2025 Garage Sale Thread (14th Annual)

[Jim_No_Garage]

Picked up the lights from the auction, here are some better pics of the lot. The 3 lights at the bottom of the pic have tags Mfg. by Dayton and they are my favorites. The 2 matching Dayton lights I plan on putting on my Bridgeport. Other pic is most of what came with the lot.
crank handles are manual feed wheels that actually fit my Bridgeport. 2 belts for larger Bridgeport, old DRO, 2 air over hydraulic cylinders etc.

Those are some nice vintage machine lamps!

 

[elmer]

Those are some nice vintage machine lamps!

Mounted the 2 Daytons on the Bridgeport.

 

[Cruzan80]

Stopped by an estate sale this afternoon. Some of the good stuff pictured had already left. Got the following for about 12.50 (Proto catalog was .50cent, boring bars were 3, and the blue thing was $8...) Needless to say, when I saw the price, it immediately went into my bag!

 

[Beerhippie]

Stopped by an estate sale this afternoon. Some of the good stuff pictured had already left. Got the following for about 12.50 (Proto catalog was .50cent, boring bars were 3, and the blue thing was $8...) Needless to say, when I saw the price, it immediately went into my bag!

"Blue thing" is a speed-reducing intermediate pulley, probably for a drill press--just find the one with the right ID column. Only worth about 20X what you paid.

You ****.

 

[mikeinri]

"Blue thing" is a speed-reducing intermediate pulley, probably for a drill press--just find the one with the right ID column. Only worth about 20X what you paid.

You ****.

Exactly, and ditto, he *****!!!!

Mike

 

[Fred Knox]

After a slow start to the year (dearth of sales/weather/health), I finally picked up a few tools over the last few weekends:

Harold 6” thin nose slip-joint pliers
Billings 78-8 adjustable 8" wrench
J.P. Danielson 9 ½" water pump pliers (W.4.5, which I believe are GMTK-correct?)
Chrome-Alloy Tools brake spring pliers
Plomb 1155 DBE 1 5/16" x 1 1/4" (date code c)
Plomb 1140 DBE 7/8" x 13/16"
Plomb 1139 DBE 7/8" x 3/4"
Plomb Pebble 1140 DBE 7/8" x 13/16"
Plomb 8182 offset DBE 5/8" x 11/16"
Plomb 3426 tappet wrench 9/16" x 1/2"
Plomb 1730 1930's starter obstruction wrench 9/16"x 5/8"; 12-pt
Plomb 5251 ratchet; 3/8"-drive
Plomb Los Angeles #5112 3/8" deep socket; 8-point; 3/8'-drive
mini hack saw with great knurled handle
Snap-on #71-M ratchet
New Britain 1/2" hex allen wrench; 7" length
Craftsman 1/2"-drive female reversible ratchet, no plug
8" Masterench Chrome Vanadium (Heller Brothers Co.)
Armstrong Chrome Vanadium 7735A DBE 1 1/16 x 1 1/8"
Bonney DBE wrench (PO bent it 90°) with “0795” and “X3157” markings. It has a six-sided segment of the shaft for turning power. I couldn’t find any information on it in any catalogs.
Billings & Spencer #2000 curved DOE 1/4 OC x 3/16 OC
Vintage Smith & Hemenway Co. Red Devil 444 7-1/2 "Giant Grip" knurled pliers
Mayhew knurled set punch; 1/8" tip with "no roll" shank
Mayhew knurled set punch; 1/16" tip with "no roll" shank
Mayhew 9" pin punch; 3/8" tip
Walden 50-B 9/16 x 5/8" multi-wrench. “HUPMOBILE SERVICE” marked.
Machined 7/8" 6-pt Socket Wrench
Armstrong No. 37 DOE 1 1/4 x 1 1/16
flexible 10” hex screwdriver
pressed steel 15/16" spark plug socket
7" vintage pliers with obscured markings (see photo). I can make out something like …CLOUHGUN & …CADMAN. Any help appreciated.
Some kind of a wobble drive with a 1/2"-drive and a pressed steel 13/16" socket. Unmarked. ??

 

[Private Lugnutz]

(W.4.5, which I believe are GMTK-correct?)

Yes.

Walden 50-B 9/16 x 5/8" multi-wrench. “HUPMOBILE SERVICE” marked.

Very cool! Nice find.

Some kind of a wobble drive with a 1/2"-drive and a pressed steel 13/16" socket. Unmarked. ??

Looks shop-made.

7" vintage pliers with obscured markings (see photo). I can make out something like …CLOUHGUN & …CADMAN. Any help appreciated.

