it's 2013 garage sale season!...

[jakemac]

Me too! I've still got my stage pin splitter, and my gam chek tool in my bag. I've got a case of Union stage pins in my gig box, just waiting for the next time I'm drafted to work at some tiny community theatre, where I spend most of my call time fixing gear.... been a long time though, and likely to be longer still. I just can't afford theatre anymore.

(still wrap up all my cords with an over and under "video wrap" too...)
(and I've got trick line ties on all my cords and air hoses)
(and most of them have color coded tape on them for length...)
(and half the stuff in my house has my name on it in sharpie, or written on board tape)

zuk

I've got a box of 3 pin plugs somewhere in storage. All my cords are "trained" to coil to my arms length. And I finally just traded out my trick line ties for velcro wraps after 20yrs. Never had a Gam Chek, just waited for sparks . As for splitting pins, I just used my Gerber (I have the thumb scars to prove it ).

Welcome brother !

 

[jeffmoss26]

I always liked tie line better than Velcro. I had to replace the Velcro ties at least once a year on mic cables and extension cords that got daily use.

 

[jakemac]

I'll probably go back, but I thought that it was time to give modern technology a try.

 

[jjjrmx5]

What the HELL did I just start????????????????


LOLOLOLOLZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jeffmoss26]

Technical theater dudes reunion!

 

[WNYflyer]

Picked up my first real tool box today from CL. Paid $160, so it seemed like a pretty good deal. I also stopped at Lowes to pick up some socket organizers. I'll still need some drawer liners and a top mat.
Susposedly, the top box is Proto and the bottom is Snap On. It's missing the bottom door, but that's alright with me.


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Nice pick-up soloz2. I bet those boxes are well built. Did you pick them up off of the Rochester NY Craigslist? I thought I saw that box on there. If so it looks like the guy refurbishes box from what I can tell. For the price looks like you did well. Enjoy.

 

[zuk123]

soloz2- you can get pretty good drawer liner from HD-- look by the appliances for the rolls (it's the shelf liner, not the stuff specifically for toolboxes). Cheap yoga mats work too, and the sears outlet by me has a mat that goes under exercise equipment that is black, heavy, and dense if the yoga mat is too flimsy. Others here have used other materials too.

great find by the way!

zuk

 

[Duct Tape Man]

Hit the flea market today after church, saved some goodies.

First pic are the good tools - Craftsman 7-oz finishing claw hammer in new condition (surface rust on head from basement storage), 5 Plomb sockets, 4 Proto LA sockets, and 1 Craftsman deep socket, and a Proto Phillips-head screwdriver. All for $10

Other three pics were all FREE stuff I snagged out of one gent's free bins. Includes:

"skini-dip" metal polishing kit, brick trowel, two plastic flashlights, set of 4 antique wood caster wheels, new space-age space blanket, kitchen sink hose sprayer, muffler bracket, old vintage prop-up bracket of some sort, some door hinge accessories, a cheap timing light, muffler "bandage", a "CD Stomper" whatever that is, and a couple other odds and ends. Nothing beats free!

 

[zuk123]

Jakemac- just say no to the velcro! Trick line works and lasts so much better. The velcro picks up every bit of sawdust, every random thread, every metal sliver, folds against itself, etc. The only place I use the velcro is on cords that won't lay on the floor, like computer stuff (or cat5 which could be damaged by the tie line, or maybe mic line.) Of course, then you need to decide if you put the tie at the male or female end of all your cords........

And yeah, I still carry my gerber in preference to a leatherman, but I won't use it as pliers without wearing gloves Pinch me once shame on me, pinch me twice--I guess I must be using a Gerber.

Back on topic! I got this last week at a semi-permanent yard sale, $5. I've been looking for a pellet or bb pistol, and this spring powered one is the first I've seen. I'd much prefer a break action pump, but this might help keep the cats from sh!tting in my daughter's sandbox. On the other hand, it's worth $20 on ebay, so that would put me closer to a pump action, if I could find one.

Good hunting all!

zuk

 

[zuk123]

Duct Tape Man- the cd stomper works with sheets of labels to align it on your homemade CDs. Not much used anymore. My latest laptop doesn't even have a CD slot...

