3baygarage
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Thanks. I saw that after I looked it up. Had no idea what the splines were for. Seems like a desirable piece. Idk if they are just collected, or still in use.
2025 Garage Sale Thread (14th Annual)
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Unfortunately no U-**** deals this week but still some good finds I think.
Union made Whitcher / Knell No. 4 cobblers pliers (I now have a strange delusion of making my own dress shoes or boots), NB P-58 snap ring pliers with neat patterned grips, Crescent M-16 long nose radio pliers, and Bernard 100 5-1/2" parallel jaw pliers.
Schrillo countersink (didn't realize it was locked up and cannot adjust unless I can fix it), Bonney flex head ratchet (not a fan but I'll need to set a new pin, tighten it up and service it), 2x Wizard branded Vlchek made wrenches, SK wrench, and the 2nd vintage Lobster tool I've caught in the wild.
Small Germantown hammer and Indestro Super clutch drive I didn't need but fell for the wood handle.
Diamond C718 18" railroad wrench and the C711 11"
Union made Whitcher / Knell No. 4 cobblers pliers (I now have a strange delusion of making my own dress shoes or boots), NB P-58 snap ring pliers with neat patterned grips, Crescent M-16 long nose radio pliers, and Bernard 100 5-1/2" parallel jaw pliers.
Schrillo countersink (didn't realize it was locked up and cannot adjust unless I can fix it), Bonney flex head ratchet (not a fan but I'll need to set a new pin, tighten it up and service it), 2x Wizard branded Vlchek made wrenches, SK wrench, and the 2nd vintage Lobster tool I've caught in the wild.
Small Germantown hammer and Indestro Super clutch drive I didn't need but fell for the wood handle.
Diamond C718 18" railroad wrench and the C711 11"
M.Jay
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I like how big the size markings are on those vintage SK's. Wish more brands would do this, instead of these tiny stampings or ****** laser engraving.
Patrickm82
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Slim pickings this long weekend. I did manage to get to a couple of sales and 1 market place find! Here’s what I got;
From market place a nice Kennedy 4 drawer roller with a key. Very good condition just dusty, dirty. $100
Then a Black Friday sale, $20 got me this little pile;
Some consumables, screws, zip it’s, bad of Ty wraps
Trimo auto pipe wrench
Goodell & Pratt 1616 egg beater drill
Utica 3 diamonds slip joint pliers
Millers Falls ratcheting screwdriver
5wr vise grips
Craftsman pruners
Nice craftsman tap driver
Klein metric folding Allen’s
1 stop yesterday was a freebie. The lady said because I could hold it all in my hands it was free! Not a bad little score.
2 craftsman C clamps
Craftsman professional awl
Craftsman ratcheting tap handle
Starrett and a Brown&Sharpe rules
Snap on pump pliers
Nicholson Swiss pattern files like new
P&C wood handle long straight blade driver
From market place a nice Kennedy 4 drawer roller with a key. Very good condition just dusty, dirty. $100
Then a Black Friday sale, $20 got me this little pile;
Some consumables, screws, zip it’s, bad of Ty wraps
Trimo auto pipe wrench
Goodell & Pratt 1616 egg beater drill
Utica 3 diamonds slip joint pliers
Millers Falls ratcheting screwdriver
5wr vise grips
Craftsman pruners
Nice craftsman tap driver
Klein metric folding Allen’s
1 stop yesterday was a freebie. The lady said because I could hold it all in my hands it was free! Not a bad little score.
2 craftsman C clamps
Craftsman professional awl
Craftsman ratcheting tap handle
Starrett and a Brown&Sharpe rules
Snap on pump pliers
Nicholson Swiss pattern files like new
P&C wood handle long straight blade driver
Slim pickings this long weekend. I did manage to get to a couple of sales and 1 market place find! Here’s what I got;
From market place a nice Kennedy 4 drawer roller with a key. Very good condition just dusty, dirty. $100
Then a Black Friday sale, $20 got me this little pile;
Some consumables, screws, zip it’s, bad of Ty wraps
Trimo auto pipe wrench
Goodell & Pratt 1616 egg beater drill
Utica 3 diamonds slip joint pliers
Millers Falls ratcheting screwdriver
5wr vise grips
Craftsman pruners
Nice craftsman tap driver
Klein metric folding Allen’s
1 stop yesterday was a freebie. The lady said because I could hold it all in my hands it was free! Not a bad little score.
