2020 Garage Sale Thread

[Private Lugnutz]

...an unused Mustang socket set, complete with crossbar! (but minus a couple of sockets) and I packed it all up in a...[ ]...Vintage doctor's bag,

That bag is a looker! I would use it. And the mint-y MUSTANG midget set (New Britain, not Blackhawk) is amazing.

Mark Stansbury has a company history that states the pliers business was sold to Crescent in the mid1920s, but they must have resumed making pliers or contracted them, because they do advertise some pliers in the 1951 catalog.

It's actually one of the more interesting marking confusions in vintage tools history. When Smith & Hemenway broke up, the company Smith started eventually used the name of the old Smith & Hemenway brand, Red Devil Tools, in Irvington, then Union, NJ. At the same time, Crescent was still selling a line of tools branded "Red Devil", which it bought from Smith & Hemenway. As far as I have been able to determine, there was never any litigation one way or another, and eventually Crescent stopped using the name. We have a Smith & Hemenway thread, by the way. See the Index.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

My flea market haul (Lugz 2020_21) was okay today. See Pic 1.

The easel is for my youngest daughter, who inherited my father's artistic talents. I was rummaging through that 3/8-inch drive box picking out the good stuff when the guy said 'take the whole thing for $x bucks,' so I did. To the left is some JAPANesium, -V-, and a 1950 WRIGHT deep socket.

To the right (See Pic 2) are the keepers, including a Crafty (H) swivel, a Crafty (H) short extension, a Plomb WF-75 swivel, a Bonney -ZENEL- ignition wrench, a ubiquitous unmarked Plomb-made rat, and a few feeler gauges, one for Donlap and a script Herbrand.

The canister, somewhat ironically marked "DISRESS OUTFIT NON-CORROSIVE" on the lid, is for flares. See Pic 3 & 4.

I recognized it immediately because I found one last year with the flares still inside of it. That one is made of brass or copper and truly is non-corrosive. It was also made much better, with a lock-tight gasket and threaded lid. These were used on ships and railroads. See Pics 5, 6, & 7.

 

[bmwrd0]

That bag is a looker! I would use it. And the mint-y MUSTANG midget set (New Britain, not Blackhawk) is amazing.

Hah! I was actually referring to the three different breaker bars in the pics but made a slight typo in not capitalizing Mustang. I should have put it in parentheses but my comments are often too parenthetical.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Hah! I was actually referring to the three different breaker bars in the pics but made a slight typo in not capitalizing Mustang.

No comma after Blackhawk is what confused me, but you did say "three" so my bad for sloppy reading!

 

[d42jeep]

This is the mask I wear to sales. It's a respirator with P-100 vapor filters--filters out 99.97% of oil-based (and non oil-based) particulates. N-95s are only rated at 95% of non oil-based particulates. I swab it down with alcohol when I get home and it's ready to go again. Beats the **** out of a bandana!

That’s over the top. I prefer something a little more simple.
-Don

 

[RTM]

This is the mask I wear to sales. It's a respirator with P-100 vapor filters--filters out 99.97% of oil-based (and non oil-based) particulates. N-95s are only rated at 95% of non oil-based particulates. I swab it down with alcohol when I get home and it's ready to go again.

That’s over the top. I prefer something a little more simple.

Dang, nice to see you guys are taking this !@#$ seriously. I am still terrified. We had a GS a few weeks back down the road, with a huge crowd of people packed into a tightly packed driveway full of tables, and cars double parked in the street. Could not tell who all had masks, but I wasn't even going to slow down.

Keep up the good work, I may get out sometime soon, maybe August.

 

[bmwrd0]

I prefer to go about unmasked:

 

[BlueBomber]

I use a homemade mask that SWMBO stitched together from old t-shirts back at the start of the pandemic. It gets washed regularly and is holding up just fine.

