2021 Garage Sale Thread

[rustynbent]

Do any of you ever regret a purchase? Not because it wasn't a good deal but because of the amount of work it takes to deal with it?

I've been looking for a Snap-On KR537 to go on top of my KR557/547 combo.

So checking FB Marketplace I see a listing with only two bad pictures and the title "two tool box with tool". (First two pics below) $700

I spotted the 537 among the stuff, so immediately messaged the seller. They said they wouldn't be "back in town" until the next afternoon. So I asked them to let me be the first to see it and they said they would. Sure enough they messaged me about 4pm saying they were home if I still wanted to look, jetted over to their house expecting to see the stuff stacked in the garage like the pictures showed.

When I pulled up to the house I see a pickup truck completely packed to the gills with tool boxes, tools, and totes (full of tools). There was actually one more tool box than was shown in the FB pictures.

The only thing I really wanted was the KR537 (65th anniversary edition) but he absolutely refused to sell separate. The reason the stuff was in the truck was it all had belonged to the wife's father who had passed and they were clearing out the house which was 100 miles away ( where the FB pictures were taken ) for a sale closing.

I'm standing there looking at this metric ton of stuff knowing how much work was involved but seeing some good value besides the box I wanted. It was all strapped in and piled up so I really couldn't even see everything.

The clincher on the deal was that he offered to drive his truck to my house and help unload. OK Sold.

Darn it takes a long time to empty all the drawers, pull the drawers out to clean the slides, sort through and clean the tools, etc.

Anyway I'm a long way from finished but figured you guys were the only ones that could understand.

Five Tool Boxes

Snap-on KR-555 roll cab and Snap-on KR-550 top box

Snap-on KRH537SCGX 65th anniversary top box

Mac Tools MB505 side box

Unknown Heavy Truck Box (has an upside down Homak badge but I haven't had a chance to really inspect it. It's extremely heavy full of tools I don't even know what's inside yet.)

Some tool highlights. Bunch of heavy old USA pullers, Snap-on CJ2003 rear axle puller set, 12 USA 3/4 drive sockets, 23" Plomb breaker bar, 11 Snap-on deep 1/2 drive sockets and various Snap-on specialty tools, bunch of old air tools, just a bunch of stuff. Quite a few I can't identify yet.

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Damn man. I feel so. so bad for you. Great score!

 

[XxToolAholicxX]

Did it break the bank?

 

[gpw_42]

Damon, that's what I've learned to call a "quality problem."

 

[BlueBomber]

A great score, but yes, a lot of effort to digest...IF you care about squeezing max value out of the pile. Another alternative: take the toolbox you want, flip a few of the gems to bring down or eliminate the net cost to you, then list the remainders for a steal of a price and let someone else get a You **** deal.

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[LesserSon]

damon18 - only consider it a problem if the Camaro goes out and you can’t get it back in.
Sort that stuff “Hoarders”-style: one tarp to keep, one tarp to sell, one tarp to trash.
(Free advice from one who doesn’t follow his own.)

...I’ve only felt regret after I bought something, because I thought someone else wanted it, and then they didn’t. More often, I regret passing something up. Still, your available space is probably the main limit of what you should hold on to. Mine is currently hazardous with extraneous items...

 

[Username already in use]

I found a bit of everything at the flea last weekend. SK, Bonney, Plomb, P&C, Barcalo, Craftsman, Dunlap...
Heres the before pic, but everything cleaned up well in the evaporust.

 

[mikeinri]

Damon: That went from two boxes listed to five coming home with you? Did the price also increase? Decrease?

I only regret purchases when I make them in a hurry and find out later that I overpaid because I was in a rush.

I've also regretted not buying stuff, as LS mentioned (and I'm sure all of us have felt that at least a few times), whether it's from passing it over or not moving fast enough (intentionally or not).

Anyway, I don't have any advice to offer beyond what's already been posted, as I have yet to start selling stuff. I really need to, just don't know how to start (which site to use, how to do it, etc.).

Mike

 

[damon18]

Damon, it does look like you have your hands full! At first, it looks like a you **** deal just on the boxes and the highlights. Who knows what else you'll find!

It is always good to have cash available. Lots of good deals are missed by not having the cash with you at the time.

I did have to hit the ATM when the deal expanded past what I hoped to buy.

Damn man. I feel so. so bad for you. Great score!

Thanks!

Did it break the bank?

Ended up being $800 for everything because I added $100 to buy the KR-550 top box that matched the KR-555 roll cab. So the bank was dented, most I've paid at a "garage sale" type sale by far.

Damon, that's what I've learned to call a "quality problem."

Like it.

A great score, but yes, a lot of effort to digest...IF you care about squeezing max value out of the pile. Another alternative: take the toolbox you want, flip a few of the gems to bring down or eliminate the net cost to you, then list the remainders for a steal of a price and let someone else get a You **** deal.

That's pretty much the plan. The 537 has a spot on top of my existing stack, I've already moved the shelves that were above them to make room. I really wish I had just a bit more room because I would love to keep the bigger 36" wide 21.5" deep KR-555 and KR-550 but I really have to keep my boxes and shelves to 18" deep to be able to park two cars in the garage. So I'm doing a lot of work on those to make them as nice as possible, then they go on FB Marketplace. I'll offer them here first in case anyone is close enough.

