2021 Garage Sale Thread

[seber]

Yesterday I drove down to Magnolia to buy a Unisaw with Biesemeyer fence and extension table. I'll post that when I get it back together. I had to disassemble it to load onto the truck. Damn that thing is heavy. Anyway, on the way back a drove past an estate sale so I made a stop. It was pretty picked over by the time I got there in midafternoon. But there was a box of wrenches wrapped and sealed and marked $50 over a clear saran wrap cover. It was a bit of a risk but I could see some Britool wrenches so I offered $25 and brought it home for that. Turns out there was a full set of Britool box ends with some extras. They are marked by screw size instead of hex size. The duplicates are marked conventionally. Also a set of Britool open ends, a short set of CK Germany wrenches, and a bunch of non matched USA wrenches. Among the scrap is a set of Gedore wrenches made in India and a set of Fullers made in Japan. Luckily enough, there was a 15mm Snap-on combination that fills a hole in my metric set. I can finally toss the Craftsman.

 

[Skellyii]

We have officially entered the rainy season, and flush with cash from selling some stuff I had picked up last week, I hit the road.
The first stop, almost always the farthest, showed some flats of tools in the pics and a Kennedy type 8-drawer machinists chest. Well, when I got there the tools were nothing to write home about, the machinist's chest, while cheap, was painted with some kind of bed liner. But, that box was cheap enough and I found a few other things to make it worth my while:

Crowntop machinists chest, Snap-on electricians driver, APEX bit driver, fine ceramic seagull, and a shooting stick. That is nice, as I walk with a cane at this point. $40 for everything. Bonus, the bed liner was in the rain for about a minute and is coming off with a putty knife. That's some fine quality there, Lou.


The second stop was in Provincials territory, but I like the couple who were running it and they will do deals on the first day, so I stopped of course. Here I picked up a nice Stanley square, an oiler, a weird IBM dual-ended nut driver, and this bad boy:

A nice, early V-twin compressor motor, all set up to run on compressed air and fully restored. $30

The next stop was a TOO, and to be honest, it looked like it was pretty picked over. But I found these for $13:

Some staples, a 1/4 socket box, jewelers drivers, Millers falls depth gauge and micrometer. There was a rolling toolbox there, marked sold and locked up, and guess who showed up to pick it up? Provincial. We did some horse-trading in the street, and I got to see the inside of that box. Very nice, but I will leave it to him to talk about it.

The last stop is a company I don't really like, as they clean everything up, and sort it into sealed bags, so you need to watch what you are doing there. But, I found the following:

Two mostly complete Thorsen sets and a complete Wright set. $14.

And then I went and got a burrito.

BMWRDO,

I had to laugh when I saw the picture of the IBM nutdriver, I was a tech with IBM from the late 70s to the mid 90s, and those were standard issue. I actually was using one of those nutdrivers yesterday to swap out the lines in my kegerator. I probably have at least two complete IBM tool sets, complete with the IBM issue tool bags in my basement that I use for working on stuff in the house.

I have other stuff for working on my cars and trucks.

 

[Skellyii]

Provincial- that's quite the haul of IBM wrenches. Looks like they were sourced from all over the place too. Proto I knew. Snap on? Think I have some IBM nut drivers that are like Blue Point. Looks like maybe Armstrong there too? I cant tell which others. Sweet haul.
Thought of our meet up at Flywheelers 2 yrs ago while I was standing in the exact same spot today talking to Jwitt! Fun times and great tools.

I was with IBM in the late 70s to mid 90s, at at time, the field folks were primarily SnapOn for wrenches and screwdrivers.

 

[bmwrd0]

I hit four sales today, and surprisingly, all were productive!

The first

The Craftsman box is misc. US, and the Duro box is for a deep 1/2" set. I did put in a bid for a very nice Victrola, but haven't heard back yet. $9 There was a lot of really nice automobilia, but it was very highly-priced.

Second.

A decent Challenger box filled with various sockets: Plomb, Proto, Sparta, Junk, Challenger. And a nice Thorsen speeder that just called to me. $4

Third.