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[Private Lugnutz]

My solution has been t-shirt sleeves from the very beginning. I used one of my older plain black t-shirts and cut the sleeves off just before the seam at the shoulder. If you put the underarm seam at the back of your neck with the sleeve seam at the top and stretch it over your head to the front, over your nose, they are a perfect shape and perfect fit (tight, but not too tight) for a human head, better than messing around with a bandana, which you have to tie, and much, much cheaper than the popular Gaiters and other turtleneck type masks.

 

[pfaustus]

A Stanley jack rabbit for $30? I'm sure the weatherman remarked how abnormally low the air pressure is in Beaver Fever Oregon today.

 

[Outlawmws]

Lugz, the flair canisters are very cool (copper/brass much cooler), but the wood handled flares are AWESOME! I've never seen them with handles like that!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...the wood handled flares are AWESOME! I've never seen them with handles like that!

I hadn't either until I found them, and I was equally as excited. You must've been camping or hunting or otherwise predisposed the day I posted them last January. As you can imagine, every time I open the canister it smells like gunpowder and I treat them like powder. I don't keep them in the Lugzsonian, but in a fire box in the Annex (the garage).

I took a few more photos for you. The labels are very hard to read due to the pulls and the thick wax the flares are coated in.

But it reads:
Jackson's Superior Ship Signal
CAUTION: Do not point toward the body when igniting or afterward.
DIRECTIONS: Pull tape over the top of the Cap. Remove Cap and ignite by pulling scratch or top of Cap across prepared end of Signal.
Burning Time 2 Minutes Candle Power 500
Approved by Department of Commerce
Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection
Samuel Jackson's & Sons Inc., Bristol, PA.

I haven't been able to date them precisely, but I suspect they are pre-war and maybe turn of the century. I found references to Jackson's Ship Signal, Distress Signal, and Hand Signal in Merchant Marine, Coast Guard and Navy documents. I tried to look at the history of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection, specifically when the name changed, but didn't get very far.

 

[Rickster]

Garage sale early this morning. Two Boy Scout Hatchets, Brown & Sharp square, Cman mag bit screwdriver, old SK 1/4dr set missing some pieces. Blue Point shorty Dbl-Box wrench, Brown & Sharp feeler gage set and a Cman thread gage.

 

[bargainhuntingking]

Latest ReStore score:

The solid tool stand was $15. Individual tools/drill indexes $0.50 - $1. Bunch of big nails $3. Free wood for projects. Cool random 4-in-1 Chinese wrench just because. Ratchet Ball Easydriver. T-shirt to represent. C-man 43373 bit driver. No name mini multi-hex wrench. Old bottle/can openers to punch holes in my coffee cans for my seedling and plant starts.

 

[BFBOB]

Hey, Bargain...

Nice find on the Golden Horse. Looks like utter **** as a tool, but I'd have bought it too just for the logo!

 

[Cgw1984]

HAPPY FATHERS DAY 2020!

Back to Jake’s today. Apparently, the opiner’s conference was over, because it was all business today. Seemed to be 10 times the vendors, so I feel I did right spending 10 times the cash ($20). I noted that mask-wearing was below 10%, but continued to wear mine. Some people seem determined to “spike the curve.” I heard a good deal of bellyaching about when will the whole state go to “green?” I’ve noticed for years that most people fear artificial consequence (humiliation from being asked to put on a mask by a store clerk) more than natural consequence (contracting and dying of COVID19).

