2024 Garage Sale Thread (13th Annual)

[d42jeep]

I'm finally back in the game after a full month of nada!
I spied a little unidentifiable box in the ES pictures and using my keen navigational skill, triangulated its position in the garage so when the starting bell sounded, I was first to find it. More than one of the guys who beat me into the garage said they were after it, but couldn't find it. It turned out to be a Kennedy Mechanics Kit. Measurements of 14x7x9 make it a No. 114. Early versions show up in 1916 & 17 catalog excerpts, this one makes appearances in 1924, 27 & 30. In the 1941 cat, larger versions are available, but this size has vanished.


I was expecting it to be empty, but found a load of long-arm cleaning equipment and supplies.


It would be an understatement to say everything was well oiled. The two Hoppe's pamphlet's pages are stuck together and very brittle--the No. 9 has a 1946 printing date. I have no idea what the group of gray and brass sliders are--sound off if you know!
Of particular interest are the two wooden cleaning rods. The lighter one on top is unmarked but the darker one is stamped B.G.I. Co, with a patent date of Feb 9, 1892. BGI is Bridgeport Gun Implement Co. and the patent concerns the manufacture of the threaded rod couplings.


Also included was an M10 .30cal cleaning rod from 1954--the box is completely soppy with gun oil. Two more items I am at a loss to identify are the pair of obvious wrenches, but for what application, and the small steel rod threaded into a very sturdy steel protective case. The case is stamped on the end with SI or possibly IS, depending on which way you hold it--a true labeling blunder.


I also picked up a 3/8 Blackhawk 3" extension and a Snap-on Ferret F-6 extension with an E ('44) date code.
Everything totaled $30, but after exiting, one of the guys I see frequently at sales was curious about the contents, and noting some apparent gun sighting hardware in one of the small compartments, he offered and I accepted $15 for the very small handful of bits I had absolutely no use for. So, $15 on the day.

In the left behind category:
A nearly 8-foot jointer plane (note the door frame) for $150.

Nice haul. I have an early similar Kennedy box with plenty of patina.
-Don

 

[Macduf]

Any idea on age?

 

[Beerhippie]

Those two wrenches are M1 Carbine gas piston nut wrenches. The oil bottle is for an M1 Carbine as well made by International Silver.

And, indeed, the stripper clips appear to be for the M1 Carbine, too:

https://www.gunpartscorp.com/products/543590b

In this case, the stripper clips were used to load a removable magazine.

 

[Old Radar]

Those two wrenches are M1 Carbine gas piston nut wrenches. The oil bottle is for an M1 Carbine as well made by International Silver.

And, indeed, the stripper clips appear to be for the M1 Carbine, too:

https://www.gunpartscorp.com/products/543590b

In this case, the stripper clips were used to load a removable magazine.

Thanks gentlemen!! I really appreciate the assist!

 

[Beerhippie]

Thanks gentlemen!! I really appreciate the assist!

I have a friend who just inherited several M1 Carbines. I'll ask him if he needs them if you want to part with them.

 

[saukit]

Took the day off today and decided to hit a sale despite my reservations as it was the first day and this ES company has been pricing tools really high lately. However there was only one pic of the garage so I figured maybe they were running this one without their tool guy. Showed up 15 min before opening and was around #80 on the list.

Took an hour to get in and it was torture because the garage was right there and I had to watch people pulling stuff out the whole time! Fortunately though it seems that no one was looking for mechanics stuff because all the hand tools were still sitting there.

Pricing was kinda funny, I paid $1-2 per piece for a lot of this stuff but the Snappy ratcheting driver was priced at $3 and the Craftsman deep metric set was $4 the entire lot of sockets was priced at $14, I was amazed that no one took it before I did! Ended up around $50 for the whole lot. It was a pleasant surprise and I hope the tool guy misses the next sale too

Other things of note are the beat Proto socket set but it’s metric, some Plomb and Proto bits, a few S-K pieces, and a nice little Starrett auto punch.



I still can’t believe no one grabbed these sockets. There are like 6 or 7 complete sets, all SAE and mostly Craftsman although my favorites are the Thorsen sets bottom left. Deep, shallow, and swivel! There were only a few foreign sockets in the whole basket.

 

[Old Radar]

^^^ @saukit *****! ^^^

 

[Patrickm82]

Sucky haul @saukit!

 

[mikeinri]

^^^ @saukit *****! ^^^

Ditto, bigtime...

Mike

 

[Provincial]

***** to OR and saukit

 

[jeffmoss26]

Small restore haul from the week. More to come from a sale today

 

[IRQVET]

Another Flee Market Find! Not bad for $15.00 for the pair.

National Cart Company from St. Charles, MO. Don't know much about them, but they adjust and are very sturdy.

