2018 Garage Sale Thread

Looking like this weekend is a bust for me, next weekend too (I'll be out of town). So, you guys just keep posting all your cool stuff, and I'll just sit here and watch....maybe I should drive up to the ReStore....

Found a guy s selling this Husky C302H compressor for $250. It’s brand new. Home Depot usually sells them for $450. The seller said he bought 8 of them dirt cheap in December and I bought the last one from him. We both made out and I can finally replace my oil less craftsman I bought new in the late 1990s.

LesserSon said:

Ughh! I lost my 110 a couple years ago, but every used/abused one I see is priced near retail. I’ve dropped into the local Restore a couple times but never found anything I wanted, much less at such a great price.

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I picked up a couple that needed blades, and sent them in. Costs ten bucks to get a new blade and they made the knife look new...

Kind of a slow week. Looked ok for $1

txlonghorn1989 said:

........ I can't recall what company these were associated with. Anyone recall?

Mike

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IIRC, the orange boxes were used by Select-A-Spring.

Those are marked Select-a-spring, so yes, but Doorman also used Orange cabinets/boxes...

Went to two sales today and came home with this Craftsman saw, since I seem to have a heritage logo fetish I brought it home to clean up and store it on the shelf. Right off the bat I'm going to need a replacement cord for it so any suggestions on one that close to original will be appreciated!

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The "cabinet" (electricians') screwdriver is a 3-1/2” GMTK spec- and vintage-correct pre-Stanley North Brothers “YANKEE” No. 95.

The heavy duty machinists' screwdriver with the wooden handle (repaired by a prior owner) is a "Matchless" (a BHM brand) 97. Wartime. 1940 to 1952, to be more precise. In the 1940 catalog (see thumbnail) they had wooden handles, painted black. By 1953 the handles were black rubberoid.

The little light duty no-name flexible driver has a recessed slotted blade inside that head. I am thinking for carb adjustments or something like that.

I do have one LEFT-BEHIND to report - a Walker-Turner grinder.

Some stuff i got

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Hit the last day of an estate sale today. It was fairly picked over, but found some misc hardware, scrapers, file handles, and a batch of the old Montgomery Ward multi tools that include a can opener, can closer, nail puller and paint roller cleaner, an old velvet lined box for my pocketwatches, and two spinning tie racks that work well for hanging cords and things in the shop. All for $4.

The Habitat ReStore yielded 5 new two packs of Stanley yard tool hangers and a pull handle, a few decent wood handled screwdrivers, Stanley Handyman spiral screwdriver with 5 bits, Barcalo wrench, older Stanley utility knife and a US made keyhole saw and a Japanese wood level with both vials intact. All for $9.52. I thought I was going to strike out on the tools, but saw them restocking on my way out and picked up all of the tools right after they put them on the shelves.

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Private Lugnutz said:

I do have one LEFT-BEHIND to report - a Walker-Turner grinder.

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What were they asking for it?

Not a single tool! not much of anything... SS Remington Quartz Pocket watch that needs a battery, A hot wheel, a small AAA zipper pouch that I'll find a use for...

So I went back to "Tool box Tetris", and putting things away as I can from last week... (Garage is impacted while I load the card files and rearrange..)

Cleaning an odd knife from that load, I find its marked Will & Finck SF Apparently the company was in San Francisco, and were known for Cutlery, and "Dress" Bowie Knives in particular.

I haven't found a lot of their history, other than they were probably in business from 1864's to at least late 1800's.

Blade is double edged, rounded tip, and the tip has a slight curve, which may or may not be factory. No Clue what it's for...

Maybe a shellfish knife? Short, round handle for seating the tool on the palm of your hand, for a good push/leverage, and a bent tip for getting between the 'lips' of a shellfish, and popping it open. The San Francisco manufacture suggests that it was made locally just for that purpose, to me. Take a look:
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Good call Drift! Oyster knife!

