2022 Garage Sale Thread

[Private Lugnutz]

I think he kept it by the bottle of Wild Turkey he always had hidden also

I've never been a **** guy, but I guess those are the classics. Guns, alcohol, and *******/Penthouse. I've been hiding a motorcycle for almost 6 years, but they don't fit in or under toolboxes, and that's a completely different story.

 

[Debcrow]

Marriage Counseling: A One-Act Short by Private Lugnutz

We Open with a Wide Shot

A modest farm house, a modest porch.

We Zoom in Closer on Porch

An elderly couple sitting in rocking chairs on either side of a small round table with two glasses and a jug of iced tea. She, modest print dress, knitting. He, plaid shirt and suspenders, reading the Farmer's Almanac.

SHE: My, what a perfect Ahia morning.

HE: Sure is.

SHE: Just listen to them songbirds. Nature's grand ole' opry.

HE: Mm-hmm.

She suddenly puts her knitting down in her lap.

We Zoom in Closer Framing Only the Couple

SHE: Come to think of it, when's the last time you seen a cat or a rabbit or a squirrel around here?

He ignores her.

SHE: Ned?

The light glints off his specs as he raises his head slightly.

HE: I don't rightly know, dear.

The specs go dark again as he lowers his head back to his book.

She resumes her knitting.

We Close-Up on Him

The look on his face is somewhere between a smirk, a grimace, holding back a massive fart in church, and those moments when our mind is weighing once again the pros and cons of the little white lie, the consequences here on earth, the consequences in the great hereafter, and deciding that taking your chances with the Man Upstairs is more bearable than the Missus.

If you said he was shooting chicken's, you should get the Pulletzer Prize

I actually understand this quite well. My wife is always telling me that the squirrels are "so cute, leave them alone". They infested some of my sheds. Since then, we have gotten a young Grey Fox living somewhere near by (not a common animal in the southwest desert). Squirrel problem seems to have "gone away".

 

[mikeinri]

Where'd you buy the fox? I could use one of those for the mice and chipmunks around here. The owls and hawks aren't keeping up.

Mike

 

[RTM]

Our problem is the gophers, owls, hawks, and herons aren't keeping up. Tried to buy a gopher snake, frowned upon. Does a silver fox work as well?

 

[mrb1]

my boy....got a squirrel about a month ago..baby bunnies don't stand a chance...garden is doing great!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

If you said he was shooting chickens, you should get the Pulletzer Prize

Snerk.

I actually understand this quite well.

Oh, trust me, me too, and from experience.

My wife is always telling me that the squirrels are "so cute, leave them alone". They infested some of my sheds.

Garage, shed, eaves of the house. Those tree rats will get everywhere.

baby bunnies don't stand a chance...

They love to think they're clever nesting deep in the thick English ivy we have on the side, and our girl finds them every time. Crunchy.

I do have a very powerful German break-barrel spring-loaded air rifle, though. I think the missus thinks it's been retired in the gun cabinet after a brief flurry of activity during an odd river rat infestation this well-to-do tidal estuary town suffered through about 15 years ago.

 

[Smokeshow69]

I've never been a **** guy, but I guess those are the classics. Guns, alcohol, and *******/Penthouse. I've been hiding a motorcycle for almost 6 years, but they don't fit in or under toolboxes, and that's a completely different story.

Ahem… please see this thread. Crazy what people have found on their property from past owners. I started this because I find these types of discoveries fascinating especially historical items that are discovered

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/coolest-thing-you-have-ever-found-on-your-property-in-your-house.331103/

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I've contributed to that thread. I think of that scenario (odd things left behind by couples and children in weird places, e.g., cubbies, walls, buried in the yard, etc) a little differently than flasks and **** mags, but yeah, that's a great thread.

 

[Smokeshow69]

I've contributed to that thread. I think of that scenario (odd things left behind by couples and children in weird places, e.g., cubbies, walls, buried in the yard, etc) a little differently than flasks and **** mags, but yeah, that's a great thread.

