2018 Garage Sale Thread

[Bockscar]

lilredex: I don't know what that is, some kind of specialty cutter, but Solingen is a town in Germany world renown for cutting tools, especially knives. Some of the most highly desirable hunting knives with stag horn handles come from Solingen.

I also think that I read somewhere that Solingen is also where the steel came from.....high quality steel if I remember correctly

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[Private Lugnutz]

Yes, I think that's why the knife and tool makers ended up there.

 

[Bockscar]

Yes, I think that's why the knife and tool makers ended up there.

I also think the same with Sheffield England

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[Private Lugnutz]

Two teasers from today’s big purchase.

Is that a pliers board?

 

[lilredex]

This is what I got from that and one of those striker things where you hold it against something and whack the other end with a BFH. Anyone know what these are called?

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Those are usually known as a backing out punch, for knocking out pins on machinery. Similar ones are used for punching hot steel, like hammer head handle holes.

 

[steaks&anvils]

lilredex: "A pair of weird shears. They are marked "Ed Wustof Solingen" with the double dots over the "U". And there is a three prong devil's fork above it.

Anyone recognize these? I paid ten cents and was thinking of using the spring on my metal strapping cutter, but a bit too big for that. Kind of curious to their actual purpose....seller had no clue. They cut paper and cardboard just fine.'

Those are poultry shears. I have a pair (have yet to use them... ever...). They are used to cut up whole chickens etc, curved blade to get into the tough spots, the notch cuts bone. Fancy knife sets have them.

same Wustof as the knife maker.

-jeff

 

[LesserSon]

A pair of weird shears. They are marked "Ed Wustof Solingen" with the double dots over the "U". And there is a three prong devil's fork above it.

Anyone recognize these? I paid ten cents and was thinking of using the spring on my metal strapping cutter, but a bit too big for that. Kind of curious to their actual purpose....seller had no clue. They cut paper and cardboard just fine.

My first thought was florist shears, but those are usually shorter and broader. They look more like poultry shears. Just shows how separated we are from the food we eat.

Edit: Dang! Ya beat me, S&A!

 

[lilredex]

Thanks, Steaks&........I would have never guessed that in a million years. I see some on Ebay and they call theirs SS. Mine are not unless it is magnetic SS.

Thanks again, to all that have taken the time to contribute.

 

[tym]

Highlights from today's haul. "Keystone by Disston" saw, $3. The Powerstat variable transformer was free--and it works! Someone must not have wanted to haul it back home as it is hefty.

 

[dkroth]

That looks like a blacksmith's punch to me, dk. Punches came in different sizes (diameters), on the ends of handles just like that. If you're thinking of blacksmith's fullers and flatters, they came on the ends of handles, too, but they are more round and wedge shaped (kinda like dollies).

Those are usually known as a backing out punch, for knocking out pins on machinery. Similar ones are used for punching hot steel, like hammer head handle holes.

Ok, both explanations make sense.

I thought they might be useful when trying to whack a ball joint or tie rod end that's not terribly accessible. Hold the punch on the joint and have a helper go to town on it.




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[Outlawmws]

lilredex: "A pair of weird shears. They are marked "Ed Wustof Solingen" with the double dots over the "U". And there is a three prong devil's fork above it.

Anyone recognize these? I paid ten cents and was thinking of using the spring on my metal strapping cutter, but a bit too big for that. Kind of curious to their actual purpose....seller had no clue. They cut paper and cardboard just fine.'

Those are poultry shears. I have a pair (have yet to use them... ever...). They are used to cut up whole chickens etc, curved blade to get into the tough spots, the notch cuts bone. Fancy knife sets have them.

same Wustof as the knife maker.

-jeff

My first thought was florist shears, but those are usually shorter and broader. They look more like poultry shears. Just shows how separated we are from the food we eat.

Edit: Dang! Ya beat me, S&A!

Great find! I agree Solingen steel/knives are about as good as it gets.

 

[RedVise]

Picked up a Hitachi 1/2" plunge router, set of Hanson letter stamps and beautiful Mayes mahogany 48" level.

