2024 Garage Sale Thread (13th Annual)

[zanyad]

Box and contents for $24 otd.

A steal! You ****!

 

[alinc100]

Thats a You **** price on the RemLine nice save!!

 

[mikeinri]

Thats a You **** price on the RemLine nice save!!

Ditto!

 

[Raineman]

Last week's RemLine toolbox find. Auctioneer couldn't get some of the drawers open so bidding was light. Box and contents for $24 otd. Mostly USA Craftsman and K-D. Boxes are a bit crusty but everything works. Keys, locks, tray and even the advertising survived. Able to save most everything but let the gigantic mouse hotel in the top box go. Some other stuff not shown that is taking a bath so not yet decent for mixed company. Finished up the day with a Bob and Willie show so overall a rather successful day. If indeed "Everything is Broken" I should be able to fix at least some of it with this lot.

Outstanding deal. You ****.

 

[Provincial]

in_a_silent_way ***** for that Remline pick

 

[Outlawmws]

Agreed, this *****:

Box and contents for $24 otd.

 

[in_a_silent_way]

Sort of reluctant to post prices like that as they have no relation to the value of the tools, but cant help smirking when d(st)eals like that come along. Can really use the tap/die set up at the cabin. Dont think its been used. On to the next one...

 

[Kaervak]

Today’s Facebook Marketplace browsing at the right time purchase was a Power Probe 3 Master Combo Kit for $20 It’s only missing the cigarette lighter socket adapter, which I can get for under $20 shipped. So, $40 in total really. But still one hell of a deal

 

[682bear]

Wifey and me spent the afternoon browsing junk stores/ antique shops today.

I picked up a few things...

An Armstrong 18" adjustable wrench...



A JH Williams 'Agrippa no. 104' c-clamp... was frozen, but loosened up easily with a little Kroil...





A Hinsdale 1/4" socket set in a cool tin... advertised as '1920s', but I'm reasonably sure they aren't that old...





And a wooden cigar box. This box is 6-3/16" inside dimension, making it the perfect size to store my 6" milling vise parallels in... and get them out of the crappy plastic box they came in. Plus, it has a lot of character...





-Bear

 

[bmwrd0]

That Hinsdale set is from the 30s, I do believe.

 

[saukit]

Another **** for @in_a_silent_way !

Couple pickups from one GS and the flea the other day.

At the flea a set of bigger S-K Lectrolite combos and a few other randoms. $20ish if I remember correctly.



And then was pleasantly surprised at a GS when I went to pay for these impact sockets. There were a bunch of wrenches laying next to them that were $8-10. This stuff was in a $1 each pile and I assumed it was a buck a socket. Turns out it was a buck per container, these were stuffed into 3 random tins. Couldn’t get my $3 out fast enough

Complete Proto impact set in tray, 4 Mac deep impacts, and a pile of =v= and -v- craftsman.

 

[mikeinri]

Starting to get some dribbles of new freebies at work (we'll be relocating to a nearby building over the next year or two)...

Was looking to borrow some small (2x3) magnetic whiteboards, boss told me just to take them home.

As I was looking for those, we walked by a rack that had 4 bullhorns on it. He told me to take 2, because he says there are a bunch more floating around the building, and none get used.

I took 1 for now (the other had some leaking batteries inside). The one I grabbed had no batteries, so it's untested at this point, but looked pretty good.

Each of those items new is worth $50 (new) all day long, maybe more.

I'm really holding out for when they clean out the Facilities shop. Plenty of storage boxes, tools and fasteners that are probably up for grabs.

Mike

Here's a pic of the bullhorn. It's a Fanon MP-5, and aside from something previously getting spilled on it, looks brand new.



It's pretty basic, no siren or "remote" microphone (which I've never seen anyone actually use before).

It's a battery pig, though, takes 8 AAs.

I think Milwaukee needs to make an M12 version...