Good point. Some items were purposely hidden and others accidentally forgotten over time. But at some point they are discovered so I guess it’s a matter of perspective. Either way is fine because it keeps the thread going. Whether it is unidentified graves, fire arms, children’s toys or the occasional story of an eccentric relative, it sparks our interest

 

[genog]

I want the real deal, not the bb gun but the bb gun is pretty rad

Got plenty of the "real deals" when I grew older

 

[bmwrd0]

Ahem… please see this thread. Crazy what people have found on their property from past owners. I started this because I find these types of discoveries fascinating especially historical items that are discovered

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/coolest-thing-you-have-ever-found-on-your-property-in-your-house.331103/

I was talking to one of the guys running an estate sale once, and the topic of a sale they had held a few months before came up. This place was an older, small house with hundreds of built-in cabinets all over: the shop, the kitchen, sheds out back, you name it. Well, it seems that once the final sale finished, this company had also been contracted to also remove any remaining stuff and get the house ready for sale. So, they were double-checking all of those little nooks and crannies and found a false door in the back of a really tucked away cabinet. And once opened, found it was stuffed with a few thousand dollars in cash and a half dozen Smith-and-Wesson's.

They were one of the more respectable companies in that field, and the items went back to the family.

 

[genog]

We were infested with squirrels (simply rats with fluffy tails) here in our neighborhood.
They steal fruit off of the trees
Eat the bird food
Dig and make mess
Pests
Damn rodents

The dogs and I have been after them everyday and are finally seeing some real progress

My two Queensland Heelers got their 10th this year.
That makes The Girls Double Aces


Back to Garage Sale and Flea Market finds.....

Found a few cool things this Sunday

Close to a full set of C-M Circle H sockets
Vitaloy DBE 1-1/8 and 1"
JP Danielson adjustable
Small Rigid pipe cutter
Small Samson 2 oz hammer head
Interesting 8" W German pipe wrench with missing nut
GTD 24"er and a Rigid 18"

 

[Old Radar]

I went back for the ½ off day at the sale where I bought the Hexall set. They had done a pretty good job of moving things. I wasn’t sure if I was sad or happy that they had sold an old bomb shackle… It was from a fighter anyway.

The first thing that caught my eye was a Walden Worcester 6018 Speed Wrench (pat pend) fitted with a 6418 Nut Holding Attachment with both a patent pending stamp and a patent date of Dec 21, 1915. AA has a write-up on it and attempts to explain it here.



Next to the 6418 was a pile of old socket wrenches that turned out to be exactly half of a Walden Worcester No. 57 Ford Wrench Set.
**edit** That last comment doesn't make a lot of sense unless you know the No. 57 set has five (5) tools in it. **
At the top of the photo is a 1620-2 Triple Socket Wrench.
Below the 6418 and to the left is a triple bend 5810 Connecting Rod Wrench.
To the right is half of a 2418 Double Offset Wrench. PO re-shaped and missing the 9/16” socket.
Also missing is a 5660 Triple Socket Offset Wrench and a 4564-2 Ratchet Wrench.



At the bottom of the photo are two Ray Socket Wrenches from the Packer Auto Specialty Company. The Ray 622 Ford Flywheel Wrench and the 620 Connecting Rod Wrench. The bottom wrench is completely unmarked but looks exactly like the Ray 654 Triple Socket Wrench depicted in AA’s Packer page here.



Rounding out the day’s finds are a 10” version of the Boos Tool Corp. wrench. Here shown with my 6” model.



Two Peugeot Frères wrenches. Forging on reverse is SURPANS Bté VANA-LION. Peugeot has a very convoluted history—no wonder they chose a font that looks as though the P is backward.



Finally a couple of Bell System tools. Five inch angled cutters are made by Utica. The last tool looks to be made to slice the outer sheath of a flat cable. I’m sure it has a vividly descriptive name but the tool is unmarked beyond a stamped Bell System C and a small empty forged diamond shape--both of which are on the underside in this pic...
Total on the day was $25.

 

[Smokeshow69]

I was talking to one of the guys running an estate sale once, and the topic of a sale they had held a few months before came up. This place was an older, small house with hundreds of built-in cabinets all over: the shop, the kitchen, sheds out back, you name it. Well, it seems that once the final sale finished, this company had also been contracted to also remove any remaining stuff and get the house ready for sale. So, they were double-checking all of those little nooks and crannies and found a false door in the back of a really tucked away cabinet. And once opened, found it was stuffed with a few thousand dollars in cash and a half dozen Smith-and-Wesson's.

They were one of the more respectable companies in that field, and the items went back to the family.

Oh man, I bet clean out companies have some riveting stories for sure!

