RagTopTA
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Thanks! Id never seen one before! I like them a lot! Be on the lookout now!
2021 Garage Sale Thread
- Thread starter bmwrd0
- Start date
Sorry, Lugz. The other reason was that my daughter got married earlier this month, and she commissioned me to make an arch for the ceremony backdrop. It took me a good month just to do that.
Re: this thread--I did spend some time turning that hay grapple I posted a few months ago into a Halloween decoration...
We relocated him every evening so as to make folks driving by start to wonder if he's alive...
I'm retiring from the Air Force at the end of the year. Maybe next year I'll have more time to hit some sales.
Congrats to the happy couple! That arch looks fantastic.
That spider is the coolest Halloween decoration I've ever seen. I love that you move it daily (Elf on a Shelf style)!
Mike
d42jeep
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Great hauls everyone!
I rarely post after pictures but here are a bunch of the rusty tools from Saturday’s Berkeley estate sale out of the evaporust and much more presentable. The first picture is the before shot.
-Don
I rarely post after pictures but here are a bunch of the rusty tools from Saturday’s Berkeley estate sale out of the evaporust and much more presentable. The first picture is the before shot.
-Don
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Private Lugnutz
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Dude, I am pretty sure that's your SECOND Colton patent hand/bench vise. I have one without the wingnut. And I know you found one either last year or earlier this year. Someone who shall remain nameless just PM'd me one that just sold on eBay for $250 jokingly blaming me for the price hike because I made a big post on mine on the Mega thread earlier this year. Without the wingnut! If you're looking to convert into spending money. Either way, see my trophy above!
Private Lugnutz
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Provincial
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The screw on the clamp seems to say "Gleave and Son Manchester" and searching that name came up with this:
Established in 1833 and based on Oldham Street, J. Gleave & Sons originally traded has Wooden Plane Manufacturers and Dealers of Tools and Sheffield Cutlery in an area which now forms part of what is commonly referred to has the Northern Quarter; an historic district in Manchester containing many buildings from before WW2.
https://historyme.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/hollow-round-plane-gleave-oldham-st-manchester/
unkqty
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This week $20:
Snap On 1" combination
Snap On 9/16" combination
Craftsman 14mm combination
Kal 10mm combination (always buy 10mm as they seem to sprout legs)
Great Neck 1/4" combination (see legs comment above)
Snap On 3/8" sliding t-handle breaker
Wright 3/8" universal joint
Walden 3/8" breaker bar
Proto 3/8" drive flat blade driver (long)
Proto 3/8" drive flat blade driver (short)
Giller 1/2" drive flat blade driver
No-name 90-degree needle nose pliers
Old Forge adjustable puller (large)
ZIM terminal/small gear puller
This week $90 (apologies for violating pic requirement):
1940s 3'x3'x3' Protectall safe (on wheels) w/S&G lockset
AutoArc (Miller) Cadet 220v welder/plasma cutter
Welder's helmet (el cheap-o)
3/8" oxy/acetylene torch hoses w/Victor firepower regs & torch + spare cutter head & striker
Fluke multimeter (in box)
Stant radiator pressure tester
Additional odds & ends
Local flea market tool guy once again beat me to the second sale and was (over)loading his pickup with hand, pneumatic & power tools for pennies on the dollar.
Last week $25:
Snap On C84B hex wrench set
Pittsburgh SAE & Metric hex wrench set (unused)
Punch set (unused)
External thread deburring tool (unused)
Snap On 1" combination
Snap On 9/16" combination
Craftsman 14mm combination
Kal 10mm combination (always buy 10mm as they seem to sprout legs)
Great Neck 1/4" combination (see legs comment above)
Snap On 3/8" sliding t-handle breaker
Wright 3/8" universal joint
Walden 3/8" breaker bar
Proto 3/8" drive flat blade driver (long)
Proto 3/8" drive flat blade driver (short)
Giller 1/2" drive flat blade driver
No-name 90-degree needle nose pliers
Old Forge adjustable puller (large)
ZIM terminal/small gear puller
This week $90 (apologies for violating pic requirement):
1940s 3'x3'x3' Protectall safe (on wheels) w/S&G lockset
AutoArc (Miller) Cadet 220v welder/plasma cutter
Welder's helmet (el cheap-o)
3/8" oxy/acetylene torch hoses w/Victor firepower regs & torch + spare cutter head & striker
Fluke multimeter (in box)
Stant radiator pressure tester
Additional odds & ends
Local flea market tool guy once again beat me to the second sale and was (over)loading his pickup with hand, pneumatic & power tools for pennies on the dollar.
