rmalkow2
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HA!
A gorilla and he comes with his own water bottle too. You **** just for finding a most interesting thing to buy!
2016 Garage Sale Thread
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HA!
A gorilla and he comes with his own water bottle too. You **** just for finding a most interesting thing to buy!
Outlawmws
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So a RARE chance to hit Friday garage sales, since I was working from home and only part time today...
1 Estate sale, looked like it had some stuff, if not s lot of tools if any.. but Estate sale... and NADA..
2 Yard sales, both claiming "tools" and neither had ANY. (got laughed at at one for asking...)
The last one had some "junk" and that was where I got this stuff:
NOS control cable, a "U" bolt I'll use as a lock staple on the trailer, the square "U" bolts may find use as strap guides somewhere, and he rest for "stock" - two bucks all.
1 Estate sale, looked like it had some stuff, if not s lot of tools if any.. but Estate sale... and NADA..
2 Yard sales, both claiming "tools" and neither had ANY. (got laughed at at one for asking...)
The last one had some "junk" and that was where I got this stuff:
NOS control cable, a "U" bolt I'll use as a lock staple on the trailer, the square "U" bolts may find use as strap guides somewhere, and he rest for "stock" - two bucks all.
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rmalkow2
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I skipped all the yard sales today to chase down two CL items that have been on my list for quite awhile.
First this very nice Versa Vice that just needs cleaning and removal of some green paint overspray. $25 came out of my wallet as fast as possible.
Next was this antique 1 Gallon oil can that's perfect for display with one of my old oil pumps. I've been looking for a good deal on one of these for awhile and was happy to pay only $15 for this one.
First this very nice Versa Vice that just needs cleaning and removal of some green paint overspray. $25 came out of my wallet as fast as possible.
Next was this antique 1 Gallon oil can that's perfect for display with one of my old oil pumps. I've been looking for a good deal on one of these for awhile and was happy to pay only $15 for this one.
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topop101
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Some early morning rains shortened my work day a bit and I was able to get in on the tail end of 4 sales. Only two yielded any bounty. I spent a total of 84 bucks and this is what I came home with:
Klein pocket knife
A blacksmith hammer/cutoff of some sort made by arrow alloy and sold by Wyeth Hardware.
Standard Oil Co. 5lb can of clear grease.
a large Eagle oil can
New Britain locking pliers
Old Yankee ratchet driver with wood handle
Home made chopper/knife- looks like it was made from an old leaf spring
Old garden shovel
Small Stanley brace
Strip of mixed sockets-C-man, snap-on
3 lighting rods -2 with balls and one with weather vain-$30
An odd tool kit made by the Imperial Brass co. The ratchet is steel but the drivers are brass. This should be a fun one to figure out!
Yost pattern makers vise- this one is complete with all the original brackets and hardware! $20
Klein pocket knife
A blacksmith hammer/cutoff of some sort made by arrow alloy and sold by Wyeth Hardware.
Standard Oil Co. 5lb can of clear grease.
a large Eagle oil can
New Britain locking pliers
Old Yankee ratchet driver with wood handle
Home made chopper/knife- looks like it was made from an old leaf spring
Old garden shovel
Small Stanley brace
Strip of mixed sockets-C-man, snap-on
3 lighting rods -2 with balls and one with weather vain-$30
An odd tool kit made by the Imperial Brass co. The ratchet is steel but the drivers are brass. This should be a fun one to figure out!
Yost pattern makers vise- this one is complete with all the original brackets and hardware! $20
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ttpete
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That tool kit is for refrigeration service. The ratchet is for turning service valves. The little dogbone with square holes is for a small acetylene cylinder. There are various adapters to connect a gauge set.
bmwrd0
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Swung by my favorite junk dealer on Thursday, picking up the following for $20:
Two Pexto and two Stanly chisels with an unmarked extension, a Craftsman brace countersink and two 9/32 Proto LA sockets
Two Pexto and two Stanly chisels with an unmarked extension, a Craftsman brace countersink and two 9/32 Proto LA sockets
bmwrd0
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And some of the odd sockets are for packing gland nuts, the ones that have a 1/4 male drive to fit in the refer ratchet.
ttpete
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I think that might have been used on ammonia systems. The old Ford cold test room in Dearborn actually still used an ammonia plant that had to have a licensed engineer on duty 24/7. They just tore it down last month.
topop101
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6 & 7/8
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Outlawmws
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This battery charger was free they said it didn't work ......the cable wasn't fastened to the beat up original clamps. So I put new clamps on and it works good!
