2021 Garage Sale Thread

[d42jeep]

There is no zip code on the paperwork, so it has to be pre 1963.
-Don

 

[Outlawmws]

(Have you guys caught on to my method for keeping my post count lower than Beemer's and Outlaw's yet?! )

Working GREAT Lugz!

Private Lugnutz 77
bmwrd0 71
mikeinri 55
Outlawmws 50

Nope. But whatever your system is, I'd say it's been broken for the past few Months...

Mike

Fixed it for you!


[/Snerk]

 

[Outlawmws]

LS, I just picked up last Sat the Jigsaw adapter for that drill!

There is a way to get the musty smell out. Not real easy, but doable.

 

[mikeinri]

How the [bleep] am I ahead of you, Outlaw???

Everything I grabbed from my grandparents/parents basement last year has an awful stench, STILL. How do you make that go away?

Mike

 

[LesserSon]

I’ve tried freezing books, but was uninpressed with the results. I’ve considered full emersion in alcohol, but haven’t tried it.

 

[Old Radar]

I’ve tried freezing books, but was uninpressed with the results. I’ve considered full emersion in alcohol, but haven’t tried it.

When you say full immersion do you mean ALL the whiskey or are you planning on holding back the good stuff?

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Don You ****! 'Bout time huh? Congrats! Are the Indian wrenches in demand? I like the Fulton T&D set. I'm wondering who made the draw knife though. Interested to see how it cleans up. How wide is that cutting edge? 10"? 12"?

 

[Shiftless]

When you say full immersion do you mean ALL the whiskey or are you planning on holding back the good stuff?

By shear coincidence, I was finishing a small glass of 12 year old Irish whiskey when I read this posting.

Don:
Thanks for thinking of me when you picked up those fine tools.
I’ll try to do a decent job picking on Saturday when I hit that sale we discussed earlier today.

 

[d42jeep]

I was curious about the Indian wrench as well. There is one on eBay at this moment bid up to $55.00 plus shipping.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

The sixth picture is an Indian Motorcycle adjustable wrench.

What's the deal with the Indian Motorcycle wrench, with the Wakefield Wrench name on the jaw? Was that the OEM?

I believe that Wakefield made the wrenches for the Indian toolsets.

Correction: MOTO(no R)CYCLES.

Wakefield was one of several OEM's (including Moore Drop Forge and Vlchek) to Hendee/Indian. When Don posts a de-rusted photo, the Hendee marking will be more legible.

Are the Indian wrenches in demand?

I was curious about the Indian wrench as well. There is one on eBay at this moment bid up to $55.00 plus shipping.

None of them are common in the wild, and that one is harder to find than others. I don't have it and I have a small collection.

If you're going to keep it, Don, I'll get you started on having a "partial set" with that duplicate you see. If you're not going to keep it, and you'd be willing to trade rather than liquidate, put it in the Lugz pile until I have something of suitable equivalent value for you. As you can see, I do have an adjustable, with a script logo, and it's also rare and desirable, so don't feel obligated if you'd prefer to cash it in.

Working GREAT Lugz!

But I'd be in the 80's if I didn't double-up my recent posts! So in the long run I am actually closing the gap.

 

[d42jeep]

Correction: MOTO(no R)CYCLES.

Wakefield was one of several OEM's (including Moore Drop Forge and Vlchek) to Hendee, who had the contract with Indian. When Don posts a de-rusted photo, the Hendee marking will be more legible.



None of them are common in the wild, and that one is harder to find than others. I don't have it and I have a small collection.

If you're going to keep it, Don, I'll get you started on having a "partial set" with that duplicate you see. If you're not going to keep it, and you'd be willing to trade rather than liquidate, put it in the Lugz pile until I have something of suitable equivalent value for you. As you can see, I do have an adjustable, with a script logo, and it's also rare and desirable, so don't feel obligated if you'd prefer to cash it in.


But I'd be in the 80's if I didn't double-up my recent posts! So in the long run I am actually closing the gap.