 

[WNYflyer]

Productive weekend. Don't know why, but it seems the pro estate folks have good tool sales in the fall for some reason.
Pro-estate sale with a garage full of all kinds of mechanics tools. Incredible amount of sockets sets with the term used loosely with most sets all mixed up with different brands. Sales company tends to be high priced so in no hurry to arrive so got there 1.5 hours after opening with all kinds of stuff still there. I probably took 4 rounds through the garage bottom feeding/looking for relative bargains.

Anywho, Vulcan stuff....... ratchet spinners, drag link sockets, fan blade wrench, cotter pin puller, distributor wrench, 3/8 deep metric socket set and go figure the 10mm being a replacement Williams and some Blue Point brake spoons.


Vulcan wrench roll that looks never used.



Facom No. 40 metric wrench set that looks to be missing a wrench and some kind of Snap-On 3/8 driver with a 3/8 female end in the handle end



Carry on...............

 

[RTM]

Here is a drought breaker purchase from today. A kinda Gerstner looking riser. Parts are real oak, or oak plywood, other pieces are obviously vinyl over MDF board. About 11" tall, 28" wide, 12" deep. Decent miter lock joints on the drawers.


Once I get my Gerstner leatherette refurbished, this could go under it. My big knock off oak box will fit under it, but may look silly. Probably better on a precision type workbench, with the storage under it used for big items used often.

May replace the MDF w ply when the leatherette box is done, but not a guarantee. The felt bit is removable, but the vinyl wood look under it is gross.

 

[Old Radar]

this early socket wrench set. It seems complete, but I cannot for the life of me remember who made it, so if anyone else remembers, please let me know.

That's a Billmont wrench, and appears to be various sockets

These came home with me today for $20.
Two Gary Larson Far Side Galleries, a Jo-Line Tools case and the second Billmont set posted on the thread this week!

The case is crying for some reconstructive surgery and repair of some earlier sophomoric efforts.
I'll post more in the Billmont and Jo-LIne threads.

 

[WisJim]

@IRQVET , I have had stands like that which were used in a grocery store to support the roller track things that were used when unloading trucks--the tracks that cartons rolled/slid down out of the truck into the receiving dept of the store. I suspect that maybe most stores receive goods on pallets and these stands and the track aren't used much anymore.

 

[IRQVET]

@IRQVET , I have had stands like that which were used in a grocery store to support the roller track things that were used when unloading trucks--the tracks that cartons rolled/slid down out of the truck into the receiving dept of the store. I suspect that maybe most stores receive goods on pallets and these stands and the track aren't used much anymore.

Interesting, I had no idea.

 

[WisJim]

The stands were adjustable height to maintain a slope from the truck to the end of the tracks, so the boxes would keep moving.

 

[jeffmoss26]

I went to an estate sale today. Fixed the lock on their front door so they gave me this nice box of goodies from the garage. I also bought a spool of thermostat wire and a couple small items (the bumper sticker, an old key, and a pocket screwdriver). The house had some very retro hardware!

 

[Outlawmws]

Sucky haul @saukit!

Ditto, bigtime...

Mike

Ditto again!

Small restore haul from the week.

Good score on the crimpers!

the second Billmont set posted on the thread this week!

Very cool!

the tracks that cartons rolled/slid down out of the truck into the receiving dept of the store.

That brings back memories of a grocery store that had roller tracks in the front parallel to the row of checkout stands, and went outside to a holding station so you could pull up and load your groceries. I'm thinking this was the Purity chain? Not sure if they were nationwide.

 

[Outlawmws]

A HS flea market and an Estate sale produced a bit; TOOs, not many, didn't, and the second planned Estate sale didn't.

From the flea:

2 pocket knives, a Case and an Old timer, for $7, a Model/toy Drill press was too cool to pass on for $5, the flint Eagle, was $3, and the Indestro multi wrench was $2:



Some details:

I added the rubber band to the DP







An Estwing 15 oz, hammer for $2 - with all its unusual features I couldn't get the two bucks out fast enough and had to stop a guy from grabbing it while I paid! The name forged in, the side nail puller, the skeletal head, and best of all the nail starter. Needs cleaned up but considering its suspected age, not in terrible shape!





$10 A box of Xmas light that if the markings for "Lights, then "1917 Xmas" are to be believed, are over 100 years old?:



I believe it - I'm pretty sure these are wired in series:



And some glass "Lanmtern" ornamens, not vintage but we like this style, adn have smaller trees as well in season - $5:



And from the estate sale, mostly tools - $15 all:

A vintage Aluminum biscuit cutter, Millers Falls driver with the through handle shank, an old knife - any markings to be determined, Plvmb speeder, a small hone, Beehive mini driver, silver plate spoon, Wright DOE, and a small clamp or pin press - no markings.



biscuit cutter is marked: "Globe "A1" BISCUIT MIX" and PAT. * PEND:



I struck out ting to find its history. one Pintrest site claimed 1940's - Maybe... Anyway, once I get baking up camping sorted - likely to camping it goes.