We were infested with squirrels (simply rats with fluffy tails) here in our neighborhood.
They steal fruit off of the trees
Eat the bird food
Dig and make mess
Pests
Damn rodents

The dogs and I have been after them everyday and are finally seeing some real progress

My two Queensland Heelers got their 10th this year.
That makes The Girls Double Aces


Back to Garage Sale and Flea Market finds.....

Found a few cool things this Sunday

Close to a full set of C-M Circle H sockets
Vitaloy DBE 1-1/8 and 1"
JP Danielson adjustable
Small Rigid pipe cutter
Small Samson 2 oz hammer head
Interesting 8" W German pipe wrench with missing nut
GTD 24"er and a Rigid 18"

I love me some smart cattle dogs and also some long c craftsman.

 

[tyyost]

Hit the farmers market today, nothing too great, but $8 got the 1” Easco chisel, the craftsman punch, the torch wrench, and the Petersen vise grips. The malco snap lock punch was $3 at another stand. Lots of long c craftsman sockets and other us stuff as I was sorting, but I have sworn off filling any more drawers of SAE stuff unless it is crazy deals or mostly complete sets.

 

[LesserSon]

I cleaned up the rasps I bought last weekend; posted my process on the File maintenance thread.

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

So on Saturday last weekend while on the way home after picking up my barrister bookcase my son and I stopped in at an ES with a lot of vintage stuff but the prices were pretty high. He went back on Sunday and bought a few things. My favorite purchase was a Sony TFM-C450W Clock Radio. He got it cheap (down from $70 Saturday to $15 on Sunday) because it was filthy the radio didn't "work". A few minutes with some contact cleaner on the volume pot and it was working again. The clock works fine but he had to clean all the hour and minute flip boards because they were dusty. It really fits his decorating vibe . . .

I had a less cool version of this clock radio growing up and can remember listening to the minutes flip on those nights when I couldn't get to sleep.

Jim

 

[mikeinri]

Those things give me flashbacks. I slept next to one that made a horrific grinding noise all night long (roommate in college, otherwise I would have thrown it away).

Mike

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I've been skipping my Thursday FM because of the heat, work, and work II (busy umpire schedule), but I had to take DD#2 to the train station in Trenton this morning, so I swung by. It was shockingly sparse, probably due to the heat, but I did okay (Lugz 2022_37).


- Special K "S" wrench (not sure I need it or not)
- One of those mysterious CHAMPION "S" wrenches
- Misc print blocks. (I was being picky choosy with the US mailbox (son #2 is a mailman) and buck head until he said the price per, when I took them all with a discount.)
- Crestoloy pliers in OG box
- JPD Auto-Kit 100
- Stacked leather washer turnscrew with copper fixtures
- Diamond 4-incher for the 4-incher stringer

 

[3jakes]

So on Saturday last weekend while on the way home after picking up my barrister bookcase my son and I stopped in at an ES with a lot of vintage stuff but the prices were pretty high. He went back on Sunday and bought a few things. My favorite purchase was a Sony TFM-C450W Clock Radio. He got it cheap (down from $70 Saturday to $15 on Sunday) because it was filthy the radio didn't "work". A few minutes with some contact cleaner on the volume pot and it was working again. The clock works fine but he had to clean all the hour and minute flip boards because they were dusty. It really fits his decorating vibe . . .

I had a less cool version of this clock radio growing up and can remember listening to the minutes flip on those nights when I couldn't get to sleep.

Jim

Very cool clock.
Flippers can be a good money maker on ebay.
Especially the one featured on the movie Back to the Future.
Alas the last one I bought for 2 bucks at a yard sale had several broken numbers floating around inside.

 

[3jakes]

- Stacked leather washer turnscrew with copper fixtures

Lugz,
I like anything with a stacked leather handle.
Can you tell me what a washer turnscrew is used for?

 

[cmccuist1]

Old retired guy yard sale. Tons of sockets and ratchets. The first pic is all Snap On. The second is a vintage Craftsman ratchet that I haven’t seen before, an SK extension and a couple adaptors. Everything was $2 per piece.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I like anything with a stacked leather handle.

Me too!

Can you tell me what a washer turnscrew is used for?

Sorry. I was referring to the handle. That's what I've always called them, whether on knives or screwdrivers or any other tool. Stacked leather washers. I have no idea what this turnscrew was for. It's not marked. And to be honest, I am not an expert. In fact, I think this might be the only one I have found, or at least it's the first time I have been prompted to call something a turnscrew versus a screwdriver. I will post more photos in HeelSpur's fairly new thread. Maybe someone more knowledgeable will chime in. I just loved the look of it.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I’m confused, what is it that you are calling a turn screw? I thought the thing with the leather washer handle was a file?

