2020 Garage Sale Thread

[madison069]

The picks im most thankful for is the 10 drawer heritage chest and the 10 drawer upper craftsman chevron style and lower 12 drawer roller chevron. The heritage has been on my radar for a long time, but the red grey box was recently put on my radar once I decided to go all red and grey boxes for tool storage.

 

[LesserSon]

I’ve been busy with a few projects lately (job, family, seasonal); my apologies for the 35ish-post absence. Some cool finds in this penultimate month of the waning 2020 Garage Sale Year. Kudos to LostBoy for generating the recent round of sartorial speculation!
I do not know from personal experience what it is used for, and really, it sure seems like it could be used in any of the threading situationst that have been suggested. The roundedness of the tip suggests the material to be stitched is already perforated or separable. The hoop/handle suggests the tip is inserted and withdrawn from one side of the material only, leaving a bight on the other side, through which a second thread (on a straight needle) could pass. The slight curve at just the eyelet is interesting, too, but I don’t know what it signifies, except maybe it imparts a directional bias to the slant of the bights.
I think whatever name the needle goes by should derive from the manual technique, rather than the material or product (but I know that’s not the way a lot of things are named).
A scan of the interweb led me to “splicing needle” or “riggers splicing needle.” FWIW

 

[mikeinri]

LS: Splicing Needle, of course! I've tried splicing lines without one of those, it would be MUCH easier with one.

Mike

 

[Smokeshow69]

The picks im most thankful for is the 10 drawer heritage chest and the 10 drawer upper craftsman chevron style and lower 12 drawer roller chevron. The heritage has been on my radar for a long time, but the red grey box was recently put on my radar once I decided to go all red and grey boxes for tool storage.

Man that 10 drawer top chest is nice![emoji15][emoji15]


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[LostBoy(IRL)]

Thanks all for the input and comments, while I may never know for 100% certainty what it was for, I thought it was sufficiently interesting to pick it up and add to the craft box, I can anticipate uses for it down the line. As long as I remember it's in there!
Hopefully my next find will be less ambiguous, or not

 

[SuburbGuy]

A little more info

http://www.bullworks.net/daily/20070722.htm

I also bought one of these corkscrew tools marked "Mounds" at an estate sale last year. This link mentions Mounds now makes meat processing tools. At that time somewhere on the internet I found that tool described as being used to pull eyeballs out of pig skulls.

 

[mikeinri]

I’ve been busy with a few projects lately (job, family, seasonal); my apologies for the 35ish-post absence.

OK, we'll let it go this time, LOL...

...I can anticipate uses for it down the line. As long as I remember it's in there!

Sadly, I know exactly what you mean. The only thing worse than that is questioning if you actually bought the item (or just thought about it), spending time looking for it, not finding it, then buying another one. Of course, the original item magically reappears shortly after you're done with the project... Or, does that only happen to me???

Hopefully my next find will be less ambiguous...

Now what fun would THAT be???

Mike

 

[mikeinri]

... meat processing tools. At that time somewhere on the internet I found that tool described as being used to pull eyeballs out of pig skulls.

WHY would anyone want to do that???

Mike

 

[SuburbGuy]

WHY would anyone want to do that???

Mike

Sausage ingredient, head cheese, eyeball soup? LOL

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...while I may never know for 100% certainty what it was for, I thought it was sufficiently interesting to pick it up...

On any given day this could be any true picker's motto!

For what it's worth, I do think that's a stitching awl. For what, who knows?

I picked one up a few years ago made by C.E. Jennings, known more for their Augers, Bits, Chisels, Draw Knives, Levels, Metal Planes, Saws, Wood Planes and such. It generated the same amount of options, and I rejected the butcher's trade fairly quickly, if only because I preferred to think of it tying up something, less, um er, edible. It's branded and bears the famous Arrow Head with "J" Trademark on the shank. While I have and use vintage fids for splicing rope (they don't have an opening, they just push your strands through...), I doubt I will ever use my stitching awl, so it sits there on my stitching pony looking functional.

