Private Lugnutz
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I can see why! So many Oddfellows. Love the Williams Falcon.
That's how AI bribes? Virtually? Classic. Even less practical than bitcoins.
2025 Garage Sale Thread (14th Annual)
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Smokeshow69
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Hey there’s some good stuff in there!I have been trying to come up with an appropriate apology post, so I asked AI to help me compose a post that captures the correct spirit.
Dearest Esteemed Members of the Garaged Sale,
First and foremost, let me extend the warmest of greetings to the illustrious moderator and our venerable veterans. Your wisdom and guidance have been the North Star to my humble sailing vessel, guiding me through the vast seas of knowledge and camaraderie. It is with the utmost respect and a heavy heart that I must address a matter of great importance.
Following my self-imposed picking exile—a nearly three-week odyssey of introspection and reflection, prompted by my ill-fated post on January 1st—I return to you with sincere contrition. In my eagerness, I strayed from the sacred tenets that bind our treasured community, and for that, I offer my most profound apologies.
Allow me to heap praise upon the noble moderators past/present/future whose tireless efforts keep our haven pristine and free of discord. To the veterans whose sagacity and experience enrich our discussions, I bow deeply in gratitude. Your unwavering dedication and unparalleled expertise are the bedrock upon which our fellowship is built.
With every ounce of humility, I beg your forgiveness and seek absolution for my transgressions. May the skies open and shower upon you the ***** you so richly deserve; may anvils fall gently into your un-photographed laps, and garage sale vises appear only to your keen eyes.
As a token of my remorse and esteem, please accept this humble offering— a picture of a bag of silver coins discovered in a recent pick. May it serve as a small gesture of my genuine regret and deep appreciation for your magnanimity.
With the greatest respect and heartfelt gratitude,
@brockmub
3baygarage
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Yes. This was day 3 of 4 too. Wish I had seen day 1. The stories they were telling me about this collection and the money involved... Apparently the immediate family got swindled out of the vast estate and collection by one family member. Somehow they ended up with only a variety of the high end wrenches and that was it. Very odd!I can see why! So many Oddfellows. Love the Williams Falcon.
That's how AI bribes? Virtually? Classic. Even less practical than bitcoins.
Provincial
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I enjoy following your adventures, too! We had a good time on that trip, and the Flywheeler's meet is something else!
brockmub
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We were invited to check out a Summer kitchen at a farmstead where an old collector lived. Much of the most valuable stuff had already been sold off, but there were still some things left. The problem was Monday was a high temp of -9, yeeouch! The best of the pick was license plate sets from 1916-1939 and many plates all the way up to the 80s. There were a lot of T for truck/farm plates, several aluminum plates from the 40s and renewal tabs. In SD (and other states) we can run old plates on vehicles from that year as long as they are in good shape and the number isn't already in use. I have vintage sets on my 66 Chevelle and 78 F150.
Smokeshow69
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Boy Brock, you cleaned up on the plates! I know they are not everybody’s cup of tea but the fact you found that many vintage plates is really cool!
brockmub
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We will most likely go back and give more money than we initially paid, there wasn't much clue that the old plates were underneath all the modern ones.
SC Fly Guy
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Good on you!! While it’s easy to relish is an awesome deal, I think paying fair prices is good karma!!
Smokeshow69
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I seem to be on a bit of a proto flying lady tear as of late. First the minty micrometer I posted in the proto thread and now this...I was scouring craigslist the other day and low and behold I spotted a rare beast. The 9953 Tool tote tray. Heck they are rare in plomb( I have one) but the more modern proto versions seem to be just as rare. I dont know of another collector who has one although if someone does have one I would be excited to see photos....anyways I made contact with the seller and set up a pickup for today. It was located in a small ag town but luckily I was able to run over there on my lunch and get back in time. Paid $55 for the tray and the pictured sockets. All the sockets on the right are proto la and are either ones I dont have or are more difficult to find so I thought it was a good deal! Super stoked on the tray. It's very straight and not rusty but as you can see it has been repainted. Maybe one day I will repaint it but for now I'm just going to enjoy putting it to use and give my plomb version a break for a while.