Rain rain rain to Lancaster and back. Ducked out of it long enough to cruise an antiques and collectibles shop. Spotted a Disston thumbhole No8 rip saw priced five times its value, and this Craftsman barn roof carry box, with removable tray, shoved behind a stack of moldering paperbacks, sparking a brief hope it would be priced lower. Someone thought it would look better smeared with silver paint, but I disagree. I thought the lid hinges were interesting, because they have different segments per inch, front and back. Solid, but not for me at $45, even with the generous store-wide discount the proprietor mentioned.

I got to an estate sale an hour after it opened and snagged some good stuff. Mostly snap on, Mac, matco, sk, and plomb. Missed two wilton vises that went for $40/each.

Fun sale great prices
1) mess of stevens walden
2) extras for xcelite 99
3) and another Bradley equiptment roll

I finally had a sale nearby that looked promising. I dropped a package off at the post office and continued on to Harvard, Mass for a basement full of tools. It was actually some DBE wrenches in one of the picture that made me skip out on garage work to go sale-ing.

I rolled up on the address out in the country (Harvard, Mass is not the home of the university, its a bucolic town 40 miles west of Boston) about an hour after opening and find a local constable directing traffic and "No Parking by Order of Police Department" signs everywhere. I drove past the driveway and found a signless shoulder where I could get fully off the road. The driveway was super icy but well sanded and I slogged my way to the house. Hardly anyone there--a good sign.

The outbuilding garage was pretty bare. I fished the crowbar and the length of 1" rebar out of the cobwebs in one corner and then headed into the house. Nothing of interest in the attached garage, so I beelined for the basement and that's where I struck gold.

I had noticed the Craftsman radial arm saw in the pics, and it was still there. It looked old enough to be part of the recall, so I added it to my mental price check list and started going down the work bench. There was lots of Crown-top logo era Craftsman stuff, much still in original packaging. I grabbed a plastic crate and started making a pile of things I knew had value, things I wanted and things that might be worth something.

I carried the pretty heavy crate up to check out and negotiated the guy down to $50 for all the tools. We went down to look at the saw and after an opening ask of $100 for the saw, I got him down to $100 for the tools and the saw. I got some help lifting the saw off of the make shift mount the PO had made. Up the stairs and out into the driveway was a workout--that beast was/is heavy!

I chatted with one of the ladies upstairs--turns out this was her Mom's estate. Her Dad, the owner/user of the tools, was a former military guy and a big time do-it-yourselfer. He built the detached garage, mixing the foundation concrete on site. She said the RAS was bought new in 1969, her parents moved into the house in '74 and he passed in '75. So basically the saw had been sitting unused for the last 43 years. She was glad his tools were going to someone with the same background and mindset as her Dad. I didn't tell her the RAS was going to be scrapped, but I think she would have been okay with that, too.

Here are my finds:

Craftsman Radial Arm Saw, 113.29440



Millers Falls No 2 Auger Handle
Identical 2nd auger handle, no obvious maker's marks
Rous & Shipman Co 1-3/4" augur bit, made for the above handles--can't find anything on the Internet on this company



Box of brace drill bits of various sizes and manufacturer
NOS Forsberg coping saw blades in original packaging



Turner Day Eagle hickory ax handle, unused
36" hunk of 1" rebar
Council 75033 30" crowbar, USA made



Big ball pein hammer
Arrow hammer stapler
Shingling hammer--the label is illegible, but that's a real leather strap
canvas strapping pliers--didn't know what they where until I got them home
Wedge-shaped Nicholson file
"General" branded tubing cutter, USA made
EZ-Tool Co chain pipe wrench, Model No 1



Versamatic Model 4100 "Screw driver and speed reducer for power drill"--a vintage bit driver tool in fantastic condition



Two Cincinatti Tool Co No 540 butterfly C-clamps
B&C 144 C-clamp



Vintage Craftsman socket case, pretty rusty and logo sticker almost completely gone
Inside, rusty modern Craftsman sockets, extensionand breaker bar--mostly surface rust, should clean up



Four Craftsman wood turning lathe chisels--old! I think the logo on these tools date from the 1930s! Can anyone help date these?