Here is a close look. I’m not sure what my plans are for it at this point. If I sell it, I would want some of the proceeds to go to the previous owner.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Ah, good karma. You should do that then. I don't need it, per se, anyway.

 

[pfaustus]

For what it is worth, the Moore Drop Forge and the Indian Motor Cycle factories were maybe a mile apart in Springfield, MA.

 

[duddly]

I’ve tried freezing books, but was uninpressed with the results. I’ve considered full emersion in alcohol, but haven’t tried it.

I have tried the full immersion in alcohol method and can report that it works fairly well. I could not smell much of anything after my full immersion in alcohol, or maybe I just didn't care anymore. My recollection is a bit hazy..

 

[Shiftless]

I have tried the full immersion in alcohol method and can report that it works fairly well. I could not smell much of anything after my full immersion in alcohol, or maybe I just didn't care anymore. My recollection is a bit hazy..

Interesting. I assume the alcohol has to be 95% or so. Rubbing alcohol from the drugstore is usually 70% isopropyl so it’s 30% water. That doesn’t sound paper friendly but I might be wrong.
So the ink on the cover and the pages is unaffected??


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[duddly]

Interesting. I assume the alcohol has to be 95% or so. Rubbing alcohol from the drugstore is usually 70% isopropyl so it’s 30% water. That doesn’t sound paper friendly but I might be wrong.
So the ink on the cover and the pages is unaffected??


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ehhh... oops.. my attempt at humor. I was saying that immersing myself in alcohol made me not care anymore. I have not actually tried alcohol immersion on old paper items. I do agree with the fact that they can get some musty smells.

 

[seber]

I've saved a manual from cat piss by putting it in a sealed bag with baking soda between the pages. Mold should be much easier.

 

[Shiftless]

ehhh... oops.. my attempt at humor. I was saying that immersing myself in alcohol made me not care anymore. I have not actually tried alcohol immersion on old paper items. I do agree with the fact that they can get some musty smells.

I missed that. I thought my immersion meant my experience with book immersion. Sorry. But still funny!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

ehhh... oops.. my attempt at humor.

I laughed, although dry humor and alcohol are sort of oxymorons - except for in certain counties in certain states.

//// BREAK ////

Here's my flea haul (Lugz 2021_18) from this morning.

Left: SAMSON Lever-Jaw, Botnick Motor Corp (BMC) No. 7 (my third, at this point I am just collecting trade material for the other sizes...), Bonney ball-pein hammer, No. 6 Waldes-Truarc (which I needed for the burgeoning collection...), a Gold Nugget wrench (my first!), and an early No. 5 Peck, Stow & Wilcox clamp (I have a No. 4, so I was psyched)

Right: a rare K.R. Wilson tool, a very unusual TRUTH L-handle, 1945 Blue-Point Boxocket, Long C BE hinge handle, a rare Bonney Tu-Hex wrench that is also marked "WRIGHT" with a Wright Aeronautical part number, German "West Zone" calipers, ATHA chisel, BHM-marked Wakefield-style No. 45 wrench, unknown German wrench, and a no-name 3-piece DOE wrench set.

 

[mikeinri]

I've saved a manual from cat piss by putting it in a sealed bag with baking soda between the pages. Mold should be much easier.

Wish I'd known about that trick in high school. When I made Eagle Scout, I received a very formal commendation from the state of RI (from a paper route customer, who happened to be in the state legislature). I believe he was one of my references as well.

Anyway, we got a new puppy who had a housebreaking accident on it. I ended up throwing it away due to the stain (and knowledge of what it was that got it wet in the first place).

Mike

 

[LesserSon]

In best Foster Brooks voice: “Fffu-uhll ‘mersion it is, then.”
“Immersion” is what I meant to write. My idea was to saturate the paper in solvent/fuel alcohol in a sealed container (ziploc bag), interrupting the growth of the organism producing the smell, whether it be mold, mildew, or triffid, perhaps rinsing it off / out of the paper. Eventually, the odor would diffuse. I agree that some inks could be affected, so testing the ink would be a smart precaution. Could be the paper itself wouldn’t do well, either.

