2017 Garage Sale Thread

3baygarage · Jan 1, 2017

"It was the best of times, it was the w...". Wait, that's not right.

Okay, here's the line I was looking for:

"Hit up 2 sales today. Of course, the first one had zero tools, but I struck pay dirt at the second!"
-Jeff Moss 2012

That quote says it all folks. Many of us can relate to that. It's also the reason we are here in the 6th season of sharing our finds.

Welcome everyone to the 2017 Garage Sale Thread!

This is the place to share your finds with others. We are all here to discuss and share the history and use of these tools and other items. These are the things we pick up at garage sales, yard sales, flea markets, rummage sales, thrift store, estate sales, Craigslist, boot sales (our friends across the pond hope to hear from you!), the good old live auction, etc.. Even curbside finds, freebies, an Ebay purchase, whatever.

Let's see your purchases and pick ups everybody. Tools, garage stuff, shop equipment, storage, camping and outdoors, signs and advertising, cool old stuff, just to name a few. No limits really, but the past threads are a good reference. We do like to stick with the likes of used, old,new-old, or pre-owned. Not really new retail here. Anything that falls along those lines and is interesting to you (after all it must be, you bought it), I'm sure someone else here would love to hear about it and see it.

See it. Did I mention we love pitcherz. Post those pictures folks, we love them and they sure make the thread. If anyone needs help (I know, technology), please ask on the forum. Lots of people willing to help with pictures.

No purchase too small or too big! Let's see that one wrench that jumped out at you or that truckload of cabinets you bought. Maybe even the old dumptruck you bought to haul them.

Tell us the who, what, where, when. We love a good garage sale story. How'd you find what you found?

Suckage - is something of a compliment here. As are the words "You ****". Don't ask for it or you get none. Forum rule. :lol:

Just say thanks and watch for when others deserve it for their finds. Prices are sometimes good indicators. Post the price you paid if you want to. Part of the fun sometimes.

Oh yeah, and if no one comments on your post, don't take it the wrong way. Everyone tends to pick out what interests them to comment on.

Links to the previous garage sale seasons:

2012 http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2217816#post2217816

2013 http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2796926#post2796926

2014 http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3622457#post3622457

2015 http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=274738

2016 http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=315373

A great big shout out to all the past hosts of the garage sale thread. You guys rock. :rocker:

With that being said, let 2017 be safe, happy, and healthy for all. May the picking be good, fun, and plentiful.

Go get 'em boys!

jakemac · Jan 1, 2017

Great opening post 3bay.
Here's to a bountiful 2017 picking season. :beer:

Strouty · Jan 1, 2017

I have been driving around for the last hour, can't find one damn garage sale!

jakemac · Jan 1, 2017

I've been scouring CL and eBay all night and only came up with one wrench.
(To be posted when it arrives)

BlueBomber · Jan 1, 2017

Perfect start, 3bay! And a big thanks to Jake for being a masterful thread host over the last year!

Happy picking, everyone!

3baygarage · Jan 1, 2017

Strouty said:
I have been driving around for the last hour, can't find one damn garage sale!

Strouty

Cheers guys! :beer:

To Jake and a great thread!

Strouty · Jan 1, 2017

I promise I will find a garage sale sometime in 2017, Happy New Years!

bcexplorer · Jan 1, 2017

After a year of intense training and study, Im ready for the big time!!!! Good luck everybody! Happy new years! May the treasures be abundant and the tetanus shots painless! Lets bring some old metal to life!!

RagTopTA · Jan 1, 2017

At the casino tonight with my gf and buddies from work to celebrate new years. We got to talking about my collecting old tools. Buddy says hes got a few that were in the garage of his "new to him" home if I wanted to come by and check them out. So of course I did on the way home. My first score of 2017!

Wiliams SuperWrench offset DBE 1/2" - 7/16"
TruFit offset DBE 1/2" - 9/16"
Indestro DOE 13/32"-5/16"
Herbrand DOE 3/16" - 1/4"

pretty cool and free! Happy New Years!

BlueBomber · Jan 1, 2017

RagtopTA earns my first You **** of the year simply for coming up with a tool acquisition before the sun is even up on Day 1. Oh, and for it being free. Well done!

DaveIRL · Jan 1, 2017

wait was it before or after midnight extremely important. cant have any cheats, anyway good find

JUNK-MAN · Jan 1, 2017

Great 1st post 3bay! Subscribed!

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rickhigginshtbr · Jan 1, 2017

Subscribed! Here's to a great year of buying for us all!

Bobcat753 · Jan 1, 2017

Awesome opener! Just got an email for an upcoming estate sale in my town. I will have to go with it being so close!

MacTexas · Jan 1, 2017

Looking forward to seeing all the great buys this year. Maybe I will get lucky and find some tools at sales this year.

