2017 Garage Sale Thread

[bluebolt]

I'm still a week behind on my posting my finds. From last Friday at the first day of an estate sale. Spent $77.

Pic 1: On top the Craftsman and Dunlap items were some of my favorite finds, especially the Dunlap auto body ******* tool and vintage Craftsman saw blade in the sleeve. The Crown label blue allen wrench pouch I haven't seen before. Lower left is a Billings wood handle 3/8" driver that will be a keeper. And that adjustable wrench with yellow paint on it is a early 1940's J. P. Danielson BET'R GRIP with the broached hole so it can be used on a 5/8" nut.

Pic 2: That axe head in the center is a Sager Chemical axe from 1924 in the Puget Sound pattern and is already the prized possession of my axe and hatchet buddy. I paid $4 for it and sold it for $15, a nice little profit. The larger adjustable wrench is an Indestro and after the pic I did a bunch of cleaning on it and it looks much better. There are various other USA made tools in these pictures, I didn't bother posting pics of the import stuff that went straight into the for sale pile.

Pic 3: This Siestaware Snack Jar is a match for the Western motif mugs I already had so it was something I just had to have LOL.

 

[RagTopTA]

Hit a swap meet today. they dont usually have as many tools as a Flea but you can find some good stuff if you dig. I found some clamps on a guys trailer full of stuff. He said everything on the traailer is a $1 !! So got a big older clamp wioth butterfly end. No makers mark I can see. A Willams and an Armstrong 3 " hd clamps. Few things here and there... One guy had a !/2 and a 3/8 Plomb extension... he told me all about PLOMB and how it was worth a lot..$25 a peice... left them siting there of course. Found a couple PLOMB Pebbles, 3034, and 1220 for a $1 peice. then 4 diferent ratchets at 4 diferent places. P&C 2718 combo, and a Proto Ingersol-Rand ignition roll missing 2 wrenches. Spent about $25 today and got to hunt a long time and see some really good old cars and parts along the way.

Walden 4060 3/8 drv
Plomb wf21
Proto wf21
Wards 3/8

 

[jwsia]

Very nice snapper. I love my Hi-Vac

Looks like it will clean up really nice

 

[jwsia]

Very nice snapper. I love my Hi-Vac

Looks like it will clean up really nice

 

[BlueBomber]

Harrumph! A "Multi-Family Garage Sale--HUGE!!" with "tools" throughout the ad, allegedly a half mile from my house, totally wasn't there, presumably due to the gray skies and threat of rain.

 

[jakemac]

3 stops today. NOTHING.

The first stop was a sale that I've been to before. This guy is frustrating. He has some really good stuff hiding in his garage, mostly machinists tools, but he saunters about and occasionally brings something out and casual tosses it on the table like he's throwing a dog a bone. You never know what he's going to sell and he won't tell you. I don't think he knows until he puts it on the table. I always wonder what I might have missed because I refuse to hang around all day for him to put things out. I can't wait in the truck and watch because it's a busy road and there is no place to park. I have to park on a side street down the road and dodge traffic crossing the street.

Harrumph! .........

Harrumph, Indeed !
The sales were as dreary as the weather.

 

[Sunset_Z28]

Today's flea market finds. Missing the 9/16 and the 13/16 is cracked. They are pretty caked with grease but should clean up well.

 

[jakemac]

Sweet. Love those green boxes SK goodness. Like opening up your favorite box of chocolates.

 

[LesserSon]

Two stops today. $12 total. Starrett, Craftsman, Barcalo, Bonney (including my 2nd 2oz ball pein in as many weeks), Klein. The Ordinance Department brass lock has a Corbin key, some pitting on the shackle, chain (I guess) broken off.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Nice find on the Ordnance Dept padlock!

 

[454ragtop]

Well my good fortune continued today. Couple stops that were a waste of time, but all in all pretty good. Spent $29.00 for all of this, thought my eyes were playing tricks on me when I saw the slide lock system new in the pkg for $5. Blind puller is a Snap On, like new Lixie dead blow, and an unmarked body hammer. Boxes of new Simonds files, Craftsman USA 12" adj. wrench, cutting fluid for aluminum, and a bunch of clamps, a new 6 step pulley, has kind of a large bore, not sure what I'm going to do with it.

 

[alinc100]

Hit one sale today about 4 blocks from home.Had a wooden machinist chest in the pics but since I am on a self-imposed budget I didn't get up early and fight the crowd so I went later in the morning and picked up these items for $15:








The chisels are Defiance By Stanley,Petersen era vise grips,Union Tool Co. combo square,Crescent Tool adjustables and a wooden screwdriver with the stamps in the handle 607S.S.,thought maybe military/gov't???