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Old Radar
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OK I was WRONG - these are not Crimpers, they are carbide tipped wire cutters -.050 capacity, and very poorly adjusted! I adjusted them and they cut spring steel like butter! Someone modified these to be much narrower than the 21/31 width they are supposed to me, but near 1/4" wide works for me for .050 wire.
Still sold: https://www.starrett.com/details?cat-no=1X-5 1/2
And replacement jaws are available, but not cheap!: https://www.starrett.com/details?cat-no=PT01931-1
Outlaw--
I don't think your jaws were user modified. This is from an ebay listing for $30:
Also, I saw your post on the Schollhorn thread, so I think you missed my **** award where I said I had a pair.
Private Lugnutz
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I PM'd him this link to a 1930 catalog showing jaws with different shapes.
https://archive.org/details/StarrettToolsCatalogNo25/page/n237/mode/2up
jeffmoss26
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Outlawmws
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Thx OR and Lugz! learning more about these things, every day!
SC Fly Guy
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Well, that merits a YOU ****!! I NEVER find anything at a ReStore!
Outlawmws
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In completely different ways!
Old Radar
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It's amazing how little these nippers go for on ebay compared to the new ones from Starrett.
Outlawmws
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For certain! I was stunned at the new price /replacement jaws!
Old Radar
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I'm finally on the board this year!
I went to three sales yesterday. One was a dud, one had only the Thorsen box and the other had the rest.
Odd empty Thorsen box.
MIL-STD CORP 2224284 Cotter pin puller.
Jo-Line JOTITE 100-750 inch/pound torque wrench. I picked it up because I thought it would fit in a metal Jo-Line box I found a couple of months ago. It did! More on the Jo-Line thread.
Snap-on SV10A 10" hinge handle. It came with the KAL 1/2 to 3/8 adapter.
Plomb WF-19 3/8 12" extension.
The Thorsen box measures 7 x 3-1/4 x 1-1/2. The odd part is the socket partition is exactly 1" high, which means all the 1/4" drive sockets and most of the 3/8" drive sockets I have sit at or just below the top of the partition, making them very difficult to grasp. I haven't found this box offered in any of the Thorsen catalogs on archive.org.
Any thoughts?
I went to three sales yesterday. One was a dud, one had only the Thorsen box and the other had the rest.
Odd empty Thorsen box.
MIL-STD CORP 2224284 Cotter pin puller.
Jo-Line JOTITE 100-750 inch/pound torque wrench. I picked it up because I thought it would fit in a metal Jo-Line box I found a couple of months ago. It did! More on the Jo-Line thread.
Snap-on SV10A 10" hinge handle. It came with the KAL 1/2 to 3/8 adapter.
Plomb WF-19 3/8 12" extension.
The Thorsen box measures 7 x 3-1/4 x 1-1/2. The odd part is the socket partition is exactly 1" high, which means all the 1/4" drive sockets and most of the 3/8" drive sockets I have sit at or just below the top of the partition, making them very difficult to grasp. I haven't found this box offered in any of the Thorsen catalogs on archive.org.
Any thoughts?
RTM
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Stick your finger in the opening to pick them up?
Sorry don’t have a real answer to your real question, but the morning needs some levity.
SuburbGuy
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Maybe you were supposed to push the socket wrench in the square hole of the socket to extract it from the narrow part of the tray. Just a guess.I'm finally on the board this year!
I went to three sales yesterday. One was a dud, one had only the Thorsen box and the other had the rest.
Odd empty Thorsen box.
MIL-STD CORP 2224284 Cotter pin puller.
Jo-Line JOTITE 100-750 inch/pound torque wrench. I picked it up because I thought it would fit in a metal Jo-Line box I found a couple of months ago. It did! More on the Jo-Line thread.
Snap-on SV10A 10" hinge handle. It came with the KAL 1/2 to 3/8 adapter.
Plomb WF-19 3/8 12" extension.
The Thorsen box measures 7 x 3-1/4 x 1-1/2. The odd part is the socket partition is exactly 1" high, which means all the 1/4" drive sockets and most of the 3/8" drive sockets I have sit at or just below the top of the partition, making them very difficult to grasp. I haven't found this box offered in any of the Thorsen catalogs on archive.org.
