2020 Garage Sale Thread

[BFBOB]

You guys are killin’ it with great deals! It’s so dead around here.

b.well:
Those Art Deco style little Parkers sure have style don’t they? Here is one I picked up a while ago and redid.

You are possessed of great discernment and refinement - you seem to have picked the same color I did to restore my Parker 63 1/2!
If not the same, close enough - Rusto Regal Red.

I like your polished size/brand markings - may "borrow" that idea when I get around to refurbishing the rest of my Parkers.

My mini-collection of this style includes a 93 (almost identical), an 83 (smaller) and a 94 (bigger). I'd love to hear of any other varieties of this style!

I use the 63 1/2 quite a bit; it just sits loose on my workbench and functions as a third hand.

 

[LesserSon]

Sorry to drop a post that is just for humor, but this showed up on Marketplace tonight and I am not sure whether to celebrate the skills that made this happen or to run away screaming. I will let you decide. What do you do when the motor goes on a grinder, but the bearings are still good?

Funny!
In principle, I see nothing wrong there. A lot of mfgs sold non motorized grinders to which the user added their choice of motor (or other rotor power source). Like you say, it shows thrift and ingenuity.
In execution, I think it’s questionable. What exactly that belt wraps around under the chopped cover could make quite a lot of difference from okay to unsafe. If the motor is actually removed, what resists the tension of the through-bolts linking the two ends where the bearings sit?
Even if everything is good and solid, the only fair price is that of the used motor, which can’t be much less than a used factory-condition grinder, which would occupy half the footprint. Who has more bench surface than they know what to do with? I sure don’t.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Thank goodness we're back. The CINCHOUSE and Kid #5 were tired of hearing me alternate between grumbling and telling them about my flea market haul (Lugz 2020_41).

This is my fourth WWII era M5 Armorer's Chest, the third with the removable tray, which is almost never present, and the second with an OD green painted leather handle. No key. I only have one of those. The tools were not inside, they're just along for the handy ride. The pliers are Bonney B21 snap ring and Peck, Stow, and Wilcox combination slip-joints with a wire cutter and a logo I have never seen before. The Water Pump Packing Nut spanner is not branded. It will go in the 'Functionally Marked Tools' drawer. The other thing is half of a Plomb valve adjuster.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Thank goodness we're back. The CINCHOUSE and Kid #5 were tired of hearing me alternate between grumbling and telling them about my flea market haul (Lugz 2020_41).



This is my fourth WWII era M5 Armorer's Chest, the third with the removable tray, which is almost never present, and the second with an OD green painted leather handle. No key. I only have one of those. The tools were not inside, they're just along for the handy ride. The pliers are Bonney B21 snap ring and Peck, Stow, and Wilcox combination slip-joints with a wire cutter and a logo I have never seen before. The Water Pump Packing Nut spanner is not branded. It will go in the 'Functionally Marked Tools' drawer. The other thing is half of a Plomb valve adjuster.

I agree on being back lol my niece and nephew were driving me crazy lol. Work has been so slow that now we are taking turns each day so only two mechanics a day go in my day is Tuesday lol. And awesome tools. I was run off at a garage and estate sale for asking about tools they are like THERE ARE NO TOOLS and then told me if I hadn’t planned to buy anything to leave so that’s that lol. Never heard of a water pump packing nut wrench and don’t know what a packing nut is either.


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[LesserSon]

Omigosh! So glad we’re back up.
bmwrd0 (or was it OTG?) - I don’t think I’ll re-post that pic of my clutter, if it’s going to crash the site again, LOL!
Suffice it to say, I bought a 24”x36” light box (for tracing, transparencies, etc) 2DVDs, a lampshade, and a small carry box, all for $8 Thursday at a TOO garage sale MrsLS spotted.

 

[Macduf]

schick 18" aluminum pipe wrench
b&c 6" adjustable

was number 85 on the list , not much left when I finally got my turn.

 

[MercLSU]

There's a big estate sale this week running from Wednesday afternoon until Sunday. I was lucky to be one of the first people outside and spent $132.50.

~80lb Ajax anvil
Delta Homecraft 8.5" disc sander and miter gauage
Two new Norton 8000 grid water stones
Wood mallet
Craftsman ball peen hammer
Set of six forstner bits
Schroder spiral / push screwdriver
Two sets of Stihl chainsaw files
Two Wiha screwdrivers
Craftsman 5/16" wrench
10" polishing bonnets

 

[LesserSon]

Wow, Merc, I’m intrigued by that logo (which of the Aiantes - is it greater Ajax or lesser Ajax?)! Please post a close-up if/when you can.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Never heard of a water pump packing nut wrench and don’t know what a packing nut is either.