I've seen some cool online projects to add leds to the old style lantern flashlights, and you are right, nothing beats free!


zuk

 

[jakemac]

Jakemac- just say no to the velcro! Trick line works and lasts so much better. The velcro picks up every bit of sawdust, every random thread, every metal sliver, folds against itself, etc. The only place I use the velcro is on cords that won't lay on the floor, like computer stuff (or cat5 which could be damaged by the tie line, or maybe mic line.) Of course, then you need to decide if you put the tie at the male or female end of all your cords........

And yeah, I still carry my gerber in preference to a leatherman, but I won't use it as pliers without wearing gloves Pinch me once shame on me, pinch me twice--I guess I must be using a Gerber.

Velcro - I'm using the GB brand Grip Strip (which may be discontinued) it's more like micro velcro and doesn't pick up as much debris.

Gerber - My multi was a Leatherman. I didn't have the Gerber multi-tool, I used the Gerber side-lock knife for opening one handed (useful more than once unloading in alleys in the middle of the night). I gave it up in favor of a Sheffield folding box cutter when I got a "real job" as a shipper/buyer at a hardware store.

M/F end - the tie always goes on the male end, so it isn't in your way when you're working at the female end of the cord/hose.

 

[Outlawmws]

What the HELL did I just start????????????????


LOLOLOLOLZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know what you started, but the real test of a master is making it stop!

 

[Provincial]

All the talk of extension cords reminded me that I picked up one at a garage sale a couple of months ago. It is 10/3 wire, still had the factory male plug on one end, with a broken female receptacle on the other end of 100 feet!!! And I paid $10.00 for it.

My wife thought I paid too much!

 

[jakemac]

10/3 @ 100' ? - That must weigh a ton to move around. I used to drag generator leads around. I'd hate to have that in my shop. After years of coiling 100-150 foot 12/3 cables, I refuse to have anything in my shop longer than 50'.

$10 ? - good job

 

[Mohawk Dave]

off CL today for $50. Dayton 6" VS on Baldor Stand. Needs good cleaning.

 

[Mohawk Dave]

And here's the Vidmar from CL last weekend for $75.

 

[zkling]

And here's the Vidmar from CL last weekend for $75.

I'll say it again Dave, YOU **** What are the dimensions on that cabinet?

 

[Mohawk Dave]

I'll say it again Dave, YOU **** What are the dimensions on that cabinet?

lol, thanks zkling. it's 30" wide, 28" deep, and 44" tall. Here's a link...http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/ST...=STANLEY-VIDMAR-Modular-Drawer-Cabinet-12C802

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Oh yea...and a Morgan Chicago for 5 bucks. Excellent condition. I don't think dude knew what he had.

 

[SackOHammers]

This is an alcohol torch. I just sold one the other day out of our miscellaneous bin that was in the box still.

Here is a 1936 flyer I found on eBay with one.

I've been waiting to see if anyone knew what kind of torch that was. I have one, too. But there wasn't any marking to go by to look for info on it. The fellow I got mine from had two of them and crushed the cylinders on one trying to open it. He said that some sort of fluid came out but didn't know what it was. So it sounds like it takes stove alcohol. That's one question on my mind solved and two left: Do both cylinders fill with alcohol? And who lights theirs first?

 

[zkling]

I will PM you an instruction sheet. I think..... I may need your email address.

 

[msgtsmithret]

Here are a few finds from the thrift store today. I love to hit this place once in a while because they have this large plastic tub they just throw all the tools in. I have to dig thru it each time and it's like a kid opening a present!

 

[rickhigginshtbr]

some pretty nice scores this weekend guys! Unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to even stop to look this weekend...

 

[rickhigginshtbr]

oh, and that rust covered CMan box head V from last weekend? Behold the power of Evaporust and some polishing with my old CMan block!





Some pitting, but looks OK and works great!

 

[Davefr]

And here's the Vidmar from CL last weekend for $75.

Those two finds are huge you *****!!

 

[glenmore]

And here's the Vidmar from CL last weekend for $75.

****!!

In my neighborhood too!

That's what I get for not constantly monitoring CL!

 

[Midman914]

And here's the Vidmar from CL last weekend for $75.

That same model cabinet is going for $475 on CL in my area. Yeah, you ****.