This was a weird sale. It was in a Victorian, which was actually kept quite nice, which is unusual for a hoarder's nest. No access to the upstairs, nor the garage. There were the remains of a basement shop, but it looked like the tools (and a lot of other things) were gone. But, this is what I found: Proto side cutters, power cord replacement, steam train pictures, Indestro hex socket set, paint brushes, and am odd little leather wallet.

Fourth.

I think I should have started with this one, but so it goes. Anyway, for five bucks I found a Krauter ratchet, Cornwell combo, vintage ice pick/bottle opener from a coal delivery company, S-K spinner, vintage paperclips, repop Winchester catalog from '28, and a tool collectors catalog from '88. The prices might be dated, but the info is priceless.

 

[Provincial]

Thanks, 3bay! I am thinking of starting a thread about the IBM wrenches. I believe that it belongs in the General Tools Discussion forum because they are too new for the Vintage section. It should give Skellyii an excuse to share his collection!

I picked up these mostly out of curiosity, but they give me a wide variety of small wrenches in case I encounter small fasteners.

 

[Outlawmws]

So the Ax I picked up is Swedish Military issue: Some have 2 crowns like this, some three? handle length is supposed to be 28"

 

[Old Radar]

The Swedish insignia is three crowns. I think yours is three--the top two just seem to run together.

 

[Old Radar]

I happily received a package from RTM today that completed my Lectrolite No. 1711R combo pouch set that I picked up last month. The set was missing the four smallest which RTM supplied along with a dup 5/8. After looking at them I think the wrenches that came with the pouch are a newer era than RTM's. His seem to be better forged and have a better finish along with being more slender in all dimensions. The box end also has a less acute offset on his. I like them better! He also threw in a Lufkin Rule Co. telescoping gage as a kicker for the S.O. one I bought that was bent. Thanks RTM!!

 

[d42jeep]

The earlier Lectrolite wrenches were more slender and nicely finished. The later type are much more similar to the S-K versions to follow.
-Don

 

[Gidge]

Picked this up today:

 

[saukit]

What you can get at three second day sales

I recognize that knife! That sale had so much Craftsman stuff it blew my mind. Was the grinder NIB still there?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Army Medical Dep't coffee cup,

If you're not keeping that I would be very interested in it as a gift for my active duty son, a major and a doctor in the Army. Trade?

a Military ax with a busted handle

KB44 adn what appear to bt 2 crowns

So the Ax I picked up is Swedish Military issue: Some have 2 crowns like this, some three? handle length is supposed to be 28"

Very cool. How old is it?

 

[BlueBomber]

Picked up another hay grapple to expand my Halloween creature decorations next year. I got the no-name grapple for $85 and the bowling ball for free.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I've been sick as hell all week (runny nose, sore throat, deep chest cough, headaches, but no fever or loss of taste), ever since the Philly trip last weekend, and I was thinking I would just stay in bed, but I took a drive-thru swab test on Friday, and the NEGATIVE results text when I woke up this morning gave me a boost, so I snuck out for a quick trip to the flea (Lugz 2021_71) and boy am I glad I did.



I don't need the PLVMB tappet wrench, but it could be good trade material.

The 3/8-drive speeder is a wartime Bonney T9.

The spark plug wrench is a PLVMB U.S.N. NAF.

The name on the auto-kit style wrench is hard to read. I thought it was an Aetna, but it's not.

The pick of the day for me (and maybe the year) are the re-threader sets. The name on the boxes were illegible on the spot through the grime, but I could see what they were in the bottom of a plastic milk crate some oldtimer was bogarting, standing there blocking me, and looking over an antique H.K. Porter bolt cutter like it was King Tut's staff. I was worried he was going to put it down and pick up the re-threader boxes. So I asked politely if he'd mind if I looked through the other stuff while he was checking out the bolt cutters. As soon as he said "Be my guest," I reached in and snagged them. He was eyeing them as I walked around the corner of the table to pay. When I got home, just a few minutes ago, the first thing I did was study them in better light. They are vintage "MAC"!

 

[Outlawmws]

Thx OR! Three crowns it is!

I have no clue as to it's age Lugz. I don't think the 44 is necessarily a date, but it may be?. I also found several references to axes marked KB42. One (with pics on Instagram) clearly showed the KB42 and 3 crowns but a different head style and it was a hatchet as well? Much shorter haft. (Which I may "Fix" this one by making the haft short...)