I'm picking through the mass of tools to find the ones I might actually need, will sell the rest. If they have "eBay value" like the axle puller or 3/4 drive stuff I'll sell there or offer here. The rest I'm sorting into groups that fit in flat rate boxes to try selling on FB Marketplace with shipping.

damon18 - only consider it a problem if the Camaro goes out and you can’t get it back in.
Sort that stuff “Hoarders”-style: one tarp to keep, one tarp to sell, one tarp to trash.
(Free advice from one who doesn’t follow his own.)

...I’ve only felt regret after I bought something, because I thought someone else wanted it, and then they didn’t. More often, I regret passing something up. Still, your available space is probably the main limit of what you should hold on to. Mine is currently hazardous with extraneous items...

The Camaro ain't losing it's spot! It's bad enough that the 4Runner is outside again after all the work I did organizing the garage to fit both cars inside. Yes, it's the space that's keeping me from holding onto most of it, especially the beautiful 550/555 stack with my favorite Snap-on badge style.

Damon: That went from two boxes listed to five coming home with you? Did the price also increase? Decrease?

It was just a really poorly created ad, the couple selling the items were stressed over a deadline to clear out the house. That's why everything was in the truck and they needed to sell it all together, so they could use the truck again.

Thanks for the moral support folks, I'll work through it, my actual work takes a lot of time, so I can only spend an hour or two a day working on it, but one bite at a time, and I'll eat this elephant.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I found a bit of everything at the flea last weekend. SK, Bonney, Plomb, P&C, Barcalo, Craftsman, Dunlap... Heres the before pic, but everything cleaned up well in the evaporust.

Nice mix. What's the story on the shears?

...one bite at a time, and I'll eat this elephant.

That's the attitude. Go slow and have fun with it. I went out on a similar $700 limb a few years ago. No boxes though. Just a big mess of tools. Drove out to the middle of Pennsylvania for a few things only to find out the otherwise fine older gentleman was only selling if I bought everything. (THAT would've been good to know before a 2 hour+ trip!) I didn't have all day, so I had to quickly assess a miscellaneous mix of hundreds of items, called a friend (GJ member tin medic, actually), sent him a few photos, he agreed to stake me half, claimed a few things he wanted, and, after I took out the things I wanted, he let me play seller on everything left and we got all our money back and then some.

Nice score and good luck.

 

[Cruzan80]

Yeah, I just did the same at a hoarder sale. This was more of "my bad" situation, grabbing almost everything that looked interesting. Forgot it wasn't a two day sale, but four, and first day. Ended up with about 3x 5gal buckets, all full of USA vintage stuff. Armstrong, Bonnet, Plomb, CM, SK, Indestro, etc. Will make my money back, but may take a bit.

By the time I was checking out, I was in a rush to get back to work, and didn't have time to separate out the "really want" from the "nice to have". Will get it all out eventually.

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[Smokeshow69]

Do any of you ever regret a purchase? Not because it wasn't a good deal but because of the amount of work it takes to deal with it?

I've been looking for a Snap-On KR537 to go on top of my KR557/547 combo.

So checking FB Marketplace I see a listing with only two bad pictures and the title "two tool box with tool". (First two pics below) $700

I spotted the 537 among the stuff, so immediately messaged the seller. They said they wouldn't be "back in town" until the next afternoon. So I asked them to let me be the first to see it and they said they would. Sure enough they messaged me about 4pm saying they were home if I still wanted to look, jetted over to their house expecting to see the stuff stacked in the garage like the pictures showed.

When I pulled up to the house I see a pickup truck completely packed to the gills with tool boxes, tools, and totes (full of tools). There was actually one more tool box than was shown in the FB pictures.

The only thing I really wanted was the KR537 (65th anniversary edition) but he absolutely refused to sell separate. The reason the stuff was in the truck was it all had belonged to the wife's father who had passed and they were clearing out the house which was 100 miles away ( where the FB pictures were taken ) for a sale closing.

I'm standing there looking at this metric ton of stuff knowing how much work was involved but seeing some good value besides the box I wanted. It was all strapped in and piled up so I really couldn't even see everything.

The clincher on the deal was that he offered to drive his truck to my house and help unload. OK Sold.

Darn it takes a long time to empty all the drawers, pull the drawers out to clean the slides, sort through and clean the tools, etc.

Anyway I'm a long way from finished but figured you guys were the only ones that could understand.

Five Tool Boxes

Snap-on KR-555 roll cab and Snap-on KR-550 top box

Snap-on KRH537SCGX 65th anniversary top box

Mac Tools MB505 side box

Unknown Heavy Truck Box (has an upside down Homak badge but I haven't had a chance to really inspect it. It's extremely heavy full of tools I don't even know what's inside yet.)

Some tool highlights. Bunch of heavy old USA pullers, Snap-on CJ2003 rear axle puller set, 12 USA 3/4 drive sockets, 23" Plomb breaker bar, 11 Snap-on deep 1/2 drive sockets and various Snap-on specialty tools, bunch of old air tools, just a bunch of stuff. Quite a few I can't identify yet.

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Dang Damon, you crushed it! Yeah, sometimes those deals can be alot of work but by the time you resell somethings, you will end up with a ton of pro quality tools for $0!

