2025 Garage Sale Thread (14th Annual)

[DetailSeeker]

Estate sale this morning. I picked up a drawer full of rusty 1/2" drive sockets for ten dollars. Boiled and carded them with three ought steel wool. Here are the before and after. It doesn't do anything for the pits but it does restore the black oxide.

I did not know that trick! I will have to try it. Nice find.

Covered all of the brands at the restore yesterday! Got all this for $13.50

Oh that makes me weep over my ReStore prices. That would cost me $11 without all the screwdrivers.

(Are those ChannelLock pliers, with the teal handles? I understand it's supposed to be "sky blue", but all the ones I've ever seen are faded/aged to that teal and I find it a really lovely colour.)

Frances

 

[ctuai]

Stopped at a couple small sales in town. Not much in the way of tools, but did manage to find a pair of Klein strippers and Utica R2291 pliers for $0.75 each. Peeled off the price sticker and the Uticas are Bell System marked.


My wife and I were talking about a heavier duty Sewing Machine than what she has (plus I don’t want to mess hers up learning). Found this Singer 301A for $10.
Wife had already taken the plate under the foot off to clean it by the time I took this photo, but it runs

Wow, what a fantastic machine. It's crazy that they're built so well, yet so cheap. Nice find.

 

[RTM]

tiny old Lufkin combination square.

(Possibly not tiny. But 9" is the smallest I've seen on not-minature tools.)

they made them as small as 4" in Starrett, Browne & Sharp, and of course Lufkin

Lufkin Precision Tools : Catalog No. 7 : 1st Edition : Lufkin Rule Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

136 p., illus., 19.9 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

The scales' thicknesses and head sizes are different sizes below 12", so you can't swap parts.

 

[four.cycle]

What's in the box?

An "ACTION" 80M 1/4" drive spinner, a 5/8" x 11/16" short double-end offset box wrench I can't identify, and this enigmatic little hand drill with a chuck that opens just enough for a 1/4" bit. The "wheel" appears to be cast pot metal or aluminum.
I'm kind of inclined to think this may have come out of a kid's tool set - like a "Handy Andy" maybe? No markings on it at all.
Any ideas?

 

[Outlawmws]

enigmatic little hand drill with a chuck that opens just enough for a 1/4" bit. The "wheel" appears to be cast pot metal or aluminum.
I'm kind of inclined to think this may have come out of a kid's tool set - like a "Handy Andy" maybe? No markings on it at all.

Could be from a kids tools set, bit I'm thinking more likely one of those "99c" tables of mostly import tools sold to homeowners adn apartment dwellers.

 

[four.cycle]

^ It's rather puzzling, because it does not look "cheap" as far as the construction goes. Appears to be fairly well made. You're thinkin' along the lines of a Globemaster or a Zomax or a Steelcraft, right? That would make sense. The painted handle is wood.

 

[Outlawmws]

^ It's rather puzzling, because it does not look "cheap" as far as the construction goes. Appears to be fairly well made. You're thinkin' along the lines of a Globemaster or a Zomax or a Steelcraft, right? That would make sense. The painted handle is wood.

Exactly.

I'm always amazed how well these things run with the tiniest bit of lube in the appropriate places.

Same with push drills and drivers. mostly people don't like them because they a not properly lubed. I was using a Yankee driver installing drapery rods in HS long before real (decent) battery drills existed.

We assembled my shed with deck screws and had so many I setup a big 2 speed "eggbeater" drill for driving them - kids loved doing that job!

 

[Debcrow]

And then on Tuesday I found a kitchen mincer on the side of the road (actually atop a community mailbox). The benefits of a walking commute. It spent all day sitting on my desk and no-one at the office looked at it twice.



Frances

They probably just thought you were into retro paper shredders!

 

[jeffmoss26]

I did not know that trick! I will have to try it. Nice find.


Oh that makes me weep over my ReStore prices. That would cost me $11 without all the screwdrivers.

(Are those ChannelLock pliers, with the teal handles? I understand it's supposed to be "sky blue", but all the ones I've ever seen are faded/aged to that teal and I find it a really lovely colour.)

Frances

Yep!