2 craftsman C clamps
Craftsman professional awl
Craftsman ratcheting tap handle
Starrett and a Brown&Sharpe rules
Snap on pump pliers
Nicholson Swiss pattern files like new
P&C wood handle long straight blade driver
You **** for the freebies and the Craftsman tap driver (these go for easily 2x what you paid for the whole lot). Also the real Ty-Rap's are the best.
Old Radar
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She was talking about the tools, right?
Patrickm82
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Yes the tools 
M.Jay
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I'll give a You **** for the Kennedy box.
Debcrow
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d42jeep
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I saw a couple of sales listed that mentioned tools so off we went. The first sale was at a location we went to a few weeks back. My wife grabbed a few items and I spotted a lightly used drill. The price was right and when I tested it ar home it worked fine. 
The second sale was in downtown Oakland and it was the second day. I found a tray of miscellaneous 1/4” drive tools and picked out a few sockets and a Craftsman circle H extension.
The extension cleaned up pretty well.
Several S-K sockets are currently bathing in Evaporust.
There were three wartime looking Walden sockets.
My favorite find of the day was a rare Philadelphia 1/4” socket.
That gets me up to four sockets in my Philadelphia set.
I don’t imagine that I will ever complete the set but I keep looking.
-Don
The second sale was in downtown Oakland and it was the second day. I found a tray of miscellaneous 1/4” drive tools and picked out a few sockets and a Craftsman circle H extension.
The extension cleaned up pretty well.
Several S-K sockets are currently bathing in Evaporust.
There were three wartime looking Walden sockets.
My favorite find of the day was a rare Philadelphia 1/4” socket.
That gets me up to four sockets in my Philadelphia set.
I don’t imagine that I will ever complete the set but I keep looking.
-Don
M.Jay
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Well, everyone needs a life goal.
FBMP purchase...two older Streamline Tools body hammers for $25. Some surface corrosion and one handle has a slight crack that I think will glue nicely. These will clean up well. Best part is that the lady said they had a basement and barn FULL of tools and stuff they were "dealing" with. Music to my ears. Phone numbers exchanged and anxiously awaiting 
bmwrd0
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On Sunday, I headed out to the local, monthly flea market, only to realize that it was the last day of the month, and not the first. So, I found a moving sale that listed tools, and picked up a few:
Stanley Handyman plane, #3 sized, Indestro and SK sockets, a Bon-E-con DBE, and best of all, a Vlchek Phillips. I picked up the Stanley to tune up and donate to my neighbors church tool library, as these are still much better than anything made today.
After that, I swung out to a thrift store I like and picked up a couple books
The travelog is from 1923, and the London is a reprint of his first novel.
Stanley Handyman plane, #3 sized, Indestro and SK sockets, a Bon-E-con DBE, and best of all, a Vlchek Phillips. I picked up the Stanley to tune up and donate to my neighbors church tool library, as these are still much better than anything made today.
After that, I swung out to a thrift store I like and picked up a couple books
The travelog is from 1923, and the London is a reprint of his first novel.
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Here is my small haul from PAST tool sale held in town. I was again selling stuff for my friend, he sold $260, and I sold $91. Best sale was a big WW vise for him, a huge space hog, and heavy, glad t be rid of it, and it went to a mutual friend, so bonus there.
Top Down: Millers Falls No. 48 Hacksaw...
I have one of those hacksaws, but mine is missing pieces. Could you upload some closeup picks of the two pieces that hold the blade. I could just randomly make something that worked, but if prefer to try to replicate the originals as closely as possible so I could have it like it was originally.
four.cycle
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Any halfway decent "Habitat for Humanity" or "Goodwill" or second-hand thrift shop should have a good supply of old hacksaw on hand - I would check those before I went to the trouble of trying to fabricate a piece.
Used hacksaws and pipe wrenches are two items that the universe will never be short of.
four.cycle
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Speaking of which....
I had to drive across town to pick up an item I ordered online from Earthwise Recycle. While I was there I prowled around and found a few items hidden behind some stuff in an outdoor shed:
the Union Hardware Co. (Torrington CT) hacksaw was stuffed into a bucket full of water with several other saws.
I think it's a model 10, or the equivalent thereof - but this one has a solid wood handle, although it's so grungy it's hard to say.