Mike

 

[Outlawmws]

Years back some comedian had a "Mr. Bullhorn" persona -pretty funny

 

[GaryM909]

Garage sales are almost done around here for the year but I did find these Walter pliers last Saturday. Now I need a BMW so I can use them. I paid $2 even though I swore to myself I wouldn’t buy any more tools I don’t need.

 

[SC Fly Guy]

Sorry for the bad pictures, but this is a tease prior to cleanup. Saw an unusual TOO Estate Sale on the way to the golf course. Not much of interest, but these two boxes of screwdrivers. They were obviously exposed to the elements and the cardboard was really degrading. A quick glance showed Crescent, Craftsman, Thorsen, Stanley, etc. The steel level needs cleaning as no name was readily visible. Carried both boxes to the elderly woman running the sale. She said $3 each or 2 for $5 … she was referring to the entire box!! I gave her $10 and she was more than happy, as was I. They’re in the soak now and there are probably 40 total pieces. Also discovered a few Indestro sockets under the mess! More to come after cleaning.

 

[Outlawmws]

She said $3 each or 2 for $5 … she was referring to the entire box!! I gave her $10 and she was more than happy, as was I.

Yeah, you kinda ****!

You may need some Mineral oil on some of the plastic handles.

 

[RTM]

Long delayed posting of a haul. I was vacationing in the PNW, and hit a few TOOs as we were driving through various scenic locations along Highway 101 between Bandon and Coos Bay, Oregon, and around Hillsboro, OR.

The first was a stop where the ad showed only baby clothes and toys, so we were going to skip it, but we practically stumbled on it getting around other stuff, so why not. Was still going to drive by, but saw the top of a soldering iron holder on one table, all else was hidden from the street. Hidden in boxes were some screwdriver and wrench shaped objects, and another box of knifelike items.

Most of the knives were cheap imports from "names". Got away with a fixed blade Shrade Ireland (cut a lot of bread, and buttered it), and a skeleton Shrade China (needed a beater for the trip.) The made in USA vise grips, SK socket and Snap-on wrench were no brainers to grab, and the mechanical pencil was Italian, so I expect high performance, and a high maintenance requirement.


Next up was a church rummage sale, masquerading as a garage sale. MLW went in first, while I watered and walked the dogs. She came out with a few things, said pix of tools wouldn't send, so I should go in. Two decent tables of guy stuff, some construction extras, older and vintage power tools, and a few decent non powered tools. The tool tray looked hand made at first glance, but says Craftsman on the ends. The two nut drivers did not yield a name at a glance, but a magnifier was out of the question at the time. The Wright socket box is probably newer.



Several other stops over the first weekend were pretty dry for me. Did hit a standing ES collection of stuff, MLW got lots of fabric etc, and I got Xcelite and Unbreakable tools. Fair trade. (I think the loose bit is Xcelite)

 

[SC Fly Guy]

Here’s an update on yesterday’s $10 haul. All told 75+ pieces. I’d say greater than 1/2 are keepers. The rest go in the donate pile. Group shot of Fuller, Craftsman, Stanley, etc.


Some other stuff including a Jamestown 4-In-One and Thorsen handles.


Miscellaneous USA made drivers - Millers Falls, S-K (?), Grants, Corsair. Roscoe.


Wood handled drivers - top 2 are Proto and Crescent and a couple of needle nose. Bottom ones are marked VCL & Co.


Finally, three Indestro pieces.


All in all, a decent haul.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Lugz's Liquidation News (Update #2)

Today I secretly peed inside my Thermos. How's that for an opening line? No good? How about... 'People are Funny (and F*&^ing Thieves!), Part II?

As you can probably gather, instead of hunting today, I did another round with the stuff I took to Jake's Flea Market last Saturday at Columbus Flea Market this morning. The good news is I killed it. Almost cleared $1K. The bad news is I really needed a buddy. Not just for a pee break, but to help watch everything!

My mistake was setting out the Snap-on K-21 box filled with tools first. I should've done that last. The flashlight vultures were all over it, making little piles, mixing things up, asking questions, while I was trying to unload other things. In the melee, some a&&hole made off with almost an entire set of Snap-on 3/8-drive "E" code swivel sockets. Left 2 out of 7 behind, probably because he couldn't palm them all cleanly. I am 99.9% sure it was a pair of guys with Russian accents who then colluded in Russian with each other.