So possibly a MFG/Date code, not a "Model of" like in the US?

I did find the KB may be for "Kimo Bruk" or "Hults Bruk", (unverified) - Swedish MFGs, but a possibly better researched source is here: http://sharky-fourbees.blogspot.com/2016/10/swedish-military-axe-kolefors-bruk-1942.html

That says this was Kölefors Bruk 1942, KB42, (Same head style as mine, and long handle...) and that it was WW2 issued and the "dates" indicate war issue? However a comment on the same article states that Hults Bruks made the axes after 1967 made to the same specifications? - That may be the Hults Bruk confusion elsewhere?

Apparently Sportsmans Guide has had them several times over the years, and were popular with the Bushcraft crowd.

 

[mikeinri]

Wow, Lugz, nice find on the re-threaders! Are they the split-die style?

Mike

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I don't think the 44 is necessarily a date, but it may be?.

As I was scrolling, before you even posted the closeup, my first thought was US. I was going to ask you to look closer for markings. Because it sure looks like a 4lb Dayton pattern axe to me, which is what was issued to the pioneer kits (with a D handle shovel) mounted on wartime jeeps. Not to suggest that's what it is or imply that Sweden or any other Scandinavian country had to take cues from us in the woodchopping department. There was usually some precedence to things like that (road clearance tools), though, and we may have ctually taken our cues from others. Long winded way of saying maybe others used the same pattern and maybe it is the date.

Are they the split-die style?

No. Solid. They're basically hex nuts. I have actually never seen any like this before. Typically they are split-die for a die stock and handles or built into some kind of handles. I think the idea was maybe to just turn these with a wrench! I'll be looking them up in the catalogs and posting plenty of photos in the MAC thread. Going to try to carefully clean the box so the markings are more legible.

 

[bmwrd0]

Lugz, I have a couple sets of those rethreaders.


They are one of the most helpful tools, I don't need them often, but when I do they are great.

Outlaw, here are some more pics of that oiler. The body is plastic, while the spout is brass. Made in England, it is quite nice'


on the brass ferrule, it says "ValveSpout" and "pat. pending. Made in England by Muller & co."

 

[Outlawmws]

Lugz, are the chasers copper plated? (Common for chasers). I don't think I've ever seem chasers with the screw adjustment adn Yes, I'd expect a mechanic to run them with wrenches or sockets, not a die stock.

 

[Catfishdan]

Swap meet finds today. 3 plomb chisels and a screwdriver, Wards Master ignition wrench set, and a Keen Kutter carpenter hatchet head.

 

[Outlawmws]

Interesting BMW, I was expecting the oiler body to be brass.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

it says "ValveSpout" and "pat. pending. Made in England

I have a ValveSpout brand oiler. A lot different. Painted red. It's on the 'Oilers' thread.

Lugz, are the chasers copper plated?

They are. So cool how MAC did it. They color coded the finish. Steel is NF. Copper is NC. And there are notices on the boxes extolling the convenience virtue of this practice.

3 plomb chisels and a screwdriver, Wards Master ignition wrench set, and a Keen Kutter carpenter hatchet head.

 

[RTM]

This weeks haul came mostly from one stop, a place I picked up a great deal a few months back. I took Friday off to run some errands, so got there fairly early. This time they had imported stuff from the city from cleaning out a shop shared by dad and an uncle, both ex Merchant Marine guys. I started on the stack of drawers they’d pulled out of a workbench, and grabbed a bunch of smalls. Moved over to a table with a bunch of metal socket boxes on it, First one I looked at had an embossed lid, Facom Vanachrome. First couple of wrenches I grabbed were Facom metric ignition wrenches, so I was hooked. Had never heard of them before GJ, and first I had seen in the wild. Next box was a made in Taiwan with a mishmash of 1/4” drive brands. Third was a Husky professional, with a bunch of 3/8” & 1/2” drive stuff, mostly off brands. Added a couple of Craftsman wood clamps, and got away at a reasonable price.


