2026 Garage Sale Thread (15th Annual)
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Provincial
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r_olson_06 gets a big ****, and jumps to first place for Volume Pick of the Year!
At least my travel expenses were lower.
At least my travel expenses were lower.
. I am 37 so hopefully the adoption route.
I will get a thread going once we get the crates back and start unpacking. The majority of these will be going back into circulation so other Plomb collectors can fill out there sets. It was part of the agreement with the previous owner of the stuff. He wanted to get back out so people could enjoy it.
I guess I am putting in my name as a first candidate : )
(You can save big as you do not need to pay my education ; ) )
r_olson_06
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Yes I bet! This one took a bit of coordination compared to most picks.r_olson_06 gets a big ****, and jumps to first place for Volume Pick of the Year!
At least my travel expenses were lower.
r_olson_06
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. Sounds good. You are 1st on the list.Patrickm82
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@r_olson_06 how did you find the score? Just by chance?
r_olson_06
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I have bought from this guy a few times and he reached out to me looking to see if I wanted to buy his collection as he wanted to downsize.
FBMP purchase to feed my Vise Grip addiction while I have no time to hit any sales lately. They're made in Taiwan but I've never seen them before so I took a shot. They seem to be unused NOS.
I've never seen this design either and I've been collecting different Vise Grip style plier designs.
Outlawmws
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Unusual Monday/Tuesday Sale. (they promise some more tools tomorrow...)
Some sheet rock anchors for resupply - and I'll move more of my stock to this box; and a Japanese razor style knife. I figure good for bench use. Lessons learned: never use the plastic versions of these - they get brittle and crumble like chalk...
Chalk highlighted the Japanese characters, I'll have to see who might can read this. I think its Kanji.
Some sheet rock anchors for resupply - and I'll move more of my stock to this box; and a Japanese razor style knife. I figure good for bench use. Lessons learned: never use the plastic versions of these - they get brittle and crumble like chalk...
Chalk highlighted the Japanese characters, I'll have to see who might can read this. I think its Kanji.
Beerhippie
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Seems the drywall usually crumbles around them first.
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Provincial
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Drywall from a certain overseas country seems to crumble much quicker.
Outlawmws
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I've had really good luck with the metal ones so far.
Probably not from that country...
We have an active Drywall mfg plant right in my town. A guy I went to HS with - his family actually owned it for a time.
RTM
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Google Translate, using the camera, thinks it is Chinese traditional, and most talks about his name. I tried Japanese, and it changes slightly
It tries for the top 4
Log in, registration fee
Ticket, slip
Golden body
Holy Palace
Body creation saint Miyamoto Musashi again or zOne or Ward
Really struggling with the top 4 characters, and the last one. The translation changes as the edges go on n out of focus
I've been AWOL, and am WAY behind on this thread! I just got through reading page 48...
Welcome back! Good job picking up the family heirlooms. Looking forward to what you might create with all of that!
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Long story short, SUCKAGE to all of these guys!
Mike
Long time since I've posted, as I am mostly out of the acquisition phase of building my hoard and now am trying to get rid of stuff. Okay, thinking about trying to get rid of stuff.
However, my kids and I were given a chance to pick my late father-in-law's shop in PA, so I drove the 12-mpg F-250 out from Boston to load up. Technically, all of it was free, but cost me $200+ in gas for the round trip.
"Papa" John was a general contractor for most of his career, but primarily a woodworker late in life. He specialized in building stuff from reclaimed wood. His shop was mostly devoid a good tools, all claimed by geographically closer relatives. Much of what was left was covered in bird ****, since he hadn't been out into the shop in years and the critters moved in.
Nevertheless, I loaded up a few things from Papa's stash for which I will find uses.
Pair of 8-ft 2x4s
Half box of 5/8" plywood connectors
3/4 box of Simpson 2x10 joist hangers and assorted other brackets
2400 2-1/4" ring-shank nails
2000 3" full had smooth shank nails
Arrowhead staple gun
3x Craftsman DOE wrenches
Stanley #151 spoke shave
18" metal ruler
MeasureMaster MM12 Mark II rolatape
Pair of 14" Jorgensen-style wood clamps, made by the Cincinnati Tool Co
Partial boxes of wood and metal screws, nuts and aluminum rivers
3x forged eye nuts for these rods
Assorted drywall tools
Pair of Ladder Jax
A handbasket for the ride to, well, you know...