I didn't notice the missing wing nut... I will have to go back and find another saw with a wing nut.
At least three All four of the hammers need new handles.
The star of the show - and the reason I drove all the way across town, was to pick up this gem:
it's about six inches high, about eight inches across, is illuminated from the inside, has a little motor inside that blows the glitter and "snow" all around, all the while playing a merry melody of Jingle Bells, Silent Night, O Christmas Tree, and other holiday favorites!
I have NO doubt that my baby sister will enjoy basking in the glow of Frosty's everlasting love and warmth enjoying the latest annual addition to her "It can't get any worse than this" snowglobe collection. (This one is right up there with the "Dead Elvis" snow globe for sure.)
I'm going to have to figure out how to set up a video of this.
I had to drive across town to pick up an item I ordered online from Earthwise Recycle. While I was there I prowled around and found a few items hidden behind some stuff in an outdoor shed:
the Union Hardware Co. (Torrington CT) hacksaw was stuffed into a bucket full of water with several other saws.
I think it's a model 10, or the equivalent thereof - but this one has a solid wood handle, although it's so grungy it's hard to say.
I didn't notice the missing wing nut... I will have to go back and find another saw with a wing nut.
The star of the show - and the reason I drove all the way across town, was to pick up this gem:
it's about six inches high, about eight inches across, is illuminated from the inside, has a little motor inside that blows the glitter and "snow" all around, all the while playing a merry melody of Jingle Bells, Silent Night, O Christmas Tree, and other holiday favorites!
I have NO doubt that my baby sister will enjoy basking in the glow of Frosty's everlasting love and warmth enjoying the latest annual addition to her "It can't get any worse than this" snowglobe collection. (This one is right up there with the "Dead Elvis" snow globe for sure.)
I'm going to have to figure out how to set up a video of this.
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Outlawmws
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Awesome find! you can do some centerless grinding! but protect and clean the lathe ways and other surfaces...
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Love it!it's about six inches high, about eight inches across, is illuminated from the inside, has a little motor inside that blows the glitter and "snow" all around, all the while playing a merry melody of Jingle Bells, Silent Night, O Christmas Tree, and other holiday favorites!
I have NO doubt that my baby sister will enjoy basking in the glow of Frosty's everlasting love and warmth enjoying the latest annual addition to her "It can't get any worse than this" snowglobe collection. (This one is right up there with the "Dead Elvis" snow globe for sure.)
Provincial
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That is a certified ****!Captured at Goodwill for $82
alinc100
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Got an unexpected day off from work today which led to some shopping on Facebook Marketplace:
FBMP 12/03/25
Green Case Inc 5 drawer machinist chest
Wolf Safety Lamp Box and brush
Unknown box stamped Insp by W.B.Co.# 40483
Stanley No 61 Boxwood rule(minty!!)
Paint brushes/soldering parts and pieces
W.B. brass padlock with 2 keys
Misc Files,rasps,etc
WRENCHES
Proto Los Angeles 3716 1/2” line wrench
Indestro Select 5/8” x 11/16” deep offset box
Indestro 1/2” x 9/16”,5/8” x 11/16 short DBEs
Billings 7/16” x 1/2” DBE -Vitaloy
Barcalo 11/16” x 3/4” DOE
Blue Point 1/2” combination wrench
MISC DOE’s
Bell System scraper
216B nut driver( I assume Bell System item???)
Disston & Sons handsaw
Eagle Square Mfg Framing Square
Small stainless steel scoop
Stanley #993 10” Corner Brace
Moore drop Forging pipe wrench
Unmarked ¼” mortise chisel
True Value 10” brace
Unmarked 10” brace
Stanley Yankee 2101-10 brace
Hibbard Cabinet Makers rasp
(broken) Bell system folding rule
Auger bits for brace in Bell system box
Proto 3/8” socket set in Bell system box
Vincent grinding wheel dresser
Steel hip roof 2 door tool box with tray
FBMP 12/03/25
Green Case Inc 5 drawer machinist chest
Wolf Safety Lamp Box and brush
Unknown box stamped Insp by W.B.Co.# 40483
Stanley No 61 Boxwood rule(minty!!)
