2015 Garage SaleThread

[ShadowRuleZ]

Never see these in the wild around here. But judging from that picture, they just appear on the sidewalks in Detroit.

Major suckage.

It's spring time now, they're just starting to come up between the sidewalk cracks. Sort of like dandelions.

Great snag. Must have been on CL for 5 mins or so....

I sent him an e-mail 30 minutes after it showed up and it took him another 30 to respond. For that whole 30 I figured torqueman was already on his way to get it and I'd never hear from the guy.

 

[Bill Ramsey]

I don't get to post much to this thread, but I decided to hit a promising private estate sale this morning.

14" Craftsman and 10" Rigid pipe wrenches
17" SK 1/2-drive breaker bar
18" Wright Tool 3/4-drive T-handle
9/16" SK and 1 3/4" no name sockets that were on breaker bar and T-handle
OTC puller
1 Disston and 1 Vermont-American coping saws
9" Stanley (Taiwan) vise grips
Small no-name dolly
No-name 27" handsaw, sharp 4 1/2 TPI rip-cut...no apparent etch and nut only says Warranted Superior...definitely old...has nib

And the odd item: a piece of cast iron or steel. 9"x9"x4" and 77 lbs. I've been looking for a piece of RR anvil, just to have a small hammering surface in the shop. Thought this might work. Talked the guy into throwing it in (bad pun). The only marking is four digits cast into it - looks like 459N. Based on shape, I thought maybe it was a piece of industrial what-not. Maybe a slide-in weight or coupler? Maybe agriculture or RR or oilfield in origin (this IS Oklahoma)? Anyone who recognizes what this is, and whether it's iron or steel, your knowledge would be appreciated.

$15 for all.

(If anyone can rotate those photos, please feel free)

 

[NY_treeguy]

Yard Sale items from March 21, 2015

Pics 1 & 2--Front and back of three saws.

Top keyhole saw is made by E. C. Atkins & Co. of Indianapolis Indiana.

Middle saw by Disston & Son's marked USA. Has missing section on one side of handle and can't read the etching information on blade. However, suspect that it might be a Disston 95 with a portion of the bakelite handle missing on one side.

Third saw shown at bottom is Disston Philadelphia and can't make out the etching information on saw blade.

Pics 3 & 4--Front and back of hatchet/hammers

Top is a marked E. C. Simmons Keen Kutter that I believe is a Tommy Axe--Style Claw Hatchet with nail puller.

Next is a Vaughn 20 oz 999L hammer

Next is a Blue Point BP12A 12 oz hammer

Last or bottom hammer has no name found on it.

Pics 5 & 6--Front back of the squares

The larger Carpenter/Framer Square is 24"x16" and made by The Riverside Tool Co--Model 3B--Celebrated Blue Seal--New York

The smaller square is 12"x8" and made by Eagle Square Mfg Co of South Shaftsbury VT

Middle saw is indeed a D-95. The bottom saw is a D-23. Rock solid workhorse. Good finds all around.

 

[Outlawmws]

Bill, I'm going to guess that is a counter weight for something like a forklift. Those look suspiciously like handles on the ends, and I could picture a row of these being dropped into place on a rail...

Probably Cast iron. How does it ring and rebound? (I've seen some cast iron simply have NO rebound at all...)

If nothing else, maybe you can top it with something with better characteristics? Plate steel, maybe even hardened?

Nice finds all!

 

[mike_paxton]

Middle saw is indeed a D-95. The bottom saw is a D-23. Rock solid workhorse. Good finds all around.

NY_treeguy:

Thanks for confirming middle saw with bakelite handl is a D-95, along with info on other Disston being a D-23.

Have to confess, I've been at this sale on three other occasions in past 6 months and ignored the "plastic" handled saw till today.

 

[NY_treeguy]

NY_treeguy:

Thanks for confirming middle saw with bakelite handl is a D-95, along with info on other Disston being a D-23.

Have to confess, I've been at this sale on three other occasions in past 6 months and ignored the "plastic" handled saw till today.

Mike,

Hand tools and hand saws can be a slippery slope. I have about 50 saws...in addition to the set I use, just hanging on nails. Good steel, and so cheap, how can you pass them up?

Check http://www.disstonianinstitute.com/ to check what models, etc.

 

[Bobcat753]

Had to work today but a regular who knows I like tools gave me this. Now I have 2

 

[sgs236]

Went to the first estate sale of the season. Pictures 1-3: Paid 10 dollars for the toolbox and contents. It was dark in the garage and I thought it said SK instead it was BK. Contained everything in picture 3: two PLVMB body hammers and one PROTO body hammer. No name on the dolly set. Anyone know what the first hammer on the left is called/for?

