2017 Garage Sale Thread

[mike_paxton]

Slipped over to a sale on Monday.

Pic 1--Craftsman No. 5268 hand plane with missing front wood handle, an auger bit that someone welded onto a pipe for a handle and a rasp.

Pic 2--A the top is a magnetic bar strip, below it is unknown 9 inch draw knife, on left is type of metal spout (Made in USA) used when I was young for puncturing and pouring quarts of oil, an orphaned Stanley lever cap off hand plane and last is a roofing hatchet with Eclipse name on it.

Pic 3--Some additional pics of the Craftsman No 5268. Supposedly made by Sargent and dates no earlier than 1927 (Thks Bluebolt). About the size of a Stanley No. 6.

On the upper portion of planer blade, it says Craftsman, but also says "Unconditionally Guaranteed Craftsman America's Highest Quality"

Pic 4 On the upper body of plane, it has the 5268 number and on Pic 5 is the Craftsman mark on it as well.

Pic 6 and 7--Add'l Pics of the Craftsman 5268.

Mike

 

[AntiqueVises]

is this worth $80? missing lock, drawers slide good. seems like a great deal to me, just unsure

what year range is this from? just need a few pointers

 

[jakemac]

If a new lock is the only issue, you did fine.
Unless you're working in a shop, a lock isn't needed anyway.
Otherwise, a simple fix once you find a replacement.

Can't help on the age though.

 

[bluebolt]

Slipped over to a sale on Monday.

Pic 1--Craftsman No. 5268 hand plane with missing front wood handle, an auger bit that someone welded onto a pipe for a handle and a rasp.

Pic 2--A the top is a magnetic bar strip, below it is unknown 9 inch draw knife, on left is type of metal spout (Made in USA) used when I was young for puncturing and pouring quarts of oil, an orphaned Stanley lever cap off hand plane and last is a roofing hatchet with Eclipse name on it.

Pic 3--Some additional pics of the Craftsman No 5268. Supposedly made by Sargent and dates no earlier than 1909. About the size of a Stanley No. 6.

On the upper portion of planer blade, it says Craftsman, but also says "Unconditionally Guaranteed Craftsman America's Highest Quality"

Pic 4 On the upper body of plane, it has the 5268 number and on Pic 5 is the Craftsman mark on it as well.

Pic 6 and 7--Add'l Pics of the Craftsman 5268.

Mike

Sears Craftsman didn't come out until 1927 so that plane is unlikely to be earlier than that.

 

[AntiqueVises]

If a new lock is the only issue, you did fine.
Unless you're working in a shop, a lock isn't needed anyway.
Otherwise, a simple fix once you find a replacement.

Can't help on the age though.

haven't bought it yet. going to look at it friday, 45 minute drive. he's flexible on price too, i think it sounds like a pretty good deal. i need a cart anyways instead of laying tools all over my truck when working on something

 

[mike_paxton]

Sears Craftsman didn't come out until 1927 so that plane is unlikely to be earlier than that.

Bluebolt:

Thks for info on earliest date on the Craftsman 5268 hand plane being 1927.

Made correction to original posting.

Mike

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Just getting around to reporting my Sunday flea market finds.

A pair of Signal Corps pliers (Boker TL-107, Crestoloy TL-13), 11” WISS tin snips (also a Signal Corps tool), and a WILLIAMS 16 oz. hammer with the model number embedding the early part of the century size marking (“HBP-0”) and an original handle in exceptional condition.

I may be most excited about the half-moon wrench. It’s a THORSEN. Their starter-manifold wrenches in the 1935 catalog had a distinct 45* bend and what appears to be a flat shank. I’m liking this for wartime. Needs some TLC. Quite unintentionally, I have close to six or seven of these now, all different brands.

 

[bluebolt]

These are the tools I managed to save from the tool box full of rusty tools from the big lot a few days ago. They sat in Evaporust for about 12 hours.

 

[bluebolt]

This is Sunday's haul from a local flea market.

$10- Estwing hatchet sheath, WKM tape measure, Craftsman 4" adjustable

$5- John Deere and Williams wrenches. Love the big 28 MM John Deere!