Starting lower left in the first picture, a small gimlet, a Droite watch / clock maker's combination burnisher and very fine file for burnishing the ends of pivots, a telescoping gauge from a small local company (International Tool Co, San Leandro), a bunch of inexpensive level vials, a partial set of tiny taps, 0, 1, 2 sizes, Tohnichi torque screwdriver, hammer with V.E.J. cast into the head, , no name crock pot (different source) to be dedicated to the garage.
Next an X-Acto razor saw holder in aluminum, and an Allen 3/32 labeled tool , probably for Hi-Lok (Hy-Lok) allen wrenches, little wobble screwdriver like a Klein, then two things I assumed were X-Acto types, which turned out to be a pin vise drill holder, with tiny bits in the handle, and a "General Printing Ink Co" knife where the reversible blade can completely hide in the handle, making it pocket safe, and a graver with a split handle. In the center is a 3/8” to 1/4” chuck, wearing patent us4692073, part of something bigger.


Next pic has the 3 socket boxes, Facom lower left, with the Facom wrenches and sockets on the lid, left, bunch of no name or Taiwan sockets in the bottom, right, and miscellaneous Auto Wrenches scattered about, a Blue Point and Craftsman wrench in there too. On top of the wood clamps are a Bonney 3/8” to 1/2” adapter, had a price label but fell off when I put pressure on it, a Thorsen hex bit, Dayton deep socket. The Taiwan box in back has mostly Craftsman sockets. The big box is the Husky, with lots of Husky on the right, newer Blackhawk and Chrome Vanadium against the lid. A few scattered Proto, Krauter and SK scattered between the boxes. In the middle is a Palm-Grip ratchet, with the palm side labeled Spec Tool Co, Pico Calif, (not to be confused with Spec Tools of MA in another thread) an aircraft supply store founded in 1954, that has since moved a few miles away.


The wire thing under the clamp handles is about 6-1/2” long, square stock, pointed on one end, giant inverted thumbtack type head on the other, with a series of twists in the middle of the shank. Not sure it’s purpose

 

[LesserSon]

$53 morning at Jake’s, then Quakertown.

Among the treasures, a Stanley sweetheart No763 2” table vise with replaceable jaws, nearly pristine under surface rust.

And this black lacquered brass S&A Germany pocket microscope, aparently missing an eyecup.
I used to have an aluminum one I bought at the Corning Glass Museum gift shop in my preteen years. I think I lost it prospecting for fossil ferns near St Clair PA.

I don’t think I’ve seen a 1/4dr female sliding tee before. This one has no visible mfg or COO.

 

[3baygarage]

Went to the Flywheelers show yesterday morning. The Nov. show is sparse with vendors compared to the winter ones, but I still had a great day.

I visited a couple exhibits, spent plenty of time chatting with familiar faces and random folks, and of course attempted to see as much of the flea market as possible. Each visit so far has proved seeing the entire place while shopping on foot is impossible in a day. My game plan was a bit off but I’m quite happy with the finds.

About half the stuff came from two vendors alone, forum goer whose name Jwitt you might recognize, and a second collector. I thank those guys for bringing a lot of cool stuff. Also ran into several other vendors I purchased from two years ago. There was certainly no shortage of unique finds, which is the reason I go.

the haul:

Some close ups:

Small 1/4 box similar to the Mac one I’m familiar with

Bunch of nice Plomb and Proto finds Including a pebble panel open end crowfoot, Aircraft? tool oddities.
Also gov surplus sockets by SnapOn, Bonney, etc.

Buck Bros chisel, Childcraft angle wrench with FSN, odd Kent Moore stud remover.

Bulbous spinner ( i always forget the maker), Blackhawk, Indestro Super. Neat little sliding 4 way screwdriver/nut driver for telecom.

Ratchets are common Japan import, Lauravia (France), URREA USA made, interesting Apco Mossberg inch pounds wrench, Bon-E-Con, and Wizard. Ner rand and Walden ratcheting adapters.

Sockets by Proto, Plomb WF, Walden, Duro

Cornwell and Craftsman rats. Extensions are Armstrong, Duro, Craftsman, Husky, S-K, Thorsen. Unmarked little 1/4 ratchet, might have seen these branded Heyco before.

