it's 2013 garage sale season!...

[zkling]

Here's a pic with the mid box I picked up last week. The 520 is 1 1/4" shorter than the mid box. Is there a 22" Kennedy model ?

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Yea kennedy made some goofy decisions with their middle boxes. The more modern ones only come in a 22" and ~28" wide variant. Really crazy because they make 20" and 26" wide base boxes.

 

[jakemac]

Can you post the dimensions on those please? Head diameter and head OAL? I'm trying to build a database.

Just did a quick wire wheel and oiling for you.

TRUE TEMPER
KELLY PERFECT
—NO. 504—

2 1/8" L
1" H
13/16" dia.
(Dark barn red paint)


CHENEY
USA

1 15/16" L
3/4" H
5/8" dia.
(no paint, or gone)


Thanks guys for the suckage, it wasn't expected.
Yeah, I didn't think that Kennedy made a 22" top box.
I didn't think that there would be any spare covers out there, but it never hurts to ask.

 

[zkling]

Just did a quick wire wheel and oiling for you.

Awww, you're too much Jake

Thanks I'm trying to build a database that corelates BP hamer size to weight.
I think what you have is a 4oz and 2oz hammer. Could be wrong on that though. I found a 2oz (?) Vaughan BP last week that is 5/8" head diameter, 2 1/8" OAL Face to tip.

J
Yeah, I didn't think that Kennedy made a 22" top box.
I didn't think that there would be any spare covers out there, but it never hurts to ask.

Yea, IDK what Kennedy was thinking. They make a 20" top chest (520 and 620) as well as numerous 26/27" wide chests and the matching 20" wide and 26/27" wide bottoms, then the middle boxes (22" and 28") really kinda screw you on what bottom box you can purchase. They then jump up to a ~29" wide bottom. :

Keep an eye out for a cover, you could always make one which is probably going to be the most feasible economical route.

 

[jakemac]

Thanks I'm trying to build a database that corelates BP hamer size to weight.
I think what you have is a 4oz and 2oz hammer. Could be wrong on that though. I found a 2oz (?) Vaughan BP last week that is 5/8" head diameter, 2 1/8" OAL Face to tip.

Damn, you're right. I just ran down to the shop and checked the True Temper against a marked Craftsman in my box. MATCH.
I don't have a 2oz to check the Cheney against, but it makes sense.
I edited the OP.

That will teach me to avoid embarassing myself by posting before doing my homework. Too bad I'm such a bad student.

........ cover, you could always make one which is probably going to be the most feasible economical route.

I was hoping to avoid that, considering how available the 520 is, I can wait it out until a complete one comes along at the right price. Or a better configured box drops in my lap. Then this one can become someone else's problem.

 

[chopper1]

Plomb Box

That looks like it should clean up nicely. Great find.

 

[southern_tango]

today I got 2 B&D workmate folding workcentre for $5 both the bigger one needs thetop to be replace (will try to get some marine grade plywood) and the small one I'm thinking to convert in a foldable welding table (like Miller's)
Or should do it the other way ?Suggestions?

 

[bigcaddy]

I was able to make it out this morning after a friend called and said he put me on a sign up sheet.

It looked promising and he had previous dealings with the owner from an earlier sale. He knew about a box with lots of snap on tucked away so we waited…….

Once we got in the garage, all 2 of us, the box had been mostly emptied to our dismay

This was what i was able to get out with. Not pictured is 6 USA made shovels that i have been looking for to keep at work. You can never have enough shovels in my line of work so i got them at a whopping 3 bucks each.

The tools were pretty slim but i found all of the good USA stuff.

14" ridgid pipe wrench

Like new Proto offset speeder

24" MAC slotted screwdriver

Proto snap ring pliers

Whitney Jr no. 5 punch

Whitney No. 4 shear

Ammco 8500 Safety Mic Brake Drum Micrometer

 

[Outlawmws]

BC great scores all around, but nice grab on the angle iron shear! I got a No. 4 last spring that I'm in process stripping and repainting, and have another one (Not sure it's a Whitney) buried in the garage workroom. now you need to find a long flat bar 1/2" X 2 and grind a slight taper on it for a lever!

 

[t4runner]

Snowy Saturday, picked up this union tool box probably spent more on gas then its worth, paid 4$ for it

 

[jakemac]

I braved the 10° temps to participate in a free-for-all in a barn this morning.
It was supposed to be an Estate sale, but nearly turned into a rumble in the loft when people couldn't tell the difference between the "for sale" piles and the "BACK OFF, this is mine" piles. I would have scored some SnapOn screwdrivers and pile of large (1"+) Cman wrenches if I had gotten there earlier. The guy 3 numbers in front of me got to the tool cabinet first and blocked everyone from looking over his shoulder while he cleaned the best stuff out. He kept muttering "don't need it, don't need it" as he tossed it in his box. He was worried that someone else might get it.

