2024 Garage Sale Thread (13th Annual)

[Private Lugnutz]

I put the yellow on...[ ]...It was originally Cyclones "cherry bomb" red, but I was corrected on the Vise thread and hence Hawkeyes "mellow" yellow.

So, you posted it on the Mega Vise thread first. Painted the lettering red. Had some version of the 'is this antique verbiage referring to Iowa State or the University of Iowa?' discussion on the Mega Vise thread. Re-painted the lettering yellow. Then you re-assembled your entire estate sale haul and posted it here? @RTM, you need to send him the Garage Sale Thread Re-Training and Priorities Adjustment manual toot sweet!

I shall soon begin the Great Garage Sale Thread novel. "It was a dark and stormy night as I peered into the inky black garage, when suddenly a flash of lightning blinked into existence..."

"...but it was only a Coleman lantern refitted by @Outlawmws with a 1000 lumens LED!"

 

[mikeinri]

mjdarg just sucked all the air out of the place. Incredible find.

No kidding. Most of the loaded boxes I find are ridiculously overpriced, and full of garbage. The bad kind of ****...

@mjdarg: You **** (in the GJ way)!

Mike

 

[Outlawmws]

"...but it was only a Coleman lantern refitted by @Outlawmws with a 1000 lumens LED!"

Sacrilege!

 

[brockmub]

@mjdarg *****! Loaded tool cart is a great pickup.

 

[four.cycle]

RE: Cyclones "cherry bomb"
sorry guys, this is the second or third time I've seen that and it's driving me nuts.
Cyclone didn't make the "Cherry Bomb" glass-pack muffler.
They were manufactured by Maremont. I used to buy them from Puget Sound Automotive Warehouse. (Ask for Carter, who later went to South Side Brake.)
Cyclone made the "Purple Hornies"
okay.. pedantic rant over.

 

[alinc100]

Well 19 days into the year before I hit a sale:
WRENCHES

Unmarked DBE
Williams Superrench 1163,1165,1166A 9/16”,11/16”,25/32”
Craftsman 10mmx11mm,11/16”x13/16” dbe
Vlchek 1618 1/2” x 9/16” dbe
Super-Quality Forged in USA 5/8” x 11/16” dbe
Armstrong 1167 ⅞” armaloy ⅞” combo
Proto Challenger 16mm x 17mm doe
Proto 17mm x 19mm doe
75% of a Wright 3/8” dr socket set

SOCKETS
Herbrand S-320 1/2” dr 5/8” swivel socket 12 pt
Blackhawk 1520-S 3/8” dr 5/8”spark plug socket
Blackhawk 40130 1/2” dr 15/16” 12 point shallow
Wright 4596 1/2” dr 13/16” spark plug socket
Craftsman 3/8” dr swivel spark plug sockets 5/8” &13/16”
Craftsman 3/8” dr 1/4” 8 point socket
Wizard HR2629 3/8” dr 13/16” 12 pt deep
(s-k ?) 5-8,9-16,13-16,7-8 knurled sockets
Libman push broom(not pictured)

 

[3baygarage]

Spent a full day at Flywheelers the other day and brought home just a few things. This is maybe half the haul. I ran out of light for posting sockets and smaller misc., and left out some things that were picked up as a potential flip.

That said, it was a good day for breaker bars, ratchets, and older wrenches.

Breaker bars: 1/2” Mac with female end
24” Snap-On (sweaty looking)
Craftsman C-93 (after Beemer’s already this week)
3/8 Snap-On Ferret with female end, and ferret extension
3/8S-K
3/8 hex drive unmarked t handle
1/4 unmarked possible Walden t handle
(2) 3/8 Plomb t handles
3/8 Duro t handle

Ratchets (many came from a fellow tool forum member/dealer):

-1/2 Mustang
-3/8 long orange handle Mac
-Craftsman round head
-Vulcan
- Trio - PWA Bonney, PWA by New Britain,PWA Walden
-Bonney pear head
-Billings bullet handle
-Armstrong unique design open gear ratchet (still unsure what the deal is with this). Can't find another like it.
-Koene. The oddball thing that looks like a stretched out padlock. This came from another favorite tool vendor/collector. Long story short, this wasn’t on his table for sale, but in conversation he pulled it from the cab of his truck to show me as he knows I like all this stuff, and we struck a deal. More to come on this one.

