2025 Garage Sale Thread (14th Annual)

[genog]

Nothing major, just a few oddball items this past Saturday....

The Seller and I got into a reverse negotiation...

He said, give me Five Bucks for all of this.
I said, It should be more.
Alright he said, give me three dollars.
We both had a good chuckle...


A couple of Snappy punches and three Snappy sockets was what I was mainly after......and a Long C dbe wrench
I went back later to buy a Hammer Stapler and other odds and ends stuff from him that I don't need

 

[mikeinri]

From one pro estate sale this weekend which was the only sale worth hitting. Sales company was reasonably priced this time.

Carton full of mostly Snap-On stuff, all or nothing. $45 + tax

1/2" drive Snap-On extensions, New Britain 1/2 breaker, Snap-On 3/8 breaker.



Mostly Snap-On 3/8" drive SAE sockets with a few 1/4" drive thrown in as well as a few MAC and Vulcan sockets in the mix



MAC distributor wrenches, Snap-On punches, Snap-On 1/4 flex extension, Snap-On mini hacksaw frame, Mac driver, Snap-On pickle fork.

You ****!

Mike

 

[Provincial]

WNYflyer *****.

 

[Pexto]

He said, give me Five Bucks for all of this.
I said, It should be more.
Alright he said, give me three dollars.
We both had a good chuckle...

That's great, you get a "You ****!" just for that.

I love those sorts of good-natured "negotiations."

 

[zanyad]

@WNYflyer and @genog ****!

 

[Stubby1743]

The first few local car boot sales have been a bit lean and so I've lumped all my purchases together.



King **** aluminium alloy 1/2" drive ratchet. I always pass on a load of king **** stuff.
Two Leatherman bit sets. I would never buy these new but for 50p I couldn't resist.
Garrington "Jay" 7/16 x 38W ring spanner. Dated 11/54.
Draper 10mm comb. unused and who doesn't need another 10mm!
No name 1/2" drive torque angle gauge.
Britool 1/2" drive 1 3/16. very nice condition.
Britool 3/8" F to 1/2" M adaptor.
RS branded 4 way utility cupboard key.
Vitrex "Handibit" British made hand countersink/deburrer. Looks unused.
Moore & Wright dividers. I would have passed on these but they are marked with AM for Air Ministry, a crown and 1939.



Another King **** chrome 3/4" SOE. I like this series of spanners.
Clay Sheffield, England 6mm cold chisel. Unused.
RS branded 5mm parallel punch. V nice condition.
Polymer abrasive wheel. Always useful for cleaning old tools.
No name universal joint. Very dirty and with surface rust when I picked it up thinking it was a female to female 1/2" drive. It isn't, it's 9/16" and much better made than any socket UJ. It even has an oil/grease port.
RS branded 5.5mm nut driver which looks unused. These were/are made for RS by Spiralux.
An adjustable reamer. This was filthy when I picked up. Very disappointed to find, on cleaning up, that it was made in India. Can't win them all!
Four small spring clamps. Always useful to have more.





Tiny unbranded drill index. Nos 61-80 (0.030" - 0.0135"). Three missing, the rest look unused.

All of the above cost me less than £10.

 

[seber]

The first few local car boot sales have been a bit lean and so I've lumped all my purchases together.



King **** aluminium alloy 1/2" drive ratchet. I always pass on a load of king **** stuff.
Two Leatherman bit sets. I would never buy these new but for 50p I couldn't resist.
Garrington "Jay" 7/16 x 38W ring spanner.
Draper 10mm comb. unused and who doesn't need another 10mm!
No name 1/2" drive torque angle gauge.
Britool 1/2" drive 1 3/16. very nice condition.
Britool 3/8" F to 1/2" M adaptor.
RS branded 4 way utility cupboard key.
Vitrex "Handibit" British made hand countersink/deburrer. Looks unused.
Moore & Wright dividers. I would have passed on these but they are marked with AM for Air Ministry, a crown and 1939.



Another King **** chrome 3/4" SOE. I like this series of spanners.
Clay Sheffield, England 6mm cold chisel. Unused.
RS branded 5mm parallel punch. V nice condition.
Polymer abrasive wheel. Always useful for cleaning old tools.
No name universal joint. Very dirty and with surface rust when I picked it up thinking it was a female to female 1/2" drive. It isn't, it's 9/16" and much better made than any socket UJ. It ever has an oil/grease port.
RS branded 5.5mm nut driver which looks unused. These were/are made for RS by Spiralux.
An adjustable reamer. This was filthy when I picked up. Very disappointed to find, on cleaning up, that it was made in India. Can't win them all!
Four small spring clamps. Always useful to have more.





Tiny unbranded drill index. Nos 61-80 (0.030" - 0.0135"). Three missing, the rest look unused.

All of the above cost me less than £10.

