2018 Garage Sale Thread

RagTopTA · Jun 24, 2018

Went to the Sunday flea and hung around. There were many vendors with tools. So I dug around the ones that did show up, The first one I opened a big box of all kinds of rusty pipe fittings... few wrenches in the mix. near the bottom.. a familiar looking one.. Pull it out. PLOMB LA!!! Then Another! Then a couple of funky Smith Multi wrenches and a Craftsman long C DOE $6

The second guy had three 5 gallon buckets of the assorted stuff. PVC, saws, wrenches, sockets. Pulled out a snap on ratchet turns out to be the 1/2 drv in 3/8 body and Napa long handle 1/2 drv ratchet, three Mac wrenches.. Scholler and Utica Adjustables $10

Third booth, buncha women's nick knacks... and a little Craftsman 1/4 socket set and a little Hazet wrench $4

Fourth vendor... a really odd looking hammer with a broken handle... turns out the ball pein is an SE Smith marking on both sides and rings around the ends kind of like a Plomb/Proto socket. Never seen one like this before.

d42jeep · Jun 24, 2018

BlueBomber said:
I've never seen those kinda Dunlops...kewl!

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Here is my complete set from the Dunlap box.
-Don

Boofer · Jun 25, 2018

RagTopTA said:
The second guy had three 5 gallon buckets of the assorted stuff. PVC, saws, wrenches, sockets. Pulled out a snap on ratchet turns out to be the 1/2 drv in 3/8 body and Napa long handle 1/2 drv ratchet, three Mac wrenches.. Scholler and Utica Adjustables $10

I can't believe how little some of you are paying for tools. Around here, 3 Mac combos and a SO ratchet would be at least $30 at the flea. Rags do you think this guy was unaware of what he was selling or is that the going price at flea markets in your area?

RagTopTA · Jun 25, 2018

Boofer said:
I can't believe how little some of you are paying for tools. Around here, 3 Mac combos and a SO ratchet would be at least $30 at the flea. Rags do you think this guy was unaware of what he was selling or is that the going price at flea markets in your area?

The flea market here is a smaller one. the people that bring buckets of tools and assorted stuff generally dont know what stuff is worth. they are there just to make a buck. Most likely not their tools. I always just ask, how much for this old ratchet.. and they give me a price. And the fact he had them mixed in with cheapo **** didn't hurt either. Little clues as to how to approach a buy. Oh. and a little luck doesn't hurt either. I have bought all my SO stuff like that. I wont pay much even for it.

LesserSon · Jun 25, 2018

Great finds, lately, guys. I stopped one place Saturday: Wysox indoor flea market. Enjoyed looking, but no buys for me. Today, drove down rt15 with my dad, mom, and one daughter to help my uncle unload as much of his woodshop as he could pack in a 26’ UHaul. He builds furniture from reclaimed and salvaged wood. And he’s relocating 2-1/2hrs away.
It was torture to pass multiple indoor fleas and junktique places without stopping, but I was glad to help him. Slabs of American hardwoods, most of it live edge - cherry, apple, walnut, ash, hickory, butternut, beech, catalpa. Red maple, silver maple, cedar. (Thank goodness there wasn’t any sugar maple; the walnut and hickory were heavy enough!)
He had a story of where he got most every piece. Best story was the 1”x12” chestnut boards from the original roof of a 1875 church in the town where my parents and he grew up. It was getting a new roof in the late 1970s or early 80s, and he and another of my uncles happened by. The crew was carefully removing the 10’ boards and handing them down. My one uncle asks if they could buy some. “Yes, but this is good chestnut. It won’t come cheap.” “Well, how much?” “Oh, I gotta get a dollar a board.” “Let me get my truck.”
For those who don’t know, American chestnut is one of the greatest losses of a natural resource on this continent. The nuts were said to be sweeter than the Eurasian variety, the wood is light, strong, and rot resistant. It was used for everything from log cabins to covered bridges to railroad ties to bedframes to dining tables; doors, floors, kickboard, beadboard. A lot of what auctioneers sell as antique “oak” furniture is actually chestnut. It has a similar look, but you can lift and move it easily. And IT’S ALL GONE. I occasionally see a spinney of chestnut sprung up from old roots, but about the time they mature enough to produce nuts, maybe 8” diameter main trunks, they succomb to fungus. Similar thing happening to beech around here, now. Two major mast sources, going the way of the white rhino. A dollar-a-board...and I think he’s moved what’s left of it three times now.