The most important thing with mildew is getting humidity/moisture/condensation under control. The spores are everywhere and they feed on cellulose.

 

[CHRIII]

Interesting. I assume the alcohol has to be 95% or so. Rubbing alcohol from the drugstore is usually 70% isopropyl so it’s 30% water. That doesn’t sound paper friendly but I might be wrong.
So the ink on the cover and the pages is unaffected??.

You can purchase 90%+ isopropyl alcohol in drug stores, wally world, etc.

 

[Shiftless]

You can purchase 90%+ isopropyl alcohol in drug stores, wally world, etc.

Thanks for posting that reminder. If anybody is planning to test this, be careful shopping for the rubbing alcohol. There is a 90% and 70% on the shelves. Fuel or thinner alcohol is generally 95% pure

// back to garage sale stuff //

 

[Provincial]

Perhaps put the paper in a vacuum sealed bag and bake it at 120* for a day. Removes the free oxygen (and CO2) and accelerates the metabolism of the culprit.

 

[d42jeep]

Don You ****! 'Bout time huh? Congrats! Are the Indian wrenches in demand? I like the Fulton T&D set. I'm wondering who made the draw knife though. Interested to see how it cleans up. How wide is that cutting edge? 10"? 12"?

I don’t know who made it but the cutting edge is is about 16” long.
-Don

 

[txlonghorn1989]

I don’t know who made it but the cutting edge is is about 16” long.
-Don

I thought it looked especially long but I didn't really have a reference point. No expert but that's the widest draw knife I've seen. Weird that it doesn't have any manufacture marks on it. Nice find!

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Lugz What is the wire brush for that you found on Friday?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I'm not sure, Tex, but I assume cleaning parts and tools. I find them all the time in various configurations in old toolboxes.

 

[duddly]

Lugz What is the wire brush for that you found on Friday?

I'm not sure, Tex, but I assume cleaning parts and tools. I find them all the time in various configurations in old toolboxes.

I have always called them 'soldering brushes' but it looks like they are more general purpose than that. Still sold today with this description:

This Whisk Wire Brush made of carbon wire with looped steel handle is a general purpose tool for removing chips, solder, brazing and welding. Also great for cleaning wood or corn stoves. Also used by shoe cobblers and great tool for industrial, military, automotive, specialty shops, garages, and maintenance applications. Black oil tempered wire.

https://www.justmanbrush.com/whisk-wire-brush/

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Thanks guys!

 

[Harley94]

For cleaning files I believe

 

[r_olson_06]

Slim pickin's this week.

A string of S-K 1/4"d Deep Sockets
Herbrand J-422 3/8"d Deep
Craftsman Circle U
Plomb WF-74 & WF-72, (74 has down, then up arrows)
Millers Falls No. 365 Awl
P-49 Spinner--Research here on GJ dug up a Jan 2014 post in which Ibgradwell asserts it "...was made by some division of Pendleton and was sold via Coast-to-Coast stores as part of their Mastercraft line." Couldn't turn anything else to up to substantiate it.

I can't think of anything to call the last item except a chain master link. I believe it has a different name but it's beyond recollection. Someone please jog my memory.

$7 for the lot.

Might be artcraft on that 1/4" spinner post it on the Plomb thread there is member that could validate it.

Looking for a Round Beam Plomb 1068 Double Box End Wrench

 

[AK4570]

Hit a pawnshop and the mid-week flea and came away with the following:

Challenger (Proto) combos:
- 9mm (Canada)
- 12mm (US)
- 16mm (US)

Proto:
- 3/8
- 1/2
- 5/8
- 3/4

Plomb:
- 5/8 Pebble combo ($1)
- 5426 13/16 socket 1/2” drive (free!)

7 Victor torch tips, 1 used, remainder NOS

Passed on a ‘69 K21 for $15 that was worn through the feet/nubs on the bottom and rank with rust... just plain don’t need another sheet metal project!