RagTopTA · Jan 1, 2017

Thanks!! It was around 2:30 am central Texas time. and I was really surprised to see this Halbrand wrench. Seems to be pretty old! I pretty much tell any one that will listen to me babble on about my old Plombs stuff garage sale finds and such . Pays off : )

Private Lugnutz · Jan 1, 2017

I voted for Trump..., oh wait, wrong election. I voted for a write-in candidate that starts with "P" and ends with "z", but not even he could've written such a snappy, crafty introduction that describes this venerable annual enduroing thread with such aplomb, truth, and wrighteousness! Well done, 3bay! Mayhew have a bonney good year as our host! :thumbup:

Private Lugnutz · Jan 1, 2017

I hate to kick off my 2017 Garage Sale thread year without a single danged tool to show, but the truth is, I got skunked at my flea market today! Came home with some vintage literature though.

Technically, these were acquired in 2016 (Friday and Saturday), but close enough for horseshoes, hand grenades and the GJ Garage Sale thread!

NOTES

The manuals are for a trailer-mounted Le Roi air compressor, a Gray lube and service unit, and a tractor-trailer converter dolly, all 1950's, but the equipment was al in use during WWII.

The books - "The War in Western Europe, Part I (June to December 1944)" and "WWII Campaign Studies" - are both from the Department of Military Art and Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, 1951. They are chock full of maps and I am eager to read them!

The treatise on American martial muskets and rifles (dated 1951) speaks for itself.

The tools are…

Brown & Sharpe bevel protractor (or possibly a combination square missing the other heads...) with a 12" Tempered No. 4 (8ths, 16ths, 32nds, and 64ths) blade,

[STANLEY] 16 OZS machinists’ ball-pein hammer

Plomb 5485 1/2-inch drive sliding tee (wartime)

Plomb 3314 7/32” ignition wrench (15* x 75* configuration, same size on both ends)

Three (3) rolls of NOS 1-1/4” strap webbing

WISS model V-13 7-inch combination cut tin snips

Blue-Point 3/4 x 7/8 DOE engineers wrench

SOME CLEANED-UP CLOSE-UPS

Outlawmws · Jan 1, 2017

Happy New year all! And thanks to Jake for a great job hosting last year's thread, and to 3Bay for a great kick off to the 6th GS thread!

Now, to TRY to find a sale (I can't recall a winter dry spell like this...)

Private Lugnutz · Jan 1, 2017

HNY to you, too, Outlaw. What's with the Gerber baby face?!

You know how garage sale, estate sale, and flea market finds sometimes tell a story, almost like archeology that way, without even trying? Sometimes it's the type of tools in a box. Sometimes it's an accessory or a personal item. I think you'll like this one...

This NRA sticker and this 1951 NJ hunting license were inside the Rywell.

The hunting license is an interesting read.

Now, it's possible that a blond-haired, blue-eyed, 5-foot 2-inch 110 pound 20-year-old girl named Mary Strahan from Mercer County, NJ, who was a decorator by profession, actually hunted. However, if the Strahan family was anything like my family and the other families in the neck of the woods where I grew up (northeastern Pennsyltucky), it's also possible - and I would argue more likely - that Ms Strahan's license was used to claim a deer shot by her father or brothers!

donovanl12 · Jan 1, 2017

I went to my local Restore and found this pipe wrench, two small USA wrenches, a "superrench", and a Dasco 531 punch. She discounted everything and then took another discount off the total. Ended up paying $3.55, not bad!

Edit: also, my first post! I've been lurking for years

ryan20021982 · Jan 1, 2017

Nice New Year's Day sale this morning, alot of junk but managed to get a few goodies

3baygarage · Jan 1, 2017

Way to go guys. Love seeing all the great vintage wrenches off the start.

Private Lugz- that is the most intriguing hunting liscense most of us will probably ever see! Unless someone coughs one up belonging to a celeb or something.

Outlaw I'm rather curious about the baby face as well. Is it an announcement or a sign of a fresh start?

Outlawmws · Jan 1, 2017

Hi Lug! It's just in recognition of the new year, today only!

The description of that woman closely matches my mom, who did hunt with my dad when us kids were small. had her one Savage Mod 20 .250-3000. Great Rifle, I wish we still had it.. it dissipated during my parents divorce. I even tried to back trace it a couple of years back but no luck... While she didn't ever actually shoot a deer, My did didn't use her tag either...

I agree that your guess is more likely, but there have always been a few women, even back then that hunted. (Read some old JacK O'conner stories and he regularly mentioneds his wife hunting, even back to the 40's) Far more ladies hunt today though

jakemac · Jan 1, 2017

No tools for me today. I'm trying to get in contact with a guy on CL about a new/used computer to replace the one that died a year ago. A family friend just took my old one to see if he can retrieve the data for me. I'm hoping I can get off the iPad and post multiple pictures again. Not to mention that I need to retrieve my résumé so I can try to earn a paycheck again. (Fingers crossed) :fingersx:

jakemac · Jan 1, 2017

Private Lugnutz said:
The hunting license is an interesting read.

