2026 Garage Sale Thread (15th Annual)

[knock knock]

Picked these up for $5 was just after the tweezers and forceps. Mostly German made but the plastic bin is all made in Pakistan.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Today’s $15 haul from 2 sales

Closeup photos of the little square after cleaning, gonna have to do some research!

 

[RTM]

Closeup photos of the little square after cleaning, gonna have to do some research!

Think David Brown and Son. Predecessor to Brown & Sharpe. Nice OLD tool.

 

[bmwrd0]

On Sunday I was able to hit the final day of a sale I had wanted to hit the day before, when it started, but, for $5 that I spent I had an amusing time digging through things

File handle, Craftsman hex sockets, metric hex socket tool, early Duro ratchet, part of a Snap-on test light, VOM alligator clip leads, blades for a utility knife, Snap-on test driver, Walden Spintite drivers, Brinks and Cotton c-clamp, Williams hook spanner.

 

[mikeinri]

Closeup photos of the little square after cleaning, gonna have to do some research!

Think David Brown and Son. Predecessor to Brown & Sharpe. Nice OLD tool.

Beat me to it, but slightly off... According to Wikipedia, it was Darling, Brown and Sharpe, from 1866-1892.



Mike

 

[RTM]

Think David Brown and Son. Predecessor to Brown & Sharpe. Nice OLD tool.

Beat me to it, but slightly off... According to Wikipedia, it was Darling, Brown and Sharpe, from 1866-1892.

I wasn't making a statement, I was providing a clue. I was pretty sure about David being the correct first name. But never should my hint be initialized like that.

The Predecessor was the bigger clue. I didn't want to take away @jeffmoss26 fun researching of it. Lugz doesn't like it either, so just a breadcrumb to start

Note I didn't say "I think ..".

 

[mikeinri]

Hey, my disclaimer was... "According to Wikipedia!" I'm not trying to be authoritarian, either!

But, "B & S Prov RI" is easy for me, had a grandfather who worked there. The D is a guess...

Mike

 

[Tarantula]

Showed up late to the party for an estate sale on Sunday, left with a handful of stuff from the bargain bucket then it was off to the nearby flea market where, in another life, I would have hauled off countless neat items I found.

After a lot of dud days in the distant past I wrote the whole market off. I'll admit I misjudged. I had a lot of fun browsing.

I was very tempted by a big ol' ¾" drive socket set. The seller had a very ambitious marketing strategy: make condescending remarks to people you want money from when they attempt to buy something. It did not work on me.

I picked up three nice Proto sockets from a much friendlier man instead. Random encounters are slowly building up a full set.

 

[Raineman]

part of a Snap-on test light,

I have one of those I cleaned up very thoroughly and now use it as an ice pick

 

[four.cycle]

Recent acquisitions found in beautiful downtown Sequim:


Wiss 10 inch tin snips
Dawn Industries Inc. "Cutting Tool for Flexible Plastic Conduit" patent 4336652 Jun 29 1982 Duane D. Robertson
Waldes "Truarc" snap-ring pliers
Heinisch 10 inch shears
Millers Falls tap handle
cheapie offshore miniature screwdriver set
three pairs of assorted barbers scissors (Wiss, Zotos Fluid Cut, and G-MON)
I think the total for all this came to $8 bucks



International Harvester "Reflector Flare" 3-piece emergency windproof reflector/flag kit in original box with the flags!

and the real find:


Polish-made Child's Toy Tool Set in folding wooden box.
Only the chisel is marked "POLAND", so it's reasonable to assume this was made for the export market.
The tools were actually used, which kind of surprised me. Some little boy whacked the hell out of that chisel.
I have to wonder what pieces of Mom's furniture fell victim to that saw?
Puzzlingly, the set included three plastic drafting tools - triangle, curve, etc. Marked Handy Andy, which was the trade name for the Skilcraft Corporation for their "Handy Andy" like of children's tools.
My screenshots from the 1961 catalog are awfully fuzzy, but it looks like I found a match.

