2024 Garage Sale Thread (13th Annual)

[Private Lugnutz]

Good deal or not?

Deal, schmeal. Everytime I looked at those boards I'd think about candcanes and barbershops.

 

[3baygarage]

Some nice hauls guys.

Saukit- nice find on the Craftsman driver. That one is tougher to find.

 

[JohnDeere]

Thanks @JohnDeere ! I never would have figured that out on my own!

Appreciate the offer Beemer but I have more machinist boxes than I can handle at the moment, I was mostly interested in what was inside it! That being said if you're up here I'd definitely be up to trade...hell you can dig around in my stash and see if there's anything you can't live without

That is what GJ is for. If you have ever messed with those hose clamps you will know how useful they are.

 

[JohnDeere]

Deal, schmeal. Everytime I looked at those boards I'd think about candcanes and barbershops

I have elected to buy truck parts instead

 

[d42jeep]

(In my best "A Christmas Story" dad voice: "That hose end looks crooked..."

It went into my Outlaw inspired collection in the basement.

 

[6 & 7/8]

Found this at an estate sale. This vice was in the basement attached to a bench absolutely no tools on or near this bench. So I asked for a price the gal said if you can remove ir from the bench you can have it! She said good lock there are no tools at this sale. Five minutes later I walked out the door with it. I smiled all the way to the car!
The best I can guess this was made in 1942 as back in the day these vices came with a 5 year warranty. Walton Number 835 bullet WWll vice. Any more info would be a great help.

 

[ForrestT]

Found this at an estate sale. This vice was in the basement attached to a bench absolutely no tools on or near this bench. So I asked for a price the gal said if you can remove ir from the bench you can have it! She said good lock there are no tools at this sale. Five minutes later I walked out the door with it. I smiled all the way to the car!
The best I can guess this was made in 1942 as back in the day these vices came with a 5 year warranty. Walton Number 835 bullet WWll vice. Any more info would be a great help.

You ****! Great score!

 

[Pexto]

Looks like a chess set!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I have elected to buy truck parts instead

You know I was just kidding around, right? That's a lot of stripes!

 

[Outlawmws]

Deal, schmeal. Everytime I looked at those boards I'd think about candcanes and barbershops.

That's why they get covered up with tools!

 

[Outlawmws]

Looks like a chess set!

Now you are giving me display ideas!

 

[pelletman]

Hit a Thursday start estate sale today and got a few items. She threw the lead in no charge after dropping 20 bucks on the charger. She asked what was in the bag and must have come to the conclusion the lead shot was worthless.

I have that charger and I like it for when I can't use one of the newer ones because they aren't seeing enough voltage

 

[Outlawmws]

Five minutes later I walked out the door with it

You ****! Great score!

Doesn''t even begin to cover the suckage level! 6&7, you need to post that on the Vises of GJ thread, because:

Thou Suckith this much!

 

[pelletman]

I hit three sales today, spending a total of $11.

The first sale was an Elks lodge swap, always a winner and I look forward too it every year. I found the Clock (needs a battery), off brand dial calipers, Millers Falls tap handle, hand reamer, homemade burr remover, Klein cable cutters, Pexto dykes, pin vise, counter sink, and an unused set of Lufkin pin vises.

Next stop was a barn/antique sale where I found the Ackley book, while the last stop was an estate sale waaaaay out in the country. Here I found a SK spark plug socket, Blue Point ignition wrench, tiny screw driver, Indestro ignition wrench, Master ignition pliers, and a Proto Click Stop 4" cresent.

You ****!

 

[pelletman]

While I don’t post often, but I check the thread weekly for the great finds. This isn’t a garage sale or flea market find. It’s a freebie from work.

Backstory: Visited one of our company’s nearby pump stations last March and saw that the electrician had purchased a new snowblower for the station. Seeing that the old one was perfect I asked why? It was too big and cumbersome. Jokingly I said it would look great in my garage.
Fastforward to last Friday. I had the day off and heard a back up beeper in the driveway. There’s my co worker backing up to unload it.

This thing is beautiful. Maybe 3-5 hrs max on it. 15 hp 30” cut. Headlight and handwarmers. Perfect for the impossible pile at the end of the driveway from the snowplow.
Great way to start the New Year!

You definitely ****! My best free find was a Honda Track Snowblower on the side of the road with a free sign on it. Needed a belt. Also snowblowing *****, I plow, mostly. I do not deserve suckage here, this was a few years back

 

[pelletman]

Found this at an estate sale. This vice was in the basement attached to a bench absolutely no tools on or near this bench. So I asked for a price the gal said if you can remove ir from the bench you can have it! She said good lock there are no tools at this sale. Five minutes later I walked out the door with it. I smiled all the way to the car!
The best I can guess this was made in 1942 as back in the day these vices came with a 5 year warranty. Walton Number 835 bullet WWll vice. Any more info would be a great help.

