2017 Garage Sale Thread

[bluebolt]

EOCJason you **** on the $25 Parker vise!

 

[Teenager with old tools]

bought this Milwaukee drill for $10 and it works pretty well. I know it's not meant to be high torque but it'll run a 1 1/4 inch auger wood bit through an 8x8 pretty easily


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[topop101]

Well one thing for sure I don't move as fast as I use to. I was fourth in line but 2 of the 3 ahead of me were rusty junkies as well and being banged up with a disgruntled daughter tagging along as my pack mule didn't quite work out for the best but I managed a few decent items none the less.

This is the 3rd chain vise in about as many weeks , I guess good things do come in threes!
set of riffle files
Plumb Hatchet
Plumb Champion dbl bit axe
Hand forge hatchet
Beal Bros. straight peen hammer
Smith & Wesson dble faces hammer- rubber/ resin
Warwood 8lb striking hammer with original octagon handle. Partial label from rich- con hardware in kc,mo -I can't remember off the top of my head when they went out of business
Pair of phone company crimpers (nicopress No 17-2)
Carved wooden letter opener
Williams 12" adjustable super wrench
3/4" socket style wood chisel
Metal working hammer
Twisted wire monkey wrench
Old brace
16 mm movie reel rewinder
Diamond Caulk horse shoe co. lineman pliers
chrome electric bell
1924 keuffel & esser Co. slide rule with leather case.- Now I don't have the foggist idea how to work this , it's about a mile over my hill billy head! But It's very well made , in good condition and if I can get one of my smart friends to teach my a thing or two about it it may be usefull

a free table top my daughter wanted - I have to make head boards for my grandsons bed. I guess that's a good trade for the morning she gave up!

And not pictured is a real nice shop broom
Not the huge day I was hoping for but it got me out of the house and that was worth the 68 bucks I spent

 

[EOC_Jason]

Horse shoe logo may be Atha Hammers. They went out of business around 1910 or so. Nice find!

Yep, it was. I just cleaned it up a little bit ago and was able to see it better and read the text.

My neighbor gave me this Thorsen the other day. I was cleaning it up and when putting back together the little detent pin shot out like a rocket across my garage... Spent two days looking for it but finally found it this evening. Magnets picked up a TON of wire wheel fragments and last night I was picking them out of my hands.

Anyhow, I was excited because it was a stubby, but after looking up the model number it wasn't a real stubby, the previous owner just modded it, which I think they did a darn good job. I really like it and can't wait to use it.

 

[EOC_Jason]

What is this waiting in line that everyone keeps talking about? I've never had to wait for any estate or garage sale. It's just one big free for all...

Teenager - Funny I saw that same old Milwaukee drill & right-angle attachment at an estate sale today. I don't remember what they wanted to for it... Too much I think, or I just talked myself out of it because I know I wouldn't use it. Might go back on half-price day.

Bluebolt - I probably could have talked him down to $15, but I was just happy to find a vise in this area that wasn't a beat up POS. Also finding that SK socket set and my eyes got so large when he told me how much he wanted for them, I just didn't have it in my to haggle... lmao... If I told you how much the SK cost me you would *really* hate me.

 

[Corndoggeh]

What is this waiting in line that everyone keeps talking about? I've never had to wait for any estate or garage sale. It's just one big free for all...

Teenager - Funny I saw that same old Milwaukee drill & right-angle attachment at an estate sale today. I don't remember what they wanted to for it... Too much I think, or I just talked myself out of it because I know I wouldn't use it. Might go back on half-price day.

Bluebolt - I probably could have talked him down to $15, but I was just happy to find a vise in this area that wasn't a beat up POS. Also finding that SK socket set and my eyes got so large when he told me how much he wanted for them, I just didn't have it in my to haggle... lmao... If I told you how much the SK cost me you would *really* hate me.

Where I live, estate sales have become the "fashionable" thing to do. So you have a massive combination of hipsters/junkies/career flippers/etc that pay exorbitant prices on things that they wouldn't bother looking at in a normal yard sale and tools make it even worse so they always line up early to find "that deal". The career flippers are usually people from South of the border that buy everything to resell across the border, and ill leave my opinions on that to myself. However, once in a blue moon there is a sale that is so good that even I will line up early just to get at some of the best deals. So because of those career flippers and others, people line up as early as possible so that they can snag the deals before the flippers and hipsters come.

