2024 Garage Sale Thread (13th Annual)

[ctuai]

Estate sale ($3): Mainly random SK sockets and wrenches.

 

[Outlawmws]

Estate sale ($3): Mainly random SK sockets and wrenches.

Yeah, you ****!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I believe this is the Same George A. Colton that did the "Colton Patent Vises"!

You've already forgotten my Random Inventor's Spotlight?!

 

[ecotec]

Two BluePoint wrenches for a dollar. One has a Ford stamp.

 

[Outlawmws]

You've already forgotten my Random Inventor's Spotlight?!

Almost 3 years ago Lugz! I've slept since then!

I'm also wondering where I put my other File card...

 

[misterbill]

$9 at a random drive-by ToO netted me following:

Partial TruTest 1/4" SAE set.
2 Craftsman offset stubby DBEs
Williams 9723 DBE
Kraeuter "Hy-Power" needle nose pliers
Teeny un-marked oiler
Original Vise-Grips
Nice MiUSA hedge trimmers for my daughter





Bill

 

[BlueBomber]

Picked up another curbside snow blower for free this evening!



A buddy brought his car over to borrow my lift to look for a clunky noise underneath. After some investigation, he suggested we take it out for a trip around the block so I could hear and feel the vibration. 3/4 of the way around, we saw a very large snowblower sitting on the curb with some other stuff. Of course, we stopped to check it out. It was a 33" Craftman with a 13 hp engine, a big boy! I opined that maybe it had a perforated engine block, but then saw the sign on the front:


With no signs of an open-air crankcase, we went home and came back with my truck to load it up. Once home and unloaded, we checked fluids (had plenty of oil and gas), plugged in the electric starter and fired it up. Sure enough, the engine ran just fine and drove the snow auger, but wouldn't drive the wheels. The blower is 21 years old, and so there may be something broken in the hydrostatic drive unit, but the first step will be to check the drive belt. My last free snowblower only needed a five dollar idler spring to get moving again.

This one was a top of the line model back in the day, with the big motor and auger, electric start, heated handles and even a motorized discharge chute! Even though it is two decades old, if I can get the drive fixed cheaply, I may be able to get some good coin for it in the fall.

I finally got around to troubleshooting the curbside free snow blower from earlier this year. As a reminder, it started and ran, but wouldn't move. After reading up on the hydrostatic drive unit in this model, I was resigned to removing it to check the fluid level. However, after finding the manual online and removing a cover, I noticed a pretty important part missing from the drive shaft.



Yep, that is the one little bolt that makes the whole thing go. It would also explain the thunk I heard when I dumped the mouse nest in the bottom cover into the trash. So, a quick reach into my inherited stash of grade 8 bolts from my Dad, and the ol' Craftsman was rolling around the driveway!



I just need to replace the pull rope, and she'll go on the market in time for snow season. Yay--I'm 2 for 2 on free snowblower necromancy!

 

[Marsim]

Decent day today. The craftsman impact driver with 2 batteries was $5. Works fine. The pitching machine was $2. The older laptop was $5. The huge ice machine was $5. The old talking roulette game was $1.

 

[Cruzan80]

Very nice! Those right angle impacts were fairly hard to find new to begin with, and for $5...

 

[RTM]

The craftsman impact driver with 2 batteries was $5. Works fine.

Very nice! Those right angle impacts were fairly hard to find new to begin with, and for $5...

I've had mine for quite a while, and love it. Need to use it for some under the house vent screen replacement work, soon.

 

[JMP]

My find of the day. The seller originally had these listed for $30 so I put this in my maybe pile but just today the seller marked this down to $20 so I couldn't pass it up. I'm impressed with this hand held tool box. The latch and handle are just well built. Must be at least 40 pounds of tools stuffed inside. Also clamps and tools just keep finding me lately.








I just realized that the flying v ratchet I got today is an imposter. One of the infamous clones sold by Kmart I believe in the 70's. I think that's even more interesting than finding a real one.

 

[Outlawmws]

Almost nothing as expected! No pics, and I spent a whole dollar on a 2016 Starbucks's "cup" ornament (youngest is a Barista/shift supervisor there).

Free was a mostly full bottle of Murphy's oil soap concentrate, an Eddie Bauer backpack first Aid kit I gave to the oldest daughter for her day pack for hiking, and what I thought was a bottom of the door draft strip but turned out to be the remnants... Good thing it was free!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I'm impressed with this hand held tool box.

You didn't call it a set, or call it out as a set, but I'm assuming you realize that all the 1/2-drive socketry and tools are original to the box as a near-complete Ward's Master Tool Set. If you're not familiar, it was made and supplied by New Britain in the very late 40's and early 50's, in the Fors ratchet era, between the Costello and Kilness ratchet eras. I'm in a minority as a big fan of the ratchets. I have a Spiegel Precision-Bilt Master Mechanic's version, complete with 1/2-, 3/8- and 1/4-inch drives sets. Nice find.

