2017 Garage Sale Thread

[Outlawmws]

Holy Cow TM, that's a haul!

How big is that shell casing? Seems pretty big.

Lugz, if its a Long C, on that Vise it's Late 30's to just after the war, so likely war years.

Likely made by Palmgren you can compare as they just labeled the std designs, but other made DP vises for Sears.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I helped out at a moving sale the last 2 days and managed to grab a few things.

Love the small arms box. That would look great in the back of your Dodge.

...a weird little double ended adj. wrench, about 4" long, never saw one like that before.

Me neither, and I like it! So I'm guessing it's symmetrical? One adjusting nut for both ends. When one jaw is open the other one is closed and vicey versey?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Lugz, if its a Long C, on that Vise it's Late 30's to just after the war, so likely war years.

That's my understanding as well, Outlaw. Thanks.

 

[tin medic]

Outlaw, its a 1943 dated 75mm case.

 

[454ragtop]

Me neither, and I like it! So I'm guessing it's symmetrical? One adjusting nut for both ends. When one jaw is open the other one is closed and vicey versey?

Actually the screw must be RH thread on 1 side and LH thread on the other, so as you turn the knurled barrel both ends move the same, either further open or further closed.

 

[duddly]

This weekends finds - first is a weird little double ended adj. wrench, about 4" long, never saw one like that before. ....

I think that wrench is a Baxter - those are awesome
http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=13763

he had a couple designs
http://www.datamp.org/patents/search/advance.php?pn=281432&id=30830&set=8

 

[454ragtop]

I think that wrench is a Baxter - those are awesome
http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=13763

he had a couple designs
http://www.datamp.org/patents/search/advance.php?pn=281432&id=30830&set=8

Wow Duddly, thank you very much. It has no markings whatsoever, so I had no idea where to start. Figured it was old, but wasn't thinking 1800's, looks more like the later patent.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I want one!

 

[davethorik]

I usually don't buy monkey wrenches, but I'd found the Pexto 15" somewhere for cheap and it was my only one til now. My dad rearranged his vintage wrench rack and gave me a matching 10" as well as the wood handled 6-3/4" that he didn't even know he had. The wood handled one is marked P.S.&W. CO. CLEVELAND, O. USA which I'd never seen before and thought was interesting. The others have the newer Pexto in an oval logo.

 

[Outlawmws]

That's cool Dave, I like Pexto/P.S.&W. tools! I have two 6's, an 8 and a 10; all P.S.&W.

 

[Cruzan80]

Usually correct, but these DP vises are weird. Looks like they never changed the stamping. I have one that has a Long C inside the circle (same as Lugz's) but with a Crowntop decal on the hump in the back, so 60's-70's.

Lugz, it looks like yours is missing the part where it can adjust the angle and bolt down to the table. Or am I just missing it in the pictures?

 

[duddly]

Wow Duddly, thank you very much. It has no markings whatsoever, so I had no idea where to start. Figured it was old, but wasn't thinking 1800's, looks more like the later patent.

I am so jealous!

 

[Smokeshow69]

I helped out at a moving sale the last 2 days and managed to grab a few things.

It looks like you helped out real well [emoji23] as in bought all the good stuff before any body else could [emoji51] seriously good haul! I like the plomb and the s.o. box! Was all that $100? If so you cleaned up! Wish I helped out at sales like that !


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[Outlawmws]

Usually correct, but these DP vises are weird. Looks like they never changed the stamping. I have one that has a Long C inside the circle (same as Lugz's) but with a Crowntop decal on the hump in the back, so 60's-70's.

Lugz, it looks like yours is missing the part where it can adjust the angle and bolt down to the table. Or am I just missing it in the pictures?

Lugz's is a straight DP vise; what you are talking about is an Angle vise.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

And in addition to that, it was meant to be hand held (for layout and smalls work) and I've seen the oldtimers, including my pop, clamp them in provisions on the press or mill table.

 

[tin medic]

It looks like you helped out real well [emoji23] as in bought all the good stuff before any body else could [emoji51] seriously good haul! I like the plomb and the s.o. box! Was all that $100? If so you cleaned up! Wish I helped out at sales like that !


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All for 100 dollars. The tools were all in the box, plus a lot more that wasn't pictured, mostly junk. The Craftsman stuff will have to find a new home as I don't use it. The husband used to reload his own ammo so I am going to take a look at that stuff this week.


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[3baygarage]

Well done for 100 bucks Tin. Sweet shell.

