2024 Garage Sale Thread (13th Annual)

[Marsim]

Just got this one for $10, strictly for eBay. Guy didn't know what it was.

 

[Old Man Roger]

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

What is the protrusion just above the ''CK''?

 

[RTM]

What is the protrusion just above the ''CK''?

Probably a hardie hole, for mounting a tiny hardie tool, like an anvil to cut wire, or dome metal.

 

[Catfishdan]

Some neat finds today. Wiha Robertson drivers, proto and Armstrong 1/4” ratchets, a snap on hi lock 1/4” ratchet, some misc 1/4” socket stuff, and the bell of the ball, a complete set of early hex drive williams 1/4” sockets in a 286 box with the hex drive extension. I guess I’ll be on the look out for the sliding t to complete the set.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...a complete set of early hex drive williams 1/4” sockets in a 286 box with the hex drive extension.

That is a FABULOUS find! But are you sure it's not 5/16-drive?

 

[Catfishdan]

That is a FABULOUS find! But are you sure it's not 5/16-drive?

My bad. I’m so used to calling midget stuff 1/4” that I goofed. It is absolutely 5/16”. I’m posting something in the Williams thread about it now.

 

[Beerhippie]

"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.

I'm just old enough to remember those batteries--and the 90V ones for the bias voltage.

 

[Outlawmws]

Slow day at the Col Flea, but not a complete waste - I left behind a green plastic suicide case, from one place and a 1945 Milspec Aladdin conversion.

First PU there was a Precision vise for $10 - just under 3" wide jaws:



Then 6 wrenches for another ten, 2 BluePoint, 1 P&C, a Bonney, a Lectrolite, and a DBE Honda - unusual as mostly you see DOE's from the car kits.



$3 for both NOS gloves:




Two more stops planned after thst but the best was a TOO right after the Flea:

Typesetting drawer for $2






2 books from WWII for another $2:




And a Buck for this original, not a re-pop - Bell telephone sign!





One planned stop wasn't the other had these for $2:




And a last TO had this old tobacco tin for $2 - All the others I have are Prince Albert, so this caught my eye:

 

[Pexto]

And a last TO had this old tobacco tin for $2 - All the others I have are Prince Albert, so this caught my eye:

Who among us has never had a Revelation in the can?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Some of the greatest minds in history...!!

 

[SC Fly Guy]

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.

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

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

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

It’s a Craftsman. Needs a bit of cleaning, but a good find for $2! Honestly, I was just throwing stuff in a box and didn’t really look at it until later.

 

[3baygarage]

Outlaw-nice find on the sign. YOU ****!
While I've seen a number of them priced accordingly, there was one at an estate sale a block away from my house once. Saw it in the photos. I went to the sale and IIRC they opened early. Of course the sign was claimed out in the yard when I got there!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Slow day at the Col Flea, but not a complete waste - I left behind a green plastic suicide case, from one place and a 1945 Milspec Aladdin conversion.

First PU there was a Precision vise for $10 - just under 3" wide jaws:



Then 6 wrenches for another ten, 2 BluePoint, 1 P&C, a Bonney, a Lectrolite, and a DBE Honda - unusual as mostly you see DOE's from the car kits.



$3 for both NOS gloves:




Two more stops planned after thst but the best was a TOO right after the Flea:

Typesetting drawer for $2






2 books from WWII for another $2:




And a Buck for this original, not a re-pop - Bell telephone sign!





One planned stop wasn't the other had these for $2:




And a last TO had this old tobacco tin for $2 - All the others I have are Prince Albert, so this caught my eye:

That bell sign is a you ****!

 

[i7083]

Definitely a You **** for the Bell sign!
@Outlawmws

 

[IMC]

Stumbled on a garage sale where the owner said he was clearing out some space, said he used to work on big transport machinery

Lots of 3/4 drive stuff I didn't pick up, but snagged this lot for $120


- Snap on hex bit driver is really neat!
- Snap on screwdriver set (dark purple?)
- Mac VR15 has pretty coarse teeth, but couldn't pass up the hard handle
- Misc craftsman 3/8 extension, breaker bars, a strange male-to-male extension and female-to-female socket I may never use

 

[SC Fly Guy]

For those asking, here are a couple pictures of the wrench I picked up yesterday. It is actually a 6” Craftsman, that seems to have markings similar to a Danielson. But I’ll default to the GJ experts on details (date range, etc.).