For my $20, I got an unmarked vise Bonney termed “standard” after the patent ran out. I don’t know who actually mfd it, but I like it anyway.
Six different pliers (Kraeuter gas, Utica 1033-6, Barcalo and Crescent slipjoints, Crafty adjustables, and something I don’t recognize).
Cornwell 1/2dr tee handle. 3 Ford script wrenches. Springer Separator Co wrench. Several hex-drive sockets. 4 Duro Chrome wrenches in an metal box with no divider and no paint or label (a blank canvas!).
5 old 1/2dr sockets: SO overstrike 19/32, 1927 SO 11/16, 1928 SO 3/4 (last two are struck with an “X”), Hinsdale 25/32, Blackhawk 8224 3/4 (also struck with the “X”).
A decent B&S 1128 DOE with sizes in USS. A Proto Los Angeles 1/2dr 5461 ext. Unopened pack of brass-plated 1” hinges (for future chestnut socket boxes). Irwin adjustable auger bit, a big fake Rigid-knockoff pipe wrench, and a pile of various wrenches.
A pouch of 1950s SO hex keys, missing 3/16,5/32,9/64,1/8 (but there’s a second 7/32). Pouch of french curves...when Mrs LS and I first looked at the house we live in, the previous owner (deceased) had left several oil paintings he had done hanging on the walls. None were titled, but immediately knew what the title was. It combined a stylized female **** with an abstraction of...French Curves. It can’t have had any other title. If it had included a bottle of Bordeaux and stemware, it would have been a true masterpiece.

SEEN BUT NOT BOUGHT:
Vintage magazine with a curvy lass (French?) on the cover, but what drew my attention was the article by Nikola Tesla. IIRC from documentaries, the weapon is a proposed death ray. For $4, I almost bit, but despite the alluring promise of the cover, I’ve been trying not to collect any more paper.
The complete-in-box Craftsman auger bits with their little blue bonnets were another temptation, but $30 just wasn’t my price. I’ve got coffee cans of auger bits, two of which retain their little bonnets.

I dont feel your continued personal ruminations on pandemic outerwear are germaine to the conversation, nor do they add to the story. If you would like to wear a mask, i implore you do just that. If not, dont. Seems simple. That aside, nice haul.

 

[bargainhuntingking]

Hey, Bargain...

Nice find on the Golden Horse. Looks like utter **** as a tool, but I'd have bought it too just for the logo!

Haha...yes totally. It’s so cheep looking and cheesy and impractical but hey if you have a machine that needs only those four size bolts tightened and you don’t mind slippage and rounding of the bolt heads, you’ve got your tool!

 

[BlueBomber]

I dont feel your continued personal ruminations on pandemic outerwear are germaine to the conversation, nor do they add to the story. If you would like to wear a mask, i implore you do just that. If not, dont. Seems simple. That aside, nice haul.

No need to make it into a divisive statement--it was only an acknowledgement of picking behavior in our current times. We talk about disagreeable people who pick from your pile, who hide stuff so they can come back to buy it on half price day, who push their way to the front of the line, who act like the south ends of north-bound horses at sales and who don't wear masks to protect themselves or others during a pandemic. This thread has always encouraged more than just a list of cool items. Its part of the story that puts a pick in context. I see no problem with LS's post.


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[mikeinri]

Latest ReStore score:

The solid tool stand was $15. Individual tools/drill indexes $0.50 - $1. Bunch of big nails $3. Free wood for projects. Cool random 4-in-1 Chinese wrench just because. Ratchet Ball Easydriver. T-shirt to represent. C-man 43373 bit driver. No name mini multi-hex wrench. Old bottle/can openers to punch holes in my coffee cans for my seedling and plant starts.

Wow, great stuff! If those drill holders need a new home, let me know!

Mike

 

[Smokeshow69]

No need to make it into a divisive statement--it was only an acknowledgement of picking behavior in our current times. We talk about disagreeable people who pick from your pile, who hide stuff so they can come back to buy it on half price day, who push their way to the front of the line, who act like south-bound ends of north-bound horses at sales and who don't wear masks to protect themselves or others during a pandemic. This thread has always encouraged more than just a list of cool items. Its part of the story that puts a pick in context. I see no problem with LS's post.


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Agreed! LS post was very applicable to picking during this time in our world. I can’t understand the need to make a divisive statement... you may agree or may not but it is his opinion.


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[Old Radar]

This is the mask I wear to sales. It's a respirator with P-100 vapor filters--filters out 99.97% of oil-based (and non oil-based) particulates. N-95s are only rated at 95% of non oil-based particulates. I swab it down with alcohol when I get home and it's ready to go again. Beats the **** out of a bandana!