Tool Master that's a nice looking blue Klein. Is that a 15" next to the Diamond 18?

Duddly that wheel looks like a good grab. I hope you do well.

 

[Michael_in_DE]

You know how you go to a garage sale, and they say I have more...somewhere. And you say well give me a call when you find it? An then they never do? I actually had one call me back.

Everything is snap-On except the brake tool on the far right. $32

Why is there a 1/2" hole in the bottom of the breaker bar? Not sure how that would work...?

 

[Michael_in_DE]

Rolled the dice on an ebay special. They didn't have a battery to test it, and assumed it didn't work. It works. No LED, but it works like a champ other than that. $17shipped.

 

[Michael_in_DE]

Drove a half hour one way for a garage sale that promised tools. I usually get burned when I do this. Not this time.

$22 for the tools, everything to the right of the bronze breaker bar ($184 new. had no idea) is Snap-on. On the left is decent stuff, cornwell ratchet, and then a few craftsman 1/4 inch ratchets, and some kind of fancy german made fishing knife. Puma Soligen or something. Your supposed to be able to weigh your fish with it apparently.

$15 for the jack that had been siting outside. Pics below are after cleanup and some spraypaint.

An I knew I would like this jack because....

 

[stonesfan68]

Why is there a 1/2" hole in the bottom of the breaker bar? Not sure how that would work...?

I'm pretty sure that hole is there so that you can hang the tool on pegboard or something similar.




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[jeeper46]

If you were to be using that breaker bar vertically down a deep hole, you could put a tommy bar through that hole to turn it?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

If that's the hole you were referring to, jeeper's got it. Many Mfgrs put them in their hinged handles in all drive sizes. The cross bars are usually missing from sets when you find them at flea markets or garage sales or what have you, which is why any of us pick them up solo whenever we see them. They are NOT interchangeable, though. The diameter of the hole (and the cross bar that went with it) in 1/2-inch drive breakers varies across Mfgrs. Some exclusively used 1/2" (Walden), some 7/16" (Snap-On), and some 3/8" (Bonney, Duro, SK). And some (Plomb, NB) used a coupe different diameters depending on the type of breaker. Tin Medic has a nifty chart to help WWII collectors.

Or by "bottom" and "hole" were you referring to the 1/2-inch square female drive opening milled into the end of the handle? That's to turn the handle into a long extension.

 

[Sam'sAutoParts]

Like Lugtz said, the female drive in the handle can turn it into a long extension, or you can plug a extension into the hole and have yourself a cheater bar.

I have done both on my SK bar and gotten myself out of jambs a few times.

 

[Outlawmws]

Like Lugtz said, the female drive in the handle can turn it into a long extension, or you can plug a extension into the hole and have yourself a cheater bar.

I have done both on my SK bar and gotten myself out of jambs a few times.

no, No, NO, NO!

Doing THAT is Why they no longer put that hole in the end. instant broken Breaker, = Warrenty replacement.

You just got Lucky...

 

[Sam'sAutoParts]

no, No, NO, NO!

Doing THAT is Why they no longer put that hole in the end. instant broken Breaker, = Warrenty replacement.

You just got Lucky...

Wow, didn't expect that out pouring of emotion...I suppose cheater bar was the wrong terminology.

Don't lean your full weight on it, use it to get your knuckles out of danger of obstacles. Theses are vintage tools after all and need to treated with respect.

That concludes this GJ P.S.A.

 

[Michael_in_DE]

Well, thanks for the input guys. Learning something new every day.

 

[Sam'sAutoParts]

Picked up from the flea market on Monday.

Wright and Craftsman screwdrivers. Williams combo, Chrome moly DBE, and PlVMB large combo.

 

[bluebolt]

Lately I have been playing catch up with my finds and again I am over a week behind.

I went to the local flea market and found a few things on Sunday a week and a half ago.
Craftsman Crown level and a Greene and Tweed Defense Hammer with lead soft blow heads . Paid $22 for both, almost passed on the hammer but after the seller pointed out the handle was from the local and long time closed Ogilvie Hardware Co. in Shreveport LA I had to have it. The long closed Ogilvie Hardware Co. building was remodeled into apartments a few years ago.

From another vendor I know when I asked if he had found any old Craftsman lately, he pulls out this 1/2" drive Circle H ratchet in good working order. I picked up a few other things from him for $10 total. Craftsman stubby nutdriver and 2 DBE wrenches, Indestro and Wizard DBE's..