Pardon my ignorance,but what is a cupboard key?

 

[Stubby1743]

Pardon my ignorance,but what is a cupboard key?

A key to open the cupboards that contain gas or electricity meters.

 

[Outlawmws]

All of the above cost me less than £10.

Yeah, you **** for that haul

 

[liliysdad]

Made a lunch break pawn shop stop, these just came out. Grabbed them both for $300 out the door, they look brand new.

Snapon Techangle in 3/8 and 1/2, in the boxes with all paperwork.

 

[Patrickm82]

DAMN!! Nice score @liliysdad

 

[gleman]

Won an auction for a non-working KitchenAid mixer.



I can hear it hum but no rotation. Should be a fun project.

 

[RTM]

non-working KitchenAid mixer.


I can hear it hum but no rotation. Should be a fun project.

Plastic gears in the planetary drive are often the problem. Buy the grease before you open it up, you will need like a pint or less. That way you don't leave it apart waiting for expensive grease.

 

[Outlawmws]

Plastic gears in the planetary drive are often the problem. Buy the grease before you open it up, you will need like a pint or less. That way you don't leave it apart waiting for expensive grease.

on the grease you want the food safe grease as well...

 

[3jakes]

liliysdad *****!​

And green no less!

 

[gleman]

Plastic gears in the planetary drive are often the problem. Buy the grease before you open it up, you will need like a pint or less. That way you don't leave it apart waiting for expensive grease.

on the grease you want the food safe grease as well...

Thank you brothers! This one is no. 8 or 9 for me. Should give me a reason to sort out and update my KitchenAid thread!

I don't like the silver so laughs will be had at my painting skills!

 

[RTM]

Here is another small auction haul. First purchase was the interchangeable handle chisel set, no idea who made it, still working on the logo. Got the three ratchet screwdrivers real cheap, so didn’t feel bad reimporting Stanley stuff, except the longer two are Yankee by Stanley Sheffield . The “marking” knife was too pretty to let go without a bid, but it may be an erasing (or eraser ) knife, I have another downstairs somewhere, identified by my vintage bookbinder friend, the brand is Richardson’s. And finally, a Preston bullnose rabbet plane, I think another T271.

 

[knock knock]

Picked these up off market place. 44 wright wrenches for $100. Guy said if he finds any he missed will let me know

 

[knock knock]

Picked these up off market place. 44 wright wrenches for $100. Guy said if he finds any he missed will let me know. Always wanted a set of these have a few odds and ends.

 

[Beerhippie]

Picked these up off market place. 44 wright wrenches for $100. Guy said if he finds any he missed will let me know

Just in case you're wondering, yes, that is a YOU ****.

 

[WisJim]

Finally had a couple of garage sales in the area. I found a Skil "ratch n lock" pliers and a 6" black Crescent wrench at one sale, a sheet metal drill bit stand at another, and a $2 milk house heater at the third. I posted about the Skil pliers in the Vintage pliers thread.

 

[d42jeep]

There were two estate sales with tools mentioned today. Unfortunately they were definitely not close to one another. The first one was in Alameda put on by a company known to be a bit expensive. I passed on a $20.00 ‘40s California license plate. Here is what we brought home.
The Allen wrench set was pretty complete.
My wife found these Artisan pliers which were my favorites of the day.
The Stanley hand drill was unusual.
8” wartime Diamond adjustable badly in need of restoration.
Two Cincinnati Tool small clamps.
A folding wooden rule from the C.S. Co. in Pinemeadow Conn.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

The second sale was in Concord around 40 minutes from the first sale. We found some worthwhile tools there.
The Powr-Kraft tape measure may have been sourced from Lufkin.
Channellock pliers with the handle pattern.
Diamond tin snips and Motor Spec pliers.
Unusual brand on the torpedo level.
After I threw away the broken up lid, the Craftsman metric set was surprisingly complete.
A Dunlap Phillips screwdriver.
A Stanley line level.
-Don

 

[RTM]

C.S. Co. in Pinemeadow Conn

Chapin Stephens, a revered maker of rules and planes. Forget who took over later.

 

[mikeinri]

Chapin Stephens, a revered maker of rules and planes. Forget who took over later.

Quite a few hits on Google, this one is interesting, gives a very wide date range (back to early 1800s), and seems to indicate Stanley bought the business in 1929:

Chapin-Stephens Co. | Making Places

This site provides info on historic CT properties to encourage reuse of these buildings only. We do not represent any past or current business or its products.

connecticutmills.org

Mike

 

[bmwrd0]

Hit an estate sale today, run by a company that is short on tool knowledge. This works in my favor, most of the time. Anyway, here are todays finds

Jorgensen 3" clamp, Wakefield bicycle wrench, and a Klein socket set, missing two sockets the ratchet and extension, with junk inserted.
The set was Wright sourced, so I know what to look for, although it doesn't seem to be very common. Anyway, the set has a cool label under the glued on cardboard from the box it came in

I am a bit of a Klein fan, and tracked it down in the catalog, #120.