Paint brushes/soldering parts and pieces
W.B. brass padlock with 2 keys
Misc Files,rasps,etc
WRENCHES
Proto Los Angeles 3716 1/2” line wrench
Indestro Select 5/8” x 11/16” deep offset box
Indestro 1/2” x 9/16”,5/8” x 11/16 short DBEs
Billings 7/16” x 1/2” DBE -Vitaloy
Barcalo 11/16” x 3/4” DOE
Blue Point 1/2” combination wrench
MISC DOE’s
Bell System scraper
216B nut driver( I assume Bell System item???)
Disston & Sons handsaw
Eagle Square Mfg Framing Square
Small stainless steel scoop
Stanley #993 10” Corner Brace
Moore drop Forging pipe wrench
Unmarked ¼” mortise chisel
True Value 10” brace
Unmarked 10” brace
Stanley Yankee 2101-10 brace
Hibbard Cabinet Makers rasp
(broken) Bell system folding rule
Auger bits for brace in Bell system box
Proto 3/8” socket set in Bell system box
Vincent grinding wheel dresser
Steel hip roof 2 door tool box with tray
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d42jeep
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Nice haul. The green hip roof box caught my eye. Any markings between the handles? Is there a hole in the tray for the oiler to stick through? If you get a chance some pictures of the corner supports might be informative.
-Don
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Nice haul. The green hip roof box caught my eye. Any markings between the handles? Is there a hole in the tray for the oiler to stick through? If you get a chance some pictures of the corner supports might be informative.
-Don
I have the same box but it's far too rusty for any identification I think
alinc100
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Don, I can't find a makers mark/embossing anywhere. No hole for the oiler I can see.Nice haul. The green hip roof box caught my eye. Any markings between the handles? Is there a hole in the tray for the oiler to stick through? If you get a chance some pictures of the corner supports might be informative.
-Don
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Outlawmws
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Thursday Estate sale - I got there 20 min after opening. There was a tool box stack I got 5 or 6 pairs of pliers and a numbered drill bit set from but they closed that to picking and said all or nothing...
I did get the Palmgren DP vise and some other tools on the tables - $12 all said and done:
The vise, Channellock #415 "nut buster" pliers, a Kutmaster pocket knife. duck bills with the markings wore off, and a very narrow Buck wood chisel.
the vise is a 2-1/2" DP vise. some light surface rust but otherwise in pretty good condition. looks like one oops in the jaw surface, and one of that jaws screws are MIA, but no other "battle damage" They had a very small Taiwan DP that I'd class as a "hobby" DP.
I did get the Palmgren DP vise and some other tools on the tables - $12 all said and done:
The vise, Channellock #415 "nut buster" pliers, a Kutmaster pocket knife. duck bills with the markings wore off, and a very narrow Buck wood chisel.
the vise is a 2-1/2" DP vise. some light surface rust but otherwise in pretty good condition. looks like one oops in the jaw surface, and one of that jaws screws are MIA, but no other "battle damage" They had a very small Taiwan DP that I'd class as a "hobby" DP.
seber
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Outlaw *****.
d42jeep
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There were two sales that looked like they had some interesting tools available. First sale we went to was put on by an estate sale company that I’ve been dealing with so long that he lets me set the price. We came away with these tools. 
11 of the 13 bits in the auger bit set were Irwin leading me to believe that the set came from them.
The body hammer turned out to be Herbrand.
Not too surprisingly, I grabbed the Barcalo combo my Wife IDed.
I’m interested in getting opinions about the Babbitt scraper.
The nutdrivers may be wartime with the black oxide shafts.
This Buck Bros right angle chisel missed the group shot. 
A little unmarked ratchet wrench. As usual the patent number leads to Lang.
-Don
11 of the 13 bits in the auger bit set were Irwin leading me to believe that the set came from them.
The body hammer turned out to be Herbrand.
Not too surprisingly, I grabbed the Barcalo combo my Wife IDed.
I’m interested in getting opinions about the Babbitt scraper.
The nutdrivers may be wartime with the black oxide shafts.
This Buck Bros right angle chisel missed the group shot. A little unmarked ratchet wrench. As usual the patent number leads to Lang.
-Don
d42jeep
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After the first sale in Walnut Creek we headed to an upscale area of Martinez to a sale put on by a company known for high prices. I tend to be pretty selective at their sales.
As often happens with the GJ, pliers I learned about last week showed up at the sale. These were discussed at length on the plier thread.
Diamond snips and pliers. 
