2020 Garage Sale Thread

[Private Lugnutz]

First Post-Plague trip to my Thursday flea market yielded a decent small haul (Lugz 2020_23), including a heavy duty firecoat, a Duro-Indestro handle for a vintage L-T wrench, a Hinsdale midget extension, a Snap-on 3/4-inch drive hinge handle, a NOS pack of Starrett micrometer wrenches, NOS (literally, still sealed, never been opened) Lufkin adjustable parallels, and 6" Lindstrom (Made in Sweden) dykes.

I need another pair of 6" dykes like a hole in the head - but I will never pass up any vintage pliers made in Sweden. You guys know how committed I am to vintage USA tools, but I am an unabashed fan of Swedish made pliers ever since I found those Bergs a few years ago. Whenever I find them, the jaws are just never dull or deformed and the box joints are always perfect. And I mean perfect. All of the examples I have are made in the 40's. These were made in 1947.

The shutter bugs will recognize the thing in the case. I know less than zero about vintage photography, so it took me a couple few minutes to figure it out. The instrument and the case are marked Walz Coronet B, which sounds German, Swiss, or Austrian to me, but it's Made in Japan. Someone enlighten me.

I will post some close-ups later,

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I also had the pleasure of meeting up with GJ member b.well this morning. He is a pleasant younger eager guy and newish Garage Sailor and dislocated Texan and drove down from Tuxedo Park, NY to pick up a pair of vintage 4" bench vises I moved on to him for the budding workshop in his house.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

So, here's that Coronet B light meter. I'm guessing a photographer would use it to make adjustments on a camera before taking pictures? It was in a tool box of all places on a $1 table and may be worth less than that for all I know. Guessing 60's?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Those diagonal cutters...

 

[RTM]

So, here's that Coronet B light meter. I'm guessing a photographer would use it to make adjustments on a camera before taking pictures? It was in a tool box of all places on a $1 table and may be worth less than that for all I know. Guessing 60's?

Yup, light meter, value depends if it works. It has all the tricks my previous vintage one had, flap for incident vs reflected. Set the film speed, then point at object. Adjust shutter or aperture, it gives you the other. Mostly obsolete as built in to most cameras, or done automatically on your phone. Some require special batteries which are no longer made.

Close on your age guess.
http://www.jollinger.com/photo/meters/meters/walz_coronetB.html

 

[jonshonda]

Nice score.

Try electrolysis first. Vinegar will eat too far into the metal, too fast.

I have used vinegar before with great results, as it actually sharpens the files a bit while removing the rust. But I haven't done electrolysis yet on files, so I might do as you suggested this time around.

 

[Rickster]

Picked this lot up on Saturday. Craftsman Metric Impact Socket Set, Craftsman Pro Torx screwdriver set, NAPA German made screwdriver set, Snap-on Green hard handle screwdriver, couple of SK 3/8dr extensions and a Snap-on 3/8dr in a 1/4dr roto-head ratchet FHC737.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Close on your age guess.
http://www.jollinger.com/photo/meters/meters/walz_coronetB.html

Thanks, RTM. Glad it's slightly older than I suspected. I am priding myself on mine having the original leatherette case! I'll probably try to flip it to a shutter bug who likes vintage paraphernalia.

 

[Old Radar]

Nice Light Meter Lugz! Sent me down memory lane for a bit remembering how to use it--RTM nailed it.

Here's my small haul for the day.
The Craftsman Crown drill gages are the jewels for me. $3 each
I'll whittle down the hammer handle a bit to fit my Wabash Railway Ball Peen hammer head. $2
The brand new 10-pack of Neodymium Cup Magnets was an impulse buy. $8
The nearly new Shopsmith Power Coupler Kit will more than pay for everything else. $3

 

[steaks&anvils]

I have used vinegar before with great results, as it actually sharpens the files a bit while removing the rust. But I haven't done electrolysis yet on files, so I might do as you suggested this time around.

That's cool. I stand corrected.

My experience with vinegar has been that it works but is aggressive. So I switched to evapo-rust. I will admit, it might be operator error for me (left in too long?) and I'm happy to learn another technique.

I do have a few rusty files, I may try vinegar.

 

[jeffmoss26]

nice finds guys! if anyone comes across a medium size VERY FINE round file please let me know...something 12-15" long and 1/4-3/8" diameter, preferably tapering to a point.

 

[kingfloopy]

Some random things I've found over the last few weeks.
-A bunch of barely used older Ryobi cordless tools. The planer was brand new with the plastic still on it. They are mostly stuff I won't use often so getting them cheaper works out to keep them on hand.
-A SK 1/2 ratchet for a dollar. It got used as a hammer, but with some cleaning and grease it works perfect.
-As SK 1/4 drive set that has never been used for $35 at an antique mall.
-A bunch of random handtools: Ideal wire strippers, a cheap unused grease gun, a neat little multimeter, Vise Grips, a pair of oddball knockoff Vise Grips, a Williams wrench, Wizard clutch driver, an Indestro offset screwdriver and pre-WWII Craftsman wrench.