 

[bbbarracuda]

I’m not sure what I found, but I thought it was cool.

They are actually real hammers ( I guess)
The middle has dual claws and the right one has dual heads.
I did find them a few miles from the Vaughn hammer factory in Bushnell Il so maybe from there?

 

[Old Man Roger]

A HS flea market and an Estate sale produced a bit; TOOs, not many, didn't, and the second planned Estate sale didn't.

From the flea:

2 pocket knives, a Case and an Old timer, for $7, a Model/toy Drill press was too cool to pass on for $5, the flint Eagle, was $3, and the Indestro multi wrench was $2:



Some details:

I added the rubber band to the DP







An Estwing 15 oz, hammer for $2 - with all its unusual features I couldn't get the two bucks out fast enough and had to stop a guy from grabbing it while I paid! The name forged in, the side nail puller, the skeletal head, and best of all the nail starter. Needs cleaned up but considering its suspected age, not in terrible shape!





$10 A box of Xmas light that if the markings for "Lights, then "1917 Xmas" are to be believed, are over 100 years old?:



I believe it - I'm pretty sure these are wired in series:



And some glass "Lanmtern" ornamens, not vintage but we like this style, adn have smaller trees as well in season - $5:



And from the estate sale, mostly tools - $15 all:

A vintage Aluminum biscuit cutter, Millers Falls driver with the through handle shank, an old knife - any markings to be determined, Plvmb speeder, a small hone, Beehive mini driver, silver plate spoon, Wright DOE, and a small clamp or pin press - no markings.



biscuit cutter is marked: "Globe "A1" BISCUIT MIX" and PAT. * PEND:



I struck out ting to find its history. one Pintrest site claimed 1940's - Maybe... Anyway, once I get baking up camping sorted - likely to camping it goes.

I loved pushing my finger through those bulbs as a kid.lol

 

[Old Radar]

The middle has dual claws and the right one has dual heads.

Hey Frank! Watch me try out my new welder...

 

[zanyad]

Here is a drought breaker purchase from today. A kinda Gerstner looking riser. Parts are real oak, or oak plywood, other pieces are obviously vinyl over MDF board. About 11" tall, 28" wide, 12" deep. Decent miter lock joints on the drawers.


Once I get my Gerstner leatherette refurbished, this could go under it. My big knock off oak box will fit under it, but may look silly. Probably better on a precision type workbench, with the storage under it used for big items used often.

May replace the MDF w ply when the leatherette box is done, but not a guarantee. The felt bit is removable, but the vinyl wood look under it is gross.

Nice. Been looking for something similar for a couple months now.

 

[bbbarracuda]

Hey Frank! Watch me try out my new welder...

I haven’t taken them off the board they are mounted on, but they don’t look welded.
First impression is they are forged or however hammers are made.

 

[mikeinri]

Here is a drought breaker purchase from today. A kinda Gerstner looking riser. Parts are real oak, or oak plywood, other pieces are obviously vinyl over MDF board. About 11" tall, 28" wide, 12" deep. Decent miter lock joints on the drawers.


Once I get my Gerstner leatherette refurbished, this could go under it. My big knock off oak box will fit under it, but may look silly. Probably better on a precision type workbench, with the storage under it used for big items used often.

May replace the MDF w ply when the leatherette box is done, but not a guarantee. The felt bit is removable, but the vinyl wood look under it is gross.

Looks nice from here. I too despise the fake wood. Weird that they'd mix in the real oak.

That brings back memories of a grocery store that had roller tracks in the front parallel to the row of checkout stands, and went outside to a holding station so you could pull up and load your groceries. I'm thinking this was the Purity chain? Not sure if they were nationwide.

Out here, we didn't have Purity, but a local chain named Almacs had that indoor / outdoor roller setup (back in the 70s-80s). The only place I remember with it, actually. They've been defunct for a few decades, unfortunately.

Mike

 

[Outlawmws]

I haven’t taken them off the board they are mounted on, but they don’t look welded.
First impression is they are forged or however hammers are made.

The closeup of the double claw clearly shows post-welding grinding.

 

[bmwrd0]

Outlaw that drill press is probably from a small steam engine toy.

