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I want to wish ALL my Garage Journal friends and acquaintances the very best for a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Blessed Kwanzaa, Happy Festivus, and Seasons Greetings to you all. Whatever it is that you celebrate, I wish you a happy one. Sincerely. :beer:

Jeff (and others who are interested in locksmith/key making stuff), have you seen anything like the brand-new old-stock tool in this AACA forum post? Antique Automobile Club of America = AACA LINK: http://forums.aaca.org/topic/285392-tool-what-is-it/

Posted this in the yard sale thread, but thought maybe I should put it here also. Is that ok, do you think? Anyway, here goes: Had no time for yard sales this week, and a busy Saturday too. Wife went to last day of an estate sale though, and texted me a photo of a Craftsman tool box, to see if...

Ok, I've got a few minutes, so here goes. I found a nifty small Wilton "Bullet style" vise on a seller's booth in Tennessee, but he wanted $35 firm. I tried everything, including walking away for a while, and then "just happening to stop by on my way back to the truck..." etc. No luck. It was...

First, thanks SO MUCH to all my Garage Journal friends, for showing interest in my hobby of “treasure hunting” for cool old tools, at bargain pricing. It’s nice to know I’m no alone in this. LOL. :lol_hitti I’ll never get everything in one thread, so I’ll probably post two or three threads of...

LOTS of photos, so I will have to add to this thread over several days. Please check back often, if you like this kind of thing. :thumbup: Once again this year, I drove from my home in Southwestern Ohio to Gadsden, Alabama, to the southern end of the St Rt 127 Yard Sale. (The northern end is in...

An older family member just passed, leaving his wife in a nursing home. Other family members asked my wife and I to help them price things for an upcoming estate sale. I've been working in the garage, with the tools and equipment. But there are some things that I need help with (pricing...

Hi, gang. I posted this first on the 2015 Garage Sale thread, but no definite ID on it yet. So I'm hoping one of you can help me. It is a Niagra brand folder or notcher of some kind. I found it rusting on the floor in the corner of an estate sale. I assumed it was a brake, and asked how much...

PAR-X TOOLS FOR SALE SAE Combo wrenches set, from 7/16 to 7/8, missing #BO22 size 11/16”. • 7/16” # BO14, light freckling of rust (see photo for condition) • ½” # BO16, very nice used condition (see photo) • 9/16” # BO18, finish is darkened. Not sure if it’s been hot, or was never...

Wilton model 100-4 bullet vise Check out this late model Wilton bullet-style bench vise. It has 4” wide jaws, yet is small enough to fit inside a US Postal MEDIUM flat rate box. I bought this one at an estate sale, intending to give it to one of my sons. But they don’t need it, and my bench is...

Last week the wife & I just dropped everything and drove to Massachusetts. It was time for the big Brimfield Antique show & flea mkt, & we have family there, so it was a good excuse for a quick, affordable getaway. The Brimfield event pretty much takes over that small town, with lots of...

Updating this classified. In a few days I will be adding more tools, but no time today. I prefer to sell them via PayPal, since that is how the wife pays her bills. Shipping cost is the responsibility of the buyer, but of course you are welcome to pick them up in person in Xenia, Ohio if you...

I heard that there was going to be a big auction a couple weeks ago at a hardware store near Columbus, Ohio, which had been in business under the same family ownership forever. I asked my wife to cover for me at our small business so I could attend. She usually tries to keep my nose to the...

As many of you know, I go to this event each year to hang posters and hand out flyers to my own fall swap meet, which follows it the next weekend (Sept 6, 7, 8 this year). Walking around a swap meet all day talking with vendors, looking at tools and antique garage equipment, checking out...

It's almost here. Who all is going to the 127 Yard Sale event this year? I have found some pretty big assortments of tools along this yard-sale route over the years. Here is a photo of some of my haul from a couple years ago on the 127 sale: Hope you have your motel reservations...

I need to sell some of my excess tools and garage equipment to pay off Christmas bills, so I will have some funds available for spring-time garage sales, estate sales, flea markets, etc. I will probably NEVER stop buying, and I don’t have enough space to keep it all, so some of it must go. This...

I'll be at the huge SEMA trade show next week, from Tuesday through Thursday. Anyone else going? I enjoy seeing all the incredible vehicles there, and lately there have been quite a few cool tools, too. I'll be spending time in my clients' booths, especially AMD sheet metal in the main hall.

Some of you may remember the Troy Swap Meet in Miami County, Ohio, which I go to each spring and fall. And the fall event coincides with the SOFA Blacksmith show on the same fairgrounds (SOFA- Southern Ohio Forge & Anvil). It's located at exit #78 off of I-75, just north of Dayton, Ohio. I've...

Ok, so I am finally ready to begin posting some photos from this year's Rt 127 Yard Sale event. For those of you who don't know about it, this event is now 690 miles long, and goes from Gadsden, Alabama to somewhere up in Michigan, mostly along Rt 127. I have done it every year now for about 7-8...

HA! Fooled ya, right? :lol: Those of you that follow the old "Vises of Garage Journal" thread have already seen my latest find. For the rest of you, it's a monster-sized Ridgid vise with 8" wide jaws. Well, the other night I was trying to take photos that would help give viewers a size...