2017 Garage Sale Thread

[BlueBomber]

Had an awesome day Thursday, picked up a Wilton 9400 hd and 3 snap on flare nut wrenches for $30 at an estate sale and an 87 Yamaha bw200 off our local classifieds for $400.. best day I have had in a long time..

Well, simply put: you ****!

 

[RagTopTA]

hit a few G sales with no luck all kids stuff and clothes... moved on to the flea market and got a few things..

Craftsman 3/8 mini benchtop drill press, works good. $2.
Craftsman =V= 1/2 deep socket set in good shape $10
2 - 4 oz ball Pein hammers $4
Bonney Zentel DOE 1/2 - 9/16 $1
Thorsen 1/2 drv ratchet good shape $3

 

[bmwrd0]

Yesterday hit two estate sales when I was done working, nada. One ha$d stuff, but picked pretty clean. The other sounded good, but was just trash.

Hit a few more today, couple way out in the country. Spent $20.50 total:

PowerKraft socket set missing a couple things (3/4 inch and small 3/8, extension and spinner) Misc. hand tools, vintage reels, shotgun primers for my BP, film canisters, Plomb ignition wrench, sandpaper, wood mattet, a Duo-Therm (can't find anything out on it.) and some cool vintage safety glasses.

 

[Impala64]

Plomb 3/4 ratchet the smaller are proto Los Angeles. Indestro nut driver. Schrader air kit. Old wall lamp ect $30

 

[RagTopTA]

Plomb 3/4 ratchet the smaller are proto Los Angeles. Indestro nut driver. Schrader air kit. Old wall lamp ect $30

Nice find on that 3/4 Plomb in the wild! I'm still looking! ratchets are scarce round here.

 

[dodge610]

Another garage sale payed a little more than I wanted to he took my $40.00 dollar offer he had $50.00 on it.


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[Swingpress]

Well, here are my finds for the day.

Cole vise and drill combo.




And an 80lb Vulcan. Edges stink but rebound is around 85-90% across the face. $1/lb

 

[madison069]

Some serious good deals going on here today!! I didn't go anywhere cause I've been busy with the new house still. But I did get the two lawnmowers running today! The Westbrook self propelled will make you jog to keep up with it!!

 

[jrg]

Paid $6 for this assortment at my first stop this morning.

 

[Mr_P]

$15 spent for me. Probably would have been that much on the Sawzall blades alone.

 

[junktastic]

Went to around 18 yard and estate sales today. Got these throughout the day.
SK 3/8" deep SAE set, $5
Craftsman flying V 3/8" ratchet, $4
Brown & Sharpe magnetic base, $6
Small Kabar knife, $1
Funky Turny adjustable wrench, Starrett 818 auto punch, Craftsman V 1/4" Dr. T bar, $5 for the 3.
New in the box Wagner Power Painter, $5

I pick the power painters up when their 5 bucks, and use them till they die, or misuse them for small projects.

 

[jakemac]

Went to around 18 yard and estate sales today. Got these throughout the day.
SK 3/8" deep SAE set, $5
Craftsman flying V 3/8" ratchet, $4

Sweet !
I'll give you a you **** on these two, especially the Butterfly flex head. Those are hard to find in the wild.

 

[EOC_Jason]

Fresh Fire extinguisher ($1) and a pair of Armstrong 1/4" ratchets (one with missing selector) - $3:

Just a tip for everyone... The companies that inspect extinguishers typically have LOTS of old (but perfectly good) ones that can no longer be certified. If you see one of them in a parking lot working ask if they have any they want to get rid of, they will just give them to you. They can't legally sell them, and all they do is purge / trash them (or give them to people). Great for extras to have around the house, car, whatever... You could probably call them up and go to their office to grab some too.

 

[r_olson_06]

Here is from a separate sale that was on the second day. Every thing was $1 ea. Except the screwdriver that was fifty cents.


I didn't know there were plvmb distributor/obstruction wrenches?




Stanley sweetheart screwdriver

That is a new one for me. I didn't know they made them either.

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[davethorik]

Went to around 18 yard and estate sales today. Got these throughout the day.
SK 3/8" deep SAE set, $5
Craftsman flying V 3/8" ratchet, $4
Brown & Sharpe magnetic base, $6
Small Kabar knife, $1
Funky Turny adjustable wrench, Starrett 818 auto punch, Craftsman V 1/4" Dr. T bar, $5 for the 3.
New in the box Wagner Power Painter, $5

I pick the power painters up when their 5 bucks, and use them till they die, or misuse them for small projects.

Definitely a you **** price on the Brown & Sharpe magnetic surface gage. They are hard to find in the wild, especially for that cheap. Nicely done!

 

[dutchgray]

Today there was a yard sale thing on one of the streets in town, there was about 15 of them, I bought from 4.
View media item 70659View media item 70657Stihl top handle £45, put fresh fuel in as it was bone dry and it fired right up
Heavy duty farden fork £5
Hacksaw and new German grease gun £1 each
Crow bar £1
Hitachi sander £3
Taiwan made bench grinder £5 not the smothest running I have but its not bad.
Bag of tools, mostly English, inch and Whitworth spanners, nice bench drill index etc £5
Japan Kamasa 4" adjustable and the Skarsten hook blades (which sell for quite a bit on ebay now) £1
Well worth going today, could have bought more but it was all stuff I didn't need and would have been a pain to sell.