Nice! You ****!

 

[Smokeshow69]

I have the opportunity to buy these tool boards for $225. Good deal or not?

** a deal depends on your collection focus. The first one pictured is late flying lady/mfd (60's) but the rest are the 70's/80's professional era which some may consider collectible but I dont.... I generally pay $80 or less for full size ones. If it was me I would buy just the first one**

Comes to $38 each, average but one has what I consider serious damage. I don';t thing the pricing is terrible but before you decide, what re they worth to you, are you a collector, do you have space for 6 tool boards, (ore more of you get into them) and can/will you fill them or try?

I have 2 boards collecting dust and hard to store (no wall space) I should probably sel those...

*** did someone say they they are selling boards? What era?**

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Five minutes later I walked out the door with it. I smiled all the way to the car!

With good reason! It's been a while since Outlaw pulled out the Charlton Heston - never cavalierly used, and always well-deserving!

The best I can guess this was made in 1942 as back in the day these vices came with a 5 year warranty.

Your vise was made in 1947. Wartime Wilton vises had no date stamps. Date stamps on Wilton vises from 1945 to 1954 are manufacturing dates. Vises with date stamps of 1959 and later - with or without a "GUAR EXP" stamp, were made 5 years before the date stamp.

 

[Provincial]

***** for bmw and 6 & 7/8.

 

[Old Radar]

@6 & 7/8 A free Wilton bullet vise is always Suckworthy, no matter when it was made!

 

[Southern83]

@6 & 7/8 *****!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Cold as a witch's *** and slim pickin's this morning at the flea.



The 8-point socket is a 3/8-drive HERBRAND VAN-CHROME and the uni-joint is a 1/2-drive OTC. I have no collecting need for either, but they are not common, and someone somewhere probably does.

The flight instruments book (1939) has some nifty figures.

As for the other book, not GJ relevant, per se, but if you're a reggler, you know that one of my serious side-hustles is umpiring for the NCAA (DIII) and NJSIAA, and this 1st Ed. will be a welcome addition to the sports wing in my library.

On a bittersweet note, @pfaustus, guess who died? Fish! On Christmas day! Stepped on a nail at the flea market the week before. It got infected. Christmas eve, the ER sent him home with antibiotics. Next day he's in the Big Flea Market in the Sky, or mouthing off to Mephistopheles, one or the other. I overheard a couple other guys kibbitzing about the owners giving his partner-in-crime a week to clean out his area, which, I have to admit, is kind of harsh, and he wasn't exactly one of my favorite liquidators. I never thought I'd say this, but I will miss his obnoxious banter. RIP.

 

[RTM]

As for the other book, not GJ relevant, per se, but if you're a reggler, you know that one of my serious side-hustles is umpiring for the NCAA (DIII) and NJSIAA, and this 1st Ed. will be a welcome addition to the sports wing in my library.

“sounded high to me”. One of my favorite quotes from the book. Read Dad’s copy many decades ago.

 

[gleman]

@6 & 7/8 *****!

I keep two adjustables, a flathead and Phillips in the car for "emergencies" like this but it's never happened for me.

 

[Outlawmws]

I've had to get tools from my rig a couple of times to get a vise or other piece of gear dismounted to buy, but no one ever gave them to me. (I do recall a $10 vise dismount some years back that was a really good deal)

 

[6 & 7/8]

With good reason! It's been a while since Outlaw pulled out the Charlton Heston - never cavalierly used, and always well-deserving!

Your vise was made in 1947. Wartime Wilton vises had no date stamps. Date stamps on Wilton vises from 1945 to 1954 are manufacturing dates. Vises with date stamps of 1959 and later - with or without a "GUAR EXP" stamp, were made 5 years before the date stamp.

I thank you for the info!

 

[NYBODYMAN]

Found this at an estate sale. This vice was in the basement attached to a bench absolutely no tools on or near this bench. So I asked for a price the gal said if you can remove ir from the bench you can have it! She said good lock there are no tools at this sale. Five minutes later I walked out the door with it. I smiled all the way to the car!
The best I can guess this was made in 1942 as back in the day these vices came with a 5 year warranty. Walton Number 835 bullet WWll vice. Any more info would be a great help.

You definitely **** for this one. Nice. Reminds me of a sale I went to last year. They had a half-assed barn out back and I found a big old Columbian vise attached to the "work bench." Guy tells me $10 and it's mine but no tools. I saw that the wood was old and dry rotted to **** so I grabbed the handle and gave a pull and twisted the board right off. It was small enough to fit in the car at that point!

