3baygarage
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I just didn't know if the Plomb was included.
2014 Garage sale thread!
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madison069
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Those are Mac sockets?!?!
If so you **** just for that!
If so you **** just for that!
3baygarage
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My flea market buys. $30 for all.
Some good Williams stuff:
Copper coated flex socket
short 1/2" S10A SPEEDER
3/8" BB-71 Ratchet
Oddball tubular wrench M12167 - no size marked but has 5/16" opening
Some assorted sockets: Craftsman, Vulcan, S-K, Cornwell
Craftsman 1/4 T handle
Female gear- I'm pretty sure is a Williams
Male Gear- need to clean it up and look at it
Cal Van threading die set.
Craftsman new rubber hammer tip.
Some good Williams stuff:
Copper coated flex socket
short 1/2" S10A SPEEDER
3/8" BB-71 Ratchet
Oddball tubular wrench M12167 - no size marked but has 5/16" opening
Some assorted sockets: Craftsman, Vulcan, S-K, Cornwell
Craftsman 1/4 T handle
Female gear- I'm pretty sure is a Williams
Male Gear- need to clean it up and look at it
Cal Van threading die set.
Craftsman new rubber hammer tip.
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hemifalcon
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I think it's been noted before.. You can't **** yourself in this thread.. It's much more complimentary when someone else ***** you.. This should have already been learnt in lyfe..
I think it's been noted before.. You can't **** yourself in this thread.. It's much more complimentary when someone else ***** you.. This should have already been learnt in lyfe..
After having that explained to me a page or so back, I've finally made sense of it this way: If I could **** myself, I'd never have to leave the garage.
Picked up a few things at three different estate sales today and a couple of weekends ago.
Two sales, less than $7:
Sale from a plating/polishing store closing after 30+ yrs...$30
Two sales, less than $7:
- Recipe box
- Oxwell midgets. Almost two sets. Missing the larger two sizes for the second set.
CM sliding breaker bar. - CM yankee screwdriver. Only two bits left. I don't usually pick up these things, but this one is heavy and is quite nicely made. It'll be cool once cleaned up and buffed out a bit. The plastics are all clouded over.
- Tape gun
- Small scissors. German I believe.
- Think it's a punch, but there's an interesting twist/flare towards the business end.
Sale from a plating/polishing store closing after 30+ yrs...$30
- Record woodworking vise. A little bit of surface rust, but otherwise solid.
- A couple of NOS Enderes cold chisels.
- A tiny alum miter box. (couldn't leave it for .25)
- Reamer??
- The dies/rethreaders are made of alum? What the hell would you use those on?
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rickhigginshtbr
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I have two of those CMan's in the second pic, honestly love it. If you need to make a quick precise hole and don't want to wake the baby, it's perfect.
Provincial
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I have a set of KD rethreader dies that have the same type of plastic box. The coarse thread dies have a silver colored plating (the fine thread dies are black) and look identical to the ones in your set. They are certainly tool steel. These were also labelled for Blue Point and other brands, too.
hemifalcon
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Okay.. Here's my last buy for the weekend.. It really taxed my wallet at $10... 
Key names, Craftsman V, PLVMB, Fleet, Mustang, Ford, Blue-Point, Stanley, Klein, King **** (yeah--had to buy it just cuz of the cool name), Krauter Industrial, Armstrong, Roberts, Bell Systems, and Union Tool Co.
Pretty decent 50%-off estate sale score which had to be sorted from a pile of mouse house made of de-shelled sunflower bird seed filling a tool box..
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Love the Klein cutters with the man on the utility pole!
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Key names, Craftsman V, PLVMB, Fleet, Mustang, Ford, Blue-Point, Stanley, Klein, King **** (yeah--had to buy it just cuz of the cool name), Krauter Industrial, Armstrong, Roberts, Bell Systems, and Union Tool Co.
Pretty decent 50%-off estate sale score which had to be sorted from a pile of mouse house made of de-shelled sunflower bird seed filling a tool box..
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Two sales today, first was a garage sale at a storage unit...Bust... Second was an estate auction, got there as they were starting. The man was retired Navy and had recently passed. Auctioneer pointed out a framed embroidery picture as a joke, the saying was "Navy guys don't die, they just get a lil dinghy", no one laughed...Anyway, I got there as they were starting and walked past a cool vintage Navy floor lamp so I ran in and registered real quick to get back out and bid. When I walked back outside, I saw a staff member holding the Navy lamp and bidding was at $2, I bid $3 and won, then realized that staff member was only staging the next item, I ended up with a newer crappy walmart style floor lamp for $3 and the vintage Navy lamp went next for $65...