Also: What is your location? I've never seen that many Crompton & Knowles DOE wrenches in one place before. Even those are engineer's pattern wrenches (with 15* angles), not loom wrenches (which classically have 22-1/2* angles), they are from a textile factory. Their main plant in Worcester, Mass., now a housing complex, is a really nice example of what to do with abandoned buildings.

 

[JMP]

You didn't call it a set, or call it out as a set, but I'm assuming you realize that all the 1/2-drive socketry and tools are original to the box as a near-complete Ward's Master Tool Set. If you're not familiar, it was made and supplied by New Britain in the very late 40's and early 50's, in the Fors ratchet era, between the Costello and Kilness ratchet eras. I'm in a minority as a big fan of the ratchets. I have a Spiegel Precision-Bilt Master Mechanic's version, complete with 1/2-, 3/8- and 1/4-inch drives sets. Nice find.

Also: What is your location? I've never seen that many Crompton & Knowles DOE wrenches in one place before. Even those are engineer's pattern wrenches (with 15* angles), not loom wrenches (which classically have 22-1/2* angles), they are from a textile factory. Their main plant in Worcester, Mass., now a housing complex, is a really nice example of what to do with abandoned buildings.

I definitely figured the tools and box were part of some sort of set. All of the sockets are stamped as Wards Master except one of the larger ones stamped as Husky yet looks virtually identical to the rest. I'm definitely not as familiar as you with tool history so I appreciate the information. So this is nearly a complete set? I'll have to see if I can find the old catalogs online a bit later.

Also I'm from Indiana so perhaps a bit of mystery how the C&K wrenches ended up so far away. It's certainly a name that I have never seen before (which doesn't mean much). Many of the tools I seem to end up with including these come from folks that inherit them from a family member who has passed away and just don't have any interest.

 

[Levaughn]

This is what I picked up today at an Estate Sale for $40.

- Proto 11/16 Wrench
- Husky # CB51 Breaker
- Vintage Husky 1/4 inch sockets 7/32, 1/4, 3/16, 1/2, 1/4, 11/32, 7/16, 3/8, 9/32,,5/16, 3/8
- Arrow Stapler
- KD #2330 Air conditioner tool
- Multi assorted drill bits
- Snap On # TM-14 7/16 Socket
- The item of note is the Crescent Adjustable Wrench thumb slide

 

[four.cycle]

 

[JMP]

The alligator wrench looks to have a very early Whitman & Barnes stamp. The other side reads No. 0. The spanner wrench I don't see any markings.

 

[d42jeep]

Spotted this ad on Craigslist and thought that I should post it for other Bay Area collectors since it is ongoing. It’s a unique fundraiser for the library branch in Oakland. I was pleasantly surprised by how much we found at a reasonable price.


What we came home with. Plenty of metric Craftsman sockets to make into sets and list on the GJ classifieds.
Snap-on keepers
Thorsen cleaned up
Bridgeport pyramid wrenches
The longest Walden Spintite nutdriver I’ve run across.
No Barcalo left behind.
Xcelite nutdrivers
Vaco Torx driver
-Don

 

[JMP]

Spotted this ad on Craigslist and thought that I should post it for other Bay Area collectors since it is ongoing. It’s a unique fundraiser for the library branch in Oakland. I was pleasantly surprised by how much we found at a reasonable price.


What we came home with. Plenty of metric Craftsman sockets to make into sets and list on the GJ classifieds.

Good finds. Now that is how you advertise a tool sale.

Also, I spy a Bell Systems plier!

 

[RLaCasse1]

No garage sales specifically, but all second hand sales (Goodwill, ReStore, etc.)

1. Found the staple gun in the upper left for $2 at a Goodwill around a month or so ago, came in the original box with the original parts diagram/warranty information. Gone are the days of dinky staples; made putting up my Christmas lights this year painless.

2. Got a matching set of H. Boker wire cutters and linesman pliers for a couple bucks a while back at a small "antique" shop that buys at estate sales and resales.

3. Found a Heller Bros body file at a Habitat for Humanity ReStore yesterday, the handles need a little cleaning up but the file is in great condition. Then spotted the two red items which I figured could easily be clamped in a vice and then used to shape metal a bit; turns out they are actually older body dollies/fender pusher type tools anyways. They're a Porter-Ferguson JWP-12 and JWB-6. Snagged these three items for $13.

 

[NYBODYMAN]

No garage sales specifically, but all second hand sales (Goodwill, ReStore, etc.)

1. Found the staple gun in the upper left for $2 at a Goodwill around a month or so ago, came in the original box with the original parts diagram/warranty information. Gone are the days of dinky staples; made putting up my Christmas lights this year painless.

2. Got a matching set of H. Boker wire cutters and linesman pliers for a couple bucks a while back at a small "antique" shop that buys at estate sales and resales.

3. Found a Heller Bros body file at a Habitat for Humanity ReStore yesterday, the handles need a little cleaning up but the file is in great condition. Then spotted the two red items which I figured could easily be clamped in a vice and then used to shape metal a bit; turns out they are actually older body dollies/fender pusher type tools anyways. They're a Porter-Ferguson JWP-12 and JWB-6. Snagged these three items for $13

You **** for those Porter Ferguson tools!!! I'd be interested if the're not your thing.