Classic British pattern gas and burner pliers with that pipe reamer and turn screw or punch, hard to tell from the pic. on the handles. I have an Elliot-Lucas pair in that same pattern. COLQUHOUN & CADMAN. Sheffield. Nice find.

 

[Cruzan80]

"Blue thing" is a speed-reducing intermediate pulley, probably for a drill press--just find the one with the right ID column. Only worth about 20X what you paid.

Yes, Companion was a Sears brand in the 30's, before Dunlap was a thing. So fits the Atlas-made drill presses exactly, and probably the Delta 220 (there was one at the sale) and others. The earlier CM ones had the pulley stand higher due to the "swoopy-ness" of the headstock, vs the later King Seeley versions.

Was being a bit silly with the naming, admittedly. I do know what it actually is...

 

[Patrickm82]

Getting ready to go pickup this pallet of junk, I thought it would go cheap but no, hammer price was $80.
What Im interested in is the old machine lights in the lower right corner.
Looks like there's an old DRO that's likely junk as well. Probably will be throwing most of this stuff out. Hopefully there will be a few other hidden goodies. I know this isn't a garage sale, it was an internet auction but I thought it would still fit here.

 

[Patrickm82]

Yes, Companion was a Sears brand in the 30's, before Dunlap was a thing. So fits the Atlas-made drill presses exactly, and probably the Delta 220 (there was one at the sale) and others. The earlier CM ones had the pulley stand higher due to the "swoopy-ness" of the headstock, vs the later King Seeley versions.

Was being a bit silly with the naming, admittedly. I do know what it actually is...

Yeah well you still ****!

 

[zanyad]

I went back to that sale and spent another $5.

**** x2

Proto catalog was .50cent, boring bars were 3, and the blue thing was $8.

****!

 

[Outlawmws]

the blue thing was $8...) Needless to say, when I saw the price, it immediately went into my bag!

"Blue thing" is a speed-reducing intermediate pulley,

Yes, Companion was a Sears brand in the 30's, before Dunlap was a thing. So fits the Atlas-made drill presses exactly, and probably the Delta 220

Definitely ***** for the reducer pulley!!

 

[3baygarage]

Fred -some nice old finds!

Looking good there guys!

 

[Provincial]

Cruzan80 would **** just for the boring bits alone, but the whole pick intensifies the suction.

Fred Knox hit the Mother Lode of Plomb!

 

[ctuai]

Wow, Great haul, but these are the standouts to me Esp. the checkering tools! - I'd love to find some!

Interesting hobby. Here's my first go at it. Kind of looks checkered. Once you get the primary line laid out, which I kind of pulled off, its sort of relaxing.

 

[Outlawmws]

That's not a bad first attempt. Clean checkering takes practice, curved surfaces are the most difficult. I have an old single Winchester 20 Gauge a PO tried to do. I'd love to get good and clean that up a bit.

I believe a guide for the first run helps a lot.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Stopped by an estate sale this afternoon. Some of the good stuff pictured had already left. Got the following for about 12.50 (Proto catalog was .50cent, boring bars were 3, and the blue thing was $8...) Needless to say, when I saw the price, it immediately went into my bag!

Well don’t you just **** for the atlas /companion msa pulley and the cheap proto catalog!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Today's flea trip (Lugz 2025_06) gleaned this highly selective trio...



/ Cochran "Model 1910" (1908 patent) pipe wrench with thee most stable dynamic jaw "stabilizer" I have ever had the pleasure of inspecting, and that includes Ridge, Erie, and Improved Stillson. (Also, if you're not aware, this is the same James Cochran as the maker of the Speednut wrench and the inspiration for the subtle tool drawings pattern on GJ's background - he is the site owner's distant relative.) Weirdly, I got this in trade from a guy I reluctantly traded it to a few years ago. HAHA.

/ Mossberg No. 74 bicycle wrench. (First one of this model number for me!)

/ Auto-Lite ignition tool. (Just because I am sucker for All Things Ignition.)

 

[Private Lugnutz]

LEFT-BEHINDs

Pic 1: One of the kookiest homemade multitools I have ever seen in the wild. Tempted! As some of you know, I have a collection - a whole drawer full! - of tool mods, and I am fond of efficienct designs, but at some point it can get trumped by practicality, and the thought of that file digging into one's hand with every swing is past that point for me!

Pic 2: A pair of vintage water skis. Tempted! If only for the novelty or the criss-crossed wall hanging quality on a boat shed.

