2024 Garage Sale Thread (13th Annual)

[Outlawmws]

Online local auction ($7). WW2 Navy cot w/ mosquito bar and net

You **** for that! - Pics off the netting rack setup please? Heck if you are willing, basic dimensions of the rack pieces. I- I'm planning to make one for my cot so looking to steal ideas.

 

[mikeinri]

Saturday I had to run over to the post office and was led off route by a couple "garage sale" signs.

Craftsman 315.108340 7-1/4" circular saw in case w/owners manual dated 1997. Perfect. She said "I think it was only used once." $10 bucks.
Grabbed the screwdriver for a guy I heard collects this brand of stuff.

I have no idea if that vintage of saw is "desired," but for a practically brand new saw with a case for $10, You ****!

Online local auction ($7). WW2 Navy cot w/ mosquito bar and net. Looks new.

Honestly, these are the bet cots I've slept on. I've had a used one forever and it has almost no sag. This one looks like it's never been used and with the mosquito netting it definitely going to be my go to camping cot.​

You ****! And, that reminds me of Boy Scouts summer camp...


Mike

 

[jeffmoss26]

Today’s 10 dollar restore pile

 

[four.cycle]

I have no idea if that vintage of saw is "desired," but for a practically brand new saw with a case for $10, You ****!

My late-step-father's "Skil" that he gave to me needed a new drive end bearing. The "Cummins" "Maxaw" used a 6-inch blade on a 1/2" arbor. The Black & Decker I gave away two nights ago used a 6-1/2" blade. That Craftsman is a 1997, according to the owners manual, which works just fine for me - I can find blades and I don't have to horse around with an arbor adaptor.
They had no prices on anything. I saw the saw and said "How much for the saw?"
She replied with the usual "Make me an offer," to which I replied "Give me a number."
"How about ten dollars?"
Couldn't get my money out of my pocket fast enough.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Online local auction ($7). WW2 Navy cot w/ mosquito bar and net. Looks new.

Honestly, these are the bet cots I've slept on. I've had a used one forever and it has almost no sag. This one looks like it's never been used and with the mosquito netting it definitely going to be my go to camping cot.​

Dang, you ****! As in you **** so the mosquitoes won’t

 

[ctuai]

Estate sale ($275): Photo 1; Photo 2.

A mass of materials to take in. I actually had to buy two of the sale's shelving racks to keep it organized. Lots of interesting pieces.​

Photo 1: Mountain Meadows gun cradle; Hoppe's front rest; Rifle shooting rest; Lansky sharpening system; Aimpoint Comp M3 2 MOA w/quick release picatinny mount; 2 pairs of Wiss no. 30 scissors; 5 Magazines (3-Ruger MK1, High Point Standard 22, Colt 45 Auto); Dremel 395 w/ 225 flex shaft; Redfield mounting system; Stanley no. 400 swivel, tilt miter vise; RCBS Ammomaster-2 single stage press




Photo 2: 2 - Black shelves; 2 - 3x4 Stack On bins; Coleman LED lantern; Wire twist connectors; Box of gun cleaning gear; 2 - 3-D cell Maglites. Set of T-handle hex keys; 7-Bosch drill bits (nib); Lot of 9 Precision drill bits; File; Buschnell bore sighter; Millers Fall chisel; Hoppe's bore light; 3-Redfield scope mount rings; Pipe holder; 10 AR magazines; AK magazine; Plumb Boy Scout hatchet; 3 Disston saw blades; 7" Record V175 wood vise; Magazine pouch; 3 hammers; Mallet/Pestle; Tub of c-clamps; 1/2" Milwaukee 1650-1 drill.

 

[Outlawmws]

Wow, Massive haul!

Lansky sharpening system;

Is the Blade clamp/ stone guide present? I'm not seeing it?

 

[ctuai]

Wow, Massive haul!



Is the Blade clamp/ stone guide present? I'm not seeing it?

Nope. Missing in action.

 

[Raineman]

ctuai, you know, where I live, you'd go to prison for buying or selling those magazines.

You ****. Especially for the hatchet.

