2019 Garage Sale Thread
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boblikestools
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Went to my local metal recycling shop to pick up some pieces of steel. Told the guy I’m doing some forging, and he says hang on I got something for you. He comes back and gives me these pair of 38” tongs!! Sweet!! Someone spent some time making these a long time ago. Now they’re getting put back to use. I think I found my new favorite place. 
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Private Lugnutz
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Re: Craftsman 12 piece punch and chisel set from 60's
What logo is on the pieces? Long C or Heritage era =CRAFTSMAN=? The pouch for the 9C4303 12-pc Super Punch and Chisel set in the 1941 and 1942 catalogs has the Long C logo where yours does, across the pockets, with a VANADIUM across the underline. If the chisels and pin punches have =CRAFTSMAN= markings, it's not uncommon in the transition era (late 40's) to find Long C logos on the boxes and pouches. Or they were moved into an older pouch. If the chisels and pin punches have Long C markings, I suspect it's a 30's set.
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Went to my local metal recycling shop to pick up some pieces of steel. Told the guy I’m doing some forging, and he says hang on I got something for you. He comes back and gives me these pair of 38” tongs!! Sweet!! Someone spent some time making these a long time ago. Now they’re getting put back to use. I think I found my new favorite place.http
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Nice, i had a collection 10-14 of smith made wrenches made from rasp and files. Really hard to find, took like 20 years to find what i had.
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Tym:
It's funny, but until you mentioned locomotive wheel, I hadn't even thought about the base on the stand.
Re-shot some additional pics of it that show what looks like an H ME or NE on one side and on other, just an S marking.
If you can share any information on it, would appreciate it, as my Dad worked for both B&O and C&O before passing away last year.
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Those are some excellent S-K finds!
I only found a few S-K tools at a San Lorenzo estate sale but I was happy with what I brought home. The first picture is the entire haul including a wartime McAleer toolbox with tray. The second shot is a Duro ignition set missing only the incredibly rare screwdriver. The third picture is some Thorsen finds followed by Snap-on, Craftsman and Plomb. The last shot is a 1944 10” Ridgid pipe wrench in remarkable condition.
-Don
I only found a few S-K tools at a San Lorenzo estate sale but I was happy with what I brought home. The first picture is the entire haul including a wartime McAleer toolbox with tray. The second shot is a Duro ignition set missing only the incredibly rare screwdriver. The third picture is some Thorsen finds followed by Snap-on, Craftsman and Plomb. The last shot is a 1944 10” Ridgid pipe wrench in remarkable condition.
-Don
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Outlawmws
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Oak, are the stubby ratchets 3/8?
Lugs Again that set is cool!
Mike that is surely one of those smaller "bogie" wheel from the front of an older locomotive?
Lugs Again that set is cool!
Mike that is surely one of those smaller "bogie" wheel from the front of an older locomotive?
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So I stopped at a garage sale on my way home from work. I thought it was odd since it was 3:30 on a Thursday, but it was on my street and I had some time to kill.
First these saws. I've been looking for some precision cut saws and these seemed pretty nice. I don't know anything about the them. I'm going to research them, but does anyone know much about them?
I saw this cool flex head snap-on ratchet and these Starrett Spring tools.
Then this little gift box I bought for a friend that is helping me on Saturday
The lady doing the sale said she was doing if for a friend who just lost her husband. The sale will be going on all weekend with more stuff coming from the other house. I'll be sure to keep checking in!!
First these saws. I've been looking for some precision cut saws and these seemed pretty nice. I don't know anything about the them. I'm going to research them, but does anyone know much about them?
I saw this cool flex head snap-on ratchet and these Starrett Spring tools.
Then this little gift box I bought for a friend that is helping me on Saturday
The lady doing the sale said she was doing if for a friend who just lost her husband. The sale will be going on all weekend with more stuff coming from the other house. I'll be sure to keep checking in!!
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Outlawmws
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Japanese "pull" saws, and usually VERY thin kerf. I like them a LOT! One side should be coarse,m and the other fine. you can do some very precise work with those, and I often use one to complete skil saw inside cuts fora completely square inside corner with no "overshoot" cuts....