Brian

 

[Outlawmws]

Highlights from today's haul. "Keystone by Disston" saw with brass back, $3. The Powerstat variable transformer was free--and it works! Someone must not have wanted to haul it back home as it is hefty.

Ya ****. A good Variac is worth a lot to people that work on tube amps and other electronics. Not to mention the saw.

 

[tym]

Ya ****. A good Variac is worth a lot to people that work on tube amps and other electronics. Not to mention the saw.

Yeah, they're really handy for vintage electronics. It's my second. I paid $40 for the first one 3-4 years ago. I should've waited! LOL.

 

[LesserSon]

Is that a pliers board?

Yes!
Mrs LesserSon and I drove out of the Lehigh Valley Fog Bank this morning, and headed to Jakes flea, and it was PACKED! Lots of tools, too. I was dialed in on wrenches, and walked right past this beauty, but Mrs LS tracked me down a row away and drew my attention to it. She knows I have a soft spot for Utica pliers.
Vendor was asking $100, which is well above my usual flea budget. He quickly dropped to $80, and I thanked him and said I’d think about it. After pawing through piles and scanning tarps for a while, I headed back and IT WAS GONE! But no, the vendor had packed his truck and gone for a last lookaround before leaving. So I posted Mrs LS at his truck and headed to the ATM. While I was away he returned and she negotiated him down to $75 and got the story of where it came from, apparently a closing hardware store in Bloomsburg PA. I have family roots not far from there, so that endeared it to me even more. For all I know, my great grandfather shopped there.
One offputting thing about it is the foul smell of mildew, emanating, I think, from the pressboard backing to the red flocking (not sure yet if it may be a fabric). The rest of it, I am confident of reconditioning, but I have grave doubts of getting embedded stench out of a paper product. I have set stinky books in a sunny window for a few weeks and gotten some of it out of them, and maybe that would work, or maybe a low bake in a wood kiln. My first thought was saturation with alcohol or ammonia, but I’m fearful that might dissolve the glue or cause the numerals to bleed.
Anyone have experience de-stinking old books or anything along those lines?
Anyway, I got the glass out of it without incident. One of the hinges is missing the pin and one screw, but I think I probably have a close enough match for them. The probably-irreplaceable parts are the original clips that held the pliers in place. The 1963 catalog has a good illustration, and I will keep an eye out for something like them, but I will probably have to just use wire or fabricate something myself.
I haven’t refinished a piece of furniture in a few years, but this piece is plain-sawn red oak with failing glue joints, so I’m not getting into anything unfamiliar.

 

[shanny19]

LesserSon, old books are de-stinked in a freezer. Works very well on old basement smell. Maybe find a walk in cooler to borrow a corner of for a couple weeks.

 

[LesserSon]

I have a chest freezer that might handle the dimensions.
Does it work mainly by desiccation? Or is the temperature key?
I ask because I have the backing isolated in a trashbag while I ponder what to do. Should it be open in a freezer, or okay to leave closed?

 

[LesserSon]

After Jakes, Mrs LS & I met our middle daughter for lunch in Montgomeryville, then headed up 309 to the Quakertown flea. Spotted a 1945 No85 Ferret set missing the sliding tee and the two shorter extensions, but with deflated wallet, didn’t even ask a price. (That vendor knows his stock. I bought a Par-X 3/8 speeder from him a couple weeks ago for $8.) Picked up a few more small items totalling $6.
K&F rasp, turned wood drill bit holder (no cap), unmarked 1/2sqdr uni adapter, Klein chain nose pliers (O-K-EI I think 1945), Bonney n4 screwdriver, Stanley no2752 Phillips screwdriver, 7/16 Proro combo, Klein 202-5 dikes (triangleMNM, Jan1961?), Black Diamond bracebit file, maleable iron clamp, Barcalo Buffalo dikes, pre-1921 Bonney 553AS DOE, LongC pin punch, longC 7/16 combo, USNickel-Molybdenum DBE, longC shorty DBE.