Water pump shafts on the water pumps of early (pre-1930's) automotive engines had two glands, called packing, made of various fibrous material (graphite impregnated cotton string, etc) that you would grease and snug down with a nut, but not too tight, because it was actually meant to leak a little. Some packing gland nuts were hex shaped for turning with special single open end wrenches with smooth wide jaws Other packing gland nuts had openings on their edges meant to accept the pins on a pin spanner, like the one I just found.

A typical mechanic would need a whole array of water pump wrenches of either type because water pumps and their packing gland nuts came in many different sizes.

Water pump pliers (commonly referred to as "channellocks" these days due to one of their most prodigious and popular brands) made older style water pump wrenches obsolete. You could just adjust the pliers for the size of the packing gland nut. Now they're used for just about anything, but that IS what original Champion DeArment Channellocks and many other brands of the same type pliers (e.g., J.P. Danielson, Utica, etc) were made for.

 

[stonesfan68]

A made in USA Craftsman tool set, sockets and ratchets. Ninety-two pieces, if I counted correctly.

1/4" 3/8" and 1/2" ratchets

1/4" 3/8" and 1/2" sockets in inches and metric, in standard and deep

6 pt and 12 pt

a 1/4" driver handle tool in clear, red/blue plastic

a bonus 3/8" to 1/2" adapter, not part-of the original set

The best part, besides it being made in USA? The price.

Twenny-five simoleons.

I have that exact set. I purchased it over 25-years ago when I was just getting started to working on my own stuff. It is a very complete kit!

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Water pump shafts on the water pumps of early (pre-1930's) automotive engines had two glands, called packing, made of various fibrous material (graphite impregnated cotton string, etc) that you would grease and snug down with a nut, but not too tight, because it was actually meant to leak a little. Some packing gland nuts were hex shaped for turning with special single open end wrenches with smooth wide jaws Other packing gland nuts had openings on their edges meant to accept the pins on a pin spanner, like the one I just found.

A typical mechanic would need a whole array of water pump wrenches of either type because water pumps and their packing gland nuts came in many different sizes.

Water pump pliers (commonly referred to as "channellocks" these days due to one of their most prodigious and popular brands) made older style water pump wrenches obsolete. You could just adjust the pliers for the size of the packing gland nut. Now they're used for just about anything, but that IS what original Champion DeArment Channellocks and many other brands of the same type pliers (e.g., J.P. Danielson, Utica, etc) were made for.

I never knew the name of it till I looked it up lol. Yeah I just use the big Channellock ones that seems to work fine for me. It would be cool to find one of those wrenches though.


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[Private Lugnutz]

It would be cool to find one of those wrenches though.

They are a popular collectible because they are iconic, typically had a fairly wide handle, which mfgrs liked to put markings on, and ran from 1/2" or so up to 2"+, so the sets were large, well over a dozen. Bonney, Williams, Herbrand, Blue-Point, all the early makers made them. This is the first spanner type I have ever seen.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

They are a popular collectible because they are iconic, typically had a fairly wide handle, which mfgrs liked to put markings on, and ran from 1/2" or so up to 2"+, so the sets were large, well over a dozen. Bonney, Williams, Herbrand, Blue-Point, all the early makers made them. This is the first spanner type I have ever seen.

As many pawn shops and estate sales I have been too and still have yet to find one lol I guess everyone knows the collectibility of them .


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[Private Lugnutz]

Some of them look like flare nut wrenches with crazy wide opening because they can be used on either type of packing nut. The points grabbing either a standard hex or the openings that the spanner type would grab.

 

[bmwrd0]

Are we back up? Did we loose some posts? I am going to merge the last two that I had as I don't see them. Changed the days to Thurs and Fri as needed

I hit a couple sales Thursday, nothing overwhelming, but nothing better too do either.

A cool old book I found at a thrift store, Circle U t-handle and a Herbrand DBE. $5. And at the second sale

a Kennedy 5-drawer parts cabinet. It is full of fasteners of all types, but in no particular order. $20, and boy was it heavy to carry out to the truck.

There were two very interesting sales Friday, but neither one started until 10am(!) So, I headed to the furthest away, getting there around 10:30. I think they let people in early, but oh well. It was an old farm/machine shop, with a huge lathe, shaper and other appropriately sized pieces. And prices to match, sadly. I did manage to find a few things though:

I splurged a bit on the Mitotoyo telescoping gauges, and got the SK set with Firestone breaker bar, Plomb feeler gauge, misc. Craftstman BE sockets and a PEXTO rivet set. $18 And I was off to the second sale! In the pouring rain... Oh well.

