2019 Garage Sale Thread

[BFBOB]

Finally found myself a Kennedy Machinists Toolbox. No exciting tools inside but some punches and files. But it was only $7. A little rust and felt needs to be replaced. Keys were included.




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One Dollar per drawer??!!???

YOU ****!!

 

[timbitca]

Heck of a find for 7 $. Rained most of last weekend here, so most sales were off. It's currently pourring rain here and looks like it will continue to do so all weekend, that plus it being a holiday weekend isn't going to translate to many sales.

 

[3jakes]

Picked up this hatchet this morning because it just looked so clean & nice.
Looks like the seller refinished the handle
Is it possible this is a 20's logo?

 

[joseywales]

Got these today at a consignment shop. $7 total. They debated whether that ratchet came that way, or was bent.

USA Screwdriver

West Germany pliers/cutters

Japan pliers

Proto mini-pliers

Sears screwdriver

Round-the-bend ratchet

 

[Jack84]

Bearing puller made by Smalcalda in GDR. Little to no use I believe, paid 10€ for it.
Was a thrift store that was basically a big house in the town centre filled to the brim with stuff. Guy that ran it said it was his hobby.

 

[alinc100]

Two 50th anniversary gold glitter screwdrivers for $.50 each was my favorite bit.

One still sealed in the bag.

I'm sure you are aware that ever since Rickster left metro Detroit for SE PA, we've all had opportunities to find items. Rick would have been to that sale before dawn with coffee and donuts for the homeowners

 

[duddly]

Found this kind of stubby Stanley sweetheart screwdriver and HAD to have it. It is hard to get scale but it is around 9 inches. Paid too much.

 

[r_olson_06]

Here are some my last week's finds. Sadly it is the last year of the Fremont NE swap meet. Went for the first time 4 years ago and attendance has declined by about 1/2 each year. 1 of 2 decent sized swap meets with in 4 hours of home.


Bonney CV Fridge Set with all the sockets? Missing ratchet $7

Rest is $1 or less. Most of the sockets were 2/$1.
Highlights include.
Plomb 5468
10" diamond and bluepoint adjustables.
Diamond monkey wrench 50 cents!!
Snappy ratcheting screwdriver with Ford Motor on it
Bog Offset hex drive ratchet.
Bonney Brake springs pliers.
1/4 Blackhawk (possible nuggies) sockets.
Plomb 3/8 pebble ratchet
Plomb round beam 10XX DBE
Tiger and chrome alloy sockets and what appears to be a Chrome Alloy sliding tee with 5 and 10 extensions.

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrench 3061

 

[Private Lugnutz]

You got some good stuff in your last haul to remember and mourn its passing by, Roy.

 

[bluebolt]

Picked up this hatchet this morning because it just looked so clean & nice.
Looks like the seller refinished the handle
Is it possible this is a 20's logo?

Yep, that is the original logo! I have a hatchet with that logo too!

 

[3jakes]

Yep, that is the original logo! I have a hatchet with that logo too!

Thanks, How cool is that! I thought maybe there was some sort of re-issue of vintage logo stuff. Well worth the 4 bucks, right?

Snap-on, Cornwell, Proto, Pl^mb,Armstrong, Wright, Williams... $47.

And ecotec, nice find. You could have been the guy I was a step behind all this morning.
3 different places that advertised Snap-on stuff all said "yeah, another fella was already here & bought all that stuff..."
Sigh...

 

[Rickster]

I'm sure you are aware that ever since Rickster left metro Detroit for SE PA, we've all had opportunities to find items. Rick would have been to that sale before dawn with coffee and donuts for the homeowners

Ahhhh... pickin's are scarce here so you need to be ready to buy when you see the good tools!

 

[white91formula]

These finally arrived. Looked for a set for YEARS. 2 pop up in a week. Had to get them. These ones look brand new.

 

[BFBOB]

Yep, that is the original logo! I have a hatchet with that logo too!

Bragging is sooooo unseemly.