 

[LostBoy(IRL)]

Lugz, I love reading this thread for the very cool and interesting items to be found, but that pony has to be up there with some of the nicest items I have seen here!
I have a love of old stuff, preferable old stuff that can be used (even if I don't get around to using them )

 

[LostBoy(IRL)]

Sadly, I know exactly what you mean. The only thing worse than that is questioning if you actually bought the item (or just thought about it), spending time looking for it, not finding it, then buying another one. Of course, the original item magically reappears shortly after you're done with the project... Or, does that only happen to me???
Mike

You most definitely are not alone, I frequently find items packed away carefully that I have completely forgotten I own! Bizarrely I get a second buzz out of finding them, even though I own em,

 

[mikeinri]

Sausage ingredient, head cheese, eyeball soup? LOL

Oh yes, I'd forgotten about that scene (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)...

Mike

 

[LesserSon]

Sausage ingredient, head cheese, eyeball soup ?

That’s NOT funny, LOL!

WHY ALWAYS THE RIGHT EYE??? (‘cept for Nick)

 

[Private Lugnutz]

WHY would anyone want to do that???

Sausage ingredient, head cheese, eyeball soup? LOL

Scrapple, a Philly special, definitely has eyeballs in it. "Everything but the oink!" as we say in these parts.

Oh yes, I'd forgotten about that scene (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)...

I don't know what culture that was, but the Inuit and probably other tundra tribes eat eyeballs. In fact, it is considered a delicacy. On one of their big feast days (in honor of the bear or something...), the women chew them up all day long as they go about their other tasks and then they spit it out and mix it with seal and tomcod to make soup out of it.

Lugz, I love reading this thread for the very cool and interesting items to be found, but that pony has to be up there with some of the nicest items I have seen here!

Thank you, sir.

You most definitely are not alone, I frequently find items packed away carefully that I have completely forgotten I own!

I am "re-arranging" the little area in my basement I like to call the Lugzsonian to make it a space more deserving of the nickname, and I just went through this feeling about three or four times a day for the past few weeks. HAHA. Reminding me also why I needed to re-organize from 'Storage' mode into 'Display' mode.

 

[macgee]

Lost Boy,

That is most likely an old tool for splicing. I use a similar one for splicing eye loops in the ends of dyneema sailing rope. Yours is a little odd as the hole is rather big for the diameter of rod and a little short but still doable. They're very useful for pulling/pushing small line thru something.

Guarantee your tool is way older than Dyneema.

 

[madison069]

Man that 10 drawer top chest is nice![emoji15][emoji15]


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Thanks! If was listed locally for $150 asked if he would take $130 for it. The top chest and lower came in the package. He said he bought it from an estate sale and apparently it was late in the afternoon and nobody bought it. So he got it for 40 or 50, I can't recall.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Thanks! If was listed locally for $150 asked if he would take $130 for it. The top chest and lower came in the package. He said he bought it from an estate sale and apparently it was late in the afternoon and nobody bought it. So he got it for 40 or 50, I can't recall.

Well he really ***** and you ****! Still a heck of a deal!


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[.45Cole]

I read pawn picks count too. Old Rockwell locomotive from a Glenwood pawn for $35 and a handmade steam boiler/engine/generator from a Riverton Pawn shop for $200. A Stover 2.5 hp hit and miss from an auction in ID for ~$450

 

[LesserSon]

Yes. Yes, they do.
Welcome to the thread!

 

[LesserSon]

WELCOME to DECEMBER!

This will be my last “****” roundup - just one dimension of the weird and wonderful buys, hauls, and rescues of November. Some ***** are well-deserved for mundane necessities, others barely acknowledge the capture of a live unicorn. A **** is not a standard unit.
This month, “free” seemed to be a theme that threaded through a plenitude of applauded posts this month, but many a suckworthy deal was wrung from cash. By my admittedly-fallible reckoning...
TOTO firsted with 6 *****.
Old Radar and Tin Medic tied with 4 ***** each.
ZackN thirded with 3 *****.
Pelletman, cmccuist1, dkroth, Bagged89s10, 3baygarage, duddly & NJMarty (of axe-travaganza fame) rolled up in fourth.
Outlawmws, PierceA, 3Jakes, mdfergus, bmwrd0, Private Lugnutz, Vbwiley92, b.well & madison69 each earned a ****.

I know it “ain’t over till it’s over,” but I invite you all to begin perusing the parade of acquisitions shared on this year’s thread, as I will, over the next week, and PM me suggestions for Picker of the Year consideration. If you recall, the initial post outlined criteria for 10 candidates: 20 or more posts exemplifying economy, quality, esprit-de-corps, perspicacity. The winner of the subsequent vote will receive the honor of the title, the praise and envy of the threadsters, and a trophy of my own fabrication.