 

[bmwrd0]

I am right on the Oregon-Idaho border, after a long week of 10-12 hour days driving home from visiting family. I did, however, take a slow day today, and allowed myself three garage sales and a flea market, a half-dozen sellers in the corner of a parking lot. But, I don't think I did too bad, all things considering:

an unopened pack of vintage spot light bulbs, two Spanish style upland bird hunting thongs, five brace bit nut drivers, and a Plomb pebble driver with an undamaged tip.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It is actually a 6” Craftsman, that seems to have markings similar to a Danielson. But I’ll default to the GJ experts on details (date range, etc.).

Made by J.P. Danielson for Sears. Special order, because these are the only ones that show up with a hex throat. In-house JPD were square throat, which gave them their BET'R GRIP branding. 1930's the 1941. I can't read the date code, but the year will be the last number on the right.

 

[tombell572]

We're back on the West Coast and hit three sales, one yielding fabric material and a Pyrex measuring cup for my wife and one providing three items for me at $2.00 each: A Proto 4-oz. ball pien, a Williams chain wrench and what I assume to be a Carter 3/8" drive socket speeder. The Carter is nicely made, about 4" in length. Seeing the name, my only thought was carburetors and checking back home, the number T109-51-P does correspond with Carter's numbering system. Whatever its intended purpose, it should serve well as a speeder.

Tom B.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Outlaw, you ****!!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...a Carter 3/8" drive socket speeder.

Nice find, Tom!

Seeing the name, my only thought was carburetors

It was in a few different Carter carb maintenance kits. It should have the CARburetTER logo on it. I have one, posted on Beemer's '3/8-drive Spinners' thread, linked here. Mine doesn't have that -P suffix. Just T109-51. Now I'm wondering what it signifies. I love how fat it is. Feels very good in the hand.

 

[Outlawmws]

Carter 3/8" drive socket speeder.

Does that have a drive socket in the and of the handle?

 

[mikeinri]

Following up on an old discussion...

^ The Coleman lanterns have fallen out of favor since the advent of high-output LED lamps that do not require messing around with fuel or mantles or pumps.

My wife bought me a Coleman rechargeable LED lantern a few years ago. It's rechargeable from a USB charger, so we can charge that in the RV, even when not plugged into shore power.

The charge lasts forever. No really, forever. I don't remember charging it more than once (maybe twice) over the years I've owned it. We primarily use it for eating and playing games by the fire. Gets used somewhere around 10 hours a year, if I had to guess.

I own (and love) a Coleman gas lantern from the early 90s, but haven't used it in many, many years.

Mike

If you come across one of these in your travels, buy it!!!

First real camping trip since July this weekend (at least, with the opportunity to hang out by a campfire), so I took a few minutes to snap some pics of my Coleman LED lantern.

It has onboard rechargeable batteries, and comes with a USB cable and AC adapter, both of which store inside the base, so you don't have to worry about looking for one when needed (unless, of course, you don't put them back into the storage compartment).



Mike

 

[tombell572]

Lugz, thanks. That puts it in context. It does indeed have the CARburetER logo--couldn't make it out at first. I'll add it to BMW's thread.

Outlaw--no drive socket. The depth of the bore extends to about the full length of the handle. Maybe to reduce weight?

Tom B.

 

[Provincial]

Another **** for Outlaw.

 

[3baygarage]

Made by J.P. Danielson for Sears. Special order, because these are the only ones that show up with a hex throat. In-house JPD were square throat, which gave them their BET'R GRIP branding. 1930's the 1941. I can't read the date code, but the year will be the last number on the right.

Good eye. I never really took notice of that about the Craftsman. Dunlap and Merit, both basically Bet R Grip (with their after the fact looking rebranding stamps ), and Plomb, are also square!

 

[LesserSon]

“N-5-1” is what I see on the Craftsman/Danielson adj. So 1941.

