2020 Garage Sale Thread

[bubinga]

The battery terminal expanding pliers are a useful tool. Here is my Snap-on pair.
-Don

0h they're good to have, yes,
Those look beautiful though!
Did you restore that pair, or are the just in new condition?

 

[bubinga]

That style of extra heavy duty screwdriver was issued in WW2 GMTK toolsets. They were shown with decals on the handles in the 1940 catalog. During WW2 they were ink stamped on the handle. Your screwdriver with the Irwin stamped into the shank is postwar.
-Don

I Love those style of screwdrivers.
I have a sweet pristine small one like that.
I'll try to dig it out in a bit here.
Not sure where it's at ATM.

 

[seber]

I dropped by an estate sale this morning of small engine repair person. Pickup this MK tile saw for $125. Works perfect.

 

[Shiftless]

I dropped by an estate sale this morning of small engine repair person. Pickup this MK tile saw for $125. Works perfect.

That’s a really nice tile saw for an excellent price. Nice score!
I paid more than that for a tile saw not nearly as good. Flush the crud out of the water pump regularly.

 

[Rickster]

I couldn’t stand being stuck at home anymore and went for a drive in the country out to a garage sale about 40 mins away. Whole table full of really rusty tools that I wouldn’t buy any of but I still checked out each one!

 

[d42jeep]

0h they're good to have, yes,
Those look beautiful though!
Did you restore that pair, or are the just in new condition?

They were decent when I found them. I had to clean off a little battery corrosion and a bit of rust but the chrome plating was pretty intact. I had another pair of no name ones in my battery tool box that I had used for years.
-Don

 

[gpw_42]

I couldn’t stand being stuck at home anymore and went for a drive in the country out to a garage sale about 40 mins away. Whole table full of really rusty tools that I wouldn’t buy any of but I still checked out each one!

Same thing in a local pawn shop yesterday, after fondling his Winchester Model 12 and a Remington Model 11 Sportsman. The M11 with it's IC choke was tempting, until I saw the $550 price tag.

Ended up with a partially used can of PVC cement for $1, which was EXACTLY what I've been waiting on for several months.

 

[bubinga]

They were decent when I found them. I had to clean off a little battery corrosion and a bit of rust but the chrome plating was pretty intact. I had another pair of no name ones in my battery tool box that I had used for years.
-Don

 

[3jakes]

Being unable to go out to any yard sales yet, at least I am getting to some jobs still left over from last year.
I had wanted to try the boil your tools in a crock pot idea that I saw on this site last year, & end of summer came home with a to be dedicated to tool cleaning slo-cooker. (price tag said $4. but they accepted $2. )
Anyway about the sockets....
Last winter a fella contacted me to sell what he said were a 5 gallon bucket of all Snap-on 3/4 impact sockets.
So I dropped everything & met up with him & insisted on looking them over & found that, yes... 10 or so are indeed 3/4 drive Snap/on,
But most of the rest of the weight is 3/4 & lots of 1" drive Proto, Wright, & Armstrong.
We hemmed & hawed for a while & finally he took a fifty & I came home with a bucket full of orange painted sockets.
This week I finally used the crock pot & the paint is off.
The first batch I used "All Liquid' .
It loosened the paint & I was able to wire brush out the crevices.
The next batches I used Tide powder.
Man!, that stuff stunk up the whole house. (wife was pleased )
The Tide seemed not just to loosen the paint, but removed most leaving a film that washed off the sockets.
Here is what I now have, clean & oiled.
Largest is Armstrong 1" drive 2-5/8".

 

[Outlawmws]

One Yard sale (No interest) and one estate sale listed - but nothing in the pics shows anything of interest - they skipped pics of the garage, but I'm still going to pass.

 

[freudianfloyd]

Finally made it to my first yardsale today. Didn't find too much, but couldn't pass up on these locking pliers. Called a Pli-rench. Cost me a whole quarter.

Made by Whale Tool Corp. of New York
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They are in great shape, just need a polish. Maybe one day I will get them nice enough to put in the tool polishers thread.

 

[Lprock]

It's been dry but found two sales to check out. Was a little picked over but found a few goodies.

I'd like to find out what the sk box was for, seems like a 3/8 socket set. The red box and tray have no identification. And the deep socket tray has 0013 on the bottom.

15 in proto adjustable wrench
10 in proto pipe wrench
18 in ridgid pipe wrench
Snap on 1in deep
Long c craftsman 5/8 deep
A few small duro chrome wrenches

 

[jb books]

Finally had some sales here, tire bead breaker $5, box of 2 and 3 inch C-clamps $5, Huot drill index with Greenfield drills $5, Nicopress National Telephone swage tool $2

 

[sixfootfive]

I'd like to find out what the sk box was for, seems like a 3/8 socket set.

The SK box contained a combination 3/8" and 1/4" drive set. I haven't seen one in a catalog to check inventory.

