2024 Garage Sale Thread (13th Annual)

[Private Lugnutz]

The edit limitation is not a function of performance or cost. It's an arbitrary rule instituted because of an incident in the past in which a former member had a blow-up, and, before he was permanently banned, in a fit of prolonged hysteria, went back years (yes, years), editing 1,000's of posts (yes, thousands), deleting what was there, and inserting the same elaborate, insulting diatribe. In every post. It must have taken him weeks. The drama queenliness is almost embarrassing by association and Ryan swore it would never happen again. Hence, the limit, which makes it extremely difficult to pull off a stunt like that.

 

[four.cycle]

My sister wanted to throw a little birthday party for my mom, who turned 93 yesterday.
On my way back home this afternoon, I stopped at one of the local thrift shops and snagged this very interesting "CHROM VANADIUM" "MADE IN W-GERMANY" 1/2" drive SAE socket set. Sockets are stamped "A/F 3/4" - and so on. No brand name.
I have to assume these originally came in this snazzy box, which is why I couldn't resist this one.
These German sockets appear to perhaps have a Cad finish, which causes me to wonder: what happens to the finish if I toss them into an "Evaporust" bath?
The other (very rusty) sockets in the box are a mish-mash of Blackhawk, Snap-on, Duro/Indestro "D-I", Armstrong, and others.

Also an "Ideal" 45-079 BX cable cutter (patent 2246350), a Crescent Tool Co. "MoToR KiT" slip-joint pliers, and what I think might be a "Harrold" set of slip-joints with very plain handles. They are marked inside that triangle "FORGED STEEL USA".

 

[Private Lugnutz]

These German sockets appear to perhaps have a Cad finish, which causes me to wonder: what happens to the finish if I toss them into an "Evaporust" bath?

Nothing. You must have missed the Great Cadmium-Evaporust Test of 2021 that we conducted down in the Lugzsonian with a nice cad-plated WWII era Walden-Worcester socket in a Gerber baby food jar! I will spare you the 24 hr, 48 hr, 1 week, and 2 week interim results and direct you to the conclusions post.

Crescent Tool Co. "MoToR KiT" slip-joint pliers,

Nice find! I found and posted a pair in June, linked here; @Fred Knox, vying for PotY, found and posted a pair in September, linked here, and now yours means the GS Thread 'Rule of Three' has been met - and in a most unusual fashion. These don't grow on trees.

 

[Smokeshow69]

The edit limitation is not a function of performance or cost. It's an arbitrary rule instituted because of an incident in the past in which a former member had a blow-up, and, before he was permanently banned, in a fit of prolonged hysteria, went back years (yes, years), editing 1,000's of posts (yes, thousands), deleting what was there, and inserting the same elaborate, insulting diatribe. In every post. It must have taken him weeks. The drama queenliness is almost embarrassing by association and Ryan swore it would never happen again. Hence, the limit, which makes it extremely difficult to pull off a stunt like that.

Ahh yes, that juvenile hissy fit was one for the ages…

 

[four.cycle]

Okay very good. The German stuff has rust on it, and I am not going to go at that stuff with a wire wheel or steel wool for sure.

I thought those "MoToR KiT" pliers were something uncommon, which is why I grabbed them. I gave the vendor a $20 and she gave me some coins back, so I figure I did okay.

 

[RTM]

I can barely type (OK, hunt and peck) on an actual keyboard, but I use my phone exclusively here, so my thumb typing (and F-ing autocorrect) on a tiny / poor excuse for a keyboard almost always ends in disaster.

If times are hard, a Bluetooth keyboard is your friend. I have a three channel one, can use it on the PC, the iPad, and the phone. If you need portable, they do make mid sized ones, roll up ones, folding etc.

 

[ecotec]

Morse drill stand. I think that I overpaid. It was $20. It says PAT. AUG 7, 1906.

I pulled the drill bits out of my Hout stand.

I still need to find a vintage metric drill stand.