Adjustable wrenches include:
-Oldie Diamond 18” and Utica 15”, maybe the deal of the day ar $5 each for those bigguns.
-unique/oddball Samson brand
-Mossberg bicycle wrench
- Billings curved wrench

I think all that remains are the Snap-On 1/4x 1/4 bit, old Blue-Point doe, old Thorsen short drag link socket, and strange NAF numbered wrench which I haven’t researched yet.

 

[bmwrd0]

I went to the estate sale of a Harley builder, and as I passed beyond the old lathes, I spotted an old, filthy tool box, and after taking a look, I decided to purchase it, along with a few other things I found.

after cleaning out the dreck, I found a partial set of Craftsman G sockets, misc. other sockets, a hook, a MW ratchet, thrust washers, and other stuff. I did find the AMMCO micrometer, unmarked dial calipers, and small hole sockets to add to my purchase. Not too spectacular, but it was the toolbox itself I wanted

A Walden BK20, which was made from at least 1928 to 1945, going by ads and catalogs. I do need to remove the socket rail the former owner welded in though.


EDIT: it's a BX20, not BK.

 

[shanny19]

toot sweet!

Had to look that up, and i take pride in my cunning lingual skills……..thx for the French education!

 

[mikeinri]

Had to look that up, and i take pride in my cunning lingual skills……..thx for the French education!

I cannot tell a lie... I was torn between my 7 years of French lessons (which have left me with zero useful skills), and this decidedly American classic...

Mike

 

[Raineman]

3bay, that red handle 3/8 long ratchet is a fine tooth MAC from the early ‘90’s and I’m your huckleberry if you’re parting with it.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I’m your huckleberry

Doc, is that you?

 

[3baygarage]

3bay, that red handle 3/8 long ratchet is a fine tooth MAC from the early ‘90’s and I’m your huckleberry if you’re parting with it.

I kinda like it.

 

[alinc100]

I went back to yesterday's sale hoping to find the Wright socket fill-ins and maybe a few more Williams Combos. The place was still packed, the absolute right company was handling the sale"Dig Detroit" . Someone made quite a pile in the driveway,which may/may not have had some of my hopefuls in it but I did find the following after sifting through the garage( some of which I saw yesterday but held off as the garage was blanket marked $4/tool ,which in reality I paid way ,way less than that:
MISC
Ace Hardware clutch head driver
Cal-Van cotter pin puller
Xcelite #25 reversible driver
Vaco S/B DD-2 driver
4-in-1 from local auto parts chain(Murrays, now part of O'Reilly”s)
Titan 1/4” and 3/8” mini ratchet
Cornwell PP12 punch
Barcalo Buffalo Parrot Head Pliers
Duplex drill index
Craftsman Crowntop allen keys
Proto 6541 distributor wrench
Duro 1/2” speeder
Proto 2007 Brake spoon

WRENCHES

Craftsman 1/4” x 5/16” crowntop ratchet wrench
PowrKraft 5/8” x 11/16” ratchet wrench
Herbrand 5/8” x 3/4” ratchet wrench
Craftsman 7/16” x 1/2” dbe
Bluegrass 1/4” x 5/16” doe
Williams 5/16” x 3/8” doe
Bridgeport 1/2” x 9/16” Nickel Molybdenum doe
Vanadium Tool Co 3/4” x 13/16” doe
Craftsman 5/16”, 2@3/8”,7/16” combo
PowrKraft 7/16” combo
Proto Los Angeles 7/16” combo
2@ Herbrand 1216-N 1/2” combo
Wright 1116 1/2” combo

SOCKETS
Indestro-Super 1/2” dr 7/16”-1” including 19/32’’,25/32’’, 12 point shallow
(early sk?)7-16,9-16,5-8” 8 point shallow
Herbrand J-122 3/8” dr 11/16” 12 point shallow
S-K 3/8” drive 40918 9/16” swivel socket 6 point
Snap On SFS201 3/8” dr 5/8” 6 point deep
New Britain 3/8” dr NFD32 11/16” 12 point deep
SK 40140 1/2” dr 1-1/4” 12 point shallow
Craftsman 3/8” dr bit sockets
Craftsman 3/8” dr 3/8” 8 point socket
Craftsman 3/8” dr 3/4” 6 point deep -G-

 

[shanny19]

The oddities in today’s scrounging.

