2021 Garage Sale Thread

[Levaughn]

Levaughn, is there a W next to the part #? I would bet anything that it is a Whitworth sized wrench.

Here is the other side;

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Not sure where I got Lima, O. from. Just a goof. My guess is that is a very early example you found! Before they branded it the Any Angle Wrench. There's no patent date on it, either.

 

[RedVise]

Yeah, those are the older style Snap On Ignition Tune Up Kit pliers. Nice find.

Thanks !!!

 

[Outlawmws]

So Lugz, you memory ISN'T Failing...


I went digging through some of the weird examples of wrenches I have, and lo and behold what do I find" ANOTHER Any Angle adn this one has the name, Patent, AND Lima O.!


I agree today's find is an early one. the design changed quite a bit while retaining the essentials of the concept:

Some of the others ferreted out while digging:

Lugz I'll post these in the OOF thread.

 

[bmwrd0]

Smokeshow neglected to mention that he and I met up at the swap, although he got there earlier than I did, and made the best of the time. But, I still found a few things - Wright and Vlchek ratchets along with a Thorsen 1/4 box and a hex flex! for $3 and a MAC 5/16 combo for a buck. After that, I headed over to a tool sale that Smoke mentioned, which didn't have much in the way of mechanics tools, but I managed to scrounge up this SK Wayne 1/4 set, along with a Proto Phillips socket, for $10. After that I headed home, stopping at a few disappointing sales along the way. But I did see signs for an estate sale TOO, so I swung by.

Now, our New Jersey and Pennsylvanian members should know what I mean by saying the people having the sale were very "Piney" in the old sense of the term. Junk and tools everywhere in equal proportions, beat-up trailers and shipping container shops, and I overheard talk of being part of an earthmover company. But, the people were nice and I managed to find an old but interesting 4-way wrench. Another fine day hunting for rusty gold.

 

[freudianfloyd]

Finally after a too long drought if yard saling, I have something to post in this thread.

The nearby lake community had their yardsales this weekend. My dad and I went Friday evening, and I picked up a few things.

1. Homelite 360 Chainsaw - $20
2. A few galvanized steel buckets and a mud mixer for $5
3. Mt Dew Mini Fridge - $5

When you go to their community yardsales, they give you a map with addresses and a basic list of what is at each sale.

One sale had the magic word.....Snap on, Mac, Craftsman. Unfortunately, or more likely fortunately they were not open, so we made it a point to go there first thing today. Passing about 20 other sales to get there, we pull in and the garage is closed. We spotted a guy walking around and he said it didn't start until 9, but it was 8:30. My dad asked if we could look anyway, and he said sure.

Holy cow, I should've withdrawn more money....

I picked up the following:
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I paid a total of $80 for all that was pictured and I DID NOT haggle. They had their prices listed and I paid what they were asking.

We then hit up the ones we passed on the way and I picked up...
1. Stihl BR420C Magnum backpack blower for $40
2. Homelite VI Super Chainsaw for $5
3. Kobalt 7 1/4 sliding compound miter saw for $10.
4. Stihl BG86 blower for $20.
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And last week I picked up this ultrasonic cleaner for $3.
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Needless to say, I was a happy man today.

 

[freudianfloyd]

Forgot a few things from the $80 purchase. Snap On PH2 screwdriver, Snap On pliers, and Matco Allen head socket set.
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[bmwrd0]

And Floyd in for the kill!

Great finds and incredible prices.

 

[mikeinri]

I had an awesome day, froze a little, but got out on the water.

What YOU GUYS have been doing, however, is ridiculous. ****, ****, **** doesn't begin to describe what I'm seeing here...

Great job, guys!

Mike

 

[AK4570]

Wow, Floyd! Lowering the barometric pressure in your locale considerably!

V/r,
John

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[LesserSon]

Here is the other side;

Maybe this will help. As if Whitworth isn’t confusing enough, Bonney used two different numbering systems for their Whitworth combos at different times.
1957:

1950:

 

[3baygarage]

Floyd gets a YOU ****! Quite a haul.


P&C lug wrench Not sure what you paid BMW, but I believe you deserve a YOU ****!

 

[freudianfloyd]

Floyd gets a YOU ****! Quite a haul.


P&C lug wrench Not sure what you paid BMW, but I believe you deserve a YOU ****!