 

[NYBODYMAN]

Cold as a witch's *** and slim pickin's this morning at the flea.



As for the other book, not GJ relevant, per se, but if you're a reggler, you know that one of my serious side-hustles is umpiring for the NCAA (DIII) and NJSIAA, and this 1st Ed. will be a welcome addition to the sports wing in my library.

Nice grab on the Luciano book. It's been on my list for a while now. Have you ever read Planet of the Umps by former umpire Ken Kaiser? Great read that I highly recommend. I'm 43 years old and still play wood bat baseball. I often think about getting into umpiring when I retire from work in a few years.

 

[alinc100]

6 & 7/8 *****! That's a great haul for a little bit of effort. And a great reminder to keep a couple tools handy.

 

[Squez]

First break in the weather got a decent haul
Proto
9/16 1/2 tappet
<<<1/2>>> <<<1/2/9/16>>>
9/16 1/2 dbe
9/16 combo
Proto challenger 7/16 combo small screwdriver
Fleet 5/8 combo 9/16-1/2 doe
Plomb 9/16 combo 5/8 socket 1/2 dr
Williams 7/16-3/8 doe 1/2 super combo
Blue point 3/4-11/16 doe maybe tappet?
Wright 13mm combo
Mac 3/4-5/8 dbe 9/16 broke in half
Sk 7/16 combo openend socket back 3/8 drive 13/16 3/4 11/1615mm 11mm
Mercedes Benz heyco 19mm
Craftsman 7/8 combo 12/14mm 3/8-7/16 7/9 doe 3/8-7/16 5/8-3/4 dbe
Powerkraft 14/15 doe
Barcalo 7/16 combo
Kd 104 1/2
2 unknown tappet 1/2-9/16 11/16-5/8
Unknown screwdriver with jaws
Snapon 15/16 socket 1/4 flex 8mm
Blackhawk box full of sockets and ignition wrenchs end up with 3 proto sockets 9 Blackhawk sockets 10 craftsman 1 Tekton wrench 1 ace professional 9 bit nut drivers 12 craftsman ignition wrenchs and 22 task force sockets for the bin that was 10.00 for a total of 52.00 for the day

 

[Raineman]

@6 & 7/8 *****!

This^

 

[mikeinri]

@Squez: That looks like an old Herbrand logo on the tappet.

Mike

 

[mikeinri]

Found this at an estate sale. This vice was in the basement attached to a bench absolutely no tools on or near this bench. So I asked for a price the gal said if you can remove ir from the bench you can have it! She said good lock there are no tools at this sale. Five minutes later I walked out the door with it. I smiled all the way to the car!
The best I can guess this was made in 1942 as back in the day these vices came with a 5 year warranty. Walton Number 835 bullet WWll vice. Any more info would be a great help.

Wilton, not Walton (probably just a typo?). But You definitely ****!

You definitely ****! My best free find was a Honda Track Snowblower on the side of the road with a free sign on it. Needed a belt. Also snowblowing *****, I plow, mostly. I do not deserve suckage here, this was a few years back

Happy belated You ****, LOL...

** a deal depends on your collection focus. The first one pictured is late flying lady/mfd (60's)... If it was me I would buy just the first one**

Ditto. I don't believe I've ever seen a Proto tool anywhere except here at GJ, but I love that old logo. Definitely has character!

*** did someone say they they are selling boards? What era?**

THAT'S funny!


Mike

 

[Chrome Vanadium Cody]

I made a New Year’s resolution to start posting my finds in here. Here’s what I turned up today. Stahlwille 24mm 13 series combo wrench, wiha 4mm hex driver, blackhawk 1/4” ratchet, icon 9/16” flex head ratcheting wrench, bit sockets from Gearwrench snap on and proto, and a truecraft/Koken 1/2” drive ratcheting breaker bar.

Most of the 1/4” drive kilness parent ratchets I’ve run into have been worn out, not sure if I just have bad luck or what. This one works great though. I’ve been meaning to buy a 1/4” ratchet with a rounded handle to press fit a longer handle onto… but the grip on this one might be too stylish to do that to!

I’d heard about these truecraft/koken breaker bars but never seen one in person. Doesn’t seem like the most practical design but the ratchet is super smooth. Maybe the flex joint being in a different spot than a normal flex head ratchet will be useful for something?

 

[saukit]

Adding another **** for 6&7/8!

I finally got around to unpacking a box of stuff that was gifted to me by a work colleague last year. He was clearing out his grandfather in law's garage and had a whole pallet of stuff but I just picked out wrenches and sockets mostly. I don't even have room for this but I guess I'll find room

I was too lazy to pull everything out of this box, it's most of a Wright 1/2 socket set along with a bunch of other random stuff including SK deep sockets and some other odds and ends.