That’s over the top. I prefer something a little more simple.
-Don

I prefer to go about unmasked:

I use a homemade mask that SWMBO stitched together from old t-shirts back at the start of the pandemic. It gets washed regularly and is holding up just fine.

My solution has been t-shirt sleeves from the very beginning. I used one of my older plain black t-shirts and cut the sleeves off just before the seam at the shoulder. If you put the underarm seam at the back of your neck with the sleeve seam at the top and stretch it over your head to the front, over your nose, they are a perfect shape and perfect fit (tight, but not too tight) for a human head, better than messing around with a bandana, which you have to tie, and much, much cheaper than the popular Gaiters and other turtleneck type masks.

I dont feel your continued personal ruminations on pandemic outerwear are germaine to the conversation, nor do they add to the story. If you would like to wear a mask, i implore you do just that. If not, dont. Seems simple. That aside, nice haul.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

No need to make it into a divisive statement--it was only an acknowledgement of picking behavior in our current times. We talk about disagreeable people who pick from your pile, who hide stuff so they can come back to buy it on half price day, who push their way to the front of the line, who act like south-bound ends of north-bound horses at sales and who don't wear masks to protect themselves or others during a pandemic. This thread has always encouraged more than just a list of cool items. Its part of the story that puts a pick in context. I see no problem with LS's post.


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Well said BB. Nothing at all wrong with LS's post. I'd also agree about those south-bound ends of north-bound horses wherever they show up.

 

[Provincial]

bargainhuntingking, nice haul. My mom gave me a Balldriver set for Christmas when they came out. Nice idea, poorly executed. Lasted perhaps a dozen uses. Who would have thought that a ratchet with plastic pawls would fail? Especially with the leverage of the large ball diameter.

 

[Provincial]

I visited a few sales today. Most action of the year. Not much Covid in this county, so people are cautious, but getting slowly back toward normal.

Stop # 1 was a garage sale that was probably an estate. I got there about an hour after it opened (they started letting people in over a half hour early) so it could have been picked over some. There was a table full of tools with a sign "$2.00 each on this table" where I found everything in photo #1:

tire valve stem tool (I like this because the puller nut is streamlined and small)
Blue-Point XS1618 stubby DBE 1/2 x 9/16
Blue-Point B1351-A Bendix brake anchor DOE 3/16 x 1/4
Snap-On OEX-28 Combo, 7/8
Craftsman =V= 3/8 dr 20" extension
Herbrand Van Chrome 1218-L long combo 9/16
Cornwell Combos:
CW-12 11/16
CW-11 5/8
CW-9 9/16
CW-3 3/8
MAC S-150-A Starter DBE 5/8 x 11/16
5/32 T-handle Hex Key that missed the photo because it was already in use!

I asked for a bundle price and they said $10.00. Sold!

Photo #2 is a Proto #9975 tool box. Late 60's. Missing the tray, but I have one that fits pretty well. $3.00

A few dead ends, then found the SK 9710 lug wrench for $0.25. The 3/4" end has been replaced with a long 13/16" socket, probably for tall lug nuts on a mag wheel. Nice markings at the center web. Photos #3 & #4.k

 

[BlueBomber]

No need to make it into a divisive statement--it was only an acknowledgement of picking behavior in our current times. We talk about disagreeable people who pick from your pile, who hide stuff so they can come back to buy it on half price day, who push their way to the front of the line, who act like the southbound ends of north-bound horses at sales and who don't wear masks to protect themselves or others during a pandemic. This thread has always encouraged more than just a list of cool items. Its part of the story that puts a pick in context. I see no problem with LS's post.


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Two corrections (I wrote this right before turning in):

1)Cgw1984 did not make a divisive statement. He simply stated an opinion, and in a polite way. No problems with that. I happen to disagree with the opinion that LS's commentary doesn't add to the story.