 

[gpw_42]

Today's pickups:

- Proto flare nut wrenches, 7/16" to 1". Interestingly, Proto skipped the 3726. No 3734 (1-1/16) or 3736 (1-1/8) present, which are the only sizes included in the 1949 Proto catalog 4922M not part of this set. Suspect the grey box they came in was a replacement.
- Barcalo-Buffalo 11/16 x 3/4 offset DBE

- 3 (empty) cans for M1909 blanks (.30 caliber). They're modern style cans, despite their original contents.
- Bird dog training book
- 2 pair Vietnam-era BCDs
- Kiwi shine box

 

[Outlawmws]

Bragging is sooooo unseemly.

Isn't that sort of what this WHOLE THREAD is about?

User Name Posts
Private Lugnutz 339
Outlawmws 339
BlueBomber 170
3baygarage 142
bmwrd0 141
txlonghorn1989 132
d42jeep 120
LesserSon 115
Oily Nails 99
bluebolt 97
Provincial 77
davethorik 72
r_olson_06 65
BFBOB 64

 

[454ragtop]

Earlier in the month I was finding stuff faster than I could take pics of it, then the past week or 2, pretty dead. Hit a sale at a mini storage this AM, few different vendors. As I get out of my truck and walk in, a guy comes over and says "we're getting the big vise out now". Weird, I don't know him from Adam, but he obviously knows I collect vises. They drag out this huge Hollands 78 6" offset jaw vise, set the hook, and reel me right in. Have to pay a little more than I usually like, but when would I ever see another? Found a box of pullers as well, sorry no pics, but a bunch of it was Snap On. Then as I'm leaving, see another vendor, stop, and see this vintage Schwinn Stingray bike with a piece of tape on the seat that says "Free". Thinking it's some sort of trap, or maybe he got it free and forgot to take the tape off, nope, It's a free bike. Well, if it's free, it's for me! Thank you very much.

 

[d42jeep]

Today's pickups:

- Proto flare nut wrenches, 7/16" to 1". Interestingly, Proto skipped the 3726. No 3734 (1-1/16) or 3736 (1-1/8) present, which are the only sizes included in the 1949 Proto catalog 4922M not part of this set. Suspect the grey box they came in was a replacement.
- Barcalo-Buffalo 11/16 x 3/4 offset DBE

- 3 (empty) cans for M1909 blanks (.30 caliber). They're modern style cans, despite their original contents.
- Bird dog training book
- 2 pair Vietnam-era BCDs
- Kiwi shine box

Nice haul. I particularly like the Proto pebble flare nut wrenches. You’ve got me beat on those by a mile! The BB DBE is GMTK correct for a 41-W-603 or a late war 41-W-619-636. Good find.
-Don

 

[honza.vosalik]

So there was a garage sale couple houses down the street this morning. The guy had a shop Smith. On my way from work it was still there sitting in front of the garage. So tonight I went on a walk, rang the bell and asked him about the asking price. After a little negotiating I ended up going back home...to get my truck and gave him $175.

Contains:
- drill press
- tabletop saw
- horizontal drill
- drum sander
- disk sander
- wood lathe

Supposed to have all bearings and cord with switch changed 18months ago. The guy even built a flying plane with it years ago.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Isn't that sort of what this WHOLE THREAD is about?

User Name Posts
Private Lugnutz 339
Outlawmws 339
BlueBomber 170
3baygarage 142
bmwrd0 141
txlonghorn1989 132
d42jeep 120
LesserSon 115
Oily Nails 99
bluebolt 97
Provincial 77
davethorik 72
r_olson_06 65
BFBOB 64

I think I'm just blabby. Plus, my posts are always two-parters. First part is high-level finds. Second part is close-ups or links to close-ups posted in other brand- or type-pertinent threads, so I am cutting my total in half!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I was way out of my territory this week guys (TDY to Ft Huachuca, AZ), but thanks to a tip from MR. X (not a reggler here in GarageSaleThreadLand), I hit a place called Kent's not too far from the Tucson airport on my return leg. My full report, with pics, is linked here.