Climatecreator · Jun 25, 2018

Didn't have time this weekend to do any tag sales as they're known here, yard sales, and garage sales everywhere else. So I turned to Letgo to get my fix and found this crate full of clamps and small vises I haven't sorted through yet listed for $10

Then while I was here he was saying how he was moving and wanted to get rid of as much as he could soooooo I naturally wanted to help him out!

Paid $20 for the two containers of miscellaneous plumbing stuff and another $20 for the box full of taping tools.

Not bad for $50 all told Saturday on the way to a family picnic.

Then Saturday night I find another Letgo listing for a tool box full of stuff for $50 message him and another guy about a vise.

First thing Sunday morning I get the message to meet up for the box, I gladly handed over the $50 for this craftsman box full of plumbing tools and fittings, etc.

Then after that I get word from the vise guy who had a small champion, he's two hours away but tells me he has a Parker and another vise.

So we drive out to New York, it was fun.

And I'd say worth it. $100 for all three.

My helper agreed.

All three vises are in perfect working order

You guys are killing it out there.

Besides CL, don't forget about Letgo, OfferUp, and Facebook marketplace, as well as Facebook groups, and other apps like Virage Sale, 5 mile, etc.

They're a great resource and probably the reason for the decline in yard sales, etc.

For yard sales the wife and I use yardsale treasure map, which pulls all the listings around you from Craigslist. Also estate sales . net app as well.

I personally like buying lots both tools AND parts I can use in my daily grind and and the house.

Keep it coming,

CC

txlonghorn1989 · Jun 25, 2018

LesserSon said:
Great finds, lately, guys. I stopped one place Saturday: Wysox indoor flea market. Enjoyed looking, but no buys for me. Today, drove down rt15 with my dad, mom, and one daughter to help my uncle unload as much of his woodshop as he could pack in a 26’ UHaul. He builds furniture from reclaimed and salvaged wood. And he’s relocating 2-1/2hrs away.
It was torture to pass multiple indoor fleas and junktique places without stopping, but I was glad to help him. Slabs of American hardwoods, most of it live edge - cherry, apple, walnut, ash, hickory, butternut, beech, catalpa. Red maple, silver maple, cedar. (Thank goodness there wasn’t any sugar maple; the walnut and hickory were heavy enough!)
He had a story of where he got most every piece. Best story was the 1”x12” chestnut boards from the original roof of a 1875 church in the town where my parents and he grew up. It was getting a new roof in the late 1970s or early 80s, and he and another of my uncles happened by. The crew was carefully removing the 10’ boards and handing them down. My one uncle asks if they could buy some. “Yes, but this is good chestnut. It won’t come cheap.” “Well, how much?” “Oh, I gotta get a dollar a board.” “Let me get my truck.”
For those who don’t know, American chestnut is one of the greatest losses of a natural resource on this continent. The nuts were said to be sweeter than the Eurasian variety, the wood is light, strong, and rot resistant. It was used for everything from log cabins to covered bridges to tailroad ties to bedframes to dining tables; doors, floors, kickboard, beadboard. A lot of what auctioneers sell as antique “oak” furniture is actually chestnut. It has a similar look, but you can lift and move it easily. And IT’S ALL GONE. I occasionally see a spinney of chestnut sprung up from old roots, but about the time they mature enough to produce nuts, maybe 8” diameter main trunks, they succomb to fungus. Similar thing happening to beech around here, now. Two major mast sources, going the way of the white rhino. A dollar-a-board...and I think he’s moved what’s left of it three times now.

Great story LS! Thanks for sharing! I agree with you about the loss of the chestnut. Glad I won't be around as stories like that get told by our children and grand children, ...

ecotec · Jun 25, 2018

alinc100 said:
Are you a 58'er? Carpenters 687 here.

Yes. 20 years in 58, and 4 years non-union before that.

