2026 Garage Sale Thread (15th Annual)

[INSP380]

Been watching this for the last few days on FBM and shot a $10 offer yesterday. These are in amazing condition after a wipe down and include all the paper, wrenches and even a boxed 1” standard. I have never seen one boxed before, including all the box flaps… Also came with two fixed squares, they are in Evaporust now. They didn’t stay as protected, but I got to keep the mans tools together.

Steve

Ok… got the squares out of the Evaporust! They were pretty bad, very thick oxides, and even a little pitting on the graduated blades. But, with a little elbow grease we have a pretty neat pair of Stanleys. Considering they were freebies after buying the mics, I’m pretty pleased. The Rosewood and brass really pops & they are still “dead nutz” after 152 years!

Steve

 

[Outlawmws]

The Rosewood and brass really pops

The E-rust didn't affect the rosewood? that has been a Q for me for quite a while.

 

[INSP380]

The E-rust didn't affect the rosewood? that has been a Q for me for quite a while.

Didn’t phase it. I didn’t even know it was rosewood prior to it bring clean. Hell, I didn’t even know it had brass! I use a sst medical tray and fill it up. Only part of the handle was submerged as it was resting on the blade in a vertical position.

Steve

 

[JMP]

Not a garage sale but felt like sharing. I finally made it out to my grandpa's estate nearly a day before the property officially closes and is transferred to a new owner. Everything was sold off at an auction which I was unable to attend but I was able to salvage some trinkets for myself that went unnoticed in the dark and hidden corners. More than likely the old homestead (largely built / overbuilt from salvaged bits from an old army barracks) and out buildings will be torn down. There was one building filled with old hit and miss gas engines, a couple tractors, and a shed my grandpa built with a well and pump that was powered with an old gas engine. It was even recently used as there was a power outage.



This one was definitely used by my grandpa unlike many of the tools which were just nailed to the walls as decoration. "El Toro" / made in Germany.



Bulldog #3 alligator wrench and I think some sort of splitting wedge.


I was very happy to find this Trimo / Trimont pipe wrench. It's in lovely shape.



I found these photos on a high shelf in the pump shed. The tractor pictured is a John Deere A. Kind of mad that tractor barely brought the price of a set of tires at the auction.

 

[mikeinri]

You **** for the FREE vises @zanyad

Ditto!

Mike

 

[mikeinri]

Have you no standards?!

Anyhoo, just got back from a trip (as you all know), and was scanning FBM, when I happen to see something interesting. An object I was interested dropped its price by half, down into my range, so I scooped it up!

A Dalton Six B-4. This 7 inch swing machine lathe came, as you can see, on the original cast iron stand, with original overhead motor mount. The change gears, steady rest, collet closer, etc. are in the box at the base. I have wanted one of these for years, and this is a great one at a great price. Everything is lightly coated in oil (read: not cleaned in years) and every thing moves smoothly. I will need to clean off the grey paint, but that is no big deal. Seller was moving on his passed father's and grandfather's lathe, as he had never used it in four years. He was happy to see it go to someone so excited about it.

Best part, when I mentioned that I was going to maybe go look at a lathe, you know, just kick the tires, she said, "you forgot a word. Another. That is the word you forgot. You are getting another lathe."

The combination of all of those words makes that one of my favorite posts of the year!

Mike

 

[mikeinri]

Nope. The original pic shoes the mic opened well past 0, and the bent bit was a fake... He got us all.

I just figured that was a tertiary result of He-Man-ning it with the Vise Grips...

Mike

 

[Provincial]

FBMP pickup this afternoon. 6 ft workbench (originally kitchen cabinet) with two vises, a Columbian and a Parker, for $free.99

zanyad *****!

 

[RTM]

some sort of splitting wedge.

You splitting wedge is a Hubbard based on that logo

looking here says a saw wedge, for felling a tree if I understand correctly.