Last week $25:
Snap On C84B hex wrench set
Pittsburgh SAE & Metric hex wrench set (unused)
Punch set (unused)
External thread deburring tool (unused)
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LostBoy(IRL)
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I had seen references to planes, and that they seem to be still in business. Tbh, that was after spending a few minutes googling cleave & son...
Maui
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I bought all of this yesterday for $125. The hydraulic die cart is heavy duty with a rated capacity of 500 lbs. It raises up using a foot pump, and lowers by squeezing a hand lever. It will be ideal for loading and unloading heavy machines/parts into and out of my trailer. The drill press parts are from a Delta 220 I believe. I also have a nice quality old school retracting trouble light, several vintage motors that I will be resurrecting, a brand new Craftsman angle adjustable table for a vertical sanding disk set-up (which I have been looking for - it’s in the bag), and a little vintage toy wooden airplane he threw in for free. 
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I'm bored, and it's Election Day, so I am going to help the host out and drum up some feedback for the 2021 Garage Sale Thread Picker of the Year nominations by reviewing a few past winners and trophies...
The 2018 Golden Picker was built by me and awarded to Tin Medic
The 2019 Push-Button Air Pump "Suckage" Dial Indictor (that really works!) was built by BlueBomber and awarded to yours truly
The 2020 Elks Clubbishly Classic Hand-Made Plaque was built by LesserSon and awarded to Outlaw
If you're new, and you're following all this tongue-in-cheekishly serious fun for the fist time, Beemer is going to launch a poll in about a month or so, with 10 names on it (because that is the software limit on the polls, if I recall...), and we're ALL going to have fun casting our ballots for who we think deserves his magnificent trophy, cobbled together, in Garage Sale POY fashion, from found materials.
Green Bay may have its Cheeseheads, but someone is going to have the honor and pleasure of walking around wearing the 2021 Goldplated Visehead Hardhat!
But he needs names!
PM him now. PM him early. Stuff his PM box. It's your civic right and duty!
The 2018 Golden Picker was built by me and awarded to Tin Medic
The 2019 Push-Button Air Pump "Suckage" Dial Indictor (that really works!) was built by BlueBomber and awarded to yours truly
The 2020 Elks Clubbishly Classic Hand-Made Plaque was built by LesserSon and awarded to Outlaw
If you're new, and you're following all this tongue-in-cheekishly serious fun for the fist time, Beemer is going to launch a poll in about a month or so, with 10 names on it (because that is the software limit on the polls, if I recall...), and we're ALL going to have fun casting our ballots for who we think deserves his magnificent trophy, cobbled together, in Garage Sale POY fashion, from found materials.
Green Bay may have its Cheeseheads, but someone is going to have the honor and pleasure of walking around wearing the 2021 Goldplated Visehead Hardhat!
But he needs names!
PM him now. PM him early. Stuff his PM box. It's your civic right and duty!
Thank you LUGZ, I was just coming over here to make my Pledge Week speel.
Everyone, send me a list of anyone who you think could or should be the picker of the year! Also, please get a hold of me if you want to be thread host next year. Both of these positions need candidates, and we don't have the budget to put an ad on Craigslist. It is all word of mouth.
So, please, contact me now with your donation of a name. It could save a life, er, give you or them great enjoyment!
Everyone, send me a list of anyone who you think could or should be the picker of the year! Also, please get a hold of me if you want to be thread host next year. Both of these positions need candidates, and we don't have the budget to put an ad on Craigslist. It is all word of mouth.
So, please, contact me now with your donation of a name. It could save a life, er, give you or them great enjoyment!
Outlawmws
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Are former winners eligible? or is it like selecting the Host victim, new guy every year?
Sure, former winners can be eligible for picker of the year. But, we have had no repeats of the host before. No reason we couldn't, but it has just never happened. And it is not like there is a book of bylaws we need to follow, some Robert's Rules of Order.
Are you interested? I will put your hat in the ring. (it's a Boy Scout Piedmont, isn't it?)
Are you interested? I will put your hat in the ring. (it's a Boy Scout Piedmont, isn't it?)