 

[ctuai]

My mother had a Viking very similar (maybe identical) to that one in the '70s. One day, I used to to stitch some patches on my Levis. $120 in repairs at the shop.

We had a White similar to yours on the boat that we used to stitch sails. Never skipped a beat, even running off of sketchy generators and being exposed to salt air for years.

Got the Viking to work. Heat, carb cleaner and lubricant works wonders. Got the zigzag to work and even pulled off a serpentine stitch.

 

[Beerhippie]

Descaling a Rinnai:



It takes 6-7 hours to do a good job of it, but it's about the most "hurry up and wait" job around the brewery so I have lots of time to deal with all the usual **** in the meantime.

Lead Brewer wants me to build a lower water-usage post-fill can rinser for the canning line. Nothing I'd argue with, but he wants it for the wrong reasons. I rounded up all the parts I'll need today and I'll lay it out and put it together tomorrow or over the weekend.

Meanwhile, I'm supposed to be cutting back on my hours. I'll do that when I find the time.

EDIT: Whoah! How did this end up here? I thought I posted it to "What did you do in your garage today?"

Sorry, folks!

Move along--nothing to see here--move along now.....

 

[JMP]

Descaling a Rinnai:



It takes 6-7 hours to do a good job of it, but it's about the most "hurry up and wait" job around the brewery so I have lots of time to deal with all the usual **** in the meantime.

Lead Brewer wants me to build a lower water-usage post-fill can rinser for the canning line. Nothing I'd argue with, but he wants it for the wrong reasons. I rounded up all the parts I'll need today and I'll lay it out and put it together tomorrow or over the weekend.

Meanwhile, I'm supposed to be cutting back on my hours. I'll do that when I find the time.

EDIT: Whoah! How did this end up here? I thought I posted it to "What did you do in your garage today?"

Sorry, folks!

How many garage sale parts are involved in this operation?

 

[LesserSon]

I'm supposed to be cutting back on my hours. I'll do that when I find the time.

That quote is a gem!

 

[Skellyii]

Descaling a Rinnai:




Meanwhile, I'm supposed to be cutting back on my hours. I'll do that when I find the time.

Great quote! That goes with what a formal second level manager told us:

"If you guys don't cut back on the overtime, we'll have to start laying people off".

 

[CoogarXR]

Picked up two 26" middle boxes and one top box all for $40



They should clean up decently.

I also found a huge roll of 14/2 UF for $20

I needed some wire for the lighting circuits in my new garage, so that will save me a bundle.

 

[CoogarXR]

Also, going along with the recent "mailbox" thread, I bought this giant high-capacity "Rural" mailbox for $1. The flag is missing, but I can take the flag off my little mailbox. It'll be nice to have a box big enough to hold packages out of the rain.

 

[RTM]

I bought this giant high-capacity "Rural" mailbox for $1. The flag is missing, but I can take the flag off my little mailbox. It'll be nice to have a box big enough to hold packages out of the rain. be an easier target for a baseball bat.

Fixed it for you

 

[Old Radar]

Today on the way home from the store I sign for a sale on my street. This Troybuilt pressure washer was in the free pile. He said the neighbor kid was using it and it quit. He didn’t want to deal with it and bought a new one. Got it home and it was out of gas!!!!

No matter how good your tools are, you just can't fix stupid.

You ****!

 

[Spudd4242]

Went and did about 90 miles of the Is 127 garage sale today, didn't get too much

Paid $2



Paid $5



Paid $65 like new



Paid $5 for my wifes aunts garden decor



Also picked up a women's carhartt bomber jacket that is quite flattering on my manly body lol, didn't realize it was women's and it was $5 so I'm not mad.

 

[alinc100]

One pick up today via FB Marketplace. Gentleman I bought some Craftsman offset wrenches a few months back posted a complete 28 piece set of Craftsman 6 point combination wrenches Made in USA ,metric and standard. I was able to make a wide sweep after work and grab them.

 

[alinc100]

they made them as small as 4" in Starrett, Browne & Sharp, and of course Lufkin

Lufkin Precision Tools : Catalog No. 7 : 1st Edition : Lufkin Rule Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

136 p., illus., 19.9 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

The scales' thicknesses and head sizes are different sizes below 12", so you can't swap parts.