 

[3baygarage]

It was a hot one today. I sweated on most if not all the flea tables I looked at.

Today’s finds:

Channellock plier, Snap On hose clamp plier
Wrenches- Blue Point combo, little Dowidat Germany combo,Hazet DOE
Shears marked Shear works Newark NJ, maybe VIM Shear Works

Craftsman magnetic bit driver, Craftsman chisel, Greenlee flip screwdriver

 

[3baygarage]

Awesome find LS.

I might wipe it down lightly with a rag with very light amount of some disinfectant, or maybe have any Odo ban? Or place in the trash bag and spray down with cheap aerosal disinfectant and tie it off for a few days.

I saw a couple different Utica water pipe style pliers similar to the bottom center in that photo today.

 

[tym]

Awesome find LS.

I might wipe it down lightly with a rag with very light amount of some disinfectant, or maybe have any Odo ban? Or place in the trash bag and spray down with cheap aerosal disinfectant and tie it off for a few days.

I saw a couple different Utica water pipe style pliers similar to the bottom center in that photo today.

I've heard people mist with Listerine or Febreze to cut down on the odor.

 

[3baygarage]

more flea finds:

Indestro Super 3/8 speeder
Wright 3/8 beaker bar
Craftsman magnetic socket inserts
Autocraft 3/8 drive tensioner wrench
Mercedes Benz spark plug socket
Mac 3/8 impact driver

Plomb 1/4 spinner handle. Haven’t ran into one in a long time.
Proto 4” adjustable in nice shape found on the same table as the spinner.


Edit: Tym, I had some good luck with cheap aerosal spray on some musty record sleeves. Maybe it was a fabric spray though, can’t remember.

 

[BFBOB]

I've gotta crow a little - went to a flea market I drop by every now and then, and bought a couple of Craftsman =V= 3/8 x 7/16 Whitworth DOE's for $2. I have a friend who rides as '72 Norton, and thought he might like another - I'm sure he already has all sizes! I thought I was getting two different wrenches, but no, they were the same. So I sent one to my friend and sold the other on fleabay. I ended up getting $10 plus shipping.

Now if I could only figure a way to make a 900% profit on a big-ticket item!

 

[Outlawmws]

Interesting 3bay, I've never see a Plvmb in red like that...

Good to know that freezing trick.

I have a couple of things I want to try Febreeze on..

 

[Outlawmws]

LS, that Utica cabinet is awesome!

 

[3baygarage]

Interesting 3bay, I've never see a Plvmb in red like that...

Good to know that freezing trick.

I have a couple of things I want to try Febreeze on..

I think it’s just really aged and dark for an amber handle, though I could be wrong. It has a yellow band around it.

 

[zip94]

Estate sale Friday picked up an X-Acto kit, watch tools with pins, and a plastic case. Had better luck Saturday at our local city wide garage sale. Picked up a few spools of wire, bag of rivets, and a Kennedy 1022 cantilever toolbox. I don’t need another toolbox, so I told SWMBO that it’s for our 12 y.o. son’s tool kit. Now I have an excuse to hunt for more tools for the both of us!

 

[NJ Marty]

After Jakes, Mrs LS & I met our middle daughter for lunch in Montgomeryville, then headed up 309 to the Quakertown flea. Spotted a 1945 No85 Ferret set missing the sliding tee and the two shorter extensions, but with deflated wallet, didn’t even ask a price. (That vendor knows his stock. I bought a Par-X 3/8 speeder from him a couple weeks ago for $8.) Picked up a few more small items totalling $6.
K&F rasp, turned wood drill bit holder (no cap), unmarked 1/2sqdr uni adapter, Klein chain nose pliers (O-K-EI I think 1945), Bonney n4 screwdriver, Stanley no2752 Phillips screwdriver, 7/16 Proro combo, Klein 202-5 dikes (triangleMNM, Jan1961?), Black Diamond bracebit file, maleable iron clamp, Barcalo Buffalo dikes, pre-1921 Bonney 553AS DOE, LongC pin punch, longC 7/16 combo, USNickel-Molybdenum DBE, longC shorty DBE.