Unknown offset double end 1/2” drive tool. Not aure on this, my first thought was part of a stud remover. Any guesses?

rusty SO pocket driver and deep socket, Kobalt USA handful of sockets, unmarked knocker handle, tuning fork to play around with, specialty SO deep also.

Barcalo, Armstrong, JCP, Crescent. Ford pliers and Herbrand Ford branded pliers.

 

[3baygarage]

a few adjustables:

Space Tool worm gear slide wrench, two Charles Hall Buffalo made wrenches, and Domino brand made in England.

 

[Macduf]

Went back on 50

I recognize that knife! That sale had so much Craftsman stuff it blew my mind. Was the grinder NIB still there?

went back on last day, grinder was gone by then. prices seemed a little for this sale.

 

[Outlawmws]

3Bay, that's an awesome haul! LOTS of unusual tools!

 

[3baygarage]

Hey, thanks Outlaw. It’s always fun to see what turns up at these shows.

i spotted a nice little baby bullet with the swivel base, though at 350 it was not coming home with me. That’s one left behind item I sure liked.

 

[jeffmoss26]

An odd day, as there was nothing nearby, and near nothing near my moms house where I went to fix lights, air up her cars tires, and take her to a Dr. visit,

Two planed stops - for a fiver I got a box of keys, many of which are blanks! and a Military ax with a busted handle .



Paging Jeff! the pair seem to be for a lock with 4 sets of opposed pins? adn the single is a ":RE-KEY TOOL"

Wow, lots of keys! The plus shaped one (cruciform key) was used on some Sentry safes. The rekeying tool is for a Kwikset Titan, the notch on the bottom allows you to remove the cylinder from the lock body for rekeying.

 

[jeffmoss26]

What you can get at three second day sales

ohh, those look like Upson 4 in 1 drivers!

 

[Outlawmws]

Thanks Jeff!

I did manage to find the proper name(s) for the Cruciform Keys after much googling! Like any key/lock combo, quality varies!

The shank on this is riveted, so not sure it Sentry based on pics I found, and all four side have a different pinout. Not that it matters much - youngest daughter wants to add one to her keying just cause its different.

I'm going to mark that Kwikset tool...

 

[jeffmoss26]

the tool is only good if the cuts on the key match your lock though

Thanks Jeff!

I did manage to find the proper name(s) for the Cruciform Keys after much googling! Like any key/lock combo, quality varies!

The shank on this is riveted, so not sure it Sentry based on pics I found, and all four side have a different pinout. Not that it matters much - youngest daughter wants to add one to her keying just cause its different.

I'm going to mark that Kwikset tool...

 

[genog]

Went to the Flea Market and found a seller with metal boxes full of sockets.
I raked through those boxes for Lord-knows-how-long and managed to almost scrape together a full set of Craftsman C Series!
Found most except for the oddball sockets in 32nds and couldn't find C-26 (13/16)

Darn
I know it was there somewhere, I just couldn't find it


1/2 to 1-1/8

 

[Outlawmws]

the tool is only good if the cuts on the key match your lock though

yeah, so I figured but if nothing else, it's a pattern to cut the notch in an existing key.

 

[Outlawmws]

13/16 often gets overabused for lug nuts and could have been broken if used in an impact...

 

[Macduf]

ohh, those look like Upson 4 in 1 drivers!

Nah there labeled Colvin, I can find nothing on that name

ohh, those look like Upson 4 in 1 drivers!

 

[Macduf]

Nah there labeled Colvin, I can find nothing on that name

Both marked colvin

 

[Provincial]

Nice finds, 3bay! I was thinking about how much fun we had at the Flywheelers a couple of years ago. Out of the blue, my wife mentioned how much fun she had there and wondered if we could go back some day. She's a keeper!

It seems that the Winter meet would be the best one to visit. We were lucky to hit that one the last time.

 

[saukit]

Went back on 50

went back on last day, grinder was gone by then. prices seemed a little for this sale.

I went back as well, got the grinder. Will post some photos in a bit. Agree, that the prices are high with this company. They seem to be intentionally creating a busy Sunday where everyone comes back for the stuff that they weren't willing to pay full price for. The Matchbox cars and coin people were in a feeding frenzy!