I got blown out the water on several things, two old guys(like 80 something yo) bid me out of a cool old mechanics creeper and neither one of them could actually use it...There were several cardboard flats of old misc HF sockets and wrenches going for $35-95 each, certainly a sellers market today...
I did win an electric motor and 60:1 gear reducer for $7.50(opening bid) along with the lamp I mentioned earlier. Also picked up a Craftsman crown top cantilver box from a lady that won it in a lot of 3 boxes, she wanted the other two boxes of hardware, this one was empty so she let me have it for $10, a third of what she paid so not too bad...
There's a cool Navy padlock on there but no key(Jeff?). Guess I'll be learning to pick padlocks next...
I got blown out the water on several things, two old guys(like 80 something yo) bid me out of a cool old mechanics creeper and neither one of them could actually use it...There were several cardboard flats of old misc HF sockets and wrenches going for $35-95 each, certainly a sellers market today...
I did win an electric motor and 60:1 gear reducer for $7.50(opening bid) along with the lamp I mentioned earlier. Also picked up a Craftsman crown top cantilver box from a lady that won it in a lot of 3 boxes, she wanted the other two boxes of hardware, this one was empty so she let me have it for $10, a third of what she paid so not too bad...
There's a cool Navy padlock on there but no key(Jeff?). Guess I'll be learning to pick padlocks next...
jeffmoss26
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It looks like an Eagle padlock. I do not believe the codes for those locks are available anymore. If you get the lock picked, send it to me and I can have someone impression a key.
Jeff
Jeff
eborcim
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How is that done?
G20-Budo
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I don't know if this qualifies.. but here goes.
I asked my father to keep an eye out at his local swap meet or garage sale in his area for an older vise or rail road track, and he found this. A rail road track converted as an anvil. $5. (the price was right)
I asked my father to keep an eye out at his local swap meet or garage sale in his area for an older vise or rail road track, and he found this. A rail road track converted as an anvil. $5. (the price was right)
Bunchgrass
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Man - I don't know how you guys find this stuff cheap. IME - almost every sale I've been to has at least 2 or 5 guys buying tools to flip on CL or E-bay ..... and not to mention our local auctioneers would sell that set of MAC sockets by the piece ..... one socket at a time.
jeffmoss26
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sent you a PM
I got my stuff from craigslist. Just gotta get there early. I have notifications setup on my craigslist app that alert me when posts with certain keywords I selected get posted. Estate sales and garage sales I just try to be the first one there when they open up in the morning.
Bunchgrass
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Pretty hard to beat the old retired dudes who get up at 4 AM, breakfast by 5 and nothing but time on their hands. Bastards!
chopper1
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Hey, my turn is coming!
I get a kick out of the older dudes. A few weeks ago there was a short, grey-haired guy who was old enough to have some trouble walking. He picks up a pickle fork and says, "hey, I can use one of these!"
Sure, knock yourself out!
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Yes an Eagle, If I get it off without damage, it's yours!
As mentioned, get there EARLY! IDK WTF these old guys are hoarding up all the tools for but most of them are certainly too old to use them(the guys not the tools) and probably have a dozen like them at home already...
Going to be me in a couple decades, I better hush
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I don't know if this qualifies.. but here goes.
I asked my father to keep an eye out at his local swap meet or garage sale in his area for an older vise or rail road track, and he found this. A rail road track converted as an anvil. $5. (the price was right)
Now that would be a novelty to have, and it just so happens I may have access to some rail (without derailing a train). Think they torched it like that or?? Answers or ideas welcome
jakemac
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Don't worry, someday there will be a sale at their house and all the good stuff will be in one spot just waiting for you.
Yes an Eagle, If I get it off without damage, it's yours!
Try squirting some Blaster down that hole next to the key slot, then shove a strong tempered wire down the hole. Push hard and the lock may release for you. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
318fekim
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As mentioned, get there EARLY! IDK WTF these old guys are hoarding up all the tools for but most of them are certainly too old to use them(the guys not the tools) and probably have a dozen like them at home already...
It really ***** when they out number ya 12 to 1 in my state!
It really ***** when they out number ya 12 to 1 in my state!
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Yes an Eagle, If I get it off without damage, it's yours!
As mentioned, get there EARLY! IDK WTF these old guys are hoarding up all the tools for but most of them are certainly too old to use them(the guys not the tools) and probably have a dozen like them at home already...
