2019 Garage Sale Thread

[timbitca]

Oily Nails, condolences to you and your family.


I'm slowly working my way through the thread, I think I'm up to around mid-April now. You guys are doing great!

On my part I haven't been able to make it to any sales since the start of the season, until this past Saturday.

Ended up over paying a bit in my excitement (or maybe it was the smell of tools for sale) but I'm still happy with my finds :

Champion Plug-Mate CT-902 5/8 Spark Plug socket
Snap-On USA FS-24 3/8" drive 3/4" swivel socket (1959)
Snap-On Canada A-4 1/2" to 3/8" adapter (undated)
S-K 45190 3/8" universal joint socket
Snap-On Canada FS-16-A 3/8" drive 1/2" swivel socket (1955)
Chanellock 909 Crimping pliers
Snap-On USA M1321 obstruction wrench 5/8 x 11/16 (undated)
Bonney USA 6511 distributor wrench
Taiwan metric crows feet 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24
Taiwan SAE crows feet 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8, 11/16, 3/4, 13/16, 7/8, 1
Snap-On Canada FU-20 3/8" drive 5/8" swivel socket (1959)
Snap-On Canada FU-80-A 3/8" drive universal joint socket (1957)
Snap-On Canada F-5-L sliding t-bar (1957)
S-K 45162 3/8" drive extension
Snap-On Canada FX-6 extension (1958)
Snap-On USA S-9832A 9/16" distributor wrench (1957)
Thorsen USA 2032 1" combo
Thorsen USA 2030 15/16" wrench
Snap-On Canada A-26 drag link socket (1960)

 

[3jakes]

Here are a pair of refugees that I rescued from the yard sale dollar table.
A NOS KD Valve spring tool, & a Craftsman one size fits all goober set.
I have no real use for these... but for a buck each, they seemed to jump in to my hand.

 

[Gidge]

Davefr, LesserSon, and tym

Thanks for your input on the schoolhouse clock ! If the clock is, in fact, a"slave" clock it may be low-voltage wiring and a direct 120 V. connection would fry the clock without a step-down transformer. I wonder if I should hook it up to my 12 V. direct current battery charger first ? Still have more research to do -- I also have an older Telechron (Ashland, MA)schoolhouse clock and would rather experiment on this newer clock first rather than ruin the antique clock.

 

[Oily Nails]

Thanks guys, appreciate the messages.
Not an easy period but focusing on my family including my young nieces and nephew who just lost Grandpa.

I got them out in Dad's garage and we dug his Lotus Elan out cleaned off the dust/cobwebs and then worked on the carbs together..... Small hands/arms are useful on a Lotus!!.... As he proved with me back in the 80's [emoji28]

 

[Davefr]

Davefr, LesserSon, and tym

Thanks for your input on the schoolhouse clock ! If the clock is, in fact, a"slave" clock it may be low-voltage wiring and a direct 120 V. connection would fry the clock without a step-down transformer. I wonder if I should hook it up to my 12 V. direct current battery charger first ? Still have more research to do -- I also have an older Telechron (Ashland, MA)schoolhouse clock and would rather experiment on this newer clock first rather than ruin the antique clock.

The motor in your image is a Synchron/Hanson shaded pole AC clock motor and I'm 99% sure it's 120 VAC 60 Hz. It's definately not a low voltage DC motor. If you apply DC you could fry it. Do you see any markings on it?

From Lesserson's image, it looks like those movements might have had a solenoid of some kind attached to the motor. The solenoid's purpose might be to pulse the movement with DC to rapidly advance the clock or maybe to disengage the main AC motor from the movement while another motor is switched on to advance the time at an accelerated rate.

There were slave clocks that were 100% driven by a pulse originating from a central/master clock. There were also slave clocks that used their own motor for normal timekeeping and relied on the central/master clock to switch into fast forward mode. (yours looks closer to the later).

This looks like your motor:
https://www.hansen-motor.com/products/ac-synchronous-motors/600Series-Synchron-A-D-mount/

I bet these guys could tell you more about your clock:
https://mb.nawcc.org/forums/electric-horology.20/

 

[Outlawmws]

Here are a pair of refugees that I rescued from the yard sale dollar table.
A NOS KD Valve spring tool, & a Craftsman one size fits all goober set.
I have no real use for these... but for a buck each, they seemed to jump in to my hand.

3Jakes, those make good chisel and punch holders!

 

[3jakes]

3Jakes, those make good chisel and punch holders!