 

[Chromdome35]

From another vendor I know when I asked if he had found any old Craftsman lately, he pulls out this 1/2" drive Circle H ratchet in good working order.

I have that exact ratchet in my collection and it is in great shape other than it's missing the little BB and spring that are under the selector switch.

Any idea where I could get those?

 

[bluebolt]

I have that exact ratchet in my collection and it is in great shape other than it's missing the little BB and spring that are under the selector switch.

Any idea where I could get those?

No I don't other than a parts ratchet. I have a Bonney I lost the ball for myself.

 

[bluebolt]

UNISTRUT

Yes I was really glad to get that Unistrut, used a piece yesterday to repair the tailgate on my small trailer. I paid $120 for everything, 11 pieces of Unistrut would have cost me $200 by itself.

 

[M_George]

No I don't other than a parts ratchet. I have a Bonney I lost the ball for myself.

I used a bearing from a broken drawer slide and it worked perfectly.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...a Greene and Tweed Defense Hammer with lead soft blow heads...almost passed on the hammer but after the seller pointed out the handle was from the local and long time closed Ogilvie Hardware Co. in Shreveport LA I had to have it. The long closed Ogilvie Hardware Co. building was remodeled into apartments a few years ago.

I don't know anything about Ogilvie, bluebolt, but by the way you've described it, I suspect it was a venerable fixture in the area among oldtimers. Your desire for the haft is an interesting way of acquiring the WWII Greene and Tweed hammer head that has been mounted on it, which is something of a desirable collectible itself. If you're interested in reading more, here is an old GJ thread I contributed some info to.

I used a bearing from a broken drawer slide and it worked perfectly.

Ha! Clever.

 

[bluebolt]

I don't know anything about Ogilvie, bluebolt, but by the way you've described it, I suspect it was a venerable fixture in the area among oldtimers. Your desire for the haft is an interesting way of acquiring the WWII Greene and Tweed hammer head that has been mounted on it, which is something of a desirable collectible itself. If you're interested in reading more, here is an old GJ thread I contributed some info to.


Ha! Clever.

Thanks for the info on the hammer Private Lugnutz. Do you think it may have had lead faces on it originally? It does not have a number on it like other Greene and Tweed Defense hammers I have seen.

I was in Ogilvie Hardware for the final cleaning out auction back in 1999, not much left there at the time and I didn't buy anything. It's a 4 story 92,000 square foot brick building that is on the National Registry of Historic Places. It was turned into apartments in 2012, better than the fate of some other buildings around here.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It does not have a number on it like other Greene and Tweed Defense hammers I have seen.

Not sure, bluebolt. I have never seen one that did not have a number, and all the historical documents say they were rawhide.

It's a 4 story 92,000 square foot brick building that is on the National Registry of Historic Places. It was turned into apartments in 2012, better than the fate of some other buildings around here.

A 4-story hardware store?! Dang! That sounds like Belknap or Hargrave or some of the famed places like that that sold hardware, feed, lumber, tack, and had their own small foundry for fabrication and repair, a warehouse, etc. Did they name the apartments the Ogilvie?

 

[Rileysan]

I made a 220 mile round trip today to pick up a couple items that have been on my radar for a couple weeks.

The first is an S-K made Craftsman circle-k 3/4" drive socket set. All but one socket is original, and I believe the set is in its original Heritage era tool box. I didn't answer the Craigslist ad until it was two weeks old, hoping to get the seller to drop his price from $150. He accepted my offer of $125, and the rest is history. I haven't looked in the catalog yet to see if the set is complete.

Brian

 

[Rileysan]

The second item I picked up was this Huot 7 drawer roller. Even though I wanted to go after it the first day I saw it, I couldn't bring myself to make the drive over the eclipse weekend, fearing the expected traffic hassles. All went well on this trip and my patience paid off as the seller sold it to me for $65 (original listing was for $80, I offered $50 and we met in the middle).

Brian

 

[Sam'sAutoParts]

Great looking set, SK makes one of the best 3/4" drive ratchets, just wish they made a long handle version.

 

[Rileysan]

And to complete my trip, I picked up this box of misc wrenches (23 of which were vintage DBE wrenches) for $40. The guy had it listed on CL for over a month. I have yet to tally and photograph the lot, but there are Plomb, P&C, Williams, Bonney, S-K, long-c Craftsman, and a really unusual sized Duro DBE (1 1/4" x 1 3/16"). It may take a few days before I can sort and photograph the lot.

Brian