Provincial · Jun 25, 2018

I love that section of wood water pipe. There is still some wood water line buried on my property. It was installed about 100 years ago by the local town to gravity feed the water from side streams on the local creek. When a new line was installed about 25 years ago I saved a coupler as a sample.

The line is made kind of like a barrel. The staves are straight and wrapped with a piece of wire a little larger than 1/8" diameter, then the whole works is covered with tar on the outside. Each piece is about 12 feet long, and has a turned-down, tapered lip on each end. The coupling is a 6" piece made just like the pipe, but a straight cylinder. The pipe "lips" are inserted in the coupling and the taper seals the joint when they are driven in. The joint was then covered with more tar.

When the City dug up the old pipe, the wanted me to let them dump it on my property. I'm not that stupid! It cost them a lot to dispose of it as hazardous waste.

You would think that this design of pipe would leak, but as long as it was kept full of water, the wood swelled up and kept well sealed. If allowed to dry out, it would shrink and the staves would become separated and it would never seal up well again.

Corndoggeh · Jun 25, 2018

Started off early on saturday with the family. Go into the housr and saw nothing i liked, didnt even see the signs with "TOOLS" all ove the back door until it was pointed out to me by my SO.

You could buy things individual, i ended up filling up this box with all US tools. Lots of bonney, snapon, and SK. Pleirs were mostly channellock. Also got a blue point halogen leak detector . About 85 pieces in total for $60.

I then get that gut feeling i get when i pass by a yardsale sign and turn in. There was nothing though until an older man asks if im looking for anything specific. I mention tools and he goes "oh ive got this really old jointer from my grandpa". He pulls out this craftsman jointer and says $10.... SOLD.

Onto the fun part, i was eyeing this old delta jointer that was being sold by an estate sale company. I originally went to try and score a craftsman 3/4 Hp block grinder for $40 (someone got to it before me when the sale started at 7 am. Oh well. )So I see this delta jointer that they were originally asking $88 for it but i knew i could wait for the 50% off at 1pm. I get there at 12:30 pm to get my number for the 50% lineup when I overhear someone who had a smaller number than me tell his wife hes going to get the jointer first at 50% off. As soon as i heard that i went to the cashier and said ill take the jointer.

This ones the deluxe 4" version. Paid $66 for it, it is a smaller 4" but it has a much smaller floorspace than the clunky 6" jointer I used to have. I also have a massive shopsmith planer to go with it and have had no issues getting perfectly flat boards with it.

I love the look of the old delta machines, especially the stands. The paint is apparently original, machine gray with white speckling. I have a delta 1/2 hp motor thats been waiting for a machine that will be a perfect match.

7avalon7 · Jun 25, 2018

Woke up early Saturday morning. My wife wanted to go to this community yard sale in this very neighborhood close by. Visited a few houses, nothing. There were some drill bits, saws and misc other tools but too expensive and not something that interest me.

Stop by this house at the back of the neighborhood, they have Weber Performer grill with a big bag of charcoal for $1. Score! Paid really quick, and told the owner we will be back with the SUV. I was driving a sedan, so no way we can fit that grill in the car.

So we rushed home, get the Land Cruiser and back to this house. Load the grill up. We visited a few more house, saw someone selling Yakima RocketBox for $40. Got it down to $30. Score again! We went home, drop the grill, return to this house, and load the Yakima.

On the way home, saw someone leave a Ryobi 9 in band saw on the side of the road. I can not believe our luck this past weekend.

Private Lugnutz · Jun 25, 2018

7avalon7 said:
Woke up early Saturday morning...[ ]...I can not believe our luck this past weekend.

Photos, or it never happened!

JMLangford · Jun 25, 2018

7avalon7 said:
Woke up early Saturday morning. My wife wanted to go to this community yard sale in this very neighborhood close by. Visited a few houses, nothing. There were some drill bits, saws and misc other tools but too expensive and not something that interest me.

Stop by this house at the back of the neighborhood, they have Weber Performer grill with a big bag of charcoal for $1. Score! Paid really quick, and told the owner we will be back with the SUV. I was driving a sedan, so no way we can fit that grill in the car.

