2021 Garage Sale Thread

[Outlawmws]

I always assumed the LW series was FOR hex bolts and nuts, and other use was just gravy. Certainly that was the first use I ever used a pair for!

 

[r_olson_06]

I drove WAY farther than I thought I would for a barn sale, where I picked up a few tools for a few bucks. I ended up buying a can and a tote of misc. tools, and have already disposed of the dross. This is what's left:

A vice grip thing; Williams, Bog, Craftsman, Giller, Indestro Sockets; Craftsman, Cresent extensions; P&C and an unmarked New Britain ratchet, Proto pin punch, Ranger(?) USA pocket knife, turnscrew that needs a new ferrul, Craftsman T-handle, Vlcheck and Penens wrenches, and an SK Wayne 12mm combo. $4

I then hit my favorite used tool dealer, netting this Blue Point ignition wrench set for $10


After that, I made it over to an estate sale that showed a few tools in the pics, where I made off with the following for $9:

Artisan (SK) ratchet, Wards Master (Wright) ratchet, Proto Penens, Williams sockets, and a partial Duro socket set.

I had one of those vise grips. Mine was pertersen and was stamped with name I cannot remember but it was for working with chain. I think a pin remover if I remember correctly.

Looking for a Round Beam Plomb 1068 Double Box End Wrench

 

[dodge610]

Dodge, I think that's an old fishing tackle box? No clue who made it.

Ok was wandering the shelf on top actually is hinged to fold up out of the main box


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[bmwrd0]

Does the large double adjustable wrench have any markings?

I had one of those vise grips. Mine was pertersen and was stamped with name I cannot remember but it was for working with chain. I think a pin remover if I remember correctly.

Looking for a Round Beam Plomb 1068 Double Box End Wrench

OK, that makes sense.

 

[LesserSon]

Ok was wandering the shelf on top actually is hinged to fold up out of the main box

That’s a Dunlap (Sears) box. Check out this post.
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[BlueBomber]

One of the oldest original giants in the automotive tools industry, along with Mossberg and Blackhawk. Known much more for drive tools than end wrenches. That's actually a very uncommon find. We have a Walden-Worcester thread on the vintage board. See Index in Sticky.

Yep, 'Wuh-ster" is right nearby me here outside of Boston. I find Walden stuff at sales, on occasion.

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[dodge610]

That’s a Dunlap (Sears) box. Check out this post.
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Thank you exact match i will be restoring the box.

 

[mikeinri]

A lot of sucking going on out there!

Youinreverse—50 cents a pop for high quality tools!
Outlaw—for having absolutely on boundaries on his picking!
Shelby—What a load for next to nothing—especially the S-K set and the 1/4" Snap-on ratchet!
Provincial—for knowing to ask for unadvertised goodies!
Beemer—three nice scores!
And thanks Jeff for the key info!

Ditto to all of that!

Since we're posting kitchen tools, here's my NOS in-the-box with original paperwork Rival/Magic Hostess food slicer from a recent estate sale on half-off Sunday. I also picked up a Black and Decker professional hedge trimmer for $4, so I no longer have to borrow my neighbor's. (No pic). The carving fork (and a couple more) was also a buck.

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Wow, that's some Sucking right there! How cheap was the slicer?

Also this brand of wrenches were in the box never heard of them USA made.


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Not too far from Worcester, myself. Did you get a complete set?

That’s a Dunlap (Sears) box. Check out this post.
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That's a nice looking box!


Mike

 

[Old Radar]

Probably not the appropriate place to post this, but I post all my rusty finds here, so I thought I would share. Just assembled an E-tank and this is seconds after I threw the switch on a test run. The solution was clear before applying power.

 

[garthg]

Ditto to all of that!




Wow, that's some Sucking right there! How cheap was the slicer?





Mike

$22.50, on half-price day. It just so happened I had mentioned to my wife recently about maybe buying a slicer, which most likely would have been electric. But actually, this hand-cranked one is better. Quieter, and doesn't shred the meat. It actually makes a really nice slice, as the pics show. BBQ beef on the Weber kettle, finished in the slow cooker.

There's a couple going for $45 to $65 on ebay.

 

[dodge610]

Grabbed another box full of tools today same garage sale as yesterday. Have to clean this vintage box up and separate the tools


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[PacificaVette]

I picked up this Atlas tune-up parts cabinet this weekend. It looks a bit rough, but it should clean up pretty well. The seller started out at $40, but I got it for $30. I think I'll use for grinding/polishing supplies. I really like the storage space in the doors.

Does anyone have an idea as to its age? I am guessing mid-60's?

 

[d42jeep]

Grabbed another box full of tools today same garage sale as yesterday. Have to clean this vintage box up and separate the tools


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Nice Union box with the leather handle. The upper box looks a little like my Dunlap version. I see that the Dunlap has been IDed upthread.
-Don

 

[mikeinri]

Garth: Wow, never knew there were hand-cranked slivers, that's pretty cool!

