2015 Garage SaleThread

[jakemac]

BC - nice find on the swage plate and forming tools. That roller is sweet !

 

[BJ42LX]

Here's a closeup of the plane. It's almost too nice to touch

Indeed

**** the plane. Look at those hammers!

Oh my!

 

[nine4gmc]

Damn BC, you killed it again!!! Love those hammers, anvils and swage block, the planes are icing on the cake

I hit one estate sale in the rain this morning, numbers up at 6am, carport tables opened at 7am, sheds opened about 30 mins later and the house opened at 9am... I piddled around under the carport but there was mostly hoarded up kitchen ****, found the rest in the sheds, nothing inside but a **** ton of pantyhose and overpriced china/crystal, etc..

Erector set, two cans of R12(now I can try to fix that compressor air drier I got free a few weeks ago), Starrett square, crown top dado set practically new and a Parker 32! :

 

[bubinga]

Here's a closeup of the plane. It's almost too nice to touch

Nice, but no fair not giving prices............LOL

 

[bigcaddy]

I also picked this vise up at the sale sale but forgot it. Good thing I went back this afternoon and did some more shopping

I also found some Baldor electric motors and other assorted goodies. I'll get some more pictures later tonight

 

[bigcaddy]

Nice, but no fair not giving prices............LOL

I spent under 250.00 for everything I think the plane was 20.00

 

[Weldor]

Some thrift store finds. Pony C clamp. No name pipe wrench. And these sockets. No markings other than size 9/32 thru 5/8. Never seen hex drive sockets before.

Any ideas?

 

[rmalkow2]

I jumped on this deal from a local to me CL ad. An older Delta/Craftsman DP 220 drill press on home made stand for $40. 1/2" chuck and it runs fine. It will need clean up and hopefully I can someday locate the front top shield piece and belt shield. The table of pipe legs and plywood top is actually very solid despite its looks.
Very happy with this purchase.

 

[nine4gmc]

Weldor, those sockets came in a set with an allen wrench for the driver.

 

[Mk3Mike]

I hit one sale today and all they had tool wise was a bunch of hammers and small jewelry making tools. I hope I did okay

I also found a nice Recod no. 7 plane that was near mint next to the English made stanley box plane

The hammers are German, Swiss or French with some USA tossed in

The forming/swage block isn't marked but looks to be very fine quality. I'm missing some of the punches but I know who has the rest so I'll have a complete set soon

Good finds!!

 

[Outlawmws]

Lots o' good stuff guys, but BC gets the Friday USUCK, and I don't even know what he paid...

 

[Mk3Mike]

I spent under 250.00 for everything I think the plane was 20.00

^^^^

 

[Lump]

Some thrift store finds. Pony C clamp. No name pipe wrench. And these sockets. No markings other than size 9/32 thru 5/8. Never seen hex drive sockets before.

Any ideas?

Weldor,
Those are indeed sockets which were turned by an allen key wrench. I have some more, and don't want them. If you'll pay the shipping from here in Ohio, you can have 'em free.

 

[jakemac]

I jumped on this deal from a local to me CL ad. An older Delta/Craftsman DP 220 drill press on home made stand for $40. 1/2" chuck and it runs fine. It will need clean up and hopefully I can someday locate the front top shield piece and belt shield. The table of pipe legs and plywood top is actually very solid despite its looks.
Very happy with this purchase.

Hmmmmm. Interesting.
That DP was originally from a multiple head production table that must have been separated out and a Craftsman motor added.

If you can find a replacement adjustable table for it, you can keep the head at the top and just adjust the table for height. It should be a lot easier that way (and not as heavy). These heads were meant to be set at a working height and left there for the entire production run. They were only adjusted when a different product run was started.

 

[Exeter]

I've had a good week at some local garage sales. All told this ran me about $23.

I've cleaned up & restored both the Proto chisel and the Mayhew alignment punch already. The Black Diamond file is a 16" beast with the double tapered tang and unused.

The set of Greenfield 1/8 number punches are new despite the beat up box.