The Vaco screw starter cleaned up well.
Blue Points marked obstruction wrench.
Penny’s stubby driver.
-Don
As often happens with the GJ, pliers I learned about last week showed up at the sale. These were discussed at length on the plier thread.
Diamond snips and pliers. The Vaco screw starter cleaned up well.
Blue Points marked obstruction wrench.
Penny’s stubby driver.
-Don
four.cycle
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This has certainly been an interesting week.
Night before last my phone rang about quarter to ten. A frantic, bordering-on-hysteria friend was halfway across town with a flat tire, and when she opened the trunk she discovered that the Volvo she just bought had a spare tire, but no jack, and no lug wrench.
I told her "Calm down, let me put some pants on and I'll be down in about 20-25 minutes."
So I drove down and we managed to get the spare tire on. I had to have her lift the vehicle up about half an inch so I could get my little trolley jack under the thing and got her back on the road.
I followed her home and we went in and watched a couple episodes of "Star Trek".
She didn't know that Walter Koenig was cast as "Chekov" because the producers wanted a Davy Jones teen-heart-throb in the cast to hook that "younger audience".
I poked around on ebay and found her a jack for $31 and change - she ordered it this morning. I told her I'd get her fixed up with the necessary tools.
This morning I was sitting here reading GarageJournal stuff and drinking a cup of tea and I heard a knock at the door.
I opened my front door to find a very frantic neighbor lady who said she was unable to remove the tail light bulb from her car. I asked her what year, and from that assumed it must be one of those "push in" type bulbs so I suggested she just give it a tug and see if it would come out.
She walked back across the street. I closed the door and went back to reading.
Five minutes later she's at the door again. She pulled the glass part of the bulb right out of the socket, leaving the base still in there.
"Give me a few minutes to put some pants on and I'll be over," I told her, and went in and got dressed and pulled a couple pairs of pliers and a can of WD40 out of the garage and walked over to her house.
Turns out it was NOT the later push-in type bulb, but rather the standard two-lug base, so I pried it out and looked at it: double contact, dual-filament with offset prongs - easy peasy: she needs an 1157.
"I'll be right back," I said and went back and dug around in my parts box to discover I did not have an 1157 bulb on hand.
So I walked back across the street and asked her "How soon do you have to be somewhere?"
"Noon," she answered.
"What time is it now?"
"10:30."
"I'll be right back. Be back in about 20 minutes."
I drove up to O'Reilly's bought a package of two 1157 bulbs ($8.49 + tax)( they were out of stock on the ten-pack) and drove back home.
I go back over, get the bulb changed out, have her hit the brake pedal, and voila! We have lights! Everything is good.
She thanked me profusely, I told her to be sure to drive carefully, and went back home.
Five minutes later she's at the door again.
"It's not working," she says.
"What?"
"The light is not lighting up," she replied.
So I walk back over across the street, have her hit the brake pedal, and she's got brake lights.
"Okay, turn the lights on," I said.
This is a 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe hatchback. The two outermost bulbs are working just fine. The tail light on the hatchback is the one that was burned out.
Fortunately the bulbs came in a package of two, so after struggling with the socket in the hatchback, I finally got the bulb installed with the help of a pair of nifty pliers she handed me.
She wanted to know what sort of cookies I liked, or how much money I wanted. Then she added "You can have those pliers if you want them."
"Are you sure about that?" I queried.
"Yeah. They belonged to a guy who used to live downstairs, but he left all of his tools here when he moved out."
So I was reimbursed for the $8.49 worth of light bulbs with a slightly used (and unfortunately neglected) pair of Knipex 80-300 "Alligator" pliers. I've never used these - this was the first time - and it's not difficult to understand why people rave about them.
After taking care of the neighbor lady's lights, I drove all the way across town again to Earthwise to pick up another "Secret Santa" item and hopefully find a wing nut for that Union hacksaw I got a couple days ago.
I wandered around in the yard, but I was unable to find any more Plomb body hammers for a buck a pop, but I did find a 20-inch butcher saw with what looks like the correct wing nut and a couple odd wrenches: a 1/2" x 9/16" no-name DOE, and a 13/16" tire-iron/lug wrench (which does NOT fit a Volvo), and I asked him if they had any loose hardware - like wingnuts.
He said "Just a minute," and walked all around the place, and came up with a little glass fruit jar full of old wing nuts. I got 13 of them for a dime apiece. Pretty sure at least one of them is going to fit that saw.