$1- Made in USA bent nose pliers.

$4- 4 wood handle brushes and a steel handle brush, 2 of the wood handle brushes didn't make the picture because they are already in use!

 

[jeffmoss26]

Could have sworn I posted these...saved all these from the dumpster at a building my buddy manages. I love when they remodel and get rid of perfectly good stuff!

 

[Matt XYZ]

Picked up some rasps, chisels and files, Wera and Wiha Torx drivers, a Hazet 10 x 11mm, Heyco BMW and Walter Mercedes Benz wrenches, and a metal parts box for under $10 at the German flea market. I can't pas up Hazet and Stahwille wrenches when they are about a buck (Euro) each, even if I already have several other brands.

 

[JUNK-MAN]

Picked up this small lot for $5, craftsman driver and allen set, SO ratchet wrench and indestro pliers.

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[Private Lugnutz]

I picked up this thing up at my Early Early Bird flea market today.

It’s a Power-Pak Tire Inflator Fire Extinguisher and holder made by Power-Pak Products in Buffalo. It has a pre-1954 postal code in the address, and a 1948 I.C.C. inspection stamp. This is a little outside my collecting timeframe, and obviously civilian, but it was too cool to pass up. I was vaguely aware of these dual-purpose on-board vehicle tanks, but need to do more research. It looks like it originally came with another attachment (a hose, to be attached instead of the copper spray horn), and if I am interpreting the instructions correctly, the idea was to actually inflate the tire with the CO2 instead of air!

I'll post more pics of it cleaned up later.

 

[I8AWRENCH]

Picked these up on the last day/hr of an estate sale - normally I try and get there early before they open as the best stuff will go quick - but was nice to get these 75% off at a total of $3.75 gun rack for the benji and an odd faux wood file cabinet.



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[Jim_No_Garage]

It was a successful few weekends for me recently. I picked up a B&D Workmate Model 6, a Brandt rolling stool and a vintage formica kitchen table.

The pic's are the tabletop , the stool holding the table legs and the stool on the workmate after being cleaned up.

I don't need any of this stuff but the price was right so I'm probably gonna flip all of them.

I picked up another swing arm florescent lamp for cheap (no pics') - but that's a keeper for now. On a side note - I watched the movie "Hidden Figures" this weekend and the vintage NASA work room was cool - a swing arm florescent lamp on every desk! My kind of place. . .

Cheers

Jim

 

[Duct Tape Man]

Last weekend's haul from the garage sales:

two books: "Grading Rules for Western Lumber" from 1972, and RCA receiving tube manual
cast iron egg cooker (???), no markings but I believe it's vintage USA made
5 vintage wrenches (Barcalo Buff, 2 x Williams, Proto, and a tiny Fairmount)
6 vintage sockets (2x Craftsman, 2x no name, and 2 Apex driver sockets)
Bell System lineman's pliers
Kastar gauge (???), lots of wire thickness gauges
hex shaft
2 broken files that will end up being knives
looks like a old soldering iron missing the metal parts (I saved it for the handle)
set of 3 Stanley metal try squares
Craftsman claw hammer, handle is much too small for the head weight
4 more modern Armstrong wrenches
2 more modern sockets (Wright and Armstrong)

 

[Provincial]

A collection of items from several weeks of sales. Some garage sales and one old car swap meet.

First photo is Snap On wrench racks and steel drawer dividers. 2 pair of KRA15 and 3 pair of KRA22 wrench organizers, one each of YA425A and YA438A Socket Rails, and 8 ea. steel drawer dividers 28" long. $4.00 for the lot.

Second photo is from the swap meet: From left to right, Blue Point #375 angle screwdriver, two angle screwdrivers "P I Made in US", two like new WF Craftsman screwdrivers, Blue Bird #25 battery pliers, Utical pointed nose pliers, no name small lineman's pliers.

Third photo is swap meet stuff: P&C deep 1/2" dr. sockets, 5/8, 7/8, 1 and a 7/8 regular socket. KAL 1067F 1/4 spinner (knock-off of Plumb/Proto) with a 1/4 female drive in the handle, and a Thorsen 77J 3 open gear 3/8 ratchet with the gear cover for $0.75.