2) the correct phrase is "southern end of a northbound horse". I guess I haven't used that turn of phrase in a while...I fixed it in my original post. :-D

Regardless, remember: this thread is a fun place for sharing finds, bargains, and the stories of the hunt. Good luck this weekend, all!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Personally, I appreciate the reports from LS and many others on the percentage of mask-wearers at flea markets, estate sales, garage sales, and such, because it's part of the picking environment this year, and, in the context writ large we are all part of, often a better, unvarnished indication of what's happening 'on the street', so to speak, in an un-staged context, than I can get from main stream or social media, which seems to me to be increasingly tainted by an agenda. And since I am in a neighboring state, even more germane. Our numbers here in NJ are back to early March levels thanks to fairly strict lockdowns and must-wear-masks in public places orders, but I was already worried yesterday about the masks dropping from ~90% to ~75% at my flea market in the span of a week, so much so that I decided to not go today. When I saw LS report that only 10% of the folks in PA are wearing them, I decided I won't be venturing across the river any time soon, and maybe not until next year.

 

[3baygarage]

Bomber, that's what happens when people use big words in the Garage Sale Thread.

Provincial, like that Proto box. Sweet deal too.

 

[LesserSon]

I dont feel your continued personal ruminations on pandemic outerwear are germaine to the conversation, nor do they add to the story. If you would like to wear a mask, i implore you do just that. If not, dont. Seems simple.

You are mistaken.
Mask-wearing IS germane to the conversation, because it is now part of the experience of social events. As exemplified in photos by other posters, some masks can afford personal protection from suspended particulates. BUT the pandemic-suppressing capacity of ALL masks lies in netting the droplets the wearer exhales. Masks protect OTHERS, whether they protect the wearer or not. The percentages I mention reflect my sense of being protected BY OTHER ATTENDEES.
I DON’T like to wear a mask. It irritates my nasal bridge, fogs up my glasses, obscures my facial expression and speech. I wear my mask to protect those around me from the possibility that I am infected but asymptomatic.
The estimates I give DO add to the story, by contributing to the technical element of MOOD. They also enrich the historical value of this thread. A year or more after this, a GJ member may have cause to read this year’s thread. The delayed start of the season, the cautious reopening, the effect on prices...all of that is of potential interest.
My final reason for sharing the mask situation is because I encourage and welcome others to visit the same venues I do. Some members espouse territoriality, but I do not. Flea markets thrive when vendors have paying customers. Also, vendors bring what sells. If I want to see vises or anvils or particular brands at my local fleas, it is in my interest to encourage demand for those items so vendors will bring more to sell. I include my mask observations because it is a consideration in the decision to visit a particular venue, just like location, general attendance and variety of goods.

 

[Outlawmws]

No need to make it into a divisive statement--it was only an acknowledgement of picking behavior in our current times. We talk about disagreeable people who pick from your pile, who hide stuff so they can come back to buy it on half price day, who push their way to the front of the line, who act like the south ends of north-bound horses at sales and who don't wear masks to protect themselves or others during a pandemic. This thread has always encouraged more than just a list of cool items. Its part of the story that puts a pick in context. I see no problem with LS's post.


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Well said BB. Nothing at all wrong with LS's post. I'd also agree about those south-bound ends of north-bound horses wherever they show up.

Two corrections (I wrote this right before turning in):

1)Cgw1984 did not make a divisive statement. He simply stated an opinion, and in a polite way. No problems with that. I happen to disagree with the opinion that LS's commentary doesn't add to the story.

2) the correct phrase is "southern end of a northbound horse". I guess I haven't used that turn of phrase in a while...I fixed it in my original post. :-D

Regardless, remember: this thread is a fun place for sharing finds, bargains, and the stories of the hunt. Good luck this weekend, all!

I completely agree.

The effect C-19 is having on this, our hobby, IS germane to the conversation - from the general impact to sales even being open, to how people act at those sales.

