2024 Garage Sale Thread (13th Annual)

[Beerhippie]

But which is worse to step on on your way to the bathroom at 3 AM?

 

[Provincial]

My idea of a cruel Gitmo torture is to put the victim in a cell next to one where continuous shifts of young kids search through Rubbermaid tubs of Legos to build things. Totally random sounds of stirred Legos, over and over and over and over..............

 

[Shergar]

Going back a few pages I love @3baygarage way out of hand 4” adjustable wrench collection!

On the penny‘s on the dollar bargain finds @Patrickm82 @Stubby1743 @WNYflyer and @Old Radar you all ****!

 

[SC Fly Guy]

Another midweek sale. Not a lot to choose from, but prices were really good for a professionally run sale. $20 all in.

A couple of pairs of Wiss shears, pliers from Proto, Crescent (Cee-Tee), Blue Grass, and some unmarked. A Barcalo wrench.


Screwdrivers from Stanley, Craftsman, and a couple of marked USA with no makers mark.


And from a pop-up sale last week an unnamed hatchet, a Vaughan 150th Anniversary Shingling Hatchet/Hammer, and a cheap-o Sabre knife. I have no use for a Shingling Hammer, but I wasn’t going to leave it behind for $2! It still has the $39.99 original price tag.

 

[four.cycle]

new arrivals 10/08/24

 

[3baygarage]

My idea of a cruel Gitmo torture is to put the victim in a cell next to one where continuous shifts of young kids search through Rubbermaid tubs of Legos to build things. Totally random sounds of stirred Legos, over and over and over and over..............

I ought to record myself sifting through sockets at the pawn shop. It always seems to be an hour before close, the employees are in full zombie mode, and then I show up.

That's how you get good deals though. "Eh, just call it X amount for everything."

 

[oak_park]

This past weekend....

Master Mechanic 6n1
Craftsman Ph1
First I've seen West German made Schlagring, I like the handle shape. Handle end has hex socket.
Real strange, Pocket Screwdriver its 1/2 of a 6 in 1, so its a 3 in 1, so I guess it fits easier in your pocket. lol
Enders small 6 in 1, I always pick them up with various hardware store names on them.
Vaco DU-2
Stanley Workmaster Ph2 stubby. Some collect these.




Stanley USA 1/2 dr ratchet, uses Mac mechanism. I thought it was a MAC when I picked it up.
Craftsman collectable 1/2 long, real nice shape, price sticker still on back of handle.
SK Stubby 45174
Power Kraft 10mm wrench
Grearwrench 5/16 cross beam ratcheting wrench.
Indestro Super 888 midget wrench set


C.S. Osborne & Co 000 hammer, first I've seen.
Various USA pliers, Single handle Vise Grip.
And another Felco garden pliers, I'm up to 9 pairs now. lol, I can't say no for 2 or 3 bucks.

 

[Marsim]

Decent blue tooth jvc car stereo, weaver challenger c9v scope and a Japanese super cote scope. The stereo was $3, the scopes were $1 a piece.

 

[Outlawmws]

The stereo was $3, the scopes were $1 a piece

That's a USUCK.

 

[MercLSU]

@saukit Your box is a CS-137. ("CS" for Case.) Before I go hang my head in shame for not recognizing it more definitively and sooner, I found one back in 2018, and reported it on the 2018 GS thread, linked here.

That's a terrible photo. I would find it and drag it out for better photos, but, believe it or not, @MercLSU found one a year later, back in 2019, he took better photos, and his was loaded with crystals! Linked here.

Blast from the past...I can't remember who I gave that to but I recall it was someone up your alley.

I came out of retirement a couple of weeks ago for a sale that had more NOS USA Craftsman tools than I can even describe. I picked up a boat load of stuff but haven't had time to pick through it. Here are a few things that got left out of being packed (currently moving houses). These set me back $36 ($10 each for the flex ratchets, $5 for the 1/4" ratchet, and $1 for the T10).



Main reason to post is that T10 stubby is the mythical 47176 CM professional T10 stubby. I wasn't sure that it existed, but here it is.

 

[WisJim]

We went to the nearby bigger town today to pick up a friend who had surgery yesterday and needed a ride home. When we got to the hospital she was still waiting for the doctor to stop and release her, so we decided to check out some of the garage sale signs we had seen near the hospital when driving over. We made it to one sale, and it was worth it. We haven't had any good garage or estate sales around us since late spring, and this one was worth the stop (although nothing compared to what a lot of you post regularly). We spent $18.50 and I got 2 Yankee 2100-10" braces, one North Bros. and the other Stanley, a 10" Pexto 106 brace , a Craftsman hacksaw, a set of Morse NC dies, 1/4-20 to 1"-8, a nice Stanley 104 16" Sweethart level with part of the decal still on, it, an interesting nut driver marked "Process Engineering Corp" Crystal Lake, Ill. with a mechanism like a Stanley Hex-a-matic , a set of Wiha torx drivers T4 to T10, a pair of hefty pruning loppers, and my wife got an interesting basket and a CD by a local singer/comedian. I'm sure I would have found more if we had more time. The small silver case has a small level that looks to be a promotional items for a business.

