2021 Garage Sale Thread

[RTM]

Aw, rats!
When RTM said “frame” I wondered whether editing a post would now change the content of a quote from it. Ran into “Oops! You have reached the maximum number of edits in a 24-hr period” error…So I don’t know the answer, AND I’m going to have to reign in my typical “post first, proof read later” habits.

yes you can, and yes I did run into that same limit. Seems like the edit # is at least ten, maybe more. Tried to fix all my excessively large images. Got through this thread at least.

I also shrank down pics in stuff I quoted, and appeared to have full access to the text

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Going to visit my mom (94!) in Pennsy today. Usually I would wait until later this evening to post my flea finds. Stopped for joe. Trying from my phone for the first time ever. Small haul (Lugz 2021_34). The artists' portfolio for K4D2. She's producing alot of projects now in her third yr of college and keeps handling them haphazardly. The loupe and folding mirror are the other practical purchases. PRVTV MFD half moon for the half moon collection. Not yet sure who made the DBE obstruction wrench. The auto-kit type Indestro is a size I need for my partial set. Resistance-is-futile vintage pocket shop guide. The grand prize is the spring handled update to my 'No, not THAT U.S.M.C.' thread!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Oh man that was WAY TOO EASY. My post count is going to sky rocket now.

 

[bmwrd0]

And my work here is done...

/jk

 

[mikeinri]

First time ever from your phone??? Wow. I can't remember the last time I posted from my computer.

Mike

 

[c1504]

I had to share this. I got to a tool sale a bit late over the weekend and the basement was packed with the tool guy crowd. I let it rest and checked out the kitchen, I like looking there also when the tools have to wait. This Pyrex was in the cabinet above the stove prob since the 1970's. Its a good one and ran it to my car after the 20 bucks changed hands. It has many decades of grease on it but will clean up nicely.
I did get some good tools but this blows them all away.
I will post a few tools from the sale when I get pics.

That is so cool

 

[Private Lugnutz]

First time ever from your phone???

Not a big smartphone guy to begin with. Calls and camera basically. If I didn't "need" to have one, for work or emergencies, I wouldn't. Not big on email even from desktop, and I text begrudgingly, belatedly, at best. Ask family and some friends, and some GJ guys. Bit of a sky is falling philosophical soapbox for me, what "instantaneous" communications has done to our language, society and culture. Some of it good. Most of it deleterious. Nobody meditates enough before they "talk." Nobody elaborates when they do. I'll stop there. On top of all that, I didn't like Tapatalk. Ran full GJ site on phone. And if you've seen the Lugzsonian, you know that my home GJ set up is down there. Cleaning, sorting, researching, cataloguing, and photographing tools, then posting them in their appropriate threads, is all part of my routine. My zen space and activity. I have no desire to rush that. But, the initial post, reporting the finds at summary level, which has always been here on this thread, for many years now, comes before all that. Not only could it be made from on the spot, in the PL of the flea, it's probably more appropriate. Like the difference between "field work" and "lab work". Or SSE and intelligence production. I am kinda liking the idea of that, and some credit to the new GUI for that.

 

[gpw_42]

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...Not only could it be made from on the spot, in the PL of the flea, it's probably more appropriate. Like the difference between "field work" and "lab work". Or SSE and intelligence production. I am kinda liking the idea of that, and some credit to the new GUI for that.

I chuckled at your SSE/intel production analogy. Well played.

 

[Provincial]

All this is fine until the Spooks start trying to affect the outcome of our hobby!

 

[Smokeshow69]

All this is fine until the Spooks start trying to affect the outcome of our hobby!

True dat I think they have certainly done that with vises and vintage craftsman items to say the least

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Got back last night from visiting my mom and sister for the first time since Feb '20. Was really nice to share food, laughs and hugs with loved ones. Hit an estate sale last Thu before heading out on my visit back to my hometown. I had gone to the sale for the field guides for two of my grandsons, ages 10 and 7, who love exploring in nature. The sale didn't indicate any tools in their ad. That was a nice surprise.

The field guides are hardly used. Audubon guides for North American seashells, NA Insects and Spiders, and NA Butterflies. Sibley books on birds and field guide for Western Birds. The boys will really get a kick out of identifying what they see and find.