Then I headed over toward the Asian market, because I have company coming for dinner tomorrow and told her I'd do a stir-fry.
Halfway between "Earthwise" and Hong Kong Market is American Pawnbrokers, so I figured I'd stop and see what they might have for "Secret Santa" stuff.
They sold all those close-out drill bits and hole saws, but he did have an entire shelf lined with "carry boxes" - tool boxes loaded with tools - $20 bucks a pop. One of them caught my eye, so I gave him a $20 and left.
But not before asking him about a set of fabulous PROTO SAE combination wrenches that he just got in (see below) and a few big Diamond adjustables (see below), but he said he hadn't gotten to setting prices on them, and to wait for the email telling me what they will sell for. Said he should have a number by Saturday. If you're in the market for a set of combos to work on your oil rig, stay tuned. I will post something in "hot deals" when I get a price from him.
I thought that I'd go all out with the stir-fry and add a bit of "wow", so I stopped by Northern Fish and picked up some salmon and some oysters. I'm thinking maybe a wee bit of stir-fry salmon filet for an appetizer.
My last stop was Harbor Freight. I picked up one of their monstrous 25-inch 1/2" drive breaker bars, but they were out of 19mm 6-point deep-well sockets, so I'll have to wait a couple days to get the socket for my friend with the Volvo.
Total tally:
80-300 Knipex 12-in "alligator" pliers
Earthwise Recycling:
1/2" x 9/16" no-name DOE
13/16" tire iron/lug wrench
20-in butcher saw
13 each wing nuts
American Pawn:
18-in Box
Western Auto Supply 14-in pipe wrench
T Baker * 10-in pipe wrench * marked with the symbol formerly known as asterisk * (Worth?)
Greenfield Tap & Die 14-in pipe wrench
Walworth 14-in pipe wrench
Chicago Spec. Mfg. Speedy basin wrench
Vlchek 3/4" x 25/32" DBE (you'll never guess where this one is headed.)
Goldblatt brick chisel
Enderes cold chisel
no-name cold chisel
Mephisto cold chisel (who collects Mephisto?)(rough shape, but it's Mephisto!)
Hole Saws
Corner Clamps
End Brush
Stanley **** hinges (new in package)
9 each drill/auger bits
Husky (US) 1/2" dr x 13/16" 12-pt deep socket
Kraeuter 32031 3/8 F x 1/4 M adapter
Craftsman 44235 1/2 dr x 19mm 12 pt shallow socket CHINA
Craftsman 3/8 dr x 9/16 12 pt shallow socket =V=
Craftsman 13mm comb wrench 42917 VA
Craftsman 5/8 x 3/4 DOE =V=
Harbor Freight:
Dremel brass brushes
Pittsburgh 1/2 dr x 25-in breaker bar
I think I burned more in gas money today than I spent on tools.
* addendum: The "guy who used to live downstairs" also left behind a Kennedy roller full of stuff (mostly late Craftsman) and a "bucket boss" thing loaded with stuff. She said that he had gone to some sort of trade school to become a mechanic but he dropped out, but not before buying a whole bunch of tools. She added that when she had spoken with him on the phone earlier this morning, he told her he'd just gotten home from work - he is now working as a bartender.
I gave her my phone number and told her to ask him what he wanted for the Kennedy and the tools.
new arrivals 12/04/25 this camera just does NOT want to take decent photos indoors.
Night before last my phone rang about quarter to ten. A frantic, bordering-on-hysteria friend was halfway across town with a flat tire, and when she opened the trunk she discovered that the Volvo she just bought had a spare tire, but no jack, and no lug wrench.
I told her "Calm down, let me put some pants on and I'll be down in about 20-25 minutes."
So I drove down and we managed to get the spare tire on. I had to have her lift the vehicle up about half an inch so I could get my little trolley jack under the thing and got her back on the road.
I followed her home and we went in and watched a couple episodes of "Star Trek".
She didn't know that Walter Koenig was cast as "Chekov" because the producers wanted a Davy Jones teen-heart-throb in the cast to hook that "younger audience".
I poked around on ebay and found her a jack for $31 and change - she ordered it this morning. I told her I'd get her fixed up with the necessary tools.
This morning I was sitting here reading GarageJournal stuff and drinking a cup of tea and I heard a knock at the door.