 

[junktastic]

Today there was a yard sale thing on one of the streets in town, there was about 15 of them, I bought from 4.
View media item 70659View media item 70657Stihl top handle £45, put fresh fuel in as it was bone dry and it fired right up
Heavy duty farden fork £5
Hacksaw and new German grease gun £1 each
Crow bar £1
Hitachi sander £3
Taiwan made bench grinder £5 not the smothest running I have but its not bad.
Bag of tools, mostly English, inch and Whitworth spanners, nice bench drill index etc £5
Japan Kamasa 4" adjustable and the Skarsten hook blades (which sell for quite a bit on ebay now) £1
Well worth going today, could have bought more but it was all stuff I didn't need and would have been a pain to sell.

Quality chainsaws are one of my weaknesses. I can't not buy them at a good price. That's about $58 US, so I would have picked it up if it was local for that price without batting an eye.

 

[garthg]

Some serious good deals going on here today!! I didn't go anywhere cause I've been busy with the new house still. But I did get the two lawnmowers running today! The Westbrook self propelled will make you jog to keep up with it!!

That's the racing model. It's got a five-speed stick shift.

 

[dodge610]

Update on the box I bought I bought by pics the guy sent me at his garage sale. Just picked it up he never told me it was full of vintage USA [emoji631] tools. Craftsman,Wiss,Stanley,Imperial,Yankee, just to name a few got it all for $40.00. Said it was his fil box and its in great shape.


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[Richard Cranium]

Dodge, sounds like a great score, please post pictures of the tools

 

[dodge610]

Some of the tools and I am still going through it all USA [emoji631] stuff haven't found any Chinese stuff yet.


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[dodge610]

Couple Cornwell ext. and a t handle


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[dodge610]

Small saw socket set no markings on it at all no china no marks at all not sure [emoji848] on this.


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[Swingpress]

Small saw socket set no markings on it at all no china no marks at all not sure [emoji848] on this.


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Indestro, should have a metal case. The Allen will hold the sockets inside. like this

 

[csp]

This Vidmar box followed me home yesterday for a little over $30 per drawer. I've kept my eyes open for a good deal on one for a good ten years and this one was about 1/2 mile away from home. I didn't even strap it down on my trailer for the ride home.

The pressure washer to the right of it was found down the road a few nights earlier with a free sign on it. It needed an unloader valve and some fresh gas.

 

[ecotec]

Did not get to look much today... I bought this dresser for $8.

 

[dodge610]

Indestro, should have a metal case. The Allen will hold the sockets inside. like this

No metal case but the ribbing on the sockets looks identical to the pic you showed. This one has me stumped could of lost the case

 

[LesserSon]

Yesterday was a dreary, rainy mess. This morning promised better weather, so with my adult children planning to take my wife out to breakfast, I schemed to get out and back before they woke. Nearly succeeded, too. So, a quick morning at two lightly-attended flea markets. A few mothers out, but mostly brunching, I guess. Got home around 10am, kids up but the wife had made them breakfast! Pancakes and bacon. Happy Mothers Day. Now the wife and daughter are apartment hunting and son heading back to his apartment, me with no ride for the afternoon. Glad I had my fun when I did!
$9 got me two Bonney DBEs (1-1/4x1-1/16 & 15/16x7/8), three Bonney DOEs, two metric (6x7 & 8x9mm) Indestro DOEs, a Husky CM-era 1/4" driver, a 1/4" Cman socket (oops, I meant to take the 3/16" Husky socket), a Plomb DBE, and an interesting Thomas Smith Snail brand DOE bearing "The Colchester Lathe Co Ltd" with 5/8&7/8UNC openings and about 11" long. Not shown: a pair of PEXTO gas pliers and a 8" sharpening stone.
Things I considered but chose to leave behind included a Richardson Bros (Newark NJ) handsaw with a worn but recognizeable Maltese-Cross medallion c1880-90s, two Bonney 1034 DOEs, a Bondhus 5mm hex driver.

 

[dutchgray]

Also got this compressor today.
View media item 70664A made in England single cylinder Ingersoll Rand type A pump, its only got a 1/2 HP motor so I imagine it doesn't much cfm and the tank is 15" dia and 18" long in the cylinder part, 3/16" plate on its tag, dated 1970. Got an auto water drain. This was an local collection eBay item and cost me £150.
Should suit my low demand needs nicely and is a whole lot better than the 25L oil less 1.5hp direct drive I have now.

 

[chopper1]

After coming up dry the past few weeks I finally managed to pick up some stuff
Wizard 1/2" drive box with an incomplete set of sockets and an H2831 ratchet
Wizard 3/8” drive box with 7/16” to 3/4” sockets and 3” extension
Some Thorsen USA 3/8” dr deep sockets, C’man hex bits, Mac sockets and a Snap On SW300-1/2 15/16” ½” dr sockets
1/2" drive ratchets, Mac V8PI and Proto 5449.