 

[Technologyteacher]

Recent acquisitions found in beautiful downtown Sequim:


Wiss 10 inch tin snips
Dawn Industries Inc. "Cutting Tool for Flexible Plastic Conduit" patent 4336652 Jun 29 1982 Duane D. Robertson
Waldes "Truarc" snap-ring pliers
Heinisch 10 inch shears
Millers Falls tap handle
cheapie offshore miniature screwdriver set
three pairs of assorted barbers scissors (Wiss, Zotos Fluid Cut, and G-MON)
I think the total for all this came to $8 bucks



International Harvester "Reflector Flare" 3-piece emergency windproof reflector/flag kit in original box with the flags!

and the real find:


Polish-made Child's Toy Tool Set in folding wooden box.
Only the chisel is marked "POLAND", so it's reasonable to assume this was made for the export market.
The tools were actually used, which kind of surprised me. Some little boy whacked the hell out of that chisel.
I have to wonder what pieces of Mom's furniture fell victim to that saw?
Puzzlingly, the set included three plastic drafting tools - triangle, curve, etc. Marked Handy Andy, which was the trade name for the Skilcraft Corporation for their "Handy Andy" like of children's tools.
My screenshots from the 1961 catalog are awfully fuzzy, but it looks like I found a match.

I received a Handy Andy tool kit for Christmas as a kid. I still have it in a closet upstairs

 

[Etchase]

^All I have is the box left of mine. I’ve never lost my love of pounding things with a hammer. Such a joy!

 

[alinc100]

Picked this up after work on my way home, then promptly drove 4 hours North to attend a family funeral today, and just made the round trip back home to be at work tomorrow. I had just enough time to get this out of the truck and into the garage:

 

[Outlawmws]

Sorry for your loss Andy, Condolences.

 

[alinc100]

Sorry for your loss Andy, Condolences.

Thanks, Aunt Jean was 88 and lived a full life. Was on a cruise in Feb.

 

[BlueBomber]

Long time since I've posted, as I am mostly out of the acquisition phase of building my hoard and now am trying to get rid of stuff. Okay, thinking about trying to get rid of stuff.

However, my kids and I were given a chance to pick my late father-in-law's shop in PA, so I drove the 12-mpg F-250 out from Boston to load up. Technically, all of it was free, but cost me $200+ in gas for the round trip.

"Papa" John was a general contractor for most of his career, but primarily a woodworker late in life. He specialized in building stuff from reclaimed wood. His shop was mostly devoid a good tools, all claimed by geographically closer relatives. Much of what was left was covered in bird ****, since he hadn't been out into the shop in years and the critters moved in.

Nevertheless, I loaded up a few things from Papa's stash for which I will find uses.



Pair of 8-ft 2x4s
Half box of 5/8" plywood connectors
3/4 box of Simpson 2x10 joist hangers and assorted other brackets
2400 2-1/4" ring-shank nails
2000 3" full had smooth shank nails
Arrowhead staple gun
3x Craftsman DOE wrenches
Stanley #151 spoke shave
18" metal ruler
MeasureMaster MM12 Mark II rolatape
Pair of 14" Jorgensen-style wood clamps, made by the Cincinnati Tool Co
Partial boxes of wood and metal screws, nuts and aluminum rivers
3x forged eye nuts for these rods
Assorted drywall tools
Pair of Ladder Jax
A handbasket for the ride to, well, you know...



7x 14"x11" oak stair tread cutoffs
2x 5'x1-3/8" round dowels
14x 8' reclaimed pine boards, as wide as 13"

The boards were loaded partially to help justify having brought the truck, but also to collect material for a future project that would pay homage to Papa John, the woodworker!

 

[jade97]

Recent acquisitions found in beautiful downtown Sequim:


Wiss 10 inch tin snips
Dawn Industries Inc. "Cutting Tool for Flexible Plastic Conduit" patent 4336652 Jun 29 1982 Duane D. Robertson
Waldes "Truarc" snap-ring pliers
Heinisch 10 inch shears
Millers Falls tap handle
cheapie offshore miniature screwdriver set
three pairs of assorted barbers scissors (Wiss, Zotos Fluid Cut, and G-MON)
I think the total for all this came to $8 bucks



International Harvester "Reflector Flare" 3-piece emergency windproof reflector/flag kit in original box with the flags!

and the real find:


Polish-made Child's Toy Tool Set in folding wooden box.
Only the chisel is marked "POLAND", so it's reasonable to assume this was made for the export market.
The tools were actually used, which kind of surprised me. Some little boy whacked the hell out of that chisel.
I have to wonder what pieces of Mom's furniture fell victim to that saw?
Puzzlingly, the set included three plastic drafting tools - triangle, curve, etc. Marked Handy Andy, which was the trade name for the Skilcraft Corporation for their "Handy Andy" like of children's tools.
My screenshots from the 1961 catalog are awfully fuzzy, but it looks like I found a match.