Grabbed a partial S-K socket set and I also got a Snap On AX4 1/2-3/8 adaptor that I forgot to throw in the picture.

 

[Outlawmws]

Pretty slow today, was out for an hour or so, adn at least a dozen stops both planned and TOO's adn almost got skunked!

A Williams adjustable Pin Spanner, for a Buck

 

[jakemac]

That's better than I did today. My ONE sale was a bust. I planned to be 15min early, but google maps sent me to the wrong side of the town. I had to navigate by feel to find the sale, and ended up 10min late. As I pulled up I got to see all the tools being packed into the mini van of a seller I often lose out to. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ................



Khan Noonien Singh - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

He tasks me. He tasks me and I shall have him! I'll chase him 'round the moons of Nibia and 'round the Antares Maelstrom and 'round perdition's flames before I give him up!

 

[G_P]

No sales at all around here Still over a foot and a half of snow on the ground.

 

[rmalkow2]

Hmmmmm. Interesting.
That DP was originally from a multiple head production table that must have been separated out and a Craftsman motor added.

If you can find a replacement adjustable table for it, you can keep the head at the top and just adjust the table for height. It should be a lot easier that way (and not as heavy). These heads were meant to be set at a working height and left there for the entire production run. They were only adjusted when a different product run was started.

Interesting thought about being a former production head. By the looks of the table it appears home made but could have been something built in a smaller shop years ago. It does have a counter weight and cable system to aid in adjusting the head. I would definitely keep my eyes open in the future for a proper base and adjustable table.

 

[oldtools]

A really nice condition Simpson 260 for $5. Missing the leads.

 

[jakemac]

Interesting thought about being a former production head. By the looks of the table it appears home made but could have been something built in a smaller shop years ago. It does have a counter weight and cable system to aid in adjusting the head. I would definitely keep my eyes open in the future for a proper base and adjustable table.

It would have come off of something like this set up.

 

[Outlawmws]

That's better than I did today. My ONE sale was a bust. I planned to be 15min early, but google maps sent me to the wrong side of the town. I had to navigate by feel to find the sale, and ended up 10min late. As I pulled up I got to see all the tools being packed into the mini van of a seller I often lose out to. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ................



Khan Noonien Singh - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

He tasks me. He tasks me and I shall have him! I'll chase him 'round the moons of Nibia and 'round the Antares Maelstrom and 'round perdition's flames before I give him up!

Interesting thought about being a former production head. By the looks of the table it appears home made but could have been something built in a smaller shop years ago. It does have a counter weight and cable system to aid in adjusting the head. I would definitely keep my eyes open in the future for a proper base and adjustable table.

You can tell it came of a muti-head production table as it has that 4 bolt flange that was used to attache production head columns, and the counterweight, on the head adds to the assumption.


I rechecked the CL postings and went back out for two more. SWMBO and my oldest daughter came with me and found some baubles.

I picked up one tool from each, and tossed in the 1 cup (literally, 1 cup, right to the lid edge...) Aluminum pot. I've been looking for one this size for melting butter, up camping... The lid made it even better.

Basically a buck or less each item (they were pooled with other stuff)

The Bents nose are "Made in Western Germany" and have the cool grip patterns. The hammer head has a 6 and "20" on the underside on either side of the handle Almost certainly shop or class made.

 

[BlueBomber]

Had to run my eldest down to Buzzard's Bay for a scholarship interview, and negotiated a stop at an estate sale afterward in a nearby town that would normally have been too far to drive to. It was a family-run estate sale with lots of stuff piled up in tiny rooms and on a back porch. It was hard to move around and find things, but that's where you find the treasures, right?

Here's what I got for my forty bucks:

A skinny Craftsman toolbox with the contents shown. Unfortunately, it was resprayed black, and poorly, but it has the tool tray with a socket pocket, which is cool.
Among the goodies are two US-made pipe cutters, both larger than my current one, an Indian 1" - 15/16" DBE, a snow tire chain tool (the blue handled thing on the far left), an assortment of cheap chisels, punches and handled tools, a well-used no-name knife and an all-metal clamp that had seen better days.