 

[bubinga]

Being unable to go out to any yard sales yet, at least I am getting to some jobs still left over from last year.
I had wanted to try the boil your tools in a crock pot idea that I saw on this site last year, & end of summer came home with a to be dedicated to tool cleaning slo-cooker. (price tag said $4. but they accepted $2. )
Anyway about the sockets....
Last winter a fella contacted me to sell what he said were a 5 gallon bucket of all Snap-on 3/4 impact sockets.
So I dropped everything & met up with him & insisted on looking them over & found that, yes... 10 or so are indeed 3/4 drive Snap/on,
But most of the rest of the weight is 3/4 & lots of 1" drive Proto, Wright, & Armstrong.
We hemmed & hawed for a while & finally he took a fifty & I came home with a bucket full of orange painted sockets.
This week I finally used the crock pot & the paint is off.
The first batch I used "All Liquid' .
It loosened the paint & I was able to wire brush out the crevices.
The next batches I used Tide powder.
Man!, that stuff stunk up the whole house. (wife was pleased )
The Tide seemed not just to loosen the paint, but removed most leaving a film that washed off the sockets.
Here is what I now have, clean & oiled.
Largest is Armstrong 1" drive 2-5/8".

BEAUTIFUL!!!

 

[ricketycricket]

Picked up this neat little guy for a hundred bucks today. Now comes the hunt for some parts!




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[bubinga]

Scored this drill press vise for $25.00 this weekend.
Easy seller told me it's from shars.com machinist supply.



X-Z Vise

 

[bubinga]

Picked up this neat little guy for a hundred bucks today. Now comes the hunt for some parts!




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Aww man, is that nice!!!

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[Smokeshow69]

Went to an estate sale today and picked up some things... not a ton of stuff nor at you **** prices either. Oh we, at least I broke the draught since all the swap meets are canceled this summer. Paid $72 for everything I was excited to find the craftsman jig saw with the auto scroller feature! Can’t wait to get rid of my modern jig saw with fixed head. Also got the =v= hinge handle with tommy bar, plomb 1/2 extension and chisel, craftsman torx drivers for a vehicle tool kit, sk 1/2 drive ratchet, new Britain 6pt wrenches, file handle, spark plug pliers, long proto pliers, =v= does and this sk large hip roof box




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[Smokeshow69]

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[d42jeep]

It's been dry but found two sales to check out. Was a little picked over but found a few goodies.

I'd like to find out what the sk box was for, seems like a 3/8 socket set.

Here is what is in mine. The set is both 3/8” and 1/4” drive.
-Don

 

[ricketycricket]

Aww man, is that nice!!!

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Thanks! I’m pretty excited about it.


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[seber]

Went to an estate sale today and picked up some things... not a ton of stuff nor at you **** prices either. Oh we, at least I broke the draught since all the swap meets are canceled this summer. Paid $72 for everything I was excited to find the craftsman jig saw with the auto scroller feature! Can’t wait to get rid of my modern jig saw with fixed head. Also got the =v= hinge handle with tommy bar, plomb 1/2 extension and chisel, craftsman torx drivers for a vehicle tool kit, sk 1/2 drive ratchet, new Britain 6pt wrenches, file handle, spark plug pliers, long proto pliers, =v= does and this sk large hip roof box

Don't sell your old sabre saw until you've tried the Craftsman. I inherited one of those. Got rid of it pretty quick.

 

[seber]

Finally had some sales here, tire bead breaker $5, box of 2 and 3 inch C-clamps $5, Huot drill index with Greenfield drills $5, Nicopress National Telephone swage tool $2

I can't believe no one has said it. YOU ****.

 

[Lprock]

The SK box contained a combination 3/8" and 1/4" drive set. I haven't seen one in a catalog to check inventory.

Here is what is in mine. The set is both 3/8” and 1/4” drive.
-Don

Thank you, I am going to use it for that then.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Don't sell your old sabre saw until you've tried the Craftsman. I inherited one of those. Got rid of it pretty quick.

I had one in the past that was pretty good. Much better than my modern black and decker. I will however test it before I get rid of the other


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[Shiftless]

I can't believe no one has said it. YOU ****.

I agree and second the motion, The Huot index box full of greenfield bits would have been in my bag by itself for a bigger price if needed and I’d be grinning all the way home. You scored on that haul!

bubinga:
You got a great deal but what you have there is not a vise. It’s an X-Y table usually used with a mill.


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[jeffmoss26]

not a garage sale but they did come from a garage...

 

[Old Radar]

Hit a two-barn estate sale on Thursday. Most of it was furniture or craft related but there was a small room with tools where I found this tool box. The outside has been wantonly spray bombed silver but the inside appears to have originally been Olive Drab. The back lid has two holes where the badge or label should be but there is no other marking on it so I'm left wondering who manufactured it. I talked them down to $40 from the original $50 (Hey, spray bomb and no badge!) but since it was the first hour of the first day, they wouldn't go any lower. And it included the contents.