Anyway, today was the final (non-holiday) swap meet of the season here in the valley, which happens to be in my town. Which is nice. So, I met up with Smokeshow and a work friend of his, and away we went. I spent four hours walking around, which in my cane using condition is very tiring, but well worth it. I stayed within my budget, and made some great picks:

Like-new-in-box radio voltmeter, Goodell Pratt vise (sadly the screw mount broke off, but for a buck...), two North Bros. Yankee drivers, and a plane. Not sure about the later, as I found no marks on it RE who made it, and if homemade it is very hight quality.


Peck, Stow, and Wilcox adjustable, gasket cutter, coffin key, early universal, sockets (Herbrand, SpeedMaster, Mossberg, Kane), a set of trammel points (Starrett, I think), Vlcheck spinner, VACO 9/16 driver, and a Walden 516.


P&C socket box and set of Walden wrenches.

Overall, I spent just under $80 and had a great time. Now, we wait for spring.

 

[Outlawmws]

I loved pushing my finger through those bulbs as a kid.lol

Didn't you get cut up?

 

[Outlawmws]

Outlaw that drill press is probably from a small steam engine toy.

Makes sense! I have one of those too!

Peck, Stow, and Wilcox adjustable

 

[3baygarage]

Imagine joining a construction crew with those hammers.

 

[d42jeep]

The theme of today’s sales was rust. The first sale that mentioned tools was in Oakland and the outdoors was barely navigable with literally hundreds of bags and boxes that had sat out in the rain. I picked through what I could get to and came home with these. Many of them are in the evaporust
Cleaned up the nutdriver and replaced a placeholder Proto in my user box.
Added the tiny oiler to the others in the basement
The second sale was in Rodeo and the tools were even more rusty. Discovered that the spark plug wire puller is a Mac
Hopefully I’ll know more about what I brought home tomorrow.
I didn’t need this Craftsman vise but I sent pictures to Shiftless in case he’s interested.
-Don

 

[RTM]

a plane. Not sure about the later, as I found no marks on it RE who made it, and if homemade it is very high quality.

Nifty. Hope to see it show up with more pix in the Handplane thread.

 

[bbbarracuda]

The closeup of the double claw clearly shows post-welding grinding.

Probably is welded. In person looks more like thick, sloppy paint.
I’ll take them off the board and investigate further.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Here is the stuff from the tackle box after getting rid of some junk. I am soaking some of the rusty bits to clean them up. Highlights include a Starrett punch, Snap-on torx bit, and an old Craftsman nailset.
Fuller screwdriver, tap, Irwin driver, and Craftsman socket are from the restore.

 

[Outlawmws]

@jeffmoss26 , pics not showing?

 

[jeffmoss26]

My bad

 

[3baygarage]

duplicate post issue
Sorry, all kinds of issues with posting for some reason.

 

[3baygarage]

Ahh, there was plenty of rusty gold at the Flywheelers show last week! Waited all year for that. I love making my way around and seeing what’s all out there, and talking to vendors and collectors. Finally got around to a little sorting.

The haul


Craftsman cross bar, Chromium Vanadium El, vintage Facom breaker, Cornwell breaker, P&C spinner, Snap-On spinner, Mac spinner, Wright 1/4 breaker with New Britain cross bar, Plomb breaker.

Misc socketry: early Snap-On U joint ($1 bin find), 9/32 to 3/8 adapter, carb sockets. Blue point tensioner wrench bit, New Britain ratchet adapter. Duro plug. Thorsen early socket.

Pexto anti-sparking cutters (hard to see in dark photo),Mossberg alligator and bicycle wrench.

Ratchets: Williams 3/8 multi purpose ratchet with Walden extension (another like Don posted above), 3/8 Challenger, 1/4 Facom, 3/8 Plomb with knob (probably off cable splicing tool). Military crank ratchet with telescoping handle and Lowell style head ( I was excited to find this from a fellow forum member. I now have 4 variations and my Plomb was missing a handle). Odd early Proto LA 3/8 PWA ratchet.

Snap-On Ferret, 71-N, and a 71 wall hanger.

Sockets: Armstrong special with hex end, unknown early 3/8 screwdriver welded, Proto Phillips, Wright Aero drag link, Herbrand, Proto, Plomb drag links. Plomb and Snap-On. Wright 5/8 drive socket.

Herbrand Ford Style wrench, Blackhawk wrench for model T, Williams Special, Blue-Point, Bog, another Herbrand.

Bernard cutters, Vaco driver, Craftsman extensions and impact socket, Armstrong adapter, Gearwrench spark plug. Couple Marx toys, Klein knife, Craftsman bit driver, Blue-Point pliers.

Indestro speeder, Crusader pliers, Simmons pliers, Wakefield 3 jaw nit and pipe wrench, International Harvester wrench, Snap-On driver, unmarked claw hammer.

Rusty pile O’ Bonney. One wrench is a Brighton. I don’t recall what that brand was.