Regardless of your "political' position on the topic, people are dying from this and in some places in droves. If you have been following this in depth (as I have been) it's a fact. "normal" flu death rates are something around 1%.

Conservatively C-19 is at least 5X that (hard to have accurate numbers when at least 2 major foreign governments are absolutely lying about what is actually happening there)

In the next couple of days the 'Official" counts will exceed 10 million cases reported, and 500,000 dead. Both numbers are under-reported for a certainty.

How certain am I? The very disparity of % dead says it all, as some have report nearly 20% death rates, and some have reported less than 2%. That's a fact. So someone is lying, or simply don't have accurate numbers; most likely both, depending on the ability of the national or local governments.

That's as close as I'm going to get into the "politics" of C-19.

C-19 and its responses HAVE impacted sales, how sales are conducted, and how people behave, if you can find a sale of any description.

This thread had always been more than just about the "kill". We are as an animal species, hunter gatherers. It's in the human genome. I recognized a long time ago the parallels between what I generally do for finding yard sale finds, and what I do for actual game hunting. In both cases its not just the about Kill...


It's about the complete hunting experience: From the planning of the hunt, to the difficulty getting there, the number of opportunities, to what impediments there are to accomplishing the hunt, to the quantity of the game or even sightings of good "herds"; It is all relevant.

The "end game" of how plump the "kill" was and how many were scored, is the visible proof of the hunts success, but it is far from the whole story.

The overall discussions are also part of the power this thread has for learning and entertainment.

So say on folks. This thread is interesting for the stories it tells. If all it were was "Look what I scored!" it would probably whither and die...

PLAY ON!

 

[qqzj]

Such a great deal! I am in SF Bay Area. Can anyone tell me how to locate such sales? Thanks

I visited a few sales today. Most action of the year. Not much Covid in this county, so people are cautious, but getting slowly back toward normal.

Stop # 1 was a garage sale that was probably an estate. I got there about an hour after it opened (they started letting people in over a half hour early) so it could have been picked over some. There was a table full of tools with a sign "$2.00 each on this table" where I found everything in photo #1:

tire valve stem tool (I like this because the puller nut is streamlined and small)
Blue-Point XS1618 stubby DBE 1/2 x 9/16
Blue-Point B1351-A Bendix brake anchor DOE 3/16 x 1/4
Snap-On OEX-28 Combo, 7/8
Craftsman =V= 3/8 dr 20" extension
Herbrand Van Chrome 1218-L long combo 9/16
Cornwell Combos:
CW-12 11/16
CW-11 5/8
CW-9 9/16
CW-3 3/8
MAC S-150-A Starter DBE 5/8 x 11/16
5/32 T-handle Hex Key that missed the photo because it was already in use!

I asked for a bundle price and they said $10.00. Sold!

Photo #2 is a Proto #9975 tool box. Late 60's. Missing the tray, but I have one that fits pretty well. $3.00

A few dead ends, then found the SK 9710 lug wrench for $0.25. The 3/4" end has been replaced with a long 13/16" socket, probably for tall lug nuts on a mag wheel. Nice markings at the center web. Photos #3 & #4.k

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[bmwrd0]

Well GG, in the bay area are two of my favorite swap meets, both at old drive-in theaters. One is by Oco, and runs every day, while the one in Concord is Sat-Sun. But beyond those, Craigslist has a section on Garage & Moving sales. A judicious look at that (I put tools into the search bar) will let you spot the sales. If you like larger, estate type sales, Estatesales.net is a great place. Further, just checking out the various online used tool sales such as Facebook Marketplace (I have had zero luck with that) Craigslist tools, offer up, and so on. And pretty soon you will find out what works for you, and what you enjoy.

A couple of things to remember, you will get annoyed quickly if you expect to find specific things each time you go looking, or if you only go looking once in a while. It's a numbers game, so to speak. But, you will never know what you will find. It can be weeks of misses, followed by a chance score of wonders. What keeps everyone who is a regular on this thread going is simply they enjoy the hunt as much as they enjoy the tools.