 

[Username already in use]

Nice mix. What's the story on the shears?

Why, DONlap of course.

 

[mikeinri]

I pulled a "True Temper Flint Edge" axe out of my Grandfather's (RIP) basement last year. I don't know if it was his, or his father's (or why either one of them needed one), but it's really cool looking and seems to have been lightly used, and definitely not abused.

Any idea of its age?

Does it have a "4" on it? Looks like a Jeep spec pioneer kit axe. Correct Dayton pattern head, correct 36" does foot handle. EDIT: Actually, the bit looks a little wider than a Dayton pattern.

Hey Lugz (assuming your question was aimed at my axe)...

I looked at it again today, no other markings of any kind that I can see. It is getting a little rusty. I need to clean it up and protect it. Any good advice for that process?

Mike

 

[bmwrd0]

Damon, that is a heck of a deal. And, if I may be so bold, could put you in the running for Picker of the Year! Not only did you get a great deal on some truly outstanding stuff, but you even had it delivered! Outstanding! And, of course, as you so beautifully put it, you guys were the only ones that could understand.

The sign of a true and holy garage sale picker!

 

[Ilcharlieli]

First garage sale I’ve sought out tools at. Found these 4 Williams Superrench combination wrenches at $1 a piece. Left a lot behind but felt good with these as a start.

 

[Outlawmws]

I only regret if i missed it being broken. Easy to do with vises for instance. I can think of two I've been bit on...

Oh, and the inevitable **** Asian or chicom tools in bulk deals. Those go for a song at the next GS I have....

 

[SuburbGuy]

Do any of you ever regret a purchase? Not because it wasn't a good deal but because of the amount of work it takes to deal with it?

I've been looking for a Snap-On KR537 to go on top of my KR557/547 combo.

So checking FB Marketplace I see a listing with only two bad pictures and the title "two tool box with tool". (First two pics below) $700

I spotted the 537 among the stuff, so immediately messaged the seller. They said they wouldn't be "back in town" until the next afternoon. So I asked them to let me be the first to see it and they said they would. Sure enough they messaged me about 4pm saying they were home if I still wanted to look, jetted over to their house expecting to see the stuff stacked in the garage like the pictures showed.

When I pulled up to the house I see a pickup truck completely packed to the gills with tool boxes, tools, and totes (full of tools). There was actually one more tool box than was shown in the FB pictures.

The only thing I really wanted was the KR537 (65th anniversary edition) but he absolutely refused to sell separate. The reason the stuff was in the truck was it all had belonged to the wife's father who had passed and they were clearing out the house which was 100 miles away ( where the FB pictures were taken ) for a sale closing.

I'm standing there looking at this metric ton of stuff knowing how much work was involved but seeing some good value besides the box I wanted. It was all strapped in and piled up so I really couldn't even see everything.

The clincher on the deal was that he offered to drive his truck to my house and help unload. OK Sold.

Darn it takes a long time to empty all the drawers, pull the drawers out to clean the slides, sort through and clean the tools, etc.

Anyway I'm a long way from finished but figured you guys were the only ones that could understand.

Five Tool Boxes

Snap-on KR-555 roll cab and Snap-on KR-550 top box

Snap-on KRH537SCGX 65th anniversary top box

Mac Tools MB505 side box

Unknown Heavy Truck Box (has an upside down Homak badge but I haven't had a chance to really inspect it. It's extremely heavy full of tools I don't even know what's inside yet.)

Some tool highlights. Bunch of heavy old USA pullers, Snap-on CJ2003 rear axle puller set, 12 USA 3/4 drive sockets, 23" Plomb breaker bar, 11 Snap-on deep 1/2 drive sockets and various Snap-on specialty tools, bunch of old air tools, just a bunch of stuff. Quite a few I can't identify yet.

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When I read about your Plomb 23 inch breaker bar I hurried to my garage and measured my 15 inch Plomb breaker bar and my 19 inch Proto breaker bar. Damn, I think I'm experiencing breaker bar envy! Now I have something new to search for at sales...

 

[Smokeshow69]

When I read about your Plomb 23 inch breaker bar I hurried to my garage and measured my 15 inch Plomb breaker bar and my 19 inch Proto breaker bar. Damn, I think I'm experiencing breaker bar envy! Now I have something new to search for at sales...

His hinge handle is the 3/4 version I believe...

 

[SuburbGuy]

His hinge handle is the 3/4 version I believe...

Both mine are 1/2 inch. Oh well.

 

[Old Radar]

I'm temporarily looking after my parents in the piney woods between Raleigh and Fayetteville, NC and living vicariously through everyone else's acquisitions.
Since I won't be leaving the house any time soon, I thought I would give a heads-up to any North Carolina GJ members about a couple of sales I spotted for this Saturday, 1 May.

