2017 Garage Sale Thread

[Outlawmws]

BB, I'm lovin' that workbench/desk!

 

[Onedivinehammer]

Finds for the week
1) SK set 4512 in good condition
2) c-man 1/4 ratchet
3) challenger 3/8 breaker

Any idea on age of SK set?

Late 70's, maybe early 80's.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I've been putting a couple old singers together my self. bought them for an old hen I chase but she didn't like them ... I don't chase her any more... lol

A man has to set his standards high and stick to them! haha

 

[bluebolt]

Sometimes a little luck helps you find a sale. A friend invited me to meet for lunch at one of our favorite places last Thursday. On the way there I saw a sign for an estate sale so I stopped on the way back around 1 PM. It had started at 830 that morning so it ahd been picked over already but still found some goodies. Prices were mostly reasonable for the first day of a estate sale, the quarter box was a goldmine! Paid $34 total.

Pic 1: Goldblatt chisel and other punches, Xcelite splined driver kit, Dunlap ignition tool pouch kit. The drill chuck on the pouch fits a 1/2" drive speed handle or extension.

Pic 2: Top to bottom - Walden sockets, Upland Forge wrench, Thorsen sockets, 4 Snap On orange mini screwdrivers, SK Wayne DBE and SK 1/4" driver, PowerKraft 1/4" driver,
Proto sockets, large P&C 1 3/16" 1/2" drive socket, Plomb universal and socket, Giller sockets, Pocketwrench gimmick tool made in USA, Easco universal, Craftsman =V= sockets and an empty 1/4" metal socket case, no brand Forged in USA DBE, Bonney DBE, punch, sockets and 1/4" driver and a crossbar for a 1/2" breaker bar. On the right the non-reversible 1/2" drive ratchet with the plug has no brands or marking except for the Duro-Chrome Patent # 1902878. There is also an Ullman screw holder on the bottom right.

Pic 3: More tape measures for my collection, AC spark plug gauge, mini slide caliper, USA made taps that will replace some rusty ones in one of my tap sets and an always useful working Sharpie. Plus the yellow bucket in the back was handy to carry my prizes!

Not pictured is a vintage large meteorologist grade rain gauge made of galvanized steel and copper.

 

[Garage&Beer]

Good stuff BB, especially like the vintage tapes. I have a couple as well

 

[bluebolt]

This Powerkraft tool box popped up on Craigslist. I didn't need another box but for $20 I couldn't resist! It has been repainted, look like it was gray originally.

 

[3baygarage]

Well done for $20. You ****!

 

[bmwrd0]

This Powerkraft tool box popped up on Craigslist. I didn't need another box but for $20 I couldn't resist! It has been repainted, look like it was gray originally.

I bet there are two more drawers under the bottom panel, just like a '50's Craftsman, nicely done!

 

[bluebolt]

I bet there are two more drawers under the bottom panel, just like a '50's Craftsman, nicely done!

You lost that bet, just open space.

 

[bluebolt]

Here's the precision rain gauge I picked up Thursday. The logo on the bottom of the brass small diameter catch tube reads PRINCO PHILA PA. PRINCO is Precision Thermometer & Instrument Co, founded in 1910 in Philadelphia PA. This rain gauge is 1961 or earlier because the company moved to Southampton PA in 1962. The company is sill in business there making RF transmitter instruments. The funnel and outer can are galvanized steel, the large ring on top of the funnel has a 45 degree edge all around for better accuracy and appears to be copper, the dipstick appears to be brass with a high end plastic or phenolic measuring stick screwed to it. It rained yesterday and it was cool to check it to find out precisely how much rain fell.

 

[driftpin]

Stopped at a sale, and saw this box, began rummaging through it, and asked, ""how-much?" The woman stuck her hand inside, shoved the tools around, withdrew her hand and said, "$10!"