Still, he did miss a few things that the rest of us shared.

Pic #1 is from his leavings and what I could find in the mosh pit upstairs. Pic #2 is from another sale I went to after (to warm up). It was much more civilized, but had few tools.

Pic #1 - $30

12" Kepro light sheet shear (a cleaner one sold for $280 on eBay over the summer)
2 sm. battery lanterns - w/ batteries
LugAll heavy Come-Along - w/ block
P&W Angle finder (missing straight edge)
B&S 4" dividers
unmarked caliper
5" ViseGrip (Peterson) - 5WR
SnapOn SDDP63 #3 phillips screwdriver
SnapOn SDDP22 #2 stubby phillips screwdriver
unknown (HF ?) taiwan air 1/2" detail sander
3 boxes T50 staples
2 boxes T50 MONEL staples (expensive)


Pic #2 - $16

20"sq x 31 1/2" steel cabinet w/key (lock frozen, shelf missing)
Stanley #593 platic tip hammer
4" BET'R-GRIP adjustable wrench (thinner than my 4" Utica's)
-------J.P. DANIELSON---------JAMESTOWN--NY

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice finds Jake!

t4runner, I left an nearly identical (including the green color), Kennedy at the FM today!

 

[Outlawmws]

OK My saves of the day. one [planned GS sale stop and the collage FM:

Another drive by COULD have been a nice score, but the maroons running it decided a cardboard box of random tools constituted a "set" (with some individuality priced? ), and wanted $80 for it.... the only really good stuff was a 3/4 drive Proto ratchet, a couple of extensions, and a few sockets for it. The rest was junk, and they still own it AFAIK...

From the only garage sale, lots of tools a Craftsman roller, an intermediate, and a tiny (16" Wide?) top, but almost all pretty junky quality tools.

I glommed onto the hammer, 2 C clamps, Wiss Inlaid Scissors, a neat old thermometer, three 6" bar clamps, and 2 3 ft. 1/2" pipe clamps, as well as the old solid brass light socket, and the name plates. the name plates I got on the way home as I stopped again as tey were still getting setup when I left earlier. all told; $15.

The FM had several saves:

this thing, (see my other thread..)

Challanger/Proto Socket, and two ratcheting adapters, 1/4" and 3/8" drive. and a couple of old wrenches. $7, we flipped for it, I won..

And some Bass Plugs! (Lump, you out there?)

$4

 

[Neverfly]

and two ratcheting adapters, 1/4" and 3/8" drive.

I may be out of line here...

That 3/8 looks like a New Britain. Any chance of Selling It?

 

[BJ42LX]

I glommed onto the hammer...

Mmmm. Hammer...

 

[jakemac]

I like those pipe clamps. I've never seen wheeled handles before. Nice !

 

[Outlawmws]

I like those pipe clamps. I've never seen wheeled handles before. Nice !

Thanks, that was exactly why I bought them. I left a bunch more pipe clamps and almost left these as he was at $5 ea. he doped to $5 for the pair and I said OK...

 

[cbacres]

Guess I need to post more now that is winter. No snow to shut down sales here, just sucky 80 deg weather.

First up.Chain repair pliers JNM & Co., a Indestro rivet setting tool.



A Roper Whitney rotating bearing punch press. Best I can tell its a No. 10, 7 ton.






Some packing pullers and stones.


Not shown is a drill index with mostly brand new US bits $ 10.00,a next to new Klien screwdriver $.50. Must have about 15 of these screwdrivers, never more than a dollar.

 

[Outlawmws]

Mmmm. Hammer...

Yeah I generally have sworn off "no name" hammer unless unusual. this one is not quite a "no name, but it's been used hammering sideways so much any lettering is nearly obliterated. there is a tiny bit left, with "0 18" on it in a fairly small type face.

 

[Outlawmws]

I may be out of line here...

That 3/8 looks like a New Britain. Any chance of Selling It?

PM me your Email. It is NB; It has some fine grind marks, but operates perfectly, including the odd reversing switch.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Went to 3 sales today in the snow...all of the stuff pictured for less than 10 bucks!
PB Blaster, 3 in 1 oil, Lubriplate grease
Ridgid 14" pipe wrench (will clean up nicely), Estwing claw hammer, unmarked level, Vaco #1 phillips, unmarked utility knife, Wiss snips, Stanley tape measure, Craftsman crowntop black and white tape measure, old slip joints stamped 'B'. Will post a pic of those separately to see if anyone knows who made em!