 

[3baygarage]

Its just a mixed bag, but I thought I'd give you guys a teaser pic you love so much.

 

[davethorik]

They drag out this huge Hollands 78 6" offset jaw vise, set the hook, and reel me right in. Have to pay a little more than I usually like, but when would I ever see another?

That is an interesting vise. Look at how the vise body has a "trough" to support the slide.

 

[LesserSon]

Blah. Hot hazy humid this morning at Jake’s flea. Few vendors. Spent a whopping $3 and got an unmarked 3/8dr ratchet (Proto WF?), a 6” Proto Los Angelos adjustable from 1957, three Snap-On sockets from 1940, and four Bonney 1/2dr sockets.
Seen but not purchased: a 5” Chas Parker vise (priced $275). Down rt29 to check on a pair of cast in Mexico cafe table pedestals I had seen a few months ago, they were gone. Saw this “Yankee” No29 screwdriver. Looks ancestral to the Stanley screwdrivers, but with “knurled” grip on alternate lands. Pretty nifty, and I would have bought it, but it was unpriced in a bin in a nonspecific corner of a co-op. Didn’t feel like going through all the discussion with the cash register attendant to get a price.

 

[Levaughn]

I picked up this Blackhawk #49996 "Free Wheeling" 1/2 inch drive Ratchet and a Craftsman # 1 13/16 socket at a yard sale for $2.

 

[Cruzan80]

Here is my teaser pic from yesterday. Drove over an hour down, and I had the garage to myself for almost 5 min.

 

[Outlawmws]

Wonder how long 3Bay will hold the tease; too long as we get distrac... Look! A butterfly!

Slim pickings, but pickings are pickings...


Managed to get 4 stops to produce (sometimes barely)


Started off with an old school SS spatula for the camp gear for cents fifty

Got all this for $5 - weird old hand maid lock, WITH the key, (Paging Jeff)', Segmented bar (I suspect one section went AWO) Hand grinder (WITH a stone that is concentric! - Probably go in to the "Coleman camp trip" tools where we often work on lanterns and stoves that need it), Stilleto #2 phillips, 1/4" tee, seems good quality but no markings.

Dry wall anchor sand 3/8 X 1-1/2 soc head cap screws - he had two tubs of fasteners for $5 ea, but I don"t need any I don't use routinely...

Coffee pot was thrown ion fro free - this is for SWMBO and my youngest daughter to fight over (could turn into a three way if the oldest daughter jumps in...)

third stoop - Hippie style purse, may go the same as the pot above...

Last stop and actually on my street! Mini waste pail - might use this for the scrap bucket for compostable food/paper

And a couple of diggers - the Army shovel appears to be AMES and 1965
pail and diggers were $10 total

 

[alinc100]

ell perusing an Estate Sale website yesterday and decided 50% off day was enough incentive to go and managed to find this in a shed. This is now the 3rd one I've found. I will need to collective's assistance in locating a pair of drawer slides. I have the missing drawer,just not the slides. I will update with pictures,dimensions of the slides when I know them.

 

[Prichman38]

Sparta Tools Display
Sparta was made by New Britain and sold as a value line at Napa.

Someone was throwing it out so saved it from the trash.




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[WNYflyer]

Had Friday off so pretty good pickings this weekend.

Snap-On & Xcelite metric nutdrivers , misc Snap-On sockets, Proto hammer

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Williams, Cornwell wrenches, Blue-Point and Bonney line wrenches, Craftsman ratchets.

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Mac Alignment set

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And my favorite, JH Williams socket set box only

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[davethorik]

Only one stop today netted me this. I haven't gone through them yet, but 4 are trigger type and 4 are thimble type.

$10 ÷ 8 oilers = $1.25/each. Not bad.

 

[JoCoSawdust]

Great price on the oilers. A lot of sellers around me think those things are lined with gold.

Didn't bring him a lot but I like picking up weirdos so today was a good day.