Best regards, All
John

 

[Private Lugnutz]

P-49 Spinner--Research here on GJ dug up a Jan 2014 post in which Ibgradwell asserts it "...was made by some division of Pendleton and was sold via Coast-to-Coast stores as part of their Mastercraft line." Couldn't turn anything else to up to substantiate it.

Might be artcraft on that 1/4" spinner post it on the Plomb thread there is member that could validate it.

It's PENENS Fleet. Sorry, I missed this first time around, Old Radar (by being overly fixated on the chain coupler picture in your haul). All of the 1/4-inch drive tools in the 1950 PENENS Fleet Quality tools catalog start with a P- and the 6-inch spinner is a P-49. I will post the catalog excerpt if you want to see it. I have a P-60 ratchet in my PENENS Master Wrench set. The spinner and hinge handle in the same set are a 1068 and a 1070 respectively, and all my sockets are 10xx part numbers. The ratchet is not original to the set. It was missing. Bought solo. I think the difference is straight-up PENENS (10xx) and PENENS Fleet (P-**). Incidentally, all the PENENS Fleet 3/8-drive tools in the catalog are C-*** and all the Fleet 1/2-drive tools are R-***.

 

[BlueBomber]

Went out with SWMBO on errands this morning and looking for sales as a secondary objective. Sadly, no joy. I only came home with two rolls of insulation from HD to finish insulating the garage.

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[Outlawmws]

Lots of GREAT finds guys! I'm mostly living vicariously through you for the "hunt"

Things FINALLY opened up a crack here, adn I went to my first real yard sale since NOVEMBER today, as well as a brand new Flea here in town! open Sat/Sun for the next couple of weeks (at least)

Masks were required and people were generally behaving. I'm still being super cautious but I can't wait for my shot to feel like I'm not just a sitting duck...


Nothing huge: a barely used electric fuel pump for a buck at the yard sale adn a couple of sockets for a buck Ea, at the Flea (Proto LA and SK Tools - Both 1-1/4:

And this was a gift from SWMBO a week or so ago: a nice SK 1/4 set WITH the tommy bar! Shes getting better! Don said it was '53 or earlier:

 

[dodge610]

2nd garage sale of the season guy was given stuff away $10 for the box and tools sold lol


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[mikeinri]

Good stuff, guys. Not much happening around me. One estate sale, too far away, promise of a drill press and tools, but not worth the drive based on the pics (lots of cheap old housewares).

Mike

 

[Old Radar]

It's PENENS Fleet. Sorry, I missed this first time around, Old Radar (by being overly fixated on the chain coupler picture in your haul). All of the 1/4-inch drive tools in the 1950 PENENS Fleet Quality tools catalog start with a P- and the 6-inch spinner is a P-49. I will post the catalog excerpt if you want to see it. I have a P-60 ratchet in my PENENS Master Wrench set. The spinner and hinge handle in the same set are a 1068 and a 1070 respectively, and all my sockets are 10xx part numbers. The ratchet is not original to the set. It was missing. Bought solo. I think the difference is straight-up PENENS (10xx) and PENENS Fleet (P-**). Incidentally, all the PENENS Fleet 3/8-drive tools in the catalog are C-*** and all the Fleet 1/2-drive tools are R-***.

Yes, please!! Thanks!

Interestingly (for me) I almost had the opportunity to use that chain coupler today. I had a mature and 90% dead Mountain Cedar that had a 15+ degree list towards my neighbor's house that I decided to fell. I gathered a come-along, a couple of tow chains and a tow strap and was intending to use the coupler to connect the two chains. The plan was to use everything to pull the tree back into my back yard and away from his fence and house. Sadly, the anchor tree in my yard was too far away for the combined lengths of chains and strap, but luckily I had more help on hand than I had anticipated (4 extra guys vs. 1) and they pulled while I cut and no one died. I brought the wedges I cut and an extra slice into the house--it sure smells nice.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Yes, please!! Thanks!

I posted some excerpts at the end of my PENENS master wrench set thread earlier today, linked here.