And whoever had it before was entrusted to repair cars...
I sometimes wonder at people. I get stuff all the time cheap/free "because it doesn't work anymore!" All to often the fix is cheap or free...
Aside from my mini rant, well done! You ****!
6 & 7/8
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I all most didn't take it thinking I was going to be hauling home a piece of junk,
1badbird
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That's a you **** on the free charger
Swung by my favorite junk dealer on Thursday, picking up the following for $20:
Two Pexto and two Stanly chisels with an unmarked extension, a Craftsman brace countersink and two 9/32 Proto LA sockets
Huge score on the Stanley 750 chisels as they look very lightly used. You could double your money on those two no problem if you were in the selling mood.
I bought this yesterday for a few bucks and my initial thought was to use it for a drill press vise but I wasn't paying attention and didn't realize there was a rod that ran right through the middle to support the jaws. Anyway, it works real smooth, no make/model visible, so is this considered a milling vise?
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Outlawmws
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It would be awfully light for milling use generally.
Its perfectly fine to use for a DP vise. You generally don't lay a part in the bottom and drill through. (unless you are one of THOSE that also clamps to the table and drills holes into the table...)
Its perfectly fine to use for a DP vise. You generally don't lay a part in the bottom and drill through. (unless you are one of THOSE that also clamps to the table and drills holes into the table...)
seber
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That is a DP vise. It is used with machinist parallels.
BlueBomber
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What a score!!! Yooooou ****!
topop101
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I hit on 2 out of 4 sales this morning. No real barn burners but a few nice finds for 42 bucks total.
An old steel tool box with a bad paint job over the maker label with a 1-/2 drive set of Indestro sockets, ratchet , extension and swivel inside. From the look of this set I'm guessing indestro also made my old Wards set as well.
wing nut C clamp
Stanley doweling jig
3-1/2 Craftsman vise
Full set of Craftsman 1950's nut drivers
Pexto socket wood chisel
Craftsman flex and fixed 3/8" ratchets with 10" extension & swivel
4 Stanley and Craftsman finger planes
Butcher block full of odds and ends
10" pair of carpenter pincers! - This completes my set!!!
An old steel tool box with a bad paint job over the maker label with a 1-/2 drive set of Indestro sockets, ratchet , extension and swivel inside. From the look of this set I'm guessing indestro also made my old Wards set as well.
wing nut C clamp
Stanley doweling jig
3-1/2 Craftsman vise
Full set of Craftsman 1950's nut drivers
Pexto socket wood chisel
Craftsman flex and fixed 3/8" ratchets with 10" extension & swivel
4 Stanley and Craftsman finger planes
Butcher block full of odds and ends
10" pair of carpenter pincers! - This completes my set!!!
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Outlawmws
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Nice finds guys!
Top, I'm 90% sure some simple green will show that toolbox label to be: (drum roll) SK!
I'l start posting my stuff shortly I have to pay attention to a bid...
Top, I'm 90% sure some simple green will show that toolbox label to be: (drum roll) SK!
I'l start posting my stuff shortly I have to pay attention to a bid...
rmalkow2
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I popped out to two nearby estate sales today in-between home chores. The second stop was a bust. A condo that was almost totally a guaranteed donation to Salvation Army and enough Christmas decorations for three families.
The first one was marginally ok once I got to the basement and finally found the man's workshop. Had to rummage around under piles of cheap stuff to find a few gems. I'm definitely getting picky these days.
I found a couple usable USA made shears, a box of steel ball bearings which will magically turn into sling shot ammo, a Red Devil small pry bar (I love this size), a mason's cold chisel, a vintage aluminum Craftsman torpedo level and, a box of steel wool which will always be useful.
The first one was marginally ok once I got to the basement and finally found the man's workshop. Had to rummage around under piles of cheap stuff to find a few gems. I'm definitely getting picky these days.
I found a couple usable USA made shears, a box of steel ball bearings which will magically turn into sling shot ammo, a Red Devil small pry bar (I love this size), a mason's cold chisel, a vintage aluminum Craftsman torpedo level and, a box of steel wool which will always be useful.