Hubbard Tool Catalog : Unit Rail Anchor Company, Inc. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

32 p., illus., 27.9 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

 

[gearhead1960]

You **** for the FREE vises @zanyad

+1

 

[Stubby1743]

I went to a large historic military vehicle and re-enactment show last Sunday. The show was on for three days over the bank holiday weekend. There were many vendor stalls selling historic militaria and surplus items. One stall had a few bins of surplus tools. It was too hot to spend as much time as I would have liked sorting through it all but I did grab the small pieces above for £5. All have engraved UK military markings. The cut 7/32" Snap on ring is interesting, But my favourite is the 10mm 3/8" drive torque adaptor made from two Stahlwille tools. I can't resist neatly modified tools.

 

[Outlawmws]

my favourite is the 10mm 3/8" drive torque adaptor made from two Stahlwille tools. I can't resist neatly modified tools.

Was that plated after welding?

 

[Stubby1743]

No, but the weld appears to be stainless steel. It is less magnetic than the two tools.

 

[knock knock]

$20 find that I wasn’t really looking for

 

[mikeinri]

$20 find that I wasn’t really looking for

You **** anyway...

Mike

 

[knock knock]

Found this today pretty sure I have seen one. Was worth a buck,have to clean it up.

 

[INSP380]

Well, here’s the follow up from this weeks work dive. I figured the height gage purge was next & I was correct. Same deal, get them out of the shop ASAP. All 12”, SPI Digital, Etalon Dial & Fowler Dial. All three needed a bot of work to bring back into service. The SPI’s took a battery and then was frozen on 0000. Pulled the board put and cleaned it, cleaned the pickup wheel and she came back to life. Ran it thru the full range on my surface plate with gage block combos and it is on and repeats. Next up were the Etalons, good cleaning and back on the plate. Would not repeat consistently, here the arm was slightly loose. Turn of a hex wrench and she was repeating like the SPI. The Fowler is a bit jenky, the top counter is stuck. Bottom works well, and it now repeats with the same tightening up. I still need to pull it apart to check out the top counter. Easy to tune up on my time, hourly rates at work, not so much. Hope more is on the horizon..

Steve

 

[bmwrd0]

Well, here’s the follow up from this weeks work dive. I figured the height gage purge was next & I was correct. Same deal, get them out of the shop ASAP. All 12”, SPI Digital, Etalon Dial & Fowler Dial. All three needed a bot of work to bring back into service. The SPI’s took a battery and then was frozen on 0000. Pulled the board put and cleaned it, cleaned the pickup wheel and she came back to life. Ran it thru the full range on my surface plate with gage block combos and it is on and repeats. Next up were the Etalons, good cleaning and back on the plate. Would not repeat consistently, here the arm was slightly loose. Turn of a hex wrench and she was repeating like the SPI. The Fowler is a bit jenky, the top counter is stuck. Bottom works well, and it now repeats with the same tightening up. I still need to pull it apart to check out the top counter. Easy to tune up on my time, hourly rates at work, not so much. Hope more is on the horizon..

Steve

Thats quite the surface plate you got there...

 

[INSP380]

Thats quite the surface plate you got there...

99% of the time it’s covered… lol. It’s not a AA but it works for me!

Steve

 

[bmwrd0]

Hah! I was making a joke about the surface that the height gauges were on, but that one is nice. Mine is a little 7"x9" I pull out when needed. Definitely not AA.

 

[mikeinri]

Hah! I was making a joke about the surface that the height gauges were on, but that one is nice. Mine is a little 7"x9" I pull out when needed. Definitely not AA.

That's what I thought you meant [the (folding???) table], but that IS a nice box!

Mike

 

[INSP380]

Hah! I was making a joke about the surface that the height gauges were on, but that one is nice. Mine is a little 7"x9" I pull out when needed. Definitely not AA.

That’s Mrs. Insp380’s dog grooming table! I use the **** out of that thing. The rubber surface is nice because it doesn’t scratch. The down side is…. I better have my chit off it when she comes down to groom the Doodle….

