2022 Garage Sale Thread

[wrenchguy]

Need multi-tool tread in v-land?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Need multi-tool tread in v-land?

I don't know if there's sufficient interest or demand. They show up in various miscellaneous threads from time to time. I'll probably post more photos of it (this is the Woodward) in my thread.

In the LEFT-BEHIND (way above my pay grade!!!!) category was a STANLO toy construction set from the 1930's (Pic 1) and a gorgeous wooden machinists box (see Pic 2, 3 & 4). I have one very similar with a Bonney tag, but this one was tres cool and came with a genuine vintage brass micrometer lapel pin and the original key for the lock.

 

[LesserSon]

Is that a Lauber or SO file handle?

That other, metal, machinist chest looks interesting: the hardware reminds me of some Bonney-branded ones.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Is that a Lauber or SO file handle?

Lauber. Unfortunately. Not that there's anything wrong with that (it was Snap-on's source), but I already have one and the Snappy would be a prize. Funny how a name changes everything.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

That other, metal, machinist chest looks interesting: the hardware reminds me of some Bonney-branded ones.

I should've taken more photos. It's deceiving from that angle, but it was extra-wide, like a carpenter's box, but not.

 

[four.cycle]

"...a novel I am writing..."

do tell....

RE: "multi tool" -

I have sent Gerald (progress-is-fine) dozens of photo images of various "multi-tool" specimens I have found online.
They are definitely interesting, and there was certainly a demand for them, otherwise there would not have been so many different iterations designed and manufactured.
That one you just found is definitely different. I don't suppose there are any identifying marks on it, right?

I'd love to see a dedicated thread for them, even though so far the only thing I've collected are a lot of *.jpg images of them.
The problem one encounters is trying to find a thread for them:
Run a search here on "combination tool" or "multi tool" and you'll see what I mean.

I would have probably shelled out money for that fancy box... but that's just me.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I don't suppose there are any identifying marks on it, right?

The patent date, as I reported. See more in my Lugzsonian thread.

I would have probably shelled out money for that fancy box...

He wanted 350 shells for it. If you're seriously interested, I wouldn't be surprised if it's still there tomorrow or next week. If I hadn't bought the Bonney a couple years ago, I would've been sorely tempted.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

do tell....

It's about a British sloop-of-war sacked by privateers, re-christened, dragged from river to swamp to hide it from the redcoats, and eventually scuttled in a notorious bottomless pit in the Pine Barrens known as 'the blue hole of Beelzebub' where it is lost to the annals of time. Kept intact by the cold, deep, dark womb of New Jersey and vague local myth for two hundred years, it’s discovered, on the eve of the nation’s Bicentennial, by a Rutgers doctoral student scuba diving in a tire dump, prompting a legal tussle between the State of New Jersey, the Department of the Interior, the British Crown, and the young treasure hunter.

 

[gearhead1960]

It's about a British sloop-of-war sacked by privateers, re-christened, dragged from river to swamp to hide it from the redcoats, and eventually scuttled in a notorious bottomless pit in the Pine Barrens known as 'the blue hole of Beelzebub' where it is lost to the annals of time. Kept intact by the cold, deep, dark womb of New Jersey and vague local myth for two hundred years, it’s discovered, on the eve of the nation’s Bicentennial, by a Rutgers doctoral student scuba diving in a tire dump, prompting a legal tussle between the State of New Jersey, the Department of the Interior, the British Crown, and the young treasure hunter.

If there is "***" in it, you might have a bestseller on your hands......

 

[four.cycle]

ehhhh...... 350 shells might have been a bit much.....

the novel sounds interesting. have to get to the Lugzonian thread

if anybody asks about "how can a boat stay intact underwater so long?" you can always refer them to this.

 

[mikeinri]

Wait, who (in their right mind) scuba dives in a tire dump???

Mike

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Wait, who (in their right mind) scuba dives in a tire dump???

Dwayne Vickers, a kooky kid who grew up believing in the tall tales about his great-great-great-great-grandfather, the reverend and rebel Hezekiah Vickers.

If there is "***" in it, you might have a bestseller on your hands......