Great idea.

 

[tym]

The motor in your image is a Synchron/Hanson shaded pole AC clock motor and I'm 99% sure it's 120 VAC 60 Hz. It's definately not a low voltage DC motor. If you apply DC you could fry it. Do you see any markings on it?

From Lesserson's image, it looks like those movements might have had a solenoid of some kind attached to the motor. The solenoid's purpose might be to pulse the movement with DC to rapidly advance the clock or maybe to disengage the main AC motor from the movement while another motor is switched on to advance the time at an accelerated rate.

There were slave clocks that were 100% driven by a pulse originating from a central/master clock. There were also slave clocks that used their own motor for normal timekeeping and relied on the central/master clock to switch into fast forward mode. (yours looks closer to the later).

This looks like your motor:
https://www.hansen-motor.com/products/ac-synchronous-motors/600Series-Synchron-A-D-mount/

I bet these guys could tell you more about your clock:
https://mb.nawcc.org/forums/electric-horology.20/

I think you're on the right track. Check out these links, which go into how "correction" is used to set the time using the solenoids You can mimic this by tilting the clock a certain way, as described. It's how I set my IBM slave clock, which otherwise keeps excellent time running off 120 VAC 60 Hz wall current.

https://mb.nawcc.org/threads/hourly-correction-on-ibm-simplex-electronic-clocks.35837/

https://mb.nawcc.org/threads/manual...s-and-dating-sheet.67904/?p=738346#post738346

 

[jonshonda]

After dropping off the kids at grandma's, but before dropping off a CM stand I sold, I swung by an estate sale and snagged a few things. $10 isn't hard to swallow for this stuff.

Hole punch is a Roper Whitney #4
Micrometer has no markings other then "Made in Germany"
(4) File Handles
The things next to the Micrometer look like tweezers, but I really don't know what their intended purpose is.
Scissors are WISS.

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[boblikestools]

Picked this up for $100 full of tools. Pipe wrench is a proto, lots of craftsman sockets, Peterson vise grips, files, rasps, c clamps, old stamped Channellock nut busters, about 100 hex keys, engraver, harbor freight cut out tool? Haven’t gone through it all yet. A lot just needs the wire wheel and should clean up nice. How’d I do?


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[Outlawmws]

Jon, isn't the Whitney a #5 Jr.? (typo?)

 

[txlonghorn1989]

I had the opportunity to go to an estate sale this morning that isn't slated to start until Thursday. Hot diggity! Before I really even got started looking at the tools I heard a guy come into the garage and was telling the two women running the sale "Thanks, will see you later, etc" and I heard something about a tractor seat! I asked if he'd bought one and could I see it. He said yes. I walk out to his truck to see a great old Buckeye Akron seat attached to an even cooler old heavy duty cast iron stand! I congratulated him on the tractor seat and jokingly said I'd give him $5 more than he paid. It still had the price tag on it. His response was "okay" followed by he'd sell it to me for what he paid. I was a bit flummoxed and asked why he'd do that. He said he only bought it trying to help out the family. My goodness! I couldn't thank him enough. I think the stand weighs 40-50 lbs. Posted a pic of the back side of the stand in hopes someone recognizes what this was once used for.



Back to the garage and another out building I picked up some shop smalls and things I thought I'd use sooner or later or just liked the look of them. There was a Grizzly Professional jig saw for $10. As I need a better jigsaw I thought I'd give it a shot. Slumberjack camp pillow, glue brushes, can of polyurethane, pack of Stanley solid brass hinges, old Martin "Aut" Fish Reel Co. automatic fly reel (pat 2,175,756) for my son-in-law to see if it works or is fixable, another 8" Ohio Tool Co drawknife, the thimbles were freebies (one made in Eng), the glass door knobs were cheap and cool, Craftsman 1/2" =V= sliding T-bar, white whetstone from Mt Magazine State Park in Ark, Norton Black Hard Arkansas HM6 oilstone, Craftsman folding rule, Miller Falls 6" calipers, hammer head (can't recall hammer type), small coil of copper wire, a soapstone holder ??, Stihl and Simond files, John Chatillon & Sons scale, and extra rubber hose washers. I'll probably go back on Thu as I had a hard stop today where I had to leave before I really got to see everything. Fun morning though!



Anyone know anything about the Norton oilstone or the other whetstone? Any good?

 

[454ragtop]

The base under the tractor seat is from a cream separator, which is a long running joke over at OWWM.