 

[alinc100]

Slow day at the Col Flea, but not a complete waste - I left behind a green plastic suicide case, from one place and a 1945 Milspec Aladdin conversion.

First PU there was a Precision vise for $10 - just under 3" wide jaws:



Then 6 wrenches for another ten, 2 BluePoint, 1 P&C, a Bonney, a Lectrolite, and a DBE Honda - unusual as mostly you see DOE's from the car kits.



$3 for both NOS gloves:




Two more stops planned after thst but the best was a TOO right after the Flea:

Typesetting drawer for $2






2 books from WWII for another $2:




And a Buck for this original, not a re-pop - Bell telephone sign!





One planned stop wasn't the other had these for $2:




And a last TO had this old tobacco tin for $2 - All the others I have are Prince Albert, so this caught my eye:

Now I know I would have tried to smash at least 1 roll of caps in the vise before looking for a saw set or BFH to snap 'em with.

 

[SC Fly Guy]

“N-5-1” is what I see on the Craftsman/Danielson adj. So 1941.

^^^This. I will put a note on these and put them in my JP Danielson drawer. Given Danielson’s Jamestown ties, I buy all the Danielson I can find. Thanks, as always, GJ for the education.

 

[3baygarage]

^^^This. I will put a note on these and put them in my JP Danielson drawer. Given Danielson’s Jamestown ties, I buy all the Danielson I can find. Thanks, as always, GJ for the education.

I just looked at your profile. I didn't know you were from Lakewood. Have you seen the Danielson unfinished wrench blank? The seller and I originally thought it was Crescent. He found it in an attic in Jamestown. The shape around the hang hole looks like JPD not Crescent. Here it is, bottom in photo with a Williams example above:

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...and-unfinished-hand-tools.237358/post-4226937

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Fiftieth trip of the year [Lugz 2024_50]...



...yielded a headknocker, a Schild emergency panel cutter, a teeny tiny SIMANCO file holder and file (for the Singer collection), and a home-made/shop-made Whatzit (brass-finish pocket case with a knife blade and three somethings (gages?, leather tools?))

 

[LesserSon]

MrsLS & I have a busy weekend (eldest Lesserdottir’s wedding), but we snuck away this morning for a quick run through Jake’s Flea Market. With seasonably crisp temperatures and sunshine, it was very well attended. With only an hour to spend, I focused on the top of the hill, so missed the sheds, pavillions, and lower area nearest the parking.
$6 brought home a Craftsman hacksaw frame, four Stanley no404 picture frame clamps, a Utica 22-4 chain nose pliers and a Bonney Chrome-Vanadium TuHex 166 (3/4”) combo wrench, intriguingly stamped “1” on both sides of the open end.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Also, not a true LEFT-BEHIND, because it wasn't for sale, but spotted and admired on my way out of the PL...

 

[Cruzan80]

MrsLS & I have a busy weekend (eldest Lesserdottir’s wedding),

Congrats!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

MrsLS & I have a busy weekend (eldest Lesserdottir’s wedding), but we snuck away this morning for a quick run through Jake’s Flea Market.

That's some True Pickers' dedication right there! (Congrats!)

 

[RTM]

Whatzit (brass-finish pocket case with a knife blade and three somethings (gages?, leather tools?))

It's a fleem. Blood letting tool.

 

[Beerhippie]

It's a fleem. Blood letting tool.

It'll cure what ails ya'.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It's a fleem. Blood letting tool.

Well, that's a first! EDIT: I'm having second thoughts. It sure looks like a fleam. But none of the blades are sharp enough to cut anything. Maybe it was a practice piece.

 

[Outlawmws]

Fiftieth trip of the year [Lugz 2024_50]...

Nothing about the Will Burt vise peaking out?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Nothing about the Will Burt vise peaking out?

I brought that from home. I was planning to do some horse tradin' with a buddy. I packed that vise and a few other vises (hiding under the covers) and some Oddfellows in that crate to the right. Turns out he went to Florida with his son to take care of his waterlogged second house.

BTW, I have to call out @BlueBomber. As far as I can trust the search engine, the only other Schild panel cutter I can find on GJ was found by him and reported on the 2017 Garage Sale thread!