Picture 4:
six ball pein hammers for dollar a piece. Two are True Temper and one Craftsman.
Mac tools S24 specialty wrench for a dollar.
Snap on 1-5/8", 8 point, 1" drive socket for two dollars.
KD Tools Impact wrench set for two dollars.
Proto hacksaw for a dollar. First time I ever seen a hacksaw like that.
Miller Falls hammer for two dollars.

So 24 dollars for everything and I was happy. Pretty good start to the season for me.

 

[Bill Ramsey]

Bill, I'm going to guess that is a counter weight for something like a forklift. Those look suspiciously like handles on the ends, and I could picture a row of these being dropped into place on a rail...

Probably Cast iron. How does it ring and rebound? (I've seen some cast iron simply have NO rebound at all...)

If nothing else, maybe you can top it with something with better characteristics? Plate steel, maybe even hardened?

Nice finds all!

Thanks Outlaw - a friend of mine also suggested forklift. He said didn't look like a tractor weight, and he's forgotten more about farm tractors than I'll ever know. It has a little bounce, but after tapping it with a few different hammers I'm pretty sure it's cast iron. I didn't intend to do metal shaping with it - just sometimes you're driving two pieces apart, or driving out a pin, and it's good to have some solid backing for the hammer blows. That slot also fits my 3T arbor press nicely, so maybe there's some applicability there. And being square, it's good for a million and one chores where you just need a weight (or gravity clamp, as I call it).

 

[jeffmoss26]

Great finds guys!! It's just starting to warm up here so hopefully sales will start in the next couple weekends.

 

[Outlawmws]

SGS GREAT score on the hammers! Esp. the body hammers!

 

[NY_treeguy]

Went to the first estate sale of the season. Pictures 1-3: Paid 10 dollars for the toolbox and contents. It was dark in the garage and I thought it said SK instead it was BK. Contained everything in picture 3: two PLVMB body hammers and one PROTO body hammer. No name on the dolly set. Anyone know what the first hammer on the left is called/for?

Picture 4:
six ball pein hammers for dollar a piece. Two are True Temper and one Craftsman.
Mac tools S24 specialty wrench for a dollar.
Snap on 1-5/8", 8 point, 1" drive socket for two dollars.
KD Tools Impact wrench set for two dollars.
Proto hacksaw for a dollar. First time I ever seen a hacksaw like that.
Miller Falls hammer for two dollars.

So 24 dollars for everything and I was happy. Pretty good start to the season for me.

That long head hammer is called a fender hammer or a bumper. For hard to get at spots. BTW, the pry bar looking things are slappers, also for hard to reach spots. Really nice score with that stuff.

 

[rmalkow2]

Went to the first estate sale of the season. Pictures 1-3: Paid 10 dollars for the toolbox and contents. It was dark in the garage and I thought it said SK instead it was BK. Contained everything in picture 3: two PLVMB body hammers and one PROTO body hammer. No name on the dolly set. Anyone know what the first hammer on the left is called/for?

So 24 dollars for everything and I was happy. Pretty good start to the season for me.

That mystery hammer is called a Fender/Bumber hammer. I got the following off the Eastwood web site.

Fender Bumper Hammer - Use this hammer on fenders, doors, and other panels where extra length is needed to reach around braces and obstructions. Used for bumping out dents that cannot be reached with a dolly. Heavy enough to shape heavier gauge metal.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Went to the first estate sale of the season. Pictures 1-3: Paid 10 dollars for the toolbox and contents. It was dark in the garage and I thought it said SK instead it was BK. Contained everything in picture 3: two PLVMB body hammers and one PROTO body hammer. No name on the dolly set. Anyone know what the first hammer on the left is called/for?

Picture 4:
six ball pein hammers for dollar a piece. Two are True Temper and one Craftsman.
Mac tools S24 specialty wrench for a dollar.
Snap on 1-5/8", 8 point, 1" drive socket for two dollars.
KD Tools Impact wrench set for two dollars.
Proto hacksaw for a dollar. First time I ever seen a hacksaw like that.
Miller Falls hammer for two dollars.

So 24 dollars for everything and I was happy. Pretty good start to the season for me.

You really **** on this find! I have been looking for a while for plvmb body hammers and dollys and never find them. Major suckage on this one The hack saw you found is also a nice one! It is an obstruction hack saw that they advertised in their catalogues. I have a similar one made by plvmb but it has a round hilt on it.

 

[nine4gmc]

SGS GREAT score on the hammers! Esp. the body hammers!

Got me jealous!

 

[PFSard]

Here's what $16 bought at a couple of sales.