Oil filter stainless steel strap wrench
Plug wire boot puller, for those distributor-equipped cars/trucks
GB 4-way cable locators, glued
End-approach small diameter oil filter canister, adjustable
Velcro strips, glued
Irwin one-hand bar clamp 12”
Pickle fork
¾” deep socket ½” drive, plastic no-mar collar
4 lb. sledge, hickory handle
3/8” square-drive cordless drill bit adapter
Safetytwist USA safety wire pliers and big roll of 1/32” SS wire
Trim-tapered needle-nose pliers
Stanley-Japan needle-nose pliers unblemished jaws
Stanley-Japan side cutters unblemished jaws/cutting edges
Craftsman rubber hose clamps
Dasco Pro 13 piece punch & scribe set, USA
Auto body interior panels removal tools 6 pieces
Whetstone
US General SAE thread restoring file
Five taps, five drill bits
Tap handle, small
Finger & rope chainsaw blade
Battery terminal cleaner for male & female
Three spools of colored fine stranded wire
Craftsman brads pkg.

 

[bluebolt]

Driftpin, great score for $10!

 

[driftpin]

Driftpin, great score for $10!

I don't think I'll get much use out of the chainsaw on a string, but the other stuff is usable. What was somewhat surprising is that it's all in good, or very-good condition, some of it looks like opened but used very little, and a few are unopened/unused.

I'm not familiar with the Stanley hand tools from Japan, but I expect the red handles are probably something they did when they were sourcing them from there, and may not have used since. I think I have a lot of Stanley yellow tools.

They had some different tin snips, USA, but I don't really need them, and they weren't in the box, so I didn't add them to the box.

 

[topop101]

Met a new lady friend today and this one has 4 buildings full of junk! Two stories and basement , walk paths only! You name it , it's in there. She bought the place like that from an old collector couple. I picked just a few things that were on top as she gave me the tour. I could be in lust ! And she's not bad looking either...
I paid up a bit to stay in good graces because I'm sure there will be an upside to this venture ! Gave her $100 and going to take her to dinner sometime to talk about the next transaction!
The buildings use to hold a shoe repair and a plumbing company plus an old couple that were collectors of everything!
Here's what I ended up with
Littlestown 5" vise- 5" size isn't common
Hollands pipe vise
Ridgid Chain Vise
old wooden handle Pipe reamer
cobblers tack hammer- needs handle
cobblers claw hammer- old - blacksmith forged!
Stanley socket chisel 1/4
old fencing pliers
paddle lock stamped BEAR- cool-old
utiliplane- all aluminum ???
dansco all steel chisel
lever-wrench locking pliers
huge pair of vise grip style pliers- cheap but biggest pair I've ever seen
ratcheting phillips driver
roofing hatchet
metal hammer
H D Smith Super 6 60 winged screw driver perfect handle
leather die cutters hammer- the round leather stacked hammer
Rhineheart locking pliers
snap-on gsl 832 1/2 long handle ratchet
snap-on made tubelox scaffolding ratchet /hammer- This is cool. It has a fixed on 7/8 socket and the back of the ratchet has a hammer head on it for erecting scaffold . The socket is pinned on , remove the pin and it's a 1/2 hammer ratchet???

 

[Gidge]

I was able to pick the remnants of an estate sale today.

Out the door for $110. The boxes are a little rough, but function well. I'll probably not do a full restore right now, just clean them up, knock the rust down, then put some kind of protectant on.

When I get bored I might do a full restore.

Nice collection of boxes --diamonds in the rough.

The lady running the sale said the sold 'a bunch of old snap on stuff' from the $1 table....

Ouch !

 

[54fordtrk]

First post attempt so here we go! Not a garage sale find, but I was snooping in the collapsed bar at my great grandparents place and I found this tool box. A few ford wrenches and a bunch of Deere wrenches. The big wrench is marked Bonney on one side and 1 7/8 on the other. Not sure what it was used for. I need to clean them up a bit to get rid of the mouse poop smell.

 

[BlueBomber]

Nice hauls, driftpin, 54fordtrk & topop! From free to almost free to "breaking the ice", a haul of tools is very satisfying.

 

[cbacres]

Top, you just want to get in her drawers and boxes

It's what we all dream off, Huge building slam full of goodies and a pretty woman.

That some cool finds just for picking off the top. Look forward to your future buys from her.

 

[topop101]

Top, you just want to get in her drawers and boxes

It's what we all dream off, Huge building slam full of goodies and a pretty woman.

That some cool finds just for picking off the top. Look forward to your future buys from her.

Yeah this is going to be fun! There's such a huge variety of stuff there. So much way out of my wheelhouse but the kind of stuff she digs so defiantly going to be an education in junk! Gettin in all those "drawers" maybe be too!