Steve

 

[bmwrd0]

I often take photos on top of the (3) chest freezers in the basement, due to there not being much on them, they are close to the shop, and, just as important, need to be cleared of my junk quickly. Our little dog Pepperoni is a wire hair, so no grooming needed, but I feel you!

 

[coachwash]

I bought 3 small tool box lots on an online auction. They only provided 2 pictures on each so I was taking a chance. Here is what I decided to keep from the boxes, I discarded the rest to the donation bin.

 

[Outlawmws]

Here is what I decided to keep from the boxes,

Nice haul!

Boy the hunting knife was worked hard and put away wet a few times! it is a Western? doesn't seem to have quite the right curve.

 

[Beerhippie]

Nice haul!

Boy the hunting knife was worked hard and put away wet a few times! it is a Western? doesn't seem to have quite the right curve.

Western was the first thing that came to my mind, but Western used the double-tang that was riveted through the sides of the pommel and exposed on the top and bottom of the grip.



My Western L58--the first one to hand.

 

[coachwash]

Nice haul!

Boy the hunting knife was worked hard and put away wet a few times! it is a Western? doesn't seem to have quite the right curve.

Unfortunately, not a Western.

 

[d42jeep]

We had a fun day with the neighbors going to estate and garage sales in Nevada. The first garage sale was one we usually go to every year as the seller always has interesting items and today was no exception.
A new monkey wrench for the collection, a Bernard pair of parallel jaw pliers, a postwar perfect handle Irwin screwdriver, a little unmarked wood handle screwdriver, a Eagle oiler, and some other interesting items I probably didn’t need.
Next we went to the second day of a Minden estate sale that my neighbor particularly wanted to check out due to a large selection of quilting items. I mostly checked out the garage and found a few things at a reasonable price. The neighbor was very happy with her quilting supply finds.
I liked the De-liar in the leather pouch.

A small pair of Worth * lineman’s pliers
A couple of Crescent tools.
A Williams 8” Superjustable wrench.
More to follow.
-Don

 

[Beerhippie]

Unfortunately, not a Western.

Oh, dang, just a KaBar....

 

[d42jeep]

The nest sale was a neighborhood sale in Carson City. Only the first garage sale had a few tools, mostly wrenches.
Barcalo.
Vlchek.
Craftsman =v= DOE.
A couple of P&C sockets.
A little Walden ignition wrench.
Another overpriced Carson City estate sale had almost nothing of interest until we spotted these Red Devil longnoses. The seller threw in the screwdriver.


We traveled out US50 to check out an Estate Sale Company warehouse which was a bust. It turned out to be in the Nevada “social club” neighborhood. We proceeded to Costco to fill up with slightly less overpriced Nevada gas and the neighbors picked up lunch at In and Out. All in all a very fun day.
-Don

 

[Outlawmws]

Unfortunately, not a Western.

Yeah, Ka-bar much better

 

[Big Jimmy]

Was in St. Joseph, Missouri on Wednesday, and ended up stopping by the local Habitat ReStore. Found some screw/nut drivers and some other items.

TG&Y 2202 3/16" cabinet tip screwdriver
Bridgeport? (unmarked) 3/16" cabinet tip screwdriver - comfort grip patent 2871899
Xcelite HS-14 7/16" nut driver
Fuller 212 5/16" nut driver and 211 1/4" nut driver
Craftsman 43373 hex bit driver
S-K 73514 hex bit driver with storage
Vaco DUP-12 PH2/PH1 flip screwdriver
Crescent Bridgeport 303-6 PH3 screwdriver

Also found a Klein 701-S hacksaw which was made in Sweden and an AIGO Japan 7/16" combination wrench. Finished the tool portion of my finds out with somewhat crappy Oxwall wire strippers from Japan.

I also found a 4 prong wall jack and a cord to wire one of my rotary phones in a more period-correct manner, and a $1 radio.

$22.50 out the door.