The second homemade toolbox was thrown in primarily to carry the tools shown. The guy had several old professional benchtop engraving machines, but I limited myself to a Sears engraving tool and the Dremal kit. The two pipe wrenches (the big one is a 14" Rigid) will double my current supply, the no-name big scissors were just too wicked looking not to grab, and the Yankee screwdriver was the biggest I've seen (no bits to be found in the pile but I didn't look very hard). The Evaporust was unopened and since I'd heard so much about it here on GJ, into the box it went. The tackle pulley and suction gripper were also too unique to pass up, as were the wrenches.

Ah yes, the wrenches. Thanks to you wrench hunters on this thread, I now almost subconsciously scan for and grab the desirable ones, even if I have absolutely no need for them. Pictured are S-K and Indestro DBEs, a Lectrolite, and a no-name US-made offset DBE that went in the box solely because I'd never seen a 25/32" wrench size before.

Lastly, a 5-foot Pony pipe clamp, bigger than any I have already.

In all, a decent score, I think, and another reminder to not let this picking hobby get out of hand and fill every corner of living space with piles of junk. I passed on an old drill press (I already have two) and a new-ish radial arm saw that was covered in junk in one corner (no room for it today). Maybe when I'm retired, I can buy the bargains and resell them to cover my gas money. [emoji1]

 

[cm_osu]

My haul from today. The craftsman and proto are beaters for my brother. The sk socket was one I was looking for to complete a set. The other thorsen and husky are just because. Paid about $13 total.

 

[mike_paxton]

Was at a sale on Friday and picked up some vintage gauges.

First two pics are of a Boice Full Jeweled gage marked JJ2A on face plate on one and the other Full Jeweled gage marked A1/20

Pic 3 & 4 is a gage made by Blake Mfg Co--AX Indicator T M

Pic 5 & 6 are Grammes gauges Made in France by ARPO

All had stickers on them from General Dynamics, with all not been recalibrated or services seen calibrations since the mid 1980's.

 

[vjlobel]

No garage or estate sales for me today, but found this on craigslist for 35 bucks. Been looking to upgrade from the pancake for a while.

 

[mike_paxton]

At sale on Friday and picked up a few things.

First two pics are items by Millers Falls. One is a two speed breast drill. Second is a small incomplete block plane (i.e. model 75-01-B), while third one is a complete #14 plane.

Pics 3 & 4 are items by Stanley. One is Stanley Bailey #4, no patent date and with corrugated sole. Other plane is a Stanley 78 with Sweetheart marked planer blade, depth stop and fence.

Pics 5 & 6 are items by Lakeside. That plane is 9-1/2 L x 2-1/2 W

 

[mike_paxton]

Items from Friday sales:

Pics 1 & 2 show a Craftsman 30 inch tool box. In front of box on left in first pic is a Punch Lok hammer from Chicago. The 2nd hammer has no mfg markings and neither did the screw punch. 4th item is Cincinnati Tool Co 6" clamp No. 540.

Included pic 3, with the shorter auger bit being a #20. The longer auger bit is a testimony that ""we work with what we got", as you can just barely see in pic just below the final turning, the color of brazing where it had been fixed to work again.

 

[ttpete]

Was at a sale on Friday and picked up some vintage gauges.

First two pics are of a Boice Full Jeweled gage marked JJ2A on face plate on one and the other Full Jeweled gage marked A1/20

Pic 3 & 4 is a gage made by Blake Mfg Co--AX Indicator T M

Pic 5 & 6 are Grammes gauges Made in France by ARPO

All had stickers on them from General Dynamics, with all not been recalibrated or services seen calibrations since the mid 1980's.

The Blake Co-Ax indicator is for use with a vertical mill. You don't appear to have all of the pieces with it. You chuck it up and use it to indicate a hole or bore. There are feelers that clamp to the bottom spindle that contact the hole. There's also a rod that screws to the side and contacts a stationary object to keep the indicator from rotating. You start the mill in back gear and indicate the hole while it's running using the table screws to center it up. I have one of these.