My old Dremel gave up the ghost last year. I'd been hoping to find a good used replacement on the cheap. This looks hard used and fits the bill on all counts plus a lot of accessories.

Anyone know who made these Powr Kraft wrenches for Montgomery Wards? Complete set 1/4" to 1-1/8".

Who made these little vises for Columbian? What is the missing piece that fits the hole on top of the Columbian vise? I've seen pics of that piece but can't recall what it's called. Anyone have thoughts on where I might find a replacement? Also, is it missing a pipe jaw? Doesn't look like there would be room in there for a second pipe jaw.

Love the brass bell with ringer.

 

[r0ckh0und]

Picked a garage near work on Tuesday and found some interesting automotive equipment. A Camber Caster Gage and a Barrett Brake Dokter

 

[bmwrd0]

Not a big smartphone guy to begin with. Calls and camera basically. If I didn't "need" to have one, for work or emergencies, I wouldn't. Not big on email even from desktop, and I text begrudgingly, belatedly, at best.

I am with Lugz on this one. They occasionally come in handy, but I was never a phone person to start with and agree, more or less, with the changes to our social fabric, although I tend to think of them more in the line of how Gutenberg altered our methods of thinking, taking us from an oral tradition to a writing-based tradition. Neither good nor bad, just different.

One difference is I don't text at all and prefer email.

 

[RTM]

Who made these little vises for Columbian? What is the missing piece that fits the hole on top of the Columbian vise? I've seen pics of that piece but can't recall what it's called. Anyone have thoughts on where I might find a replacement?

The piece is called a hardy. Good luck finding a replacement, might be able to make one. My Simplex came with one.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Thanks RTM. Sounds like a metal working tool. What was it's intended use? And I figured they'd be hard to find. Do you know if it's missing a pipe jaw?

 

[steaks&anvils]

Love the brass bell with ringer.

That looks like a bronze soleri dinner bell. Nice buy if so, the ones I've seen are a bit more of the "brutalist" style. I do have a soleri wind chime, not sure which box it packed away in...

DON'T polish it, that will ruin the value!

read this for some history and a starting point if you want to research it more:

Vtg MCM Arcosanti Paolo Soleri bronze bell wind chime Dinner Bell Brutalist | #796366434

Please see my other listings for more mid20th century design/Furn/lighting/art/sculpture/studioceramics/objectsFrom a fine Connecticut modernist estate.Paolo Solerie / Arcosanti bronze dinner bell / w

www.worthpoint.com

 

[txlonghorn1989]

That looks like a bronze soleri dinner bell. Nice buy if so, the ones I've seen are a bit more of the "brutalist" style. I do have a soleri wind chime, not sure which box it packed away in...

DON'T polish it, that will ruin the value!

read this for some history and a starting point if you want to research it more:

Vtg MCM Arcosanti Paolo Soleri bronze bell wind chime Dinner Bell Brutalist | #796366434

Please see my other listings for more mid20th century design/Furn/lighting/art/sculpture/studioceramics/objectsFrom a fine Connecticut modernist estate.Paolo Solerie / Arcosanti bronze dinner bell / w

www.worthpoint.com

Thanks s&a! I'll take a look at the link. I thought it was a real nice bell. There is a maker's mark on the bell. And appreciate the heads up to leave the finish. It's got great patina so I didn't have plans to clean it up but a good reminder.

 

[d42jeep]

Got back last night from visiting my mom and sister for the first time since Feb '20. Was really nice to share food, laughs and hugs with loved ones. Hit an estate sale last Thu before heading out on my visit back to my hometown. I had gone to the sale for the field guides for two of my grandsons, ages 10 and 7, who love exploring in nature. The sale didn't indicate any tools in their ad. That was a nice surprise.

The field guides are hardly used. Audubon guides for North American seashells, NA Insects and Spiders, and NA Butterflies. Sibley books on birds and field guide for Western Birds. The boys will really get a kick out of identifying what they see and find.

My old Dremel gave up the ghost last year. I'd been hoping to find a good used replacement on the cheap. This looks hard used and fits the bill on all counts plus a lot of accessories.

Anyone know who made these Powr Kraft wrenches for Montgomery Wards? Complete set 1/4" to 1-1/8".