Going to be me in a couple decades, I better hush
http://m.youtube.com/results?q=how to pick a lock&sm=1
may or may not work, give it a try, I have pretty good luck with this trick
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Its the pop can picking one a little further down on the page. Cant link it right to the video
Now that would be a novelty to have, and it just so happens I may have access to some rail (without derailing a train). Think they torched it like that or?? Answers or ideas welcome
Torch or band saw, someone here used a standard horizontal band saw to cut the rail with no problems. Torched rails leave jagged edges that are hard to clean up with a standard grinder.
Thanks Jake, soaking it now!
cbacres
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Glad I'm not alone with the retired folk, same thing here in SW Fl. First they have the estate sales starting on Thursday, and then theres that 12 to 1 ratio. Sometimes I wonder if they are going to gang up on me in the garage. What cracks me up the most is a lot of them live in RV trailers and have to haul this stuff back up north.
I have, however, found some of the best deals in these trailer parks around Easter when the migration starts to go north.
I have, however, found some of the best deals in these trailer parks around Easter when the migration starts to go north.
OK, I splurged on an Early B-day gift to me off Eprey. You can see what I did with it here:
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It's a Proto 5449-D, and I will use it primarily on the Mill vise I have for the DP.:
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It's a Proto 5449-D, and I will use it primarily on the Mill vise I have for the DP.:
lowbucktruck
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Wow hemifalcon, that was some score for ten bucks!
Those Krauter wire nippers are good quality; I have a pair of Krauters that I picked up used awhile back, they live on the pegboard and see regular use.
Those Krauter wire nippers are good quality; I have a pair of Krauters that I picked up used awhile back, they live on the pegboard and see regular use.
Yep, and I think a very high majority go for the resell. I've had people blatantly ask me at garage sales and the like what I plan to do with the items. Over the years private used sales have made a big transition from riddance to business venue, this goes for both sides. I try to play the young card, but sometimes that can be a real patronizing experience from the "I'm old so I think I know what I'm talking about folks". But 9 times out of 10 I'm usually the only one in the garage that doesn't qualify for SS.
Yep, most large sales start on Thursday or Friday, and of course ~8 or 9am so anyone that works a standard day shift is SOL. Throw in a Saturday morning and it starts to look real slim. However I think the people running the sale are aware of this and sometimes actually cater to that market. Seeing as how I doubt my generation will ever see retirement, if we do in 40+ years, what will then be available at garage sales? "Vintage" harbor freight tools?
Don't worry, someday there will be a sale at their house and all the good stuff will be in one spot just waiting for you.
Ah the circle of life. I resemble that remark
8:30pm? Getting to be a little past your bed time now isn't it? Better down that glass of prune juice and call it a night.
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hemifalcon
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.....sounds like someone is bitter...
I work second shift.. I go out a few hours before I get out to work and find some goodies.. I rarely get up to be an early bird for he worms. But--knowing the house is older, and has a messy basement and garage.. Interests me.. Don't hate if someone of us are selling the stuff we buy for a few extra bucks. There are places where the sales just aren't happening-those of us out in the rural areas have the gold mines a little closer. We are glad to spread the love--you just gotta pay the finder "fee".
Heck--when you on the last day of the sale and it's 5 degrees outside-you can count on getting the good deals. The last stuff I grabbed this weekend was 50% off day.. I didn't even try to bargain-fella running the sale wanted $10--I was happy to oblige. Or--quit being lazy and griping about those old dudes who still have ants in their pants and hop outta the sack early, share breakfast with their boys at Dunkin Donuts--then get there early..
Outlaw-Is that mill handle a stock Proto piece--or was it manufactured by a wise machinist?? Pretty cool.
Even worse is a YOUNG retiree, I can run faster up the sidewalk and my eyes are better and can see better in those dingy garages!
Torch or band saw, someone here used a standard horizontal band saw to cut the rail with no problems. Torched rails leave jagged edges that are hard to clean up with a standard grinder.
Thanks Jake, soaking it now!
Yeah I trimmed up some rail anvils using my horizontal band saw, a 7 x 12 Jet I picked up for $100, saw works fine but the built in blade lube system is now me spraying it with oil LOL
jeffmoss26
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Yes an Eagle, If I get it off without damage, it's yours!
As mentioned, get there EARLY! IDK WTF these old guys are hoarding up all the tools for but most of them are certainly too old to use them(the guys not the tools) and probably have a dozen like them at home already...
Going to be me in a couple decades, I better hush
That is an evil keyway!
Bunchgrass
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And 2 fully loaded vans from the retirement home roll up to the auction and they spill out like clowns out of a tiny car! (joking).
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