 

[mikeinri]

Amazon... Check-A-Thread

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0098JILSW/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Made in USA, very good.

$85.99??????? I'd need to have my head examined...

Mike

 

[Cruzan80]

That is for both sets. I paid about $40 for the SAE, as that is almost all I encounter. Worth it for the convenience, not having to build one, sturdy, well built.

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[txlonghorn1989]

This was delivered on Tue, scheduled for Thu. I got time this morning to finish putting it back together. A Lion miter trimmer! It's stamped "6-78" on the bottom so I suspect that's the manufacture date. These were made by Pootatuck Corp right here in the USA.

 

[b.well]

Well, I've been ranting about looking for a proper USA vise for a couple weeks now and as Lugz kindly reported I now have TWO proper USA Vises. Thanks Lugz!!! You are at least as eager as me and on the hunt more too. Keep up the good finds!

Meeting up with Lugz was one of my four stops yesterday. The rest of this post is about my last stop. Online only Estate sale that let me come out to look at the tools. The estate listing just showed a metal storage shelving unit with a bunch of boxes/containers. The pics are small but I was sure I saw a socket set in there and what looked like various socket set containers. I asked the Estate Sale person to provide pics of what I found. Sure enough loads of socket sets, all looking shiny and new. I asked for prices and they priced them mostly close to ebay prices which I wasn't crazy about. I said for those prices I need to know brands/condition. They said I could go to the house and see them but the prices were not negotiable. I am thinking who owns the stuff? The owners get the final say right? Not according to the Estate sale person. Turns out the owners were very kind and much more friendly with prices. $70 for the lot below.

-FOUR complete Easco socket/ratchet sets. THREE of them with RHFT ratchets!!!
-An SK Metric Socket set in metal tray.
-A briefcase full of Diamond/Easco/Vermont American/Craftsman Tools. This was the most interesting find to me. This is what the man's grandfather carried around. Given to him by his employer General Electric. Two of the Easco socket sets were in the bottom of this briefcase. Other loose tools in the case too, ball point hammer, cman vise grips, pocket knives, punch set.....
-Easco Metric wrenches in metal holder. The holder says Easco but the Wrenches do not. Wrenches only say USA. One of the socket sets in an Easco container with all Easco accessories has sockets with no brand name, only USA. Did Easco ever make wrenches and sockets without any name on them?
-Small Craftsman Vise Grips
-Few hammers and a ruler

 

[Catfishdan]

I went a little out of my way to check out a promising looking garage sale this morning. It’s always worth the drive when I find plomb stuff. Also a proto LA 12” adjustable, thorsen 1/4” ratchet, dimaloy refrigeration ratchet, sk extension, p&c screwdriver, and a set of wright 3/8” drive hex sockets.

 

[Outlawmws]

TX, those trimmers come very in handy at times!

Nice finds guys! I'm mostly living vicariously through you!

I did get this off Eprey. I paid way more than I wanted to, but way less than the "going rate" so I did fair.

Its a Coleman 519 radiant heater, 3000 BTU, pretty compact, runs off White gas. so I can not go with NO propane unless there are fire restrictions and I need a BBQ...

Made only in Canada, and only for about 5 years. this one is from '85

 

[r_olson_06]

Well, I've been ranting about looking for a proper USA vise for a couple weeks now and as Lugz kindly reported I now have TWO proper USA Vises. Thanks Lugz!!! You are at least as eager as me and on the hunt more too. Keep up the good finds!

Meeting up with Lugz was one of my four stops yesterday. The rest of this post is about my last stop. Online only Estate sale that let me come out to look at the tools. The estate listing just showed a metal storage shelving unit with a bunch of boxes/containers. The pics are small but I was sure I saw a socket set in there and what looked like various socket set containers. I asked the Estate Sale person to provide pics of what I found. Sure enough loads of socket sets, all looking shiny and new. I asked for prices and they priced them mostly close to ebay prices which I wasn't crazy about. I said for those prices I need to know brands/condition. They said I could go to the house and see them but the prices were not negotiable. I am thinking who owns the stuff? The owners get the final say right? Not according to the Estate sale person. Turns out the owners were very kind and much more friendly with prices. $70 for the lot below.