I think the Powr-Kraft wrenches were supplied by Thorsen.

 

[mikeinri]

I hear you on the 5,000 ways to communicate, all instantaneously. It's ridiculous.

I distinctly remember being VERY unhappy when cell phones started coming with color screens, because that was a waste of battery.

I resisted getting a smart phone until it became a safety issue (needing to see live RADAR when running outdoor events).

Now I like having a smart phone for personal use, and for getting things done at work, especially since covid and being remote so much.

The one thing I HATE is the million tools to communicate at work: desk phone, cell phone, email, text, Teams, Yammer, and several others that I'm forgetting.

I basically tell people, email me first. If it's something important that I need to address quickly, text me. If it's something really urgent, call me. I have no time for chasing through all the separate media types when searching for a conversation later.

My uncle was an IT Director many years ago. He told everyone in the company that he'd check email 3 times a day: 8am, noon and 4pm. Other than that, he turned it off. If you needed something, call him. Simply genius...

Mike

 

[steaks&anvils]

Thanks s&a! I'll take a look at the link. I thought it was a real nice bell. There is a maker's mark on the bell. And appreciate the heads up to leave the finish. It's got great patina so I didn't have plans to clean it up but a good reminder.

Txlonghorn1989,

Looking more into the bell, I think that worthpoint add (link) may be wrong. Your bell is more refined and elegant than ALL the other Soleri bells/wind chimes I can find. Very less brutalist style for sure!

The Soleri makers mark is very different too.

Sorry for the bum lead on it. Anyway, still great bell.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

That would explain not seeing it under any of the multiple searches I tried. It is a nice bell and was well worth the $4 in my mind.

 

[Old Radar]

My small (but nice) haul:

All 1/2" drive
Proto 13/16 spark plug socket
Proto L.A. 5418 & 5470 Universal

Plomb 5426, 28, 30 & 32 sockets

S-K 40134 & 36 sockets

Plomb Pebble 5467 16" Hinge Handle

Indestro 3411 Midget Utility Plier -- NOT the 3410 Ignition Plier! Only difference I can see are the curved handles.

L.S. Starrett 70A Pocket Scriber

All for $7. Another $5 for a brand new 50' garden hose.

 

[mikeinri]

I don't know how rare it is, but that Plomb handle is gorgeous!

Mike

 

[Private Lugnutz]

How nice is it to hear a different recording over the loudspeakers at the flea markets these days?

After months and months (and months and months!) of, "If you're not wearing a mask you will be asked to leave the property," it actually gave me a palpable and celebratory little shudder of joy and relief to hear a modified version instructing only those who have not been vaccinated to wear a mask and continue to practice social distancing according to federal guidance.

Somewhere in today's haul (Lugz 2021_35) is MY COOLEST FIND OF THE YEAR. It is killer good. I felt like a had died and gone to heaven it's so good. It's so good I oughtta send flowers and condolences to all my other finds who will all be in a funereal mood. I don't know what I did to urn the chance to add it to my collection. I gasped so hard when I saw it that I was coffin for a few minutes and I was re-hearse-ing in my head how I would introduce it to you guys in hints as I reached for my phone to prepare this post. You'll have to check in on the Lugzsonian thread later if you want to know the rest of the story.

Also in this haul is a pretzely unbranded DBE wrench, a Duro torque wrench adapter, a Blackhawk dual-ended spark plug wrench, some ignition wrenches, including a pair of Plomb WF-'s, a Vlchek 93 tappet wrench that I needed for my collection, Plomb waterpump pliers, and a DBE with an Ordnance Dept Tank-Automotive Center (moved from Baltimore, MD to Detroit when the responsibility for tracked and wheeled vehicle maintenance was passed from QMC to ORD) wartime specification number on it.

Oh yeah, and some American Mercury magazines from 1940, 1941, and 1943. Some of the articles are incredible and the ads are amazing.

 

[glenmore]

If only.

have been using a 'little' more discipline lately.

 

[wrenchguy]

Brass coffin key. Nice.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Brass coffin key. Nice.

Haha. Figures I wasn't cryptic enough (or in this case maybe too cryptic) for Mike!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Crane & Breed Ever-Seal casket hex key write-up linked here.