 

[Outlawmws]

Norton had good stuff but the fact that is ir an Arkansas stone is even better.

Great finds and great story on the tractor seat!

 

[BFBOB]

I heard something about a tractor seat! I asked if he'd bought one and could I see it. He said yes. I walk out to his truck to see a great old Buckeye Akron seat attached to an even cooler old heavy duty cast iron stand! I congratulated him on the tractor seat and jokingly said I'd give him $5 more than he paid. It still had the price tag on it. His response was "okay" followed by he'd sell it to me for what he paid



Now, that's just plain cruel, turning the price tag so we can't read it. Inquiring (or nosey) minds want to know!

 

[jonshonda]

Jon, isn't the Whitney a #5 Jr.? (typo?)

Text on the punch says "Punch NO 4-B".

 

[Davefr]

I think you're on the right track. Check out these links, which go into how "correction" is used to set the time using the solenoids You can mimic this by tilting the clock a certain way, as described. It's how I set my IBM slave clock, which otherwise keeps excellent time running off 120 VAC 60 Hz wall current.

https://mb.nawcc.org/threads/hourly-correction-on-ibm-simplex-electronic-clocks.35837/

https://mb.nawcc.org/threads/manual...s-and-dating-sheet.67904/?p=738346#post738346

Interesting method. Thanks for those links. So all the OP needs to do is connect 120VAC to the motor and ignore the solenoid. (and manually rotate the clock 90 degrees to initiate a fast forward/time correction cycle)

 

[tym]

Interesting method. Thanks for those links. So all the OP needs to do is connect 120VAC to the motor and ignore the solenoid. (and manually rotate the clock 90 degrees to initiate a fast forward/time correction cycle)

I think that should be all he needs to do. FWIW, the clutch lever on mine seems to bind if the clock isn't kept vertical when running (apart from the 6-second 90-degree rotation to initiate correction). I don't know if this is a design aspect or due to some worn components (mine dates to 1957!).

 

[gpw_42]

Picked up a variety of items from different places over the last 10 days:

Mustang MS85 speeder and MT1228 7/8" socket.

=Craftsman= garage bar and a variety of punches, including a Starrett 3/32".

Kennedy hip roof box, with:
- SK 3/8" metric set (9-18mm), missing only the 16mm.
- BluePoint mirror and an aluminum file handle (I added the cork lining after straightening a couple of the bent shelves).
- Aluminum file handle.

I'm very surprised to be unable to find this venerable box style in the Kennedy catalog (see pg. 11: https://buykennedy.com/download/kennedy-full-line-catalog/?wpdmdl=42205&masterkey=5c650b789cfc5).

 

[Samueleb]

Subscribed! Am i the Late Guys here.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

...

Now, that's just plain cruel, turning the price tag so we can't read it. Inquiring (or nosey) minds want to know!

BFB: Hahaha! I didn't turn the tag but was okay with the price not showing. I paid $75 for it which is high for me but I didn't have a second thought about paying that for the seat PLUS that base.

The base under the tractor seat is from a cream separator, which is a long running joke over at OWWM.

454: Thanks! I posted the stool in the SWARF forum last night just to identify the base. It didn't take very long for it to be identified as the base for a De Laval cream seperator.

All: Here's a pic for those interested of a De Laval cream separator.

 

[bmwrd0]

Picked up a variety of items from different places over the last 10 days:

Mustang MS85 speeder and MT1228 7/8" socket.

=Craftsman= garage bar and a variety of punches, including a Starrett 3/32".

Kennedy hip roof box, with:
- SK 3/8" metric set (9-18mm), missing only the 16mm.
- BluePoint mirror and an aluminum file handle (I added the cork lining after straightening a couple of the bent shelves).
- Aluminum file handle.

I'm very surprised to be unable to find this venerable box style in the Kennedy catalog (see pg. 11: https://buykennedy.com/download/kennedy-full-line-catalog/?wpdmdl=42205&masterkey=5c650b789cfc5).

Its more likely that the set is missing the 19mm and skips the 16mm.

Nice find anyway!

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Norton had good stuff but the fact that is ir an Arkansas stone is even better.

Great finds and great story on the tractor seat!

Outlaw: Good to know on the Arkansas stone(s). I had the impression Norton had (has?) a good reputation. Neither of the stones had prices. I was pleased when she said $3 each.

 

[gpw_42]

Its more likely that the set is missing the 19mm and skips the 16mm.