This one just south of Raleigh has some interesting tools, including a Wilton Tradesman vise, Craftsman Radial Arm and 12" Band Saws along with several smaller CM power tools and a Block Grinder. I can't tell from the photo what the rated HP is but it looks like a 1/2hp. There are also a couple of CM 6500-type toolboxes full of hand tools but no detail of what brand/type tools they may contain.
https://www.estatesales.net/NC/Raleigh/27603/2838129

This one is an equipment auction and has a lot of military surplus--a pallet stacked with ammo cans labeled "Sockets" "Speed Handles" "Pliers" "Screwdrivers" "Miscellaneous"--the cans are closed so there's no telling if they contain the advertised items... A pallet of bench vises, several drill presses, Snap-on tools, metal storage cabinets, chain hoists, just a ****-load of interesting stuff--even a '49 Ford Coupe!
https://www.estatesales.net/NC/Broadway/27505/2842992

 

[AK4570]

I'm in good company here and so I'm sure you can all relate...

There you are, digging through the bucket of mostly ChiCom and Taiwan junk, when, deep in the dusty detritus, you see the long-looked-for shape. With trembling fingers, you dig it from its rusty resting place, turn it over... And groan. (See the first pic)

Ok, so I exaggerated the drama a bit, but it is quite disappointing to find that socket you've been seeking... then find that it's been effectively destroyed.

Ah well, onward and upward!

The rest of the day was fairly productive and I pulled the following for a total outlay of $9:

Oxwall 1/4 - 9/32 Combo (For CT's set)
Oxwall 7/32 - 15/64 Combo (For CT)
SK 40906 3/16 x 1/4
SK 40912 3/8 x 1/4
Plvmb 3035 3/4 - 11/16 DOE
Plvmb 5262 12" 3/ 8 Extension (second one in a week. This one was used as a punch at some point but will clean up just fine)
Plvmb 5461 5" 1/2 Extension
Plvmb 5428 7/8 x 1/2
Plvmb 5214 7/16 x 3/8 CB
Plvmb WF-30 9/16 x 3/8
Proto 5224 3/4 x 3/8
Proto 5210-H 5/16 x 3/8
Proto 5018-H 9/16 x 3/8 Deep
Proto 5217m 17mm
Proto 5219m 19mm
Proto 6916 PKM 1/2 x 1/4
Proto 9685 Long No. 2 Phillips Driver
Proto 9696 "Clutch Head" Driver
Plvmb "Pebble" 9682 No. 1 Phillips Driver
Plvmb 76-3/8 punch/chisel
Proto 5424 3/4 x 1/2 (x2)
Proto 5418-H 9/16 x 1/2
Proto 5254 1/2F - 3/8M Adapter
Proto 5217m 17mm (lost track…)
Proto 4710-S 5/16 8pt
Proto 5028 7/8 Deep
Proto 5020-H 5/8 Deep
Proto 5018-H 9/16 Deep
Proto 5014-H 7/16 Deep
SK 45159 1 1/2" 3/8 Extension
Firestone 3/8 x 3/8
Firestone 222 1/4 x 1/4

Best regards,
John

 

[Technologyteacher]

3 - swivel end air hose
1 - coil air hose
2 fixed casters
2 swivel casters
Lincoln air grease gun
Lock n lube grease coupler
Snap on stool
1/2 drum about 23 gal of shell rotella 15 W 40

 

[Technologyteacher]

And

2 - 3/8” 50’ hoses
2 - 1/2” 50’ hose

$60 for all

 

[Smokeshow69]

I'm in good company here and so I'm sure you can all relate...

There you are, digging through the bucket of mostly ChiCom and Taiwan junk, when, deep in the dusty detritus, you see the long-looked-for shape. With trembling fingers, you dig it from its rusty resting place, turn it over... And groan. (See the first pic)

Ok, so I exaggerated the drama a bit, but it is quite disappointing to find that socket you've been seeking... then find that it's been effectively destroyed.

Ah well, onward and upward!

The rest of the day was fairly productive and I pulled the following for a total outlay of $9:

Oxwall 1/4 - 9/32 Combo (For CT's set)
Oxwall 7/32 - 15/64 Combo (For CT)
SK 40906 3/16 x 1/4
SK 40912 3/8 x 1/4
Plvmb 3035 3/4 - 11/16 DOE
Plvmb 5262 12" 3/ 8 Extension (second one in a week. This one was used as a punch at some point but will clean up just fine)
Plvmb 5461 5" 1/2 Extension
Plvmb 5428 7/8 x 1/2
Plvmb 5214 7/16 x 3/8 CB
Plvmb WF-30 9/16 x 3/8
Proto 5224 3/4 x 3/8
Proto 5210-H 5/16 x 3/8
Proto 5018-H 9/16 x 3/8 Deep
Proto 5217m 17mm
Proto 5219m 19mm
Proto 6916 PKM 1/2 x 1/4
Proto 9685 Long No. 2 Phillips Driver
Proto 9696 "Clutch Head" Driver
Plvmb "Pebble" 9682 No. 1 Phillips Driver
Plvmb 76-3/8 punch/chisel
Proto 5424 3/4 x 1/2 (x2)
Proto 5418-H 9/16 x 1/2
Proto 5254 1/2F - 3/8M Adapter
Proto 5217m 17mm (lost track…)
Proto 4710-S 5/16 8pt
Proto 5028 7/8 Deep
Proto 5020-H 5/8 Deep
Proto 5018-H 9/16 Deep
Proto 5014-H 7/16 Deep
SK 45159 1 1/2" 3/8 Extension
Firestone 3/8 x 3/8
Firestone 222 1/4 x 1/4

Best regards,
John

Nice pull on that plomb driver! Not very easy to find, especially in phillips

 

[bmwrd0]

I went to a "tool and guy stuff" estate sale today, that was in an aircraft hanger subdivision. Which, if you haven't seen one of these is a normal house with a hanger attached to the back, which opens up to a subdivision runway! Pretty neat.