So we rushed home, get the Land Cruiser and back to this house. Load the grill up. We visited a few more house, saw someone selling Yakima RocketBox for $40. Got it down to $30. Score again! We went home, drop the grill, return to this house, and load the Yakima.

On the way home, saw someone leave a Ryobi 9 in band saw on the side of the road. I can not believe our luck this past weekend.

Good Score!.....Sounds like you may have a golden horseshoe up your **** too :beer:

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Levaughn · Jun 25, 2018

I picked up this 17 inch Williams BS-40A Breaker Bar at an Estate Sale on Saturday.

7avalon7 · Jun 25, 2018

Private Lugnutz said:
Photos, or it never happened!

As soon as I post, I know someone will say this lmao... I was not at home earlier, so did not have any pics. But here they are :beer:

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.

I am not sure why the picture of the grill is coming sideways...sorry!

Private Lugnutz · Jun 25, 2018

It's one of the job requirements as a host to pester people for pics. (Unless Outlaw sees it first! :lol:

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7avalon7 · Jun 25, 2018

Private Lugnutz said:
It's one of the job requirements as a host to pester people for pics. (Unless Outlaw sees it first! )

Oh I understand! I should know better. I was just happen to be working remotely, have few min free during break, browsing and end up posting.

Unmarked Bill · Jun 25, 2018

Unmarked Bill · Jun 25, 2018

BFBOB · Jun 25, 2018

JMLangford said:
Off to the side of the garage sat a box with the words that always makes me smile...."Make An Offer"......So, after a bit of conversation I offered $5 and I came home with.......

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Jaw dropping, head shaking envy --- You **** barely begins to express it.

mattblast · Jun 25, 2018

For a few weeks there was a local Craigslist ad for a Baldor carbide grinder on stand. They were asking $100 but said it didn’t work. I offered $50 which he politely declined, then $80, then a few days later asked if I could take a look.

Turns out it was being sold by a local used equipment dealer. He was only about 15 mins from work so I stopped by during lunch. The grinder was a oily mess. Lots of aluminum chips and oily residue all over but it was complete. Switch appeared to be stuck - it moved up but not down.

I agreed to his $100 and asked if I could look around. A few minutes of digging and I pulled out a Numberall 40B 1/16” stamping press. It lets me stamp on aluminum, brass or steel with A-Z, 0-9 and a few symbols like /‘.-

As you “type” it increments to the next position and a sliding table to permit multiple lines of text.

Turns out the company is still around and sells these for $1772! It needs a new plate of 9g steel about 6” square and they want $40 for that part so I’ll make one myself.

I would like a 1/8” lettering dial but they sell for over $500! So I guess I’m stuck with small letters.

I got the grinder home and after 2 hours of scrubbing it was no longer so disgusting and I opened it up and bypassed the switch. It worked fine. Amazon had an OEM switch for about $10 and now it works like new.

trijeff · Jun 25, 2018

Dang Matt, don't know a ton about the labeler but YOU **** on that Baldor ... really nice score and save

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MercLSU · Jun 25, 2018

txlonghorn1989 said:
What a clean Delta DP. Is that a DP-220 or earlier? And look at the paperwork!!! What a find! Congrats Merc!

Late to the party here, but thanks! It's a DP220 with a fairly early serial number. Circa 1939-1940 from what I can tell.

txlonghorn1989 · Jun 25, 2018

MercLSU said:
Late to the party here, but thanks! It's a DP220 with a fairly early serial number. Circa 1939-1940 from what I can tell.

My 6" jointer serial number is 8-1106. Delta started recording their serial numbers in '41 with 13. With that drill press starting with "2" it would be interesting to know when Delta starting making the DP-220. That could be a really early one.

If you're interested to know you should post it over on OWWM see that the group thinks.

Boofer · Jun 25, 2018

trijeff said:
Dang Matt, don't know a ton about the labeler but YOU **** on that Baldor ... really nice score and save

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Trijeff took the words right out of my mouth. Great score on the Baldor - it cleaned up very nicely! :drool:

mattblast · Jun 26, 2018

trijeff said:
Dang Matt, don't know a ton about the labeler but YOU **** on that Baldor ... really nice score and save

Thanks

After an hour of cleaning with kerosene and using a full roll of the good paper towels, I switched to dollar store oven cleaner. Last year I used a can to degrease an old arbor press and it worked beautifully, so figured it would make the grinder cleaning a whole lot easier.