Just a ton of stuff, all moved off into a garage, barn and temp buildings. Here is what I found:

Craftsman BE set with Plomb 1/4 ratchet(!) BSA airgun targets in BSA marked holder, Barcalo wrench set (missing smallest size) and a Brown and Sharp dial gauge holder. $20.

 

[LesserSon]

Sadly, the star of this pic is NOT a GS find, but an eBay purchase, for which shipping was not available/practical. When MrsLS heard me lamenting the 4-hr drive to Latrobe, she did a little research and negotiated a stop at the Flight 93 Memorial into her customary chauffeur fee.
Near the pickup point (Fred Rogers bench) we spotted a small flea and pulled in, where I picked up a C’man full-underline dikes and a 1929 date code BluePoint single-offset DBE 9/16” wrench for $4. Add a tank of gas, a few questionable choices at fast-food establishments, and it was certainly worth the drive. Plus, the eSeller was prompt and very pleasant.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Are we back up? Did we loose some posts? I am going to merge the last two that I had as I don't see them. Changed the days to Thurs and Fri as needed

I hit a couple sales Thursday, nothing overwhelming, but nothing better too do either.

A cool old book I found at a thrift store, Circle U t-handle and a Herbrand DBE. $5. And at the second sale

a Kennedy 5-drawer parts cabinet. It is full of fasteners of all types, but in no particular order. $20, and boy was it heavy to carry out to the truck.

There were two very interesting sales Friday, but neither one started until 10am(!) So, I headed to the furthest away, getting there around 10:30. I think they let people in early, but oh well. It was an old farm/machine shop, with a huge lathe, shaper and other appropriately sized pieces. And prices to match, sadly. I did manage to find a few things though:

I splurged a bit on the Mitotoyo telescoping gauges, and got the SK set with Firestone breaker bar, Plomb feeler gauge, misc. Craftstman BE sockets and a PEXTO rivet set. $18 And I was off to the second sale! In the pouring rain... Oh well.

Just a ton of stuff, all moved off into a garage, barn and temp buildings. Here is what I found:

Craftsman BE set with Plomb 1/4 ratchet(!) BSA airgun targets in BSA marked holder, Barcalo wrench set (missing smallest size) and a Brown and Sharp dial gauge holder. $20.

Beemer- great find in the craftsman set! That is a set that sets sold post war and it did include the unmarked plomb ratchet! Catalog screen shot



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[Levaughn]

I picked up these mini wrenches at an Estate Sale today. The name says,
"Terry no. 673876 Spanners" made in England. They are numbered from one to eight.

 

[Eddie H]

YS find today
Flexo table mount work light,5 bucks, Craftsman tool box,5 bucks,and 30 Craftsman Wrenches, and several Allied,Thorsen, and S-K wrenches all for 15 bucks.

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[Eddie H]

Pics

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[Rory Bellows]

You ****! I am very jelous.

Yeah, you ****!

RB that’s a great little mill. Good work.

Very nice, Do post up pics of the restore progress.

And yes.... a big You **** is worthy here !

Thanks! It is almost too good to be true.

This might be the You **** of the Month!

Did you get any tooling with it? Earlier this year, I got a free Jet mill/drill from work, but no tooling, not even an arbor, so not exactly free.

Mike

No tooling except a 1/2" collet. I have some tooling already but will need collets, face mill, and a vise.


I hooked up the motor today and it runs! I started to use a razor blade and scothbrite to remove some rust. It will clean up and be usable very easily just time consuming. I can't wait. I love redoing equipment to use. Especially on the cheap!

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

So Mrs_No_Garage and I are walking up to the first table at a TOO Garage Sale this morning and she sees a table of hand tools and calls out "Hey look! Man Land". The rather "butch" lesbian running the sale didn't bat an eye - thank god - and gave me a good price on 2 Brink & Cotton c-clamps.

I believe they still have the store price of $1.50 written on them in magic marker.

Cheers

Jim

 

[Provincial]

My wife and I spent most of the week roaming scenic areas of Eastern Oregon. Along the way we saw some spectacular country, which is beautiful in a dry, sparse way.

I checked out a few second-hand stores, and found some things that were worth dragging home. Prices were fair, but not spectacular.