RagTopTA
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I was showing the bigger one I scored. The little is the one I got at the flea for 5 bucks last year. But Im always looking for the little ones! 250?!? Dang!!Dude, I am pretty sure that's your SECOND Colton patent hand/bench vise. I have one without the wingnut. And I know you found one either last year or earlier this year. Someone who shall remain nameless just PM'd me one that just sold on eBay for $250 jokingly blaming me for the price hike because I made a big post on mine on the Mega thread earlier this year. Without the wingnut! If you're looking to convert into spending money. Either way, see my trophy above!
Outlawmws
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I was only asking if the POTY could be renominated.
It HAS been the custom for us not to repeat hosts. it just evolved that way.
We used to be able to get a list of posting numbers for the thread in the old forum, and we always noted who had formerly served.
It HAS been the custom for us not to repeat hosts. it just evolved that way.
We used to be able to get a list of posting numbers for the thread in the old forum, and we always noted who had formerly served.
Private Lugnutz
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Whew. Okay, thanks for clarifying. Because I was thinking of picking up stakes and moving to Texas!
Yeah, and it's a good policy keeping it fresh, in my opinion.
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I picked up these 2 yesterday.
The alligator wrench has pebbled finish and what I think is the # 108 on one side. The other side has spot where they may have been something, but it's scarred up to much to read. Any idea of the manufacturer or time frame?
The can opener is kinda interesting. Pel-I-Can
Made by G Harrah in Cannondale Conn. By the patent date seems to be about from 1935 or so. The patent seems to be for one piece can opener. It looks like Harrah used the patent, but adapted the "beak" to his own handle
The size of the hole this would punch makes me think its for opening oil cans or other large containers. I tried it on a standard soup can, and it punched a hole over half way across the can.
Just ugly enough to be cool.
The alligator wrench has pebbled finish and what I think is the # 108 on one side. The other side has spot where they may have been something, but it's scarred up to much to read. Any idea of the manufacturer or time frame?
The can opener is kinda interesting. Pel-I-Can
Made by G Harrah in Cannondale Conn. By the patent date seems to be about from 1935 or so. The patent seems to be for one piece can opener. It looks like Harrah used the patent, but adapted the "beak" to his own handle
The size of the hole this would punch makes me think its for opening oil cans or other large containers. I tried it on a standard soup can, and it punched a hole over half way across the can.
Just ugly enough to be cool.
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Today I stopped up at the local recycling yard to drop off some aluminum cans.
Received $6 for the cans and gave $15 for the 'scrap steel'. Net out of pocket to me was $9.
There's a mix of USA made wrenches. The structural wrenches are Woodings Verona, some Bonney, Lectrolite, Bluepoint, Plomb, Barcalo, S-K, and Snap-On.
Oh and buried under the trailer was the belt guard to an old Delta/Milwaukee drill press.
Received $6 for the cans and gave $15 for the 'scrap steel'. Net out of pocket to me was $9.
There's a mix of USA made wrenches. The structural wrenches are Woodings Verona, some Bonney, Lectrolite, Bluepoint, Plomb, Barcalo, S-K, and Snap-On.
Oh and buried under the trailer was the belt guard to an old Delta/Milwaukee drill press.
RTM
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Free on the curbside this morning. Saw this while walking one of the dogs today. It was still there 20 minutes later when I came back with the truck and a dolly. 8 minutes door to door and it was mine. Had a meeting at 10, so I had to rush the pickup, made it with 6 minutes to spare.
8' long, 40" wide, 41" tall. top is 3/4" material, 6x 4x4 legs, but exposed to the rain last night, I hope it dries out OK.
It's way too big to fit in the garage spaces, so I think it will become lumber for other projects.
Hanging out the back of the 6' bed of my truck
8' long, 40" wide, 41" tall. top is 3/4" material, 6x 4x4 legs, but exposed to the rain last night, I hope it dries out OK.
It's way too big to fit in the garage spaces, so I think it will become lumber for other projects.