Thanks guys. I had a lucky weekend for sure. I wish I had more cash on me, he was letting full sockets sets go for $20 up to $100 complete. They were a bit rough but still great deals. Just didn't want to spend all my cash so early in the day. We went back later, but it was all gone.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Smokeshow neglected to mention that he and I met up at the swap, although he got there earlier than I did, and made the best of the time. But, I still found a few things - Wright and Vlchek ratchets along with a Thorsen 1/4 box and a hex flex! for $3 and a MAC 5/16 combo for a buck. After that, I headed over to a tool sale that Smoke mentioned, which didn't have much in the way of mechanics tools, but I managed to scrounge up this SK Wayne 1/4 set, along with a Proto Phillips socket, for $10. After that I headed home, stopping at a few disappointing sales along the way. But I did see signs for an estate sale TOO, so I swung by.

Now, our New Jersey and Pennsylvanian members should know what I mean by saying the people having the sale were very "Piney" in the old sense of the term. Junk and tools everywhere in equal proportions, beat-up trailers and shipping container shops, and I overheard talk of being part of an earthmover company. But, the people were nice and I managed to find an old but interesting 4-way wrench. Another fine day hunting for rusty gold.

Sorry for the lack of mention In my rusty gold induced zeal to get my finds posted I neglected to mention my picking partner But looks like you killed it at that stop after we split! Nice work on the sk and p&c 4 way!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Thanks guys. I had a lucky weekend for sure. I wish I had more cash on me, he was letting full sockets sets go for $20 up to $100 complete. They were a bit rough but still great deals. Just didn't want to spend all my cash so early in the day. We went back later, but it was all gone.

I thought my snappy finds where a good deal but you crushed it! You **** doesn't even begin to cover it

 

[Old Radar]

Sitting here this evening letting everyone's finds wash over me. I'm proud of you all.

But Floyd--Snap-on & MAC aside--$95 for all the gas powered equipment and the CMS!!! That's going to leave one heck of a painful hicky!! Do they all work?

 

[freudianfloyd]

Sitting here this evening letting everyone's finds wash over me. I'm proud of you all.

But Floyd--Snap-on & MAC aside--$95 for all the gas powered equipment and the CMS!!! That's going to leave one heck of a painful hicky!! Do they all work?

I honestly have not tried to start either saw, but I flip saws as a hobby, so im not too worried about getting them running. I did have the hand held blower running. And the backpack blower needs some carb work, but looks good other than that.

 

[AK4570]

I had just mentioned to Don yesterday via PM that I never seem to find Plvmb cases in the wild... maybe I need to start telling folks that every time I head out!

Today's pull:

Starrett 1 X 5 1/2 nippers (marked patent pending so quite early)
Plvmb 5495 box for 1/2" set (empty... but I've got almost a complete set ready to drop in)
Plvmb 8180 offset DBE 3/8 - 7/16
Plvmb 5432 1 x 1/2
Plvmb 5418 9/16 x 1/2
Plvmb 5340 1/2 x 1/2 Deep
Plvmb 5020SP 5/8 x 3/8 Deep
Proto LA 5266-PH Pin Handle
Proto 4760 1/4 x 3" Extension
Proto 5421 21/32 x 1/2
Proto 5420 5/8 x 1/2
Proto 5416-H 1/2 x 1/2 Hex
Proto 5218 9/16 x 3/8
Proto 5009m 9mm Deep (x2)
Proto 1208-L 1/4 Combo Wrench
Proto 9682 No. 1 Phillips Driver
Proto 9631 Flat Driver
Proto 47 - 3/8x3/16 Punch
Duro Chrome 4408H 1/4 x 3/8
SK Wayne 40912 3/8 x 1/4
SK Wayne 40909 9/32 x 1/4
SK Wayne 40900 5/16 8pt
SK (Diamond) 40181 Speeder (completes my 1/2 Drive SK Set)
Williams 1/4F - 3/8M Adapter
Unknown 6 x 7 x 1 1/2" Drill box (grabbed to carry the double-handful of sockets I was making off with)

The Plvmb box is in great shape with approx. 80% paint retained and only a single spot weld popped on an internal divider... Couldn't pass it up and the spiderweb-filled interior assisted me in my negotiations with the antique shop proprietor.