Now, it's possible that a blond-haired, blue-eyed, 5-foot 2-inch 110 pound 20-year-old girl named Mary Strahan from Mercer County, NJ, who was a decorator by profession, actually hunted. However, if the Strahan family was anything like my family and the other families in the neck of the woods where I grew up (northeastern Pennsyltucky), it's also possible - and I would argue more likely - that Ms Strahan's license was used to claim a deer shot by her father or brothers!

My cousin's wife was a better shot than he was, since the divorce he hasn't had any Moose meat in his freezer, but she has. :lol:

My grandmother's sister was the hunter (poacher) in that branch of the family. The Game Wardens were after her for 50yrs and never caught her. She could field strip a moose and hide it in the blink of an eye. They would occasionally chemically test her freezer and come up empty, but every year we would have moose meat on the grill at camp. To this day, even her kids have no idea how she did it. Since her passing 15yrs ago, we often speculate how much meat went to waste because no one knew where it was. :lol_hitti

Outlawmws · Jan 1, 2017

Another freezer behind a false wall...

Private Lugnutz · Jan 1, 2017

Jake, Outlaw,

I enjoyed the personal anecdotes! I am sure everyone has one. I do. Everyone in my hometown knew that Mrs. Turnbach, the 7th grade history teacher, was an avid hunter and a crack shot! And closer to home, my grandmother, who came here from the old country, butchered all our game. I don't think I've ever seen the same look in her eyes as when she was stringing up a rabbit or a pheasant over a pipe in the basement.

But I'd bet my next paycheck that 9 out of 10 deer tagged with a woman's license in Carbon County were shot by someone else.

We'll never know about Ms. Strahan. Personally, I like either interpretation!

jakemac · Jan 1, 2017

Outlawmws said:
Another freezer behind a false wall...

Her house wasn't big enough. :lol:

jpickar · Jan 1, 2017

Well today the wind is blowing and the snow is flying. The drifts are deep. I'm staying in until the wind quits and the roads are plowed.

But I see that I am two weeks behind on this thread the first day! :beer:

John

JUNK-MAN · Jan 1, 2017

Wow, I cannot believe the finds already!! Lugnutz, the hunting licence is a really cool find, really enjoyed reading the stories/thoughts on it. [emoji481]

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sometoyotaguy · Jan 1, 2017

Strouty said:
I have been driving around for the last hour, can't find one damn garage sale!

There aren't that many around this time of year. We barely got above freezing. :lol_hitti

drivesitfar · Jan 1, 2017

ALL: i'm picking up one of these old Craftsman heritage table saws as soon as the snow disappears and thought i'd ask the pros here if any of you own one and want to share the PROS AND CONS of it. it is wired for 110 with a 1HP motor, but can be rewired for 220.

i've heard the wings might work better with one on each side and any other tips or information please post here or on the Woodworking 101 thread.

cheers and happy new year. yes we do get snow in SEATTLE and here's what i woke up to.

rickhigginshtbr · Jan 1, 2017

looks pretty clean, but is it the pic or is the fence missing the lock down handle? Only real con is that it's heavy as hell, lol

Outlawmws · Jan 1, 2017

Rick I think I agree, I'm not seeing the lever handle either.

Drives, on the fence head there is a round knob. Just above that is a slot there is supposed to be a locking lever that moves up and down in that slot.

As to the wings; it would be less likely to tip over with one on each side. (get a heavy piece out there on a cantilevered deck like that and...) If you need it to have a heavy offset like that, I'd get a supporting leg or two out there...

Richard Cranium · Jan 1, 2017

You guys are knocking it dead all ready. Way to go.

BFBOB · Jan 2, 2017

Drivesit -
Ditto above about balance with wings on the same side. It's done this way so you can rip a wider board. If you work with plywood much that's a real plus. A support leg would be good (simple, adjustable, easily removable), and of course you could add a wing to the left side too. More versatile.
'course you've got to find one.

nine4gmc · Jan 2, 2017

Awesome opening post 3Bay, Happy New Year and Happy Hunting to everyone!

drivesitfar · Jan 2, 2017

ALL: thanks for the great posts about my saw. anybody see any issues with using the saw itself or any of you actually own and use one this old?

i have a couple woodworking friends that actually throw a piece of insulation on the ground and cut up their big pieces of plywood or wood with a skill saw and then make their cabinets, furniture or projects with their table saw and other tools when the pieces are more manageable.

if i get a bigger shop and am still using this saw i've seen some workbenches with these built into them if i don't get a huge old table saw.

for all you out there beating the bushes i do have this old WALKER-TURNER table saw that i could use a new top for if you happen to find one PM me.

3Bay: i forgot to tell you that your first post was great. good luck with this bunch, but since most are your friends you should have fun this year.

Duct Tape Man · Jan 2, 2017

Subscribed, looking forward to saving more garage sale goodies this year!

Happy New Year to you all, fellas!

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