 

[Outlawmws]

If it's "B" with a frame of some sort around it probably Bonney?

 

[Lump]

And some Bass Plugs! (Lump, you out there?)

Great haul, Outlaw...as always.

The top lure is likely a Creek Chub Bait Company Jointed Pikie Minnow in red/white color (However, there were close-copy clones made by competitors...including CCBC themselves, who sold a cheaper line of lures branded as, "Shur Strike"). This one has glass eyes, which is good, and suggests that it is an older lure...at least from the 1950's, but possibly back to the 1920's. The front belly hook and washer are missing. I could tell you more about it's age with a front view of the diving lip. If it is a CCBC lure and has a patent date in the 1920's, that actually makes it NEWER. Also, newer CCBC lures had two indents stamped into the lip to keep it from bending under heavy use, and these came along later also. So the oldest diving lips have no patent date, and no reinforcing indents. A top view and a front view of this lure would make it easier to ID.

The bottom one is a Paw Paw Bait Co lure...probably a River Rover. (Note how the metal lip on this lure extends underneath to include the hole for the first treble hook. That's the easiest clue to ID many Paw Paw lures.) This one has "Tack Eyes," which is literally a small nail with round head tapped into the lure body, and then painted to look like an eyeball. Generally speaking these are newer than most glass-eyed lures.

Condition is EVERYTHING with vintage lures. Your Pikie Minnow lure looks to be in really great shape (Note the paint seems to still be on the eye screw heads between the two halves; no noticeable chips in paint down to bare wood, etc). Unless it has been repainted. Clean this lure with a soap and water solution, drying it immediately afterwards. Then use some gentle metal polish (Flitz, or etc), on a soft damp cloth, and start working on those stains on the white paint. Stop as soon as the dark spots are gone (the original lacquer paint was top coated with varnish, and if you polish through that, it will be very evident). Then you can see what you have.

The little Paw Paw is pretty sad shape. Serious collectors won't want it at any price. However, many antique collectors, garage sale pickers, etc, will buy it at some reasonable price, because they can tell that it is older but they have no idea what it may be worth. They will buy it for $5-6, and then call someone like me to ask what it's worth. LOL.

These things look pretty cool in a shadow box, or hanging in your workshop next to an old baitcasting outfit, by the way.

 

[Outlawmws]

Thanks Lump! and VERY impressive! I think you are right on all accounts!

The jointed one had C. C. B. Co and Garett Ind. on the front metal lip, and is marked PIKIE on top!

It's actually missing the front washer and hook as you mentioned, and the rear belly hook is gone, but the washer is there.

There is a date: 9-27-20, on the top of the lip but no reinforcing indents...

I'l try for pics, but Marco mode and lighting always make that a trick to get anything useful...

Condition is probably not quite as good as the pic shows, as the paint does have lateral cracks, but dos seem to be intact.

The green one is a Paw paw, so marked on its front lip.

I'm less concerned with condition than a full up collector, and them having a little "battle damage" to me adds a bit of character, as these did come out of an old tackle box and will probably land in a shadow box just liek you mentioned, and go up with some of the rest of the "collection" that already is on a box in our hallway with other outdoors mementos and interesting pieces I've collected.

 

[Lump]

Perfect. That's a wonderful idea, Outlaw.

I have recently started eliminating some of my lure "collection," saving fewer pieces to make shadow boxes and other displays which will look like attractive pieces of themed art on the walls...instead of rows and rows of a "collection."

Let me know if you need some fishing accessories to go along with them, such as old fishing licenses, wooden tubes of "new" fish hooks, bobbers, old-style sinkers, "gut" leaders, milled swivels, etc, etc.

 

[Outlawmws]

Thanks Lump, some of those smaller items you mentioned may be interesting additions.

To give you an idea what I've got, here is where I am so far. We repainted the hall (and a lot more...) the past couple of months, and I redid the arrangement and added another box, and hung some more items and took a couple down.

Coming into the hall from the living room are the shadow boxes, along with other old fishing/camping related things:

Angled down the hall; as I said a work in progress the empty frame is an antique, wood frame with carved wood leaves, at the corners. It wil get a good picture once I get the odd size glass I need. Above it are three cleaning rods, one brass rifle rod, a (short) wood shotgun rod and a brass pistol rod.:

The poles are up high, a difficult shot to get... The middle pole was one I actually used for years. that giant reel thing is mostly wood, and may be an early down-rigger?