Total: $22

 

[d42jeep]

After seeing everyone else’s haul, I feel like my pickings were pretty slim. At least prices were reasonable. At the first stop in San Leandro, CA I found a bunch of Craftsman chisels and punches along with a few pieces of brands I collect. The large rusty groove pliers are Blue Point. The second sale was in Hayward and the only really interesting tool was what I think was a wartime S-K 3/4” drive extension. The odd thing about it was the two retaining balls on the male end.
-Don

 

[c1504]

Hit just one sale today and did ended up with a lot. The guy was cleaning out his hoarder father-in-law’s stuff and was to the point he was just wanting everything gone. I gave $30 for all the tools and $15 for the extinguisher

Pic 1:
7 proto mfd and professional drivers
3 proto la drivers
2 Proto chisels and a screw extractor
Proto la combo
Proto deep socket
3 Plomb drivers
2 Plomb does
Penens doe
2 challenger does

Pic 2:
4 P&c sockets
P&c extension
3 P&c does and 4 combos
P&c punch and chisel
Blackhawk ratchet and socket
Sk doe
3 sk sockets
Sk diamond ratchet

Pic 3:
Billings box
3 billings does
4 walden sockets
Walden el handle
Bonney socket
Tiny bonney dbe
Wright socket
Armstrong dbe
New britain punch
New britain combo
New britain screwdriver socket

Pic 4:
All duro/indestro stuff

Pic 5:
Snap on sockets
Snap on driver
Snap on ratchet missing guts
Blue point pry bar
Blue point driver
Craftsman sockets, long c and =v=
Craftsman vv dbe
Craftsman early v does
Craftsman -v- saltus
Craftsman chrome vanadium doe
Craftsman long c extenstion
2 starrett items

 

[c1504]

Cont.
Pics 6 and 7
A bunch of random stuff including powerkraft, stanley, britool, xcelite, dimalloy, williams, vlchek, barcalo, cornwell, a brass fire hose spanner, a dayton lamp, a mossberg socket set wood box, a socket set box with no name

Pic 8:
Sk box that is pretty straight but has no handle and a rough logo

Pic 9:
A cool old fire extinguisher

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[c1504]

Trying again on a couple pics. Not sure why they aren't showing in the previous post

 

[d42jeep]

Nice haul! A couple of the tools pictured with the Duro box may be original to it. Here is a complete wartime set. The sockets are all D-I. The 7/16” socket is actually 1/2” drive despite the typo in the NAF catalog.
-Don

 

[Levaughn]

Maybe this will help. As if Whitworth isn’t confusing enough, Bonney used two different numbering systems for their Whitworth combos at different times.
1957:

1950:

Thanks for the information!

 

[bmwrd0]

Nice hauls everyone, and C1504, you should be able to pick up an old, leather handled doner box to replace the missing handle, which should look like this:


I believe it is 6" on center for the handle but may not remember correctly.

 

[LesserSon]

Jake’s flea was PACKED today!
LesserDaughter3 actually got up in time to accompany me, wound up buying a handful of DVDs. Under her watchful eye I made my rounds, investing approx $45 in rust. Just before we headed home, we had the pleasure introducing ourselves in person to Rickster, whom I’ve seen there before, but didn’t connect to GS at the time.
Lovely day. The miscellency of today’s purchases is partly, though not mostly, the result of a cardboard box I was pawing through, picking and debating, when the seller said, “You can have the whole box for $10.” There were many things I wouldn’t normally buy, but... Sold!
I guess my top three favorites today were Vacuum Grip long/thin nosed pliers, Mephisto No52 pliers, Winchester screwdriver. The heaviest is the hand-cranked Rairoad Tool Grinder, which needs a new crank lever and toolrest. I bought it hoping it will encourage me to get rid of two smaller crank wheels, in need if even more parts. The one thing I looked for and didn’t find was a 5/16” 24 NF tap plug, which seems to be the thread on 12” Utica adjustible wrench pins.

 

[Outlawmws]

Wow, LS - seems to be lot of pent up buying AND selling at Jakes!

For the 5/16-24 tap for a plug; you can grind back a taper for that if you have a spare.

 

[LesserSon]

Yes. I don’t, and I could probably use a taper as is for what I want if I had one. And it’s not a necessity.

There’s a recurring question about these looped-steel screwdrivers - who made them? I think we’ve said they are sewing machine tools. Today I got one that confirms it: SIMANCO 25537.
I would guess the further back you go, the more ornamental they would look.

Also something Our Founder might like.

 

[Outlawmws]

That Yale looks like it would work as a church Key.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Now, our New Jersey and Pennsylvanian members should know what I mean by saying the people having the sale were very "Piney" in the old sense of the term.