Assisting the British legal team is a woman named Scotlyn Farwell. The preeminent authority on British shipbuilding of the American Revolutionary era, “Scottie” has always had a particularly keen interest in HMS Scorpio – the only ship built at Sheerness, her home, by her great-great-great-grandfather, and the only one of the fleet unaccounted for – and she sports a scorpion tattoo on the back of her hand as if to always manifest her interest. Unknown to anyone except Dwayne Vickers, the feisty British historian bears a stunning resemblance to the *****, harp-playing mermaid carved on the bowsprit of the ship. In chapters alternating between 1776 and 1976, THE SCORPIO AND THE SCORPION tells the story of one ship with two names - and an unlikely, unfathomable Trans-Atlantic romance.

if anybody asks about "how can a boat stay intact underwater so long?"

Oh, I have plenty of research for that.

 

[Smokeshow69]

It's about a British sloop-of-war sacked by privateers, re-christened, dragged from river to swamp to hide it from the redcoats, and eventually scuttled in a notorious bottomless pit in the Pine Barrens known as 'the blue hole of Beelzebub' where it is lost to the annals of time. Kept intact by the cold, deep, dark womb of New Jersey and vague local myth for two hundred years, it’s discovered, on the eve of the nation’s Bicentennial, by a Rutgers doctoral student scuba diving in a tire dump, prompting a legal tussle between the State of New Jersey, the Department of the Interior, the British Crown, and the young treasure hunter.

This novel sounds pretty interesting!

 

[d42jeep]

I had the pleasure of reading the author’s first novel. Very enjoyable.
I like the file handle and the Indestro ratchet with the almost always missing plug.
We ventured out to Pleasanton, CA for a tool heavy estate sale. The sale was put on by a company I’ve dealt with many times and the seller let me name my price. Surprisingly, he didn’t even make a counteroffer, he just accepted. The S-K sockets are in really nice condition. Quite a few Plomb tools as well.

-Don
Everything
Plomb tools
S-K 1/2” drive socket set
Other tools

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Nice haul, Don. You are a Holo-Krome magnet.

I had the pleasure of reading the author’s first novel. Very enjoyable.

Thanks for the plug. Still unpublished, though, before someone asks. Did two re-writes for a famous agent at ICM. No dice! I'm considering self-pub.

Back on flight path before OR gets on the radio in his command voice!

 

[d42jeep]

There was only one Holo-Krome hex key in the pouch. All the rest were other brands or unmarked.
-Don
Somewhere I have a ziplock of Holo-Krome wrenches to put into the pouch.

 

[saukit]

Don, you ****! Lugz also ***** for that Duro Chrome ratchet, I love those things...I took the day off today, although there were a lot of sales going on there weren't many pictures that struck my interest. Combine that with a cold I'm fighting and I only got to a couple.

The first looked like it had a bunch of potential, the guy supposedly built hotrods in his basement. I have a feeling the family hauled all the mechanics stuff out before the estate sale people got there, wasn't much left other than beat old power tools and more sorted hardware than Home Depot! Grabbed these Proto LA and MFD punches and a little Plomb 3020.



Next sale was a good one, and there was a big crowd. I didn't make much of an effort to get there early and ended up #60 on the list. Thankfully it was a big property with multiple buildings and I only had to wait 20 minutes or so to get in. This guy had boxes and boxes full of new cheap tools, Taiwan mostly. At first I thought I'd leave empty handed until I figured out there was another room in the back of the garage where he kept his personal stash of stuff. It was pretty well pawed through when I got in there but I pulled a few bits out of the corners:

Pretty sure this is the first Mossberg set I've run across. The Proto set is missing the 7/8 and 7/16, would love to buy or trade for those if anyone has em! Then just some random sockets; Plomb, P&C, Craftsman BE, and Snap on. Finally an SK extension and a P&C 100 hinge.

A lot of the USA tools were priced really high, none of this stuff was priced so I was a bit worried that I was going to get gauged for it. I held the Proto set with the old price tag facing in when I was getting it all priced Fortunately the guy was too busy to look at it all and he put 8 bucks on the Mossberg set and said "5 for the rest". Sold!


