2016 Garage Sale Thread

[dittle fart around]

At the Cathlamet, Washington tool sale last weekend I picked up these pliers.

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Didn't quite know what they were. Then a gentleman wandering the sale said they were bull pliers. You string a rope through the handles, sneak up on a bull and aim for the testicles, then pull the rope and run as fast as you can.

Sounds like those fooling the Sasquatch tv commercials. Once we stopped laughing he told me they fit in the nostrils and are used to lead the bulls around.

 

[wrenchguy]

At the Cathlamet, Washington tool sale last weekend I picked up these pliers.

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Didn't quite know what they were. Then a gentleman wandering the sale said they were bull pliers. You string a rope through the handles, sneak up on a bull and aim for the testicles, then pull the rope and run as fast as you can.

Sounds like those fooling the Sasquatch tv commercials. Once we stopped laughing he told me they fit in the nostrils and are used to lead the bulls around.

nose lead

 

[wrenchguy]

At the Cathlamet, Washington tool sale last weekend I picked up these pliers.

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Didn't quite know what they were. Then a gentleman wandering the sale said they were bull pliers. You string a rope through the handles, sneak up on a bull and aim for the testicles, then pull the rope and run as fast as you can.

Sounds like those fooling the Sasquatch tv commercials. Once we stopped laughing he told me they fit in the nostrils and are used to lead the bulls around.

yep, nose lead

 

[BFBOB]

It's a 3". I would like to see a pic of yours. Just to see if the are similar construction.

OK, here you go. I've gone over it carefully with a magnifier, and the only markings I've found are the patent date and price tag. The price tag looks old enough to be original, but I'm very skeptical that vise could have sold for $12 back when they were being made - late 19th and early 20th century.
It looks just like yours, only in much worse condition. It could be the poster child for "Don't hammer on that anvil-shaped thing. It's not an anvil!"
A few vital statistics:

Weight: 10 lbs 2.3 oz.
Jaw width: 3"
Max opening: 2 1/2"
dynamic jaw overall length including leadscrew: 9 1/8"
slide diameter: 1 7/8"
leadscrew diameter: 9/16"
Leadscrew pitch: 6 TPI, square thread
Overall height: 4 1/2"
Overall width: 3 1/4"
Handle length, dia: 6" x 6/16"

(notice I actually found a use for my new 24" crescent wrench?)

 

[Outlawmws]

Felt marker on the price tag, so yeah, yard sale price...

 

[topop101]

OK, here you go. I've gone over it carefully with a magnifier, and the only markings I've found are the patent date and price tag. The price tag looks old enough to be original, but I'm very skeptical that vise could have sold for $12 back when they were being made - late 19th and early 20th century.
It looks just like yours, only in much worse condition. It could be the poster child for "Don't hammer on that anvil-shaped thing. It's not an anvil!"
A few vital statistics:

Weight: 10 lbs 2.3 oz.
Jaw width: 3"
Max opening: 2 1/2"
dynamic jaw overall length including leadscrew: 9 1/8"
slide diameter: 1 7/8"
leadscrew diameter: 9/16"
Leadscrew pitch: 6 TPI, square thread
Overall height: 4 1/2"
Overall width: 3 1/4"
Handle length, dia: 6" x 6/16"

(notice I actually found a use for my new 24" crescent wrench?)

Hey these things are near twins. Only slight differences.
Overall height 4-3/4"
Overall Length 9-1/4
Slide diameter 1.92" dyn. Sta. 1.94"... very tight for it's age!
This one of mine has a 10 stamped on the nose of the lead screw. It could be an inventory number from the original owner? Also this old guy isn't without flaw. Plenty of work has been done on the anvil pad as well. But no big chips.
Thanks for sharing

 

[topop101]

Made a quick stop into a pawn shop on my way out of town today and found a few cool items for 20 bucks+ tax

Walboard 21 oz. Dry wall hatchet- it didn't look this good when I bought it. I already cleaned it up.
Early ridged 10" pipe wrench with patent stamp
Red devil carpet/ linoleum knife
Ornate No 10 P.S.&W "STEEL SCREW" C -clamp Pat dat Jul 10 1888!

 

[Outlawmws]

Top, Whats not to like about a cool old clamp? And you can still use them for real work!

 

[jakemac]

I'm seeing some great stuff this week guys.

Lost power Friday night, came back Saturday night, got boned by Verizon when the fios panel crapped out, had to cancel our super bowl party, finally got the panel fixed today, only to find out that my computer will no longer start up. It may be dead. So, I'm limited to my tablet for now. This post may not have pictures if I can't load direct from the iPad. Sorry, I'm barely tech savvy.