 

[gpw_42]

Picked up these items at the flea last weekend. Life's slowed down enough to post the pics.

Western 50s/60s knife
Birmingham Stove and Range post-war skillet (which is now mostly clean and almost ready to season)
Pair of Mac file dressers
Mayhew center punch
7" snips, post-war
7" cape chisel. Looking for markings on this one, when it comes out of the EvapoRust

5H.

 

[ctuai]

ctuai, you know, where I live, you'd go to prison for buying or selling those magazines.

You ****. Especially for the hatchet.

Yah, I'm not quite sure how to get rid of them as you can't list them on resell sites and I'm pretty sure that goodwill doesn't want them. Gun shows I guess, but not really my space. I actually threw away two auto-pull triggers? as they definitely aren't easy to resell.

 

[bmwrd0]

You can sell the Mags on Gunbroker, but you need to be real careful of who you send them to. Or, you can talk to someone at a place like this https://oldarmsofidaho.com/ who will possibly buy them from you.

 

[ctuai]

You **** for that! - Pics off the netting rack setup please? Heck if you are willing, basic dimensions of the rack pieces. I- I'm planning to make one for my cot so looking to steal ideas.

Ahhhh looking at my schematic I realize it's kind of incoherent. The netting is 76" x 26" x 31". The 31" is drop with 27" netting and 14" of fabric that is tucked under your sleeping bag. The poles (4) are 30" tapered to 5/8" on one side and socketed to 5/8" on the other. I think the socket goes into the frame and the taper at the top. Hope this helps. Send me a pm if you need better instructions.

 

[Provincial]

I finally got around to sorting the sockets I picked up in that Proto "Indy 500" box over a month ago (post #4,339) and here are the results after tossing the imports:

All are 1/4 drive.

Proto USA 4710-S 8-pt. 5/16
Proto USA 4716-T 12-pt. 1/2
Trutest (Proto or Challenger sourced?) 6-pt. 7/32, 9/32
Trutest 8-pt 5/16 (2)
SK-Wayne 6-pt. 1/4, 11/32/ 7/16, 1/2
SK 6-pt. 5/16, 7/16
Mustang MM606 3/16, MM614, 7/16
No-Name 1/4 hex drive "MADE IN USA" 5/16, 3/8, 7/16, 1/2
Easco 1106 6-pt. 3/16
Craftsman -G- 6-pt. 5/32, 7/32,
Craftsman -VV- 12-pt. 3/16, 7/32, 5/16, 3/8
Craftsman -V- 6-pt. 9/32, 11/32, 3/8

 

[gpw_42]

BSR skillet after some scrubbing and vinegar/water bath. Then a round of seasoning (3 coats of Crisco, and an hour in the oven at 480). Ready to cook in, now!

 

[SuburbGuy]

BSR skillet after some scrubbing and vinegar/water bath. Then a round of seasoning (3 coats of Crisco, and an hour in the oven at 480). Ready to cook in, now!

Wow, that now looks like a new pan.

 

[Outlawmws]

Ready to cook in, now!

Great job on that!

 

[SC Fly Guy]

TOO sale on the way to the golf course today. Just a couple of items. A Corps of Engineers compass and a vintage P.S. Olt Duck Call. $20. The call still sounds great!!

 

[ctuai]

Estate sale ($15): Delta 40-560 scroll saw; Stanley no. 6C fore plane (type 16); Wm. Johnson 6" blacksmith scribe.

Whooof that's the last of it. I'm keeping the scroll saw. I have a craftsman that's a pain to change the blades and to top it off the blade clamp flew off and was transferred to alternative dimension Cam. So goodbye crappy scroll saw. Haven't worked with this one so fingers crossed that all the bits and pieces are there.​

 

[Private Lugnutz]

wright 81853

That's not Wright Tool & Forge, it's Wright Aeronautical, and that is a wartime part number. I can't find that particular number in either of the two sources I have for Wright Aeronautical tools, one a 1943 British Admiralty Fleet Order and the other the 1945 US Army Aviation Supply Office Class 85 catalog, but almost all wartime Wright aircraft tools had a 5-digit 8xxxx series number, and there are dozens of 81xxx tools, including wrenches, in both references. I think Bonney is the OEM. I have several Bonney wrenches made for Wright Aero and also Gray Marine with that same simple raised lettering. It could be 1930's. Bonney was advertising the heck out of tools for Wright, PWA, and others in their mid- to late-30's catalogs, but there are a lot of Wright Aero engine manuals using a WA-*** part numbering system in the 1920's. So, not too early, and also very possibly wartime.