Yes, 3/8ths drive. Part #45174
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That railroad wheel looks like one from a mining ore car. They used rails in mines to move the ore to the vertical shafts, or out the entrance to a spoil pile.
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Been a whipe since ive posted. Recent acquisition here and can't find any information anywhere. There are very few markings on it. They are only numbers like the ones pictured. Anyone seen anything like this before?
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Justin,
Looks like a Stanley Leverlock 25’ tape measure. Seems to have plenty of numbers...Red plastic housing?
Just kidding.
That 48” bed wood lathe could have been made almost anywhere. Could be the manufacturer supplied multiple house-brands, using a sticker to identify them. I would guess 1950s to 1960s. But I’m no expert.
Looks like a Stanley Leverlock 25’ tape measure. Seems to have plenty of numbers...Red plastic housing?
Just kidding.
That 48” bed wood lathe could have been made almost anywhere. Could be the manufacturer supplied multiple house-brands, using a sticker to identify them. I would guess 1950s to 1960s. But I’m no expert.
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davethorik
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S-K Fest! Indy Sweeps Special!
Went to a sale in Franklin Park, IL, the prior home of S-K during the Dresser years. I'm pretty sure this guy worked there.....and I picked up the below except the red box. The red box was only 200.00 for both top and bottom, but I don't even have room for what I bought. I was surprised nobody local came...I had it all to myself for the first 20 minutes to pile it up. Most of it NOS stock. I left tons of slightly used stuff behind.
First thing that caught my eye is that 45172 Frankenstein ratchet. It has the raised panel like the JC Penney rat. I don't think I've ever seen one like that. The Frankenstein rats usually have a knurled handle and aren't marked with a part number. And that one does!
Interestingly the 45172 model # was recycled on the 3/8 thumb wheel ratchet.
Very cool finds!
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Might well be my best garage/estate find ever. Didn’t see much of interest in the estate pre-sale photos posted online. But after deciding not to go, I looked at the images again this morning about 30 minutes after the sale started. That was when I SAW IT!
.....Mad dash across town with almost certainty that it would be gone when I arrived....
.....Frantic search to find the way into the garage through a maze of a house.....
.....Unbelievably, it was still there an hour after the sale began!
The best thing was the price. Been looking for one of these for a long, long time. Finally!
I’ll let the photos tell the rest of the story. Can you spot IT in the first image?
.....Mad dash across town with almost certainty that it would be gone when I arrived....
.....Frantic search to find the way into the garage through a maze of a house.....
.....Unbelievably, it was still there an hour after the sale began!
The best thing was the price. Been looking for one of these for a long, long time. Finally!
I’ll let the photos tell the rest of the story. Can you spot IT in the first image?
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40 min drive to a "Guy Sale with tools and guy stuff". Asked the two bozo's running the sale where the tools were....... well, we got a saw....... an a lawn mower! Got a coffee and took the scenic ride home. Hopefully tomorrow morning will go better!
Well CONGRATULATIONS, SilverDeck!
I’d dash across town for that at $2, and I don’t even collect Craftsman. That’s a “you ****” score - a good price for even a more common C'man rat, and that is not common.
I’d dash across town for that at $2, and I don’t even collect Craftsman. That’s a “you ****” score - a good price for even a more common C'man rat, and that is not common.
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Might well be my best garage/estate find ever. Didn’t see much of interest in the estate pre-sale photos posted online. But after deciding not to go, I looked at the images again this morning about 30 minutes after the sale started. That was when I SAW IT!
.....Mad dash across town with almost certainty that it would be gone when I arrived....
.....Frantic search to find the way into the garage through a maze of a house.....
.....Unbelievably, it was still there an hour after the sale began!
The best thing was the price. Been looking for one of these for a long, long time. Finally!
I’ll let the photos tell the rest of the story. Can you spot IT in the first image?
man YOU ****
Hit two estate sales this morning with my 4 year old son who loves looking at tools as much if not more than I do. First one I got a full HUOT Drill indeces, slightly used but in nice shape, a Stanley USA ball peen, old Williams USA 1/4" ratchet (needs to be rebuilt), an unknown brand NOS Tap and Die set, NOS heavy duty welding gloves, an SK 3/8" extension, and a nice set of large HSS drill bits in a wooden case (even though they say China its a nice set). To me the HUOT drill bit set was the golden goose.