Never mind, I zoomed in and can see its not a file.

 

[LesserSon]

- Crestoloy pliers in OG box

Congrats on that legit OG box, yo.

Everything was $2 per piece.

Great deals! Nice 1940s Snappy sockets.

 

[LesserSon]

Methinks in Brit parlance, all screwdrivers are turnscrews. In Yank parlance, only flat-shanked screwdrivers are turnscrews.
The flatness of the leather washers makes me wonder about what’s inside them. A flatish wood handle is one piece, so it stays together. But washers seem like they could dry out and separate enough to spiral under torque. Hammers, hatchets, knives - stakced leather makes sense - no torque.
I saw a stacked leather stubby (round shank) screwdriver with a steel **** cap two weeks ago. I didn’t buy it, because the vendor wasn’t around. Yours is the only turnscrew I’ve ever seen like that.

 

[RTM]

Methinks in Brit parlance, all screwdrivers are turnscrews. In Yank parlance, only flat-shanked screwdrivers are turnscrews.
The flatness of the leather washers makes me wonder about what’s inside them. A flatish wood handle is one piece, so it stays together. But washers seem like they could dry out and separate enough to spiral under torque. Hammers, hatchets, knives - stakced leather makes sense - no torque.
I saw a stacked leather stubby (round shank) screwdriver with a steel **** cap two weeks ago. I didn’t buy it, because the vendor wasn’t around. Yours is the only turnscrew I’ve ever seen like that.

Someone posted one in the vintage forum previously. Couldn't figure it out either.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Congrats on that legit OG box, yo.

I'm glad someone got the lingo (which I picked up from my kids, of course!), but if you start rapping, I'm outta here!

Yours is the only turnscrew I’ve ever seen like that.

I haven't seen enough to have any opinion other than my instincts were good!

 

[mikeinri]

I'm glad someone got the lingo (which I picked up from my kids, of course!), but if you start rapping, I'm outta here!

OG isn't in the current parlance?

BTW, if he starts rapping, I'm thinking it's your fault...

Mike

 

[mikeinri]

BTW, I wish I could blame my kids. I'm old (and young?) enough to have heard "OG" when it was a new thing, back in the day...

Don't ask me to go beyond that, I despise rap. Except maybe Blondie / Rapture, but that doesn't really count.

Mike

 

[Old Man Roger]

I think the term ”OG” has been around since the 80’s

Edit-Google says the Crips we’re using the term in the 70’s

Ironic, considering the real OG’s were back in the days of the gatling gun.

 

[LesserSon]

No fear, homes: MrsLS is picking up Wegmans hoagies…I’ll be unrappin’, not rappin’.

 

[Old Man Roger]

No fear, homes: MrsLS is picking up Wegmans hoagies…I’ll be unrappin’, not rappin’.

Werd

 

[ChefRex]

I must be in the wrong tread, I'll see myself out.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I must be in the wrong tread, I'll see myself out.

I’m sorry, I forget it’s only funny when you can actually see this old bald white guy speaking thugeneese.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Photos from the LEFT-BEHIND folder today...

A very nice Bell sign ($400 firm!) and a very tempting little adjustable drafting table ($300 OBO).

 

[wtn1271]

Lugz,
Any chance you saw what the seller was asking for the extendable scaffold plank in the background of your drafting table picture? I'm guessing they are appealing to some for decorative purposes rather than actual use.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Any chance you saw what the seller was asking for the extendable scaffold plank in the background of your drafting table picture?

I did not, sorry. It was leaning on his tailgate and I didn't even notice it, or perhaps took it for a ramp, to be honest. If I see him again, which would be in 2 weeks, I will ask. Are you just pricing them? Or are you local?

 

[wtn1271]

Lugz - Just curious, I have one that has been passed down to me; it still seems serviceable and safe. Plan to use it as a plank when needed, mostly for painting. Single level ranch style house so I'll only be a few feet off the ground. I have recently seen them used at shops, and shows for display purposes. Not truly local, Mid-Hudson Valley, NY.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Not truly local, Mid-Hudson Valley, NY.

Okay, cool. I wasn't prying, just wondering if you were interested in acquiring it. Obviously, it wouldn't ship inexpensively!