Mike

 

[LesserSon]

Grabbed another box full of tools today same garage sale as yesterday. Have to clean this vintage box up and separate the tools

Your new old Union is in a lot better condition than the one I posted 2 weeks ago! I don’t know if I will even try to save mine. I was thinking, just save the handle. Have to see if there’s ANY steel under the rust. It seems pretty well gone, as is the right-side hasp. I guess if I put $20 of materials and $200 dollars of labor into it, I might get a $10 box.

 

[dodge610]

Your new old Union is in a lot better condition than the one I posted 2 weeks ago! I don’t know if I will even try to save mine. I was thinking, just save the handle. Have to see if there’s ANY steel under the rust. It seems pretty well gone, as is the right-side hasp. I guess if I put $20 of materials and $200 dollars of labor into it, I might get a $10 box.

I got lucky on both boxes both from the same guy and couldnt beat the price. The guy i bought from does clean outs and he got both boxes in NY and brought them back. I have told him any tools he gets give me first crack at them thankfully he agreed.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I picked up this Atlas tune-up parts cabinet this weekend. It looks a bit rough, but it should clean up pretty well. The seller started out at $40, but I got it for $30. I think I'll use for grinding/polishing supplies. I really like the storage space in the doors.

Does anyone have an idea as to its age? I am guessing mid-60's?

You and I have must have vastly different definitions of "a bit rough". Except for a minor nick or dent or two on the exterior and some rusty spots on a few of the inside shelves that look like they'll clean up with a little penetrating oil and light scrubbing pad, you could eat off it! You should post that in the 'Vintage Tune-Up Cabinets' thread on the vintage board. Of course it's one I missed in the Sticky Index. Here is the link. You might bet a better answer there.

 

[Outlawmws]

I picked up this Atlas tune-up parts cabinet this weekend.
Does anyone have an idea as to its age? I am guessing mid-60's?

Yes, Mid-sixties is about right.

 

[Mr_B]

I picked up this Atlas tune-up parts cabinet this weekend. It looks a bit rough, but it should clean up pretty well. The seller started out at $40, but I got it for $30. I think I'll use for grinding/polishing supplies. I really like the storage space in the doors.

Does anyone have an idea as to its age? I am guessing mid-60's?

i want one lol

 

[wrenchguy]

Picked at a sale yesterday, 20" long with knurled shank. At first I thought its a file. Anyone seen 1 like it?

 

[Shelbylex]

Never saw one but it looks great!

 

[LesserSon]

I’ve never seen one, even after paging through 96 handle patents on DATAMP just now. I saw two or three similarly-pivoting screwdrivers, but this seems more primitive. The forged or cast ferrule also makes it seem very old - 1800s old.

It seems to say BORICH ? ROCKFALL US PAT SEPT. Is there more?

 

[wrenchguy]

Best i can tell its ulrich or ending with a k. WAG on first letter. PAT followed with 7.
Can't tell what's above the ll's. The ferrule looks cast.
No more than is shown.
Thanks.

 

[AK4570]

I enjoyed a fun afternoon of digging through buckets of sockets in a couple of pawnshops... Fairly productive as well.

Stop 1:
Proto LA 1220 5/8 combo
Proto 5426 13/16
Proto LA 5420 5/8
Proto 5418 H 9/16 (6pt)
Plvmb 5422 11/16

Total: $3

Stop 2:
Proto LA 1214 7/16 combo
Plvmb 1126 9/16 - 1/2 DBE
Plvbm 1210 5/16 combo (bent but looks like it will ease back under some gentle pressure)
1/2 pushthrough male drive plug (unidentified)
Challenger (Proto) 1265 3" 3/8 ext.
Proto 5347 13/16 Deep (1/2" drive)
Proto 5026 13/16 Deep (3/8" drive)
Proto 7418 9/16 impact
Proto 5418-S 9/16 double square
Proto 5412 M 12mm
Proto 5218-H 9/16 6pt (3/8" drive)

Total: $5

I think I barely scratched the surface in both of these places... Gonna have to do some further excavation!

Best regards,
John

 

[LesserSon]

duplicate

 

[LesserSon]

There’s a Rockfall CT. So “Sep7” and a name. Hmm.

 

[RTM]

Best i can tell its ulrich or ending with a k. WAG on first letter. PAT followed with 7.
Can't tell what's above the ll's. The ferrule looks cast.
No more than is shown.
Thanks.

The only company in Rockfall CT in DAT was Otis Smith, so no help there, except maybe to eliminate pre 1900 companies.

(Directory of American Toolmakers)

There is an Ulrich on Rock Falls IL, but it looks like they made table saw type equipment, not tools, per vintage machinery. And a combined hammer tool by Ulrich in DATAMP.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US529384




I tried trawling Sep 7 on DATAMP, but didn’t see any appropriate screwdrivers among 134 listings.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Best i can tell its ulrich or ending with a k. WAG on first letter. PAT followed with 7.
Can't tell what's above the ll's. The ferrule looks cast.
No more than is shown.
Thanks.