Nice find anyway!

BMW, thanks for prompting me to dig on the SK site. Looks like it's missing 7mm, 8mm and 16mm sockets. 19mm is present, and the largest of this set: https://sktools.com/shop/89023-13-piece-3-8-drive-12-point-standard-metric-chrome-socket-set.html

Here's the pic of the garage bar/punches I mentioned earlier. Oddly, that punch at the bottom is marked 2/32, rather than 1/16. Bonney K-54 feeler gauge in decent shape, and the Starrett punch is new looking.

 

[mike_paxton]

Last week, followed up on a lead on garage sale.

Picked up a Blue Boy George W. Haxton Oakfield NY 30 lb tin used for Fresh Frozen R.S.P Montmoreno Cherries. 5 parts cherries and one part sugar. S. (pic 2)

A Whitney Metal Tool Co Rockford IL Sheet Metal Notcher Patent 2224226 (pic 3)

Sheep Shears Ohio Clippers Smith Brothers Hardware Co Columbus Ohio using cast steel warranted England. (pic 4, 5 and 7)

Old forged tool look to be a cross between a horse shoe and a hoe (pic 6)

Got a double pulley as seen in pic 1) and also a vintage western canteen that turned out to be Japan made.

Mike

 

[mike_paxton]

Hit several yard sales on Friday.

Pic 1--Dremel Drill Press model 201 and Dremel Router attachment model 229

Pic 2--Craftsman #51871 Vise w/swivel base and 5/5 reversible jaws and Made in USA marked.

Pic 3--Craftsman 9 47045 9 piece combination wrench set metric and Craftsman 9 42356 6 piece Quick wrench SAE regular set

Pic 4--Adjustable clamp 1480-8" and a Buick Wildcat 310 air cleaner decal

pic 5--small perfect handle screwdriver from Germany, The J.C. Ulmer Co Cleveland OH brass plumb bob, no name wood saw and a Dill Pneumatic tire gauge

pic 6--Brown & Sharp Mfg Co magnetic clamp with an Ames Co dial indicator and a 12" L railroad rail.

pic 7--Stanley #81 cabinet scraper with original blade and rosewood sole

Mike

 

[mike_paxton]

From Saturday yard sales.

pic 1--Stanley 82 sweetheart scraper

pic 2--Not sure if tool used for auto body or for making shoes.

pic 3--George H Bishop Greyhound hand saw 26" long, 11 tpi and think it is #305

pic 4--Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett hand saw 22" long, 11 tpi

pic 5--Perfection Miter Box (554 & 556 markings) with a 16" long backsaw

pic 6 & 7--Spin bottle that when cleaned up, had the B&O RR markings on it in two places. Just a wink from Dad, as he worked for them for number of years before passing away last year.

Not pictured- Stanley #700 corner vise, a Stanley plane blade that is 8" long by 2-5/8" wide

Mike

 

[mike_paxton]

Continued from Saturday yard sale:

This sure looks like an ACME Steel Co. strap banding ratchet strapping tool.

However, just C1204C and 6535 and "oil" is only markings on it and no Mfg name shown.

Hope someone can identify it for me for sure.

Mike

 

[d42jeep]

Picked up a variety of items from different places over the last 10 days:

Mustang MS85 speeder and MT1228 7/8" socket.

=Craftsman= garage bar and a variety of punches, including a Starrett 3/32".

Kennedy hip roof box, with:
- SK 3/8" metric set (9-18mm), missing only the 16mm.
- BluePoint mirror and an aluminum file handle (I added the cork lining after straightening a couple of the bent shelves).
- Aluminum file handle.

I'm very surprised to be unable to find this venerable box style in the Kennedy catalog (see pg. 11: https://buykennedy.com/download/kennedy-full-line-catalog/?wpdmdl=42205&masterkey=5c650b789cfc5).

Steve,
Check out the 1018 from this undated flyer.
https://archive.org/details/KennedyAllSteelToolKits/page/n1
-Don

 

[txlonghorn1989]

As a hobby woodworker, I really like your woodworking finds. That's a nice find on the B&O RR item. I'll miss my dad until the day I pass from this earth. Good on ya Mike!

 

[BFBOB]

BFB: Hahaha! I didn't turn the tag but was okay with the price not showing. I paid $75 for it which is high for me but I didn't have a second thought about paying that for the seat PLUS that base.