I’ve passed up a handful of Handiman’s before, thinking they would never ever be users and would just take drawer space. But these were all but mint, so now they’ll get drawer space I guess.

The grounding (?) clamps were much less than scrap value. I’m hoping someone who knows what I should do with them comes along and tells me, otherwise they’ll be separated into brass and aluminum and get reincarnated. What are they, who would want them?

 

[Chrome Vanadium Cody]

@shanny19 gets a **** from me for the handimans! Big fan of those.

Here’s what I got today. One sale, motorcycle guy, always interesting to see how different people set up their home shops.



Snap On 13.5” thin flat head screwdriver. Was just mentioning in another thread, these make great light duty poke/pry tools. 2x Craftsman 1/4” drive hex bit holder sockets, 2x 1/4” drive socket rails, COO Italy tweezers, 9/16” Snap On angle wrench, 8mm Craftsman ratcheting wrench. Blackhawk 1/2” x 9/16” and unbranded USA 3/8” x 7/16” for what GJ would call “my small but growing collection of” stubby offset DBE wrenches. Plus a no name brass pocket caliper.

 

[mikeinri]

...brass pocket caliper.

Now there's something that sounds handy (and I never knew when existed until this moment)!

Mike

 

[JohnDeere]

Today’s free haul.
Proto 814 stillson pipe wrench

1x15/16 doe

Proto 246? water pump pliers

Forsberg Mfg. Co. number 60

Yankee screwdriver

 

[jeffmoss26]

restore finds from last week (scotchlocks, pocket driver, allen wrench, punch, and 2 way screwdriver), everything else is from today

edit: forgot picture lol

 

[d42jeep]

The weather app promised a break in the rain from 9:30 to early afternoon and there was a very promising sale listed in Rodeo, CA. so off we went. The weather app was wrong but at least the sale was in the garage. There were plenty of tool buyers at the sale and it was like a feeding frenzy but we got our share and then some.
Plenty of Craftsman
Thorsen
Powr-Kraft (pliers marked Japan, surprisingl).
S-K
Mac
-Don

 

[Outlawmws]

Dang Don! Well done! I got completely rained out, even the HS Flea canceled (or at least never responded to "are you on for tomorrow?" like they usually do.

 

[d42jeep]

I was looking at a sale in San Leandro put on by the Tie-Dye people but the weather was just too bad.
—Don

 

[Outlawmws]

I didn't' see that one. Not on CL?

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

Well 19 days into the year before I hit a sale:
WRENCHES

Unmarked DBE
Williams Superrench 1163,1165,1166A 9/16”,11/16”,25/32”
Craftsman 10mmx11mm,11/16”x13/16” dbe
Vlchek 1618 1/2” x 9/16” dbe
Super-Quality Forged in USA 5/8” x 11/16” dbe
Armstrong 1167 ⅞” armaloy ⅞” combo
Proto Challenger 16mm x 17mm doe
Proto 17mm x 19mm doe
75% of a Wright 3/8” dr socket set

SOCKETS
Herbrand S-320 1/2” dr 5/8” swivel socket 12 pt
Blackhawk 1520-S 3/8” dr 5/8”spark plug socket
Blackhawk 40130 1/2” dr 15/16” 12 point shallow
Wright 4596 1/2” dr 13/16” spark plug socket
Craftsman 3/8” dr swivel spark plug sockets 5/8” &13/16”
Craftsman 3/8” dr 1/4” 8 point socket
Wizard HR2629 3/8” dr 13/16” 12 pt deep
(s-k ?) 5-8,9-16,13-16,7-8 knurled sockets
Libman push broom(not pictured)

Spent a full day at Flywheelers the other day and brought home just a few things. This is maybe half the haul. I ran out of light for posting sockets and smaller misc., and left out some things that were picked up as a potential flip.

That said, it was a good day for breaker bars, ratchets, and older wrenches.