Moral of the story is while people from my home state of Pennsylvania had little to no interest in the Snap-on stuff, people from NJ were all over it, but at least one of them was an immoral ********. I pieced that set together over the course of several years, onesy-twosy. Should've had it my pocket and offered it to a serious gent who came around later and bought a few special things.

I am probably trying everyone's patience and the host's good judgement with these Twice Sold Tales, but it's like the Reverse of Picking, with the Tables literally Turned, like reading Huck Finn from Jim's perspective (Percival Everett's new novel, James).

Sold almost all the Snappy, my entire Winchester collection, the C.E. Jennings Little Wonder toolbox, the Firestone 3/8- and 1/4-drive sets, the MAC 3/8-drive set, and all kinds of smalls. Lots of guys wanted my card. I'm like, "A card?" I'm just a hobbyist. A guy working for the market came around and took a photo. 'Wait, let me get my crushed fedora!' I have a feeling I might end up in a flyer or brochure. Most rewarding part is the repartee with the retired mechanics. And you know immediately the legit from the poseurs because they know what they're talking about. It's like a petting zoo.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Some people ****

 

[Outlawmws]

Some people ****

In a bad way...

 

[Old Man Roger]

In a bad way...

Oh ya, forgot what thread I was in..lol

 

[alinc100]

Lugz's Liquidation News (Update #2)


My mistake was setting out the Snap-on K-21 box filled with tools first. I should've done that last. The flashlight vultures were all over it, making little piles, mixing things up, asking questions, while I was trying to unload other things. In the melee, some a&&hole made off with almost an entire set of Snap-on 3/8-drive "E" code swivel sockets. Left 2 out of 7 behind, probably because he couldn't palm them all cleanly. I am 99.9% sure it was a pair of guys with Russian accents who then colluded in Russian with each other.

Hopefully karma comes along and bites the Socketov twins by scraping their knuckles across a hot manifold.

 

[SC Fly Guy]

Lugz's Liquidation News (Update #2)

Today I secretly peed inside my Thermos. How's that for an opening line? No good? How about... 'People are Funny (and F*&^ing Thieves!), Part II?

As you can probably gather, instead of hunting today, I did another round with the stuff I took to Jake's Flea Market last Saturday at Columbus Flea Market this morning. The good news is I killed it. Almost cleared $1K. The bad news is I really needed a buddy. Not just for a pee break, but to help watch everything!

My mistake was setting out the Snap-on K-21 box filled with tools first. I should've done that last. The flashlight vultures were all over it, making little piles, mixing things up, asking questions, while I was trying to unload other things. In the melee, some a&&hole made off with almost an entire set of Snap-on 3/8-drive "E" code swivel sockets. Left 2 out of 7 behind, probably because he couldn't palm them all cleanly. I am 99.9% sure it was a pair of guys with Russian accents who then colluded in Russian with each other.

Moral of the story is while people from my home state of Pennsylvania had little to no interest in the Snap-on stuff, people from NJ were all over it, but at least one of them was an immoral ********. I pieced that set together over the course of several years, onesy-twosy. Should've had it my pocket and offered it to a serious gent who came around later and bought a few special things.

I am probably trying everyone's patience and the host's good judgement with these Twice Sold Tales, but it's like the Reverse of Picking, with the Tables literally Turned, like reading Huck Finn from Jim's perspective (Percival Everett's new novel, James).

Sold almost all the Snappy, my entire Winchester collection, the C.E. Jennings Little Wonder toolbox, the Firestone 3/8- and 1/4-drive sets, the MAC 3/8-drive set, and all kinds of smalls. Lots of guys wanted my card. I'm like, "A card?" I'm just a hobbyist. A guy working for the market came around and took a photo. 'Wait, let me get my crushed fedora!' I have a feeling I might end up in a flyer or brochure. Most rewarding part is the repartee with the retired mechanics. And you know immediately the legit from the poseurs because they know what they're talking about. It's like a petting zoo.