Elgin tap set that appears to be complete, below it is marked Faskin MFG Co. NY, next is marked UNIVERSAL METAL PROD LA CALIF, a Moore Drop Forging wrench and a Husky rat. The stuff on the left is all Craftsman.

 

[davethorik]

Thanks joco. I saw the brass eagle oiler and had to have them all. The larger one with the hard nozzle line was elsewhere in the garage and the seller let me add it.

The larger one with hard line- unknown
2 larger copper colored flex line- Dutton-Lainson (Goldenrod?)
4 thimble type are unmarked as far as I can tell. Largest one has a flex line. 2 smallest are very small.
Then of course the brass Eagle. It's a bit beat up, but I can't complain.

 

[Prichman38]

Today’s finds

Dietzgen Germany Protractor
2 Stanley nail sets
8 in Monkey wrench
10in “Marco” Stillson wrench
6in Williams Adj Wrench


Pair of perfect handle screwdrivers
9in & 10in Auto wrench
Stanley Hanyman Nail puller
No name older needle nose. Has a number 2 stamped in it
Krauter 6 in side cutters
R. Jennings 9” Linesman
Utica 159 -9” Linesman
14in wooden handle Stillson w/ Patnt date 1888




Total cost: $8.25. Which also included the toolbox they came in and other tools I haven’t cleaned up yet.

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[3baygarage]

I picked up this Blackhawk #49996 "Free Wheeling" 1/2 inch drive Ratchet and a Craftsman # 1 13/16 socket at a yard sale for $2.

Nice score on the ratchet.

Sparta Tools Display
Sparta was made by New Britain and sold as a value line at Napa.

Someone was throwing it out so saved it from the trash.

Excellent save!

Wonder how long 3Bay will hold the tease; too long as we get distrac... Look! A butterfly!

Well here it is. Pretty much a hodge podge but it seems like some WWII socketry neatly kept together. I looked at these several times in the past, and today was able to work out a better deal with the seller.

It consists of some Duro Indestro, Duro Chrome, S-K, New Britain, Armstrong,Wright, Plomb, Snap On, and Bonney. The interesting bits are 4 PWA sockets and a crowfoot, and a Plomb crowfoot.

 

[3baygarage]

From the same seller, came this bunch.

Snap On flip socket, a few other Snap On sockets and racing edition screwdriver, a small OTC bearing splitter, and hard to resist another nice Williams 3 ratchet.

 

[Outlawmws]

Barely 8 bucks for all that was a steal PR! Suckage awarded!

 

[BillMoney]

Nice little dunlap set $3 for everything

 

[bmwrd0]

Hit sale on Friday and today, with good results.
First sale Friday yielded this:

Schwinn Chicago tricycle. I paid $50 for the frame and 3 mismatched wheels and fenders. I was lucky as other people were asking about it as I was putting it in the truck. I think the wheels are from a '50s kids model which might be the reason. Next stop was an expensive estate sale but I managed to pick up these for $7

Unused taps, Knipex Cobras and Proto snap ring pliers. I do not understand the love for the Kleenex so they go in the sale pile.
Today I hit a few sales, some planed that had nothing and some TOO's that were good. First two stops were bunk, but the third was a TOO with great results:

An Amprobe type multimeter, AMES dial runout gauge and an Albrecht chuck on a MT2. $5
Next stop was the ES from yesterday for half price day.

Challenger 1/4 ratchet, Proto rubber mallet and Proto 5450. $8. They had no idea about the Proto ratchet and thought it foreign. The next two stops were duds, but after that was an estate sale I had been to a few weeks ago.

So, Brownell's metric screw gauge, two chip brushes, Starrett punch, Snap-on 11/32 wrench, Fairmont line wrench, Box for a Millers Falls speed indicator and a full box of 8/32 machinist screws. $5.
After that, I went for Chinese buffett.

 

[Davefr]

An Amprobe type multimeter, AMES dial runout gauge and an Albrecht chuck on a MT2. $5

^^You **** on that Albrecht Chuck!