7x 14"x11" oak stair tread cutoffs
2x 5'x1-3/8" round dowels
14x 8' reclaimed pine boards, as wide as 13"
The boards were loaded partially to help justify having brought the truck, but also to collect material for a future project that would pay homage to Papa John, the woodworker!
Welcome back! Good job picking up the family heirlooms. Looking forward to what you might create with all of that!
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Long story short, SUCKAGE to all of these guys!
Went out Thursday to a church rummage, then on the way home decided to swing through 3 different towns that had their main days listed as Friday and Saturday, So sort of a TOO situation.
A baby Channellock & a B & C at a buck each.
Priced at $8.00
Craftsman 1/2 breaker sockets & a RHFT, and a Plomb 1/2 in well used shape. #5467
For $5. a pretty nice 3/8 SK Set.
From what I presumed was a "pro seller" set up on the town's main drag, all priced at $2.
Craftsman 3/8 breaker, SK 3/8 rat.
First I have run into these Snap-on baby breakers: 1/2" SV10A and 3/8" RV10B
The 9/16 universal they tossed in for free.
Score of the day, these 60lb York Dumbbells at $20.00 the pair.
Seller talked a while how he had made these while working at the foundry in Columbia PA.
Looks like they never got the black finish, almost looks like just a primer that gave way to rust in his basement.
Don't mind saying, these are a little hard for me to toss around.
Several big neighborhood sales in York and Lancaster counties this weekend.
Will be getting out early & irritating people as they try to set up.....
Went to two sales today. The first sale isn't worth mentioning. The second sale advertised a shed with numerous tool boxes and tools. I headed straight out to the he-shed. Tools were the usual Craftsman/Stanley hand tools in mediocre shape or overpriced. I did spot this Craftsman Vise for $20 and figured it should come home with me...
After rummaging through the tool boxes and coming up empty, I started digging and looking under the benches and into the storage boxes and came up with an assortment of treasures....
After spotting gun cleaning gear, not that I needed any, I did find an assortment of tools I did not recognize, specifically what their purpose was, but knew enough to grab them. The lot was $12, so didn't think it was over priced....
Researching the unknown tools led to enlightenment:
This is a U.S. Model 1879 Springfield combination tool designed for .45-70 caliber trapdoor rifles. It serves as a wrench for maintaining and cleaning the musket.
This is a pair of original U.S. Military Model 1855 mainspring vise tool used for servicing firearms. It was designed for fitment on Model 1855 muskets and later trapdoor rifles.
This is a Hawken made percussion capper, used for black powder or muzzle-loading firearms. It is designed to hold and quickly seat percussion caps onto the ****** of a muzzle-loading rifle.
This is a U.S. military-issue combination tool for the Browning M1919 machine gun.
A vintage brass CVA Black Powder Flask, made in Italy. Completely full of black powder.
Haul also included a 7/8 full can of Brownell's Neatsfoot oil, and an Irwin #900 screw starter.
..and a J P Danielson 8" Monkey Wrench...
...the vintage gun tools will find their way onto the bay, eventually......unless someone speaks up.....all in all, some nice finds.
Got this Werner 21ft 300lb-rated multi-ladder at a yard sale for $100. I normally don't drop $100 at a yard sale, but I just happened to need one of these ladders and they are like $300+ in stores.
Case hardened type finish. and yep. the SS are much later.
One good estate sale today - 2 YS with smalls, but I passed on a supper deal for a rolling Kennedy Plant maintenance box - with a 26" machinists intermediate for dirt Cheap. No space for another big roller (two actually, one to the back one to the side...) and not sure I could load/unload it anyway, cause my back is in spasm bad today.
Similar to this one:
Oh Well.
I did very well at the Estate sale however for $20:
Vises and stand: the black one holds larger printed circuit cards for work the "rail" style Panavise also can do smaller cards or other assemblies. The stand is useful for the articulation, and I can attach what I want:
Panavise Arbor press. I need to research its capacity. the thing behind it is a Variac (adjustable AC voltage supply) but has a problem so it was free. I can use the parts if not easily fixed.