 

[Mavawreck]

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Went to a midwest tool collectors assoc meet this morning. Proto gasket scraper, small US made puller, bluepoint and fairmont body hammers, Harris cutting torch with regulators, federal dial indicator with stand.

 

[Blackmarket]

Hit up 2 small flea markets slim pickings and overpriced. Did come home with a few things. Some good deals, some just ok.

Plomb DOE wrench 5/8"-9/16"
Plomb open end wrench 13/16" $5 for both

Pipe clamps 3/4"
Snap on hammer handle
Craftsman underline logo chisel
Adjustable square scribe $3 for all

2 welding magnets
No name plastic drill index
SK-Wayne DOE wrench 13/16"-7/8" $12 for all

 

[Mr_P]

Best buy for me in a while was this $5 lathe....

 

[Rileysan]

Today, I went back to the estate sale where I purchased a P&C punch & chisel set (yesterday) in the hopes of locating the 5 missing pieces. Sadly, I had no luck.

However, I was sorting through a drawer full of hardware in a built-in cabinet in the garage. I was trying to neatly stack things so I could see what I had already sorted when I grabbed this little box of staples and something spilled out all over the place.

Count em! 8 NOS P&C keychain screwdrivers! I burst out with "holy ****" then quickly gathered up all the little screwdrivers and closed them back in the box.

$2/all!

Brian

 

[jakemac]

Ok, now it's official. You really do ****.
That's a dream find, good job.

 

[Mr_P]

Might be a Walker Turner 36". Looks similar to this one....

https://www.etsy.com/listing/541642...8XwB8wDH-5Ey-hSkBtxXSqAf2ihoebRhoCCLMQAvD_BwE

 

[Outlawmws]

Man most of you guys are at full throttle! Dang!

Not a ton but worth the trip for me today;


First useful stop was OK, but the guy also had a couple of old 40's-50's tire pumps[ one missing the hose, rough inside, and no longer possible to pump; the other reticently complete, smooth inside but the leather was done. He wanted 10 bucks and was hard over on it. So I settled for this stuff for a buck...

The socket adapters I've never seen for night light to standard base, but I could see wanting a small LED night light in a std lamp. (I have almost all vintage/antique lamps in the house and almost everything has LED bulbs,m and I also have a box of 25 LED nightlight/Xmas bulbs..) Similar thought on the mini sockets, the clamp was a no brainer, and I forgot to get the ope gear ratchet in the pic as its in my vise soaking in PB blaster, went from stuck solid so mostly free movement, still working on the pawl...

The 3 piece walking stick was a buck elsewhere. Screws together and is 52" tall.

And Army pick! I thought I had filled that nitch last week with the red USFD pic but you know how after you find something, suddenly they get easy to find? I'd been looking for a real WWII pick for ages, then the USFD last week (nothing to compare so didn't realize it was bigger) then Two today from the same guy! (he had a third head but it was marked India" I don't think they supplied the US Army with picks...

Five bucks each. I didn't even argue...

That was my 12 dollar day!

 

[tin medic]

A few things today. SO, Bog, Blackhawk, Husky and New Britain sockets. Three Imperial wrenches along with a Plomb tappet and Thorsen 3/8 dr ratchet. Blue Point and AC gauges and a SO 1/4 dr extension. The big guy is a 78 SO 3/4" drive ratcheting adapter. All together, 20 dollars.

 

[duddly]

picked up a Mac tool roll for $1 and looking for some info about when it was made. The original set was a D1 to D? and I seem to have D1,2,5,7,8,9 - The roll is pretty ratty, the wrenches will clean up. Not my typical era of tools but couldn't leave it.

 

[Rileysan]

picked up a Mac tool roll for $1 and looking for some info about when it was made. The original set was a D1 to D? and I seem to have D1,2,5,7,8,9 - The roll is pretty ratty, the wrenches will clean up. Not my typical era of tools but couldn't leave it.

Oh man, hide that from Twertsy!

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[Private Lugnutz]

Duddly: If you don't mind, I'd be very interested in the opening sizes on the wrenches in that set. And are they un-plated (natural steel finish)?

 

[Flinter987]

Saw a sale posted last night, said they had tools. I went to take a look this morning and didn't see much for Mechanic tools, it was all construction stuff. As I was leaving I poked around in one more box and procured two USA made Vicegrips! Best news yet? He sold them to me for $.50 each!

 

[duddly]

Duddly: If you don't mind, I'd be very interested in the opening sizes on the wrenches in that set. And are they un-plated (natural steel finish)

I am struggling on the plating question - my first thought is unplated but the largest ones almost have what looks like chipped plating on the tips. I am going to hit them with some degreaser and see if I can tell any better.

