2014 Garage sale thread!

[joe.striper]

Great day today. Picked up a Greenerd #3 arbor press and base (pd $150), a B&D 6" bench grinder (pd $25), MK 2 9" sander coupled with a 1HP Baldor motor ($50), a Delta Homecraft bandsaw and table ($30) and a Wilton C0 vise ($30). All from an estate. Happy me!!

 

[bubinga]

Got this nice soldering kit for $5.00
The old guy made the case.
See the compartment in the back of the box?
Thats for the propane bottle.
Soldering gun is a two heat range Craftsman.
Motor is a 1 HP off a Table saw, 3450 RPM,
will go on my jointer. Got the motor for $15.00.
I didn't do as good as Joe up there...........LOL, But I was happy.

 

[bubinga]

Great day today. Picked up a Greenerd #3 arbor press and base (pd $150), a B&D 6" bench grinder (pd $25), MK 2 9" sander coupled with a 1HP Baldor motor ($50), a Delta Homecraft bandsaw and table ($30) and a Wilton C0 vise ($30). All from an estate. Happy me!!

Yeah, nice to know, ..............LOL
I paid $250.00 for My #2 and base.
Good job though.
Those are nice presses.
I like my #2.
I'll bet you are happy. That motor alone is worth $50.00 there getting harder to find cheap.
and that vise, don't they get big bucks for them?

EDIT
Peoples say the not ratcheting press is not as good, but so far, I have not ran into a problem.

 

[alinc100]

Got off work at noon today which was a surprise so I headed to an Estate Sale that I thought I would not get an opportunity to go to. A couple of GJ'ers had been there on opening day/second day but I braved the cold and stood in line for 20 mins during the midday rush. House was very cluttered and very packed. Managed to make my way to the basement and found the toolroom.
Grabbed all this for $25:














Found some Snap On,Proto,Cornwell,and SK sockets.Wrenches from Indestro and Billings,more Channellocks a Blackhawk speedwrench,screwdrivers from Irwin,Crescent and Vaco. A Craftsman Crown Top box,I'm thinking held a 3/4" drive set at one time but cannot be certain, a wiggy meter and I'm sure a couple unmentioned items.

 

[jakemac]

Yes, that's a Cman 3/4dr box. Nice find.
If you're interested in selling, PM me.

 

[Outlawmws]

I agree that Crown box was probably a 3/4" set. The marks inside bear that out.

Nice finds Alinc, Bub, Joe, & 3 bay!

 

[nine4gmc]

I agree that Crown box was probably a 3/4" set. The marks inside bear that out.

Nice finds Alinc, Bub, Joe, & 3 bay!

Great stuff guys!! I hit the auction in pursuit of 16 map/blueprint cabinets but they all went 3-4x what I was willing to pay so we called it a day.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Yakima opened its first flee market last week end, but I didn't make it last weekend so I made it a point to go this weekend. I got a proto 10 adjustable wrench, a pair of Peterson needle nose vise grips and a GB. wire strippers. all for 5.00 Rich

 

[Outlawmws]

I previewed a garage sale last night, the guy had a SO KRA and a mixed lot of tools in it for sale. wanted WAY too much for it though, and the KRA is not my ideal box anyway.

The local College FM wasn't completely rained out, probably 3/4 of the sellers showed, but other than a ceramic thing for my son's GF (Xmas gift), all I found tool wise was one Indestro ignition wrench, but the seller was "on break" and I was ready to leave, so there it stayed.

Later I went to the Post Office (SS) and stopped by a long running Estate sale" out of a commercial building unit, and picked these up for $5. a smallish soldering Copper, a small lathe's drive plate, a tail stock, and a drive center for wood. pretty sure this is all off the same small wood lathe. Needs some cleanup, but I can probably find a use for these in a re-use project.

 

[bubinga]

I got some soldering irons like that somewhere, I don't know where the heck they even are right now. I'll have to find them and put them in that soldering kit l got today.
those lathe parts look like a good candidate for some wire brushing and then electrolysis.

 

[junktastic]

Great day today. Picked up a Greenerd #3 arbor press and base (pd $150), a B&D 6" bench grinder (pd $25), MK 2 9" sander coupled with a 1HP Baldor motor ($50), a Delta Homecraft bandsaw and table ($30) and a Wilton C0 vise ($30). All from an estate. Happy me!!

$30 for that Wilton was a hellova price. Nice find on all that stuff. I've had a few jobs come up, I've been booked, no sales for me, but hey, a bird in the hand. $275 for all that stuff, I would have paid it in a minute.

 

[jpickar]

x2, I hit up the ones their about to melt down for spare parts every once in awhile... or, if you have the Sears Hardware (or an Ace), check the Hillman bins, should be able to find the clip in one of those.

Thanks I will check that out.
John

 

[BJ42LX]

...a smallish soldering Copper...

