2025 Garage Sale Thread (14th Annual)

[Outlawmws]

I would think that would make either one. Jotul is known for Krumkake irons though.

 

[liliysdad]

^ It's for making krumkake, not waffles.

Not a clue what the difference is, and doubt I ever find out, but thank you! Everything I found called it a waffle maker, so some clarity helps!

 

[ararat]

That waffle maker is probably worth some $$!

Still on the Firestone plane!

Tire plane, gotta keep the tread even.

 

[3baygarage]

That waffle maker is probably worth some $$!

Still on the Firestone plane!

It is kind of odd to associate Firestone with wood working.

Bluebolt, what is that flex socket speed wrench? Looks interesting.

 

[Outlawmws]

It is kind of odd to associate Firestone with wood working.

Bluebolt, what is that flex socket speed wrench? Looks interesting.

Maybe it dates back to when wheels on cars were still made of wood?

 

[Patrickm82]

I hit 1 estate sale and 1 MP buy. The weather has sucked here (MA) raining for the past month every weekend. Market place I got a Reedsman 5180, a few chips in a jaw but otherwise good. $50.


Then the estate sale was day 2 so the prices weren’t bad. Kind of a half *** operation!
Craftsman box with a bunch of stuff in it for $25.
A Reed 7000 pipe vise
Estwing drilling hammer
General, craftsman, wire wrapped file handles
3 Williams wrenches 1 Dbe, 2 doe
2 blue point doe
Snap on 4” straight blade driver
An odd pair of locking pliers. Just thought they were cool looking.
Thread repair file, soap stone holder, old red devil scraper, dasco scratch awl.
Craftsman 2 line V socket set missing a few bits
1/4 & 3/8 craftsman drift pins
Armstrong and Williams wedges

 

[Smokeshow69]

I hit 1 estate sale and 1 MP buy. The weather has sucked here (MA) raining for the past month every weekend. Market place I got a Reedsman 5180, a few chips in a jaw but otherwise good. $50.


Then the estate sale was day 2 so the prices weren’t bad. Kind of a half *** operation!
Craftsman box with a bunch of stuff in it for $25.
A Reed 7000 pipe vise
Estwing drilling hammer
General, craftsman, wire wrapped file handles
3 Williams wrenches 1 Dbe, 2 doe
2 blue point doe
Snap on 4” straight blade driver
An odd pair of locking pliers. Just thought they were cool looking.
Thread repair file, soap stone holder, old red devil scraper, dasco scratch awl.
Craftsman 2 line V socket set missing a few bits
1/4 & 3/8 craftsman drift pins
Armstrong and Williams wedges

Oh! The long c reeds man vise! Very nice. One of those has evaded me for all these years but eventually I will get one

 

[brockmub]

Go back and ask for the case for that computer--you have everything else!

Those Corsair RAM cards were premium in their day!

Corsair? Nope... G. Skill Ripjaws. Usually the cost-effective choice, the red heat spreaders told people you were a gamer before the advent of LEDs on everything.

 

[Patrickm82]

Oh! The long c reeds man vise! Very nice. One of those has evaded me for all these years but eventually I will get one

I have the swivel base 5185 as well.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Awesome finds guys!

 

[RTM]

Still on the Firestone plane

It is kind of odd to associate Firestone with wood working.

Just like Winchester, kinda odd

Like Craftsman, Monkey Wards, and so many others, private labelled by someone else, this excerpt from a 1996 auction posting from Great Plains says Stanley. "Firestone Supreme 14" jack plane (Stanley-made, front knob blue, frog red, Firestone logo in lever cap in red background, good usable cond., unusual)"


Anything to expand the product line.

 

[3baygarage]

Maybe it dates back to when wheels on cars were still made of wood?

I could’ve used that in the past to shave down Firestone’s Saturday wait time. Instead I got my keys back and left.

 

[JMP]

This weekends finds. Nice selection of random bits. Went back to the same place as last weekend. I only scratched the surface sorting through containers filled to the brim with random tools acquired over the years from various auctions and estates.

 

[zanyad]

The Rock Island is covered in a couple coats of nasty paint but the jaws are nice and crisp and no signs of damage from what I could tell at a cursory glance. Easily worth the $15 they were asking.