NIB Sears Crown-top logo Craftsman 9-2980 drill chuck with key
Craftsman Crown-top pipe cutter--this guy is just cool!



Three used Crown-top Craftsman Kromedge 10" saw blades, still in original packaging. Part numbers 9-32668, 9-32646 & 9-32626
Crowntop Craftsman "handbook of circular saw blades and powertools accessories"



Crown-top logo Craftsman Universal Jig for Bench Saws, part 9-3231, still in original packaging




Craftsman Drill grinding attachment, part 9-6677, in original packaging



Three Forged Select Steel shorty offset DBEs in pristine condition
Two Billings DBEs
Old Ford DBE wrench, 01A-17017B, dated between 1940 and 1948



Plastic plant crate



I've ordered the recall shipping box for the RAS motor and rail, so after the $100 rebate, the tools are essentially free.

Tomorrow, SWMBO and I both are going to another sale in the same town. It's much higher end and more household that garage, so my expectations are low. SWMBO likes it, though, so we're going!

Had another fun day today. I think I'm done buying for a while...more than likely having a garage sale of my own this weekend should the weather look good for Saturday as of mid-week. Any GJ members close are welcome to pick through things early if they want.

Stop 1: $300 - Same place I got the band saws, drill presses, scroll saws, etc. from last weekend

Delta Rockwell wood lathe - needs repair to the variable speed drive (parts included, not pictured)
Delta Rockwell belt / disc sander - needs cleaning and a few knobs, otherwise pretty good condition
Five drawer parts cabinet

Stop 2: $40 - ongoing estate sale (>1 year at this point); Nine and I thought this place was "dry" but I found a cabinet that apparently hadn't been opened, which had some goodies. The tooling is import but NIB.

2 / 4 flute end mill set
MT3 live center
Indexable lathe turning tools
Magnetic motor starter
Two pairs of channel locks
USA made grommet tool (I think, at least)
Misc. hardware
Large box of electrical stuff, some household, some automotive

Stop 3: ~$10 - ReStore

26 DIY books (not pictured)

Stop 4: Freebies from a neighbor down the street

Coleman generator - starts, runs, makes power...but idles a bit rough
Echo CS3000 - runs with a prime
Edger - runs with a prime
Ridgid shop vac - runs fine, missing one wheel

Macduf said:

...and another Bradley equiptment roll

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Haha! Go figure. I don't think I asked the first time... Are the tools marked Bradley too? Or just the roll?

BlueBomber said:

NOS Forsberg coping saw blades in original packaging.

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Forsberg's whale logo is one of my favorite vintage logos, BB. It's a very desirable choice for a WWII hacksaw frame (8-12" break-down type adjustable, with a wingnut on the end, and a cherry wood handle) and the logo is nice and big front and center, with the name, on the frame.

BlueBomber said:

Four Craftsman wood turning lathe chisels--old! I think the logo on these tools date from the 1930!

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That's what I have on my cheat sheet for that logo. 1930's.

BlueBomber said:

Three Forged Select Steel shorty offset DBEs in pristine condition

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What are the sizes? EDIT: Disregard. I just saw the details on the DBE thread.

BlueBomber said:

Old Ford DBE wrench, 01A-17017B, dated between 1940 and 1948

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That spark plug and cylinder head wrench was issued to every Ford GP (qty 4,500 made) in 1941, BB. Page 55, TM 10-1100 (Ford GP Parts List), October 1941.

If you’re not familiar, the GP was Ford’s designation for their second jeep prototype. It and the Bantam BRC lost the final run-off with the Willys MA (“Model A”). But design elements of both the BRC and GP can be found in the Willys MB (“Model B”), made exclusively by Willys for the US Army QMC from September 1941 through December 1941, and then in the standardized jeep (Willys MB, and Ford GPW), made by both mfgr’s from January 1942 through the end of the war for the QMC and US Army Ordnance Dept, when Willys couldn’t keep up with production demands alone.