For example:
There was one sale I went to that I decided to line up at 6AM where the sale started at 7AM where the owner passed away and left a fully stocked woodshop. When I got there, there were already 6 people infront of me and it was a good thing I went early too because I made off with Jergensen clamps for $1 a piece and a million other tools for dirt cheap just as things were flying off the shelves in a frenzy from the other buyers. My absolutely patient girlfriend waited by the pile that I started making to make sure no one grabbed at it and I checked every nook and cranny but even then I missed a lot of things as people found them as well. Once I got what was the best deals I left, came back later in the day after there were only a few others left and got to make mega deals since everyone dug all the stuff out of the corners for me. That mega deal was 200 drawer slides, 12- 5000 count boxes of brad nails and staples, and so much more but that was before I joined GJ.

 

[nine4gmc]

My neighbor gave me this Thorsen the other day. I was cleaning it up and when putting back together the little detent pin shot out like a rocket across my garage...

Try putting the head of the ratchet in a magnetic parts dish while working on the small parts, I learned it the hard way after losing two balls from a Craftsman rebuild kit during install on one ratchet. The ball tends to stick to the ratchet or dish if it comes loose when you use the magnetic bowl.

 

[racinfarmer]

What is this waiting in line that everyone keeps talking about? I've never had to wait for any estate or garage sale. It's just one big free for all...

Teenager - Funny I saw that same old Milwaukee drill & right-angle attachment at an estate sale today. I don't remember what they wanted to for it... Too much I think, or I just talked myself out of it because I know I wouldn't use it. Might go back on half-price day.

Bluebolt - I probably could have talked him down to $15, but I was just happy to find a vise in this area that wasn't a beat up POS. Also finding that SK socket set and my eyes got so large when he told me how much he wanted for them, I just didn't have it in my to haggle... lmao... If I told you how much the SK cost me you would *really* hate me.

Here, they put out a can with numbers in it or start handing out numbers a couple hours before the sale starts.

Once the sale starts, up to whatever number they decide on is let in to dig, and usually as one person leaves, another number is let in. After a while, it is just a free for all like a typical garage sale.

I get a little perturbed with all these estate sales starting on Thursdays and Fridays. That means the working guy like me has to either take a day off work to go look or hope the hoards/flippers miss a few things. Needless to say, I don't go to a lot of estate sales.

 

[Outlawmws]

Try putting the head of the ratchet in a magnetic parts dish while working on the small parts, I learned it the hard way after losing two balls from a Craftsman rebuild kit during install on one ratchet. The ball tends to stick to the ratchet or dish if it comes loose when you use the magnetic bowl.

Working inside a baggie also works.

 

[hemifalcon]

Just gotta say this--
Teenager With Old Tools---military mind of a Jarhead automatically creates acronyms.. TWOT... Too close to ****.. [emoji41]


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[hemifalcon]

Nice little OfferUp find of the night.. Grabbed a mostly complete VJ-G series Craftsman set I'll finish up with orphans.. Plus some odds and ends-and the cool Imperial 4lb Brass Hammer included in the $50 lot.. Other junk not pictured already has a buyer coming tomorrow to further enhance the deal!!








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[Teenager with old tools]

Just gotta say this--
Teenager With Old Tools---military mind of a Jarhead automatically creates acronyms.. TWOT... Too close to ****.. [emoji41]


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So you're telling me I should change it to teenager with a tool?


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[hemifalcon]

So you're telling me I should change it to teenager with a tool?


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[emoji23] just messing with you a little bit man..


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[EOC_Jason]

Around here there are only a small handfull of estate sale companies, so you get to know which ones price things high and which ones price to sell, and which are firm on prices and which will wheel & deal...

Right now there are so few sales (like yesterday was 1 garage sale & 3 estate sales), that I plan my route so it brings me back home, or is along my way running other errands...

Unless there are a large amount of quality tools involved, I'm not going to try and get there before they start, I might show up around 9am after traffic has died down. Usually when they are going to have a big tool sale, they make sure to announce it because they know all the guys will storm that place. Some that have a bunch they will do a "tool only" day before the rest of the house.

Garage sales are always a wild card. You never know what prices will be, and you never know what they will have. The sale yesterday that I found the Parker vise & SK tools and other things I thought I got a good price on... My neighbor came back with the bed of his truck full of boxes of stuff... I think he ended up paying less than $20 for all of it. Most of it was small-engine parts for Briggs & Stratton and Tecumseh, gaskets, caps, rings, carbs, rebuild kits, etc, etc... Then a couple buckets of rusty tools... Some he will keep, but he also knows a guy that works on small engines too that he can flip and make some money.