 

[zkling]

Mohawk Dave seems to have a nose for cheap boxes. They appear to gravitate towards him.

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Mohawk Dave seems to have a nose for cheap boxes. They appear to gravitate towards him.

just missed this one by a couple minutes... $60 obo......http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/tls/3997159431.html

 

[bluebolt]

Nice scores everybody! I was in New Orleans from Thursday to Sunday afternoon so no sales for me this week.

 

[nine4gmc]

You are acting like there are no garage sales in New Orleans

 

[SackOHammers]

I have mixed feelings about some of the stuff I found this weekend. Most of them wanted insane prices on everything. Here's Sat. finds:
Oak file box $1. Clump of 4 C Clamps $3. 2 monkey wrenches $1. RCA repairman box (sweet) $10. Soviet military oil tin $1. Mint 1950's gas mask bag to replace my pr-WWII lunch gas mask bag that's falling apart $3. 40" bed no name wood lathe made by mystical communists in a far away land, $30. And an old lunchbox full of rebuild tools for $6.
I didn't find my favorite thing, the box of mystery junk to take home and pick through...until Sunday. An old lady had just set up a yard sale and had two tackle boxes for $1 ea. It was the Wizard box that caught my attention. And the Craftsman box partly hidden under a table. Very heavy and full of stuff. She told me it was her first tool box and let it go for $2. Nice old lady. Kind old lady.
Got them home and went through the tackle boxes first. From a receipts, it looks like they were last used in the early 60's. Everything was melted together inside of them for some reason and not from heat, more like a chemical reaction. So I ended up tossing the contents after saving a couple of Lbs of lead out of them.
Then it was on to the C-man box.I was giddy with excitement. Very beat up on the outside. Pried it open and started picking at the stuff in the top tray. Badly broken car parts and broken tool parts. Same thing in the bottom of the box, only mixed in with cigarette butts from a bygone era. And dirt. Even the dirt is dirty. The only thing that resembles a tool out of it is an old Andree wrench. I don't think the box is even salvageable, not even the tray. Pure garbage. I've got a 20 lb box of anti climax to haul to the dump.
On the other hand, it was only two bucks. For that its worth leaving out as as a "bait" box to see if some one steals it.

 

[nine4gmc]

pull that emblem before you trash the box

 

[Outlawmws]

msgtsmithret, are those pliers "Wilde" something?

Apears to be one of these? http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/wilde-tool.html#history

Maybe the 8" Wrench Pliers?

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice scores everybody! I was in New Orleans from Thursday to Sunday afternoon so no sales for me this week.

You are acting like there are no garage sales in New Orleans

You should have hooked up with 9Four!

 

[Outlawmws]

Sack, nice finds and story!

The RCA box is worth something to the right person in the tube crowd.

That wood lathe appears to be identical to one I got off Freecycle, and re-gifted to a friend.

And ditto on saving the label off the red carry box.

 

[zkling]

Oak file box $1. Clump of 4 C Clamps $3. 2 monkey wrenches $1. RCA repairman box (sweet) $10.

Nice stuff Stack The clamps are nice for ~$1 each.

I'm pretty sure my grandfather has that same box or two. He was a repairman for RCA after he "graduated" from the war as he so puts it. He has a bunch of old RCA stuff, like the first remote and what not. I will have to email him a pic (if you don't mind) of the box you got, it looks real clean. Was there anything in it? Tubes or the like?

 

[jakemac]

pull that emblem before you trash the box

Not just the emblem, but the hasps and handle as well. Wasn't one of the members looking for new hasps for a box he was refurbing last week ?

 

[zkling]

Not just the emblem, but the hasps and handle as well. Wasn't one of the members looking for new hasps for a box he was refurbing last week ?

O.. as well as the tray. There was a guy looking for a tray a few days ago. I'm sure he would really appreciate it. Make that box an organ donor.

 

[Flatintoone]

Seriously. I have a fascination for old plants and facilities. I rarely get to indulge, but the attraction is there...

I used to work in a plant that was built more than 100 years before as a creamery. It was a cool place. I never got tired of looking at the old photos of the line. And we always ended up playing "What Year Was It?" with photos of the parking lot.