 

[mike_paxton]

The Blake Co-Ax indicator is for use with a vertical mill. You don't appear to have all of the pieces with it. You chuck it up and use it to indicate a hole or bore. There are feelers that clamp to the bottom spindle that contact the hole. There's also a rod that screws to the side and contacts a stationary object to keep the indicator from rotating. You start the mill in back gear and indicate the hole while it's running using the table screws to center it up. I have one of these.

ttpete:

Thanks for the info on The Blake Co-Ax indicator and how and where it is used.

It's also helpful to know that mine came incomplete.

Mike

 

[Blue Frog]

Got a few clamps - all from the same sale - $3.00 each for 6" - $2.00 each for smaller











Blue

 

[Waggoner72]

I just pulled into my driveway after a trip to Memphis and back (3 hours+ with traffic and pots holes). I don't travel that far unless a deal is great. Should have pics posted tomorrow on what I snagged.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Great finds guys!!

 

[junktastic]

Hit my first yard sale today a half hour before it started. They where wheeling out this gem from the garage. 1985 Honda XL 250r, 3500 original miles. I asked how much, $200. Bought it in a second. They had the pink still. Original owner even drained the gas before storage. Went home, got the wife and some gas(big eye roll when I told her I bought a motorcycle) I put in some fresh gas, air in the tires, kicked it over and drove the damn thing home. The bad news, it was last registered in 1988. Being here in California, it might not even be worth registering, as with penalties and fees it may very well exceed the value of the bike, in which case I will part it out.

 

[bigcaddy]

Hit my first yard sale today a half hour before it started. They where wheeling out this gem from the garage. 1985 Honda XL 250r, 3500 original miles. I asked how much, $200. Bought it in a second. They had the pink still. Original owner even drained the gas before storage. Went home, got the wife and some gas(big eye roll when I told her I bought a motorcycle) I put in some fresh gas, air in the tires, kicked it over and drove the damn thing home. The bad news, it was last registered in 1988. Being here in California, it might not even be worth registering, as with penalties and fees it may very well exceed the value of the bike, in which case I will part it out.

Penalties dump out of the system after 7 years. Take the bikes info to auto club and let them scope it out for you. Remember, you are just interested in buying the bike but are concerned about back fees. They will tell you if it's clear and then you can officially make it yours

 

[BlueBomber]

$200 for a running, low mileage dirt bike? You, sir, lower atmospheric pressue, even considering your state of residence! Congrats on a great deal!!

 

[Waggoner72]

I made a trip to Memphis for this deal. I don't know about y'all's roads but ours have turned into massive craters with all the pot holes.
Snap-on krl7023 with hutch and some tools. Really clean, has some grease but should come right off.
The damage, $1200.


Snap on torque wrench, electric grease gun, and lots of pullers and speciality tools.

 

[twertsy]

I made a trip to Memphis for this deal. I don't know about y'all's roads but ours have turned into massive craters with all the pot holes.
Snap-on krl7023 with hutch and some tools. Really clean, has some grease but should come right off.
The damage, $1200.


Snap on torque wrench, electric grease gun, and lots of pullers and speciality tools.

Now that's a YOU **** deal!

 

[Bighead38]

I made a trip to Memphis for this deal. I don't know about y'all's roads but ours have turned into massive craters with all the pot holes.
Snap-on krl7023 with hutch and some tools. Really clean, has some grease but should come right off.
The damage, $1200.


Snap on torque wrench, electric grease gun, and lots of pullers and speciality tools.

Holy hell I hope you planned the heist well. Pretty bold posting up stuff that you stole.


















J/k **** of the year.

So did you buy it from a wife?

 

[BlueBomber]

I made a trip to Memphis for this deal. I don't know about y'all's roads but ours have turned into massive craters with all the pot holes.
Snap-on krl7023 with hutch and some tools. Really clean, has some grease but should come right off.
The damage, $1200.


Snap on torque wrench, electric grease gun, and lots of pullers and speciality tools.

[emoji50] My jaw is hanging open...you definitely ****. Pls do provide more details on the sale.