Pic 3: A combination of medallions (Disston and E.C. Simmons) on the same hand saw. Curious, but not enough! Guessing that is either a standard vintage Third Party production practice I didn't know about (not really a hand saw guy), or a PO replaced one of the medallions. Calling @LesserSon.

 

[Beerhippie]

That's one hell of an anti-slip grip!

 

[Old Radar]

Interesting small haul after returning from a week-long trip to NoVa to prep my rental house for new tenants.
ES pictures showed a fairly complete 1/2" drive Wizard socket set, but I didn't make the first entry group and it was snapped up for only $12. I did find the set's separated (and separately priced) breaker bar on a table and handed it to the guy that had the set, saying it should be included. The agent included it without a fuss.

Small, well worn Snap-on SPP-46 screwdriver
Plomb WF-101R 3/8 obstruction wrench
Long C Craftsman DOE I need for my collection
Hinsdale 3/8 drive H12J ratchet with 13/16 socket
$11 Total

For the novelty, I picked up the Volvo-marked Swedish adjustable/alligator combo, known as The Shark. Several guys here have them, including RTM and Lugz. Mine is identical to Lugz's--minus his unique 90 degree bend. Mine has an unknown code--129 with forged dots at 12:30 and 3:30, while Lugz has 174 with the dots at 12:00 and 1:00.


The real frustration/disappointment came during the clean-up of the Hinsdale.
The selector was a bit sticky and I suspected the usual dried-out grease was hindering movement.
The back requires a pin spanner to remove it and I know I have three of the Williams adjustable types--all of which were probably hiding in another tool box on the other side of the garage--laughing at my inability to find them...
I resorted to two Allen wrenches and a vise. PITA if you only have two hands.
The dried out grease seemed to be the problem and I wanted to remove the selector to clean all the crannies. The selector screws into the front of the head and I was able to back it out only half a turn (180 degrees) before it stopped--and it wouldn't turn back the other way more than a few degrees. After a few minutes of jiggling and gentle persuasion, it slipped back into motion for a single full rotation, stopping again with the pawl grooves up.
Fast-forwarding past a good 90 minutes of effort that included looking up the 1,888,885 patent for a visual reference and then fabricating tools I hoped would slip around the selector and depress the ball catch to allow unhindered rotation/removal.
Utter failures.


Some less-gentle persuasion and more jiggling yielded another full rotation and opened a gap that I foolishly hoped I could slip a wire down to depress the ball. Another 45 minutes of fruitless folly.
Back to yet another session of heavier persuasion and jiggling...
Finally it broke loose--and I was able to see a small piece of broken spring in the dried grease. Well, there's your problem! I spent another 45 minutes cleaning the hard chunks of dried grease--giving special attention to the spring well. I noted the heavy wear on the ratchet wheel teeth and both sides of the selector (pawl and ball side). The steel ball was also heavily faceted.


After my fastidious cleaning, re-greasing and with a now-shorter and less powerful spring, I was pseudo-confident that the reassembly would go smoothly--or at least less frustratingly...
One (1) full turn was all I got before the damn thing stopped again. After another hour of increasingly more persuasion and jiggling, I decided to stop dicking around and use brute force.
I clamped the selector in the vise and after a series of sharp tugs, it came free. And by that, I mean the threads broke, the selector fell out of the ratchet and the steel ball shot out--and is probably now living and laughing with my collection of pin spanners.

 

[RTM]

Pic 3: A combination of medallions (Disston and E.C. Simmons) on the same hand saw. Curious, but not enough! Guessing that is either a standard vintage Third Party production practice I didn't know about (not really a hand saw guy), or a PO replaced one of the screws with a medallions

My vote highlighted and fixed above. The top one does not seem as set as the lower one? Lots of Disston out there, much fewer E.C. Simmons Simonds.

Edited to fix a reality from below

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Interesting small haul after returning from a week-long trip to NoVa to prep my rental house for new tenants.

Check your PM later.

Volvo-marked Swedish adjustable/alligator combo, known as The Shark.

Nice find!

Mine has an unknown code--129 with forged dots at 12:30 and 3:30, while Lugz has 174 with the dots at 12:00 and 1:00.

Very interest observation. I wonder of any of the Swedish guys on the 'Swedish tools' thread know anything. But that's the thing about codes, even esoteric die codes on wrenches. They all beg our human curiosity to be solved!

 

[Beerhippie]

Interesting small haul after returning from a week-long trip to NoVa to prep my rental house for new tenants.
ES pictures showed a fairly complete 1/2" drive Wizard socket set, but I didn't make the first entry group and it was snapped up for only $12. I did find the set's separated (and separately priced) breaker bar on a table and handed it to the guy that had the set, saying it should be included. The agent included it without a fuss.