4 inch combo square is one of my all time favorites and is usually in my pocket when I'm in my shop. I just wish the thickness/thinness stayed consistent over time. The older ones are thinner and shorter in height. New replacement blades don't fit the older heads.

 

[Beerhippie]

Just one stop today, again on the way back from lunch--and this is one I should have been there at gate-drop:



I prefer adjustable c-clamps.



All the markings.



Fresh out of the USC with citrate; sitting in the sun while the BLO cures. Once that's done, I'll put some machine oil on the screws and use 'em.

$10 total.

 

[Outlawmws]

Paid $5

Huge suckage! Forester is a "Gun accessory" company, so those are gun screwdrivers!

One pick up today via FB Marketplace. Gentleman I bought some Craftsman offset wrenches a few months back posted a complete 28 piece set of Craftsman 6 point combination wrenches Made in USA ,metric and standard. I was able to make a wide sweep after work and grab them.

More suckage!

 

[Outlawmws]

$10 total.

And still more suckage!

 

[RTM]

didn't realize it was women's

The reverse hand zipper would drive me batshit. Or did they not do that, just cut it different?

 

[RTM]

4 inch combo square is one of my all time favorites and is usually in my pocket when I'm in my shop.

I have 4" combo, double square, and various smaller machinist type fixed squares scattered around the various sharpening workstations.

Nice not to have to look far. I'd frequently poke myself if I kept it in my pocket.

 

[toolmiser]

The reverse hand zipper would drive me batshit. Or did they not do that, just cut it different?

Way back about 50 years ago, we would always shop after Christmas sales for coats for the next year. I really wanted a "parka" and the only one we could find was women's. It fit, and was a good price. I never told anyone else, back then you would have been constantly teased. I don't remember if the zipper was reversed. My Grandfather had a nice leather jacket that had the zipper reversed, and I doubt it was a women's.

 

[Spudd4242]

The reverse hand zipper would drive me batshit. Or did they not do that, just cut it different?

No reverse zipper, which usually is a good give away, the sleeves might be a touch short but still fit well and the ribbing on the cuffs and bottom is slightly different then men's carhartt short of that, I'd never know.

 

[ecotec]

Way back about 50 years ago, we would always shop after Christmas sales for coats for the next year. I really wanted a "parka" and the only one we could find was women's. It fit, and was a good price. I never told anyone else, back then you would have been constantly teased. I don't remember if the zipper was reversed. My Grandfather had a nice leather jacket that had the zipper reversed, and I doubt it was a women's.

Sometimes old Canadian men’s clothes had the zipper reversed from standard.

 

[Outlawmws]

I have 4" combo, double square, and various smaller machinist type fixed squares scattered around the various sharpening workstations.

Nice not to have to look far. I'd frequently poke myself if I kept it in my pocket.

Me too.

I have several heads for the 4" size but not a protractor head. those are a Unicorn.

The reverse hand zipper would drive me batshit. Or did they not do that, just cut it different?

No reverse zipper, which usually is a good give away, the sleeves might be a touch short but still fit well and the ribbing on the cuffs and bottom is slightly different then men's carhartt short of that, I'd never know.

I would expect it to be cut a little different! On most guys, it would be a smuggling jacket...

 

[Jacobs976]

I have 4" combo, double square, and various smaller machinist type fixed squares scattered around the various sharpening workstations.

Nice not to have to look far. I'd frequently poke myself if I kept it in my pocket.

My adjustable is a Lufkin. Pretty sure I have a 1 or 2 inch ruler section from one too that's about 3/8 wide but I don't remember what brand and never looked it up to see if it was actually part of a square or something else. I just know it has the center line groove cut into it and it's tiny. It's been sitting in a box in a corner for a few years now but I seen it again while trying to organize a bit.

 

[RTM]

My adjustable is a Lufkin. Pretty sure I have a 1 or 2 inch ruler section from one too that's about 3/8 wide but I don't remember what brand and never looked it up to see if it was actually part of a square or something else. I just know it has the center line groove cut into it and it's tiny. It's been sitting in a box in a corner for a few years now but I seen it again while trying to organize a bit.