 

[ecotec]

Sandpaper, Proto hex bit sockets, Lisle T60, Wright 1/4”, Blue-Point 10mm damaged nut socket, Teeny Turner, Sargent parallel jaw pliers (very small), Snap-on metric feeler gauge, KD metric feeler gauge $8.

 

[Outlawmws]

Teeny Turner

Is this the stubby blue bit driver? details? that looks handy to have.

 

[bmwrd0]

It seems to be a Picquik

Picquic – We still make'em like we used to

The Original Instant Multi. Is it the best? You decide. The original Picquic Professional or at-home use, the bit assortment you need most. Picquic, on a budget Shorter handle, shorter bits, nothing short

picquic.ca

 

[ecotec]

Is this the stubby blue bit driver? details? that looks handy to have.

It is a tiny version of the Piqiuc screwdriver line. They sell them at ACE.

Handle made in Canada bits made in Taiwan.

 

[neharr41]

Facebook Marketplace pickup yesterday. It was a guy selling his dad's tools who was a bus mechanic starting in the 70s. Not a metric tool in the whole room! Lol.

There was a mix of brands, I grabbed basically all the Snap-on. I had to leave behind quite a few Contour Grip screwdrivers (my favorite handle) as the handles were just too far deteriorated and falling apart in my hands.

All for $90, my favorite find would have to be the ratchets or the full 1/4" drive SAE deep 6-point set.

 

[Patrickm82]

You **** for that one @neharr41 nice haul!

 

[Outlawmws]

You **** for that one @neharr41 nice haul!

Yes he does!

 

[WisJim]

Our local humane society holds 2 large thrift sales during the year, and today was opening day for the spring version. Opens at 9am in a building at the county fairgrounds just down the street from where we live now, and at 8:30 I was about 100 or so in line. Nothing of interest in the tools and hardware (some years I find something that makes the whole season for me). I did buy a Kenwood stereo receiver for $5, still need to see if it works.
BUT--they had some boxes of free stuff by the door, including boxes of books, and I found the (to me) good stuff there. Some Lindsey reprints of old technology books, a history of straight razors up to 1900, a book about Hoover dam, gas burners for forges etc., and a bunch of metallurgy books and one on mathematics for electricians. And a booklet on "Ayrshire Hone-stones", which at first glance seem to be comparable to Arkansas stones in the USA.


I discovered that a few are duplicates of what I have but the price was right.

 

[Beerhippie]

I stopped at a "7-family" yard sale today--pathetic. All seven families must be Spartans. There wasn't enough there to fill a laundry basket, and nothing I was interested in.

 

[Outlawmws]

Got skunked at a seniors apt complex "Indoor Flea market" 3 tables of jewelry and old wallets...

 

[knock knock]

$20 all in local estate sale.Never seen the black handle snapon screw driver have a gray one just like it.

 

[Beerhippie]

Got skunked at a seniors apt complex "Indoor Flea market" 3 tables of jewelry and old wallets...

Did you check the wallets? Geezers tend to forget things....

Ask me how I know....

 

[WNYflyer]

Facebook Marketplace pickup yesterday. It was a guy selling his dad's tools who was a bus mechanic starting in the 70s. Not a metric tool in the whole room! Lol.

There was a mix of brands, I grabbed basically all the Snap-on. I had to leave behind quite a few Contour Grip screwdrivers (my favorite handle) as the handles were just too far deteriorated and falling apart in my hands.

All for $90, my favorite find would have to be the ratchets or the full 1/4" drive SAE deep 6-point set.

You ****! Well done

 

[ctuai]

Estate sale ($100): Load of sandpaper (nib); 9 - N95 masks; Hardi Board screws; 36 - Dry pigment for making oil paint; Lisle CHJ cylinder hone; Morgan 10A wood vise; Mac PM6A multi-head screwdriver; Epoxy; Gloves; Casters; Delta Double-ended shaper spindle (nib); Freud 10" saw blade (nib); Estwing hammer; Lufkin 20' tape; Perfect handle nail puller w/ wings.

Got into with the estate sale guy's dad, who runs the tools. I guess, and didn't hear that he wanted $50 for the vise when I picked it up, which if I had heard that I would have left it behind. As such, when it came to pay, he goes, "$50 for the vise" and I go "Did you 15, one - five or fifty" and he goes, "Well that's what I told you $50"... Anyway got it for $40, which is still too much, and I figured he jacked up the price on everything else. Oh well, live and let live. Happy to find the paint pigment, my daughters art club should make good use of them... and just picked up a nice bottle of Tequila Ocho when I visited the in-laws last week and today is Friday. All's good.​