2020 has delivered more than a few surprises, and it has taken particular grit, ingenuity and luck to make it through. I salute all of you, whether you’ve persisted actively in the hobby or vicariously as spectator.
I hope the thread has brought a welcome diversion from the headlines of the day, and that the community that has grown from Jeff’s initial 2012 post will continue to thrive and expand.
This year did not develop the way I had envisioned (even with new bifocals), but there have been many good finds, great discussions, and a few laughs along the way. For certain, change is coming, and with it, new opportunities. “2021” has a progressive promise to it, don’t you think? For now, keep your senses tuned for bargains, seize and post ‘em when you get ‘em - and we shall play out the last 8-1/2 percent and close the book on this season.

 

[b.well]

Howdy all

Hope we are all coming off of great weekends.

I am inheriting some tools from my grandfather. Some interesting tools for sure. Here are a set of vise grips. The messier and smaller two have patents on them. The bigger two are more modern but which 10WR is older?

I havent had any luck finding any order to the vise grips post patents.

Vise1: thinner metal behind jaw teeth, 10wr stamped on both sides, "vise-grip" stamped on handle.

Vise2: thicker metal behind the jaw teeth, 10wr just stamped on one side, "Made in USA the original since 1924" stamped on handle.

Thanks! Ill post the rest when i get it sorted.

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[Private Lugnutz]

...and a trophy of my own fabrication.

For the newcomers, here are the 2018 and 2019 Picker of the Year trophies. (Hard to believe they were back to back, looking like a rube goldberg antique and a high tech gadget next to each other.) The anticipation to see what LS comes up with is already killing me!

 

[SilverDeck]

I am inheriting some tools from my grandfather. Some interesting tools for sure. Here are a set of vise grips. The messier and smaller two have patents on them. The bigger two are more modern but which 10WR is older?

In your images of the 10WR Vise Grips, the one what says simply "Vise Grip" on the locking handle is the older of the two. The other one that says "Made in USA, The Original" is a little bit newer. Both tools date prior to 1993 to when Irwin Tool (owned by Newell Rubbermaid) purchased American Tool from the Petersen family. The older of your 10WRs was made in the 1980s and the later one (with "The Original" is early 1990s). Vise Grips made after 1993 will have "IRWIN" stamped on the side of them near the jaw pivot pin and the "Petersen Mfg. Co. Dewitt, Neb., U.S.A." marking on the side of the tool will be gone.

 

[bmwrd0]

I read pawn picks count too. Old Rockwell locomotive from a Glenwood pawn for $35 and a handmade steam boiler/engine/generator from a Riverton Pawn shop for $200. A Stover 2.5 hp hit and miss from an auction in ID for ~$450

That little steam engine is beautiful. I am starting to gear up to make things like that, as soon as I finish my next furniture restoration. I studied steam in school, and want to get back to it all these years later.

 

[.45Cole]

That little steam engine is beautiful. I am starting to gear up to make things like that, as soon as I finish my next furniture restoration. I studied steam in school, and want to get back to it all these years later.

I'm a chemical engineer and steam systems are one of my areas of "expertise". LMK when you build it and I'll help with tech tar pits.

 

[b.well]

In your images of the 10WR Vise Grips, the one what says simply "Vise Grip" on the locking handle is the older of the two. The other one that says "Made in USA, The Original" is a little bit newer. Both tools date prior to 1993 to when Irwin Tool (owned by Newell Rubbermaid) purchased American Tool from the Petersen family. The older of your 10WRs was made in the 1980s and the later one (with "The Original" is early 1990s). Vise Grips made after 1993 will have "IRWIN" stamped on the side of them near the jaw pivot pin and the "Petersen Mfg. Co. Dewitt, Neb., U.S.A." marking on the side of the tool will be gone.

Thanks for those details! I've had my own Vise Grips for years but never thought about dating them before. Getting in the general area of a decade is great.

I did think the "Vise Grip" handle was older but didn't have an idea of year from 1957(release lever)-2008(move to china). "Vise Grip" handle showed more use/rust, the model stamp on both sides of the jaw would take more time/money, and usually older metal is better quality and less bulky.

 

[bmwrd0]

I'm a chemical engineer and steam systems are one of my areas of "expertise". LMK when you build it and I'll help with tech tar pits.

I will absolutely look you up when it is time. Thanks!