Anyway, the ad showed some nice Kennedy boxes, and if you blew the pics up you could see the very low prices. So, of course, I went. I was kinda hoping that the boxes sold already, as even though one of the ones shown is something I am looking for (a 526 to put under my lathe) I am in the middle of a shop clean-out, and don't really have time to deal with it right now. So, I arrived with enough money, but an hour or so after the sale started. And the Kennedys had already sold and been picked up. What was there when I arrived was priced all over the place, so good, some bad. For example, a nice US open screw vise was $30, while a cheap Chinese (and it said so on the side) vise was 150!

So, I looked around and found a few things. Sadly, what was there was mostly 80s Craftsman and Harbor Freight, but there were some gems in with the dross.


A Davis sextant. Plastic, but I had been halfway looking for one to teach myself on, and at $5 it seemed perfect. Got back home with it, and find it is highly regarded and not too cheap!


A Jorgensen bar clamp and set of Dunlap bits. The bits themselves are fairly rusty and one has a broken screw lead, but the pouch is nice and in good shape. $2 each.


They had a series of tubs filled with small things for $.25 each, so I went a little crazy picking out the good, interesting stuff; Duro and MAC sockets, three resisters that I thought were switches (all in one bag), Stanley dovetail saw, outdoor receptacle cover, Albrecht chuck, Channellock and Klein flush cutters (I didn't notice the Kleins had a bad tip), Bondhus ball driver, six-inch rule, Gillette safety razors, and a Dunlap feeler gauge. All of that for $3

I also was able to find a couple interesting books:

Sailing Theory and Practice and The Riggers Apprentice for a buck each. The Rigger book is especially interesting, as it covers basically every bit of rope and knotwork on a sailing vessel; how to splice, every knot used, special methods of rope work, truckers' knots, and so on. White Jacket is Herman Melville's account of sailing around the world in the 1850 Navy, and I picked that up in a local thrift store today for a few bucks.

All in all, a nice time.

 

[Old Radar]

Looks like you're missing the eye piece for your sextant, Beemer. As a Navigator, I'm drawn to the tools of my trade, although I used a periscopic sextant (to poke through the skin of the airplane) vs. your version which looks like a ship's sextant. Overall, a pretty nautical day for you. Have fun exploring the heavens!

 

[bmwrd0]

It's definitely a ship's sextant, and I was initially bummed that it was missing the eyepiece. But upon watching a few review videos of it, the consensus is to get rid of it and just sight through the rings. I am guessing that it isn't magnifying or lensed at all, and serves as a blinder more than anything.

But, I got it just to play around with celestial navigation and it will more than work for that.

 

[LesserSon]

Ah, White Jacket...a good pairing with Two Years Before the Mast (Dana, as I’m sure you know). As is Billy Budd. I plowed through Melville a few years ago, as far as I know, reading all his novels and most of his short stories, essays and poems. Admittedly, I skipped significant portions of Mardi (possibly all of it) and Pierre, and simply ran aground on the shoals of Confidence Man.
I tried dissuading a friend from attempting Moby **** in isolation. At minimum, I suggest reading Typee beforehand, and Redburn and White Jacket on either side of that, if time allows. He would not be swerved. So I sent him a list of chapters to avoid, to best streamline the plot. He perversely read ONLY the chapters I told him to skip, and then said he couldn’t make out any plot at all. DUH.

 

[bmwrd0]

Heh. Funnily enough, Confidence Man is probably my favorite. But I read it when I was involved with a woman who was getting her Ph.D. in postmodernism. I had a pretty skewed perspective for a while.

Moby **** is like McCarthy*, in that when you actually let it wash over you, there is no boring passage, just ones of greater or lesser intensity.

*I put it like that as Cormac was my gateway into an adult reading of Moby ****.

 

[GeoBruin]

I went to a "tool and guy stuff" estate sale today, that was in an aircraft hanger subdivision. Which, if you haven't seen one of these is a normal house with a hanger attached to the back, which opens up to a subdivision runway! Pretty neat.



Anyway, the ad showed some nice Kennedy boxes, and if you blew the pics up you could see the very low prices. So, of course, I went. I was kinda hoping that the boxes sold already, as even though one of the ones shown is something I am looking for (a 526 to put under my lathe) I am in the middle of a shop clean-out, and don't really have time to deal with it right now. So, I arrived with enough money, but an hour or so after the sale started. And the Kennedys had already sold and been picked up. What was there when I arrived was priced all over the place, so good, some bad. For example, a nice US open screw vise was $30, while a cheap Chinese (and it said so on the side) vise was 150!



So, I looked around and found a few things. Sadly, what was there was mostly 80s Craftsman and Harbor Freight, but there were some gems in with the dross.





A Davis sextant. Plastic, but I had been halfway looking for one to teach myself on, and at $5 it seemed perfect. Got back home with it, and find it is highly regarded and not too cheap!





A Jorgensen bar clamp and set of Dunlap bits. The bits themselves are fairly rusty and one has a broken screw lead, but the pouch is nice and in good shape. $2 each.