Hanging out the back of the 6' bed of my truck
A couple weeks back, we visited eastern Oregon. I asked Beemer for advice on any flea/swap meets in eastern Oregon, but we could not find any. One flea market posted late on Friday night and promised at least twenty tables, plenty of tools, etc. I was practically the first one there. Eight tables of mostly Halloween décor. I was polite, but exited inside of five minutes. I checked out some local garage sales and this is what I cobbled together for $28:
Plomb #3025 DOE wrench 1/2" x 7/16"
Plomb #3425 tappet wrench 1/2" x 7/16"
Proto Los Angeles #000AA 21-blade feeler gauge (.0015 - .040)
Proto Los Angeles #5012-H 3/8" 6-point socket; 3/8" drive
Proto Los Angeles #5434 1 1/16" 12-point socket; 1/2" drive
Proto #5463 10" extension; 1/2" drive
PENENS 11/16" 12-point socket
Barcalo Buffalo "M" Forged mark double offset box-end wrench 3/4" x 5/8"
Barcalo DOE wrench 5/8" x 9/16"
Vlchek 9/16" combination wrench
Vintage Walker Turner New York double offset combination wrench 1" x 5/8" 6-point (appears to be early when company was in NY, before they made the move to NJ)
Bonney (Bonaloy) 2804 double offset box-end wrench 3/8" x 7/16"
Bonney (Bonaloy) 1162 combination wrench 1/2"
M-Circle Logo Moore Drop Forging DOE wrench #15
Riverside Chromium Vanadium 9/16" x 1/2" DBE wrench
Indestro Super #3436 slip-joint pliers; 6 ½" length
Western Auto Store #2725 Chrome-Moly. DOE wrench 1/2" x 7/16"
Wards Master Quality chrome alloy combination wrench 3/4"
Wards Master Quality #84/4701 Molybdenum Alloy 8" adjustable wrench
Craftsman "Long C" 1/2" socket, 1/2"-drive, 8-point
Craftsman "Long C" 9/16" socket, 1/2"-drive, 12-point
S-K 1/2" drive set of 3 sockets (great knurling)
Snap-on #S-261 13/16" deep socket 12-point, 1/2" drive
Snap-On: #GA1 bearing cutter
Diamond 6 3/4" slip joint curved end pliers M16 Made in U.S.A.
Thorsen USA Model 77JC ratchet 3/8"-drive
Thorsen #57J 9" Extension; 3/8" Drive
Kastar AKURET 11-blade offset tappet feeler gauge
Langline RB 1618 DBE ratchet wrench 1/2" x 9/16", 6-point
vintage Husky 1/2" Drive set of 3 sockets (great knurling)
3/4" New Britain NB1224 12-point ⅜" drive socket
Some Craftsman 1/2" Drive =v= series 12-point sockets
Stainless multi-tool (no markings)
Plomb #3025 DOE wrench 1/2" x 7/16"
Plomb #3425 tappet wrench 1/2" x 7/16"
Proto Los Angeles #000AA 21-blade feeler gauge (.0015 - .040)
Proto Los Angeles #5012-H 3/8" 6-point socket; 3/8" drive
Proto Los Angeles #5434 1 1/16" 12-point socket; 1/2" drive
Proto #5463 10" extension; 1/2" drive
PENENS 11/16" 12-point socket
Barcalo Buffalo "M" Forged mark double offset box-end wrench 3/4" x 5/8"
Barcalo DOE wrench 5/8" x 9/16"
Vlchek 9/16" combination wrench
Vintage Walker Turner New York double offset combination wrench 1" x 5/8" 6-point (appears to be early when company was in NY, before they made the move to NJ)
Bonney (Bonaloy) 2804 double offset box-end wrench 3/8" x 7/16"
Bonney (Bonaloy) 1162 combination wrench 1/2"
M-Circle Logo Moore Drop Forging DOE wrench #15
Riverside Chromium Vanadium 9/16" x 1/2" DBE wrench
Indestro Super #3436 slip-joint pliers; 6 ½" length
Western Auto Store #2725 Chrome-Moly. DOE wrench 1/2" x 7/16"
Wards Master Quality chrome alloy combination wrench 3/4"
Wards Master Quality #84/4701 Molybdenum Alloy 8" adjustable wrench
Craftsman "Long C" 1/2" socket, 1/2"-drive, 8-point
Craftsman "Long C" 9/16" socket, 1/2"-drive, 12-point
S-K 1/2" drive set of 3 sockets (great knurling)
Snap-on #S-261 13/16" deep socket 12-point, 1/2" drive
Snap-On: #GA1 bearing cutter
Diamond 6 3/4" slip joint curved end pliers M16 Made in U.S.A.