I got some soldering irons like that somewhere, I don't know where the heck they even are right now. I'll have to find them and put them in that soldering kit l got today.

I ended up with three or four of those. They were just extra **** from box lots I accumulated. I popped the heads off them and added $6 or $8 to total for a trip to the scrapper.

 

[joe.striper]

Yeah, nice to know, ..............LOL
I paid $250.00 for My #2 and base.
Good job though.
Those are nice presses.
I like my #2.
I'll bet you are happy. That motor alone is worth $50.00 there getting harder to find cheap.
and that vise, don't they get big bucks for them?

EDIT
Peoples say the not ratcheting press is not as good, but so far, I have not ran into a problem.

Yeah, the price was great, those Greenerd #3s go for big $ up here. I'm a vice guy so the the Wilton is what I know. Needs a base so $30 is right. Its an early Wilton.

 

[jpickar]

They're not available without buying a full kit on ebay. However, if your local Sears isn't staffed by idiots, you may be able to take it to them and ask for a repair. They may have a spare laying around out back, but it depends on if their repair guy is on duty when you go. Just don't let them talk you into an exchange.

Thanks for the info. The kits aren't available from Sears anymore up home. Being in a metro area this winter I will start hitting up the Sears stores I go by. UNLESS I can get that clip out of your avatar jake! lol
John

 

[Cypherian]

This has been on the watch list for a while. It's some big rail - over 6" tall. About 18" long and probably ~50 lbs. Bethlehem steel.

How much if you don't mind me asking, there has been one here on CL for a while.
http://delaware.craigslist.org/tls/4793725328.html
"Nice section of railroad track, perfect for use as a starter anvil. Measures about 13" overall length and about 6-3/8" tall. Based on my Lambers Spring scale, this section weighs out at around 45+/- pounds. One edge is finished nicely. The other side appears to have been cut with a torch and is not nearly as neat or smooth. Overall condition is nice. Perfect for the hobbyist, junior blacksmith, etc."

Cypher

 

[BJ42LX]

How much if you don't mind me asking, there has been one here on CL for a while.

Do you see the 10 on the blue tape?

There was another piece - slightly smaller - that I left behind. Now I'm thinking I should have bought it to resell on CL.

 

[jakemac]

Thanks for the info. The kits aren't available from Sears anymore up home. Being in a metro area this winter I will start hitting up the Sears stores I go by. UNLESS I can get that clip out of your avatar jake! lol
John

OUT

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HANDS !!

 

[Cypherian]

Do you see the 10 on the blue tape?

There was another piece - slightly smaller - that I left behind. Now I'm thinking I should have bought it to resell on CL.

Yeah but was hoping it was not the price LOL,I have considered contacting the guy and offering 40 bucks . I have a huge steel block and a 5 foot I Beam and a nice spot for a anvil when I find one not priced for the collectors lol.

Cypher

 

[BJ42LX]

I have a huge steel block and a 5 foot I Beam and a nice spot for a anvil when I find one not priced for the collectors lol.

Cypher

Last year I stopped at a garage sale that had a large block of steel for $20. It was about 8" on a side with rounded corners and the sides weren't completely flat so it rocked a little. I laughed out loud because it was so heavy, smooth and compact that I couldn't get a grip on it to pick it up! Unfortunately, I didn't buy it. I should have just for the conversational value.

 

[bubinga]

I ended up with three or four of those. They were just extra **** from box lots I accumulated. I popped the heads off them and added $6 or $8 to total for a trip to the scrapper.

Yeah, l kind of hate to scrap them, but I'll probably never use them, we used them in High school.

Yeah, the price was great, those Greenerd #3s go for big $ up here. I'm a vice guy so the the Wilton is what I know. Needs a base so $30 is right. Its an early Wilton.

OH yeah, I had not noticed the base was missing the ear.
I think some people have welded a ear on to them.
Wonder id you had a mill if you could carve one out, out of mild steel?

 

[Outlawmws]

Bub and BJ, I just keep adding them to my drawer full of them. (assuming I get them cheap)

Bub, if you look in the vise thread you will see the ears repaired both ways, as well as brazed in.

 

[crice63]

Slow this week, but did get two things today, $35 for a 6" Wilton vise out of China and $15 for a 36" Rigid pipe wrench. Everything has all its parts and works. What I didn't get in numbers I apparently made up for in weight.

 

[rick carpenter]

The thing I do that I detest the most is plumbing... so naturally I got these today: A 10" Stillson and a 10" Ridgid square-end jaw. I was intrigued by the handle on the ball pein hammer so I got it too. They've definitely had a rough life!

 

[stage20]

no sales for me. work all weekend. i got off a few minutes early today and hit a second hand store i go to. not much new. found a snap on socket sitting right on top. dont know why it was passed on. guy knows me as a customer and said he would get me on the next one. score!

