder.

YIKES!

 

[akasrick]

Oh, I bet they're capable of slicing skin. But THESE (attached) are vintage linoleum or carpet knives in my neck o' the woods, if I was home I would post my examples instead of this handy excerpt from IA/ITCL, and, no, I wouldn't call a retractable blade inside a Stanley handle quite as "serious" in terms of its construction and durability. A hawkbill knife in a wooden handle with a ferrule will take your whole dang finger off!

In defense of the Stanley hooked blade, it wouldn't dig into the underlayment or wood floor cutting into the sheet goods, cut to fit inside the room. I wouldn't know, just thinking of how scissors are used, some people can slice other people open and close on the cut.

akasrick

 

[four.cycle]

^ I went out and looked for it but no luck. It probably went bye-bye in my house-cleaning rampage last summer. It was a dead ringer for the model K25 that Private Lugnutz posted above (post #5782). I never used it again after that incident. I think I just hung onto it to remind myself to stop trying to chop off my fingers. (for all the good that did, right?)

 

[zanyad]

The tool gods have smiled upon me today:
...
Grand total: $70

You ****!

 

[Patrickm82]

I went way out of my normal grazing zone for a CL pickup yesterday. Found a nice galvanized watering can for my daughter and she also gets the Heinz ketchup themed triceratops. For me, it was a Big-Box-O-Plomb. All photos "as found".

Watering can in ride-along position.


Suprisingly hefty triceratops is a collectible of the full-size decorated dino that appeared in downtown Pittsburgh once upon a time.


Big old box of Plomb. Most I've ever seen in the wild in my area.


Two 1/4" boxes, Wright Field 3/8" speeder, 5402 beam torque wrench, etc.


Pebble DOEs.


Pebble DBEs.


Pebble combos.


Miscellaneous 1/2" drive stuff, chisel, screwdriver.


Miscellaneous pre-war dated items.


And the rest.


I never had much of a pebble collection, but all these may have just found a home in my grubby 9990 box!

Bill

That is a hell of a find! Guessing the ride wasn’t so bad after grabbing that stuff! Oh yeah “you ****”

 

[alinc100]

I remembered this afternoon the Fleet set never made it out of the car. Missing the 9/16" socket but I may have one in the garage somewhere.

 

[ctuai]

Estate sale ($60) - Part 1 ($40): Litemaster desk lamp/clock; Ideal tenor recorder; Planishing chasing hammer

3rd day of an estate sale 75% off. Picked up the fixed price stuff in part 1 and then overheard someone saying that there was a shed that the estate sale company didn't go into because it was full of "junk." Off we went to the shed and Part 2 is what came out of the shed.

Part 1


Estate sale - Part 2 ($20): 2 - Disston crosscut saws (1896-1917, 1953-1955); Mayes TT6-24" level; Carborundium pocket sharpening stone; Craftsman 506-51801 vise; Microflame torch; Craftsman sockets; P&C 6235 1/2" flex breaker bar; New Britain NS44 1/2" ratchet; Craftsman dog bone wrench; Planishing chasing hammer; Yankee Handyman no. 233H drill (4-bits); K-D gasket scraper; Red Devil 210 8-1/2" glazers pliers; Blue Bird 007 7" snips; 4 - Craftsman cold chisels; 6 - Craftsman punches; Ford M wrench; Snap on 67A 1/2" drive ratcheting adapter; Snap-on 1/2" 7/8" deep socket; Craftsman 1/4" flying V ratchet; Marbo 12" wire cutters; Buffalo machete; K&B S-wrench; True Temper Kelly perfect 3.8# axe head; Camloc 4P3 aircraft stud pliers; Proto 5 1/2" cold chisel; Punches (Craftsman, Stanley, Wizard); Plumb fiberglass masonry hammer

Part 2

 

[Outlawmws]

ctuai *****! $20 for part 2? Dang!

 

[Old Man Roger]

I found these in a tool box I picked up a while back. Anyone know the purpose?



thanks

Looks like a cut up belt. Like what you would see on a big hit and miss engine.