 

[bmwrd0]

I made it to three sales and the Restore yesterday afternoon:

Two of the sales had nothing of interest, while the third did. Thing of 3-in-1 oil, Bausch and Lomb gauge of some sort, Starrett mic.(in Starrett marked eyeglass case), auto center punch tip, box of 1/4"-20 taps, optical loop, empty Starrett box (I am a sucker for origial boxes, and had the centering head this holds sitting at home), unmarked 4" dial caliper (has a serial number but nothing else?), Bridgeport driver, and two pieces of tool steel. $10

From the Restore, a 10" Weston Edge draw knife, Bessey clamp, Chrome Vanadium (USA) DBE, and three Xcelite drivers (one of which is Orchard park). $13.50

 

[Patrickm82]

Pretty good start to the day. Hit up 2 sales before the rain rolls in and scored at one of them. First was a church sale that didn’t have anything but a couple of claw hammers. Next stop was advertised as, fill a bag for $25. I spotted this tote with precision screwdrivers in it. At first I thought it was Milwaukee and I was like score but then I pick one up and it was all snap on precision drivers. I asked how much and he said $20, and I said SOLD. Got some stainless hardware and light bulbs and new hose sprayer. $30 total. Here’s what I got. The last picture is what is going to be for sale.

Edit;
Got a blue point ratchet wrench and craftsman professional as well

 

[LesserSon]

Trip to Jake’s Flea yielded two Bonney cutters and a Utica 10” slipjoint pliers, $1ea.
A TOO yardsale yielded a 48”l 29”h 15”d steel shelf base for $3 that I will use under a workbench I am devising.
Two leftbehinds at the yardsale: Ats&Crafts style oak desk in need of some repair ($5!). I used to be unable to walk away for A&C/Mission style firniture. And a bomber desk with no drawers ($10!). I currently have no use or room for either. If I owned the corresponding swivel chair, I would MAKE ROOM for the desk.

 

[bmwrd0]

Man, I would have snapped up that A&C desk in a heartbeat! But, I live in an arts and crafts home, so...

 

[JMP]

Went to a couple sales this morning. First sale was several tables and a garage filled with vintage toys from the 1960's and 70's it could have been a toy store. It essentially was the overflow of a collector who does a lot of eBay. They did however have two cantilever Kennedy toolboxes with misc. tools. Tools were $1 each or $30 per box with tools. Before I even had a chance to go through either box the seller offered both to me for $50 so I grabbed them. They are not in the best of shape with the rust but they work well and have some good useful tools. I'm definitely going to sell one of the boxes after I decide which one to keep.

 

[bmwrd0]

Curious to see what all you find in those boxes!

 

[jeffmoss26]

Went to a couple sales this morning. First sale was several tables and a garage filled with vintage toys from the 1960's and 70's it could have been a toy store. It essentially was the overflow of a collector who does a lot of eBay. They did however have two cantilever Kennedy toolboxes with misc. tools. Tools were $1 each or $30 per box with tools. Before I even had a chance to go through either box the seller offered both to me for $50 so I grabbed them. They are not in the best of shape with the rust but they work well and have some good useful tools. I'm definitely going to sell one of the boxes after I decide which one to keep.

You ****!

 

[LesserSon]

Man, I would have snapped up that A&C desk in a heartbeat! But, I live in an arts and crafts home, so...

Yeah, I had one that I restored from a yard sale wreck. This would be easy by comparison. It was solid oak (this top is veneered), and some PO had thought it would be best to drill holes and cut notches through the top to anchor some belt-driven machine to it and then leave it in a damp garage (former buggy shed) for years, until the joinery was all warped apart and earwigs were living in every crevice. I used what was left of the top to reconstruct the middle drawer from shadows.
That restoration was an act of love. When it was finished, I discovered how uncomfortable it was to sit at (no knee room between two side drawers, nor under center drawer. I’m 72”, so possibly smaller-statured persons would not have found complaint. MrsLS is not a huge fan of A&C, and as it had to be disassembled and reassembled every time we tried it in a different room (narrow hallway), I eventually left it disassembled and repurposed the hardware, and finally the oak.