2014 Garage sale thread!

[Squashfest81]

Mavawreck, awesome hatchet. I tend to grab them when I find them cheap. They have a fun medieval feel.

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

Hit 2 sales today. A garage sale run by two old ladies. I picked up a tag for $2.00 - pic below.

The second sale was a washout - nothing I needed and prices too high.

Jim

 

[Outlawmws]

You guys are doing pretty good for the "off" season!

Rained hard, so zero TOO',s but one of two estate sales got me this for $3.

Smallest Gas (Utica) and battery (Blue Bird) pliers I've seen, Pexto 6" lineman's, Crescent tool (Jamestown)slip joint Pliers, and the dykes tricked me: I saw three interconnected diamonds and grabbed them. after cleaning there were "K"'s inside each diamond! Made in Japan, so not associated with the Klan!. a 1" Adjustable clamp and 1" & 2" Bink & Cotton clamps, 1/2" 1/2" 8 pt SK socket, and a craftsman swivel 9/16:

 

[jakemac]

The 3 diamonds would have tricked me too. Hmmmmmmm. Interesting.

 

[alinc100]

Hit two sales today on the affluent side of town. One was an estate that was right on Lake St.Clair and the property bordered the house/grounds of Edsel & Elenanor Ford.
Spent less than a $100 and ended up with what I believe to be some rare/unique Plomb/Ranger AT items. spanner wrenches,extensions,combo wrenches etc. along with some SK sockets, Bonney extension,Craftsman sockets etc and a big piece of brass/bronze decoration.








Second sale had a few tools and after some digging came up with these:
PowrKraft metric socket set,looks complete,some interesting pliers,channelocks,Vaco screwdrivers ,Armstrong wrenches. This sale was a little easier on the wallet at under $50.






link to all the pics in high res:
https://picasaweb.google.com/106928859612271645253/20141122?authuser=0&feat=directlink

 

[Straightgrain]

Thanks msgtsmithret, I picked it up at an estate sale of an old man who worked at Sears for a number of years. Are you retired from the service?

 

[rmalkow2]

One Estate Sale today. Most of the tools were cheap or way over priced and the selection was slim but I did find these three items.
Fairmount 42Hc tack hammer - $4
1" concrete drill - $1
Kraeuter 1821 6 1/2" combination pliers - $1

 

[bigcaddy]

I think this will be a final installment from my adventure in the neighbors garage. Most of the big tools are gone and the stalls have been sifted through fairly throughly....or so I thought. Here is most of today's haul

 

[bigcaddy]

The iPad takes big pictures so I'll do this one by one and try to name off what's in each

C D Johanssen comparator
Stanley Magna-light with 3 articulating arms. It's dirty but really cool
Pratt and Whitney tool in the box. No idea what it is or does
Do-All optical flat
Assorted indicators, most don't work and are for parts. There is at least 50 of them in the bags and box

 

[bigcaddy]

5c collets
Tap,aster quick change tap holders
New age Rockwell hardness tester
Assorted 1/4" torque tools
Snap on bearing scraper

 

[bigcaddy]

Tons of wood shaping dado cutters, at least 60 pairs

 

[bigcaddy]

Brown and sharpe granite surface plate
Ridgid ratchet threader dies inserts. I bought the threader last week, now I have more dies
CE Johanssen comparator. The other one is in the first picture
Large Plomb lawsuit wrench
Proto soft face hammer inserts, new in the box
2 speed dials. Not sure if these are off a milling table or something else
Bag of starrett no.C359 vernier protractors heads. Might be for parts and I won't know until I go through them one by one

 

[bigcaddy]

The rest of the items are in this pictures from the above post

 

[Outlawmws]

And the suckage came to?

 

[bigcaddy]

What? Did you want a price?

 

[cbacres]

What? Did you want a price?

Of course, that way we'll be completely envious

 

[drivesitfar]

BC: sorry to hear your hunting over at the neighbor's house and garage is at it's end, but looks like you found some interesting things again. whether you got it for free or gave a nice donation to the widow you probably saved a lot of cool stuff for you or whoever can use those things.

 

[msgtsmithret]

Thanks msgtsmithret, I picked it up at an estate sale of an old man who worked at Sears for a number of years. Are you retired from the service?

USMC 26 long hard anguishing unrelenting years that I loved.

 

[bigcaddy]

Of course, that way we'll be completely envious

200.00 but and I also ended up with this. It's taken me a few days to clean off most of the rust but it looks pretty cool.

Foredom Model 39 dental drill

 

[bigcaddy]

BC: sorry to hear your hunting over at the neighbor's house and garage is at it's end, but looks like you found some interesting things again. whether you got it for free or gave a nice donation to the widow you probably saved a lot of cool stuff for you or whoever can use those things.

She's made quite a bit from the machinery that was sold off before I ever arrived so I'm not too worried. All pricing was done by a trusted auctioneer and a friend of the deceased. They are just trying to get to rid of the loose stuff on the floor and cabinets

 

[jeffmoss26]

Great stuff BC!!

 

[beatcad]

bigcaddy! what the ****!
at first i was gonna say you got a bunch or cool stuff. than i was gonna make some joke about the skoal canister case, but......
what is up w/ that crazy bad *** swing arm tool?
my 1st thought was it was an old dentists piece.
but w/ other old machinists stuff in the lot i'm sure it had a purpose.

i bet you could make a bunch of $ if you sold/marketed as steampunk.

yeah, you ****

 

[RustnGrease]

So my only find for today was at a local scrapyard that actually sells stuff which is a score in itself. Wilton Wood working vise, pretty good shape, looks to be original paint. Figured i couldn't go wrong for a 9 dollar wilton.

