2022 Garage Sale Thread

[LesserSon]

Yeah, Dave: YOU ****!
I’m not sure whether it’s the rarity, state of preservation, or low cost… No, it’s ALL THREE!
Envious.

 

[gleman]

This week I scored a older Craftsman motor for 5.50 and a newer Stanley no5 plane for 20.

Excellent wiring.






Packed full of dust




Wasn't expecting these.

 

[d42jeep]

The planned stops were pretty much a bust but we did OK "free ranging".

The machinist tools were all super cheap. The most expensive item was the Fowler magnetic digital protractor for $15. Pretty much everything else was .50-1.00/ea. The machinist square were from England and Korea. The Korean is really stout.



I can understand the usefulness of the short end of this Bondhus Hex Pro Torx driver set but why the bit at the long end?



The clamps were all $1.00/ea except for the Starrett at .50. Are these Kant Twist clamps very useful?


$1.00 ea for these. I've never seen Hunter before. Is this for the alignment machines?



Ancient US Army Shovel. It looks like it predates the fold out blade style. WW1???


A tub of stainless steel Torx screws for $10.



At the last stop was this Bonney tool chest in really nice shape for $20. Don't need it but couldn't resist.

Great haul! Here is my non folding shovel that I believe to be original. It is no doubt newer than the one you found. I found it at a estate sale in El Cerrito, CA
-Don

 

[Gwizjames]

Craftsman 12 piece metric wrench set. As new. Made in Japan, so 70/80s? $8. Man, these have much smoother edges than my mid-80s USA from my early days as a mechanic. I'm glad I grabbed these.

Let’s see the made in Japan Craftsman wrenches.

 

[joseywales]

@Gwizjames Sorry. I had to get them from my phone. Any idea what the C9, C7, etc., indicates? I thought size, but some are the same, on different sizes.

Had to include the $2 pliers as well. Cheap Chinese, but I know the inverted handle will save my **** some day!

 

[Gwizjames]

@Gwizjames Sorry. I had to get them from my phone. Any idea what the C9, C7, etc., indicates? I thought size, but some are the same, on different sizes.

Had to include the $2 pliers as well. Cheap Chinese, but I know the inverted handle will save my **** some day!

I’ve never heard of these before. They appear to be good quality. Nice.

 

[joseywales]

I’ve never heard of these before. They appear to be good quality. Nice.

Thanks. They're made of the finest Molybdenum. I swear, I thought they read Molybendum.

 

[gpw_42]

Dave *****, no doubt of that!

Made it to the flea this morning for the first time since June. Cool morning (low 70s) and low humidity, both of which are unusual for us this time of year.

I got skunked today. Found this axe, which was sorta painful to leave behind, Collins Legitimus.

I may go back tomorrow to pick it up, bc it’s unusual to run across a WW2-era axe around here. Can clean it up and paint it OD, as Lugz lamented above, and it’ll look better on my Ford jeep than the 90s production which is currently on it.

 

[bmwrd0]

I ended up going back to that one estate sale. I wasn't sure that after two days there would be anything of interest, but I was pleasantly surprised that there was still quite a bit left, and even though it wasn't half-off day, he was willing to deal.

So, a Heller set of needle files in the box, vintage lamp sockets, a Hinsdale deep socket, four 1/2" Blackhawk sockets to match the box I picked up, a 3/4" Blackhawk socket for a box I picked up a while back, a Penen's ratchet with Plomb LA socket, Montgomery Wards socket set (needs proper breaker bar), Stanley Everlast chisel, and an AMMCO shaper manual.

Here is a nice pic of the Heller files


And, you might be wondering why I picked up a manual for an ancient six-inch shaper. Well...

The motor is mounted wrong, the guards are not attached (one is in the backseat, not sure about the other), it probably hasn't been run in 20 years, and needs a lot of cleaning, but it is from the thirties, and has a flat belt on the other side (which is why I am not sure about that guard). I spotted it when I was there the other day but didn't have time to look at it, other than noting the price. I was sure it wouldn't be there still when I went back, but sure enough, it was. And when I offered a price the seller didn't blink and just said "sure. I will have my guys load it for you." Now, I just need to figure out how to move it out of my truck.

 

[Gwizjames]

Thanks. They're made of the finest Molybdenum. I swear, I thought they read Molybendum.

They’ve been discussed on GJ search BF Tool Maker.

 

[Smokeshow69]

The planned stops were pretty much a bust but we did OK "free ranging".