Off to AA/ITCL to see if I can figure out what was supposed to be in this set originally...

 

[Shelbylex]

"Cross Country" DBE looks nice! Not that common. Hmm, not you have to make a set!
Great deal, Lugz!

 

[mikeinri]

Dwayne Vickers, a kooky kid who grew up believing in the tall tales about his great-great-great-great-grandfather, the reverend and rebel Hezekiah Vickers.

Is this a fully fictional novel?

Mike

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...that Duro Chrome ratchet, I love those things...

They're hardy. This one is the Indestro 3202-R version, but man, it's clean. I have the Duro in my current GMTK, but this one has a nice coat of black ox on it.

"Cross Country" DBE looks nice! Not that common. Hmm, not you have to make a set!

I was thinking flip or trade when I grabbed it. I know I have seen a few random ones on GJ, thinking someone might need it.

Pretty sure this is the first Mossberg set I've run across.

It's a really cool find. And I own a lot of Mossberg stuff.

Off to AA/ITCL to see if I can figure out what was supposed to be in this set originally...

I'll be curious to see what you discover. My take - it's very unusual. The contents, which are pressed steel, look like a No. 11 or No. 13. Fourteen (14) hex sockets, an extension, and missing a ratchet and maybe a uni joint. But that style and color box, that decal on the outside, and the decal on the inside are all from the late 20's, just before they merged and became APCO-Mossberg. The contents are usually seen in earlier wooden boxes or fiberboard cases. The contents typically found in those late boxes were the heavy duty hot-forged cold-broached sockets.

Is this a fully fictional novel?

Yes. But like all goof fiction, it has to be believable. It's not a fictionalized account of actual events and people, if that's what you're wondering.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

@saukit
Hate to say I was right, but... I was right.
If you go to my Mossberg No. 82 Pro set thread, linked here, you'll see a very large set in that same kind of brown enamel steel box with that same decal. If you go to page 2 of the Mossberg pages on AA, linked here, they have a smaller set in the same kind and color of box with the same decal. Both my set and the AA set have the heavy hot forged cold-broached sockets. 1928-ish.

In 1927 they were advertising the older style pressed steel sockets in what looks and is described as brown enamel steel boxes. See Pic below. I'd say you have a very late No. 13, in a transition year, with newer steel boxes (no more wood or fiberboard), but older sockets. The end of the line.

Pretty cool.

 

[Cruzan80]

Sakuit, I may havr a sapre Mossberg 355 laying.around. Looks like that is the only.missing piece.

 

[bmwrd0]

Today was kind of a wash, tool hunting wise. I think I hit three garage sales and an estate sale, all came up bupkis. But a local junk hauler decide to have a sale of all the non-recyclable he had picked up, and I found a few good things:

A Williams 1/2" combo, Knipex wire pliers, Blue Point SOE (modified), Duro/Indestro socket, Cornwell Angle wrench and a partial box of pin stock. The saw came from the local scrap yard, and I picked it up as it has actual split nuts, dating it from before 1875. I have no idea of the maker though, as there is no medallion or etch that I can see.

 

[mikeinri]

Nothing exciting happening (in terms of sales or freebies) around here. I'm focused on some long-overdue tree trimming and felling this weekend.

Lugz, I really thought you'd based some of the novel on actual events; otherwise, I wouldn't have been as shocked about someone scuba diving into toxic waste, LOL...

Mike

 

[Provincial]

Quote from Lugz:
"Dwayne Vickers, a kooky kid who grew up believing in the tall tales about his great-great-great-great-grandfather, the reverend and rebel Hezekiah Vickers."

Did this guy write part of the screenplay for "National Treasure?"

 

[Raineman]

I went to Carlisle PA yesterday. Picked up some more sheet metal for the Chevelle and picked up some tools. I paid up for most of it to either fill sets or just because I wanted it. I left a lot on tables, those vendors really love their stuff. The only items I got deals on were for flipping purposes.