I opened my front door to find a very frantic neighbor lady who said she was unable to remove the tail light bulb from her car. I asked her what year, and from that assumed it must be one of those "push in" type bulbs so I suggested she just give it a tug and see if it would come out.
She walked back across the street. I closed the door and went back to reading.
Five minutes later she's at the door again. She pulled the glass part of the bulb right out of the socket, leaving the base still in there.
"Give me a few minutes to put some pants on and I'll be over," I told her, and went in and got dressed and pulled a couple pairs of pliers and a can of WD40 out of the garage and walked over to her house.
Turns out it was NOT the later push-in type bulb, but rather the standard two-lug base, so I pried it out and looked at it: double contact, dual-filament with offset prongs - easy peasy: she needs an 1157.
"I'll be right back," I said and went back and dug around in my parts box to discover I did not have an 1157 bulb on hand.
So I walked back across the street and asked her "How soon do you have to be somewhere?"
"Noon," she answered.
"What time is it now?"
"10:30."
"I'll be right back. Be back in about 20 minutes."
I drove up to O'Reilly's bought a package of two 1157 bulbs ($8.49 + tax)( they were out of stock on the ten-pack) and drove back home.
I go back over, get the bulb changed out, have her hit the brake pedal, and voila! We have lights! Everything is good.
She thanked me profusely, I told her to be sure to drive carefully, and went back home.
Five minutes later she's at the door again.
"It's not working," she says.
"What?"
"The light is not lighting up," she replied.
So I walk back over across the street, have her hit the brake pedal, and she's got brake lights.
"Okay, turn the lights on," I said.
This is a 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe hatchback. The two outermost bulbs are working just fine. The tail light on the hatchback is the one that was burned out.
Fortunately the bulbs came in a package of two, so after struggling with the socket in the hatchback, I finally got the bulb installed with the help of a pair of nifty pliers she handed me.
She wanted to know what sort of cookies I liked, or how much money I wanted. Then she added "You can have those pliers if you want them."
"Are you sure about that?" I queried.
"Yeah. They belonged to a guy who used to live downstairs, but he left all of his tools here when he moved out."
So I was reimbursed for the $8.49 worth of light bulbs with a slightly used (and unfortunately neglected) pair of Knipex 80-300 "Alligator" pliers. I've never used these - this was the first time - and it's not difficult to understand why people rave about them.
After taking care of the neighbor lady's lights, I drove all the way across town again to Earthwise to pick up another "Secret Santa" item and hopefully find a wing nut for that Union hacksaw I got a couple days ago.
I wandered around in the yard, but I was unable to find any more Plomb body hammers for a buck a pop, but I did find a 20-inch butcher saw with what looks like the correct wing nut and a couple odd wrenches: a 1/2" x 9/16" no-name DOE, and a 13/16" tire-iron/lug wrench (which does NOT fit a Volvo), and I asked him if they had any loose hardware - like wingnuts.
He said "Just a minute," and walked all around the place, and came up with a little glass fruit jar full of old wing nuts. I got 13 of them for a dime apiece. Pretty sure at least one of them is going to fit that saw.
Then I headed over toward the Asian market, because I have company coming for dinner tomorrow and told her I'd do a stir-fry.
Halfway between "Earthwise" and Hong Kong Market is American Pawnbrokers, so I figured I'd stop and see what they might have for "Secret Santa" stuff.
They sold all those close-out drill bits and hole saws, but he did have an entire shelf lined with "carry boxes" - tool boxes loaded with tools - $20 bucks a pop. One of them caught my eye, so I gave him a $20 and left.
But not before asking him about a set of fabulous PROTO SAE combination wrenches that he just got in (see below) and a few big Diamond adjustables (see below), but he said he hadn't gotten to setting prices on them, and to wait for the email telling me what they will sell for. Said he should have a number by Saturday. If you're in the market for a set of combos to work on your oil rig, stay tuned. I will post something in "hot deals" when I get a price from him.
I thought that I'd go all out with the stir-fry and add a bit of "wow", so I stopped by Northern Fish and picked up some salmon and some oysters. I'm thinking maybe a wee bit of stir-fry salmon filet for an appetizer.
My last stop was Harbor Freight. I picked up one of their monstrous 25-inch 1/2" drive breaker bars, but they were out of 19mm 6-point deep-well sockets, so I'll have to wait a couple days to get the socket for my friend with the Volvo.