 

[duddly]

picked up this hill pump valve co brace wrench just to have something other than all the bit braces. http://www.datamp.org/patents/search/advance.php?pn=1243861&id=30742&set=2

it was a CL find at $12 but I couldn't resist

 

[LesserSon]

Small saw socket set no markings on it at all no china no marks at all not sure [emoji848] on this.


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Aren't there even size markings? Like Swingpress says, Indestro/Duro is most likely. They made several different kits that included the pieces you have there, and they don't all look like the one he posted. If there is really NO mark at all on the sockets, I agree it's probably Indestro, and could be part of a kit sold through a retailer like Western Auto or Sears. If there are fractional size markings, Indestro sometimes stamped a star on either side of them, and Duro stamped a sort of trapezoid in the same positions.
But SK and NB also made nearly identical kits. SK will have a small dot or a dash on either side. NB have a different style for their fractions and usually have a made in usa stamp as well.

 

[dodge610]

Aren't there even size markings? Like Swingpress says, Indestro/Duro is most likely. They made several different kits that included the pieces you have there, and they don't all look like the one he posted. If there is really NO mark at all on the sockets, I agree it's probably Indestro, and could be part of a kit sold through a retailer like Western Auto or Sears. If there are fractional size markings, Indestro sometimes stampted a star on either side of them, and Duro stamped a sort of trapezoid in the same positions.
But SK and NB also made nearly identical kits. SK will have a small dot or a dash on either side. NB have a different styke for their fractions and usually have a made in usa stamp as well.

Yes sir they are sae sockets 7/16 and up I will look for the star or the trapezoid on them thanks.

 

[duddly]

I need help identifying this magnet thing that I picked up at an estate sale for 50 cents.

it is labeled " DANGER - KEEP STEEL AWAY - this unit must be removed from service immediately for test & recharging if any object is attracted to it, strikes and adheres to it."

It is extremely magnetic at the center - the "aluminum" colored disk is free floating but I have been unable to remove it because of the powerful magnetism. I suspect that I could push it out of the field but there is a LOT of pressure on it to get it even a quarter of the way out. I am afraid to really try it without putting it in a vise, press, etc. The magnetism is strong where the points come together, but the flat base is not very magnetic at all.

I think it is labeled the indiana steel products company with a serial number of 35212

 

[duddly]

I need help identifying this magnet thing that I picked up at an estate sale for 50 cents.

it is labeled " DANGER - KEEP STEEL AWAY - this unit must be removed from service immediately for test & recharging if any object is attracted to it, strikes and adheres to it."

It is extremely magnetic at the center - the "aluminum" colored disk is free floating but I have been unable to remove it because of the powerful magnetism. I suspect that I could push it out of the field but there is a LOT of pressure on it to get it even a quarter of the way out. I am afraid to really try it without putting it in a vise, press, etc. The magnetism is strong where the points come together, but the flat base is not very magnetic at all.

I think it is labeled the indiana steel products company with a serial number of 35212

just found out it is a "radar magnet" - not sure what role it played in a radar system but many universities still use them today in their physics departments. the floating piece is a "keeper" and here is a prying method that I may adapt https://pirt.asu.edu/demo/5g1010a and another reference http://www.physics.montana.edu/demo...icityandmagnetism/demos/magnetassortment.html - I am happy for 50 cents!

 

[LesserSon]

Yes sir they are sae sockets 7/16 and up I will look for the star or the trapezoid on them thanks.

Do NOT brush, buff or polish them. A lot of tools from that era (and from what I've seen a disproportionate amount of Indestro) was cadmium plated, which unfortunately corrodes to a dusty gray. Leave it. Cadmium is highly toxic when inhaled or ingested as dust.
I know I'm not the first to point this out; it should probably be mentioned on every page.

 

[TheBigMortboski]

$10 for this. There's a Snap On, a Blue Point, some Plomb, Proto, and a couple others I don't recall.

 

[bargainhuntingking]

Got a 6' long 28" deep Lyon steel workbench for $75. I'd been needing a workbench for a while and it'd be perfect. Will likely mount it on beefy locking casters.

And all the tools on top of the workbench for $50, including a corded 3/8 Craftman drill and a Skil-saw.

The hand tools include some Hazet, Proto, SK and a cool old 1/2" Bonney socket wrench that requires pushing out the drive axle and pushing it in the other way to reverse the ratchet direction (it was $0.50). Box of foot long lag screws and stakes. Not a bad haul.

Not sure why some of the photos appear rotated 90 degrees. They appear normal on my phone. Seems to happen randomly?

 

[COL911]

Without case, I found similar at sale last year.

 

[Cf mtn]

This Vidmar box followed me home yesterday for a little over $30 per drawer. I've kept my eyes open for a good deal on one for a good ten years and this one was about 1/2 mile away from home. I didn't even strap it down on my trailer for the ride home.

The pressure washer to the right of it was found down the road a few nights earlier with a free sign on it. It needed an unloader valve and some fresh gas.

csp, good i, scooping up that pressure washer. those are good little homeowner units, cheap to fix if you know what to look for. did i see the turbo tip? that in its self is 30.00!