2026 Garage Sale Thread (15th Annual)

[Beerhippie]

Had to go back for "it's all gotta go" day at the fence co. yard sale.

Picked this up for the brewery:



It'll be a spare for the hops scale. $30 of someone else's money.

 

[Shergar]

A few recent finds from before my holiday, and some from today, all bought for coffee money ️

First up a selection of Britool DOE and King **** ring spanners, sorry wrenches all a £1 ($1.35) a pop:




Next more £1 a pop wrenches, £1 Eliiot Lucas side cutters, £1 Stanley Magnum and Steadfast screwdrivers, a foot long Diamond Caulk & Horseshoe adjustable wrench - which is very unusual in the UK which I why I only gave £2 ($2.70) for it. Smooth as butter still!



Next up the English Stanley 3/4lb hammer was really nice, it still has the sticky mark where the label was, I think most of the damage was from rattling round in a tool box. A pushed the boat out to a huge £3 ($4.05) for this



Finally I came home with this selection this morning from the bootsale (flea market over the Atlantic).

Just £4 ($5.20) total netted me a Tyzak & Turner brass topped tenon saw (mid to late 80’s) a nice Fisco metric/imperial metal tape, a couple of Stanley Magnum screwdrivers and a Philips Steadfast (see a pattern emerging here?!).

Finally I really didn't need a 22” Sheffield steel Spear and Jackson saw, but how many of you have walked past a everything $1 dollar tarp without stopping (A lot of the rust scrubbed off too after I snapped it which was a bonus).

 

[bmwrd0]

Very nice! I for one cannot pass a dollar table unscathed.

 

[bmwrd0]

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!
I love Sundays, as that is when everything is going cheap. People just want to get rid of it, and estate sales are now under the gun to get everything out of there. So, I swung by the hanger estate sale I hit on Friday, and picked though it to find some bargains that got missed by the savages, who had clearly been going over everything with a fine comb. But I prevailed, and came home with some excellent stuff for pennies on the dollar:

So, for $3 I got a vintage Nicolson Swiss file set in box (partial, but I probably have the missing ones), Pacific sharpening stone in box, HF optivisors with light, a pair of file handles, Goodell Pratt push drill (no bits), Starrett nail set, electricians snips (Wiss, Klein), Stanley nut driver, Dunlap DOE, misc. sockets (Snap-on, Proto metric, Challenger, SK, Wright, Bog, Hinsdale). Again, I left some stuff behind that I either have too much of, no use for, or flat out didn't want to carry out to the car.

And I bet you are wondering about the Matco impact set (which needs the 5/16"). I picked that up with the following at a sale WAY out in the boonies of a former logging truck mechanic:

Not sure of the maker yet, but a watchmakers lathe with the tailstock, rest, motor pulley, and collet chuck is not to be passed up, not at the price they offered. $30 for the pair.

I love Sundays.

 

[ctuai]

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!
I love Sundays, as that is when everything is going cheap. People just want to get rid of it, and estate sales are now under the gun to get everything out of there. So, I swung by the hanger estate sale I hit on Friday, and picked though it to find some bargains that got missed by the savages, who had clearly been going over everything with a fine comb. But I prevailed, and came home with some excellent stuff for pennies on the dollar:

So, for $3 I got a vintage Nicolson Swiss file set in box (partial, but I probably have the missing ones), Pacific sharpening stone in box, HF optivisors with light, a pair of file handles, Goodell Pratt push drill (no bits), Starrett nail set, electricians snips (Wiss, Klein), Stanley nut driver, Dunlap DOE, misc. sockets (Snap-on, Proto metric, Challenger, SK, Wright, Bog, Hinsdale). Again, I left some stuff behind that I either have too much of, no use for, or flat out didn't want to carry out to the car.

And I bet you are wondering about the Matco impact set (which needs the 5/16"). I picked that up with the following at a sale WAY out in the boonies of a former logging truck mechanic:

Not sure of the maker yet, but a watchmakers lathe with the tailstock, rest, motor pulley, and collet chuck is not to be passed up, not at the price they offered. $30 for the pair.

I love Sundays.

Nice lathe. Neither of mine have a tailstock chuck, I think it would make them much more practical as I can't quite sell them nor can I quite figure out what to do with them. Any plans for using it?

 

[bmwrd0]

Not sure yet. I have one, like yours without a tailstock, and I have three other lathes, from a Unimat to a Logan, so I am really covered on that front. But, it is cute and complete. So, I will probably sell the Unimat and keep this one.

 

[Shergar]

Today was national holiday in the UK, so I went back to the sale for another roam around. Guess what I bought more **** I didn't need



Moore & Wright 400 14” engineers square, Wanner grease gun (which wasn't greasy!!!) and a Rabone fish tape. Out the door for £15 ($20) which the Wanner will cover when I move it onwards. More info on the square and the fish tape here.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/moore-wright-meets-depeche-mode.560425/

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-tape-measures.392356/post-11743428

 

[Shelbylex]

... bought more Bonney and SK tools

Bonney 1/2 drive
A760 Universal
A740 Speeder, 14”
A722 Flex bar
A606 5” extension
4090 5” extension
A40 1 1/4
A36 1 1/8
A34 1 1/16
A32 1
A28 7/8 x2
A26 13/16
A25 25/32 x2
A24 3/4 x2
A22 11/16 x2
A20 5/8 x4
A19 19/32 x2
A18 9/16
A16 1/2 x2
A14 7/16 x2
8 point
AS14 7/16
AS 16 1/2
AS 18 9/16
4124 ¾
3/8 drive
LT20 5/8 deep
T20 5/8
TH16 1/2 x2
SK ½ drive knurled
40114 7/16
40116 ½
40118 9/16
40836 1 1/8 deep
Challenger 1275 3/8drivespeeder

Around $37 ($35 + approximately 1/2 gallon of gas...)

... This will hopefully let me put together a full AM20B (1/2 and 3/4 drive set in a box) set from 1960 catalog and AA20B set from the same catalog (NB - I cross posted this in the Bonney addiction thread with the catalogs posted for the sets after the first and this sales...)

 

[designer485]

A few recent finds:

Kraeuter 1/2" Drive Set (1/2- 1 1/4"), Ratchet, Extension and Beaker Bar - Made by SK Tools.















A few Williams DOE Wrenches.







And a Snap-On Belt Buckle (looks cool, not to use).

 

[lu787a]

A few recent finds:

Kraeuter 1/2" Drive Set (1/2- 1 1/4"), Ratchet, Extension and Beaker Bar - Made by SK Tools.



This ratchet handle looks pretty uncomfortable with those two ridges. Is it intended to have a comfort grip that went missing?

 

[jeffmoss26]

Picked up a few smalls on Sunday

 

[coachwash]

Online auction lot. The nut drivers should clean up nicely. The Huskey socket set is missing a few items, ratchet and extensions. The Taiwan socket set will get passed along.