Except for about four pounds of Asian recyclables, here are the contents. The sockets are grouped by brand, alphabetically left to right, bottom to top and include Bonney, Challenger, Herbrand, Indestro, Giller, Long C CM (BE), P&C, Penens, Proto, S-K, Snap-on and Sparta. In the back is a deep Husky, a group of Hex drive with no names and a group of Chromium Vanadium with the plating flaking to the point I'm not sure I should mess with them. I seem to vaguely recall some warning about that particular plating when it starts to flake, but a quick google came up dry. Can anyone confirm or deny?



The four 1/2" speeders are, top to bottom:
Indestro No. 3209 Short Speeder
Husky CS-85
Truth GR-8
Duro Metal Products 651

Those L.S. Starrett Thickness Gages (172-D) are going to need some work...

The most interesting pieces to me are the Snap-on No. 71-M ratchet and the Jo-Line 1/4" Torque Wrench.

I know the 71-M isn't that rare, but the date code under the selector lever is a perfect X. I've looked at several Snap-on decoder pages and it does not match any of the '8's. 1948 comes closest but that code has slightly curved sides and is closed with straight lines on top and bottom. Mine is a very clear, deeply stamped X with no lines on top or bottom. Theories??



Jo-Line has a thread here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7688015#post7688015 that I read with interest. I think this little guy was one of the pieces Packard V8 started the thread about but he never posted a picture. The last calibration date is Jun 16, 1959, so a good six decades overdue. I'll post more on the linked thread in hopes that the company founder's grandson Grayspoked will chime in with more company insights and info.

 

[Outlawmws]

Cadmium is the one you need to be careful with more common on wartime pieces.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I'm left wondering who manufactured it.

It's a Kennedy. Probably late 40's. The tell is the triangular shape of the indent on the uppers on each side. The other major maker of these hip roof cantilevered carry boxes was Simonsen and their indents were round.

Cadmium is the one you need to be careful with more common on wartime pieces.

And that does look like flaking cadmium on the large sockets grouped in the photo on the right.

 

[seber]

Cadmium was common through the 60S. Just don't eat it.

 

[d42jeep]

The Kennedy cantilever has a metal handle so post 1950.
-Don

 

[BFBOB]

Scored this set of 5 14" Holophane 685 Lobay lights for short monies. Picked up some Mogul to normal base adapaters and these will be mounted on 3/4" black pipe on each side of the garage doors, 4 in front and one by people-door. All 5 glass lenses in nice shape with no cracks.


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Very nice - I have several of the Holophane style globed light fixtures, including one that is exactly like yours except the socket holing top has been cut shorter and welded back together to fit Medium Base bulbs. Mine is lacking the nameplate - are yours Holophane brand, or umm, shall we say, spinoffs?

 

[Provincial]

Old Radar, the GR-8 Truth speeder in post #2149 looks great!

 

[mikeinri]

Another item rescued from Dad / Grandpa's old house...

True Temper Flint Edge axe. I don't really "need" this (I have a chainsaw and other wood cutting tools), nor do I remember either of them living in a place that they would have needed it.

Maybe it's from one of their parents?

Looks like it's had a cheesy repair at some point? Nails holding the head in place?

But, I really like the shape and color of the handle. The size and shape of the head is pretty cool too.

Last pic with my maul and Fiskars splitting axe, just for a sense of size.

Any idea of age?

Mike

 

[Jack84]

Got a couple of goodies last week.


KUKKO pullers. 15,- for both.



Würth wrench set and some big Belzers. 35,- the lot.


Multimeter I got for free.


Gedore slip wrenches, rarely used I think. Got those for free too.


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[Old Radar]

Cadmium is the one you need to be careful with more common on wartime pieces.

It's a Kennedy. Probably late 40's. The tell is the triangular shape of the indent on the uppers on each side. The other major maker of these hip roof cantilevered carry boxes was Simonsen and their indents were round.


And that does look like flaking cadmium on the large sockets grouped in the photo on the right.

Cadmium was common through the 60S. Just don't eat it.

The Kennedy cantilever has a metal handle so post 1950.
-Don

Old Radar, the GR-8 Truth speeder in post #2149 looks great!

Thanks for the info, gentlemen!

Lugz--The group of eight sockets on the right are the ones stamped Chromium Vanadium.

Any Snap-on gurus out there with info on decoding an X date on my 71-M ratchet?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Lugz--The group of eight sockets on the right are the ones stamped Chromium Vanadium.

That's the steel composition, which Duro-Indestro used as a branding convention. I don't see any knurling, though. Kind of hard to tell with all the rust. Probably economy line, if that's cad. Edit: Post photos after they're cleaned up and derusted.

 

[Outlawmws]

Pics of the ratchet Date code? I don't know of any coeds with "X" mostly stylized numbers...