Hit another sale where we lierally had to walk a mile from the street up the loooooooong driveway. I got about half way and a guy tells me its a long walk and theres no tools left. I pondered for a minute and my son said "let's go Daddy" so we went. I got a full set of older Stanley USA screwdrivers, a CMAN Corvette phillips head screwdriver,4 Snap On screwdrivers, a Blue Point/Snap On tiny ball peen hammer, Mac Tools wrench holders, and they gave my son a toy car for free all for $10. I left behind a LOT of Bell System tools mostly because I have them as my dad worked for the phone company for 35 years and a nice set of Williams Superwrench SAE wrenches among other things. Lesson learned, don't listen to others.
Hit another sale where we lierally had to walk a mile from the street up the loooooooong driveway. I got about half way and a guy tells me its a long walk and theres no tools left. I pondered for a minute and my son said "let's go Daddy" so we went. I got a full set of older Stanley USA screwdrivers, a CMAN Corvette phillips head screwdriver,4 Snap On screwdrivers, a Blue Point/Snap On tiny ball peen hammer, Mac Tools wrench holders, and they gave my son a toy car for free all for $10. I left behind a LOT of Bell System tools mostly because I have them as my dad worked for the phone company for 35 years and a nice set of Williams Superwrench SAE wrenches among other things. Lesson learned, don't listen to others.
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I have a feeling that if it had been a standard Craftsman ratchet, it would have been gone before I got there (nearly an hour after the sale started). This thing is just odd-enough-looking that folks who don't know what it is wouldn't bother giving it a second glance.
Another shopper who was looking over the table of tools in the garage when I showed up and reached across for the spinner later came up to me and said "What was that thing, anyway?" To which I replied simply, "Oh, just a Craftsman ratchet." Sometimes the less you say, the better.
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d42jeep
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After yesterday’s finds, today’s two sales were bound to be a letdown and the first one was for sure. The second was a little better with a wartime Diamond 10” adjustable and a couple of Proto LA adjustable wrenches. The visegrips were barely used. The curved handle adjustable turned out to be Erie and the ratchet was a slightly newer Proto.
-Don
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Have a bunch to post, but while I’m going through stuff here is a few things to start.
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Can you post a picture of the date code stamped inside the handle surfaces on this pair of Klein's. They may not be as old as they first appear. Might have had overgrips that are now long gone.
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Those Dunlap linesman pliers (middle pair) were contract production for Sears made by the H. Boker (Herman Boker) company. Can tell from the font they used as well as the profile of the handles and head. Good quality stuff.
Been a whipe since ive posted. Recent acquisition here and can't find any information anywhere. There are very few markings on it. They are only numbers like the ones pictured. Anyone seen anything like this before?
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It's a wood lathe - pretty simple machine; not a lot to go wrong. Looks like you have a set of Craftsman lathe chisels with it. I have a set of the same kind - they work very well, though as with all woodworking tools, you do have to keep them sharp.
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WRONG ANSWER. The correct answer is "Gee, I dunno, but it looks kinda interesting."
P.S. I concur: you DO ****!!
Outlawmws
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It seems really wide for that use to me. pretty large in Dia also?
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SD, Suckage Well awarded and deserved !
Mrs LS and I celebrated our middle daughter’s dual-major graduation today. BONUS: she already has a job IN HER FIELD of study. YAY! Sadly, attending involved driving past the Quakertown flea market (twice!) and multitudinous neighborhood yard sales WITHOUT STOPPING. But tomorrow bodes well.
As far as I can determine, the annual Nescopeck (PA) town-wide yard sale is tomorrow. Mrs LS and I are heading out early, in hopes of taking them unawares. The tool category tends to be dominated by worn-down-to-nubs anthracite mining implements, which tend to bear a hefty nostalgia-generated surcharge. I’ll skip those. But amongst all the rusted-to-swiss-cheese shovels and mauls and pickaxes with nailed-on broomstick “replacement” handles there will be some neglected treasures. From the past years I’ve attended, it promises to be an interesting day. I will post what I observe, and hopefully, pick up.