Measuring tools: Brown and sharp Calipers, Mitutoyo mic, and a Starrett Square head.
Chapman Allen set (has 4 screwdriver bits - the rest are Allen)
I have the same box with a Gunsmiths set.
Vise grip tongs, a no-name, (but good quality) parrots beak Vise Grip, and the cable cutters and needle nose are Klein
Small sizes for ball Allen drivers ( I have te larger sizes already) and one stanly mini driver I got by mistake grabbing the yellow handles.
And Misc - Jorgansen 6" bar clamp, SO 1/4" ratchet 1/4 drive 1/2 Crow foot, Craftsman 9/16 Saltus, Millers falls awl, Jewelers hammers; Peer Swiss pattern & Brass, Armstrong ignition wrench.
That load made my day!
And the 2 YS:
First one - an insulator for guy lines, (I have smaller ones - this is huge) and at #2 across the street, a Machinery's Handbook 19th ed. and a Thread file. for $2 - this was the place that had the roller box.
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Mike
Fairly sure this is Japanese. It is kanji, but the characters don't appear Chinese to my eyes. I can make out: 登録標剣聖宮本武蔵. The last character, I don't recognize at all. I translate roughly as registration brand, master swordsman Musahi Miyamoto.Unusual Monday/Tuesday Sale. (they promise some more tools tomorrow...)
Some sheet rock anchors for resupply - and I'll move more of my stock to this box; and a Japanese razor style knife. I figure good for bench use. Lessons learned: never use the plastic versions of these - they get brittle and crumble like chalk...
Chalk highlighted the Japanese characters, I'll have to see who might can read this. I think its Kanji.
Since it looks scratched in, it's probably a joke if some kind from a former owner. Miyamoto is a half real, half legendary Japanese samurai figure.
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Outlawmws
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Thx @lu787a this was all factory markings, so a historical based branding - I chalked it for readability in the pic.
Interesting branding for the knife:
master swordsman Musahi Miyamoto.
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵; Japanese pronunciation: [mʲi.ja.mo.to (|) mɯꜜ.sa.ɕi],[1] c. 1583 – 13 June 1645)[2] was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 duels.[3][a] Musashi is considered a kensei (sword saint) of Japan.[4] He was the founder of the Niten Ichi-ryū (or Nito Ichi-ryū) style of swordsmanship. In his final years, Musashi authored The Book of Five Rings (五輪の書, Go Rin No Sho) and Dokkōdō (獨行道, The Path of Aloneness).
Interesting branding for the knife:
master swordsman Musahi Miyamoto.
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵; Japanese pronunciation: [mʲi.ja.mo.to (|) mɯꜜ.sa.ɕi],[1] c. 1583 – 13 June 1645)[2] was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 duels.[3][a] Musashi is considered a kensei (sword saint) of Japan.[4] He was the founder of the Niten Ichi-ryū (or Nito Ichi-ryū) style of swordsmanship. In his final years, Musashi authored The Book of Five Rings (五輪の書, Go Rin No Sho) and Dokkōdō (獨行道, The Path of Aloneness).
Caleb T
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Last week I stopped in to the local "swap shop" I frequent. The prices on tools are almost always dirt cheap, and you never know when hell have some new random pieces...
I got this Snap-On adjustable, 2 mini adjustables (Craftsman and J.H. Williams), and another pair of angle jaw pliers that I got for a friend and already gave him before the picture.
$6 out the door for all of it!
I got this Snap-On adjustable, 2 mini adjustables (Craftsman and J.H. Williams), and another pair of angle jaw pliers that I got for a friend and already gave him before the picture.
$6 out the door for all of it!
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Unusual Monday/Tuesday Sale. (they promise some more tools tomorrow...)
Some sheet rock anchors for resupply - and I'll move more of my stock to this box; and a Japanese razor style knife. I figure good for bench use. Lessons learned: never use the plastic versions of these - they get brittle and crumble like chalk...
Chalk highlighted the Japanese characters, I'll have to see who might can read this. I think its Kanji.
Apple Translate offers “creation record” for the first, smaller characters (at least those in green rectangle). The rest does seem to include Musashi’s name - 宮本 武蔵 - (yellow rectangle), bracketed by other characters.