 

[bmwrd0]

I hit a small, family run estate sale today, mostly as they showed a pic of a South Bend Heavy 10 in the ad, and I figured that there would be other interesting stuff there. Well, I was half right:

I picked up a Mitutoyo 3-4" Micrometer with standard still in its protective coating, a pack and a half of target cards (for exactly what I shoot), and a book on VW beetles. $22.

I seems the family had sold most of the tools to an old friend, and as the sale was of a tractor repair shop, it was apparently good tools. But, from talking to the son who looked about 10 years older than me, he was able to move it in one lump to a family friend who teaches mechanics to kids. Sounds good to me.

 

[Smokeshow69]

That's not Wright Tool & Forge, it's Wright Aeronautical, and that is a wartime part number. I can't find that particular number in either of the two sources I have for Wright Aeronautical tools, one a 1943 British Admiralty Fleet Order and the other the 1945 US Army Aviation Supply Office Class 85 catalog, but almost all wartime Wright aircraft tools had a 5-digit 8xxxx series number, and there are dozens of 81xxx tools, including wrenches, in both references. I think Bonney is the OEM. I have several Bonney wrenches made for Wright Aero and also Gray Marine with that same simple raised lettering. It could be 1930's. Bonney was advertising the heck out of tools for Wright, PWA, and others in their mid- to late-30's catalogs, but there are a lot of Wright Aero engine manuals using a WA-*** part numbering system in the 1920's. So, not too early, and also very possibly wartime.

I knew that there was something interesting about the part number…. I picked it up and put it down 3 times before I finally decided to grab it. I tried to research it and came up empty handed? But I know a few folks who take deep dives into these wartime tools. I will ask them to see if they can point me in the “wright” direction .

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Snuck out for a quickie [Lugz 2024_46] between the raindrops this AM. As expected, not many vendors. But I was very happy to pick up a new entry for the early K-D collection (a 'PAT APLD FOR' lamp bulb puller) and some material for my ongoing art project (which I am now calling the 'Dearly DISCARDED' series, with some serious gallery interest).

 

[Private Lugnutz]

In the LEFT-BEHIND category, some wonderful toy motorcycles. Really wanted the bigger blue CHAMPION or the one that looks like a composite but is metal with the rider leaning way over the handlebars. But they were all too rich for my blood, starting at $15 for ones I was not really interested in, running to $35 for the good ones, and $50 and up to $150!

 

[zanyad]

Online local auction ($7). WW2 Navy cot w/ mosquito bar and net. Looks new.

Estate sale ($275): Photo 1; Photo 2.

Estate sale ($15):

***** for all!

 

[Cruzan80]

Snuck out today, quick teaser pic of the more interesting finds.

 

[pfaustus]

These are pictures from the past couple weeks. I hit an old tractor show last weekend. I picked up three butcher chisels, a pair of Wm Johnston dividers, and a framing hammer. The picture of the can of briwax, the gedore 27&32 double box end wrench, the wiha bit handle and the Proto 11mm combo, apparently didn't save right.

The weekend before that, I answered an facebook ad for wooden planes. Besides those pictured, there were also some well beat upon rabbit planes already put into the for sale box. The coffin smoother and the thing on the left of it has joined them.

Then there was the $30 walnut Gerstner I picked up at an estate sale. It was marked $100, but I arrived right at the end of the second day. (I also got a fancy router-table fence that I can't decided whether to keep or sell, and an 80s fuji touring bicycle to be sold or used for parts) I bought a new finger pull from Gerstner, and the mirror was in a drawer. Both will probably be installed this weekend. I need figure out how to add some stiches to the handle too, or maybe cheat and use pop rivets. I'm thinking about building a shelf with drawers or the like to go underneath it.