Small, well worn Snap-on SPP-46 screwdriver
Plomb WF-101R 3/8 obstruction wrench
Long C Craftsman DOE I need for my collection
Hinsdale 3/8 drive H12J ratchet with 13/16 socket
$11 Total

For the novelty, I picked up the Volvo-marked Swedish adjustable/alligator combo, known as The Shark. Several guys here have them, including RTM and Lugz. Mine is identical to Lugz's--minus his unique 90 degree bend. Mine has an unknown code--129 with forged dots at 12:30 and 3:30, while Lugz has 174 with the dots at 12:00 and 1:00.


The real frustration/disappointment came during the clean-up of the Hinsdale.
The selector was a bit sticky and I suspected the usual dried-out grease was hindering movement.
The back requires a pin spanner to remove it and I know I have three of the Williams adjustable types--all of which were probably hiding in another tool box on the other side of the garage--laughing at my inability to find them...
I resorted to two Allen wrenches and a vise. PITA if you only have two hands.
The dried out grease seemed to be the problem and I wanted to remove the selector to clean all the crannies. The selector screws into the front of the head and I was able to back it out only half a turn (180 degrees) before it stopped--and it wouldn't turn back the other way more than a few degrees. After a few minutes of jiggling and gentle persuasion, it slipped back into motion for a single full rotation, stopping again with the pawl grooves up.
Fast-forwarding past a good 90 minutes of effort that included looking up the 1,888,885 patent for a visual reference and then fabricating tools I hoped would slip around the selector and depress the ball catch to allow unhindered rotation/removal.
Utter failures.


Some less-gentle persuasion and more jiggling yielded another full rotation and opened a gap that I foolishly hoped I could slip a wire down to depress the ball. Another 45 minutes of fruitless folly.
Back to yet another session of heavier persuasion and jiggling...
Finally it broke loose--and I was able to see a small piece of broken spring in the dried grease. Well, there's your problem! I spent another 45 minutes cleaning the hard chunks of dried grease--giving special attention to the spring well. I noted the heavy wear on the ratchet wheel teeth and both sides of the selector (pawl and ball side). The steel ball was also heavily faceted.


After my fastidious cleaning, re-greasing and with a now-shorter and less powerful spring, I was pseudo-confident that the reassembly would go smoothly--or at least less frustratingly...
One (1) full turn was all I got before the damn thing stopped again. After another hour of increasingly more persuasion and jiggling, I decided to stop dicking around and use brute force.
I clamped the selector in the vise and after a series of sharp tugs, it came free. And by that, I mean the threads broke, the selector fell out of the ratchet and the steel ball shot out--and is probably now living and laughing with my collection of pin spanners.

Just another fifteen-minute job!

 

[Outlawmws]

No sales I'm willing to go to today, but I arranged a Freecycle PU for this AM - A Regulated Power Supply, and a good size aluminum project box -Power supply seems to be 20V and 15A output max.

 

[alinc100]

estate auction from yesterday I bid on a couple things ,won this single lot:
Craftsman ½” dr ratchet
Craftsman ½” dr 7/16” -1” missing 7/8” 12 pt shallow
Craftsman ½” dr 5” extension
Craftsman ⅜” dr ratchet
Craftsman ⅜’’ dr ⅜” to ¾’’ 12 pt shallow,SP socket
Crafstman ⅜’’ dr 3” extension
Crafstman pin punch
Craftsman ¼” x 5/16” doe
Craftsman hack saw
Craftsman magnetic nut socket inserts
Craftsman Torpedo level
Craftsman Crowntop box with tray
Unbranded ½” ratchet (import)
Proto oil sensor socket
Thorsen ½” drive 1-1/16” 12 pt shallow
Channelock 420’s
Petersen Vise Grip 9LN
Screwball ratcheting screwdriver
Teflon tape
Tin snips
Needlenose
Feeler guages
Tubing cutter Ridgid
Lufkin 12 ft tape measure
Mini utility knife,swiss army knife

Since I am home alone and unsupervised, the dishwasher was empty so I'm running a couple toolbox trays through a cycle right now.

 

[Marsim]

Nice condition surplus stretcher. $5

 

[ctuai]

Estate sale ($20): 4 Jorgensen 3706 bar-clamps; Proto 9200C nut driver set; Carver 6" clamp.