 

[zkling]

http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/squashfest81/media/Mobile Uploads/IMAG2389_zps222c80e0.jpg.html
Craftsman hacksaw which I needed the other day, Mac punch, German little files, 1/4 Craftsman T, and the Snappy driver. $2

Amazing

 

[jakemac]

BC: sorry to hear your hunting over at the neighbor's house and garage is at it's end .............

He's not done. He's just trying to convince himself not to go back and search for all the goodies he missed. He'll fail. He'll keep going back until the walls are scrubbed clean.

He'll be haunted by that "just one more thing" that he passed on. It will swim in his nightmares until he can't take it anymore and will be arrested at 3am rooting around in the garage like a lunatic stalker talking to himself about finding "my precious".

Mark my words, we haven't seen the last post from that treasure trove yet.

 

[bigcaddy]

bigcaddy! what the ****!
at first i was gonna say you got a bunch or cool stuff. than i was gonna make some joke about the skoal canister case, but......
what is up w/ that crazy bad *** swing arm tool?
my 1st thought was it was an old dentists piece.
but w/ other old machinists stuff in the lot i'm sure it had a purpose.

i bet you could make a bunch of $ if you sold/marketed as steampunk.

yeah, you ****

That's exactly what it is. A wishbone armed articulating dental drill mostly used for hobby work but I guess I could start a dentist practice out of the garage.

 

[RustnGrease]

Tons of wood shaping dado cutters, at least 60 pairs

So thats what those things are, i ;ooked at a few sets at a local antique store a few times and couldn't figure out what they were or for!

 

[bigcaddy]

He's not done. He's just trying to convince himself not to go back and search for all the goodies he missed. He'll fail. He'll keep going back until the walls are scrubbed clean.

He'll be haunted by that "just one more thing" that he passed on. It will swim in his nightmares until he can't take it anymore and will be arrested at 3am rooting around in the garage like a lunatic stalker talking to himself about finding "my precious".

Mark my words, we haven't seen the last post from that treasure trove yet.

Yeah, you are probably right. I really have hit bedrock there and I don't think there is anything left to mine out in the garage

The house is another matter though. Lots of goodies inside like old model trains, vintage cowboy boots and other cool items. She's just focusing on one area at a time.

 

[Outlawmws]

"What's it gots in it's pocketses Precious?"

 

[wrenchguy]

i like those movie house people counters. i got a couple too. i give 'em to the gradkids to count the birds visiting the feeder. they love it.

never mind, misidentified items.

nice haul.

 

[t4runner]

Not tools but I couldn"t pass up some classic art for the garage wall.

 

[rmalkow2]

Not tools but I couldn"t pass up some classic art for the garage wall.

Classic!

 

[Waggoner72]

Scored some snap-on tools tonight. All brand new and shiny.
Mg325 3/8 impact with boot
3/8 deep chrome socket set
3/8 impact socket set
All for $250

 

[PFSard]

Hit two sales today on the affluent side of town. One was an estate that was right on Lake St.Clair and the property bordered the house/grounds of Edsel & Elenanor Ford.
Spent less than a $100 and ended up with what I believe to be some rare/unique Plomb/Ranger AT items. spanner wrenches,extensions,combo wrenches etc. along with some SK sockets, Bonney extension,Craftsman sockets etc and a big piece of brass/bronze decoration.

Second sale had a few tools and after some digging came up with these:
PowrKraft metric socket set,looks complete,some interesting pliers,channelocks,Vaco screwdrivers ,Armstrong wrenches. This sale was a little easier on the wallet at under $50.

link to all the pics in high res:
https://picasaweb.google.com/106928859612271645253/20141122?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Great stuff (as usual). I peaked at your high-res pics. Very clear. Easy on the eyes.

I lost my camera in my garage a few months ago; it was not very good so..... I'm in need of a new camera. If I might ask, what did you use to take the pics?

 

[NJ Marty]

You guys are doing pretty good for the "off" season!

Rained hard, so zero TOO',s but one of two estate sales got me this for $3.

Smallest Gas (Utica) and battery (Blue Bird) pliers I've seen, Pexto 6" lineman's, Crescent tool (Jamestown)slip joint Pliers, and the dykes tricked me: I saw three interconnected diamonds and grabbed them. after cleaning there were "K"'s inside each diamond! Made in Japan, so not associated with the Klan!. a 1" Adjustable clamp and 1" & 2" Bink & Cotton clamps, 1/2" 1/2" 8 pt SK socket, and a craftsman swivel 9/16:

Yea that is the type of stuff you can never go wrong with, especially at $3. NICE.

 

[NJ Marty]

Got a big *** Brink and Cotton today, paid $3

 

[stage20]

THose slip joints aare nice

 

[NJ Marty]

And every so often at sales I find the guys old **** stash and yesterday was one of those days. These were stashed up high on a cabinet and look to be from the late 60s early 70s. Forgo buying tools that week if he paid $25 for these. $25 could have bought some nice tools back then. Didn't pay for these the Lady at the sale wanted them gone.

 

[Outlawmws]

Marty, that B&C clamp is HUGE. I don't think I've seen one that big that wasn't a bridge clamp. What is it, 14 inches? Maybe 16?

Only seen hard **** at one estate sale. (Not counting *******/Penthouse. That's too mainstream)

 

[bluebolt]

Hit 2 sales today. A garage sale run by two old ladies. I picked up a tag for $2.00 - pic below.

The second sale was a washout - nothing I needed and prices too high.

Jim

I love the WWII license plate topper! From Wiki:

Thompson-Robbins Field, Helena, Arkansas
AAF Contract Pilot School (Primary)59th Flying Training Detachment
Opened: October 1941, Closed: August 1944 (PT-17, PT-19, PT-23)[21]Operated by: Helena Aerotech; had five auxiliary airfields