You ****!

It was pretty grimy, but cleaned up pretty decent. All the bits were in the handle.
Wera for $1.

You ****!

Picked up a Reed No 23-1/2 Light weight Utility vise yesterday for $15. 3-1/2" jaws 17 lbs, 3-1/4" capacity - with its tool box top mounting plate:

Nice pick!

Curb picked ($0)

Woohoo!

 

[Beerhippie]

I use the same tops I made for those useless cloth "Umbrella" folding camp tables. only the high stand is a LOT more comfortable to work/cook at. I even made a "double wide" and use 2 stands for it.

You can also put those 24X18" commercial aluminum baking trays on top for a table top.

Just had a thought (I do know better): Install a piano hinge between those two so they fold closed with the hollow side in. Install some Velcro or elastic loops and store silverware, spatulas, kitchen knives, etc inside for transport.

Con: Having them connected would make them harder to get level and stable in the unimproved places I like to camp.

 

[LesserSon]

Wikipedia says Firestone also made missiles and ran a country club, so…

 

[3baygarage]

A couple of stops this week.

Habitat buys:
- Eifel was marked $50 in the glass case. The cashier told me they’re 75% off in the sale. Hmmm, $12.50. Very tempting. On my way out I expressed my interest again and was told $10. I felt the need to rescue them from being a permanent fifty dollar display piece. Still, the most I ever paid for one. Oddly, double the original price!

-No. 9 cast iron griddle. Research shows it might be Lodge.

-Screwdrivers: odd Bell System Bridgeport double end tool. Flat blade x maybe a 3/16” nut driver, Vaco pocket clip, P&C stubby. I keep saying this store always has best stubbies.

 

[3baygarage]

Late Saturday flea market stop.

-Indestro Super 1/2” ratchet
-Craftsman Professional adjustable wrench
-private label pliers, Superior Deshler Propane Company. I’m thinking Crescent? What say you guys? Most of you are much better at the name that pliers game. Either way, I like the contract stuff no matter the maker.

 

[RTM]

Wikipedia says Firestone also made missiles and ran a country club, so…

And a winery or two in the late 80ds and early 90s, as well as a brewery. Ran into Brooks Firestone hoeing weeds in the winery run by his wife. The shoes, watch and sunglasses all looked too nice to be a common hand, then someone hollered " Brooks, phone" and confirmed our guess

 

[bmwrd0]

Firestone Brewery? Why, that's an 805!

 

[RTM]

Firestone Brewery? Why, that's an 805!

Now. Back in 1990 or so, it was just Firestone, then hyphenated Firestone Walker, then 805, I think. Somewhere I have a Tee Shirt from them. I was working for the good old fashioned macro brewery at the time, so it was funny.

 

[bmwrd0]

(I grew up in the 805, you are in, what, the 405?)

 

[bluebolt]

3Baygarage, I had no idea what it was. It has no markings whatsoever. It was in the P&G valve gapper box but the way everything was mixed together in the garage I didn't think it belonged there.

Then another member asked some questions about the P&G paperwork and I just pulled the P&G sales pamphlet out an low and behold the flex wrench was in there! Also found this cool P&G reverse decal!

 

[bluebolt]

I saved the best for last of my automotive machine shop picks! 3 Thunderbird cast aluminum valve covers for 292 - 312 Y block engines. One of the best looking factory rocker covers ever made. No cracks, I'll give them a basic cleaning soon. My total at the machine shop was $480, selling these should cover most of that.

 

[liliysdad]

That was an amazing haul. There’s some eBay gold in that pile of valve covers!

 

[Smokeshow69]

I saved the best for last of my automotive machine shop picks! 3 Thunderbird cast aluminum valve covers for 292 - 312 Y block engines. One of the best looking factory rocker covers ever made. No cracks, I'll give them a basic cleaning soon. My total at the machine shop was $480, selling these should cover most of that.

Yup, blue bolt ***** majorly!

 

[Pexto]

An odd pair of locking pliers. Just thought they were cool looking.

Those look like Facom/Proto. They are really high-quality pliers, and for $10 they merit a hearty "You ****!"