When do you think that it was actually manufactured?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

When do you think that it was actually manufactured?

Whole buncha info and examples on the 'Drill Bit Indices' thread. It's down on the Vintage Tools Discussion forum. Easy to find in the A-Z Index of Threads (in the 'By Type' section) inside the Sticky at the very top of that forum. Once you're in the thread, just search the thread on Morse.

 

[ecotec]

Whole buncha info and examples on the 'Drill Bit Indices' thread. It's down on the Vintage Tools Discussion forum. Easy to find in the A-Z Index of Threads (in the 'By Type' section) inside the Sticky at the very top of that forum. Once you're in the thread, just search the thread on Morse.

I have a few in that thread.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

HAHA! Sorry! Force of habit. It was the kind of question that I thought was probably discussed there already vs a more general GS thread. Maybe not.

 

[mikeinri]

Morse drill stand. I think that I overpaid. It was $20. It says PAT. AUG 7, 1906.

I pulled the drill bits out of my Hout stand.

I still need to find a vintage metric drill stand.

When do you think that it was actually manufactured?

After 1906?

Just kidding, I have no clue, but that's very cool and New Bedford is somewhat local to me (within 90 minutes).

Mike

 

[ecotec]

It is missing a little of its finish (chrome?), but I had to have it. The feet are in good shape, and I think it has it’s original hardware.

My collection skews Detroit/Michigan, but I will buy any cool one that I run into that is not a project. I have a lot of NOS (most NIB) Cleveland indexes, so I should probably find one of their stands. I would love to find more National and Whitman and Barnes.

The diamond shaped wooden Whitman and Barnes number stand (in one of my pictures) is very rare in the condition that I have it in. That is my rarest. As far as I know the stand was a rebrand that was made for them by another manufacturer. It is rare in that shape because the legs are usually broken.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It says PAT. AUG 7, 1906...[ ]...When do you think that it was actually manufactured?

Whole buncha info and examples on the 'Drill Bit Indices' thread. It's down on the Vintage Tools Discussion forum. Easy to find in the A-Z Index of Threads (in the 'By Type' section) inside the Sticky at the very top of that forum. Once you're in the thread, just search the thread on Morse.

I have a few in that thread.

HAHA! Sorry! Force of habit. It was the kind of question that I thought was probably discussed there already vs a more general GS thread. Maybe not.

My memory did not fail. Following my own instructions, and searching the thread dedicated to vintage 'Drill Bit Indices', I found an Ajax, identical to the Morse, which started a discussion about the age and manufacturing of that particular triangular index, where I linked Morse indexes that had already been posted and posted some catalog cuts. Starts on page 10, post #396 and continues for several posts and next page. May or may not help.

 

[3baygarage]

The edit limitation is not a function of performance or cost. It's an arbitrary rule instituted because of an incident in the past in which a former member had a blow-up, and, before he was permanently banned, in a fit of prolonged hysteria, went back years (yes, years), editing 1,000's of posts (yes, thousands), deleting what was there, and inserting the same elaborate, insulting diatribe. In every post. It must have taken him weeks. The drama queenliness is almost embarrassing by association and Ryan swore it would never happen again. Hence, the limit, which makes it extremely difficult to pull off a stunt like that.

If this was the vintage tool contributor (probably long before there was a vintage section) I'm thinking of, then I may or may not have been partly to blame. It seemed my post (many years back which I stumbled upon and re-read not too long ago) might have been the one that pushed him over the edge that day. I, like others was only trying to give the benefit of the doubt to another member, whose name I can't even recall, that started a thread which brought all sorts of judgement upon himself that day.

Oh well. I still don't understand his reason for leaving. I never had any personal connection or interaction with that member who called a quits that I recall. We did however both enjoy vintage tools on the forum, I know that.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

If this was the vintage tool contributor (probably long before there was a vintage section) I'm thinking of...