Jakes is the best Flea market around. Nice score on the Utica Cabinet.
When you leave Jakes taking a left have you ever stopped at the barn a mile or so up the road on the left? The guy doing the weekend sales is quiet and the place is packed but he wont clear the layers to get to the good stuff from 50 years ago.

 

[LesserSon]

I’ll have to check it out. I may have been in once years ago, but when I’m leaving Jakes, I invariably turn right.

 

[bmwrd0]

Sat. I was supposed to meet someone, so on the way, I hit a few Estate Sales, and then a restore while I was convincing myself about something. I think I spent $12 altogether at the four I hit, picking up the following:

An eight-inch Proto flat head, another large Plomb LA DBE, a couple Craftsman bandsaw blades, Millers Falls hatchet (needs a new handle), Pexto shears, Par-X speeder (if anyone needs it...) a couple P&C combos (the other is in an evapo-rust bath) a pistol rug and a Proto LA valve adjuster. The thing I was meeting someone for?

A color matched, model specific canopy for my Frontier, that had been sitting for years. Not cheap at a grand, but an exact match doesn't come up very often.

 

[6 & 7/8]

Oil squirt can found at an estate sale .

 

[3baygarage]

Nice find. I like the Ford cans.

 

[garthg]

A pair of weird shears. They are marked "Ed Wustof Solingen" with the double dots over the "U". And there is a three prong devil's fork above it.

Anyone recognize these? I paid ten cents and was thinking of using the spring on my metal strapping cutter, but a bit too big for that. Kind of curious to their actual purpose....seller had no clue. They cut paper and cardboard just fine.

Poultry shears, for use in the kitchen cutting chickens.
Those are not rust-free, so dry them off carefully after use.
Those were at least $40 new (retail). I bought a pair from Lechters in their liquidation sale.

 

[mike_paxton]

LesserSon:

I too give you thumbs up for getting the Utica Tool cabinet.

Mike

 

[lilredex]

Poultry shears, for use in the kitchen cutting chickens.
Those are not rust-free, so dry them off carefully after use.
Those were at least $40 new (retail). I bought a pair from Lechters in their liquidation sale.

Thanks, we probably will not cut up any poultry with them, they will do a fine job on workshop projects.

As a side note, I was recently watching Martha Stewart get some instruction on cutting up chickens from her favorite butcher. Neither of them had one of these, they both used cleavers. Surprisingly, she usually has one of everything......maybe she should be reading this.

 

[Jaydb07]

At flea got this 1951 Coleman 220e in aluminum storage case with original instructions and mantles and funnel etc



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[M_George]

I picked up an old vintage Snap On L-67 ratchet at a flea market this weekend. A web search dates it to around 1941.

 

[Bryan Burns]

8" "Adjustable" brand C-clamp - $2
Snips - $0.25 each as well as the Swedish chisel.
The Bell System snips are the first I've seen with a Heritage brand. I already have WISS and Klein Bell System snips.

 

[Bryan Burns]

$15 for 28 pieces. Includes Disston, Millers Falls, Dasco (I collect vintage and only vintage Dasco), Stanley, and Irwin among others. Plus, some "Thermatically Processed" varnishing oil.

I offered $10 but she said no. I wasn't sure of the count of tools as I just loaded up the bucket as I walked the estate. Luckily, she didn't want me to unload the bucket on the small folding table used at checkout and we both agreed on $15.

 

[Levaughn]

I picked up these items for $15 at an Estate sale today:

- Purox #W200 welding torch
- (2) Torch tips
- (3) Williams Nm-20 sliding T Handles
- Sliding T handle (No Name)
- 1/2 inch Ratchet #3202 with no name, says Chicago Illinois, licensed under patent# 1902878
- Ford wrench "M" series approx 4 1/4 inches
- Craftsman Flying "V" series 3/8 ratchet
- Midge toy truck (red)
- Lensey Weatherill hydraulic Shovel
- White truck (No Name)