Thorsen USA Model 77JC ratchet 3/8"-drive
Thorsen #57J 9" Extension; 3/8" Drive
Kastar AKURET 11-blade offset tappet feeler gauge
Langline RB 1618 DBE ratchet wrench 1/2" x 9/16", 6-point
vintage Husky 1/2" Drive set of 3 sockets (great knurling)
3/4" New Britain NB1224 12-point ⅜" drive socket
Some Craftsman 1/2" Drive =v= series 12-point sockets
Stainless multi-tool (no markings)
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Last weekend, I had two stops. The first one yielded:
Early Honda Motorcycle DOE 12/8 mm wrench - Repair Kit A (RK circle, A logo)
Williams #1163 Superrench 9/16" combination wrench
Crescent G-26 slip-joint pliers
Vlchek #W2830 DOE wrench 15/16" x 7/8"
Bonney #1114 combination wrench 7/16"
Crescent Tool Co. 6" adjustable wrench Crestoloy Jamestown NY USA
Crescent #LC12 combination wrench 3/8"
Diamond Tool and Horseshoe Co. 6" adjustable wrench Diamalloy Duluth, Minn.
New Britain #NDF-56 combination wrench 9/16"
Bonney #1725B 1/2" x 9/16" DOE wrench
Bonney #1723 3/8" x 7/16" DOE wrench
Billings & Spencer Co. #1334 1/4 SAE - 1/8 Nut DOE wrench
Chromium Vanadium (likely Duro) 11/16" x 5/8" DOE wrench
Vlchek #36 (?) DOE wrench (looks like a V Shield logo)
Proto #5330 15/16" deep socket 12-point, 1/2" drive
Proto #5434 1 1/16" socket 12-point, 1/2" drive
=Craftsman= 4" adjustable wrench
$16
Second stop generated an older Reed 103 bench vise (I love the meatballs; it needs to be cleaned/restored and I have not had time to check the manufacture date yet) and some older pliers/wrenches:
early 7” Eifel-Geared Plierench with three jaws and original pouch in fairly strong shape
(also includes an Eifel Multitool .15$ (PAT.' APLD. FOR))
10" H.D. Smith & Co. "Perfect Handle" Pipe Wrench
8" BAHCO #31 Volvo adjustable alligator wrench
adjustable pipe wrench by Bemis & Call Co.
adjustable screw wrench by Bemis & Call H. & T. Co. (Springfield MASS USA)
Vintage 6" W & B (Whitman & Barnes) J.H. Williams Railroad Special Nut Wrench
fireman's bed wrench
$90
Early Honda Motorcycle DOE 12/8 mm wrench - Repair Kit A (RK circle, A logo)
Williams #1163 Superrench 9/16" combination wrench
Crescent G-26 slip-joint pliers
Vlchek #W2830 DOE wrench 15/16" x 7/8"
Bonney #1114 combination wrench 7/16"
Crescent Tool Co. 6" adjustable wrench Crestoloy Jamestown NY USA
Crescent #LC12 combination wrench 3/8"
Diamond Tool and Horseshoe Co. 6" adjustable wrench Diamalloy Duluth, Minn.
New Britain #NDF-56 combination wrench 9/16"
Bonney #1725B 1/2" x 9/16" DOE wrench
Bonney #1723 3/8" x 7/16" DOE wrench
Billings & Spencer Co. #1334 1/4 SAE - 1/8 Nut DOE wrench
Chromium Vanadium (likely Duro) 11/16" x 5/8" DOE wrench
Vlchek #36 (?) DOE wrench (looks like a V Shield logo)
Proto #5330 15/16" deep socket 12-point, 1/2" drive
Proto #5434 1 1/16" socket 12-point, 1/2" drive
=Craftsman= 4" adjustable wrench
$16
Second stop generated an older Reed 103 bench vise (I love the meatballs; it needs to be cleaned/restored and I have not had time to check the manufacture date yet) and some older pliers/wrenches:
early 7” Eifel-Geared Plierench with three jaws and original pouch in fairly strong shape
(also includes an Eifel Multitool .15$ (PAT.' APLD. FOR))
10" H.D. Smith & Co. "Perfect Handle" Pipe Wrench
8" BAHCO #31 Volvo adjustable alligator wrench
adjustable pipe wrench by Bemis & Call Co.
adjustable screw wrench by Bemis & Call H. & T. Co. (Springfield MASS USA)
Vintage 6" W & B (Whitman & Barnes) J.H. Williams Railroad Special Nut Wrench
fireman's bed wrench
$90
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Private Lugnutz
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Very nice find! I don't recall seeing the Multitool before, not even inside that huge salesman's kit the flyby guy had. Is it the much lighter colored silvery thing in your pic? Please post a close-up in one of the Eifel threads. See Index in Sticky.