It did a good job, but after a while I noticed the paint was coming off too! I had a new can of Ace Hardware gray spray paint and it was a perfect match to the original. I quickly masked off the labels and touched up the light spots. Match and sheen are a perfect match for the factory paint, and the Ace paint dries very quickly.

Ole Slewfoot · Jun 26, 2018

$50 Radial arm saw on CL that was not in great shape, but I didn't haggle.
It was sitting on this. It has some cool feet that pop down and lift the casters off the ground when parked...but maybe is scrap.

MercLSU · Jun 26, 2018

txlonghorn1989 said:
My 6" jointer serial number is 8-1106. Delta started recording their serial numbers in '41 with 13. With that drill press starting with "2" it would be interesting to know when Delta starting making the DP-220. That could be a really early one.

If you're interested to know you should post it over on OWWM see that the group thinks.

I registered yesterday evening and am awaiting my account activation. Thanks!

406Rich · Jun 27, 2018

My latest garage sale score...actually the only thing this last weekend..tuneup wrench ....

wrenchguy · Jun 27, 2018

406Rich said:
My latest garage sale score...actually the only thing this last weekend..tuneup wrench ....

nice and good idea, u think those are original made not to be separated? or someguy make that cool "keep 'em together clip"?

406Rich · Jun 27, 2018

wrenchguy said:
nice and good idea, u think those are original made not to be separated? or someguy make that cool "keep 'em together clip"?

The band around them appears to be factory, very stout material, if I had tried to remove it it would have rendered it useless.

Private Lugnutz · Jun 27, 2018

That's neat. I have dozens of them and I have see dozens more and I have never seen them in a clip like that. Always loose or in a pouch. I wonder what auto store was doing that.

txlonghorn1989 · Jun 27, 2018

Picked a couple of items off CL this afternoon. Snap-On roller and top chest. Also, picked up a cast iron Dayton grinder that runs. Also, got a Plomb WF-76 & WF-77 and a Proto MFD 5/8" socket he tossed in the deal. I'll probably move the SO set down the road. Just to be clear the SO toolboxes were multiple C-notes not $20 with the grinder.

tin medic · Jun 27, 2018

Picked up this Hazet Tourist tool kit for 10 dollars at an estate sale last week. It is complete with all the original tools and doesn’t appear to have been used. The bolts for mounting it are still on the back.

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MercLSU · Jun 27, 2018

tin medic said:
Picked up this Hazet Tourist tool kit for 10 dollars at an estate sale last week. It is complete with all the original tools and doesn’t appear to have been used. The bolts for mounting it are still on the back.
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Wow that's a heck of a score! You ****!

Private Lugnutz · Jun 27, 2018

Um, that kit is worth a lot. That kit is worth a mortgage payment. The seller should be marched out back, stood up against a wall, and shot through straws with spitballs that, unfurled, read, "TAKE ONE FREAKING MINUTE AND DO SOME G.D. RESEARCH, YOU LAZY A$$ G.D. IDIOT!!!!"

On the other hand, welcome to the Little Green Book I am using to keep track of prizes, because that is right up there with Outlaw's anvil and a few other huge scores so far!

shanny19 · Jun 27, 2018

Concurrence on sucking. What are the sizes of the four smaller wrenches?

Corndoggeh · Jun 27, 2018

tin medic said:
Picked up this Hazet Tourist tool kit for 10 dollars at an estate sale last week. It is complete with all the original tools and doesn’t appear to have been used. The bolts for mounting it are still on the back.

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My reaction summed up perfectly....

WARNING EXPLETIVES:

YOU ****

tin medic · Jun 27, 2018

shanny19 said:
Concurrence on sucking. What are the sizes of the four smaller wrenches?

The combo wrenches are 13 & 14 and the DOE's are 7/7 & 10/12.

tin medic · Jun 27, 2018

The missing back pic.

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