RTM
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Here is my haul from a town wide garage sale two towns north of us. 31 people were signed up to sell, but a few had closed already when we rolled up. There were a few locations that had posted individual CL or ND ads, so that helped a bit.
First stop was an ES at a repeat of a previous tool haul, but no luck today, just the same creepy people. Second stop was around the corner, and had a bunch of Thomas the Tank Engine and Brio style track. At $50 I did not hesitate. Then they said we could not have the fancy fabric covered boxes it was stored in, kinda disappointing, but her three kids (¿tweens or teens?) came over and happily moved it all into alternate containers for us, which was a pleasant surprise. Couple stops later I picked up four more Thomas vehicle for a few bucks. At this stop, one guy was talking about a madhouse at one estate sale, which was our next stop. Started slow, not much out in the driveway, but more was slowly being dragged out, so I dove into the fray. Guy walked out with a MKE corded 1/2” drill, was told to but $10 on it. Game on. The patriarch had passed late last year, and his wife was moving to NJ, (to give Lugz competition) to be closer to family. Lots of WW tools, clamps etc, but apparently a lot of smalls had already left. I found a toolbox, a larger Snap-on in terrible shape, lotsa rust, that I rummaged through, found two sharpening stones, Arkansas Hard and Soft, three boxes of BNIB small taps. Grabbed a box of Morse twist drill bits, in worse condition than I expected, which also had some countersinks packed in. Someone found a box of 4 Freud chisels, wanted them for $10, they asked for $20. I took them without looking too close. Also cleaned out a drawer of sockets, took the metrics, a mix of Thorsen and 3 generations of Craftsman, plus other goodies. Also grabbed an Indestro wrench holder, only one wrench was in the drawer, left it. Also grabbed a HD F clamp, turns out to be a twin to one I just rehabbed. Turns out two of the chisels had the shanks not inserted straight into the handles. Bummer.
Also found a small portable Oreck vacuum, a pair of Hytest BN w Tags steel toed boots for MLW for yard work, cheap. A few other CDs, pots for plants, dog stuff followed us home too. The big sale gave us several bags of bedding for our doggie rescue, met several rescue dogs, including one that my wife help get adopted, quite the cutie.
The pix.
And the various socket stuff
L to R by column
Craftsman with top knurling -G-, and those with no knurling, -v-
those with the normal bottom knurling -v-
Wright stuff
Thorsen
SK and 2x Blackhawk
Challenger massive 1/2” extension.
No pix of the pups, they were not mine to share, apologies.
First stop was an ES at a repeat of a previous tool haul, but no luck today, just the same creepy people. Second stop was around the corner, and had a bunch of Thomas the Tank Engine and Brio style track. At $50 I did not hesitate. Then they said we could not have the fancy fabric covered boxes it was stored in, kinda disappointing, but her three kids (¿tweens or teens?) came over and happily moved it all into alternate containers for us, which was a pleasant surprise. Couple stops later I picked up four more Thomas vehicle for a few bucks. At this stop, one guy was talking about a madhouse at one estate sale, which was our next stop. Started slow, not much out in the driveway, but more was slowly being dragged out, so I dove into the fray. Guy walked out with a MKE corded 1/2” drill, was told to but $10 on it. Game on. The patriarch had passed late last year, and his wife was moving to NJ, (to give Lugz competition) to be closer to family. Lots of WW tools, clamps etc, but apparently a lot of smalls had already left. I found a toolbox, a larger Snap-on in terrible shape, lotsa rust, that I rummaged through, found two sharpening stones, Arkansas Hard and Soft, three boxes of BNIB small taps. Grabbed a box of Morse twist drill bits, in worse condition than I expected, which also had some countersinks packed in. Someone found a box of 4 Freud chisels, wanted them for $10, they asked for $20. I took them without looking too close. Also cleaned out a drawer of sockets, took the metrics, a mix of Thorsen and 3 generations of Craftsman, plus other goodies. Also grabbed an Indestro wrench holder, only one wrench was in the drawer, left it. Also grabbed a HD F clamp, turns out to be a twin to one I just rehabbed. Turns out two of the chisels had the shanks not inserted straight into the handles. Bummer.
Also found a small portable Oreck vacuum, a pair of Hytest BN w Tags steel toed boots for MLW for yard work, cheap. A few other CDs, pots for plants, dog stuff followed us home too. The big sale gave us several bags of bedding for our doggie rescue, met several rescue dogs, including one that my wife help get adopted, quite the cutie.
The pix.
And the various socket stuff
L to R by column
Craftsman with top knurling -G-, and those with no knurling, -v-
those with the normal bottom knurling -v-
Wright stuff
Thorsen
SK and 2x Blackhawk
Challenger massive 1/2” extension.
No pix of the pups, they were not mine to share, apologies.
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and bought more stuff I didn't need 