That's a cool piece.
Provincial
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Stopped at the Restore today. A few interesting items. I bought the following:
Mastercraft 1/2 dr. 12-pt. socket, 1-1/4
RAC circuit tester
Proto 9606 Screwdriver
Proto 9683 Screwdriver
11/32 ignition wrench, unmarked
Vlchek 727 DOE Chrome Molybdenum 9/16 x 5/8
Giller 2212 DBE 3/8 x 7/16
Forged Select Steel (Indestro) DBE 1/2 x 9/16
Sidchrome DBE 3/8 x 7/16 WHIT (the openings are so large because it is WHITWORTH)
I bought a number of small gauges a few years ago at a garage sale. I was using one temporarily and cleaned it up when I removed it. That is when I noticed something stamped on the face of the 1/8" NPT inlet. A closer look revealed the country of origin: SWAZILAND!
Mastercraft 1/2 dr. 12-pt. socket, 1-1/4
RAC circuit tester
Proto 9606 Screwdriver
Proto 9683 Screwdriver
11/32 ignition wrench, unmarked
Vlchek 727 DOE Chrome Molybdenum 9/16 x 5/8
Giller 2212 DBE 3/8 x 7/16
Forged Select Steel (Indestro) DBE 1/2 x 9/16
Sidchrome DBE 3/8 x 7/16 WHIT (the openings are so large because it is WHITWORTH)
I bought a number of small gauges a few years ago at a garage sale. I was using one temporarily and cleaned it up when I removed it. That is when I noticed something stamped on the face of the 1/8" NPT inlet. A closer look revealed the country of origin: SWAZILAND!
Old Radar
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Two stops today.
Both had a good supply of mechanic's tools, but overall kind of a disappointing outing. At the first one, I was happily going through a tool box and had pulled out several Craftsman Long C items and a couple of other things that looked interesting when the agent came by to tell me that all the tool boxes were priced to include all the contents--no cherry picking. I looked disappointed and said I didn't want the whole box and started putting several things back--then said how much for this--indicating the CM breaker, sockets and what remained on the floor. Despite his previous assertion, he said $12 and we settled on $10. The Proto (Mfd) 6" pipe wrench was another $2 and the odd speeder looking thing was $1. After looking closely at the speeder thing I've decided it was a home-made tool. The swivel piece is held on with a cotter pin. The slot for the flat piece is not exactly down the center of the shaft. There is a second hole--off center and not perpendicular to the shaft that I assume held the flat piece in place so a given sized slotted face could be brought into play.
The connecting rod nut tool has a faint pseudo-surfer's cross logo that I didn't notice until I saw it on other tools listed on ebay. No idea who might have made it, but there are several for sale on ebay.
Speaking of ebay, the owners at the second sale (which was way out in the country) thought it would be good to price everything according to what they saw on that site. When I mentioned this to the agent, she was very sympathetic and said she had tried to advise the owner's relatives things were overpriced. Ignoring her advise, they had actually gone ahead and written the prices on almost every individual tool on their own. The agent even told me the family did not intend to discount prices on the second or third days. I made a few offers that were denied and finally left with only the grease-covered Thorsen 1/4" drive box (empty). They didn't want to touch it but charged me $2 anyway.
Both had a good supply of mechanic's tools, but overall kind of a disappointing outing. At the first one, I was happily going through a tool box and had pulled out several Craftsman Long C items and a couple of other things that looked interesting when the agent came by to tell me that all the tool boxes were priced to include all the contents--no cherry picking. I looked disappointed and said I didn't want the whole box and started putting several things back--then said how much for this--indicating the CM breaker, sockets and what remained on the floor. Despite his previous assertion, he said $12 and we settled on $10. The Proto (Mfd) 6" pipe wrench was another $2 and the odd speeder looking thing was $1. After looking closely at the speeder thing I've decided it was a home-made tool. The swivel piece is held on with a cotter pin. The slot for the flat piece is not exactly down the center of the shaft. There is a second hole--off center and not perpendicular to the shaft that I assume held the flat piece in place so a given sized slotted face could be brought into play.