In the meantime, there was only one sale Saturday morning (as we were digging out). It was a poor pick. The funny thing was that when I got there, two guys were struggling to remove a small Littletown vise from a work table, while another guy walked past them and grabbed an unbolted Columbian 203 off the bench right behind them. As they were fighting the cheap Littletown, the good vise walked right past them out the door and they never saw it.

Buried under the same bench, I found :

A Speedaire #2Z241 7gal portable air tank
Holub Tape-Mate 50' fish tape (all steel)
and a small hickory hammer handle

I only paid a fiver for the lot, made me sad that there wasn't more to grab.

(here's where I try to post the pics, wish me luck)

Well, I guess it's going to be one pic at a time. Sorry
(and the damned tablet won't let me rotate the photos)

 

[jakemac]

Pic 2

 

[jakemac]

Pic 3

 

[jakemac]

Pic 4

 

[dodge610]

I knew you could do it jake you are more savy than you give yourself credit for.

 

[eborcim]

You string a rope through the handles, sneak up on a bull and aim for the testicles, then pull the rope and run as fast as you can.

I'd like to see the youtube vid of that one....

 

[jeffmoss26]

Nice stuff Riley!

 

[Bobcat753]

Jake - That Speedaire tank is cool. Now you need to paint it to match your Speedaire compressor!

 

[topop101]

I worked in a small town in Nebraska today and had a few hours to kill while waiting on a truck to unload so I scoped out the local antique store . Dug through boxes of cool stuff but the owner was pretty savvy so all I managed to pick was an unbranded double bit crown/Michigan style axe and a cool little screw driver made by Bridgeport mill & lathe stamped Bell systems. It has a copper ring dividing the ferrule from the shaft and on the heel of the wooden handle is a leather pad! Gave 6 bucks for both. The axe looks unused , the bits look perfect . I already cleaned the driver up a bit.

 

[msgtsmithret]

Reposting my weekend finds that I posted on the vise thread . . .(don't post at midnight by the way)

Scored a Kennedy hip roof tool box at the Restore for $20. Probably all its worth but I've been searching for one for quite some time and was willing to pay full retail for it. The tools were not included, I just filled it up before snapping a picture.

 

[skunkape1]

At the Cathlamet, Washington tool sale last weekend I picked up these pliers.

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Didn't quite know what they were. Then a gentleman wandering the sale said they were bull pliers. You string a rope through the handles, sneak up on a bull and aim for the testicles, then pull the rope and run as fast as you can.

Sounds like those fooling the Sasquatch tv commercials. Once we stopped laughing he told me they fit in the nostrils and are used to lead the bulls around.

Seeing that tool brings back bad memories for me. After a calf was trapped in a head hold stanchion, I would insert the pliers in calves' nostrils and then pull on the rope connected to the pliers as hard as I could. The rope is strung through the holes in the bottom of the handle to keep them closed. Fairly small calves are strong animals and my job was to keep the calves' head twisted in such a way that my dad could cut their buds off. The sights and sounds were a real treat.

Not a fun job on many levels but necessary for the overall safety of animal and handler.

 

[msgtsmithret]

Also bought a Mityvac fluid evacuator, nearly new, for $10. These things are invaluable in the auto repair business and retail just north of $100 new, so this was a really good deal. Even the wife got in on the action when she bought a 1925 Singer treadle sewing machine for $10 at the same sale. Sweet! Final item was an old Craftsman bench plane that I will soon Restore to its former glory. You have to love a few good deals in the middle of winter.

 

[Waggoner72]

Picked up a basically new hot water pressure washer and a snap-on top chest/road chest for $1200 at the hot spot pawn shop.

 

[NJ Marty]

I worked in a small town in Nebraska today and had a few hours to kill while waiting on a truck to unload so I scoped out the local antique store . Dug through boxes of cool stuff but the owner was pretty savvy so all I managed to pick was an unbranded double bit crown/Michigan style axe and a cool little screw driver made by Bridgeport mill & lathe stamped Bell systems. It has a copper ring dividing the ferrule from the shaft and on the heel of the wooden handle is a leather pad! Gave 6 bucks for both. The axe looks unused , the bits look perfect . I already cleaned the driver up a bit.

Im betting there is a stamp on that axe head. A trip to the wire wheel or electrolysis bath should uncover one. Let us know what you find.

 

[topop101]

Im betting there is a stamp on that axe head. A trip to the wire wheel or electrolysis bath should uncover one. Let us know what you find.

Will do !

 

[cm_osu]

My grandma's neighbor of 40 years passed away the day after Christmas. His son came up to talk to me this weekend while I was working on her house and he told me to come down and take a look around while they were getting ready for the estate sale. I ended up walking away with a pile of tools for next to nothing. Not all of them are pictured here. Ill add to the pictures as I can. Almost everything in the box was good quality. Sk, proto, OTC, craftsman. There was one snap on clutch driver but I gave it away before the photos.