 

[Oily Nails]

Full of cold this weekend so decided to stay in the warm flat and clean up some of the tools from recent hauls. All soaked in vinegar for 24hrs and the scrubbed with steel wool then oiled well.

No.1: Shows the original states of most the tools.
No.2: A close-up of the most primative, hairy assed knife I've owned.
No.3: ...and how it cleaned up. Holds a decent edge as well!
No.4: A few of the 'freaks' from the right hand of picture 1. Really interesting and odd designs/manufacturing and of little practical use but they are being kept.
No.5: A few of the spanners;
USSR made 11\13mm spanner
Really old FORD spanner, with 1-1917 on the reverse.
Very crude JAGUAR spanner
BARCALO Buffalo USA 5/8 - 3/4 spanner
Super shiney SUPERSLIM
No.6: Three basically seized rusty adjustables returned to smooth functioning shiny bare metal glory

 

[jeffmoss26]

Turns out the level I got Saturday is actually Craftsman! Never seen one like this before.

 

[jpickar]

I have a couple of those levels! One is a Craftsman I know.
John

 

[Rusty Musket]

I haven't been keeping up with my favorite thread this fall but it looks like everyone is still having some good luck out there.

Here are some goodies from several sales over the last few months.

Some nice Proto Los Angeles. Anyone know what the tool is in the bottom left-hand corner?

Nice little SK box

There is a green SK box somewhere under all this blue paint

Another one

Some Snap-on

Starrett square and blade are unused!

A bit of vintage CM

Some P&C including my first hammer and some cool screwdrivers

A decent Plomb pile including a rare backscratcher?

From a lumber yard changing its hardware vendor. Boxes are empty but were $5/per 5 tray unit.

 

[Outlawmws]

That left corner thing is a valve adjuster/lock nut tool

Proper size socket, and he handle drives the screw driver

LOTS o' good cool stuff rusty!

 

[bluebolt]

Rusty Musket, that Proto tool is for adjusting rocker arms on older mechanical lifter engines.

You deserve a big "YOU ****" for the hardware bins. Probably for some of th other stuff as well but no prices posted for that stuff.

 

[nine4gmc]

I love that red drawer organizer and NOS Starrett square!!

 

[jakemac]

on the red organizer in the first pic !
Are there any identity marks or stamps on it to let us know what to add to our want lists ? I REALLY want one now, and I don't even know what it is.

 

[chopper1]

Rusty - I'm jealous of your Proto and Plomb haul.

 

[zkling]

I haven't been keeping up with my favorite thread this fall but it looks like everyone is still having some good luck out there.

Here are some goodies from several sales over the last few months.

Dang, Rusty, I think you just stole the show.

A decent Plomb pile including a rare backscratcher?

I belve that is technically called a "flexible carbon scraper" for cleaning when doing engine head work. From the 1940 catalog.

 

[zkling]

I love that red drawer organizer and NOS Starrett square!!

on the red organizer in the first pic !
Are there any identity marks or stamps on it to let us know what to add to our want lists ? I REALLY want one now, and I don't even know what it is.

Yea those are cool. They were sold as mini side boxes. I think that one is a Mac/Proto/Waterloo/Cornwell one. Almost every company made them back in the day. Sadly it seems cool boxes are a thing of the past.

 

[balane]

Finally scored on some decent anvils. The two smaller ones are all steel and the largest is a Vulcan with a 1/4" steel plate in the top. Haven't weighed them yet, I'm tired. None are huge but all are in very nice condition.

EDIT: Just weighed the big one, it's 30 pounds.

I Picked up these three anvils, a 4" Wilton Shop King that needs a little help and three Stanley planes (WWII era) for $120.

.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Damn, Rusty! I have one of those 5 drawer stacks but could definitely use the amount you have, if I only had the space!

 

[bluebolt]

Balane, that middle anvil is made from railroad track and is one of the nicest I have seen! Very nice horn, the little step, hardy hole and pritchett hole!

At $120 for every thing you get a U **** from me!

 

[Rusty Musket]

on the red organizer in the first pic !
Are there any identity marks or stamps on it to let us know what to add to our want lists ? I REALLY want one now, and I don't even know what it is.

Thanks for the kind words everyone and thanks for the good info on the unfamiliar tools. I will take a better look at the red box and see if I can find any marks on it. If you liked last month's Plomb haul you better stay tuned because I found some more this weekend