 

[bmwrd0]

Yesterday was the start of one of the rare Wednesday estate sales, and a rather good looking one at that. This is the sale in question:
https://www.estatesales.net/OR/Corvallis/97330/2726085
Lots of interesting bigger things that I don't need such as drill presses, grinders, etc. But definitely worth making time for.

Anyway, here is what I found:

GDT tap set (incomplete, but good labels), Indian head Blackhawk socket, P&C breaker bar, Snap on extension, three (3) crossbars, misc. reamers both chucking and taper, P&C ratchet, Blue Point supreme wrench, Craftsman MDF ratchet and incomplete 1/4 set mfd. by Duro/Indestro. Here is a closeup of the T&D set:


This was a sale where every single thing is priced, and on the first day there is very little room to haggle at a sale like that. But, as I was checking out, they asked if anyone could pay cash so I stepped forward. He looked in my bag, pulled out the T&D set and without checking anything else, said $20. I knew there was at least twice that marked on everything, so I happily pulled out the correct change. I checked later, and it was over twice that. Funny, as I asked when they would have half-price day and the guy said Sunday.

 

[duddly]

Yesterday was the start of one of the rare Wednesday estate sales, and a rather good looking one at that. This is the sale in question:
https://www.estatesales.net/OR/Corvallis/97330/2726085
Lots of interesting bigger things that I don't need such as drill presses, grinders, etc. But definitely worth making time for.

Anyway, here is what I found: ...

This was a sale where every single thing is priced, and on the first day there is very little room to haggle at a sale like that. But, as I was checking out, they asked if anyone could pay cash so I stepped forward. He looked in my bag, pulled out the T&D set and without checking anything else, said $20. I knew there was at least twice that marked on everything, so I happily pulled out the correct change. I checked later, and it was over twice that. Funny, as I asked when they would have half-price day and the guy said Sunday.

Suckage for sure! Man they had some nice stuff there. That Atlas gear set is cool! I have never seen one in the holder like that.

 

[bmwrd0]

Yeah, I got there about an hour after they opened, and did not see that at the actual sale. I am guessing that it went in the first few seconds.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Yeah, I got there about an hour after they opened, and did not see that at the actual sale. I am guessing that it went in the first few seconds.

I am glad you got some good stuff there! Nice work


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[Outlawmws]

BMW, great score and suckage awarded!

That wood tap and die set looks identical to the one I bought Oh so many years ago! (Yours is prettier) I think they were asking $10, an I said if I could get the rest of the loose taps and dies on the table I would take it. - The guy helped me collect them all up! probably 2X what was in the set.

A 1/8 Pipe tap goes in the lower left slot IIR...

 

[jeffmoss26]

WELCOME to DECEMBER!

This will be my last “****” roundup - just one dimension of the weird and wonderful buys, hauls, and rescues of November. Some ***** are well-deserved for mundane necessities, others barely acknowledge the capture of a live unicorn. A **** is not a standard unit.
This month, “free” seemed to be a theme that threaded through a plenitude of applauded posts this month, but many a suckworthy deal was wrung from cash. By my admittedly-fallible reckoning...
TOTO firsted with 6 *****.
Old Radar and Tin Medic tied with 4 ***** each.
ZackN thirded with 3 *****.
Pelletman, cmccuist1, dkroth, Bagged89s10, 3baygarage, duddly & NJMarty (of axe-travaganza fame) rolled up in fourth.
Outlawmws, PierceA, 3Jakes, mdfergus, bmwrd0, Private Lugnutz, Vbwiley92, b.well & madison69 each earned a ****.

I know it “ain’t over till it’s over,” but I invite you all to begin perusing the parade of acquisitions shared on this year’s thread, as I will, over the next week, and PM me suggestions for Picker of the Year consideration. If you recall, the initial post outlined criteria for 10 candidates: 20 or more posts exemplifying economy, quality, esprit-de-corps, perspicacity. The winner of the subsequent vote will receive the honor of the title, the praise and envy of the threadsters, and a trophy of my own fabrication.