Mike,

Two comments..

Firstly, to me it looks like there could be a piece missing. Something that would accompany that ferrule. All the markings look cut off to me, as if they continued on another, missing piece.

"ULRICH" is a first, given name. That "M" (if that's what it is...) is a middle initial. The last name is missing, probably forged on the other piece.

"ROCKFALL" could've been followed by "CT" on the other piece.

"US" may have had an "A" on the other piece

The patent marking is similarly incomplete. "PAT SEPT" was probably followed by a day (e.g., "10") and year (e.g., "1878") on the joining piece.

Secondly, I did an extensive search on DATAMP last year specifically looking for folding tee handle type screwdrivers. I posted my findings on the 'TUFFY' thread, linked here. But the name Ulrich is not ringing any bells. EDIT: I could've missed one.

Very cool find!

 

[Old Radar]

Best i can tell its ulrich or ending with a k. WAG on first letter. PAT followed with 7.
Can't tell what's above the ll's. The ferrule looks cast.
No more than is shown.
Thanks.

I suspected when I looked at the ferrule that it might have been shortened or worn down. That would explain the odd patent date and also the hanging letter after ULRICH--which I believe is an M as in MFG. Which makes Rockfall into Rock Falls, Illinois.

http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=1805&tab=0

That's my guess.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Aha, I was thinking two pieces in the post just above yours, but shortened or worn makes more sense, OR. EDIT. deleted mistake

 

[LesserSon]

Nicely done.
A link to their table saw advertisement on VM.
Aren’t one of you going to dig up the patent?
DATAMP shows J. H. HEBBLETHWAITE held those two patents for combination hammer / nail pullers. This screwdriver might be another of his creations. If only Google Patents was indexed.

 

[mikeinri]

Wow, you guys are amazing! I've found some pretty obscure stuff, but nothing like this, with a half marking!

Mike

 

[wrenchguy]

The ferrule is a taper friction fit, its cast and not a machined i.d.. I think the the knurling is the patent issue. Maybe for leather strap assisting rotation. Isn't knurling labor intensive?
Theres not a wood handle thread in vintage tools. I should move this discussion? Thanks for all the effort.

edit, I didn't replace the ferule to its furthest on position when i took those photos. Thats why it looks like it could be missing parts.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

edit, I didn't replace the ferule to its furthest on position when i took those photos. Thats why it looks like it could be missing parts.

I didn't think the ferrule was missing parts because of how it was placed, Mike. I inferred that it was missing parts based entirely on the fact that the markings are all incomplete. They are all cut off. Something else was there. But I agree with Old Radar. More likely it was always one piece and broken off or shortened there. And I think he nailed it...

Ulrich M(fg Co.)
Rock Fall(s, Ill.)
PAT SEPT (**, 18xx)

 

[seber]

The ferrule is a taper friction fit, its cast and not a machined i.d.. I think the the knurling is the patent issue. Maybe for leather strap assisting rotation. Isn't knurling labor intensive?
Theres not a wood handle thread in vintage tools. I should move this discussion? Thanks for all the effort.

edit, I didn't replace the ferule to its furthest on position when i took those photos. Thats why it looks like it could be missing parts.

Knurling is done with a double roller on a lathe. A good operator could do that in less than a minute per shaft.

 

[Old Radar]

Nicely done.

Aha, I was thinking two pieces in the post just above yours, but shortened or worn makes more sense, OR.

I didn't think the ferrule was missing parts because of how it was placed, Mike. I inferred that it was missing parts based entirely on the fact that the markings are all incomplete. They are all cut off. Something else was there. But I agree with Old Radar. More likely it was always one piece and broken off or shortened there. And I think he nailed it...

Ulrich M(fg Co.)
Rock Fall(s, Ill.)
PAT SEPT (**, 18xx)

Thanks, guys!

LS--you actually laid the groundwork. I put Rockfall in Google Maps and saw your CT town that dead-ended, so I looked below and saw several Rock Falls. After that, I just searched Rock Falls and Ulrich and Vintage Machinery popped up.

edit: Just to keep this going a little further, I'm willing to bet the other Ulrich Mfg mentioned in VM in Roanoke, IL, was a relative--probably a son or nephew. Raymond Ulrich was born in 1912 so the timing is pretty close.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Theres not a wood handle thread in vintage tools. I should move this discussion?

There IS a wood-handled thread on the Vintage Board, linked here.

 

[LesserSon]

Drat!
I was trying to REDUCE my thread subscriptions.

 

[mikeinri]

That's crazy talk right there, LS...

Mike

 

[wrenchguy]

Couldn't find it in the stickie. Thanks, i'm gonna post there to open the sale thread.