They had a series of tubs filled with small things for $.25 each, so I went a little crazy picking out the good, interesting stuff; Duro and MAC sockets, three resisters that I thought were switches (all in one bag), Stanley dovetail saw, outdoor receptacle cover, Albrecht chuck, Channellock and Klein flush cutters (I didn't notice the Kleins had a bad tip), Bondhus ball driver, six-inch rule, Gillette safety razors, and a Dunlap feeler gauge. All of that for $3



I also was able to find a couple interesting books:



Sailing Theory and Practice and The Riggers Apprentice for a buck each. The Rigger book is especially interesting, as it covers basically every bit of rope and knotwork on a sailing vessel; how to splice, every knot used, special methods of rope work, truckers' knots, and so on. White Jacket is Herman Melville's account of sailing around the world in the 1850 Navy, and I picked that up in a local thrift store today for a few bucks.



All in all, a nice time.

Check out the Ashley Book of Knots. Its worth having as a coffee table book even if you're not into ropes and rigging but it's actually a valuable reference resource as well. I first sought it out while reading a book called "On Rope" while trying to fing the strongest way to stitch two pieces of tubular webbing together. The ABOK reference was then unknown to me but I have come to see it referenced constantly by riggers, climbers, and members of the International Guild of Knot Tyers.

 

[Provincial]

I went to the airpark estate sale that bmw posted about, but got there ahead of opening. There was a big crowd waiting, and when they opened the door, it was like the Oklahoma Land Rush!

I went for the side room with the tools, and found that many things were packaged in ziplock bags so you had to take the junk with the good That said, I found enough good stuff to make it worthwhile.

It was sort of disappointing, in that there were only six pieces of Plomb and only two pieces of Proto LA.

The first photo is the whole lot. Notice that the Plomb spinner and extension are zip-tied to a cheap basin wrench and imported brake spring tool! I had pulled everything out of the bags at this point, so you don't see how mixed-up the lots were.

The second photo is auto body stuff:
4 dollies that seem identical to my crowntop Craftsman dollies.
Small Blue Point body hammer. I was distracted by the octagon handle!
Large unmarked body hammer, seems of good quality
Green fiberglass-handled body hammer. Perhaps ancestor to Martin?
Slide hammer "dent puller."

Third photo is the books:
Aircraft Sheet Metal Work by C.A. LeMaster 1944
A&P Technician Airframe Textbook (for my son, who is working on aircraft at his college flying club)

Fourth photo is various stuff:
1/4 dr. socket rack (from the 25 cent box)
5/8" diameter knurled handle, perhaps for a jack. (from the 25 cent box)
1"x2-1/2"x11-7/8" aluminum bar
4" magnetic bit holder
Thread wire set, Microtool U.S.A.
Leatherman tool with holster

Fifth photo is the collectable sockets and drive tools:
Plomb WF-23 3/8 spinner
Plomb WF-18 3/8 8" extension
Plomb WF-31 5/8 12-pt, 3/8 dr
Plomb WF-7 9/32 dr. hinge handle
Plomb WF-4 9/32 dr. 2" extension (2 each)
Snap-On M-10 5/16 6-pt. 9/32 dr.
Williams M-12 3/8 12-pt. 9/32 dr.
Indestro *11-16* 6-pt. 1/2 dr.
Duro Chrome 1618 9/16 12-pt. 1/2 dr
Duro Chrome 1628 7/8 12-pt. 1/2 dr
Unmarked 15/16 12-pt. 1/2 dr. (this is nearly identical to the Plomb WF-version, with very similar broaching and the retention hole. The retention hole is slightly smaller on this socket, but everything is so similar that they must have been made to the same government specification. I have a 3/4 socket that is just like it)
Williams ST1232 1" 12-pt. 1/2 dr
Wright MU-55 5/8 12-pt. Swivel 3/8 dr
Wright MU-56 11/16 12-pt. Swivel 3/8 dr
Wright MU-57 3/4 12-pt. Swivel 3/8 dr
Proto LA 7214-H 7/16 6-pt. 3/8 dr
Snap-On TM-16 1/2 6-pt. 1/4 dr

Photo #6 Other sockets and drive tools:
Japan 3/8 dr 10" extension
Thorsen USA 7mm 6-pt. 3/8 dr
Thorsen USA 9 mm 6-pt. 3/8 dr
Import Impact 6-pt. sockets:
5/16 3/8 dr. (I need this to replace one that didn't come back from loaning it out)
11/16 3/8 dr.
3/4 3/8 dr.
1/2 1/2 dr.
Evercraft 9/16 6-pt. swivel 3/8 dr.
Craftsman:
5/16 bit socket, 1/4 dr
10mm 12-pt. 3/8 dr
11mm 6-pt. 3/8 dr
12mm 6-pt. 3/8 dr
13mm 12-pt. 3/8 dr
T55 3/8 dr
Husky 1/4 ratchet