Going counter clockwise, Partial Bog 1/2" set, misc Proto and Craftsman 1/4" bits, some SK stuff marked "Chrome Alloy", a few Plomb pieces and an Xcelite bit rat, "Bristo" (I think) hex key sets in leatherette pouch, no name 1/4" driver and some Walden sockets, finally a partial Snap on 1/4" set with some newer metric sockets and a little combo wrench.


Partial Snap on 1/2" deep socket set (about 1/2 are actually Snap on), misc drivers, some Western Giant/Chromium Vanadium stuff, KD ratchet wrench, "Carbureter" DOE, Barcalo DBE, Duro obstruction DBE, and a couple Herbrand battery terminal wrenches (one is another brand but not marked).


A bunch of Proto stuff, pretty self explanatory...


Last, some Crescent nips in box, a USA hunting knife (couldn't make out brand), Craftsman driver, Blue Point tap and die set with most of the original taps/dies, and a couple Stanley planes.

 

[Provincial]

I've had to get tools from my rig a couple of times to get a vise or other piece of gear dismounted to buy, but no one ever gave them to me. (I do recall a $10 vise dismount some years back that was a really good deal)

Same here.

 

[d42jeep]

I made a New Year’s resolution to start posting my finds in here. Here’s what I turned up today. Stahlwille 24mm 13 series combo wrench, wiha 4mm hex driver, blackhawk 1/4” ratchet, icon 9/16” flex head ratcheting wrench, bit sockets from Gearwrench snap on and proto, and a truecraft/Koken 1/2” drive ratcheting breaker bar.

Most of the 1/4” drive kilness parent ratchets I’ve run into have been worn out, not sure if I just have bad luck or what. This one works great though. I’ve been meaning to buy a 1/4” ratchet with a rounded handle to press fit a longer handle onto… but the grip on this one might be too stylish to do that to!

I’d heard about these truecraft/koken breaker bars but never seen one in person. Doesn’t seem like the most practical design but the ratchet is super smooth. Maybe the flex joint being in a different spot than a normal flex head ratchet will be useful for something?

Nice finds. Where did you run across those if you don’t mind my asking? All I saw was a garage sale 5 minutes from home and there was only a few items there.

I‘ll fill the drill bit sets with sharpened bits and add the S-K offset ratchet wrench to an S-K box.
I cleaned up the Estwing hammer a bit.
We revisited a sale from last week but all we found was a little hand grinder.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

Adding another **** for 6&7/8!

I finally got around to unpacking a box of stuff that was gifted to me by a work colleague last year. He was clearing out his grandfather in law's garage and had a whole pallet of stuff but I just picked out wrenches and sockets mostly. I don't even have room for this but I guess I'll find room

I was too lazy to pull everything out of this box, it's most of a Wright 1/2 socket set along with a bunch of other random stuff including SK deep sockets and some other odds and ends.


Going counter clockwise, Partial Bog 1/2" set, misc Proto and Craftsman 1/4" bits, some SK stuff marked "Chrome Alloy", a few Plomb pieces and an Xcelite bit rat, "Bristo" (I think) hex key sets in leatherette pouch, no name 1/4" driver and some Walden sockets, finally a partial Snap on 1/4" set with some newer metric sockets and a little combo wrench.


Partial Snap on 1/2" deep socket set (about 1/2 are actually Snap on), misc drivers, some Western Giant/Chromium Vanadium stuff, KD ratchet wrench, "Carbureter" DOE, Barcalo DBE, Duro obstruction DBE, and a couple Herbrand battery terminal wrenches (one is another brand but not marked).


A bunch of Proto stuff, pretty self explanatory...


Last, some Crescent nips in box, a USA hunting knife (couldn't make out brand), Craftsman driver, Blue Point tap and die set with most of the original taps/dies, and a couple Stanley planes.

Your unmarked spinner is from a R.T.E.C. set.

 

[Chrome Vanadium Cody]

@d42jeep they were at the Laney College swap meet. Learned about it after taking a couple carpentry classes there. It's every Sunday and pretty active, I recommend it

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Read Dad’s copy many decades ago.

It's a hilarious read.

Have you ever read Planet of the Umps by former umpire Ken Kaiser? Great read that I highly recommend.

Nope. Thanks. Going on the list.

I'm 43 years old and still play wood bat baseball. I often think about getting into umpiring when I retire from work in a few years.

It's a good way to stay around the sport. I work some men's leagues in the summer down here for cash. High School is fun because it's good ball and you don't have to suffer any lip.