Two options, the diemakers square

Lufkin Precision Tools : Catalog No. 7 : 1st Edition : Lufkin Rule Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

136 p., illus., 19.9 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

Or the diemakers rule set, didn’t see one in Lufkin, thought some had r grooves in the rules.

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

 

[Jacobs976]

Two options, the diemakers square

Lufkin Precision Tools : Catalog No. 7 : 1st Edition : Lufkin Rule Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

136 p., illus., 19.9 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

Looks like it's the standard ruler in this catalog. Minus the bar section of course. Can't expect anything small to be all there in my area especially when it's somewhat precision measurement equipment.

 

[bmwrd0]

Wonder of wonders, there were three interesting sales in my neck of the woods, and two of them didn't disappoint.
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The first sale I hit was run by a woman I know, and she gave me a great deal. Here I found the 3/4hp electric motor (untested), pressed steel socket set, 9/32" socket driver, pencil sharpener burrs, Snap-on screw driver, and brace drill chuck for $5. The second stop was a family run sale, and they were trying to scratch every two nickels together. A lot of interesting things, but they wanted way to much for most of them. I picked up the Duro/Indestro braker bar and Walden flextension for $1. Finally, another family run sale that had no pics in the ad, but mentioned a full sized shop. Well, it was full of mostly cheap tools, but I did manage to find a bunch of small taps, 10-32 all they way down to 2-56, a Starrett box with a couple pieces of HSS steel, and a few US made end mills, again paying $5.

So, a nice day for $11 total.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Two sales, first one was 12 bucks for everything plus 5 for the key.
Second sale was 15. There is a 1958 Ohio license plate under the tools. Bonus shot of a very sad wooden toolbox.

 

[alinc100]

Another FB Marketplace pick up. I contacted the seller late yesterday and made arrangements to pick up today. Seller let me know this morning that "they broke both latches, do you still want it" I was honestly surprised the latches were still intact. The case has a 6/88 date and is set #33745 105 pieces. I should have the 4 missing sockets as soon as I meander out to the workshop.
Also a piece from yesterday that didn't make it out of the car/into photos. Craftsman flexible 1/4" driver handle.

 

[ctuai]

Pretty sure your Crosman has a barrel shroud over the actual barrel--just needs some drillin' and tappin' for the scope base. Being a pneumatic, it should work fine with the old Weaver.

If I can get the seal kit in properly, I might give it a try. Unfortunately, the quick release chuck on my drill press has been jammed forever so I can't remove the old drill bit. So I've got to figure that out first.

 

[Beerhippie]

Is that chuck threaded on?

If so, there will be a screw--reverse-threaded--inside the chuck that needs to come out before you can unscrew the chuck from the quill. You'll probably need to use an angle grinder and cut-off wheel to cut off the rotating (currently non-rotating) collar of the chuck so you can remove the bit and then unscrew the retaining screw.

Good luck. Good news is that it's probably the same as keyless hand drill chucks, so cheap and easy to find. I'd replace it with a keyed chuck, personally--keyless are for hand drills.

 

[Cruzan80]

The drill press looks like a Craftsman 80 or 100. If so, it will be a JT33 taper. Zooming in. I do see the threads, so wondering if it has been altered. Can't remember if Dunlap had a threaded spindle.

 

[Patrickm82]

Pretty good morning today, a decent amount of sales to hit.

$1
Milwaukee razor knife with bit holder
Stanley 295a rasp needs a little handle clean up

Next was $20 for the ratchet $5 for the rest
Indestro super 2278 3/4 drive ratchet
Standard tool drill box with mismatched drill index. Still cool though
Starrett 245 gauge set
1000 grit stone
Nice old magnetic knife holder in the box
Proto LA 1/2” wrench
Millers Falls tape measure

Next was a few copper clad pans 1 has made in Portugal for $20. I know someone recently found a whole bunch them on here, can’t remember who though.

Last was $15, 10 for the hammer and the rest from the $ table,
Plomb double box pebble pat. 3/4 - 7/8
Billings double box 11/16 - 19/32
Billings engineers wrench 5/8”
Herbrand phillips driver very nice tip
Stanley North brother push driver. Needs a good scrubbing.
Marples 7715 4” mallet


This is the last, just some V & VV 6 point sockets $5