 

[d42jeep]

Good finds. Now that is how you advertise a tool sale.

Also, I spy a Bell Systems plier!

Yep. Posted in the Bell System thread. Hopefully they will look better when they come out of the evaporust.
-Don

 

[Old Radar]

@JMP ***** for his $20 Ward's Master Tool Set!

 

[bmwrd0]

While out running errands yesterday, I did swing by a couple sales. I didn't find much (unsurprising, which is why I didn't go to them on Friday) but I did find this:


I have no idea what it was for originally, as light vs. dark parts don't seem to match up to what I was originally guessing (flute) but I will find something to put in it. At least, once I clean it up.

 

[four.cycle]

^ excellent. flute case is much smaller. has three somewhat "molded" compartments for the pieces -mouthpiece, main body, and extension.
(I played in 5th grade.)

 

[Patrickm82]

Pretty good weekend for me. 1 estate sale 5 minutes from home on Saturday. I got there early and got #19 so I was in on the first wave. Then today what is quickly becoming a nice market place honey hole.

FBM $60
Polished craftsman reversible ratcheting wrench sets SAE and metric
Craftsman 7/8 & 15/16 6 point wrenches
Bonney ph2 ball peen



Estate sale $45

Reed 24 utility vise
2 full bottles propane
Craftsman V chain wrench
Craftsman screw extractors
2 file cards
Williams 3/4 superwrench
Bridgeport “baby terrier” crate tool
Craftsman and Burndy wire and drill and screw gauges
Stanley sweet heart no. 76 folding ruler
Craftsman locking pliers
Proto 708 adjustable
TEK bearing conversion card from 1980
General folding mirror
Gorilla glue

 

[JMP]

Patrick *****! for both hauls. Love the Craftsman finds and those 6 points are hard to find.

 

[Outlawmws]

Yep Patrick *****!

 

[Patrickm82]

Patrick *****! for both hauls. Love the Craftsman finds and those 6 points are hard to find.

Yeah I have been looking for them for a while to complete my set. I just need the 1” now.

 

[gleman]

A flea market find for me. A Stanley 42-321 for 5 bucks.

 

[3baygarage]

While out running errands yesterday, I did swing by a couple sales. I didn't find much (unsurprising, which is why I didn't go to them on Friday) but I did find this:


I have no idea what it was for originally, as light vs. dark parts don't seem to match up to what I was originally guessing (flute) but I will find something to put in it. At least, once I clean it up.

Might be oboe

 

[alinc100]

One sale on Friday on teh way home from work yielded this bunch:
Craftsman- 6mm x 8mm, 7mmx9mm ,12mm x 14mm doe

Craftsman 3/8” dr 17mm,19mm 12 pt shallow Craftsman 1/2” dr 10mm,12mm,14mm,17mm, 19mm, 22mm 12 pt shallow
Craftsman 12” combo square(head looks more like B&S or Starrett ,to me)
Craftsman 1/2” dr tommy bar
Craftsman 11/16” auger bit
Irwin 3/4” auger bit
Xcelite Nutdriver set
Craftsman hand carry box
Black leatherette/aluminum hand case

 

[bmwrd0]

I have a case just like that somewhere around here, albeit without the D.E.Co tag.

There was discussion about them in the vintage tool box thread if I remember.

 

[ecotec]

We stopped at an estate sale earlier on the way to visit family. I got a pair of Klein needle nose pliers for a dollar. This is after I cleaned up the grips with an abrasive wipe and the metal with the bench grinder. Not that I needed another pair…

 

[alinc100]

I have a case just like that somewhere around here, albeit without the D.E.Co tag.

There was discussion about them in the vintage tool box thread if I remember.

I will look for the thread,I 'think' I participated in it when mentioning one I missed/passed by/regretted. I can only 'assume' the DE co. is Detroit Edison, the misc contents were not a worthy clue. pic from sale company:

 

[Indexmill]

We stopped at an estate sale earlier on the way to visit family. I got a pair of Klein needle nose pliers for a dollar. This is after I cleaned up the grips with an abrasive wipe and the metal with the bench grinder. Not that I needed another pair…

Nobody can walk by those pliers for $1.

 

[mikeinri]

@JMP ***** for his $20 Ward's Master Tool Set!

Patrick *****! for both hauls. Love the Craftsman finds and those 6 points are hard to find.

Ditto to both!

Mike

 

[d42jeep]

We here heading to a Christmas party this afternoon so this morning I walked around the corner to the second day of a sale we went to last week. The seller showed me some of his nice level collection, none of which were for sale but I noticed one interesting item as I was about to leave. The seller had no idea what it was so I filled him in. I ended up bringing it home since I like finding tools that I haven’t seen before. I could see that what was left of the label indicated that it was a Millers Falls valve lapper. I checked some early catalogs and the label shown in the 1938 catalog looked pretty close to me.
I‘ll probably take the handle off of one of my spare braces to replace the missing one.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

^ quite the find, Don!

really an oddball there ! patent number or date stamped on that swing arm?

 

[d42jeep]

I barely had a chance to look at it yet. I should know more later today.
-Don