There are people from all walks of life that go to these sales that I've seen. Everyone is looking for something. Can't say I've seen any hipsters, though they are probably more down in Fayetteville around the university. Up where I live is families and retired people.

OMG, yesterday I saw like this 90-yr old guy driving a mini-van going to an estate sale. He kept veering to the right towards all the cars parked along the side of the street. I swear he was only a micron away from hitting someone's mirror. One reason I always fold in my (trailering) mirrors on my truck and park kind of far away... lol

Today is the day I found out how much college is going to cost for my oldest child.

I put that thought out of my mind when I realized how much I'd pay for this ratchet...

Mine! Though I saw one on eBay for $10 you can cut & grind to do the same... lol. Heck of a lot cheaper than a real stubby!

Try putting the head of the ratchet in a magnetic parts dish while working on the small parts, I learned it the hard way after losing two balls from a Craftsman rebuild kit during install on one ratchet. The ball tends to stick to the ratchet or dish if it comes loose when you use the magnetic bowl.

When I took it apart, I had a rag covering it all, but it was all caked in grease that both the spring & pin stayed in place. lol... Good tip on the magnetic bowl though. When I was putting it back together yesterday, I made a pile of rags around my work area and was careful to angle the part so that it something did shoot out it wouldn't go far.

Do you need any rebuild kits? Owner of my Hometown store has a few boxes of them in the back. He lets me go digging through them when I need one. They are mostly for 1/4" drive, but there is still a good amount of 3/8" and some 1/2" drive...


Hemifalcon - Nice find!

 

[Cruzan80]

Rebuilds for Thorsen, or Craftsman?

 

[Impala64]

Picked up today $15 first Wilton slight bend in handle

 

[Whchua]

Thats my wish list to pick up a wilton that cheap...

 

[EOC_Jason]

Rebuilds for Thorsen, or Craftsman?

I was talking about Craftsman... Hometown store is the franchise owned mini Sears locations with Appliances, Tools, and Lawn & Garden...

 

[Cruzan80]

That was what I thought, but wasnt sure. Somepeople mean their hometown hardware store, vs Sears Hometown. I am trying to find a couple of breaker bar replacements, but they are for older equipment. If you don't mind, I can PM you part no's when I get home.

 

[WarrenJ]

No yard sales today. Hit up the ReHab Store. Picked up a Bonney 1162 1/2 inch combo, and SK C-18 9/16 inch Combo, SK-Wayne 40122 11/16 inch socket, SK 40120 5/8 inch socket and a SK 40422 11/16 inch deep socket. Under $10.00.

 

[jakemac]

One moving sale this morning. Nothing worth driving for, good thing I was headed in that direction for errands anyway.

Some slim possibilities for tomorrow, but with temps in the teens and neg windchill all day I'm not looking forward to going out. I may need to dig the bunny lined hat out of the closet.

We might be getting hefty snow next week, I wonder if I can score some icemelt.

 

[jeeper46]

Thats my wish list to pick up a wilton that cheap...

When my plant closed, there were hundreds, if not thousands of toolboxes left there with Wilton vises welded to them, along with hundreds of workbenches with vises of every size welded to them. No one knows what happened to all that stuff when the plant was scrapped and torn down a year or two later, but I wonder if there is a tool forum in China where guys are showing off their Wiltons?

 

[EOC_Jason]

Usually they end up auctioning anything of value in factories / warehouses before any demolition... Sometimes the auctions aren't well advertised though and very easy to miss if you aren't in the loop with the industrial crowd... I'm sure someone got a huge lot of them for a song though...

 

[ttpete]

Usually they end up auctioning anything of value in factories / warehouses before any demolition... Sometimes the auctions aren't well advertised though and very easy to miss if you aren't in the loop with the industrial crowd... I'm sure someone got a huge lot of them for a song though...

Many of the industrial auction companies will put you on their mailing list if you ask them. You can usually subscribe online.

 

[Cf mtn]

hey all, went up to a friends church to check out their annual rummage sale. found some good stuff. snagged a JD mower and a stihl elec. blower then went inside to check out the guy section. picked up a few bags of sockets 1.00ea, couple .50 wrenches and 2 little (cheap) socket sets. turned out the sockets where interesting.

 

[Tomthumb717]

Picked up a nice S&K 1/2" drive socket set complete with the original box for $20.00 today. Just a little wipe down and this baby will look brand new.

 

[EOC_Jason]

Nice S-K Wayne set!