Found this "new" CM Commercial 1/2 HP 7" round top bench grinder at an estate sale. Owner said it was new and I see no reason to doubt the claim. $70.
Large old farm hook cast like an elephant trunk. I have no idea what the other end is supposed to be attached to????
3 virgin cans of M1 for $1/ea. Would you trust old motor oil even if it's sealed? The "watermelon" knife is an odd shape. Hollow ground SS and made in Providence for $5. Anyone know what the head of the hammer is made of.
? It's heavy as lead but not as soft as lead. Also it's non ferrous. $1/ea for hammers.
Old throwing style fishing net $2
Dremel kit $2 and 20 lbs of lead $5.
Almost 2 hrs wasted at a professional estate sale but they were giving away the propane. approx. 1/2 full.:
Large old farm hook cast like an elephant trunk. I have no idea what the other end is supposed to be attached to????
3 virgin cans of M1 for $1/ea. Would you trust old motor oil even if it's sealed? The "watermelon" knife is an odd shape. Hollow ground SS and made in Providence for $5. Anyone know what the head of the hammer is made of.
? It's heavy as lead but not as soft as lead. Also it's non ferrous. $1/ea for hammers.
Old throwing style fishing net $2
Dremel kit $2 and 20 lbs of lead $5.
Almost 2 hrs wasted at a professional estate sale but they were giving away the propane. approx. 1/2 full.:
Jack84
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Especially stoked about the 4 pound Peddinghaus hammer.
Outlawmws
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Dave and Jack - Great scores!
Dave, I'd guess the hook was for a rope hoist. maybe for hoisting bales of hay to a loft of the like? likely just a single pulley hung high, and the rope looped.
Hard cast hammer: Lead with a high tin/antimony alloy, think bullet casting lead.
The M1, I'd use it, but you only have 3 qts? Maybe for garden equipment or other small capacity motor?
Dave, I'd guess the hook was for a rope hoist. maybe for hoisting bales of hay to a loft of the like? likely just a single pulley hung high, and the rope looped.
Hard cast hammer: Lead with a high tin/antimony alloy, think bullet casting lead.
The M1, I'd use it, but you only have 3 qts? Maybe for garden equipment or other small capacity motor?
timbitca
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Damn, nice pick up on that Block grinder Dave! 
Hit some sales this morning and the swap meet this afternoon, spent a grand total of 7$, 5 of which was a donation towards the Car club organizing the annual swap meet, yeesh.
First place I spent 1$ at I got:
Schrader USA tire pressure gauge
PCL Sheffield England tire pressure gauge (has the Canadian Tire logo on it)
Second 1$ I spent got me this:
John Deere 15/16 1" DOE
Proto LA 3/8" ratchet
Armstrong USA Special 5/8 wrench
Some cool stuff at the swap meet, but not a lot of tools and the other cool stuff I liked was overpriced (for my budget anyways)
Hit some sales this morning and the swap meet this afternoon, spent a grand total of 7$, 5 of which was a donation towards the Car club organizing the annual swap meet, yeesh.
First place I spent 1$ at I got:
Schrader USA tire pressure gauge
PCL Sheffield England tire pressure gauge (has the Canadian Tire logo on it)
Second 1$ I spent got me this:
John Deere 15/16 1" DOE
Proto LA 3/8" ratchet
Armstrong USA Special 5/8 wrench
Some cool stuff at the swap meet, but not a lot of tools and the other cool stuff I liked was overpriced (for my budget anyways)
Outlawmws
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My modest haul:
Most came from stop one, and most of that came from the "dollar box" This extended family has this every year about this time and I always find some good stuff...
From the dollar box:
Two Indestro Ratchets, BIG A-16 Wiss Snips - these are the size of the "special" but are not so marked. Possibly newer mfg after they stopped making them?
, The DOE I thought was a Plvmb grindoff, it turns out it is probably Thorsen? , a nice condition Lufkin folding rule with a brass depth gauge, a (probably wood worrkers) Vise Spinner (no name I looked), and a cheapo Clamp On Vise. - More to go from the Dollar box...
A foot or so of light rail probably from a mine or salt cart track, and the big 6" Adjustable Clamp/ The vise was NOT in the dollar box, and if it hadn't been a Parker 63-1/2 Art Deco, I'd have left it.