2020 has delivered more than a few surprises, and it has taken particular grit, ingenuity and luck to make it through. I salute all of you, whether you’ve persisted actively in the hobby or vicariously as spectator.
I hope the thread has brought a welcome diversion from the headlines of the day, and that the community that has grown from Jeff’s initial 2012 post will continue to thrive and expand.
This year did not develop the way I had envisioned (even with new bifocals), but there have been many good finds, great discussions, and a few laughs along the way. For certain, change is coming, and with it, new opportunities. “2021” has a progressive promise to it, don’t you think? For now, keep your senses tuned for bargains, seize and post ‘em when you get ‘em - and we shall play out the last 8-1/2 percent and close the book on this season.

ahem, I got one!
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=8666989

 

[cmccuist1]

So I'm in Belize to finish up a project. I stop at my favorite junk store in Belmopan and find all these grinder guards! The ones with the bolts in them were selling for BZ$5 (US$2.50) and the ones without the bolts were BZ$2 (US$1). i got every one they had. The nice ladies who were running the place asked what they were for.

Pretty good deal i thought. These usually go for $10-$20 on eBay.

 

[bcschief]

So I'm in Belize to finish up a project. I stop at my favorite junk store in Belmopan and find all these grinder guards! The ones with the bolts in them were selling for BZ$5 (US$2.50) and the ones without the bolts were BZ$2 (US$1). i got every one they had. The nice ladies who were running the place asked what they were for.

Pretty good deal i thought. These usually go for $10-$20 on eBay.

There was someone on this site looking for one about a year ago Makita 3 screw for a 4 inch

Looks like it was lonejacklarry

 

[Private Lugnutz]

So I'm in Belize to finish up a project. I stop at my favorite junk store in Belmopan and find all these grinder guards! ...[ ]...The nice ladies who were running the place asked what they were for.

Now that's a long distance trip to the junk store! Haha. I'm curious to hear what other kind of stuff they had.

 

[Old Radar]

Hit four sales today with the most promising first and third. First was nearly a bust—I came away with a solitary 3/8d S-K 3” extension.

I almost skipped the second sale in my haste to get to the third, but since it was on my way I thought I might as well take a look. The sale posted a single crappy picture of a table with some barely recognizable hardware on it labeled “tools”, so I was not expecting what I found.

I immediately saw a metal box that could only be a 1/4d set for $4. Turned out to be a mixed assortment of CM, SO, Proto and a couple of sockets from Japan.
Then I saw two tubs with loads of BS and some interesting items. One tub was $1 each and the other was 2 for $1. The Walworth Stillson pipe wrenches were in the first and I think everything else was 2/$1—including the Bonny T-28, JH Williams B-50 (no drive plugs for either) and the Williams MR-51 Refer Ratchets.

The other 2/$1 items (top to bottom):
LS Starrett ruler for a combo square
¾ Chromium Vanadium (no other marks) socket
Western Auto feeler gauge
Plomb 3039 DOE (GC code)
Pair of Herbrand obstruction wrenches—each marked USAAF
Williams Diamond-W Superrench combo
Blue Point DOE
Yankee Screwdriver Bit
Utica No. 20 Duckbills
Channel lock No. 424 Ignition Pliers (Pat 1950362)
Snap On Vacuum Grip No. 5 Midget Ignition Pliers (one side dated ’48 the other side ’49)
On my way out of the garage, I noticed the older Kennedy machinist chest. Missing the felt, needs to be straightened up in places and a knob change, but not bad for $13.




Third stop was a pickers paradise. **** was layers deep on every horizontal surface, including the floor. I spent 90 minutes and $20 there for the galvanized bucket and all the tools.
Craftsman Crown pipe flaring/cutting kit—practically unused. Someone please school me on what the springy things are for—there are six different diameters nested inside each other.
CM Crown chisels, 40257 Caliper, ¼” rail of –v—and four BE sockets
Duro Chrome 4472 3/8d ratchet and sockets
Stanley marking gauge
Penens ¼” hinge handle
Wright extension
P&C 1235 ignition pliers and 8pt socket
Millers Falls depth gauge
A few Snap-on ¼” items—the MV 70 ratchet has Snap-on double stamped. Date stamp 1949.





The final stop was another surprise. Picked up a few S-K sockets, a Plomb WF 9/32” extension and what I believe is a T-bar for a ¼” hinge handle. $5 total.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Craftsman Crown pipe flaring/cutting kit—practically unused. Someone please school me on what the springy things are for—there are six different diameters nested inside each other.

They're for making bends in fuel or brake line tubing.

 

[d42jeep]

They're for making bends in fuel or brake line tubing.

on the spring tubing benders. They aid in preventing crimping. You **** for sure on that haul. Some very cool items.
-Don