 

[bluebolt]

Picked up this 1969 can of US military penetrating oil. It has never been opened, the little plastic spout has never had the end cut off.

I got this from the neighbor lady's yard I am cleaning up, I am surprised the can is in such good shape since it was outside.

 

[Gidge]

Picked up this 1969 can of US military penetrating oil. It has never been opened, the little plastic spout has never had the end cut off.

I got this from the neighbor lady's yard I am cleaning up, I am surprised the can is in such good shape since it was outside.

Nice score BB, I love NOS items, the fact that that is military grade just adds to the coolness factor.

I picked up this Eagle pump oiler yesterday -- the base is a little bent out of shape, but that can be fixed easily.

 

[jakemac]

Went to a rare Thursday estate sale this morning. They said they had tools. Technically they were correct, they had an extension cord and a busted battery charger. I ended up with 3 quarts of 5w-30 for the yard machines for $1. Spent more on breakfast at McDonald's and was more satisfied with the purchase.

Hopefully I'll have better luck tomorrow.

 

[RagTopTA]

Ragtop- $3 for a he Mac sets? Seriously?

That's some of the biggest suckage I've seen!

Hey 3bay I finally got around to looking up the price of those stubby MACs. they are $279.00 a set for the SAE and Metric on their website!! I got 2 extra wrenches on top of it so I did make a great find and didnt really realize it! bout $560 plus tax I guess and the other two singles. Made my day!

 

[RedVise]

snap-on made tubelox scaffolding ratchet /hammer- This is cool. It has a fixed on 7/8 socket and the back of the ratchet has a hammer head on it for erecting scaffold . The socket is pinned on , remove the pin and it's a 1/2 hammer ratchet???

You dont remove the pin ! Sometime you need to move the clamp a little bit without having to loosen the clamp. So you just flip the ratchet around and pound on the clamp a little...

Scaffold Builder back in the young crazy days... Chocolate Bayou Refinery, Alvin Tx

 

[Craptain]

You dont remove the pin ! Sometime you need to move the clamp a little bit without having to loosen the clamp. So you just flip the ratchet around and pound on the clamp a little...

Scaffold Builder back in the young crazy days... Chocolate Bayou Refinery, Alvin Tx

Good to see you here Red Vise. I had to miss your sale due to (real paying) work. And I think you may have been taking a nap when I stopped by later.

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[Corndoggeh]

Went to a rare Thursday estate sale this morning. They said they had tools. Technically they were correct, they had an extension cord and a busted battery charger. I ended up with 3 quarts of 5w-30 for the yard machines for $1. Spent more on breakfast at McDonald's and was more satisfied with the purchase.

Hopefully I'll have better luck tomorrow.

Once went to a thursday one and it was a woodworkers paradise. Too bad I got there too late and missed out on the 80 jergenson clamps for $1 each. But i did snag a set of german and austrian brad point bits all the way up to 1 in and 1/4 to 1-1/2 forstner bits with a lot of baltic birch plywood for $20.

 

[jwsia]

Generic Ratchet at the restore today. Kinda obvious who made it. Only marked USA on the handle, looks almost new, too nice for me to use.

 

[EOC_Jason]

Never seen a generic SK...

I did see some un-stamped Craftsman sockets at the pawn shop today. They were in a big bulk bin of sockets, kind of interesting but at the same time I didn't really care to figure out what size they were... lol

 

[bagged89s10]

I picked up a 215lb anvil for $120. It was cracked and repaired at one point but it's better than nothing. At least half of it has decent rebound.

 

[bluebolt]

Answered a Craigslist ad for tool boxes and tools. Got there and realized I had been there years ago, the guy was disabled and still had lots of tools but most of what was left was import tools.

Still managed to find a few things, spent $24 total.

Pic 1 left to right: Chunk of railroad rail, OTC bearing splitter, a large Matco puller and a smaller K-D Tool puller.

Pic 2: Zep 20 gallon and Mystik 15 gallon cans and the blue parts bin.

 

[hemifalcon]

Yeah this is going to be fun! There's such a huge variety of stuff there. So much way out of my wheelhouse but the kind of stuff she digs so defiantly going to be an education in junk! Gettin in all those "drawers" maybe be too!