Photo #8 is the wrenches:
Proto LA 3332 Obstruction DOE 1/2
Proto USA 3322 Obstruction DOE 11/32
Williams 1124 Obstruction DOE 3/8
Cornwell 21 Obstruction DOE 11/32 x 3/8
Bonney E24 Ign. DOE 9/32 x 5/16
Bonney E14 Ign. DOE 13/64 x 15/64
Snap-On OXI Ign. Combo 11/32 6-pt.
Proto USA 1206-E Combo 3/16
Craftsman =VV= 42912 Combo 8mm
Craftsman =VV= 42913 Combo 9mm
Gearwrench Ratcheting Combo 5/16
Drop Forged Made IN USA DOE 5/16 x 11/32
PowerKraft USA DOE 10mm x 11mm
S-K Lectrolite O-810 DOE 1/4 x 5/16
Cox Model Airplane Motor multi-wrench

Craftsman Ignition Wrench Set
with some duplicates
and a couple of Dunlap ignition wrenches

One item I thought too long about was 1x42 belt sander that was missing the work table for $20.00. It was powered by a 1/2 hp craftsman 1750 rpm double-end motor, which I should have bought to make into a flex-wheel polisher. By the time I went back for it, it was gone.

By the way bmw gets a **** for the Albrecht chuck, which was a steal for a quarter!

 

[LesserSon]

...there is no boring passage.

I agree. My chapters-to-skip list is those that do not directly advance the plot, not a commentary on their importance or quality. They tend toward digressive encyclopaedic musings, involving few or no characters.
(I have often thought Melville would have appreciated hypertext as a tool for embedding such material.)

For any who care to hunt Moby-**** for a STORY, belay ye chapters 1,32-35,37-46,54-60,62,63,65,67-69,88-90,92,96-99,101-107,112.

Or (if ye be like my friend) READ ye chapters 2-31,36,47-53,61,64,66,70-87,91,93-95,100,108-111,113-end.

Reading the plot chapters enables you to participate in almost any casual discussion of the book. If you want a taste of the non-plot chapters (maybe I should call them parenthetical chapters), read chapter 42. There’s enough there to mount a deeper discussion, and one of the longest correctly-punctuated sentences you are likely to ever encounter.
*My notes are for the American edition. I am not familiar enough with the British edition to know if the chapter numbers agree.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

*I put it like that as Cormac was my gateway into an adult reading of Moby ****.

Prior to the movie versions of The Road and No Country for Old Men, the novel Blood Meridian was usually the work that most people cite as their introduction, but I was always more of a Suttree guy myself. Sometimes it seems like a whole 'nother lifetime ago.

/ End of Literary Tangent /

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Windy, blossomy trip to the flea market this morning (Lugz 2021_29) yielded Seymour Heinie pruning shears, a Disston hole saw (hoping LS can save me some research time on dating it by looking at the medallion...), hard-to-find GMTK-spec but prewar Duro-Chrome DBE wrench, a partial set of "roofline" Barcalo wrenches, and a couple orphans I may or may not need.

 

[Unruh]

Had the opportunity to pick a small collection of old hand planes and other various tools yesterday. The seller is a general contractor in his 70s who just picked these tools up as he came across them over his career. Decided he wants to downsize a bit. Lucky me. :0) I found some really nice keepers. Keen Kutter K7 jointer plane, Stanley 45 combo plane, Stanley No 0 & No 104 Sweetheart era cherry wood levels, 5 boxes of Stanley combo plane cutters plus one empty box, an early Stanley No 79 side rabbet plane (minus the fence), Stanley No 5-½ plane (Type 11, later lever cap), Stanley Bedrock 605-½ (Type 3), early Stanley No 71 router plane (Type 4), Stanley No 93 1" rabbet plane, Sargent 8" bevel gauge w/ Pat Oct 29 07, Bedrock 603 (Type 6), Bailey No 3 (Type 9), Bailey No 4 (Type 9), Miller Falls No 07B skew plane, Stanley No 64 spokeshave and an unknown model Bailey spokeshave (with a 1858 date?). Both spokeshaves have Sweetheart irons. In the box are parts for the combo plane plus a Stanley Rule & Level Co handbook for their combination planes (1975 reprint), box of Stanley 1-5/8" block plane irons a spare 1-3/8" block plane iron. The seller threw in free a brass No 1 Odd Jobs tool (think it's a remake, Garrett Wade?) and the Miller Falls No 07 skew plane. Not a bad day.

All those planes are amazing! I’ve been looking for a router plane for a bit and haven’t had any luck. Great find!

 

[bmwrd0]

Very nice, Lugz. And while Suttree is at turns both wildly humorous and debilitatingly heartbreaking, Blood Meridian is a grim beast of a novel that, like Moby ****, leaves a man changed and more aware of the world and its forces by dint of coming through that august work.

It almost reaches the great vague specificity of Conrad at his most inward.

And now I'll stop.

 

[LesserSon]

1940-1955 from what I can see, Lugz. There’d be a chance of shaving it down to pre- or post- 1947 if it were a full-size handsaw, but it’s not.

 

[Smokeshow69]

I went to the airpark estate sale that bmw posted about, but got there ahead of opening. There was a big crowd waiting, and when they opened the door, it was like the Oklahoma Land Rush!

I went for the side room with the tools, and found that many things were packaged in ziplock bags so you had to take the junk with the good That said, I found enough good stuff to make it worthwhile.

It was sort of disappointing, in that there were only six pieces of Plomb and only two pieces of Proto LA.