Fourth photo is garage sale stuff: Delcar SPCO punch, Vlchek punch with a modified end, and a chisel for my gooseneck air hammer. $1.00 each.

Fifth photo is wrenches from the swap meet: Craftsman V 11/32 combo (free), 11/16 Proto combo (0.75), P&C 3/4 combo to fill a hole in my rack, Williams 3/4 x 7.8 DBE marked USN-10, P&C and Indestro DBE's, and a P&C 1=1/16 combo.

 

[stewed baker]

Duct Tape Man:
That is an "aebleskiver pan."
A dutch pancake.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000F741O4/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[ktmracer]

Greetings! Some Auction stuff, I was stalking this Pepsi machine so I was happy to win it. 200. I think it's amazing that it's my age, and still mechanically works so good. I wasn't planning on the curb pump, but won it for 150. About a Jackson for each of the Craftsman items. I'm not sure why the boy wasn't happy in the pic, but he now really likes the vending machine.


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[Duct Tape Man]

Duct Tape Man:
That is an "aebleskiver pan."
A dutch pancake.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000F741O4/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Thanks, I can would have never guessed that!

 

[jakemac]

ktm - I remember sitting outside my Uncles gas station with a pocket full of quarters each summer and repeatedly emptying a machine just like that of its supply of orange soda.

He eventually gave me the key to the stockroom so he wouldn't have to stop working on cars to refill the soda machine all day.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

KTMracer: That would look cool in a 70's garage (or any garage!)
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Here are more photos of the 1948 Power-Pak tire inflator/fire extinguisher I picked up yesterday morning...

 

[M_George]

Could have sworn I posted these...saved all these from the dumpster at a building my buddy manages. I love when they remodel and get rid of perfectly good stuff!

I'm actually guilty of throwing away some of those Cat5 strips when we upgraded to Cat6. Seems money grows on trees for large company's doesn't it...

 

[M_George]

Could have sworn I posted these...saved all these from the dumpster at a building my buddy manages. I love when they remodel and get rid of perfectly good stuff!

Just gave it some more thought. Wish you could have been there. We tossed eight 6ft racks, 48 Cat5 RJ45 patch panels, and two dumpsters full of Cat5 patch cables of various lengths. Gave me the willies!!

 

[Outlawmws]

That's an interesting dual use for an extinguisher Lug!

I worked on one pit crew where the owner/driver had a long/tall CO2 tank for topping tires off. laid flat inside his hauler bus in the corner. He had a regulator on it however. You could easily blow a tire out with the full available pressure of a CO2 tank, so its easy to see why this didn't catch on!

 

[bubinga]

10 cent bottle of Pepsi. Must be around the 60's

 

[Private Lugnutz]

That's an interesting dual use for an extinguisher Lug!

That's what hooked me! I have a small wartime extinguisher collection. They were mounted on the inside of the tub, by the driver's left leg, initially, in jeeps. Then moved to the passenger side, same location. Although you can see them on fenders in period photos, too. This looks like it was made for service trucks, probably mounted somewhere in the cab. Those were all 1 quart THC's. I had never seen or heard of the concept of a dual-use FE/tire inflator!

I worked on one pit crew where the owner/driver had a long/tall CO2 tank for topping tires off. laid flat inside his hauler bus in the corner. He had a regulator on it however.

This has a regulator. That knurled knob at the top (called a "handwheel" in the instructions on the label) controls the release.

 

[drivesitfar]

I8: that gun rack brought back some old memories. my gramps had one like it hanging close to their back door and i think it had a 30 ot 6 and a 12 gauge sitting on it. i'd almost be willing to bet they were loaded too cause he lived on the edge of millions of acres of government and private logging lands so lots of interesting critters could show up un invited and hungry. can i ask what you are going to use it for?

Jake: wasn't a gallon of gas about $.25 cents at the time you were buying all those Orange sodas?

LUG: you always seem to find interesting stuff!!

Jeff: are you actually using those at your home or do you install for friends and clients cause you say they are still good to use?