I had one of those tool kits!

 

[LesserSon]

the real find:

Puzzlingly, the set included three plastic drafting tools - triangle, curve, etc.

“Puzzlingly”? …because design and execution are separate disciplines?

 

[bmwrd0]

Picked this up after work on my way home, then promptly drove 4 hours North to attend a family funeral today, and just made the round trip back home to be at work tomorrow. I had just enough time to get this out of the truck and into the garage:

Sorry to hear about the funeral, but I found one of those Caddy's a few years back. It makes a great shop trolly, and the vintage JDM guys and Aircooled VW guys are into them.

 

[ecotec]

Picked this up after work on my way home, then promptly drove 4 hours North to attend a family funeral today, and just made the round trip back home to be at work tomorrow. I had just enough time to get this out of the truck and into the garage:

I have always wanted to find one of these trolleys. Usually you see the Hazet version.

 

[four.cycle]

“Puzzlingly”? …because design and execution are separate disciplines?

No.
Because I was halfway through typing that post and then thought
"Hey, I should really look at those Skilcraft catalog pages first."
I didn't realize it was a "Handy Andy" kit until I'd gotten to the last line in that post, which is when I dug up the catalog pages.
Initially I thought it was just some generic "kids toy set" that a previous owner and put the "Handy Andy" stuff into.
Haven't been on my game the last several days, obviously.

 

[LesserSon]

No.
Because I was halfway through typing that post and then thought
"Hey, I should really look at those Skilcraft catalog pages first."
I didn't realize it was a "Handy Andy" kit until I'd gotten to the last line in that post, which is when I dug up the catalog pages.
Initially I thought it was just some generic "kids toy set" that a previous owner and put the "Handy Andy" stuff into.
Haven't been on my game the last several days, obviously.

Well, it’s a nice kit. I sometimes see empty steel boxes. And I think I had a similar kit as a child, eventually breaking or losing all the components. Unusual to find so much still together!

 

[ctuai]

Industrial auction ($16): 14" Simplex 1-3/4" x 10" screw jack.

1st the Handyman jack and now a Simplex. Things come in waves.​

 

[four.cycle]

Well, it’s a nice kit. I sometimes see empty steel boxes.

I looked at every "Handy Andy" and "Skilcraft" listing on ebay yesterday. The majority of the items listed were empty boxes, most of which were steel. The few sets listed in wood boxes (like this one) were shy pieces as well.
ONE wood box set listed on ebay still contained most of the pieces, but I'm not going to blow $46 to make a "complete" set.
I found the inclusion of a gimlet a rather odd choice for a child's tool set, but what do I know?

 

[LesserSon]

I played with my father’s childhood toolish toys, and am just old enough to have had new toys made of steel with points and sharp edges. Among my younger family members, I witnessed the progression from wood&steel to hard plastic to soft plastic to foam.

 

[four.cycle]

Haven't run into any foam yet. This "Schylling Little Helper" set was a recent acquisition - purchased maybe 18 months ago.
I didn't experience "kid toys" in my youth. My grandfather took me down into the basement when I was four and showed me how to use the vise and a coping saw - I spent hours and hours cutting old apple crates up into little pieces.

 

[Outlawmws]

I played with my father’s childhood toolish toys, and am just old enough to have had new toys made of steel with points and sharp edges. Among my younger family members, I witnessed the progression from wood&steel to hard plastic to soft plastic to foam.

We still have my son's knock odd handy Handy Andy set, in a wood box. hanging in the "art room". He was ready to let it so about when he moved out - I insisted we keep it. (certainly mine is long gone) All steel tipped tools and yes, even has the gimlet. I believe gifted to him about 35 years old at his third B-day party, (along with the small wood workers bench I made him. Around 35 years back so still available new as recently as that. All original except for the hammer which he did manage to break the head. I may have a better replacement by now?




Yep, made in Poland.




This was his "Watch Norm Abrams New Yankee Workshop" phase where he would watch Norm as many hours as we would let him. And No, no furniture was destroyed by him with his tools.