Photo #1 is the first batch:
Proto 9684 #2 Phillips screwdriver
Plomb USA 1226 13/16 combo
P&C 2716 1/2 combo, marked "1-2" I believe these are earlier production.
P&C 2728 7/8 combo
P&C N85 DBE 12/16 x 1"
Blue Point Supreme S-2428 DOE 3/4 x 7/8
Barcalo DOE 19/32 x 11/16
Barcalo Short DBE 3/8 x 7/16
Barcalo DOE 1/2 x 9/16 with forged-in "C"
Barcalo Scoop large raised panel combo 13/16
Martin 1/2 square tool post wrench
Dayton 4X143 3/8 combo
Bonney 501 S-wrench DOE 1/2 x 5/8 stamped BON(shield)NEY and B-in-shield forged in shank.
Caterpillar 9F22 bleeder wrench
0V-11 3/8 L-wrench
Razor Blade scraper

Later stops yielded the items in photo #2:
Wizard H2837 Torque Wrench
P&C 2232 DBE 15/16 x 1"
P&C 2222 DBE 5/8 x 11/16
Barcalo raised panel combos in 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, and 5/8
Barcalo DBE 11/16 x 3/4
Powr-Kraft 100 DBE wrenches in 13/16 x 7/8 and 11/16 x 3/4
Proto LA DOE 7/16 x 1/2
Aircraft Tools Inc. LA CALIF. AT508K Cannon Plug Pliers. Pat. No. D-178,041
3/8 drive 6" extension. Cadmium plated, no markings. Two grooves around female end. Perhaps WWII SK?

Photo #3 is the scale of the torque wrench.

 

[tyyost]

Finally I got a good day of shopping on worthy to post in this thread.

I saw an ad on Facebook for an estate sale. It showed an old garage type workshop covered in sawdust but filled floor to ceiling with tools and odds and ends. Like many of these promising sales, it looked like there was lots of Harbor freight and other odds and ends mixed in with a few gems. I got to the sale about 2 1/2 hours in and picked up some of the items below.

Some of the goodies include a really nice Kennedy Kits box, a Proto La 12” adjustable, some nos USA delta bandsaw blades, a brand new Ridgid tubing cutter, some new boxes of air nails and staples, a set of Stanley handyman chisels for my door hanging box, and a huge bag of Sherwin Williams roller covers we needed for some jobs around the house for around $60.

There were still tons of ads and ends left, brand new abrasives, lots and lots of good hardware, and a ton of finishes in oils and other shop things. So much so that I’m considering another trip back tomorrow afternoon before they wrap up the sale.

 

[Outlawmws]

Wow Lots O' goodies the past couple of days despite the Forum issues!


A decent day here, all things considered 5 planned stops, got something at 4 of them (a couple of dead end TOO's) A fairly high percentage of tools for once.

Bought some music CD's - at 10c ea I didn't hold back a lot. (well actually I did, but I would have passed on several of these if more $$)

From an Estate sale - Dado, a couple of blade spacers, Blade stiffener, and a Channellock driver, (my first) three bucks.

Another yard sale - SS tweezers, Indestro ratcheting wrench, New Britain combo, early Herbrand made Craftsman extension, Diamalloy Needle nose - after cleanup I like this pair, very even top grip and they seen to have very little flex... a pair of drovers for HV work (Claimed to be good for 1000V - not me!) a 3 min timer with 3 pennies inside from 1942, 55, and 57. I even checked it and is very accurate! A fiver.

And last but far from least despite my aversion to 2 mantle lanterns generally - another 220J (My 4th... All 4 220j's were bought to get something else...), and dated 6 of 1975, It doesn't seem that old until I do the math and realize its 45 years old... It has the amber globe and that, plus the 2 packs of silk light mantles and the funnel (need new felt felt for the filter) made for a free lantern with all the rest being dirt cheap at $5! The amber globe was my best find IMO. - No longer made and EXPENSIVE from Eprey... It DID fire right up on the little bit of fuel left inside, and the mantels that were on it!

 

[LesserSon]

tyyost-
Welcome to the thread!
I’ve been to Tunkhannock a few times - a few shops and the occasional yard sale. More often, though, I’ve taken the rt6 bypass, as it’s the half-way point to where my parents live.

 

[Rickster]

First pic is from a garage sale on Friday morning. The Mac 3/8dr Long Handle Ratchet was a really nice find. Pics 2 & 3 are from this morning's garage sale. Spent over an hour cleaning up the threads on that big slide puller. Some Snap-on in the box. Not sure if I have a collection of pullers or a Snap-on set. No markings on the red parts.. but I plan to spend some time cleaning them up tomorrow so I'll do a closer inspection for markings. The Par-X stuff have the coolest handles around. The spark plug wall temps are plastic but I couldn't pass them up.