PS. For future reference, Gerstner says 3/8" brads for the mirror.

 

[JABgj]

I have not posted in this thread in forever, but found myself at a "business closing" sale yesterday. Walking thru the shop, I spied a familiar shape under a bench. I knew it was a Wilton vise, but didn't know what model. I asked the owner if it was available and his reply was "take it". If offered him a hug, but he declined. Some decoding and it is a 5" machinists vise that needs a good cleaning and a fresh coat of paint. This thing is a beast. I had to tell somebody.

 

[zanyad]

$30 walnut Gerstner

you ****! Been looking around for wood machinist boxes. Cheapest I've seen is around $100 for one that's been run hard and put away wet.

 

[zanyad]

@JABgj ***** majorly for that vise!

 

[Outlawmws]

quick teaser pic of the more interesting finds.

Double ended Saltus - don''t see those very often!

Then there was the $30 walnut Gerstner

Yep, you ****!

I knew it was a Wilton vise, but didn't know what model. I asked the owner if it was available and his reply was "take it".

And so do you!

 

[Outlawmws]

This is the Pyramid toaster I picked up last Sunday, Earlier this week I made more of the home brew "De-rusto" solution, and gave the toaster a bath. most things rinsed off when done and a light whisk with a brass "toothbrush" and the results were great!

Before - As found:




After - and after drying over our gas kitchen stove - I'm thinking about "seasoning" these - I have 2 now - on a camp stove and just lightly brushing on Grapeseed oil hot?

 

[Cruzan80]

Double ended Saltus - don''t see those very often!

And did you catch the name on them? Looked around, couldn't find the (possibly) one missing size.

 

[Outlawmws]

And did you catch the name on them? Looked around, couldn't find the (possibly) one missing size.

Wasn't Wards Riverside?

 

[Cruzan80]

Yes, Wards did Riverside. Found a few other pieces, but stuff looked like it was marked higher than I actually paid. Full accounting below:

$20 In Tools
Wards Riverside DSE (Double Saltus End), in 3/8-7/16, 1/2-9/16 and 5/8-3/4. Not sure if there was a 11/16-13/16 option

Quickway Socket Set, with a hex drive bar and cross pin. Inside of the box is a bit worn, but all sockets are there.

1/2" SAE impact set, (kind of got skunked on this one). Only one I pulled out during the sale was SK Wayne, all the rest are Powr-Kraft. At least US made.

Magna-Holder with a sticky Ames indicator on it. Bit of rust, but not too bad.

And for $80, a Watervliet 2.5 ton long arm floor jack. Seems to hold weight, pumped it up and then pressed/jumped on the lifted end, and didn't move. Weighs quite a bit. Looks like Model no 70, can't find too much info on them.

 

[four.cycle]

^ Riverside was one of Montgomery Ward's many brand names, yes.

 

[four.cycle]

all the rest are Powr-Kraft

^ depending upon the production code, what you have might have been manufactured by Thorsen, Duro/Indestro, or Wright.
H = Thorsen
W = Wright
no code = usually Duro/Indestro

 

[Cruzan80]

Will take a look. Thanks. I know Wards bought from just about everyone...
Is there a Riverside catalog loaded at ITCL by chance? Curious if there were other DSE sizes made...

 

[3baygarage]

^ depending upon the production code, what you have might have been manufactured by Thorsen, Duro/Indestro, or Wright.
H = Thorsen
W = Wright
no code = usually Duro/Indestro

They look like the Herbrand in that style

 

[ctuai]

Estate sale ($90): Wild Heerbrugg T-16 direct scale reading tacheometer theodolite w/case; Rotunda 6000 RPM Tach (1966); Pocket fisherman; Panasonic PV-V4020 VCR w/remote; Parker Bros. Dungeon Dice; Marttiini Knife Lapinleuku 230; Craftsman 4810 hatchet w/sheath.

Time to lay out my geodesic dome.​