Any thoughts?
seber
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A new tool every day. I never had a clue there was such a thing a a cotter pin puller.
Beerhippie
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It saves a LOT of knuckle-meat over using pliers.
Old Radar
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That might work-until Pvt Schmedlap can't be bothered to put the sockets back the same way...
Private Lugnutz
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Hey, that's my cousin you're badmouthing!
Old Radar
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When last seen, he was missing three fingers, an eye and had a steel plate in his head.
Are you on his list of parts donors?
RTM
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Here is an alternative more modern rendition of the same tool. Mine only does cotter pins maybe 15% of the time, the rest is misnamed used. Didn't know it was for cotter pins when I got my first one. As @Beerhippie says, so much easier than pliers.
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Private Lugnutz
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Nice find!
That's all?!
Seriously, the history of all these kinds of slandered fictional military figures - Schmedlaps and Lugnutzes and Joe Dopes - is interesting. Even during our active duty time you'd still hear references to "Snuffy Smith" - who was an actual US Army Air Forces airman during WWII.
Maybe!
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Beerhippie
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seber
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If a pick doesn't fit the bill, I go to a side cutter.
Jim_No_Garage
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Por que no los dos?
Beerhippie
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I guess the one does tend to follow upon the other.... I'm at the age where friends just seem to get surgeries for no obvious reason.
I hit an off-season estate sale today. Either I was far too late in the day or these folks just don't know how to hoard stuff. Almost no tools, no Coleman, nothing but this:
A pair of Clyde Cutlery no. 05406 tree loppers for $2. Not too bad, something I can use, and I may have made a contact for some Coleman goodies.
I think I'll just clean the dirt and loose surface rust off and give 'em a goodly coat of BLO. I like the old patina they have. Then I'll get onto loppin' me some trees!
Outlawmws
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Back in the day I just muscled the castell nut past the cotter pin shearing it, then used a small drift to knock out the not re-usable, but cotter pins are easy/cheap.
Beerhippie
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Been there, done that. A small nail makes for a decent field-expedient cotter pin.
Beerhippie
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Clyde is done!
It got a good edge, Scrubbed the rust and dirt off with 4-0 steel wool, sanded the splinters and burrs off the handles, tightened the pivot rivet and slapped on a couple of coats of thinned BLO. It'll be ready for some tree loppin' tomorrow!
It got a good edge, Scrubbed the rust and dirt off with 4-0 steel wool, sanded the splinters and burrs off the handles, tightened the pivot rivet and slapped on a couple of coats of thinned BLO. It'll be ready for some tree loppin' tomorrow!
In keeping with the recent Restore postings, I'll add my meager finds from yesterday.
Williams B-110 extension, 3/8 drive, 6". Herbrand S-27 extension, 1/2 drive, 4".
Husky 22234 5/8", 3/8 drive, spark plug socket, (rubber insert intact).
For the record, my local Restore is usually very light on inventory of decent tools but yesterday there was quite an assortment of sockets. Mostly Craftsman, SK, Herbrand, & imports marked at $1 each. I left them behind as they were all 12 point and I have far too many random sockets already.
My bill was $3.24, gave $4 and received a nice surprise in my change.
Williams B-110 extension, 3/8 drive, 6". Herbrand S-27 extension, 1/2 drive, 4".
Husky 22234 5/8", 3/8 drive, spark plug socket, (rubber insert intact).
For the record, my local Restore is usually very light on inventory of decent tools but yesterday there was quite an assortment of sockets. Mostly Craftsman, SK, Herbrand, & imports marked at $1 each. I left them behind as they were all 12 point and I have far too many random sockets already.
My bill was $3.24, gave $4 and received a nice surprise in my change.
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brockmub
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Private Lugnutz
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Are you guys going to grade the 1952 quarter for us non-numismatists? How "nice" is the "surprise"? Not that a monetary value is necessary for it to be rare, cool, and just fun - I'd be the last person here to argue that, but now that you've called it out, inquiring minds want to know if it's worth a free lunch or next month's mortgage payment.
Outlawmws
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Yes he does! at melt value, he walked with more $$ in his pocket than he came in with. It has some wear, so not sure about rarity, but melt value at a minimum. ~5-1/2 bucks
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