-FOUR complete Easco socket/ratchet sets. THREE of them with RHFT ratchets!!!
-An SK Metric Socket set in metal tray.
-A briefcase full of Diamond/Easco/Vermont American/Craftsman Tools. This was the most interesting find to me. This is what the man's grandfather carried around. Given to him by his employer General Electric. Two of the Easco socket sets were in the bottom of this briefcase. Other loose tools in the case too, ball point hammer, cman vise grips, pocket knives, punch set.....
-Easco Metric wrenches in metal holder. The holder says Easco but the Wrenches do not. Wrenches only say USA. One of the socket sets in an Easco container with all Easco accessories has sockets with no brand name, only USA. Did Easco ever make wrenches and sockets without any name on them?
-Small Craftsman Vise Grips
-Few hammers and a ruler

That deserves a big you ****.

Looking for a Round Beam Plomb 1068 Double Box End Wrench

 

[txlonghorn1989]

b.well, I expected you to tell us you found a couple of old Reed, Parker or some other great US made vises for a song. Because that's what is going to happen now that you bought those two from Lugz! Just how the world works. ;0)

 

[Private Lugnutz]

$70 for the lot below.

I've sold two of those green plastidipt Diamond adjustables alone for that price, and you got and an entire master toolset in a nifty case!

 

[d42jeep]

There were three garage sales listed in S Lake Tahoe so we nervously checked two of them out. We passed on the third because there were too many unmasked shoppers milling around. The incidences of the Coronavirus have recently doubled in S Lake Tahoe. We found a couple of screwdrivers, a 1-1/4” putty knife and a handsaw at the first sale. The second sale had a box to house a Skil angle drive saw and a lightly used Dunlap punch and chisel set with holder. I grabbed a couple of top trays likely for Craftsman boxes since they were practically giving them away. I was very happy that my old Skilsaw fit in the box perfectly.
-Don

 

[b.well]

b.well, I expected you to tell us you found a couple of old Reed, Parker or some other great US made vises for a song. Because that's what is going to happen now that you bought those two from Lugz! Just how the world works. ;0)

I did come home with 4 vise that day. The two we know from Lugz. The other two from my first stop of the day. This was an estate sale 8am start. I arrived at 8 and the house was busy. At least a dozen cars outside. I know it's recommended to arrive 1-2hrs before start but I haven't had to do that. I was after the vintage versa vise I pictured earlier. All that was left on the corner of the workbench was the wrench used to take it off. I didn't see anyone with it. I asked the Estate Sale guy and he said he didn't see it either. The owner had two 2 foot vises used for ship building in the 1800s(i think). I didn't see them they were removed before the sale and were going to auction; maybe the versa vise got scooped up with them.

So back to my two vises. Two clamp on vises. One little town 3". One made in usa 2" but haven't found a maker (maybe under the heavy red paint).

Also picked up 4 small(4"?) bessey usa bar clamps
Rolling table saw stand
A really old socket set
A few files

$40 for the lot.

Anyone know anything about the old socket set? Lugz and I talked about them a bit but just guessing on some of the details. Possbily Indestro made. Machined.

Looks like I didn't take all the pics I thought. Here is what I have before whatever distracted me

 

[b.well]

I've sold two of those green plastidipt Diamond adjustables alone for that price, and you got and an entire master toolset in a nifty case!

Wow!!! Didn't know the Diamonds with the green covers were worth so much. I dug though a box of loose tools they had and got to take them all thinking they were part of the briefcase set. At least a couple were duplicates. I think the missing screwdrivers were in that same box but I was focused on green. The owner said they would look and if there were other Vermont American screwdrivers they were mine. Would be nice to complete the set. I was way behind schedule and was being called home.

 

[3baygarage]

Nice sets b.well. Good to see you guys getting out there.

 

[Provincial]

B. well truly *****!

 

[Provincial]

I saw a promising sale on CL in a very rural area about 1/2 hour drive from home. I got there just before the 9AM opening time, and had the place to myself for about ten minutes.

They had some stuff laid out, and most of the tools were in cardboard boxes priced $10.00/box. I saw things that I would have swapped into a preferred box if it was an auction, but these were nice older people, so I took a lot of chaff with a little wheat. I call it a "you have to kiss a lot of frogs......." sale.

Photo #1 shows most of the loose items I bought for a total of $15.00.
Williams C-clamp, 6"
Williams C-clamp, 4"
Allen Bradley reversing switch (new) 2 HP rated
Blackhawk 5104 4-way Rim Wrench
Herbrand S-19 1/2 dr. spinner
Proto Ball Pein Hammer 1312P
Wizard H2203 DBE 1/2 x 9/16
Wizard H2058 DOE 5/8 x 3/4
Power-Kraft (Barcalo Scoop) 15/16 combo
Barcalo-Buffalo USA 1-5/16 combo

Photos #2 & #3 show a 9" Griswold cast iron pan that was included in this lot.