There are approximately 6000 kanji characters in regular use, but (including the obscure and archaic) closer to 60000 total - so not too surprising to run into some unrecognized ones. Since the characters each represent a word, these numbers are not very different from English word counts. You could certainly get by using a couple thousand in everyday communication, but even a highly-literate person with tens of thousands of synonyms at his command runs into an unfamiliar one from time to time.
I read the Book of Five Rings (an English translation) in the early nineties. I retained two ideas. First, strike while your opponent is striking (but land the hit first), so every move costs him, which I think disrupts and inhibits his focus. Maybe Musashi had an unusual gift for anticipating his opponents’ intentions, because I have had difficulty applying this in my life. Second, use the same, simple methods at all scales, whether fighting a duel or commanding an army. This last seems to run counter to Fezzik’s assertion in the Princess Bride, to use different moves when fighting an individual than a group.
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I would be very surprised if the Princess Bride would be part of the curriculum for an MSS… but you never know.
Apple Translate offers “creation record” for the first, smaller characters (at least those in green rectangle). The rest does seem to include Musashi’s name - 宮本 武蔵 - (yellow rectangle), bracketed by other characters.
There are approximately 6000 kanji characters in regular use, but (including the obscure and archaic) closer to 60000 total - so not too surprising to run into some unrecognized ones. Since the characters each represent a word, these numbers are not very different from English word counts. You could certainly get by using a couple thousand in everyday communication, but even a highly-literate person with tens of thousands of synonyms at his command runs into an unfamiliar one from time to time.
I read the Book of Five Rings (an English translation) in the early nineties. I retained two ideas. First, strike while your opponent is striking (but land the hit first), so every move costs him, which I think disrupts and inhibits his focus. Maybe Musashi had an unusual gift for anticipating his opponents’ intentions, because I have had difficulty applying this in my life. Second, use the same, simple methods at all scales, whether fighting a duel or commanding an army. This last seems to run counter to Fezzik’s assertion in the Princess Bride, to use different moves when fighting an individual than a group.
I would guess that the Art of War, Book of Five Rings, and Meditations are on the reading list.
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Provincial
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I saw a discussion among WWII historians in which it was mentioned that Japanese writing was changed after WWII. This makes it difficult to read the WWII military records, as machine translation doesn't work. I think they said the change was made to facilitate machine (typewriter/computer) printing.
Outlawmws
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This knife is basically current production you can get them new off Eprey.
ctuai
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Estate sale ($40): 22" Jet scroll saw (JWSS-22B) w/ OEM stand and pedal:
Floor stand tools seem to hit some sort of ceiling and then they're all $40 regardless of manufacturer. I guess they're just not enough demand to actually figure out a price.
Yes there was a large change. Prior to WWII, there was a effort to standardize Japanese easier. After WWII this really ramped up to rationalize and simplify many common kanji by reducing the number of strokes (lines). This was also done in mainland China after 1949. So today, although Taiwan, China, Japan, (and to a much lesser extent South Korea) all use kanji, they are not identical in many ways. For Japanese this was done prior to the advent of computers, so I think it had more to do with making them generally easier rather than a specific machine need.
An example, here is "return" or "come home":
Modern Japanese: 帰
Simplified Chinese (Mainland): 归
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan): 歸
Outlawmws
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Likely dual purpose: standardization in schools, and for newspaper type setting machines. Nor sure a western style typewriter could handle more than just basics.
Round 6 (early last week, but I forgot to post):
Three more Metro racks, some unistrut, some plexiglass (still wrapped), a thick (3/4" or more) piece of HDPE, and a lightweight cart.
I didn't take the last stainless cart, because it was still in use. I think I'm done, because my coworker made it sound like everything else has been sold.
Mike
Round 7 of freebies from the work cleanout (click on the post above for the prior 6 rounds)...
Three more Metro racks (one disassembled), another cart (U-Line Handi-Mover, H-180), a partial roll of construction paper, and a Milwaukee M18 non-Fuel Sawzall kit (2621-22). The Sawzall is dirty, but rarely used, and has 8 or 9 blades, at least 6 are brand new.