And for $5 I would have passed on this boxed set, but then I saw the distinctive Indestro handle and looked closer. Hmm I already had 2 Indestro ratchets, and this looked to be mostly Indestro.. it was, even the box! Only one socket is actually missing, a 3/8 6 pt which I have on my inventory list, and I'd bet it's the double groove... I'l have to do some digging...
Total for all came to $23 so he knocked $2 off.
Two other stops and for two bucks a NOS Propane gauge, and for a Buck a Coe's widgit. That one is headed for a "whatzit" thread, unless someone here spills the beans...
And an antique lamp, because it was cool and I like old cool lamps... $5
It needs one switch replaced/rebuilt... (All are pull chain)
Most came from stop one, and most of that came from the "dollar box" This extended family has this every year about this time and I always find some good stuff...
From the dollar box:
Two Indestro Ratchets, BIG A-16 Wiss Snips - these are the size of the "special" but are not so marked. Possibly newer mfg after they stopped making them?
, The DOE I thought was a Plvmb grindoff, it turns out it is probably Thorsen? , a nice condition Lufkin folding rule with a brass depth gauge, a (probably wood worrkers) Vise Spinner (no name I looked), and a cheapo Clamp On Vise. - More to go from the Dollar box...A foot or so of light rail probably from a mine or salt cart track, and the big 6" Adjustable Clamp/ The vise was NOT in the dollar box, and if it hadn't been a Parker 63-1/2 Art Deco, I'd have left it.
And for $5 I would have passed on this boxed set, but then I saw the distinctive Indestro handle and looked closer. Hmm I already had 2 Indestro ratchets, and this looked to be mostly Indestro.. it was, even the box! Only one socket is actually missing, a 3/8 6 pt which I have on my inventory list, and I'd bet it's the double groove... I'l have to do some digging...
Total for all came to $23 so he knocked $2 off.
Two other stops and for two bucks a NOS Propane gauge, and for a Buck a Coe's widgit. That one is headed for a "whatzit" thread, unless someone here spills the beans...
And an antique lamp, because it was cool and I like old cool lamps... $5
It needs one switch replaced/rebuilt... (All are pull chain)
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topop101
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My modest haul:
Most came from stop one, and most of that came from the "dollar box" This extended family has this every year about this time and I always find some good stuff...
From the dollar box:
Two Indestro Ratchets, BIG A-16 Wiss Snips - these are the size of the "special" but are not so marked. Possibly newer mfg after they stopped making them?
Outlaw what's the bore on the wood vise spinner?
bmwrd0
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Pretty quiet day here, after I took a truck load to Goodwill, hit the TOO's but all I found was an old buttsett (pretty nice one though)
Outlawmws
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I didn't mic it, but with a tape measure looks to be an inch
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topop101
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Curious, does the handle slide?
Outlawmws
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Yup, and even more curious, one handle spins, the other does not...
bmwrd0
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So you could slide it to one end and spin it around. Makes total sense to me at least.Yup, and even more curious, one handle spins, the other does not...
PSYKO_Inc
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I've got that same vise on my drill press. Mine is a Harbor Freight model (also a yard sale find) and I just used c-clamps to attach it to the table. I offset it a bit so the drill bit doesn't hit the cross bar. Works well enough for me for general automotive/metal fabrication, but I'm not doing any super high precision stuff.
damnesia
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I went on a search for ball peen hammers and c-clamps today. No hammers and I missed out on a box of C-clamps that was only $20. Missed it by about 5'. All I found was this Snap-on FV71 for $1.00. I went late in the day, I have a funny feeling I should have been there earlier. Oh well, there's always next weekend.
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My couple of finds.
From a CL add, picked up 3 old card file cabinets, trying to replace a couple of regular file cabinets. These all have ball bearings.
From a sale, picked up the red cart, 1/2 HP CM round top, needs some tlc, but smooth as can be. Not in picture, a handful of SO swivels and a CM impact tool. All for $55.
From a CL add, picked up 3 old card file cabinets, trying to replace a couple of regular file cabinets. These all have ball bearings.
From a sale, picked up the red cart, 1/2 HP CM round top, needs some tlc, but smooth as can be. Not in picture, a handful of SO swivels and a CM impact tool. All for $55.