Hoping the nice woman is a GJ user and calls you out!!! [emoji41]


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[cbacres]

Hit a estate sale this AM.

This Craftsman chest was hiding under a table, at least 50 people went by it.


Also this 1/4" drive set in a steel case.


Nice assortment of stuff, can of sharpened drill bits, misc wood and steel chisels, punches. 2" Bonny crows foot.

Also in the mix a can of electrical cord grips, like new 3 lb craftsman hammer, assortment of long c sockets, Diamond tip screwdrivers

 

[bubinga]

Nice Box!!!!
I like that 3/8" ratchet set. It's 3/8" right?
EDIT,
OH, 1/4" Wow, I like that style Ratchet.
I have one in a 1/2" drive.

 

[BlueBomber]

Very nice haul, CB!

 

[EOC_Jason]

Nice find cb, you ****!

I love it when good stuff gets missed in a corner or under a bench... I check the place out top to bottom a couple times over... There's always something good that everyone else missed.

 

[3baygarage]

Ragtop-You did well

CB- Nice. I'm keeping an eye out for a top box of that vintage to match my little roller and carry box.


Did some rummaging around at a nice resale place with a lot of tools. I have the feeling it was well picked over before, but I still found a few goodies.

Pic 1 - the lot- cost $20

Pic 2- Matco 1/4 flexible driver, Powrkraft 3/8 ratchet and combo wrench

Pic 3- Wrenches- Blackhawk, Williams angle, Williams "Special" socket end, I think a Proto 1/2 gear, Armstrong 3/4 drive 1-5/16

Pic 4 - All German Tools
wrenches- Hazet, Continental American Peerless (UNFAMILIAR WITH THESE, I only know Continental American Japanese tools)
sockets- Gedore, Elora and Belzer

Pic 5- All Plomb, Proto, Proto LA

Pic 6- Small Armstong clamp,

Broken 1-1/2" H&B vise. Got me all excited until I pulled it out of the box and saw it was broken, brazed, broken again, and missing the handle It may be good for parts

Pic 7 - Williams 3/8 drive sockets. Most of a set and 1 double.

 

[3baygarage]

Williams socket box

Hubbard Jointer

Old school hex ratchet. May need some I.d. help. S-K made?

Mystery knurled T handle tool. ???

Ridiculous Flip screwdriver- says TRW BEARING DIVISION INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS GROUP. I WON THIS AT HOPPY'S OUTING.

Hey, did you guys know someone won this at HOPPY'S OUTING?

Look like an Enderes?

 

[RagTopTA]

Ragtop-You did well

CB- Nice. I'm keeping an eye out for a top box of that vintage to match my little roller and carry box.


Did some rummaging around at a nice resale place with a lot of tools. I have the feeling it was well picked over before, but I still found a few goodies.

Pic 1 - the lot- cost $20

Pic 2- Matco 1/4 flexible driver, Powrkraft 3/8 ratchet and combo wrench

Pic 3- Wrenches- Blackhawk, Williams angle, Williams "Special" socket end, I think a Proto 1/2 gear, Armstrong 3/4 drive 1-5/16

Pic 4 - All German Tools
wrenches- Hazet, Continental American Peerless (UNFAMILIAR WITH THESE, I only know Continental American Japanese tools)
sockets- Gedore, Elora and Belzer

Pic 5- All Plomb, Proto, Proto LA

Pic 6- Small Armstong clamp,

Broken 1-1/2" H&B vise. Got me all excited until I pulled it out of the box and saw it was broken, brazed, broken again, and missing the handle It may be good for parts

Pic 7 - Williams 3/8 drive sockets. Most of a set and 1 double.

Nice haul! that Williams set is great! and Im betting you are the only GJ'er with a Hoppys find! Im off the week end starting at 1pm today! Gonna get after it!

 

[jeffmoss26]

That 4 in 1 is either an Enderes or a Four in One made in Jamestown NY.

 

[Rileysan]

This happened today at Goodwill.

S-K DBE wrenches
Craftsman =V= DBE
Plomb WF-82 DBE
Giller DBE
TrueCraft DBE
Barcalo Buffalo manifold/starter wrench
S-K combo
Proto Los Angeles DOE wrench
Mac combo

Paid $2-$3 each

Brian







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