ALL: thanks for posting and all were worth comments so a general WELL DONE to all of you!!

 

[ktmracer]

ktm - I remember sitting outside my Uncles gas station with a pocket full of quarters each summer and repeatedly emptying a machine just like that of its supply of orange soda.

He eventually gave me the key to the stockroom so he wouldn't have to stop working on cars to refill the soda machine all day.

Right on, I can see that. My 3 and 6 yr olds put dimes thru this for hours already, just for bottle water. Kids love something about the motions of the dime, light, bottle release. I guess I do too.


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[Outlawmws]

Lug, I think that is just a shutoff valve? A regulator would take the high pressure and regulate it to a lower (safer) pressure. Like the regulators on welding tanks, and sometimes used on compressed air lines.

 

[ecotec]

I bought the Brookins Service Station Equipment pump oiler (a rebranded Eagle) at an estate sale today for $3. I used my vintage Dymo-Mite Tapewriter to make the label.

I also bought a Starrett straightedge/ruler for $3.

 

[bubinga]

I bought the Brookins Service Station Equipment pump oiler (a rebranded Eagle) at an estate sale today for $3. I used my vintage Dymo-Mite Tapewriter to make the label.

I also bought a Starrett straightedge/ruler for $3.

Nice

 

[3baygarage]

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Here are more photos of the 1948 Power-Pak tire inflator/fire extinguisher I picked up yesterday morning...

Sweet find and it cleaned up great. I know a guy who collects fire equipment and memorabilia. I wonder if he has that, being local.

Google Books shows they appeared in Life magazine ads throughout 1947 for $6.45. One ad says "Instant death for car fires", lol.

 

[Smokeshow69]

The extinguisher/ inflator is super cool !


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[jakemac]

Jake: wasn't a gallon of gas about $.25 cents at the time you were buying all those Orange sodas?

This was in the early 70's. IIRC, at 50¢ea, the soda cost more per bottle than a gallon of gas.

Right on, I can see that. My 3 and 6 yr olds put dimes thru this for hours already, just for bottle water. Kids love something about the motions of the dime, light, bottle release. I guess I do too.

If it had been water in the machine, I wouldn't have spent so much money and I wouldn't have been so sick all summer.

 

[hempdiddy]

I turned a bunch of old jars and trippy cans full of random fasteners into a fully sorted haul for $20. There's probably 50lbs of stuff here not including all the electrical connectors that were in the cans, too.


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[EOC_Jason]

I bought the Brookins Service Station Equipment pump oiler (a rebranded Eagle) at an estate sale today for $3. I used my vintage Dymo-Mite Tapewriter to make the label.

I haven't googled yet, but does anyone have some suggestions how to seal those little metal oil cans better if they start to leak around that bottom crimp? I tried cleaning good then using flux & solder but it wouldn't stick. I have can that works good but it has a slow leak in that seam and leaves a mess...

In regards to patch panels, a lot of people don't like to re-use them because the connections on the punch-block can end up just loose enough to cause intermittent issues. So in a business environment it doesn't make sense to try and save a penny when you risk loosing a dollar...


So now on to my finds today... Got up early to hit a garage sale that advertised a drill press & wood lathe, but no pictures.... Got there and it was... interesting...

Had a small CMan router table built into a larger cabinet on casters that said Fujicolor or something similar, cabinet came out of a walmart. I thought it was a cool use as there was plenty of storage, had a drawer for router bits, and expanded the table area on the topside.

Had a nice old bench grinder... Missing power switch so some wires were tied together (and exposed) on the front. Had some big eye shields with light bulbs and a huge box on the backside with some crazy wiring job. Missing tool rests, side covers, etc... Didn't really need that big of a project so I passed.

Guy mentions they had a drill press too out in the shed but it was too big to lug up front and asks if I want to see it. I try to contain my excitement and say sure, show me the way. We get to the shed, it's a tiny little drill press mounted on a big wooden cabinet stand... LOL... Oh well... Didn't even look used. I was polite about it and told him honestly it was just too small for my needs.