Smith Tool Rivet Tool R3030
MAC Snap Ring Pliers TP25A
MAC Snap Ring Pliers TP26A
Craftsman 3/4" drive 1-1/4 in. Socket, 12 pt.
Starrett U.S. Standard Sheet Metal Gage, 0-36 No 283
Snap-On Black Handle Mini Hook Pick 3ASHA
Snap-On 1-1/16 Inch Industrial Combination Wrench GOEX 34
Herbrand 1/2" drive x 5" Extension S-37
Plomb 1/4" Drive Reversible Ratchet 4749
Utica 6" Duckbill Pliers 86-6
Piedmont Manufacturing Bridgeport Service Station Tire Pressure Gauge 40-403
Proto Box End Wrench, 1-1/16x1-1/4in., 18-1/4 L 1151B
Armstrong Double Open End Wrench 1-7/16" X 1-1/4" 30-881

 

[JMLangford]

You guys are finding some great stuff.
It got to 74 degrees today but weren't many sales out, but I scored these at a little roadside flea market....actually just a place on the side of the road with about 10 tables....



I uses to be happy (I thought ) with what few ratchets I had accumulated over the years......BUT.....since I've become a member here, all you tool lovin' knuckleheads have got me lookin' and buyin' all kinds of ratchets....

Facom J.151 - 3/8" dr.


Craftsman 43174 - 1/4" dr. -VK- code


Blackhawk GW-9945A - 1/4" dr.....it's a sweet little ratchet.


3 wrenches....
Mac
Husky
Duro/Indestro


The Snap-on 1 1/2" #FX1 extension was stuck down inside the Snap-on 11/16" deep socket #SFS221 when I picked it up, so I just saw the socket was SO and figured I'd find out what brand the extension was when I got home....luckily it was SO too.


The rest of the stuff is a SK 1/4" driver - a Husky 3/8" allen socket - some cheap bits and some made in taiwan T10-T27 torx sockets - and a small 1/4" hex handle.....it doesn't ratchet it just grips a 1/4" hex and you turn it!!? no markings


Side story on the ratchets....I also was going to buy a 3/8" dr. New Britain and a 3/8" dr. NAPA branded ratchet.....had them laid out on the table with the other tools but got to talking with the lady who was selling them, and some how I didn't put them in the bag with the rest!!!!
After I had filled my bag with everything (I thought ) I asked her for a price and she said $5.......I left thinkin' I'd made out like a fat rat but Noooooooo:tard:
But anyways now I'm gonna have to go and update my ratchet count on the "How many ratchets do you own" thread

Oh yeah, a free Honda mower = you ****!


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[Chngalay]

I picked up a few things today. Spent $23
4- small chisels, no markings
A few nutdriver sockets, screwdriver and chisel tools. I know I have a handle that will work somewhere.
A couple of combo wrenches from Japan. Misc. allen wrenches
A socket set with a hex drive head ratchet that flips over to reverse. Never seen one like this so I picked it up. Japanese.
Several wire brushes for the drill (some new), a hole saw and quick chuck head.
Several small files, one ******* file had "Nicholson USA" on it.
10" and 14" Stillson Walworth monkey wrenches
Box end combo wrench and a T-handle with 1/2" and (2) 5/8" sockets.
A pair of Wiss snips, rusty but works fine and a large roll of 150 grit Emory cloth.

 

[oldtools]

A Tektronix 453 for $10. Have not test to see if it work yet.

 

[PWRstroke_smoke]

got all for 20$
Does anyone know the manufacturer of the tap set and box its a really cool design

Looks home-made to me, which doesn't detract at all from the cool factor.

thats what i was thinking. the lid is stamped though not welded.

 

[ttpete]

Thanks Outlaw - a friend of mine also suggested forklift. He said didn't look like a tractor weight, and he's forgotten more about farm tractors than I'll ever know. It has a little bounce, but after tapping it with a few different hammers I'm pretty sure it's cast iron. I didn't intend to do metal shaping with it - just sometimes you're driving two pieces apart, or driving out a pin, and it's good to have some solid backing for the hammer blows. That slot also fits my 3T arbor press nicely, so maybe there's some applicability there. And being square, it's good for a million and one chores where you just need a weight (or gravity clamp, as I call it).

Please DON'T use cast iron for press work. It will shatter under load and become a projectile. Very dangerous.

 

[bluebolt]

My Friday finds.

1st stop $23 total. Craftsman flying "V" 3/8 ratchet, the hard to find 1/4" spinner WITH the female drive on top , Crown label 10" sanding disks and file, 100 foot tape measure with the late 70's rectangle logo.

Same sale Coca Cola crate and a chunk of railroad rail.

2nd sale $7.50 total. Craftsman Crown limb saw, shop broom since I misplaced mine again and a wire brush.

3rd sale $2.50 total. 3 yard sticks, I like the two with the metal ends.

 

[rmalkow2]

Some of my haul from this months industrial tool auction that ended this week.

Carpenter squares, there is actually four of them but one was hiding under another for the picture. $5 for all 4.


A Dayton motor buffer with plastic tray of compounds, extra buffing wheels and wheel dress tool. $55.