Sadly, I witness that same type of behavior from guys of Eastern European background while fishing the tributaries of Lake Erie for steelhead. No regard for fishing etiquette, limits, etc.

 

[jywilli69]

Well I have acquired these 2 Upper Tool Boxes. Gentleman was working in the area today, so he dropped off today. One is Craftsman and the other is a MAC. The MAC had all these tools left in it. He had left them intentionally. I was shocked and couldn’t complain. I think I did ok for $90.

 

[ctuai]

Estate sale ($50): Unmarked cleaver; Keen Kutter 8-1/2" scissors; LF&C Universal 00 meat grinder w/ 3 blades; ; Lab Fish electric water bath; Eskimo Model 1005R oscillating fan; Kelly Hand Made axe:

Never realized how many makes/model/edition... of Kelly True Temper axes there are.​

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Forgot this. Estate sale ($5): Danish Skjode Skjern teak viking cutting board:​

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[GarageHobbyist]

Stopped at a Goodwill I rarely find anything at, but I kill time between work and a monthly appointment I have across the street. Not bad today.

Really nice Champion Ball Peen that needs its almost comical handle replaced, Indestro box end wrench, and Blue Point CF-71 Spark plug gap pliers for $5.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Hopefully karma comes along and bites the Socketov twins by scraping their knuckles across a hot mainfold.

Da.

I want to emphasize that my day got much, much better. Didn't mean to be such a Debbie Downer.

The "toy" of choice yesterday was not the Mack hammer. It was the GA-390. I must have explained what it was and told Tony Helm's story a dozen times. And these were tool guys! The typical response was, "I've used universal joints, of course, but I've never seen anything like this before."

 

[Smokeshow69]

Da.

I want to emphasize that my day got much, much better. Didn't mean to be such a Debbie Downer.

The "toy" of choice yesterday was not the Mack hammer. It was the GA-390. I must have explained what it was and told Tony Helm's story a dozen times. And these were tool guys! The typical response was, "I've used universal joints, of course, but I've never seen anything like this before."

Good to hear! Thieves are the lowest of the low.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Before someone decides to call in an anonymous Health & Welfare check on me...., I'm not losing my mind, and I was back in Picker mode this morning [Lugz 2024_45] with these flea finds.



/The America's Fighting Planes book is from 1944. It has some terrific illustrations. The attentive may recall that I found a smaller, more colorful booklet of warbird drawings earlier this year. (See Lugz 2024_10, pg 29, post #1,137)

/ The tiny pliers are in-house FSP Vacuum-Grip. (I literally just sold the same exact pliers branded Snap-on yesterday!)

/ The long flatnose pliers are Boker, with an extra "U.S." martial marking on the pivot. They look postwar to me, though.

/ The chintzy socket set is Oxwall. But it's complete, unused, with a cardboard insert. There are two people on the planet who have a funny bone for these small vintage classic Kmart class toolsets as collectibles, and the other person is @four.cycle lol

/ Lest anyone think I "switched teams" when you weren't looking, I have a wife and daughters. Hence, the vintage Girl Scout book.

 

[gearhead1960]

/ The chintzy socket set is Oxwall. But it's complete, unused, with a cardboard insert. There are two people on the planet who have a funny bone for these small vintage classic Kmart class toolsets as collectibles, and the other person is @four.cycle lol

Years ago (late 70's) when I had my 1st car, K-mart was my go to place for metric tools. I still have the those wrenches as they were non-branded Taiwan tools that have stood the test of time. They are no longer used (graduating to Craftsman and Snap-on ages ago) but were a good buy for a poor young man trying to emulate Smokey....

 

[pfaustus]

Wait one G@! damned minute. Isn't that a Starrett level?

 

[ecotec]

A couple of Snap-on extensions covered in Cosmoline for a dollar each. I could have bought about 50 of them, but I just bought 2.

 

[Old Radar]

I've been out on the waves with no internet for the last week and have a lot of catching up to do!