Nope. Recent. It happened long after the Great Schism of 2014, and even after the "new" site platform a few years ago. I know exactly who it is, but I wasn't trying to rake muck, or sensationalize a dubious achievement event, and I won't say his name for that reason.

 

[Beerhippie]

The edit limitation is not a function of performance or cost. It's an arbitrary rule instituted because of an incident in the past in which a former member had a blow-up, and, before he was permanently banned, in a fit of prolonged hysteria, went back years (yes, years), editing 1,000's of posts (yes, thousands), deleting what was there, and inserting the same elaborate, insulting diatribe. In every post. It must have taken him weeks. The drama queenliness is almost embarrassing by association and Ryan swore it would never happen again. Hence, the limit, which makes it extremely difficult to pull off a stunt like that.

I just want to fix the fact that my once-capable typing fingers have become dyslexic.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

If it looks like you're posting while drunk when you're not, maybe try drinking more! But the chances of the edit limit going away is slim to none.

 

[mikeinri]

Whole buncha info and examples on the 'Drill Bit Indices' thread. It's down on the Vintage Tools Discussion forum. Easy to find in the A-Z Index of Threads (in the 'By Type' section) inside the Sticky at the very top of that forum. Once you're in the thread, just search the thread on Morse.

Oof. Thanks for sending me down THAT rabbit hole... Some VERY cool looking indices in there!!!

Mike

 

[mikeinri]

If it looks like you're posting while drunk when you're not, maybe try drinking more! But the chances of the edit limit going away is slim to none.

Hmmm... So you're saying that maybe I should only post here between karaoke songs? I usually avoid that on purpose, LOL. (My sober typing "skills" are bad enough!)

Mike

 

[alinc100]

I have a few in that thread.

The #1 reason I very rarely find any here in Metro Detroit. LOL

 

[ecotec]

The #1 reason I very rarely find any here in Metro Detroit. LOL

I stay on my side of town. I haven’t spent a lot of time on your side of town in 30 years (I went to U of M Dearborn)… so, don’t blame me. We are fishing in different ponds.

Are you going to work at the auto show?

 

[alinc100]

I stay on my side of town. I haven’t spent a lot of time on your side of town in 30 years (I went to U of M Dearborn)… so, don’t blame me. We are fishing in different ponds.

Are you going to work at the auto show?

Nope, I will likely be at the GM Tech Center,Hudson's or U of M Engineering....my auto show days are over....too many years in that business....

 

[four.cycle]

direct you to the conclusions post.

Yeah... I did miss it, and I make a point of looking at anything in that thread... so it must have been while I was on a hiatus.
I tossed it all into the bucket with the evaporust. The sliding T handle will end up with a line on it, as the solution isn't deep enough in that container. Or maybe I'll just move it all to another container ... if the wind dies down. Power was out for hours earlier.

 

[Marsim]

Still no tools. Half off at a thrift shop today. All in for $22.

 

[NJ Marty]

Got to a sale 3 hours after opening on first day. I was blown away at the contents of a box nobody bothered to look in, it had the cutters and plane parts. Glad I went and got all pictured for $40. ***** the rest of the plane wasnt there. I hope to get a few bucks back on the enameled cast iron.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Nice flippety-flip-flip-flip find$, @NJ Marty!

 

[humber2]

Someone misplaced their recently purchased 10mm socket into a flea market selection which is now my newest snappy piece.

 

[Old Radar]

it had the cutters and plane parts

All four boxes and covers and cutters?? You Truly ****!
Looks like all you're missing is the wide cutter and the side cutter out of Box 3--which are most likely in the #55 plane you didn't find...
Great haul!

 

[Outlawmws]

I was blown away at the contents of a box nobody bothered to look in, it had the cutters and plane parts.

Yep you ****!

enameled cast iron.

CI? or is this Graniteware (enameled stamped Sheetmetal)

 

[NJ Marty]

Yep you ****!



CI? or is this Graniteware (enameled stamped Sheetmetal)

CI. I cant found out who made it, just stamped made in Framce.

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice!