 

[RTM]

The saw came from the local scrap yard, and I picked it up as it has actual split nuts, dating it from before 1875. I have no idea of the maker though, as there is no medallion or etch that I can see.

LS,BMW, how long is that saw? Panel, under 20”, or full length?

the handle with only three nuts is typically a trait for the panel saws.

Disston stopped using the split nuts in 1875, but I suspect other mfgr May not have been that fast to change, so I always guess pre-1900 forsplit nuts, so still a great grab.

 

[bmwrd0]

RTM, the blade is 26" long. But, do you know of a good saw id list? Like I said, no medallion, and I haven't found any trace of an etching.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I really thought you'd based some of the novel on actual events;

Well, all stories are built from other stories, our best stories come from life, and good writers are good readers. Old ships or pieces of old ships and other things are found all the time, including old quarries. You might be surprised how may of our national relics have been in legal ownership dispute for years as they fell in and out of private hands. And, people connected to distant ancestors who also had a connection do meet coincidentally. I was just inspired to put these things together.

otherwise, I wouldn't have been as shocked about someone scuba diving into toxic waste, LOL...

Tire ponds are not toxic. Just the opposite, in fact. Tires are extremely impervious and non-soluble, which is precisely why they are such an issue when they are stacked up in mountains that can be seen from space, especially for breeding mosquitoes, or when they catch fire, which happens often. Tires are really hard to get rid of and the planet has gazillions of them. Recycling is possible, but limited, unfortunately. There are a few plants (California and Birmingham, England, to name two of the most well-known) that convert their controlled burning into energy, but it's still a big issue, as I am sure you can imagine. Tire ponds on the other hand (there's a huge one in New Hampshire and one fairly big one here, as well) don't breed mosquitoes, don't catch fire, and don't otherwise pollute anything, and they are typically very old deep pits that geologists don't always understand. They are actually popular among birders and skinny dippers.

Did this guy write part of the screenplay for "National Treasure?"

I had to look that up, only being vaguely aware of the storyline. Thanks! I see what you mean with his familial connection. Precedence is good.

EDIT: But guys - let's ichtsnay this because I don't want to be an offtopic bandwidth hog!

 

[RTM]

RTM, the blade is 26" long. But, do you know of a good saw id list? Like I said, no medallion, and I haven't found any trace of an etching.

I usually look through the Disston institute first, as it may be theirs or a WS. Next, I just crawl though ITCL for Atkins, Simond’s etc. Times get hard, the National Saw catalog hard copy. Times get real hard, the saw makers books, but that’s a real rough row to hoe.

I start with the nut count, then look into the shape of the hand cutout, and then the bottom of the grip, and finally the decorative top bits between the handle and blade, then the overbite at the top.

 

[revolution337]

From this mornings outing. Hit a few garage sales, most were busts. One estate sale had a lot of older tools out though. I picked through them and got these. Several needle nose pliers, C-clamps, a large flat blade screwdriver, and a 1/4" metric socket set (Taiwan) Two Channel locks, one branded "vacuum grip", and another with no branding on it, it only says "Germany" Not sure of the manufacturer on that one. $6.00 for them all!

 

[LesserSon]

About $20 this morning at Jake’s Flea. PS&W No5 C-clamp, Dunlap handle, Pony pipe clamp, Disston “beehive” screwdriver, Blackhawk 8426 13/16 Pat Pend socket & 2718 9/16 single-offset DBE, Plvmb Los Angeles 1222 11/16 combo & 4885 miusa 9/16dr sliding tee, Duro/Indestro 1/4hex kit minus 1 socket, C’man knife blades (only 2 left), Bonney 406 tappet DOE & E42 DBE, Defiance knife, LSStarrett No72 guage, SO keychain tool, Klein / Bell System pliers (3Oct1941), Diamalloy NN pliers.

And an empty Taylor Instrument Companies Ashville NC USA pocketclip tube (free gift from the “everything is a dollar” lady). I guess it is a container for a glass thermometer. LesserDaughter1 searched up a site that indicates it is from 1968 or earlier.

EDIT - haha: here’s why so much tape on the No1299 knife.