This honey hole keeps on giving (I thought I was done, but apparently some of the "sold" stuff hasn't left the building)! At least one more load to come...
Mike
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I need some advice: There are something like 50-60 Rubbermaid 2650 "universal" drum dollies heading for a dumpster later this week. They're designed for 55-gallon drums and can hold up to 500 pounds each.
Looking online, they sell for around $150 new. Used prices seem to be $30-50 each.
A lot of the ones we have are notched for their prior purpose (they held drums with low-point drains on the side). Not sure that I could ever sell those, and certainly not sure if it would be worth the cost to ship them to anyone.
Again, FIFTY to SIXTY (not a typo) of these available!
I'd hate to see these go to a landfill. Anyone need anything like this?
Mike
Looking online, they sell for around $150 new. Used prices seem to be $30-50 each.
A lot of the ones we have are notched for their prior purpose (they held drums with low-point drains on the side). Not sure that I could ever sell those, and certainly not sure if it would be worth the cost to ship them to anyone.
Again, FIFTY to SIXTY (not a typo) of these available!
I'd hate to see these go to a landfill. Anyone need anything like this?
Mike
SC Fly Guy
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Good on you for trying to save them from the landfill. I don’t have any need and shipping costs would be prohibitive. But, they sure would be handy for people that have large planters that they need to move around!I need some advice: There are something like 50-60 Rubbermaid 2650 "universal" drum dollies heading for a dumpster later this week. They're designed for 55-gallon drums and can hold up to 500 pounds each.
Looking online, they sell for around $150 new. Used prices seem to be $30-50 each.
A lot of the ones we have are notched for their prior purpose (they held drums with low-point drains on the side). Not sure that I could ever sell those, and certainly not sure if it would be worth the cost to ship them to anyone.
Again, FIFTY to SIXTY (not a typo) of these available!
I'd hate to see these go to a landfill. Anyone need anything like this?
Mike
RTM
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If people could flatten the top surface by cutting, or building an insert, may make a nice furniture dolly if the wheels are big enough.
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four.cycle
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^ they make great pot holders for large flower pots (IF the casters are capable of carrying any weight.) I've built several of them out of wood.
Outlawmws
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I bet that's a good size for half barrels.
Beerhippie
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Where will you put the ice?
Actually, a plastic 55gal drum cut in half will fit perfectly--and hold a half-barrel and ice--and a BUNCH of six-packs! Got one with the cut-out for the lower drain and install a bulkhead fitting to drain the melt water.
If you cut the rim off to make a flatbed, it gets extremely flimsy. Ask me how I know....
four.cycle
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^ Pretty sure Outlaw is talking about "half a whiskey barrel" planters. My ex-wife has several of them. I made her a few dollys so she can move them around in her driveway.
Outlawmws
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Yeah, I was, but Timm's plan works also.
r_olson_06
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Here is some of the early Plomb wrenches from the pick. They include some Early Cap Nut Wrenches, ALAM (Association of Licensed Automobile Manufactures), early tappets, early water pump wrenches, and some general purpose garage wrenches.
r_olson_06
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Round 7 of freebies from the work cleanout (click on the post above for the prior 6 rounds)...
Three more Metro racks (one disassembled), another cart (U-Line Handi-Mover, H-180), a partial roll of construction paper, and a Milwaukee M18 non-Fuel Sawzall kit (2621-22). The Sawzall is dirty, but rarely used, and has 8 or 9 blades, at least 6 are brand new.
This honey hole keeps on giving (I thought I was done, but apparently some of the "sold" stuff hasn't left the building)! At least one more load to come...
Mike
Round 8 of the work clean-out freebies...
Another stainless cart (HEAVY), a wire cart, a (black) steel cabinet, and two (gray) old drawer cabinets.
The black cabinet and gray cabinets came out of a Facilities shop, and they were badly abused over the years. The tall (black) cabinet has shelves, at least one is badly damaged and may not be salvageable.
Better pic of the gray cabinets below. I am likely going to have to combine the best parts of each to make one good one.
There might be a handful of items left next week.
Mike
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PirateTurner
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Two please depending on shipping. One for an overgrown pony-tail pawn I move in and out of the garage in the winter and one for the dust collector collection drum.