Cylinder hone, de-glazing tool. $5


5 really large combination wrenches from Williams, Proto and Husky. $5 for all.


A 1/2" socket set with tray. Williams, Wright, Proto, Klein and Armstrong brands.
Everything for $15.


And something I really just bought on a whim and because no one else wanted them. 13 Best brand padlocks. 12 are open but none had keys. For a grand total of $5 I thought to give it a try and see if these can be re-keyed.


More to come.

 

[rmalkow2]

The balance of this weeks auction haul.

14.4V Craftsman drills - $5 each


A tray of misc tools which included a couple air nozzles, some fuse pullers, utility knife, misc rolls of tape, a hook, a chip brush and some random tooling parts. $5


Two jitterbug sanders, one electric and one pneumatic. $15


An 18V cordless Saws All with charger and two extra batteries. $10

 

[ShadowRuleZ]

Some of my haul from this months industrial tool auction that ended this week.

A 1/2" socket set with tray. Williams, Wright, Proto, Klein and Armstrong brands.
Everything for $15.

You beat me out on that one!

 

[rmalkow2]

You beat me out on that one!

Sorry about that but, I do like LTC's monthly auctions. I always find something to bring home.

 

[Blue Frog]

The rest of this weekends haul:

1. Millers Falls Langdon acme miter box and Disston saw - cost me more for gas to go get it than the box and saw.

2. Disston D3 Saw Vise - the heaviest one made by Disston.

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[Lucky 13]

I went to an Estate auction yesterday, the auction company advertised tools and tool boxes would be auctioned off. I snapped this picture when we got there, they had rolled this top and bottom box out of the door way pictured in the background. It's a Napa top box and a New Britain / Napa bottom box. There is a small assortment of tools in it including Snap On, Thorsen, Williams, Proto, Craftsman and Mac. I was able to be high bidder on the set at $140.00. I really like this old box! I still need to clean it up and then I will get some better pictures.

 

[nine4gmc]

Good stuff guys!!

 

[ShadowRuleZ]

Sorry about that but, I do like LTC's monthly auctions. I always find something to bring home.

No hard feelings, I'm sure I've outbid you on a few things!

 

[BFBOB]

Finally, a nice weekend day when I didn't have any pressing tasks. So, off to a few sales! There was one I really wanted - a 13" planer, but the place was a no-show. Rereading the ad, it might have meant Saturday only. Hit a couple more and got a mangy but good-running 6" grinder and a pretty nice Babco 3 1/2" vise. Then another place had the Jorgenson F-clamps. Also pretty jpoor looking but functional. Total tab: $14.

Oh, yeah, plus $7 worth of gas.

 

[KamiCrit]

I went to an Estate auction yesterday, the auction company advertised tools and tool boxes would be auctioned off. I snapped this picture when we got there, they had rolled this top and bottom box out of the door way pictured in the background. It's a Napa top box and a New Britain / Napa bottom box. There is a small assortment of tools in it including Snap On, Thorsen, Williams, Proto, Craftsman and Mac. I was able to be high bidder on the set at $140.00. I really like this old box! I still need to clean it up and then I will get some better pictures.

Top box looks like a Proto.

 

[beatcad]

lucky-
that tool box stack is a cool score.
both NAPA & new britain napa.
both are waterloo built of course.
good stuff

 

[JMLangford]

Top box looks like a Proto.

That style top Proto box is the same one I had for my first tool chest....before that I had a small gray Craftsman carry box.....when I moved up to a real tool chest with drawers, I felt like I was a pro-fess-anial me-kanic!

That picture brings back fond memories of my youts thank for posting it KamiCrit.





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[Lucky 13]

Top box looks like a Proto.

Looks just like it.

lucky-
that tool box stack is a cool score.
both NAPA & new britain napa.
both are waterloo built of course.
good stuff

Thanks, beatcad!

 

[joe.striper]

Here's what I got this weekend:

Peter Wright 177# anvil and Beech Stump

Reed 404 1/2 double swiveler

Jagenberg cantilever tool box. German made.

Pd under $350 for everything.

 

[beatcad]

dang, joe..
for that kinda bread i cant say you ****, but i want to.
i will say ya done good

 

[Bobcat753]

I absolutely want that tool box! I've been looking for a German made one with no luck. Mmmm cantilever!

 

[StillTooManyHobbies]

Anyone know what the first hammer on the left is called/for?

Picture 4:
six ball pein hammers for dollar a piece. Two are True Temper and one Craftsman.
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No answer to your questions, but loving the hammer heads. I like cleaning and re-handling those. I did a double-take when I saw the BAUER yardstick. I remember going there with Dad when I was growing up in Morgantown.

 

[Lump]

Love the anvil, Joe. I too have a Peter Wright. They are truly elegant anvils, with some real history behind them. And I see it has a hardy in it too. That alone is probably about $50 value, if it is an old original one. Good for you!