And remember, as my father would say "If you don't look, you don't find."

 

[Davefr]

And remember, as my father would say "If you don't look, you don't find."

... and in the words of Jim McKay; "The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat".

 

[Private Lugnutz]

And remember, as my father would say "If you don't look, you don't find."

Unless others are also looking for you..., which is the third best thing about this thread after (1) the finds, and (2) the stories and inside jokes and such that have always been the hallmarks of its sense of camaraderie since 2012.

The good thing about newcomers is the excellent, concise, and helpful (even for veterans...) summaries like Beemer's in reply.

[Note to Self for 2021 Host considerations...]

... and in the words of Jim McKay; "The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat".

And sometimes, da feet.

 

[nine4gmc]

Got a call to pick up some free furniture from a friends neighbor that passed and the family was cleaning out. Found this in the garbage can outside while picking up the furniture and went into Hulk mode. I threw the entire garbage can in my truck! Other than a few cool things on top, the rest of the can turned out garbage... we get full access to the house and garage Tuesday, can’t wait to see what’s inside if this was in the garbage!



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[Private Lugnutz]

Nice find, Nines!

[Who here has berry cultivation experience and expertise? Last year I picked up two blackberry plants on my way home from my flea market. Just a whim purchase. Little $5 each stand in front of a house in the country (yes, we're called the Garden State for a reason...) manned by a young woman with an infant on her hip. My mom (92 and still kicking) had a green thumb but we never had berries. My Aunt Marian had them (the dessert step after an in/famous yearly fish fry, followed by French toast made in the same grease...a polarizing love it/hate it for sure...), but she's long passed. Anyway, I put them in the ground last year, each plant has a few very different looking canes (in color and length) shooting up like crazy, but none of the canes have prickles, and not all canes are flowering into fruit. Now I have a ton of questions. I found a couple websites with forums but you have to do the whole register thing, etc. Please PM me. Do not reply. I don't want to be responsible for thread drift.]

 

[3baygarage]

Quite the save Nines. I love that you threw the whole can in the truck! You just never know.

 

[qqzj]

Thanks!

Well GG, in the bay area are two of my favorite swap meets, both at old drive-in theaters. One is by Oco, and runs every day, while the one in Concord is Sat-Sun. But beyond those, Craigslist has a section on Garage & Moving sales. A judicious look at that (I put tools into the search bar) will let you spot the sales. If you like larger, estate type sales, Estatesales.net is a great place. Further, just checking out the various online used tool sales such as Facebook Marketplace (I have had zero luck with that) Craigslist tools, offer up, and so on. And pretty soon you will find out what works for you, and what you enjoy.

A couple of things to remember, you will get annoyed quickly if you expect to find specific things each time you go looking, or if you only go looking once in a while. It's a numbers game, so to speak. But, you will never know what you will find. It can be weeks of misses, followed by a chance score of wonders. What keeps everyone who is a regular on this thread going is simply they enjoy the hunt as much as they enjoy the tools.

And remember, as my father would say "If you don't look, you don't find."

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[r_olson_06]

Finds for the week all garage sale.
Post vise $20
2 man saw $25
Box of vintage tools $5
SK Diamond era socket set with ratchet and drives complete 3/8" $15
Craftsman midget box end wrench set with pouch $3
2 valve lifters 1 KD 1 vintage snap on $1ea

I am not a vise person so I am going to clean the vise up a bit and look for makers marks. Any idea where to start or is there a way to tell by the construction who made it?


Looking for a Smooth Finish Plomb 3065 Double Open End Wrench

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Post vise $20

YGTBFKM. I've been looking for one at that kind of price for years. Around here they are made of gold. Ran into one back in January for that, but the screw was busted. YOU INHALE PROFUSELY, SUMGAI!

 

[LesserSon]

Anyone recognize this? Looks like it may bend or snap some material, and also function as a light-duty hammer?