Found a few hand tools... Proto 12" adjustable in good shape. Husky 1/2" ratchet & extension, Big 1/2" New Britain breaker, smaller 3/8" thorsen breaker, SK Wayne extension, and Plomb extension. Some no-brand spark plug socket was on one of them. Paid $9 for the lot.

Next yard sale was far away, my neighbor went with me. Had a ton of stuff in this metal building... Found a vintage NIB colman campstove oven. A nice also new vintage outers shotgun cleaning rod. A little Wilton bench vise that still had the little hardy wedge. It opened / closed but it need a good restore... I can see 3 different layers of paint on it. Paid $22 for the group.

They had a NIB old coleman lantern and also that little single stove like pictured a couple pages back, but wanted way too much for them.

There's a nice estate sale kind of far away, literally shelves of hammers and other tools. But I can see every thing is individually priced, and this estate sale company prices kind of high so I'm going to wait till last day for half price...

 

[ecotec]

I haven't googled yet, but does anyone have some suggestions how to seal those little metal oil cans better if they start to leak around that bottom crimp? I tried cleaning good then using flux & solder but it wouldn't stick. I have can that works good but it has a slow leak in that seam and leaves a mess...

I love this question. Thank you for asking it. Here is where I ruffle some feathers.

I love vintage pump oilers. You get a little piece of functional history for $2-3. Having said that... I only buy really nice looking ones (everyone will have a different opinion on what is nice looking). My math for pump oilers is to have however many you need plus two. If you buy a new oil you want in a pump oiler... you pick the cooler looking of the spares, do a two minute cleanup, label it, and fill it up. If one leaks or does not work right... grab a spare and pour the contents of the leaky one into the spare. Then... throw the leaky one away! I know this goes against the hoarder grain of this forum, but do it. So... how does one fix a leaky seam? The answer is, you don't.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Lug, I think that is just a shutoff valve? A regulator would take the high pressure and regulate it to a lower (safer) pressure. Like the regulators on welding tanks, and sometimes used on compressed air lines.

Did you read the instructions? I think it's essentially the same thing. It says to turn slowly, with caution, expressly so that you don't blow up the tire. I am assuming that means you can control the flow with that valve. The tank is full by the way. Never been used, in fact, because it still weighs out at exactly 8 lbs 1 oz.! I've re-conditioned several of the Jeep FE's, and I always empty them first, especially if I am selling them to someone through the mail. I may leave this one alone until I decide what I'm going to do with it.

The extinguisher/ inflator is super cool !

Thanks, Smoke!

Sweet find and it cleaned up great. I know a guy who collects fire equipment and memorabilia. I wonder if he has that, being local.

Thanks. I was worried about the label. I couldn't tell if it was paint or a really well-done transfer, but it's paint. I used some green-friendly product and a fine scotchpad.

Please share the pics with your friend!

I am particularly interested in getting a translation for the markings, especially the I.C.C. number (assuming like the ones on oxy-acetylene tanks), what I am assuming is the date ("3-48", again, based on the pre-1954 postal code), and that "SPUN" stamp with the strange symbol underneath it. And of course anything he knows about the company. All I have been able to find on-line are other examples of their products, none exactly like this, but other smaller capacity versions, usually stripped of holders and accessories (like the spray nozzle).

EDIT: Doesn't anyone else think the label is anachronistic and weird (in a good way)? It's a little progressive for 1948. The crazy font of the "Power-Pak" with the radiating rays behind it looks almost psychedelic to me. Like something on the wall of a Surf Taco restaurant.

Google Books shows they appeared in Life magazine ads throughout 1947 for $6.45. One ad says "Instant death for car fires", lol.

Hahaha. Let's hope it's not "instant death for car inner tubes" or "instant death for those dumb enough to try this thing 69 years later!"

 

[EOC_Jason]

If one leaks or does not work right... grab a spare and pour the contents of the leaky one into the spare. Then... throw the leaky one away! I know this goes against the hoarder grain of this forum, but do it. So... how does one fix a leaky seam? The answer is, you don't.

lol, alright... No worries, I usually find them for like .50 or $1 so yeah it's not like a huge loss if I have to toss it...