There have been a lot of great hauls. Here are the *****!

@Outlawmws for his $100 Indian Summer Bonanza
@bmwrd0 for the $40 Kennedy 8 drawer roller and mid-chest
@GarageHobbyist for the $40 bucket haul
@Outlawmws again for his second stop at the Bonanza
@Catfishdan for the $10 handful of tools
@in_a_silent_way for his $24 Remline stack
@saukit for the $3 impact socket lot
@SC Fly Guy for the $10 screw driver collection
and @mikeinri for his free bullhorn--I'm sure you can find plenty of uses around the house, like this:

 

[RTM]

Wait one G@! damned minute. Isn't that a Starrett level?

Looks suspiciously like mine, but not sure who all used similar shapes.

 

[d42jeep]

Very dismal listings on Craigslist so we were hoping for a decent TOO. We saw a sign on the way to town so we stopped by. There was a 60s or 70s Craftsman wood grain carry box for $3.00 which was a little too warped to close so we left it behind. The seller promised to go through his extra tools if we stopped back by. The three sales we checked out were a waste of time except I traded some Taiwanium discards for a rusty pair of unknown qroove joint pliers. We stopped by the natural foods store and picked up some produce then headed back to the first sale. After we arrived the seller pulled out a mixed selection of tools and we picked out a few.
Some Craftsman tools.
A few Thorsen pieces.
A couple of Proto sockets.
The Plomb WF-17 was too nice to leave behind.
A Craftsman 3/8” drive locking extension that I haven’t run across before.

-Don

 

[Cooter Brown]

Here’s an update on yesterday’s $10 haul. All told 75+ pieces. I’d say greater than 1/2 are keepers. The rest go in the donate pile. Group shot of Fuller, Craftsman, Stanley, etc.


Some other stuff including a Jamestown 4-In-One and Thorsen handles.


Miscellaneous USA made drivers - Millers Falls, S-K (?), Grants, Corsair. Roscoe.


Wood handled drivers - top 2 are Proto and Crescent and a couple of needle nose. Bottom ones are marked VCL & Co.


Finally, three Indestro pieces.


All in all, a decent haul.

In case nobody else has mentioned it, the level looks like it might be a Starrett. The name would be stamped in small letters on the chromed inset holding in the spirit vial. The japanning will probably clean up nicely.

 

[ctuai]

Estate sale ($177): Craftsman 10" table saw fence; Craftsman 700 corner vise; Honda CB 750 K1 clutch housing; Keihin 4x28mm carburetors (7A); Collins Hudson Bay hatchet; True Temper Vulcan cross peen; Plumb Boy Scout hatchet; Anton Reiche (1924) chocolate mold (6234) w/clips; E&CO Ice cream mold (1146); Honda K1 speedometer and tachometer; Misc craftsman sockets; Craftman 1/3" hp bench grinder (397.19580) & Stand (38221-103, 38222-103); Remington 9mm (500 rounds); Winchester 9mm (part box).

Lucked into the Honda K1 parts. Started with just the speedo and realized what bike it went to when I got home. Went back to the sale to find the tach and somebody had just bought all the parts for $100. I knew the guy and he said he just wanted the chrome parts for making into things. He had left behind the carbs, so I scooped those and the clutch cover for $20, and I bought the tach from him for $10. I then told him that he had more than just a pile of chrome and pieces. Some nice axes. Another block grinder and with the stand this time (I'm having quite a run of block grinders). For what it's worth, Anton Reiche (Germany) chocolate molds are considered to be the "Rolls Royce" of chocolate molds. In 1932 they had over 50 000 molds available. Oh, and I'm looking forward to the 500 rounds of fun.​

 

[d42jeep]

Looks suspiciously like mine, but not sure who all used similar shapes.

Here is mine that I believe is Starrett.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

In 20 years of serious scrounging, I don't recall even taking notice to dolls before. Ever since @four.cycle joined the thread, I seem to spot a lesbian Barbie **** every week! My only LEFT-BEHINDS...