The connecting rod nut tool has a faint pseudo-surfer's cross logo that I didn't notice until I saw it on other tools listed on ebay. No idea who might have made it, but there are several for sale on ebay.
Speaking of ebay, the owners at the second sale (which was way out in the country) thought it would be good to price everything according to what they saw on that site. When I mentioned this to the agent, she was very sympathetic and said she had tried to advise the owner's relatives things were overpriced. Ignoring her advise, they had actually gone ahead and written the prices on almost every individual tool on their own. The agent even told me the family did not intend to discount prices on the second or third days. I made a few offers that were denied and finally left with only the grease-covered Thorsen 1/4" drive box (empty). They didn't want to touch it but charged me $2 anyway.
3jakes
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When I was in elementary school, one of my favorite songs that we would sing was "The Swazi Warrior"
I suppose now days that would be racist, but I just like to sing the song & look at the picture of the guy's spear.
Old Radar
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Here's the Thorsen box after an intense battle with Simple Green.
msharley
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Man Tools!Today I stopped up at the local recycling yard to drop off some aluminum cans.
Received $6 for the cans and gave $15 for the 'scrap steel'. Net out of pocket to me was $9.
There's a mix of USA made wrenches. The structural wrenches are Woodings Verona, some Bonney, Lectrolite, Bluepoint, Plomb, Barcalo, S-K, and Snap-On.
Oh and buried under the trailer was the belt guard to an old Delta/Milwaukee drill press.
Here's the Thorsen box after an intense battle with Simple Green.
Not too shabby for $2!
Mike
Provincial
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I mis-identified the Sidchrome DBE in post #4,989. It was made in Australia, so I should have called it by its proper name: ring spanner!
Here are a few pickups from last weekend that I haven't had time to post. First was an estate sale that had some clean tools, I got there fairly early the first day so I'm pretty sure I was one of the first people through. First is a bunch of Penens 1/2" 12 pt sockets, just missing the 9/16. Also a couple Penens DOEs, a DBE, and a 1/2" extension. Also grabbed a set of Indestro offset DBE's from 916 down to 911, a VlChek tappet wrench, Plomb 1216, Bluepoint DOE (ground unfortunately), Proto 5/8 combo, and USA made 4 in 1. Last is a set of Craftsman ratcheting wrenches, not sure why I even bought these as they're kind of cheap and have plastic on them. I'm sure I can find a buddy who will take them though!
This stuff came from an "estate sale" that was more just someone selling their folks stuff. I wouldn't even post it normally but I found the Made in Canada Ford wrench interesting. I'm also a sucker for these little Williams DBEs.
Next round of stuff came from being persistent despite the day starting badly. I had made arrangements with a guy on OfferUp to buy some tools, he was around 45 minutes away. After driving down there and waiting around for another 30 minutes, he failed to respond to either a text or a message on OfferUp. So I was a bit annoyed but I decided to go to another "estate sale" posted on CL that was up the road a ways. Got there and the guy must still have been sleeping as the house was all locked down with no signs of life.
At that point I almost gave up and went home but decided to browse through CL one more time before I left and found a swap meet ad. There was nothing else going on sale wise so I decided to try that out. On the way there I found another pop up swap meet and managed to pick up a few things: The wrenches were all 2 bucks a piece I think, I just grabbed the Bonney cause I thought it was cool, I needed the Craftsman 15mm for a set, and the Snap on DBE and Long C DOE were no brainers. I also grabbed a few Snap on sockets that were pretty expensive but I needed the 1/4" to complete a midget set and the other one the guy threw in for relatively cheap.
When I got to the swap meet I had originally targeted it was pretty sparse but one of the vendors had a couple batches of wrenches that I remembered from the big Labor Day swap meet I had attended earlier in the summer. I remember at the time I passed them up despite wanting a few of the pieces because they were $20+ for each batch. I almost just kept walking but decided to ask what the vendor wanted for the smaller batch. "5 bucks". Ok, how about the bigger ones? "10 bucks". That seemed much more reasonable so I paid up.
This is the smaller batch: Giller DBE, MOK (probably not USA) DBE, a couple Lectrolite Defiance DBEs, another newer Lectrolite DBE, Bonney, and Blue Point.