 

[LesserSon]

Outlaw, that’s an eclectic mix, and not just the music genres! But I think that combo says New Britain, not Bonney.

 

[wrenchguy]

Picked at a auction today.
Screw and stovebolt carousel? I need internet search help with it. Please PM me if your a good searcher.

 

[3baygarage]

Wow, that’s sure interesting.

 

[LesserSon]

Pretty sure that’s going to turn out to be a design patent. But your boy does have another patent for a saw. (Unless it’s a different H Westphal!)
The design patent numbers range from D007083-D007968 that year.

Got it! 154307 Not a design, but a utility patent, after all.

 

[Outlawmws]

tyyost-
Welcome to the thread!
I’ve been to Tunkhannock a few times. A few shops and the occasional yard sale. More often, though, I’ve taken the rt6 bypass, as it’s the half-way point to where my parents live.

Correct and corrected! My bad.

 

[Outlawmws]

Wguy, that is an AWESOME find! Talk about garage art!

 

[WNYflyer]

Picked at a auction today.
Screw and stovebolt carousel? I need internet search help with it. Please PM me if your a good searcher.

Revolving display case similar to this ?

https://patents.google.com/patent/US256181

Regardless, very interesting pick-up.

 

[jb books]

I haven't posted for a while, so I will try to catch up with some of my finds:
Tub of tools $5
Fuller 4" vise $5, Tap & Die set $3, Sandpaper $1
Really nice Snap On MV71 1/4" ratchet $5
Toolbox with set of Craftsman Circle H 1/2" drive $15
Can't stop buying creepers $22
Greenlee pipe drill set $5

 

[jb books]

More stuff:
World War 1 Grenade box? had a bunch of Craftsman BE and Circle H $5
Kennedy Cantilever box $15
GN-58 Hand Crank radio generator $2

 

[bmwrd0]

I went back to one of the estate sales I hit yesterday, as today was half-off day. And, surprisingly, this was sitting untouched!

And still full of tools!

An SK ratchet, Craftsman metric -vv- and =v= sockets and wrenches, and I don't know what all else. I don't think anybody knew to look under the top... I also picked up a Pacific Northwest Bell briefcase (will use it when I can restart my business) and a Shipfitters Shop book from '41.

All of that was $20.50 and the walking stick was another $2 at the one yard sale that had anything of interest.

 

[bmwrd0]

Beemer- great find in the craftsman set! That is a set that sets sold post war and it did include the unmarkeod plomb ratchet! Catalog screen shot



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Awesome! I didn't think I was that lucky. There was an unmarked short extension with it also, just need to root around in my spares to finish it.

 

[freudianfloyd]

I only made it to two sales today but picked up a couple cool items.

F. **** No.# 84 9" cleaver for $3. This one will get a restoration soon.
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And this battery cable crimper for $4. The guy selling it thought it was a leather working tool.
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[r_olson_06]

Wow Lots O' goodies the past couple of days despite the Forum issues! [emoji481]


A decent day here, all things considered 5 planned stops, got something at 4 of them (a couple of dead end TOO's) A fairly high percentage of tools for once.

Bought some music CD's - at 10c ea I didn't hold back a lot. (well actually I did, but I would have passed on several of these if more $$)

From an Estate sale - Dado, a couple of blade spacers, Blade stiffener, and a Channellock driver, (my first) three bucks.

Another yard sale - SS tweezers, Indestro ratcheting wrench, New Britain combo, early Herbrand made Craftsman extension, Diamalloy Needle nose - after cleanup I like this pair, very even top grip and they seen to have very little flex... a pair of drovers for HV work (Claimed to be good for 1000V - not me!) a 3 min timer with 3 pennies inside from 1942, 55, and 57. I even checked it and is very accurate! A fiver.

And last but far from least despite my aversion to 2 mantle lanterns generally - another 220J (My 4th... All 4 220j's were bought to get something else...), and dated 6 of 1975, It doesn't seem that old until I do the math and realize its 45 years old... It has the amber globe and that, plus the 2 packs of silk light mantles and the funnel (need new felt felt for the filter) made for a free lantern with all the rest being dirt cheap at $5! The amber globe was my best find IMO. - No longer made and EXPENSIVE from Eprey... It DID fire right up on the little bit of fuel left inside, and the mantels that were on it!

A big you **** for the craftsman CF series. That is some of the rarest craftsman around.

Looking for a Round Beam Plomb 1068 Double Box End Wrench