Unfortunately, it has been turned primarily into a term of derision these days, synonymous with hick or redneck or bumpkin, but worse in these parts. You guys remember the saga of my third flea market, on Rt 70, in Lakewood in Ocean County, which was closed last year and will be a condominium complex soon. It is right on the northern edge of the Pine Barrens (as is Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, my duty station) and the sellers and buyers were a very strange and interesting mix of Orthodox Jews, Hispanics and Pineys. People who get their only view of New Jersey from television, the airport, or the window of their car on the turnpike passing through are shocked to learn that NJ has 39% forest cover, which is MORE than Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, and many other states that you wouldn't think would be the case, but it's a fact. Most of that is the Pine Barrens. During the Revolutionary War, irregulars would barge materials all the way from the coast to Philadelphia through a network of bogs and creeks with little to no portaging. Subject of John McPhee's first well-known book (1968).

Mephisto No52 pliers, Winchester screwdriver....[ ]...There’s a recurring question about these looped-steel screwdrivers - who made them? I think we’ve said they are sewing machine tools. Today I got one that confirms it: SIMANCO 25537.

Nice finds! Please post close-ups on their respective threads. All three topics are included in the Sticky Index.

 

[Shelbylex]

Guys, confess: Who picked up Snap On K60 from CT? ...I was second in line

...I should have asked a guy if he had anything left in the storage when I bought K200 from him a while ago (he had a newer box on top which I already had in the ad...)

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Got these today from an Estate Sale. They told me $5 for everything. I feel it’s a great deal because there is lots of wartime Craftsman and Snap-on in here, also some modern Mac. Looking forward to cleaning it up and putting it in the collection. Few China and Taiwan things but for $5 it was well worth it. Trying to think of a way to clean them up without scratching them all up.


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[Outlawmws]

Evaporust unless they are black oxide, then fine wire wheel, with a light polishing motion, or oil and 0000 steel wool.

 

[AK4570]

One I missed from yesterday's report...

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[ForrestT]

Favorite find of the weekend. Herbrand pliers made for Ford. They’re old. The cross pin connector is peined either riveted or smith forged. $2. Cleaned up well.


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[bmwrd0]

Unfortunately, it has been turned primarily into a term of derision these days, synonymous with hick or redneck or bumpkin, but worse in these parts. You guys remember the saga of my third flea market, on Rt 70, in Lakewood in Ocean County, which was closed last year and will be a condominium complex soon. It is right on the northern edge of the Pine Barrens (as is Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, my duty station) and the sellers and buyers were a very strange and interesting mix of Orthodox Jews, Hispanics and Pineys. People who get their only view of New Jersey from television, the airport, or the window of their car on the turnpike passing through are shocked to learn that NJ has 39% forest cover, which is MORE than Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, and many other states that you wouldn't think would be the case, but it's a fact. Most of that is the Pine Barrens. During the Revolutionary War, irregulars would barge materials all the way from the coast to Philadelphia through a network of bogs and creeks with little to no portaging. Subject of John McPhee's first well-known book (1968).

I figured that either you or LS would know what I meant by using the term. And if I remember correctly, NJ has both the highest density and the lowest density in the contiguous 48 states, depending on what county you are in. Also, only one corner of Oregon is densely forested, indeed much of the state is high desert.

And McPhee's first book was about an NJ resident, but certainly not a Piney.
(And yes, I know you said bestselling.)

 

[dodge610]

Nice hauls everyone, and C1504, you should be able to pick up an old, leather handled doner box to replace the missing handle, which should look like this:


I believe it is 6" on center for the handle but may not remember correctly.

Just picked one up like that last week leather handle on mine decent shape


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[Davefr]

Finally looks like sales are getting going.

Pile of SK and SO sockets $15, watchmakers punch staking set $2, misc pliers, pruners, diamond wench $1/ea. Incomplete pin punch set but the round wood case is cool $2. I've never heard of H-P Tools???

Cadillac car wax + misc. jugs of cleaners, solvents, etc - free pile.

Vintage 8 track tape deck in mint condition with remote control. Couldn't resist at $20.

 

[BlueBomber]

Good haul! Mickey Thompsons are my favorite valve covers ever!

Thanks! I already flipped them on Ebay for more than I paid for the whole haul.

 

[ecotec]

I have barely been to any garage or estate sales in the last year and a half...

I got these four things, on Saturday, for a dollar. It is all Williams USA.