The wrench was a carryover from Ford Model A/T production. It was obsolete for the Willys famous “Go-Devil” engine, which was put in every Ford GPW, but the limited production run prototypes (Bantam BRC, Willys MA, and Ford GP) were fielded to user units, and had to be maintained, so the wrench stayed in the inventory for spares. Or for whatever civilian production Ford had at the time, of course.

EDIT: Probably waaaaay more than you wanted to know!

MercLSU said:

Had another fun day today.

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Nice haul, Merc.

Only one good sale in the area. It was the house of a former dentist who worked on electronics as a hobby.

As I went around I filled up a 5gal bucket as I normally do. Typically a bucket full of stuff runs me $10-$40 depending on the sale but as I got to the entrance I realized it is run by a company that checks each individual item.

He dumped out my bucket and started putting items in one by one. As he does I imagine the worst maybe $50 or $60 for the bucket. I hear him say $1 $2 $5 $6 $7 Free $8 $10 etc. I’m getting concerned since I really don’t need anything in the bucket and certainly don’t want to pay too much for my hobby. Sure, I’ll sell some stuff and make it back but why bother if if costs too much. A few things like a $5 ball valve were removed as he counted (doesn’t make sense to pay more than scrap value for items I will scrap)

He got to $75 and this is one of those no negotiation sales. So I did the next best thing and did a bundle. “I’ll do $75 with the two batteries in the basement”. He countered with $80 which I accepted.

Then as I loaded up I found another battery for $2. So $82 out the door.

On the way home I stopped at a small local sale and spent another $20. Here is what I got:


Old batteries (for scrap)


Consumables
Buffing wheel
Nitrile gloves
Decora switches (7) and covers
Post it notes
Super glue
Copper t and couplings
Teflon tape
Satin white paint
Can duster


12cc syringes
Collection of switches
Glass jar from dentist office


3 4” 160psi gauges
Simpson dc amp gauge NOS


Tools!
Diamond scribe
Starrett dividers
Remington nailer
Nibbled
Stanley miter gauge
Brad Parker scalpel handles
Pickett rulers
Craftsman reamer
Utica pliers
Hole punch
Stanley 59 doweling jig


20lbs brass and copper
Lead
Stainless fittings


2” Forstner bit (new)
CH joystick. I had one years ago and have never seen one for sale before
Three lab clamps (I buy these a few at a time and when I get a dozen or two I sell them on eBay as a lot)
Metal funnel looking thing with two size caps




And for the first time I bought clothing. I’ve purchased a Carthartt jacket before but no other clothing. It was just too unique to pass up.


I think it will be funny to wear out but my wife wouldnt be seen with me wearing it. I can sell it for about $150 on eBay.

mattblast said:

Metal funnel looking thing with two size caps

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THAT is the coolest thing I have seen on here in weeks! Some kind of oil/lube dispenser.

mattblast said:

I think it will be funny to wear out but my wife wouldnt be seen with me wearing it.

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Um, there are only three places on planet earth you can wear that:

(1) An ashram in Uttar Pradesh
(2) The set of the 1980's TV show, "Full House"
(3) A Furthur (or RatDog, etc) concert

Is the anti-kickback bar/pawls there? Mine is missing those and I would like get one for it. Also what kind of condition is the blade cover, I think my has a corner broken off.

Mine is a 113.29441 but it looks exactly the same.

EDIT - Nevermind about the date talk I edited out. I just checked my manual and there was a date in there for 1969... heh...

BlueBomber said:

I chatted with one of the ladies upstairs--turns out this was her Mom's estate. Her Dad, the owner/user of the tools, was a former military guy and a big time do-it-yourselfer. He built the detached garage, mixing the foundation concrete on site. She said the RAS was bought new in 1969, her parents moved into the house in '74 and he passed in '75. So basically the saw had been sitting unused for the last 43 years. She was glad his tools were going to someone with the same background and mindset as her Dad. I didn't tell her the RAS was going to be scrapped, but I think she would have been okay with that, too.