Sure wish I had the 9210 nut driver, but that tends to be the way things go.​

 

[NJ Marty]

Last week I stopped at a sale that would have been great before all the good tools were grabbed by presale buyers. ***** when you wait on line then they tell you they had a presale.
Anyway a few scraps were left behind and at $30 for all I felt it was worth it for the plane. I have plenty of combination squares but never seen Starretts this large., had to grab them. The catalogs are early 1960s.

 

[Provincial]

estate auction from yesterday I bid on a couple things ,won this single lot:
Craftsman ½” dr ratchet
Craftsman ½” dr 7/16” -1” missing 7/8” 12 pt shallow
Craftsman ½” dr 5” extension
Craftsman ⅜” dr ratchet
Craftsman ⅜’’ dr ⅜” to ¾’’ 12 pt shallow,SP socket
Crafstman ⅜’’ dr 3” extension
Crafstman pin punch
Craftsman ¼” x 5/16” doe
Craftsman hack saw
Craftsman magnetic nut socket inserts
Craftsman Torpedo level
Craftsman Crowntop box with tray
Unbranded ½” ratchet (import)
Proto oil sensor socket
Thorsen ½” drive 1-1/16” 12 pt shallow
Channelock 420’s
Petersen Vise Grip 9LN
Screwball ratcheting screwdriver
Teflon tape
Tin snips
Needlenose
Feeler guages
Tubing cutter Ridgid
Lufkin 12 ft tape measure
Mini utility knife,swiss army knife

Since I am home alone and unsupervised, the dishwasher was empty so I'm running a couple toolbox trays through a cycle right now.

I chose ha ha, but would have given a like, too!

 

[Outlawmws]

I chose ha ha, but would have given a like, too!

Same! the last line was a killer!

 

[tombell572]

A belated big suckola to elmer--just one of those machine lights is probably worth more than what you paid for the whole purchase. Looking good on the B-port.

Tom B.

 

[alinc100]

Update: Bad idea. the dirtiest one cleaned up very well, the cleaner one lost all paint and flash rusted. Running the DW through a cleaning cycle with a powder cleaning agent to shine it back up. I'll not try that experiment again. Before:

 

[d42jeep]

Estate sale ($20): 4 Jorgensen 3706 bar-clamps; Proto 9200C nut driver set; Carver 6" clamp.

Sure wish I had the 9210 nut driver, but that tends to be the way things go.​

I have this 9210 available for trade if you want to fill out that set. It’s not really an exact match to the rest of your set. Looks more Xcelite than Vaco supplied.
-Don

 

[RTM]

I have plenty of combination squares but never seen Starretts this large., had to grab them.

That big square bodied square is not cheap, called a 439 builders combination tool. Retails for $700ish right now.

Starrett Tools 50th Anniversary : Catalog No. 25 : L. S. Starrett Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

388 p., illus., 18.7 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

The other might be a #17, about a dozen pages up from the 439. P78

 

[NJ Marty]

That big square bodied square is not cheap, called a 439 builders combination tool. Retails for $700ish right now.

Starrett Tools 50th Anniversary : Catalog No. 25 : L. S. Starrett Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

388 p., illus., 18.7 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

The other might be a #17, about a dozen pages up from the 439. P78

Yes that is the one, I have the 24" blade. Thanks for the link.

 

[mikeinri]

...I have the 24" blade...

And another YOU **** (for the whole enchilada)!

Mike

 

[Levaughn]

These are some miscellaneous item I picked up today at an Estate Sale for $10. Not listed was a Pentax
Point & Shoot with a fresh roll of 400 asa Kodak film loaded in the camera.

Stanley Long Screw Driver
Zipper Slides
Glue Sticks
Screws

 

[alinc100]

Last week I stopped at a sale that would have been great before all the good tools were grabbed by presale buyers. ***** when you wait on line then they tell you they had a presale.
Anyway a few scraps were left behind and at $30 for all I felt it was worth it for the plane. I have plenty of combination squares but never seen Starretts this large., had to grab them.

NJ Marty I have the center-finder head for that square. PM your address, you deserve to re-unite the pieces.

 

[Outlawmws]

Mostly tools today, with a smattering of other things of interest to me:

Flea: $15 S&W knife, $1 Bridgeport Bell System wood handled driver, $10 SO swivel head ratchet; $10 I believe this is an M1 Garand cleaning kit tube and $10 for the Aluminum box of flies;



YS- $7 all! SK speeder, Big & small wood handle drivers, Wrenches from Indesrot, Proto, Plvmb, Craftsman Long C, Williams, SO, and Bonney, a pipe EZ out, Ideal wire stripper, and a 1" copper punch






Estate sale: $2 quart of Evaporust, and a GAM driver set orphan