 

[bubinga]

Bub and BJ, I just keep adding them to my drawer full of them. (assuming I get them cheap)

Bub, if you look in the vise thread you will see the ears repaired both ways, as well as brazed in.

Thats probably where l saw it, and I think that "Carla" that posts on the machinist sites, I think she posts here too sometimes, repaired one.

 

[Outlawmws]

No need to put quotes on her name; That's her real name. I've been to her place a couple of times.

 

[bubinga]

No need to put quotes on her name; That's her real name. I've been to her place a couple of times.

Ok, I don't know why I did that, I didn't mean it wasn't her real name.
She sounds like she is pretty good.
Is she a machinist as by trade, or home shop only?

 

[Outlawmws]

By trade, and grew up in a family that was into manufacturing/machine tools as I understand it. Leaving CNC out of it, her "home shop" puts some pro shops to shame.

 

[bubinga]

By trade, and grew up in a family that was into manufacturing/machine tools as I understand it. Leaving CNC out of it, her "home shop" puts some pro shops to shame.

wow, I'll bet.
I have read some of her posts, and my eyes just glaze over, and I say, aw, no, I cant do all that, and sometimes just give up and quit reading...................LOL.

Think I just used the quotes for emphasis.

 

[bluebolt]

These are the other items from the estate sale last week when I scored the two 3/4 thick flat plates. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4437952&postcount=6822

Craftsman Crown label cantilever tool box. The other stuff in the picture was inside it, coolest thing was the Simplex salesman's sample jack.

2 General Electric working vintage fans and a made in USA 3 1/2 utility vise.

Herbrand automatic transmission tools box (empty), large (1/2) set of USA made number stamps and a really large protractor.

And I just realized I didn't take a picture of the bag of small stuff. Oh well LOL.

Total including the 3/4" plates was $130.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Went to the Oregon coast this weekend (lincoln city, depot bay) and hit up a few shops on the coast as well as a store in Mcminville.

On the coast
Scored this snappy pry bar, proto scraper, plvmb adjustable wrench, john deere pick and a few sockets, crow foot wrenches for $10.



Also stopped in at the habitat for humanity and got a big drift, proto screw driver and a wood chisel for $2.

Got a few proto or p&c screwdrivers, plvmb 1210 wrench ! and a proto wrench along a few craftsman/ pennons/plvmb sockets




I scored the proto los angles 3/8ths extension for free! Got a good wright swivel tip extension which will come in handy!



Picture of the whole lot taken on the kitchen table . My wife and I went away for an anniversary weekend and she tolerated my tool stops! She is a definite keeper !

 

[nicksL98]

First posting in the garage sale score section.
Mac Sabina, O. Wood handle screw driver set. Oddly it only has two Phillips head, but four clutch head drivers and a carbon/gasket scraper.

Some S&K green n white handle screwdivers, two are like new. Small Phillips is above avg, and one is trashed.

Nearly new set of early 90's napa nut drivers made in USA by Armstrong

 

[nomonkeybus]

Piked up a NEW snapon rear alxe puller set never used for $130 at a pawn shop about two weeks ago.

 

[jjjrmx5]

I've been slowly going thru and sorting and cleaning some of my late fall flea finds including a bunch of odds and ends from a retired machinist.

Finally got this oddity cleaned up.

It's am APEX usa 5/8" flat blade driver bit pressed into a collar and then pressed into a mini 8-ball from a small pool table or bumper poo setl.


Even has a mini slot and set screww that is only there for show as that shaft is pressed in there.

Macinist said it was given to him by a buddy who used it for set scews on hismetal lather or mill.
Ir was uniquie enough to be easily seen and also to keep it from being stolen.


I don't have a need for it so it will likely wind of as some wacky GJ future ttrade fodder.

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice finds guys!

 

[hemifalcon]

Just one of the lucky finds this past weekend... Blackhawk 7/16" 39996 Extendable ratchet from the mid 30's to early 40's.. Works grrreat!!
It extends from 7" to approximately 9"--not sure exactly what 2" of extra leverage may add--but its a neat piece maybe if you're in a slightly confined space.. (but not Very confined..)

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[Outlawmws]

Gains you 30% more pull. nice find! but... 7/16! now you need a set of sockets for it!

 

[hemifalcon]

Gains you 30% more pull. nice find! but... 7/16! now you need a set of sockets for it!

No kidding.. It'll have a new owner by the end of the week.. I have a lot of old Blackhawk stuff that is due to be sorted and moved on down the road.. Lovely quality tools--I know I will not accumulate a full set and right now I have to save money for the garage!! Little buyin' and sellin' to get there!

 

[NJ Marty]

Todays estate sale buys. Im out $55 on these items. Had to post the chair, (got it half off for $5), its going to look great once I get it refinished.