Here are my finds:

Craftsman Radial Arm Saw, 113.29440

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mattblast
I seem to remember old metal gas cans having spouts like that. I could be wrong and it probably won't be the last time if I am.

Private Lugnutz said:

Forsberg's whale logo is one of my favorite vintage logos, BB. It's a very desirable choice for a WWII hacksaw frame (8-12" break-down type adjustable, with a wingnut on the end, and a cherry wood handle) and the logo is nice and big front and center, with the name, on the frame.

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I hadn't even notied the logo--it is cool!

Private Lugnutz said:

That's what I have on my cheat sheet for that logo. 1930's.

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Thanks!

Private Lugnutz said:

That spark plug and cylinder head wrench was issued to every Ford GP (qty 4,500 made) in 1941, BB. Page 55, TM 10-1100 (Ford GP Parts List), October 1941.

If you’re not familiar, the GP was Ford’s designation for their second jeep prototype. It and the Bantam BRC lost the final run-off with the Willys MA (“Model A”). But design elements of both the BRC and GP can be found in the Willys MB (“Model B”), made exclusively by Willys for the US Army QMC from September 1941 through December 1941, and then in the standardized jeep (Willys MB, and Ford GPW), made by both mfgr’s from January 1942 through the end of the war for the QMC and US Army Ordnance Dept, when Willys couldn’t keep up with production demands alone.

The wrench was a carryover from Ford Model A/T production. It was obsolete for the Willys famous “Go-Devil” engine, which was put in every Ford GPW, but the limited production run prototypes (Bantam BRC, Willys MA, and Ford GP) were fielded to user units, and had to be maintained, so the wrench stayed in the inventory for spares. Or for whatever civilian production Ford had at the time, of course.

EDIT: Probably waaaaay more than you wanted to know! [emoji38]

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Never! This forum is a graduate level program in history, negotiations, finance, investing and American and sometimes British culture. I love it.

Nice haul, mattblast I love it when I can sell one item (or more) and come out bucks ahead!

EOC_Jason said:

Is the anti-kickback bar/pawls there? Mine is missing those and I would like get one for it. Also what kind of condition is the blade cover, I think my has a corner broken off.

Mine is a 113.29441 but it looks exactly the same.

EDIT - Nevermind about the date talk I edited out. I just checked my manual and there was a date in there for 1969... heh...

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Jason: if you are talking about the attachment that holds work down on the workbench, then no. I'll add a picture from the other side of the saw, but I think its in good shape. If you want it, or any other doodads off of the saw, PM me your address and I send them to you.

SWMBO and I went out to a high end sale and as expected, I didn't find much for me. But that's okay--happy wife, happy life. The fact that she goes out with me at all is wonderful and that she's also a bargain hunter is icing on the cake.

She picked out an office under-chair desk mat for $3 for her office. These things apparently go for ten times that on Amazon! She also got some gardening stuff and some consumables from the "$1 an item" closet.

She also talked me into these two garden outlets/timers. At $3 each, they would have cost us 5-8 times that retail.

Lugz, you left out wearing that rainbow shirt in San Francisco; any, day, of, the, year...

Outlawmws said:

Lugz, you left out wearing that rainbow shirt in San Francisco; any, day, of, the, year...

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Yep. The Deadheads would kill for that shirt, and I'm the guy that would know!
-Don

MercLSU said:

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Stop 2: $40 - ongoing estate sale (>1 year at this point); Nine and I thought this place was "dry" but I found a cabinet that apparently hadn't been opened, which had some goodies. The tooling is import but NIB.
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LOL at an estate sale taking a year or more. Sounds like that family insisted on doing it themselves instead of hiring an estate sale company, and has been paying the price of having to hold onto that property all this extra time. The only sale I went to this weekend was a 'moving sale' of a retired couple supposedly trying to downsize to move to a beach house, but they turned out to be similarly unclear on the concept, insisting on trying to sell their stuff in various ways that make it much harder to get it out the door than it needed to be. Meanwhile they're stuck sitting on a $300k+ house that they've had on the market FSBO for nearly a year and are still nowhere near ready to move out of.