Breaker bars: 1/2” Mac with female end
24” Snap-On (sweaty looking)
Craftsman C-93 (after Beemer’s already this week)
3/8 Snap-On Ferret with female end, and ferret extension
3/8S-K
3/8 hex drive unmarked t handle
1/4 unmarked possible Walden t handle
(2) 3/8 Plomb t handles
3/8 Duro t handle

Ratchets (many came from a fellow tool forum member/dealer):

-1/2 Mustang
-3/8 long orange handle Mac
-Craftsman round head
-Vulcan
- Trio - PWA Bonney, PWA by New Britain,PWA Walden
-Bonney pear head
-Billings bullet handle
-Armstrong unique design open gear ratchet (still unsure what the deal is with this). Can't find another like it.
-Koene. The oddball thing that looks like a stretched out padlock. This came from another favorite tool vendor/collector. Long story short, this wasn’t on his table for sale, but in conversation he pulled it from the cab of his truck to show me as he knows I like all this stuff, and we struck a deal. More to come on this one.

Adjustable wrenches include:
-Oldie Diamond 18” and Utica 15”, maybe the deal of the day ar $5 each for those bigguns.
-unique/oddball Samson brand
-Mossberg bicycle wrench
- Billings curved wrench

I think all that remains are the Snap-On 1/4x 1/4 bit, old Blue-Point doe, old Thorsen short drag link socket, and strange NAF numbered wrench which I haven’t researched yet.

The weather app promised a break in the rain from 9:30 to early afternoon and there was a very promising sale listed in Rodeo, CA. so off we went. The weather app was wrong but at least the sale was in the garage. There were plenty of tool buyers at the sale and it was like a feeding frenzy but we got our share and then some.
Plenty of Craftsman
Thorsen
Powr-Kraft (pliers marked Japan, surprisingl).
S-K
Mac
-Don

You guys all get *****!

 

[brockmub]

Massively jealous of you guys being able to be out and about. -20 degrees this morning... no flea markets, garage, or estate sales going around here for a while. Might have to get creative to go on some picks soon.

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

The oddities in today’s scrounging.

The grounding (?) clamps were much less than scrap value. I’m hoping someone who knows what I should do with them comes along and tells me, otherwise they’ll be separated into brass and aluminum and get reincarnated. What are they, who would want them?

Those look to be high line tap clamps. Taps the primary voltage lines to drop power to a transformer. Salisbury is an electric supply company so it fits. Ed.

 

[d42jeep]

I didn't' see that one. Not on CL?

San Leandro Estate Sale All Must Go Sat @ 10am Sun @ 1pm - garage & moving sales - yard estate sale - craigslist

Estate Sale House, Shed.... Full All Must Go Sat/Sun Sat. Jan 20th at 10am Sun. Jan. 21st at 1pm Bring your own box and fill it for $10. Rain or Shine Household items, shed items, tools... 15625...

sfbay.craigslist.org

Opens at 1:00 today but I don’t know what will be left since it’s the 2nd day. Nice people to deal with though.
-Don

 

[Debcrow]

OK, I will not list individual items or part numbers (although I do have a list written down), just too many!

75 standard sockets:
Cornwell, Craftsman, SK, MAC, Snap-On, Bon-E-Con, OTC, SK Wayne, P&C, Thompson< JobSmart, Stanley, Ace, Duralast, TaskForce, Thor, Plvmb, Par-X and Herbrand. NO name Taiwan Cr Van set 10-20mm.

14 Impact sockets:
Deep well: 7 MAC, one each of Snap-on, Easco, and Wright
Standard: 2 Craftsman, one each Snap-on, Hinsdale and PowerCraft.

Craftsman 3/8 to 1/2 and Williams 1/2 to 3/4

Snap-on 1/4 swivel nut driver TM10-D6

13 standard Wrenches: Billings and Spencer, Bridge Tool Co, Fiat, Hazet, Tomahawk, Armstrong, Tru-Fit, Vlchek, Bonalloy, Proto.

30 small obstruction, standard & ignition wrenches: Craftsman, Proto, MAC, OIT, Blackhawk and a couple no name.

6 Pliers/cutters: Archer, Crescent, Cablematic (with a twin Taiwan clone), Carrows, Crestalloy.

Craftsman Dado cutter and Trim cutter separate sets. Craftsman Dowling Jig set 94186.