Total tally:
80-300 Knipex 12-in "alligator" pliers
Earthwise Recycling:
1/2" x 9/16" no-name DOE
13/16" tire iron/lug wrench
20-in butcher saw
13 each wing nuts
American Pawn:
18-in Box
Western Auto Supply 14-in pipe wrench
T Baker * 10-in pipe wrench * marked with the symbol formerly known as asterisk * (Worth?)
Greenfield Tap & Die 14-in pipe wrench
Walworth 14-in pipe wrench
Chicago Spec. Mfg. Speedy basin wrench
Vlchek 3/4" x 25/32" DBE (you'll never guess where this one is headed.)
Goldblatt brick chisel
Enderes cold chisel
no-name cold chisel
Mephisto cold chisel (who collects Mephisto?)(rough shape, but it's Mephisto!)
Hole Saws
Corner Clamps
End Brush
Stanley **** hinges (new in package)
9 each drill/auger bits
Husky (US) 1/2" dr x 13/16" 12-pt deep socket
Kraeuter 32031 3/8 F x 1/4 M adapter
Craftsman 44235 1/2 dr x 19mm 12 pt shallow socket CHINA
Craftsman 3/8 dr x 9/16 12 pt shallow socket =V=
Craftsman 13mm comb wrench 42917 VA
Craftsman 5/8 x 3/4 DOE =V=
Harbor Freight:
Dremel brass brushes
Pittsburgh 1/2 dr x 25-in breaker bar
I think I burned more in gas money today than I spent on tools.
* addendum: The "guy who used to live downstairs" also left behind a Kennedy roller full of stuff (mostly late Craftsman) and a "bucket boss" thing loaded with stuff. She said that he had gone to some sort of trade school to become a mechanic but he dropped out, but not before buying a whole bunch of tools. She added that when she had spoken with him on the phone earlier this morning, he told her he'd just gotten home from work - he is now working as a bartender.
I gave her my phone number and told her to ask him what he wanted for the Kennedy and the tools.
new arrivals 12/04/25 this camera just does NOT want to take decent photos indoors.
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Outlawmws
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Heck of a story!
TheRealZeus
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So…. Don’t leave us hanging….
Did any of the wingnuts work?
Did any of the wingnuts work?
Shiftless
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I agree with Outlaw… heck of a story. Good luck with the Kennedy box full of tools from the now bartender,
four.cycle
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Not a clue.. .that Union saw is still soaking in the Evaporust... it was dark before I got home.
I grabbed all those extras because I've seen comments here (in the "Auto Kit" wrench thread) about missing wing nuts - and those older sets just aren't the same with a modern-day production plated wing nut.
I think the one on the butcher saw will fit the Union - not sure. The tote on the butcher saw is broken, so I'll cannibalize the screws from it for another saw.
If that kid is tending bar all night after dropping out of trade school, I'm thinking I may well in the near future be the owner of a Kennedy roller. He blew a lot of money on Proto and Craftsman ratchets and sockets that are just sitting over in that garage getting rusty.
alinc100
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And who knows maybe you'll have pants on in the next chapter. LOL . Que the funky 70's music.
3baygarage
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I don’t know.
All these ladies. All these saws. All this stir fry.
Now I'm picturing Ray Liotta at his table eating crushed light bulbs.
d42jeep
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I agree with LessorSon. My prize stencilled GMTK box looks to be an unmarked McAleer.
At least half or more of the boxes with these features that I have found have been unmarked. This one is marked.
The lack of the oiler hole doesn’t bother me much. These boxes were used for many WW2 toolsets and not all of them included oilers. Here is a tray showing the oiler hole placement.
-Don
bmwrd0
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"I think I burned more in gas money today than I spent on tools."
Story of my life, brother. I try to swing by Earthwise when I am in Tacoma, but as it is three hour drive I can't be there all the time, which you need to do for the good deals. I would do that at Urban Ore, down Don's way, as I lived in the bay also. Found some great things, but you have to be on top of it.
Story of my life, brother. I try to swing by Earthwise when I am in Tacoma, but as it is three hour drive I can't be there all the time, which you need to do for the good deals. I would do that at Urban Ore, down Don's way, as I lived in the bay also. Found some great things, but you have to be on top of it.
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