Not pictured is a couple pipe wrenches, a couple of Williams adjustables, speeder, small chain boomer, no name made in Japan combo wrench set and a 1/2" craftsman fhft.

I was a little disappointed to find out his 70 cub cadet mower was spoken for. I'd helped him with it a few times over the years and was hoping to buy it.

 

[oak_park]

xxxx

 

[topop101]

Oak park
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Check out the pat date on these single lever VG...

 

[cm_osu]

Oak park
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Check out the pat date on these single lever VG...

It's really hard to read but looks like April 14 1942

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[topop101]

It's really hard to read but looks like April 14 1942

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ok... Some of the early single lever Vg are dated 1924 I always check for them...

 

[Reversepolarity]

Stopped at an estate sale just as they were closing for the day.
Managed to snag 2 burrs and 3 micro stop countersinks for $5

 

[Beenman]

Yep, fools who don't know tools are soon parted with them for $5.00. I told him to take the ad down, i'd be over immediately.

Damn. That's a proper bargain! They look brand new.....

 

[jakemac]

Wellllll............................. ******!!!!!!

Last night I saw an ad for a garage sale listing tools, one of the pictures had a red Cman Crowntop 26" machinist box in it (couldn't tell if the lid and cover were there). The ad said it started at 9am. At 9:15 me and another guy show up and we're the only ones. There were two cars in the driveway and we could hear someone inside. No-one would answer the doorbell or the phone.

TAKE THE DAMNED AD DOWN if you don't want to be bothered !
Better yet, don't advertise with your address in the first place !
I'm on 4hrs sleep and you just wasted my time.
%@$/@?&$ !!!!!!!!!!!

(I get a little cranky when I go to bed at 3am and have to get up at 7am, for NOTHING)

 

[cbacres]

A quick show of what I picked up and a great start of the day for me.
Went to a garage sale the listed tools. Turns out it was a the wife of a guy that passed last year.I used to work with and I remained in contact with and was friends with. I did get to see him a few times in hospice last year.
Anyway, a Enox hip box with bunch of metric wrenches and nut drivers.

Story on this box, she asked me if I could pull down off shelf. It was padlocked. Tried a bunch of keys that she had and of course none worked. I teased her about him stashing his money in there. No bolt cutter or anything to cut lock with, except some nice files. Filed through shackle with a triangle file. Her neighbor and people at the sale were all watching, theories abound. Got it open and they were all disappointed except me.
Also picked up taps, drill bits and some other neat stuff.
Sorry for the long post.

 

[jakemac]

Oh, sure, rub it in.

 

[cbacres]

Wellllll............................. ******!!!!!!

Last night I saw an ad for a garage sale listing tools, one of the pictures had a red Cman Crowntop 26" machinist box in it (couldn't tell if the lid and cover were there). The ad said it started at 9am. At 9:15 me and another guy show up and we're the only ones. There were two cars in the driveway and we could hear someone inside. No-one would answer the doorbell or the phone.

TAKE THE DAMNED AD DOWN if you don't want to be bothered !
Better yet, don't advertise with your address in the first place !
I'm on 4hrs sleep and you just wasted my time.
%@$/@?&$ !!!!!!!!!!!

(I get a little cranky when I go to bed at 3am and have to get up at 7am, for NOTHING)

I've had that happen and it just pisses me off.i feel your pain.
Should be some sort of punishment, like a couple wheel barrows of horse manure left in the yard.

 

[jakemac]

Why would I be kind enough to fertilize their lawn for them when its much easier to do a drive-by egging at 2am (since they were so good to leave me their address in the ad).

 

[cbacres]

Why would I be kind enough to fertilize their lawn for them when its much easier to do a drive-by egging at 2am (since they were so good to leave me their address in the ad).

Good point.
Just duplicate thier CL ad and post in the free section.

Please come by anytime. Knock on door loudly

 

[zkling]

Picked up a basically new hot water pressure washer and a snap-on top chest/road chest for $1200 at the hot spot pawn shop.

Not a road chest, a KR637 top box.

 

[Waggoner72]

Not a road chest, a KR637 top box.

Just what I call them but good eye. Doesn't matter since it's already sold

 

[zkling]

Just what I call them but good eye. Doesn't matter since it's already sold

Road chests are designed for service vehicle use, built to different standards to take the abuse of being jostled around the bumps both on and off road. Alot of people incorrectly think that any box with a drop front is a road chest, not the case. What did you sell it for out of curiosity? They are nice top boxes, but kinda small by today's standards.

 

[JAKE-THE-TOOL-MAN]

Picked up a basically new hot water pressure washer and a snap-on top chest/road chest for $1200 at the hot spot pawn shop.

Nice scores! I would kill for a HD top box