 

[Old Radar]

We spent $18.50 and I got 2 Yankee 2100-10" braces, one North Bros. and the other Stanley,

You ****! I love those 2100 & 2101 North Bros. Yankee braces!

 

[Outlawmws]

These set me back $36

NOS? - suckage!


and Yeah, Jim *****!

 

[LesserSon]

@four.cycle @Old Radar
I see what you’re saying, but shouldn’t there be four design patents, then? There are two naked variations and two clothed variations. Since it’s a design patent, only the specific submitted image is protected, not any general conceptualization like “a naked lady.”

 

[WisJim]

I just looked up the Morse die set that I got today, and they apparently are rethreading dies (and I didn't have any in the larger sizes that are in this set) and the set seems to retail in the $300 to $400 range.

 

[four.cycle]

I see what you’re saying, but shouldn’t there be four design patents, then? There are two naked variations and two clothed variations. Since it’s a design patent, only the specific submitted image is protected, not any general conceptualization like “a naked lady.”

I don't know. Not sure what the legal jazz entails.
There are a number of design patents where the genuine article isn't a dead-on match to the patent.

 

[Provincial]

Marsim, MercLSU, and WisJim all get *****.

MercLSU, those Craftsman RHFT flex-head ratchets are drool-worthy!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

From antique risque bottle openers to Barbies, we really had the naked lady replicas covered this year.

 

[Old Radar]

@four.cycle @Old Radar
I see what you’re saying, but shouldn’t there be four design patents, then? There are two naked variations and two clothed variations. Since it’s a design patent, only the specific submitted image is protected, not any general conceptualization like “a naked lady.”

Could it be as simple as embellishments after the patent expiration?

 

[four.cycle]

^ I'm more inclined to think it's simply the difference between what the original designer drew out on paper, on a drawing board, with a fine technical drafting pen* and what the die-maker was able to accomplish in respect to replicating the original design.
Louis Vincent Aronson's bottle opener/multi-tool (patent 52157) is an excellent example of that (see below.) (You will need to enlarge the image to be able to see the detail from the ebay photos.)

<edit> Actually, in 1914 they would have been using something more along the lines of a Hunt Crow-Quill to draw that design - see below. "Techical drafting pens" as we think of them today didn't come into being until 1934. )

 

[LesserSon]

Okay, well-argued. I saw on eBay even more variations, and I suppose there probably are many more design patents.
I don’t think there was a technical limitation to accurately replicating the pen-on-paper design - printing illustrations required a faithful metal die - but rather one of cost.

 

[four.cycle]

^ Exactly. They weren't printing $100 dollar bills - they were stamping out widgets - and "close" was good enough to take it to market.
If you look at some of Aronson's patent drawings, and then find that actual piece, the differences are significant.

Imagine the time and expertise required to make the plates at the U.S. Mint - that's a long ways from making a die to stamp out a device intended to open a beer bottle that sold for a nickel.

Thanks for this. You've reminded me that I really need to get to completing the work on that Aronson thread I started long ago - it got back-burnered.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Small haul [Lugz 2024_49] this morning.

/ Rego check nut wrench
/ Vlchek 6" combi pliers with the Flying V logo.
/ Sargent c. 1884 multi-bits tool

 

[WNYflyer]

One sale today, professional sale that started at 9:00 am and to avoid the initial rush and also typically being a bottom feeder I didn't get there until 10:00. Estate sale company usually has pretty low pricing on hand tools except Snap-On which they are still typically very fair on. Much of the Snap-On stuff looked to be gone when I got there but surprisingly some decent tool truck brand stuff still there after the initial rush.

Snap-On double ended metric flare nut wrench set, surprised it was still there. Had to pay a reasonable amount for that but everything else was way cheap. MAC 1/4 drive extension set.


Matco inverted torx sockets, mixture of Matco, MAC and Snap-On torx and hex sockets, Matco 1/4" drive 6 point SAE swivel socket set.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Blast from the past...I can't remember who I gave that to but I recall it was someone up your alley.

I came out of retirement a couple of weeks ago for a sale that had more NOS USA Craftsman tools than I can even describe. I picked up a boat load of stuff but haven't had time to pick through it. Here are a few things that got left out of being packed (currently moving houses). These set me back $36 ($10 each for the flex ratchets, $5 for the 1/4" ratchet, and $1 for the T10).



Main reason to post is that T10 stubby is the mythical 47176 CM professional T10 stubby. I wasn't sure that it existed, but here it is.

Dude, the rhft flex head is worth over $100 on eBay! You killed that!

 

[Beerhippie]

A few things I picked up cheap today:



KAL Japan 1/4" flex head w/ball detent, apparently NIB (maybe used once?) 1/2" NPT tap, no-name scribing compass, odd DOE (Williams), Petersen 10WR: $2 all.





Sonotone (doesn't make any sounds) battery tester. This will come in handy next time I'm wondering if those pesky 22, 30 and 45 Volt batteries are any good! $2.50.