Here's the larger batch: SK Wayne DBE, Williams combo, Proto LA combo, P&C 2229, Plomb 1228 with some interesting USN markings on the back, and a couple foreign wrenches destined for the goodwill pile. All in all I was kinda proud of myself for not getting all pissed off and stomping home, staying positive (or at least persistent) somewhat salvaged this day despite the early setbacks.
This stuff came from an "estate sale" that was more just someone selling their folks stuff. I wouldn't even post it normally but I found the Made in Canada Ford wrench interesting. I'm also a sucker for these little Williams DBEs.
Next round of stuff came from being persistent despite the day starting badly. I had made arrangements with a guy on OfferUp to buy some tools, he was around 45 minutes away. After driving down there and waiting around for another 30 minutes, he failed to respond to either a text or a message on OfferUp. So I was a bit annoyed but I decided to go to another "estate sale" posted on CL that was up the road a ways. Got there and the guy must still have been sleeping as the house was all locked down with no signs of life.
At that point I almost gave up and went home but decided to browse through CL one more time before I left and found a swap meet ad. There was nothing else going on sale wise so I decided to try that out. On the way there I found another pop up swap meet and managed to pick up a few things: The wrenches were all 2 bucks a piece I think, I just grabbed the Bonney cause I thought it was cool, I needed the Craftsman 15mm for a set, and the Snap on DBE and Long C DOE were no brainers. I also grabbed a few Snap on sockets that were pretty expensive but I needed the 1/4" to complete a midget set and the other one the guy threw in for relatively cheap.
When I got to the swap meet I had originally targeted it was pretty sparse but one of the vendors had a couple batches of wrenches that I remembered from the big Labor Day swap meet I had attended earlier in the summer. I remember at the time I passed them up despite wanting a few of the pieces because they were $20+ for each batch. I almost just kept walking but decided to ask what the vendor wanted for the smaller batch. "5 bucks". Ok, how about the bigger ones? "10 bucks". That seemed much more reasonable so I paid up.
This is the smaller batch: Giller DBE, MOK (probably not USA) DBE, a couple Lectrolite Defiance DBEs, another newer Lectrolite DBE, Bonney, and Blue Point.
Here's the larger batch: SK Wayne DBE, Williams combo, Proto LA combo, P&C 2229, Plomb 1228 with some interesting USN markings on the back, and a couple foreign wrenches destined for the goodwill pile. All in all I was kinda proud of myself for not getting all pissed off and stomping home, staying positive (or at least persistent) somewhat salvaged this day despite the early setbacks.
Uh- what???
Private Lugnutz
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It's a valve lapper. I have a few, including a very small one just like that made by Indestro. The attachment is pinned so you can use one of the four different edges of it for different size valves, as you intuited, but I think that second hole was added b a PO. There was no second hole or second pin. You remove the valve head, put in your abrasive lapping paste, reseat the head, place a pair of tabs on that attachment inside two small notches on the face of the valve head, and turn back and forth rapidly.
EDIT: My Indestro - which had a later, adjustable lapper attachment pinned to it, is posted in the Indestro thread here, but you can see yours in the 1935 catalog excerpt I posted in the same post.
That is cool looking and I like tools that were functionally marked.
I can't remember the last time I was this eager to see the answer to a question on the Garage Sale thread!
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Me too.
I searched “Swazi Warrior.” When the photos popped up, I thought, aren’t they Zulu warriors? Then I added “song” to the search string and variants (lots!) of the lyrics to “The Zulu Warrior” include “Swazi Warrior / Swazi Chief.”
The variant lyrics and social situations of performance of the song seem to span the spectrum from innocuous to imperialistic.
I searched “Swazi Warrior.” When the photos popped up, I thought, aren’t they Zulu warriors? Then I added “song” to the search string and variants (lots!) of the lyrics to “The Zulu Warrior” include “Swazi Warrior / Swazi Chief.”
The variant lyrics and social situations of performance of the song seem to span the spectrum from innocuous to imperialistic.
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Private Lugnutz
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My more elaborate version of Arne's "Uh - what??" was "Where the heck did 3jakes (location SE Pa!) grow up where a song called "The Swazi Warrior" was a popular childhood anthem? And when?!" Equally unable to contain my curiosity as you, I had better luck googling. A song called "The Swazi Warrior" was released by the Christchurch Liedertafel Male Voice Choir, Christchurch, NZ, in 1962.