 

[LesserSon]

bmwrd0, RTM is right about 3 sawnuts / no medallion suggesting a panel saw, but 26” is not typical. Disston made a LOT of saws, and the handle geometry looks Disston to me. Disston made a saw named No091 “The IMP” with no medallion, like yours, but I don’t have a catalog handy to check the lengths it was availabe. EDIT - yes, 12” to 30” but it has an oval hand hole. Oh well.
If there is any decorative carving on the unshown side of the handle, it might narrow the possibilities.

 

[BlueBomber]

Lots of sales advertised around me, but nothing worth burning dino juice for. Good luck and happy hunting to the rest of you!

 

[RUSH55]

Had the day off yesterday and put in a couple hours driving around town following Estate Sale signs to dead ends and driving past a handful of nothingburger yard sales.
My wife got word of a tool sale via FB marketplace, which I hit shortly after its opening time of 8am. Stepped over a largish 6” China vise, and had to peel myself away from the $200 marked bags of Snap-On and Cornwell wrenches, and settled on a couple of $25 grab boxes and a $20 bench grinder.
Hit one other yard sale for a Craftsman DOE, 10” adjustable, and decent needle-nose.

The booty…

Grab box #1
Craftsman, Proto, Stanley, Mayhew, and Dasco punches and chisels
Large Bellota rasp, Simonds file, L-D thread chaser
Eklind, Precision Craft, and a no-name US Allen sets, several loose Allen keys
Mini file kit
DeWalt Pilot Point drill bit set
Misc bolts and spring pin

Grab box #2
Set of five Blue Point snap-ring pliers
Two sets of Blue Point feeler gauges along with a couple sets of off-brand feelers
Central Tool micrometer
Sears and General calipers
Extendable magnet and two extendable mirrors
Stainless ruler
Battery cleaners
Flag holder
Can opener
Roach clip

 

[four.cycle]

@bmwrd0 -

these might provide a starting point:

Home

Information relating to woodworking saws and specifically the history of British Saws and Sawmaking firms

www.backsaw.net

E. C. Atkins Saws

atkinssaws.blogspot.com

The Davistown Museum | Regional history museum

The Davistown Museum is a tool, art, and regional history museum with two physical locations in Maine and a website, rich with resources.

www.davistownmuseum.org

Sawmill Creek Woodworking Community

Sawmill Creek Woodworking Community - Online since 2003

sawmillcreek.org

 

[Outlawmws]

not a huge day but worth the time/fuel:

One sale wasn't but there was another 3 doors down, and across the street:

A Gerber knife - Blade is pristine, the red finish looks to be pocket change beat..., and a 3M tape dispenser.

A TOO had the Copper beaker, and Duro Chrome wrench



The last stop was an estate sale (opening LATE...) and I got everything from the backyard shed.


Full can of Coleman fuel adn a jar of sockets. (they had tons of tools but the boxes were buy the box - no individual tools, and had nothing special enough for me to shell out 30-40 bucks each.




A Goss acetylene torch, regulator and plumbers tank. for $25 I wasn't arguing. thirty for everything from the Estate sale.

These things need a carrier handle and wrench combo for the tiny valve stem... (Yeah I've seen the carts...)
Tested it, and about 1/8 full, but works fine. Hose is in decent shape.




And the Jar of sockets - 23 and only 32 definitively Asian - (Japan upper right) Up the center, Brown tool Magnetic (and snap hook), Proto and P&C, Thorsen, SO, - on the Left - SK Crafstman, PowrKraft, on the right various Chrome Vanadium marked.

 

[Outlawmws]

Hey for those shipping just a wrench or two for trades etc, an option if you can keep it under 13 oz. is USPS First Class Package.

I used double corrugated cardboard, made a cutout and "laminated" them by edge wrapping the sides.

Addressed like an envelope, and away it went! These three went for a bit under a small flat rate box, and that was coast to coast, a shorter distance could be even cheaper.

 

[Raineman]

Outlaw, you **** for that torch setup, that is a steal! You’ll find a bazillion uses for it.
I bet I know where those wrenches are going.

 

[Outlawmws]

Thanks RM!

And yes you might!