MercLSU said:

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Stop 3: ~$10 - ReStore
26 DIY books (not pictured)
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Judging from the quantity, I bet that's the Time-Life Home Repair And Improvement series! I have a nearly-complete set of those myself that I got a similar bargain on last year. Good stuff.

I didn't take pictures of everything before sending half of the load to my father's shop - but highlights from a sale yesterday included two pigeon hole shelves, a handful of machine Dolly's, a Craftsman block grinder, a 1.5 hp 110v motor (needed for my 3 phase bandsaw), 3 ton Sears roebuck jack, and a 10 ton hein werner jack. I was also obligated to take an old aluminium stretcher that was bundled with a dolly - looking for ideas on what to use it for.

It was a rainy, miserable day as the snow melted at the outside sale. Large items were going cheap because of the trouble to get them out of the field and to your vehicle.

I had an idea what the Jack's were worth and wanted one for both my garage and my dad's shop - I learned a very valuable lesson that bigger is not always better. It turns out that the werner weighs a good 440lbs and is a little too big for what we need. I fabricated a new cover for the hydraulics out of some scrap shelving and am going to paint it for resale.

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... I was also obligated to take an old aluminium stretcher that was bundled with a dolly - looking for ideas on what to use it for.
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Outdoor lounge chair?


Or if the head area folds flat, some kind of table?

Picked up a set of body hammers, dollies, and slappers. Looks like Fairmont, not super impressed with the castings but I think they can be cleaned up. And the price was right.

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Outlawmws said:

Lugz, you left out wearing that rainbow shirt in San Francisco; any, day, of, the, year...

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You wouldn't get many second looks in Austin either. Which is why I love it here!

I know there's dissenters amongst the perhaps more mature of you guys, but the repurposing of EMS/hospital/dental/patient care stuff for your garages creeps me the @##& out. Never in a million years in my house. Yuuuuuck. Entering my 30th year as a fireman, maybe that's a factor. IDK.

shanny19 said:

I know there's dissenters amongst the perhaps more mature of you guys, but the repurposing of EMS/hospital/dental/patient care stuff for your garages creeps me the @##& out. Never in a million years in my house. Yuuuuuck. Entering my 30th year as a fireman, maybe that's a factor. IDK.

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Would only bother me if not sterilized after last use!

shanny19 said:

I know there's dissenters amongst the perhaps more mature of you guys, but the repurposing of EMS/hospital/dental/patient care stuff for your garages creeps me the @##& out. Never in a million years in my house. Yuuuuuck. Entering my 30th year as a fireman, maybe that's a factor. IDK.

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I guess it depends on what is getting repurposed. I kind of had that feeling you're referring to with the rolling stretcher that was posted or the hospital beds. However, the mobile high intensity lights, dental picks, rolling cabinets are just a few of the things that I would love to have to repurpose to my shop. And I love seeing those old barber of dental chairs repurposed with tools or machines!

Mike

Hexen said:

Outdoor lounge chair?

Or if the head area folds flat, some kind of table?

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That's one good idea. It looks like it would require some modifications to make a table. I might just put it on eBay and see if I can recoup some tool buying funds...

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Spent 40 bucks at a flea market today on some cool vintage stuff. The guy had a ton of tools but he was closing up so I just grabbed what I could. I'll be back.



-craftsman, kraeuter, and Walden 1/4" kit boxes.
-a handful of 1/4" sockets including enough =v= to make a full set.
-misc =v= stuff with a 22/24mm open end for motorcycle axles.
-a craftsman Vanandium wrench.
- channel lock dikes.
-4 and 6 inch adjustable for the collection.


-An unmarked female ratchet with the drive plug.
-a plomb Wf-8 and a wf-21.
-1/4" penens, proto, and challenger ratchets.


-and this folding, square broached, brass handled whaychamcallit.





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That's a nice haul Catfishdan