Thanks Tex - I think you did all right - I've seen tractor seats alone priced way over that!
I have a cream separator I'm planning on turning into a grinder pedestal. I didn't recognize your since my base is very different -a flared cone - just gotta decide how to accomplish the deed, and whether to put two grinders on it or just one.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

BFB: Hahaha! I didn't turn the tag but was okay with the price not showing. I paid $75 for it which is high for me but I didn't have a second thought about paying that for the seat PLUS that base.



Thanks Tex - I think you did all right - I've seen tractor seats alone priced way over that!
I have a cream separator I'm planning on turning into a grinder pedestal. I didn't recognize your since my base is very different -a flared cone - just gotta decide how to accomplish the deed, and whether to put two grinders on it or just one.

I wish that base was big enough to use as a vise stand or a grinder stand. Maybe the next one I come across will be! ;-)

 

[Motorman55]

Got another 'Free' tool while at the recycle/dump today.

Its a Ryobi #BTS10 portable 10" table saw. Tested it and it works just fine. Missing a couple small parts and has some rust issues to address, but nothing a little disassembly and a bath in Evapo-Rust can't cure. Most parts are still available cheap and the ones that aren't I can fab myself.

Overall another nice 'Freebee'.

 

[Arne73]

BMW, thanks for prompting me to dig on the SK site. Looks like it's missing 7mm, 8mm and 16mm sockets. 19mm is present, and the largest of this set: https://sktools.com/shop/89023-13-piece-3-8-drive-12-point-standard-metric-chrome-socket-set.html

Here's the pic of the garage bar/punches I mentioned earlier. Oddly, that punch at the bottom is marked 2/32, rather than 1/16. Bonney K-54 feeler gauge in decent shape, and the Starrett punch is new looking.

That 2/32 punch looks like a nail-set for finish nails.

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[Rickster]

Went to a pop-up estate tool sale yesterday. Hour and half away, the pics showed a lot of Snap-on tools. Well worth the drive! Picked up a nice mix of Snap-on and Blue-Point tools. What drew me there in the pics was the metric wrench set and I managed to find that right away.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Mainly some curiosity pieces today.

The cardboard box is empty, but it is the heavy kind with the metallic reinforcements on the corners.

The whistle on top of the box ("THE ACME THUNDERER") is quite old, made of Bakelite, by A.G. Spalding & Bros Ltd in Great Britain.

I also bought the metal box for the box, not the contents (miscellaneous punches, reamers, bit, etc). It is embossed with "PFAFF" and the PFAFF logo (vintage sewing machine). Probably from the 30's or so. PFAFF, founded in Germany in 1862, has been part of the Singer VSM Group (Husqvarna) PFAFF (SVP) Empire since 2006.

The Single Offset DBE is not branded.

The drain plug wrench is a Herbrand Van-Chrome No. 194.

The SOE wrenches are Tona (Made in Czechoslovakia), the two DOE wrenches next to them are an unknown OEM in Russia (Cyrillic letters on one, "USSR" on the other), and the tiny DOE wrench is a USMC (United Shoe Manufacturing Company).

The thing on the far left is a stub (or bull's foot) rasp, and it also has Cyrillic letters on it.

The stub rasp, the Czech and Russian wrenches, the unusual screwdriver, and the bits in the PFAFF can came from an older Russian guy who said he immigrated with his wife and FIL in 1979 when he was 40 years old, and his FIL, who had been a mechanic in Russia, brought all that stuff and other tools with him.

 

[mike_paxton]

As a hobby woodworker, I really like your woodworking finds. That's a nice find on the B&O RR item. I'll miss my dad until the day I pass from this earth. Good on ya Mike!

txlonghorn1989:

I like the old woodworking finds also, but definitely fun to learn a lot about the various tools from a forum like this.

Definitely understand the missing of a dad and glad you feel that way as well.

Mike

 

[white91formula]

Picked these unicorns up. Been looking for a set for a while.

 

[Boofer]

Nice haul, Rickster.

White91, those things are so ugly they're almost pretty.

Had a few minutes to kill before an appointment yesterday so I hit the ReStore and did better than I usually do there.

Snap On deep metrics and one long C 7/16. Craftsman BE 3/8 & 1/2" breakers, and a 1/4" BE female ratchet minus the bit that goes with it. Anybody know how to open one of these up? And an unmarked 1/4" ratchet. Total $15.

 

[Rickster]

Ahhh....the uber-rare Black-Banded metrics!!!