 

[SC Fly Guy]

Late Saturday flea market stop.

-Indestro Super 1/2” ratchet
-Craftsman Professional adjustable wrench
-private label pliers, Superior Deshler Propane Company. I’m thinking Crescent? What say you guys? Most of you are much better at the name that pliers game. Either way, I like the contract stuff no matter the maker.

I believe you’re right on Crescent for the pliers. I’d recognize that knurling pattern anywhere!

 

[RTM]

(I grew up in the 805, you are in, what, the 405?)

now in 650, an offshoot of 415. 818 when I bought the shirt.

Edited out a bunch of security question stuff

 

[3jakes]

Estate sale, I think I have about $100 in this lot.
It was a rainy day with poor access, had to dig, make a deal, & carry back up a hill to car.
All good till the last trip with the tractor weights Ha! Hope to flip those & get most of the cost back.

Ramps, 2 gallons of fresh gas in can, 12awg cord
Deere 40lb weights, Jorgensen 6" clamps, 2 Peterson
SK deep 1/2 incomplete, 3/8 deep complete
C-man =V= Bar, Estwing, NAPA pouch, but puller inside is KD. (maybe KD was oem for NAPA?)



I always love finding oil & chemicals at sales, usually can get for about $1./ qt.
Motor oil mostly Castrol, Injector cleaner, Battery tender, Filters
Big fork on a short handle, Maul



Bessey clamps, 2 Armstrong 1 Williams c-clamps, Full bar oil & de-greaser

 

[Patrickm82]

Those look like Facom/Proto. They are really high-quality pliers, and for $10 they merit a hearty "You ****!"

They weren’t even $10 like I said it was a half *** sale. The guy had prices on everything then just told me to put what I wanted in the box for $25. I did see a pair of proto’s on eBay that are an exact match.

 

[seber]

Not a clue what the difference is, and doubt I ever find out, but thank you! Everything I found called it a waffle maker, so some clarity helps!

My grandmother always had Krumkaka on the table. My mother made it but very rarely. But that iron is a waffle maker, not krumkaka.

 

[gleman]

I would think that would make either one. Jotul is known for Krumkake irons though.

My white whale is the Combifire 4

 

[Provincial]

The Easter Island model!

 

[gleman]

The Easter Island model!

I missed one in 2015 for 400 bucks that needed refurb. I'm still kicking myself!

 

[pfaustus]

What's the allure of this key board? I remember these from computers in the 90's when I was a kid. The keys on these things are terrible and make your fingers feel like they are wearing stilts Are these key boards super hard to find or have an unmatched vintage allure?

With a spring under the keys, those were designed by IBM to mimic the feel of a Selectric typewriter on a PC. Absolutely beloved (and much mourned) by the kind of touch typists who could do 80 words a minute. They even helped the rest of us be better typists.

 

[pfaustus]

That waffle maker is probably worth some $$!

Still on the Firestone plane!

Supposedly, way back in the day, Firestone had stores resembling old Western Auto stores. So, there would be bicycles, and woodworking tools, camping equipment, and lots of other stuff we wouldn't associate with Firestone today.

 

[Beerhippie]

With a spring under the keys, those were designed by IBM to mimic the feel of a Selectric typewriter on a PC. Absolutely beloved (and much mourned) by the kind of touch typists who could do 80 words a minute. They even helped the rest of us be better typists.

I'll be keeping an eye out for one. I hate the feeble feedback of most keyboards.

I learned to type 60 wpm on a Selectric and used an old Olivetti portable for classwork back in the days of the dinosaurs.

 

[Skellyii]

I'll be keeping an eye out for one. I hate the feeble feedback of most keyboards.

I learned to type 60 wpm on a Selectric and used an old Olivetti portable for classwork back in the days of the dinosaurs.

Damn!

You must be even older than I am!

I'm still cleaning out my stash of IT stuff, if I find any more of them I'll send you one.

 

[Cruzan80]

If you don't find that specific one, I would look for Blue switches in a keyboard. Fair amount of pressure/travel, loud click when engaged. There is a whole range of key-switches to dial in your level of travel/pressure.