.

 

[mikeinri]

I went way out of my normal grazing zone for a CL pickup yesterday. Found a nice galvanized watering can for my daughter and she also gets the Heinz ketchup themed triceratops. For me, it was a Big-Box-O-Plomb. All photos "as found".

Watering can in ride-along position.


Suprisingly hefty triceratops is a collectible of the full-size decorated dino that appeared in downtown Pittsburgh once upon a time.


Big old box of Plomb. Most I've ever seen in the wild in my area.


Two 1/4" boxes, Wright Field 3/8" speeder, 5402 beam torque wrench, etc.


Pebble DOEs.


Pebble DBEs.


Pebble combos.


Miscellaneous 1/2" drive stuff, chisel, screwdriver.


Miscellaneous pre-war dated items.


And the rest.


I never had much of a pebble collection, but all these may have just found a home in my grubby 9990 box!

Bill

You ****!

^ The first TOOL I ever purchased was a wood-handled linoleum knife from Vaughn Hardware at 84th & Pacific, and they cut me off a nice chunk of Alaskan Yellow Cedar about a foot long. I brought them home and was going to carve a boat.
I brought them both home, sat down under the locust tree in the back yard, and immediately sliced open my left thumb to the bone, which required a quick trip to the doctor's office and 8 stitches. I was almost 12 years old. I can almost still see a faint shadow of the scar.

Thanks for the reminder.

Does it still hurt when you look at it?

In defense of the Stanley hooked blade, it wouldn't dig into the underlayment or wood floor cutting into the sheet goods, cut to fit inside the room. I wouldn't know, just thinking of how scissors are used, some people can slice other people open and close on the cut.

akasrick

We had hardwood floors uncovered and redone shortly after moving into our first house. The living room was covered by a nasty carpet, the dining room by some sort of tile that likely contained asbestos.

The flooring company removed all of that, but couldn't get a very, very dark gouge out of the dining room floor, across all of the boards going across at least half the length of the room! Obviously, someone years before didn't use the proper tool, cut the wood, and decades of dirt made their way into the cut...


Mike

 

[genog]

Do you have the router for that? If not maybe a trade?

I do indeed have the router.
Been hoping to find a PC plunge base somewhere......
I lucked out
Thanks

I went way out of my normal grazing zone for a CL pickup yesterday. Found a nice galvanized watering can for my daughter and she also gets the Heinz ketchup themed triceratops. For me, it was a Big-Box-O-Plomb. All photos "as found".

That's gotta be a BIG YOU ****!
Nice find!
Like the ketchup bottle
Love the Plomb!

 

[bmwrd0]

I cant believe no one has commented on that watering can, there is the Usuck of the whole haul.

It is always, always, good to have big cans!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Buffalo machete;

Post more photos here or in the 'Knife' thread down on the VB, please.

Thanks for the reminder.

Haha! Funny how you remember every cut and every broken bone like it was yesterday.

Here's one of my Red Devils, although the hawkbill has been sharpened out of it.

 

[3baygarage]

Some nice hauls there fellas.

Going through my last couple flea market hauls tonight. I’ve been falling behind in posting,

These three Blue-Point sets were stupid cheap. Almost didn’t ask about them.

-Gasket cutter set in pouch
-Aluminum driver set in red box
- Drive-M-All set in metal box

 

[four.cycle]

"Funny how you remember every ..."

everything.
I was wearing a red-and-white striped pair of coveralls on the propeller-driven airplane my mother and I flew in when she took me to Disneyland when I was four years old. The stewardess brought me a blue pillow. (Before they were "flight attendants".)
It is not always an advantage - at times it becomes a handicap when it gets in the way - as manifested in another thread a couple nights ago.

The doctor who sewed up my thumb was Doctor Sullivan. His office was over on South Puget Sound Street between 56th and 72nd.
Brick building. Had gas heaters on the walls.

Really wish I'd been equipped with an "erase" button.