 

[bagged89s10]

Picked up a couple nice planes and a cool set of pliers. Not a steal but paid $17.

 

[madison069]

Picked up a nice S&K 1/2" drive socket set complete with the original box for $20.00 today. Just a little wipe down and this baby will look brand new.

That's a nice SK set!! You ****!

 

[madison069]

Picked up a couple nice planes and a cool set of pliers. Not a steal but paid $17.

I can't tell on the phone, but what brand are the planes?

 

[EOC_Jason]

I can't tell on the phone, but what brand are the planes?

Big one says Defiance on the handle, but looks Stanley made? Maybe the OP will fill us in...

 

[Bill Ramsey]

No sales identified today worth enduring a cold rain. Living through you guys.

Tomthumb717: Nice SK set. The 1/2" drive ones don't fall off trees.

dkroth: That's a nice vintage tin. The kind of item that just looks cool sitting on the shelf.

Impala64: Looks like overall good shape, esp. the jaw inserts. $15? You flaming ****.

bagged: Let's see some more pictures of those planes!

 

[EOC_Jason]

No sales identified today worth enduring a cold rain. Living through you guys.

Ditto... Cold & raining... temp dropping supposed to get some sleet this evening I think... No reason to be out...

 

[Tomthumb717]

After a quick clean up. I think i will place this into service in the near future. Does anyone know what kind of warranty info S&K offers on their older sets such as this as these are my first S&K acquisition.

 

[jakemac]

2 stops this morning.
The first was a moving sale at 8a with the whole garage set up as a mancave. There was some great stuff in there. The husband left and wasn't there to price things. He kept getting annoyed because his wife and son kept calling him for prices. He was loud enough that you could hear him through the phone. He was throwing out crazy prices, so I passed on most of the sports collectibles I might have been interested in.

Pic 1 -
Paid $10 for a Patriots rug (46"x67")
The wife apologized because it was dirty. I told her not to worry, she should see the floor it was going on. (the picture is after I vacuumed)




The second stop was a poorly managed estate sale. I got there an hour early and was #7 on the list. When they opened at 10a, she ignored her list and let 15 people in without checking names. The garage was separate. At the same time they opened the house, they opened the garage door and let everyone else wander in. I was trapped at the front door and ended up going to the basement with the other 6 guys in front of me. NOTHING.

When I got into the garage, everything was either sold or outrageously priced. I found a few scraps under the trash piles.

Pic 2 - $2
S-K #45161 3/8dr 6" extension
-----#45169 3/8dr 3" extension
-----#4420 3/8dr 5/8" spark plug socket
Challenger (Proto) #1265 3/8dr 3" extension
SnapOn FX-2 3/8dr 3" extension (no date code)
Bonney #1116 1/2" combo wrench (raised panel/recessed handle) What years were these made ?



I had to pass on a set of three wooden folding seats from the old Boston Garden. They wanted $950. Not even close. I may have to put this company on my "ignore unless outstanding" list.


There was a third possible stop I had planned, but it was too far away in the other direction so I passed. I didn't expect to find anything there anyway.

 

[RagTopTA]

Went to the monthly flea market and saw the tool guy there Ive made friends with. He waved me over and showed me what he had for me. Big lot of Plomb wrenches! $65

Also picked up
1/4 old crafstman ratxher and small box of cm sockets
1/2 challenger ratchet
1/2 pennens ratcher
1/2 snapon extn
A proto wrench with pebble inset boxes
Armstrong clamp
Few other odd amd ends.

Ended up around $80 today including three tacos and a coke! Hope everyone is having good luck!

 

[EOC_Jason]

MMmm... Tacos....

After a quick clean up. I think i will place this into service in the near future. Does anyone know what kind of warranty info S&K offers on their older sets such as this as these are my first S&K acquisition.

As long as they aren't abused I'm sure they will warranty out anything that breaks. I doubt they have some vintage knurled base sockets sitting around, more than likely will replace with modern equivalents.

 

[Outlawmws]

Well yesterday I slipped out to an estate sale and got a few household items and a wool blanket for camping, but today was a bust locally. We are about to drive an hour and a half to visit in-laws, and I'm hoping to hit a couple of stops there...

 

[bagged89s10]

Big one says Defiance on the handle, but looks Stanley made? Maybe the OP will fill us in...

The bigger one is a Stanley. The smaller one only says made in USA

 

[3baygarage]

There were a lot of sales on the area this week and a few sounded pretty good but I decided to stay home.

BTW it's National Worship of Tools Day as posted by another member here:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6373473#post6373473