The machinist tools were all super cheap. The most expensive item was the Fowler magnetic digital protractor for $15. Pretty much everything else was .50-1.00/ea. The machinist square were from England and Korea. The Korean is really stout.



I can understand the usefulness of the short end of this Bondhus Hex Pro Torx driver set but why the bit at the long end?



The clamps were all $1.00/ea except for the Starrett at .50. Are these Kant Twist clamps very useful?


$1.00 ea for these. I've never seen Hunter before. Is this for the alignment machines?



Ancient US Army Shovel. It looks like it predates the fold out blade style. WW1???


A tub of stainless steel Torx screws for $10.



At the last stop was this Bonney tool chest in really nice shape for $20. Don't need it but couldn't resist.

Entrenching tool- Lugz is correct. Both on era and that one being a pretty nice early one. The ones that are made close to the beginning and mid WW2 don’t have that US stamp. I will add the caveat that there is a very similar USMC version that looks similar but has additional reinforcement on the back of the blade and the handle is slightly thicker(see D42’s post). Regardless, you found a nice one, along with the rest of your haul

 

[Smokeshow69]

Great haul! Here is my non folding shovel that I believe to be original. It is no doubt newer than the one you found. I found it at a estate sale in El Cerrito, CA
-Don

Oh my gosh, that’s a USMC shovel. Not very common. You can tell by the back of the blade! Nice find. On usmitariaforum, there is a pretty deep dive on these in the field gear section!

 

[Madjik Man]

The planned stops were pretty much a bust but we did OK "free ranging".

The machinist tools were all super cheap. The most expensive item was the Fowler magnetic digital protractor for $15. Pretty much everything else was .50-1.00/ea. The machinist square were from England and Korea. The Korean is really stout.



I can understand the usefulness of the short end of this Bondhus Hex Pro Torx driver set but why the bit at the long end?



The clamps were all $1.00/ea except for the Starrett at .50. Are these Kant Twist clamps very useful?


$1.00 ea for these. I've never seen Hunter before. Is this for the alignment machines?



Ancient US Army Shovel. It looks like it predates the fold out blade style. WW1???


A tub of stainless steel Torx screws for $10.



At the last stop was this Bonney tool chest in really nice shape for $20. Don't need it but couldn't resist.

That a lot of cool stuff.

 

[mikeinri]

Some significant suckage there, @Davefr!

Mike

 

[Lesserstore]

@Gwizjames Sorry. I had to get them from my phone. Any idea what the C9, C7, etc., indicates? I thought size, but some are the same, on different sizes.

Had to include the $2 pliers as well. Cheap Chinese, but I know the inverted handle will save my **** some day!

The "BF" Craftsman wrenches were made by KTC in Japan and imported by Fuller tools. The letters in the code correlate to the founders initials, Bernie Fuller. Some evidence for this is that there are US made Craftsman and lower quality Sears/Companion screwdrivers with the BF code and the Sears/Companion drivers look identical to Fuller manufactured ones. Fuller had a relationship with KTC for their own tools, also recently I found a pair of Fuller slip joints with "BF Japan on them." As for the C9, C7, etc. those are just forging codes.

 

[BFBOB]

I’m not sure that mine say patent applied for. Here is the original set followed by the ones I still have. I bought a 1/4” with a yellow handle just to have most all the sizes. Based on the finishes of the shafts, I was thinking that they might be wartIme.
-Don

How cool -- the top one is even dated November 11, 1932! .... oops .... never mind

 

[NYBODYMAN]

I picked up this Craftsman torch for $2 (anyone know anything about it?)

I also picked up an older Japan made Mac Tools air cutoff wheel that I forgot to take a pic of for $5.

 

[jb books]

Picked up some nice old Altec 604B speakers at an estate sale. Dirt cheap
Gransfors Bruks double bit axe head $2

 

[Arne73]

Picked up some nice old Altec 604B speakers at an estate sale. Dirt cheap
Gransfors Bruks double bit axe head $2

Those Altecs are unusual, love that 50's /60's design. Wood looks nice too.

 

[Levaughn]

Some hardware I picked up yesterday an Estate Sale for $3.

Disston # 68 Saw
Shimano Rear Axle Set
Homelite Abrasive Wheel
Gaslow Monitor Gauge

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[Smokeshow69]

I picked up this Craftsman torch for $2 (anyone know anything about it?)

I also picked up an older Japan made Mac Tools air cutoff wheel that I forgot to take a pic of for $5.