Photo #4 shows the collector tools from $10.00 box #1:
Proto #9604 screwdriver
Proto #5449 1/2 dr. ratchet. Big owner's marks, so it will probably be a donor for a pebble ratchet that needs a selector lever.
Plomb USA 1228 7/8 combo
P&C 1/2 dr. extension, 10". Marked "P&C Tool CO. Milwaukie, Oregon" No model number. It is a dead ringer for the 6004 shown in the 1929 catalog.
P&C 6203 extension, 6"
Utica 91-10 10" adjustable

There was about fifteen more pounds of tools in this box. There is quite a bit of Craftsman =V= and later Craftsman. Many other quality tools, and quite a bit of quality import and modern USA items. Of course, there is a lot of junk, too.

I'll post a follow-up of the rest of this box and the other $10.00 box later. I'll also try to remember to post a photo of the extension cord and Snap-On Corbin hose clamp pliers I found at another sale for $5.00.

 

[Outlawmws]

You got some nice finds there Prov! definite suckage - Noteworthy is the Griswold CI pan and the AB switch! both worth many times the price of admission!

None of the other stuff shown was in the slouch category either!

I like the concept of the 4 way speed lug wrench/breaker, and I have one, but the just won't work on modern wheels very well, especially with 4WD hubs... Still a cool find!

 

[ForrestT]

Scored these two for $10 total. Happy to add them to my box.




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[Provincial]

Good score! Love the slim NB round heads.

 

[Provincial]

Thanks Outlaw! More GS **** to come!

 

[Crabman]

Prov

Great suckage on the Griswold

Awesome tool for the white perch and soft shell crabs coming out of my creek right now!

Bruce

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Hit my first estate sale of the 2020 Pandemic. Kind of. Was there early enough to be #2 on the list. Item I was interested in was in the detached garage. The #1 guy was interested in the house stuff. As I waited for the 9am opening I could see there were way too many people for me to feel comfortable doing this. At 8:40 the owner of the estate sale company walked past my car where I was waiting away from the crowd. I thought no harm in asking. I stopped him and said I was not feeling comfortable to do the sale but the item I wanted was in the garage, what it was, etc. Before I could finish he said we'll bring it out and set it aside so that when we open you just come in an pay and leave. Everyone was wearing a mask but after Austin had over 700 new covid cases yesterday I wasn't feeling like it was worth the risk. Glad he was willing to work with me. My first red & gray middie!!!

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice score TX!

Stay safe!

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Nice score TX!

Stay safe!

Thanks Outlaw. It'll need to be restored as it's got quite a bit of rust but no structural damage yet. If I make it through the next 14 days I will not be doing that again.

You guys stay safe out there too!

 

[Bigdogboogie]

I’ve been striking out lately but I did find this guy on Marketplace yesterday for $100.

You would not believe how jealous I am right now. Nice find!

 

[oak_park]

I saw this cabinet right after it was posted on OfferUp. I already have 2 of these, the Mechanic and Woodworkers version, and I didn't really need another and I figured someone kinda trashed it by putting up the pegboard inside. So I let it sit there for 4 days but my curiosity got the better of me and I met the seller and bought it for the 20 dollars. He had no other offers. It came out of the tool room at Argonne national Labs, the seller worked there and had it sitting in his garage for several years.

I was curious what was behind the pegboard, would there be broken off brackets? The painted little outlines of the tools? I've had a total of 5 of these cabinets pass thru my hands but to my suprise it was just brackets to hold the pegboard so it makes me think that maybe it came this way. The doors are the same way too. Also the first one I've seen without the key lock and a clasp instead. I can only guess that it was a later model.

 

[Rickster]

Garage sale this morning got a bunch of metic tools! Mac deep and short impacts, Sunex 1/2dr impacts. SK 1/4dr universals and a line-wrench crows feet set. Mac spring compressor, ratcheting screwdriver and a 1/4dr long reach carb adjustment tool. Craftsman USA 1/2dr metric socket set. Cooling system analyzer. Snap-on crows foot set in SAE. Mechanics belt buckle. Mac electrical probe and a couple of Blue Point shorty wrenches. Pretty good morning!

 

[WNYflyer]

Garage sale this morning got a bunch of metic tools! Mac deep and short impacts, Sunex 1/2dr impacts. SK 1/4dr universals and a line-wrench crows feet set. Mac spring compressor, ratcheting screwdriver and a 1/4dr long reach carb adjustment tool. Craftsman USA 1/2dr metric socket set. Cooling system analyzer. Snap-on crows foot set in SAE. Mechanics belt buckle. Mac electrical probe and a couple of Blue Point shorty wrenches. Pretty good morning!

Nice scores Rickster, always great to find the metric stuff. Looks like that sale had a great selection to choose from which is always key regardless of how much you end up buying.

 

[Outlawmws]

Oak, we can't see your pics. you need to edit the post and remove the "S" out of the "HTTPS" in the URL