 

[Provincial]

I didn't see and good sales listed today, but my wife hit some. She was worried that this wrench had been abused, but it said "Plomb" and she thought I might be interested, at little risk, since it was priced at $0.50!

6731 DOE for Chevrolet starter and engine mount.

 

[SC Fly Guy]

I didn't see and good sales listed today, but my wife hit some. She was worried that this wrench had been abused, but it said "Plomb" and she thought I might be interested, at little risk, since it was priced at $0.50!

6731 DOE for Chevrolet starter and engine mount.

Nice wrench, but even nicer of the wife to look at tools when you’re not around!!

 

[SC Fly Guy]

One sale today that was advertised as a ‘tool lover’s paradise!’ Well, not quite paradise, but decent with fair prices. $25 total.

Pliers and Shears - Proto, Dunlap, Kleen Kutter, Kraeuter, Barcalo, Crescent

Wrenches - Barcalo, Indestro, Thorsen, Crescent, and Unmarked USA

Screwdrivers/Nut Drivers - Made in USA with no Maker’s Mark

Miscellaneous Measuring Tools & a Craftsman Chisel

A Stanley Brace and a nearly complete drill bill set

Nice vintage wooden boxes with a tap and die set (Made in USA) and a Hoppe’s Gun Cleaning Kit. I’m not a gun guy, but it was $2!!



And, finally, a cool Watchman’s/Safety flashlight marked only *** and Made in Hong Kong. Gotta get some fresh batteries to see if it works.

 

[Smokeshow69]

I didn't see and good sales listed today, but my wife hit some. She was worried that this wrench had been abused, but it said "Plomb" and she thought I might be interested, at little risk, since it was priced at $0.50!

6731 DOE for Chevrolet starter and engine mount.

Wow, mrs provincial is a keeper! Nice job!

 

[Beerhippie]

A few things I picked up cheap today:



KAL Japan 1/4" flex head w/ball detent, apparently NIB (maybe used once?) 1/2" NPT tap, no-name scribing compass, odd DOE (Williams), Petersen 10WR: $2 all.





Sonotone (doesn't make any sounds) battery tester. This will come in handy next time I'm wondering if those pesky 22, 30 and 45 Volt batteries are any good! $2.50.

Follow up: Sonotone made hearing aids--hence the name. These were the style that looked like a transistor radio (for you old farts) and generally were carried in a shirt pocket with wired ear plugs (no Bluetooth, for you young farts). So this is for testing hearing aid batteries. Imagine having a 45V battery in your shirt pocket in a rainstorm!

Petersen VGs got a shot of oil on all moving surfaces and are now in service for the shop. Tap is in my tap and die box and ready to do service in the honor of keeping beer flowing to the public.

No idea why I bought the rest--but it's better they clutter my shop than the local landfill.

 

[3baygarage]

Some nice scores guys.

SC Fly Guy- which brand is your 8" adjustable with the 12pt broached end?

 

[Outlawmws]

Some nice scores guys.

SC Fly Guy- which brand is your 8" adjustable with the 12pt broached end?

Plated too - Thats unusual for a broached.

 

[WisJim]

A few things I picked up cheap today:





Sonotone (doesn't make any sounds) battery tester. This will come in handy next time I'm wondering if those pesky 22, 30 and 45 Volt batteries are any good! $2.50.

"B" batteries were used in old portable radios to provide the higher voltage needed in their circuits. The use of transistors made it possible to avoid the use of these bulky and expensive batteries in portable radios. I remember my dad making a power supply so he could use house current to run an old radio that my grandparents had, to avoid buying "B" batteries.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

LEFT-BEHINDs from yesterday were 'totally tubular, man' (Pics 1 & 2), coincidental with a recent conversation about Disston plastic handle production (tagging you @LesserSon!) (Pics 3 & 4), and a book I now regret not buying, a sort of precursor, in print (from 1946), to the Anthony Bourdain television series, exploring exotic food (Pic 5).

 

[LesserSon]

@Private Lugnutz
That book was one of a two-volume set - I think the name on the front cover was that of the owner/subscriber; probably a “compliments of” inscription on the back cover, as seen on other copies shown online.
The author was Charles H Baker
The saw had a cracked black(?) handle, steel sawnuts (mine has nickel-plated brass), “Pat Pend” missing the medalian, which would have been “Waranted Superior” if marketed as a Keystone, or “Disston USA” if marketed as a Disston. Too bad the blade is too rusted to tell us more.

 

[LesserSon]

Some nice scores guys.

SC Fly Guy- which brand is your 8" adjustable with the 12pt broached end?

It has to be 1940s Diamond, doesn’t it? Since it isn’t JPDanielson?

 

[3baygarage]

It has to be Diamond, doesn’t it? Since it isn’t JPDanielson?

Could be Plomb, Craftsman. I was only curious because I can't read it.

 

[LesserSon]

Thank you. I see from AA that Danielson did produce that 60° jaw for Craftsman. I can’t read it either, @SC Fly Guy

 

[Marsim]

Just picked this up for $10. Almost didn't get it, but it is in pretty good shape.