That torch is a plumber’s torch used for melting lead solder into cast iron pipe joints. Definitely am glad we don’t use lead in drinking water pipes today

 

[wtn1271]

jb books - nice finds, especially the axe head.

 

[ecotec]

I bought a hanging Kriegar strop for $9. It doesn’t look like it was ever used.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Aaaaargh!

I just transferred all the photos of this morning's flea haul (2022_40) to my laptop, only to discover, after I sat there waiting in percentages of impatience for an update to install, that the install must have included some limitations the company I work for is now suddenly but probably unintentionally putting on internet access, including blogs and forums! I am typing this on my phone. I'm not transferring them back, because I hate using my phone. So the originals will have to wait. But I did just snap one new teaser.

 

[Old Radar]

Another big You **** for Davefr!!

Seriously, I've spent considerable time at Ft Huachuca off and on for many reasons (school, training, testing, exercises, etc) since the 90s and one week every month for the past 7 years and that's not ringing any bells.

There are a few small iron foot bridges over washes that can seem kind of odd and conspicuously unnecessary in the dry season.

EDIT: I just called a long-time friend and colleague who retired as a CW4 there and works there as a DAC now. He thinks you're talking about a low timber and iron trestle in the Gatewood Housing area. No tracks and no road on either end. They left it and built the housing around it.

It was actually a substantial structure but I have a vague recollection that it was outside the Fort, in the middle of nowhere, which at that time wasn't really saying much... I took pictures but that was when I had a camera and not a phone and those images probably disappeared in a long-ago hard drive crash.

As I recall, it was similar in construction to this one a couple of hours NW of San Antonio--minus the tracks, of course, and the Bluebonnets.

 

[ecotec]

Aaaaargh!

I just transferred all the photos of this morning's flea haul (2022_40) to my laptop, only to discover, after I sat there waiting in percentages of impatience for an update to install, that the install must have included some limitations the company I work for is now suddenly but probably unintentionally putting on internet access, including blogs and forums! I am typing this on my phone. I'm not transferring them back, because I hate using my phone. So the originals will have to wait. But I did just snap one new teaser.

I know what that is…

 

[Outlawmws]

Picked up some nice old Altec 604B speakers at an estate sale. Dirt cheap
Gransfors Bruks double bit axe head $2

Alec was big into theater speakers, do some research on those (AudioKarma is a good place to look) and I can say with certainty - you ****! I'd guess those - with a decent amp to feed them - would make great home theater front speakers!

That torch is a plumber’s torch used for melting lead solder into cast iron pipe joints. Definitely am glad we don’t use lead in drinking water pipes today

Smoke, those old CI pipes with oakum and lead were sewage pipes, not water supply - Not to say water supply pipes in the not so recent past were the best... (until recently copper pipe was soldered with Lead/Tin solder as an example - some of the big main pipes... )

 

[oak_park]

Recent finds....
True Value Handy Man Can...all USA pieces and can stamped Made in USA. Cool container.
Craftsman Metric Crown logo case 1/4 socket set in nice condition that included the bar to the flex head that's always missing.
Facom France hard handle screwdriver.
NOS Craftsman 1 1/8 socket still attached to cardboard hang tag.
Round Craftsman 6 foot measuring tape....never seen this one before.
Husky 24900 Indexing 3/8ths ratchet.
4 inch Adjustables from Craftsman, Cresecent and Menards Tool Shop, only 50 cents for the Tool shop Chinesium, couldn't say no.
Snap on Mini Torx in burgundy color. T8, T10, T15, T20.
Kobalt Bottle opener USA.

 

[3jakes]

Picked up some nice old Altec 604B speakers at an estate sale. Dirt cheap
Gransfors Bruks double bit axe head $2

Ok you totally ****.
If those are these:

ALTEC 604B HOLLYWOOD DUPLEX SPEAKER ...excellent/TOP CONDITION | eBay

Last one I have FULLY CHECKED WITH VOM.IF YOU WANT A CLEAN ORIGINAL CONE, ""DONT WHAT BEAT UP JUNK""",HERE YA GO.

www.ebay.com

 

[3baygarage]

Yesterday’s haul is 50/50 yard sale and flea market.

Flea finds include the Proto 1-1/2” and S-K 1-1/4” combo wrenches, Snap-On 1-1/2” tubular wrench, S-K extension Snap-On pliers, Kobalt combo, Xcelite mini nut driver set, Thorsen 1/4” speeder bar, a stitching wheel, and another Bell System Proto wrench.
Not pictured- tamales lunch.