Extensions: several Craftsman, MaterMechanic and a very long MAC 34 inch.

Ratchets; 1/4 Craftsman, Western Auto

Files: Belknap, Nicholson, Homelite and Simmons.

Drill bits Vermont American Carbide USA, Irwin wood, and a Stanley 12-inch extension.

Screw Drivers/Torx: Craftsman, Stanley, Yankee and Kamser Speed Driver

Starrett Push Punch

5 Punches and Chisels

Blue Point 1/2-9/16 offset ratcheting wrench

MAC FB7528 offset fan clutch ratcheting specialty wrench

bunch of bimetal hole saws.

Misc: HF Hot knife for Foam Board, Black and Decker 1/4 butterfly air impact, Navy Surplus Signal Generator, HP attenuator, Herman Smith Test Leads set, plumbing slip joint wrench, Collins Axe, Stanley Shur Form, Gimmick Craftsman adjustable wrench, Millers Fall Push Drill, Stihl & Briggs Carbs, handheld impact driver, 3 jaw gear puller, milling cutters, some kind of black expander I could not ID and some more I'm sure I missed.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Snap-on 1/4 swivel nut driver TM10-D6

Most probably TM10-DG. As in date code 1945 "G". Sticking it on or near the end of model numbers, with or without a hyphen, was a fairly common practice on 1/4- and 9/32-drive handles late wartime. Nice find.

 

[Outlawmws]

Thanks Don! We shall see ig I have gumption for that long a drive for last day pickings

Quite the haul Debcrow!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Debcrow ***** for hoovering all those Proto angle wrenches and the G series snap on!

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

Found this Ford wrench at the local antique shop. 01A-17017B. Tagged for $5, I gave the lady $4 for it.



Some of you might hate me for this, but I thought it would make a great rustic handle for a sliding "barn door"


Oh btw, @BlueBomber ***** for that free generator!!

 

[shanny19]

Some of you might hate me for this, but I thought it would make a great rustic handle for a sliding "barn door"

Nah, in use is way better than in the scrap pile. My shop cabinets are all handled with BluePoint and Armalloy DOEs. The drawers are handled with Proto DOEs. The handrail from the garage floor up the two steps to the kitchen is a supersize Proto DBE. The whiskey glasses in the freezer are old 3/4 drive Snap On sockets with the drive hole filled in with mig wire.

 

[mikeinri]

Found this Ford wrench at the local antique shop. 01A-17017B. Tagged for $5, I gave the lady $4 for it.



Some of you might hate me for this, but I thought it would make a great rustic handle for a sliding "barn door"

Nah, in use is way better than in the scrap pile. My shop cabinets are all handled with BluePoint and Armalloy DOEs. The drawers are handled with Proto DOEs. The handrail from the garage floor up the two steps to the kitchen is a supersize Proto DBE. The whiskey glasses in the freezer are old 3/4 drive Snap On sockets with the drive hole filled in with mig wire.

Sounds like good candidates for this thread: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/the-repurposing-thread.209475/


Mike

 

[Debcrow]

O1A designator on Ford tools means it was FIRST Issued in 1940. This is a pretty common Wrench, repurpose it as you like. Most Ford tools have little value since they issued so many, and NO ONE throws tools away (even after the vehicle is long gone)

 

[mikeinri]

Not a garage or estate sale item, but fills a void I've had for a few years.

Sneak peek (I'm not home yet, my wife sent me this pic earlier, and she was NOT happy with the creativity of the mail carrier)...



Mike

 

[Old Man Roger]

Not a garage or estate sale item, but fills a void I've had for a few years.

Sneak peek (I'm not home yet, my wife sent me this pic earlier, and she was NOT happy with the creativity of the mail carrier)...

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Mike

WHATS IN THE BOX?

 

[3baygarage]

WHATS IN THE BOX ALL THAT WHITE STUFF?

Fixed it Roger.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Fixed it Roger.

Hey I’m in north Florida now, I saw my breath the other day. I even had some frost on the windshield once.

 

[Outlawmws]

Some of you might hate me for this, but I thought it would make a great rustic handle for a sliding "barn door"

Nah, those are easy to do that with and not hit it with a welder.