The first photo is the whole lot. Notice that the Plomb spinner and extension are zip-tied to a cheap basin wrench and imported brake spring tool! I had pulled everything out of the bags at this point, so you don't see how mixed-up the lots were.

The second photo is auto body stuff:
4 dollies that seem identical to my crowntop Craftsman dollies.
Small Blue Point body hammer. I was distracted by the octagon handle!
Large unmarked body hammer, seems of good quality
Green fiberglass-handled body hammer. Perhaps ancestor to Martin?
Slide hammer "dent puller."

Third photo is the books:
Aircraft Sheet Metal Work by C.A. LeMaster 1944
A&P Technician Airframe Textbook (for my son, who is working on aircraft at his college flying club)

Fourth photo is various stuff:
1/4 dr. socket rack (from the 25 cent box)
5/8" diameter knurled handle, perhaps for a jack. (from the 25 cent box)
1"x2-1/2"x11-7/8" aluminum bar
4" magnetic bit holder
Thread wire set, Microtool U.S.A.
Leatherman tool with holster

Fifth photo is the collectable sockets and drive tools:
Plomb WF-23 3/8 spinner
Plomb WF-18 3/8 8" extension
Plomb WF-31 5/8 12-pt, 3/8 dr
Plomb WF-7 9/32 dr. hinge handle
Plomb WF-4 9/32 dr. 2" extension (2 each)
Snap-On M-10 5/16 6-pt. 9/32 dr.
Williams M-12 3/8 12-pt. 9/32 dr.
Indestro *11-16* 6-pt. 1/2 dr.
Duro Chrome 1618 9/16 12-pt. 1/2 dr
Duro Chrome 1628 7/8 12-pt. 1/2 dr
Unmarked 15/16 12-pt. 1/2 dr. (this is nearly identical to the Plomb WF-version, with very similar broaching and the retention hole. The retention hole is slightly smaller on this socket, but everything is so similar that they must have been made to the same government specification. I have a 3/4 socket that is just like it)
Williams ST1232 1" 12-pt. 1/2 dr
Wright MU-55 5/8 12-pt. Swivel 3/8 dr
Wright MU-56 11/16 12-pt. Swivel 3/8 dr
Wright MU-57 3/4 12-pt. Swivel 3/8 dr
Proto LA 7214-H 7/16 6-pt. 3/8 dr
Snap-On TM-16 1/2 6-pt. 1/4 dr

Photo #6 Other sockets and drive tools:
Japan 3/8 dr 10" extension
Thorsen USA 7mm 6-pt. 3/8 dr
Thorsen USA 9 mm 6-pt. 3/8 dr
Import Impact 6-pt. sockets:
5/16 3/8 dr. (I need this to replace one that didn't come back from loaning it out)
11/16 3/8 dr.
3/4 3/8 dr.
1/2 1/2 dr.
Evercraft 9/16 6-pt. swivel 3/8 dr.
Craftsman:
5/16 bit socket, 1/4 dr
10mm 12-pt. 3/8 dr
11mm 6-pt. 3/8 dr
12mm 6-pt. 3/8 dr
13mm 12-pt. 3/8 dr
T55 3/8 dr
Husky 1/4 ratchet

Photo #8 is the wrenches:
Proto LA 3332 Obstruction DOE 1/2
Proto USA 3322 Obstruction DOE 11/32
Williams 1124 Obstruction DOE 3/8
Cornwell 21 Obstruction DOE 11/32 x 3/8
Bonney E24 Ign. DOE 9/32 x 5/16
Bonney E14 Ign. DOE 13/64 x 15/64
Snap-On OXI Ign. Combo 11/32 6-pt.
Proto USA 1206-E Combo 3/16
Craftsman =VV= 42912 Combo 8mm
Craftsman =VV= 42913 Combo 9mm
Gearwrench Ratcheting Combo 5/16
Drop Forged Made IN USA DOE 5/16 x 11/32
PowerKraft USA DOE 10mm x 11mm
S-K Lectrolite O-810 DOE 1/4 x 5/16
Cox Model Airplane Motor multi-wrench

Craftsman Ignition Wrench Set
with some duplicates
and a couple of Dunlap ignition wrenches

One item I thought too long about was 1x42 belt sander that was missing the work table for $20.00. It was powered by a 1/2 hp craftsman 1750 rpm double-end motor, which I should have bought to make into a flex-wheel polisher. By the time I went back for it, it was gone.

By the way bmw gets a **** for the Albrecht chuck, which was a steal for a quarter!

Nice haul! In regards to your body dollies, those are 80's craftsman dollies. They were that green color. Also I believe that fiberglass hammer is craftsman as well! You made a heck of a haul.

 

[damon18]

First garage sale I’ve sought out tools at. Found these 4 Williams Superrench combination wrenches at $1 a piece. Left a lot behind but felt good with these as a start.

One dollar Superrench's deserve a You **** for sure.

 

[damon18]

Damon, that is a heck of a deal. And, if I may be so bold, could put you in the running for Picker of the Year! Not only did you get a great deal on some truly outstanding stuff, but you even had it delivered! Outstanding! And, of course, as you so beautifully put it, you guys were the only ones that could understand.

The sign of a true and holy garage sale picker!

Humbled by your kind words. This was one of those "Even a blind hog finds and acorn every once in a while."