Later I caught a random yard sale that was nothing but tools. A retired electrician/Vietnam vet selling off his tool collection.
There I picked up the Proto hex set with Williams impact adapters, Mac pry bar, 2 Napa rolling bars, Wright breaker bar, Klein pistol grip pliers, Kal ignition tool roll, Klein pouch set.
This gentleman had a lot of Klein, greenlee, Crescent, and more. He showed me his set of high end insulated tools in the roll(nfs). I thought the pliers I bought were insulated but later saw they’re clearly marked Not Insulated. Guess they are a comfort grip, which is cool in itself.

The Kal ignition set is marked Alpha tool on the pouch, which I know as another import socketry, possibly contract type deal. The seller, his buddies and I had a brief convo over this set where he said “That set’s military, but I didn’t steal it. I don’t remember how I wound up with it.“. I suggested it was possibly from some surplus sale and he concurred. He also mentioned that back in the service, the gun Jeeps all had their own tool kits. Unfortunately, before I could ask about those kits, the conversation was interrupted.

 

[3baygarage]

Oak, that tools in a can is way cool!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I know what that is...

Indeedy do! Mine might be a little older. Different layout, too.

 

[ecotec]

Indeedy do! Mine might be a little older. Different layout, too.

Yours is definitely older.

 

[LesserSon]

Again, site won’t let me post my main photo.
(Yet it will let me post a cropped dupicate. IDK.)
This is my last purchase of the day - a Heritage-era Craftsman toolbox filled with tools for $20. I wanted the box, the RAY specialty wrenches, the Crescent linemans pliers…but the nearly-complete New Britain 1/2dr set in natural oxide steel is what held my interest. Here are the extras.
Anyway, I met up with GJ member BryanRJ at Jakes Flea this morning. We took a coffee break midcrawl, and chatted about current projects, books, etc. (Thanks for the coffee!)
There were more vendors with car parts and tools than usual, relating to an onsite special event.
My first purchase was a small table vise I immediately recognized as a Stanley 740-series. $10. I really didn’t want to buy it, because the “acquisitions dept” has been trying to focus on Bonney products. (Haha.) Yet when I buffed the rust off the back of the slide…
NOTHING!
Yikes, am I wrong? No, it IS JG Baker’s 1908 patent vise….Oh, now I see!
Leavens Vineland NJ - before from the Stanley purchase & consolidation. Philip J Leavens was a witness to the patent and presumably, the first manufacturer of these vises. Woo-hoo!

EDIT - one more (pleasant) surprise: model# and patent date!

Left-behinds:

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Yours is definitely older.

Does yours have a coping saw with two retractable handles? I'm having a little trouble figuring out where it goes. I was planning on scouting around online for a diagram/label. I'll post photos tomorrow.

the “acquisitions dept”

Snerk.

Left-behinds

Was the mine detector kit in the box? Or was it empty?

 

[ecotec]

Lugnutz, when I get home, I will take a picture. As far as I know, I have every piece.

 

[LesserSon]

I think empty. I didn’t actually look inside. The conversation I had with the vendor veered and stuck to a small quarter-sawn oak box with a Ohm-meter installed inside. It hadvthe typical leather-wrapped hamdle, but I felt the box deserved the handle, and the equiment deserved the box. So no sale.

EDIT - I met the seller a few weeks later. He confirmed it had been empty.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

..., I will take a picture. As far as I know, I have every piece.

Don't put yourself out just yet. My layout is a little different and I don't see the tool I'm talking about on your label.

...veered and stuck to a small quarter-sawn oak box with a Ohm-meter installed inside.

Interesting. I had an 'ohm-my, what's that?' moment today. Antique wood veneer radio cabinet with crazy dials turned out to be a vintage electrotherapy device!

 

[jb books]

Ok you totally ****.
If those are these:

ALTEC 604B HOLLYWOOD DUPLEX SPEAKER ...excellent/TOP CONDITION | eBay

Last one I have FULLY CHECKED WITH VOM.IF YOU WANT A CLEAN ORIGINAL CONE, ""DONT WHAT BEAT UP JUNK""",HERE YA GO.

www.ebay.com

Yes, these are those. They sound wonderful.

 

[ecotec]

Okay. Here it is. No coping saw. Maybe I am missing a piece or two.

I do have every piece on the label. I paid $4 years ago. I had to search around for the pliers. They had pulled them out.