 

[BlueBomber]

Nice finds there, Lugz. Looking forward to seeing those odd-ball DBEs on the DBE wrench thread.

I also found some vintage paper today. SWMBO and I went to a local sale this morning. This one promised a bunch of tools, and since we both had the day off, we went to get numbers before the sale opened at 9am. SWMBO's an easy picker's date--her only rules are that she gets a hot beverage first (Starbucks this morning), and that I bargain for anything she wants. Oh, and that she gets the truck keys when we park so she can go sit in comfort while I continue to sift through the tools and such.

My reading material is not as old as Lugz': a box full of 1950's editions of "Astounding Science Fiction", from the Golden Age of Sci-Fi. I also threw into the box some early 60's sci-fi paperbacks from the likes of Arthur C Clarke and Frederick Pohl. Check out the cover art on the reprint of A. Merritt's The Moon Pool, an influential sci-fi yarn first published in 1919. "WHAT SECRET COMPULSION MADE THIS LOVELY GIRL THE HANDMAIDEN TO UNATURAL HORRORS?" Indeed! Got the whole box for $20.

On the tool and garage side, I found some goodies to keep and some to flip. Everything else below was another $30.

Stewart Warner Model 781 aftermarket heater. 1930s vintage, I believe, and heated by a gasoline flame inside the car (!). Thank goodness they weren't as airtight back then...

1953 Plymouth hubcap with the cool ship logo--this one's going on the wall in the garage.

1966 Ford Galaxie dog-dish hub cap

Unknown year Pontiac poverty cap

Super-size Cox caulk gun (Made in England)

Heritage logo Craftsman 18" level--dual sight glasses for each angle!

Snap-on SSDM80A bit driver

Snap-on SSDMR4A ratcheting bit driver

Handful of Snap-on sockets, including an impressively twisted up and ruined square 1/2" drive extension from the 1920s

A very kewl Indestro Super 3/8"-drive extension

Wright impact socket set with carrier, 3/8" to 1-1/4", missing only the 3/4" & the 13/16" sockets.

Campbel-Hausfeld 3/8" air ratchet

Herbrand No 482 pry-spud bar

Reechet R-375-G 3/8" aircraft ratchet

Vise Grip 11R welding locking pliers

Collection of 3/8" sockets

Greenlee No 438-10 100-ft steel fish tape

Kant-Twist 6 clamp--my first found-in-the-wild KT in six years of picking!

Shaler 5-minute vulcanizer clamp

Paladin PA1968 insulating screwdriver

No-name long reach needle nose

Millers Falls No 84 hacksaw with the "Buck Rogers" era red plastic handle

Snap lock metal punch--manufacturer's name is obscured by corrosion, but they were based in Michigan

S-K Tools 8" adjustable

Crescent 6" adjustable

Proto 704 4" adjustable

Craftsman screwdriver wrench

Craftsmand stubby DBE

15th Edition of Machinery's Handbook, 1956 publication

Small brass bowl (SWMBO's one pick)

Tommorrow, Mass drops the mask mandate for those vaccinated, but I'll probably continue to wear a face covering to crowded sales for a while. It's going to take some getting used to rubbing elbows and sharing air with strangers again.

 

[gearhead1960]

I also found some vintage paper today.

Nice finds on the old sci-fi, I have an entire collection of my dad's sci-fi which would fit in nicely with these....was some really cool artwork done on these.

 

[Old Radar]

Check out the cover art on the reprint of A. Merritt's The Moon Pool, an influential sci-fi yarn first published in 1919. "WHAT SECRET COMPULSION MADE THIS LOVELY GIRL THE HANDMAIDEN TO UNNATURAL HORRORS?"

I think the answer to that question is pretty obvious... Mr. Frogman is flaunting it at her would-be rescuers!

 

[bmwrd0]

Some excellent PBOs in there Blue Bomber! PBO stands for paperback original, and there is both great cover art and great stories in that pile. Well Done!