As far as I can determine, the annual Nescopeck (PA) town-wide yard sale is tomorrow. Mrs LS and I are heading out early, in hopes of taking them unawares. The tool category tends to be dominated by worn-down-to-nubs anthracite mining implements, which tend to bear a hefty nostalgia-generated surcharge. I’ll skip those. But amongst all the rusted-to-swiss-cheese shovels and mauls and pickaxes with nailed-on broomstick “replacement” handles there will be some neglected treasures. From the past years I’ve attended, it promises to be an interesting day. I will post what I observe, and hopefully, pick up.
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Capt. Spaulding
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Can you post a picture of the date code stamped inside the handle surfaces on this pair of Klein's. They may not be as old as they first appear. Might have had overgrips that are now long gone.
Not much to see on the inside of the handle. Hope you an determine a date from these pictures.
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So one estate sale today. Doesn't look promising for tomorrow as rain is predicted all weekend.
Got all this from the garage but SWMBO came with and got some art stuff she's happy with. (She also spent several X what I did... I spent 10 bucks)
Everything but one item came out of semi organized drawers/storage; Digging pays off...
A bunch of Brass fittings, mostly Hose fittings - about 7 lbs worth.
There are 14 of the "Y"s 2 of the female hose couplers and a dozen or so male, plus odds and ends...
Almost 12 lbs of lead, those egg sinkers are 6 oz!
Telephone pole spikes some chain, non brass Hose dividers, one is Gilmour, the other is Crown Craftsman! A Sabre Irish-made "Camper's Knife" (So marked), a Master lock, and loose keys.
This was hanging on a cabinet door with no price tag. cost me $5: I got gypped; the battery leaked and the cleanup was unsuccessful as while the little bit of corrosion came clean the movement is dead... I'll survive
The plastic Roman numerals got to go though...
and the best for last: this driver, which I removed a couple of layers of completely dried up tape. NO sticky residue, not even from the friction tape! (How old does friction tape need to be to have the adhesive turn to dust?)
I was expecting it to be one of those flat side drivers, and it was, but broken wood...
Ans what the heck is that steel plate for?
But, But what is this? A ratchet mechanism? Its a very EARLY (and sort of primitive) ratcheting driver!
This one will take some careful planing, and disassembly, and rust removal, and gluing to get it back together as far as I have the wood for...
Not happy that some dink-brain used it for a chisel! (note the hammered on plate - Gee I wonder what made it break?) :tard:
Markings: barely discernible; an oval and starts with "G" or "C" and 3 or 4 letters possibly ending in "Y"?
Got all this from the garage but SWMBO came with and got some art stuff she's happy with. (She also spent several X what I did... I spent 10 bucks)
Everything but one item came out of semi organized drawers/storage; Digging pays off...
A bunch of Brass fittings, mostly Hose fittings - about 7 lbs worth.
There are 14 of the "Y"s 2 of the female hose couplers and a dozen or so male, plus odds and ends...
Almost 12 lbs of lead, those egg sinkers are 6 oz!
Telephone pole spikes some chain, non brass Hose dividers, one is Gilmour, the other is Crown Craftsman! A Sabre Irish-made "Camper's Knife" (So marked), a Master lock, and loose keys.
This was hanging on a cabinet door with no price tag. cost me $5: I got gypped; the battery leaked and the cleanup was unsuccessful as while the little bit of corrosion came clean the movement is dead... I'll survive
The plastic Roman numerals got to go though...
and the best for last: this driver, which I removed a couple of layers of completely dried up tape. NO sticky residue, not even from the friction tape! (How old does friction tape need to be to have the adhesive turn to dust?)
I was expecting it to be one of those flat side drivers, and it was, but broken wood...
Ans what the heck is that steel plate for?
But, But what is this? A ratchet mechanism? Its a very EARLY (and sort of primitive) ratcheting driver!
This one will take some careful planing, and disassembly, and rust removal, and gluing to get it back together as far as I have the wood for...
Not happy that some dink-brain used it for a chisel! (note the hammered on plate - Gee I wonder what made it break?) :tard:
Markings: barely discernible; an oval and starts with "G" or "C" and 3 or 4 letters possibly ending in "Y"?
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I'm getting 3rd Q 79 on the Kleins?