 

[bmwrd0]

La Creuset?

 

[Outlawmws]

Once in a while I get a straight answer out of AI: "Who makes Cast iron graniteware in France?"

ChatGPT said:
ChatGPT
In France, several renowned manufacturers produce high-quality enameled cast iron cookware, commonly referred to as "graniteware." Notable among these are:

Le Creuset: Established in 1925, Le Creuset is celebrated for its vibrant enameled cast iron cookware, including Dutch ovens and skillets. Their products are handcrafted in Fresnoy-le-Grand, France.
WIKIPEDIA

Staub: Founded in 1974 in Alsace, France, Staub specializes in enameled cast iron cookware, such as cocottes (Dutch ovens) and frying pans. Their products are known for their durability and excellent heat retention.
STAUB COOKWARE

Chasseur: With a history spanning over 75 years, Chasseur produces enameled cast iron cookware, including casseroles and grill pans, in its foundry located in the Ardennes region of France.
CHASSEUR BRANDSHOP

Invicta: Established in 1924 in Donchery, France, Invicta is known for its handcrafted cast iron cookware, including traditional French cocottes.
BUTCH

 

[Outlawmws]

refined Seach - looks like BMW nailed it!:
Who makes Cast iron graniteware in France -specifically an oval Dutch oven marked 27 for the model number.?

ChatGPT said:​

The oval cast iron Dutch oven marked with the number "27" is a product of Le Creuset, a renowned French cookware manufacturer. This specific marking indicates a 4.25-quart (approximately 4 liters) capacity.

 

[four.cycle]

Le Creuset is the fancy-schmantzy "Made in France" high-end of cookware. Their largest Dutch Oven retails for just over $450 today.
(I own one of those - beautiful Cobalt Blue color.) Ungodly heavy, which is why I rarely use mine. The bare cast-iron base will leave rust rings in your white porcelain sink, which are damn near impossible to get out.
If you burn something in one of their pots with the white enamel interior, you will never get the stain out, no matter how much bleach, vinegar, or baking soda you use.
Just cook with it, enjoy it, and enjoy the fact you're using one of the best makes of cookware on the planet.
I bought most of mine right out of high school, but I hardly ever use it any more - too damn heavy!

Do NOT put an empty Le Creuset pot on the stove and turn the burner on "HIGH" - you will blow the porcelain coating right out of it.


YMMV

 

[RTM]

. I was blown away at the contents of a box nobody bothered to look in, it had the cutters and plane parts. Glad I went and got all pictured for $40. ***** the rest of the plane wasnt there

The good news is, bare plane bodies are easy to find. I've passed on several for more than you paid for all your stuff, which often lists for several hundred $.

Well done.

 

[bmwrd0]

Le Creuset is the fancy-schmantzy "Made in France" high-end of cookware. Their largest Dutch Oven retails for just over $450 today.
(I own one of those - beautiful Cobalt Blue color.) Ungodly heavy, which is why I rarely use mine. The bare cast-iron base will leave rust rings in your white porcelain sink, which are damn near impossible to get out.
If you burn something in one of their pots with the white enamel interior, you will never get the stain out, no matter how much bleach, vinegar, or baking soda you use.
Just cook with it, enjoy it, and enjoy the fact you're using one of the best makes of cookware on the planet.
I bought most of mine right out of high school, but I hardly ever use it any more - too damn heavy!

YMMV

My wife (I am not qualified to use it) has one in bright red. It really is a nice piece of cookware.

She has cookware like we have tools, and it is just as weird and wild a world as ours is.

 

[four.cycle]

^ Myself as well, but it's all 50 years old now... kind of worn out!

 

[Beerhippie]

My wife (I am not qualified to use it) has one in bright red. It really is a nice piece of cookware.

She has cookware like we have tools, and it is just as weird and wild a world as ours is.

Cookware are tools! Just a different shop.

 

[Provincial]

NJMarty ***** for the plane cutters.