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Not a single estate sale nearby was listing any tools this weekend. Ran some errands this afternoon and checked CL after getting back. Spotted an early B&D Workmate that had been listed 4 hours earlier. Not good! Called the guy but got no answer. I don't call people as I'm very protective of my phone number so this will tell you how much I wanted it. Texted and eventually heard back. Someone was ahead of me but if I could pick it up today it was available. The other fellow couldn't get it until tomorrow and the seller said it really wasn't convenient for him. Sometimes you're in the right place at the right time. Also came with a pair of plastic sawhorses. $15. I didn't spot a couple of minor issues. Missing one of the rubber feet that come into play when the workmate is folded and laying flat. Also, a couple of funny looking screws on either side underneath. Absolutely no complaints. Wasn't sure I'd ever get one of these!

The garden stool/seat/cart/? was free as my mom sent it home with me this week. It is going to be handy for me to do some work on the underside of our elevated back deck.

Last 2 pics are questionable screws (you'll have to click on the pics to see the lower screws). I'm also unsure what purpose they're serving. ???

 

[bmwrd0]

Hit four estate sales today, none too far (well, one was pushing the limits of that) so I could make it to an afternoon apointment.


First sale was around the corner from schloss BMW, and while there were some old tools and such, not much grabbed my attention, other than this little oil canister I picked up for a buck.


Next stop was the furthest away, far up in the hills a few towns out, but a nice drive on this spring day, and I netted a handful of Barcolo DBE's, Craftsman 1/4 chisel, 3/8s long drill bit, lathe wrench, Stanley off set driver, die stock, and what looks like a Challenger small 3/8s box complete with a few appropriat sockets. All that for a fiver.


The next stop was more organized than I like, and I get the feeling I would have loved digging through the old tool chests, but in any case, I found a few things to excite me. Starrett last word itndicator, complete with extra tipps and all moving parts sealed, Starrett radius gauge set, and a Cra.ftsman lathe cutoff tool holder. $20 for all of that.

The last stop was also close to home, and showed good, interesting stuff in the pictures posted online. But the prices were so high as to be laughable, and so nothing followed me home.

 

[RTM]

Last 2 pics are questionable screws (you'll have to click on the pics to see the lower screws). I'm also unsure what purpose they're serving. ???

Post it in the Workmate thread. Mr Wolf will know what the original screws look like. I don't have a Type E, so no help there. Nice score.

 

[Old Radar]

Beemer--You **** for those two Starrett items for less than a $20!!

 

[d42jeep]

We went late to a couple of estate sales. Pickings were slim but I found a few interesting things. A Dunlap carry box perhaps made by Huot, some Proto screw extractors in the box, a pair of Utica dykes, a westline ball pein, my third Winchester tool, a pair of pliers, a Thorsen Phillips that didn’t make the group shot and a Powr-Kraft yardstick. The dripper stuff will be handy and I couldn’t resist the Machinery’s Handbook for $1.00.

 

[Provincial]

I second OR's **** for bmw on the Starrett!

 

[r0ckh0und]

A few of this weeks finds.....Pee Dee thread measuring wires, Miller Falls angle attachment, Deering wrench, McCormick Deering yardstick, mini jug, Moroso air filter and a set of 1776-1976 Bicentenary Old Fashioned rocks glasses

 

[Provincial]

Sales were kind of slow this weekend, probably because of Memorial Day activities. I did find a couple of sales that were worthwhile.

The first was a "Farm Sale" that started at 0830. I got there almost a half hour early, and ladies were packing off household stuff already! I did find the items in Photo #1 for a total of $13.00:

Drop light (I put LED bulbs in them and it works great)
Collins axe head. They must have broken the handle pretty quickly!
Craftsman 1/2 drive ratchet. Narrow handle box head.
Craftsman Long-C DBE 13/16 x 7/8 "cl" markings
Extending magnet (Unmarked)
S-K Lectrolite 7/8 combo
Barcalo 11/16 combo "Barcaloy"
Barcalo 5/8 combo "Barcaloy"
Plomb pebble 1230 15/16 combo (this fills a gap in my collection)

Later, I checked out a sale where an Estate sale company is offering leftovers from their sales. Lots of junk, but a few interesting items for $5.00:

Proto 9906 screwdriver (with a good tip!)
Fairmount "25" DOE 1/2 x 19/32 " CHROMALLOY" and "FAIRALLOY" markings
Westline DOE 5/16 x 11/32
Wax oil for waterproofing leather boots (full)