Edited to add images - they appear plated - VERY thin plating, not typical chrome or nickel that I am used to. Let me know what you think.

D1 - 5/16 - 1/4
D2 - 3/8 - 5/16
D5 - 1/2 - 9/16
D7 - 5/8 - 11/16
D8 - 11/16 - 3/4D9 - 3/4 - 7/8

 

[WNYflyer]

Went to only one sale today due to other commitments. The sale was at a house were I had previously scored some good stuff cheap when they had professional estate folks running it. The kids were now doing out a final blow-out sale of leftovers because the house sold so quick. For whatever reason decent mid-range houses are selling extremely quickly these days.

Any who, I had previously spied a JC Penney top and bottom box full of tools that they had originally wanted like $400 for with tools. Wasn't interested in all the tools and they had let me cherry picked the tools in the box previously anyways. Figured I would take a quick look at today's sale and see if they still had the box. Well the box was still there minus the tools so $70 later I loaded them up.

The have a JC Penney emblem on them rather than Penncraft and have a rough hammered paint finish like Kennedy boxes. I think it has been discussed before that the boxes may have been made by Kennedy. Boxes are in pretty good shape with a few rust spots but not bad for the price.

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[jakemac]

Those definitely look like Kennedy handles on the drawers.
I like the drawer configuration on the top box.

 

[Outlawmws]

Thats a GREAT score on those boxes! I love the bottom with 10 shallow drawers liker that!

Yeah! Usuck!

 

[bmwrd0]

All kinds of driving around, looking and peering. But I think I picked up a few good deals:

Free lawn mower, and it looks it. Holes in the deck, leaks like a sive, but hey, free!
Also hit an estate sale, picking up the fiberglass Werner. A 300# model for $65. Also picked up a toolbox full of **** at the same sale, giving me the following:

Oddball Craftsman drivers (reamer, hitch pin puller, awl and short driver) along with a full set of Stanley brace bits and Starrett hand vise! I also found this on the final day of an Estate Sale, getting it for $15:

Though someone slathered black paint of it:

Definitly not a Gerstner, talk me down from the idea that it is a Snap On B500...

The label looks the same shape as my K65 from the '30's and I haven't seen anything that looks close. Should be a good restoration.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Scored all the below for $4.50 today ! Craftsman be 3/8 breaker bar , craftsman 1/4 driver with female insert in back of handle to be used as an extension. A few misc sockets I wanted, also scored 3 old bog sockets at 2 different stops. I believe they are even dated for month and year of manufacture with one saying 8/34 on it. They are a 13/16,7/8,15/16 and I got them because of their association with plomb! Also scored a plomb socket so that will go in the trades box ! Also got a wood handled p&c driver.





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[timbitca]

Not a whole lot for me yesterday but scored a few things for 10$

The first stop with anything got me the 2 Will screwdrivers (red one branded Mastercraft for Canadian Tire) and the Klein Hex keys.

Second place had a lot of tools, and it's 3 houses from my place, but the old man is a little too attached to his stuff. Thankfully he went inside and his wife told me to hurry up and pick out the stuff I wanted, and I got:

- Craftsman -V- 10 piece Ignition wrench set, with one =V= DOE thrown in for good measure
- Craftsman crown top 11 piece hex key set
- Barcalo Buffalo pliers
- Evan's (Made in Canada) 10' tape measure (with the actual tape inside marked Made in USA hehe)

 

[avmaine]

The pulley is a drum for an overhead door. Cable winds around it

 

[EOC_Jason]

Unfortunately not able to hit any sales this weekend. Had too much other stuff going on. Though nothing looked enticing on CL anyhow... Always next weekend...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Let me know what you think.

Possibly cadmium. Hand forged. The one with the forged-in sizes rather than stamped is an odd duck. I would defer to Todd, but I'd say 1940's, at least. Off the top of my head I don't know the finer points of separating their earliest production (1938) from 40's production, if there even is any.

 

[WNYflyer]

Those definitely look like Kennedy handles on the drawers.
I like the drawer configuration on the top box.

Jakemac, all the small drawers will come in handy for small stuff like punches, chisels, rules, tapes, etc. Looks like Kennedy still makes a box with the same layout.

Thats a GREAT score on those boxes! I love the bottom with 10 shallow drawers liker that!

Yeah! Usuck!

Thanks Outlawmws, I was surprised it was still the there and since it was not far from the house worth a look see again. Just goes to show show you, you just never know unless you go. Now I have a old school Craftsman base but looking for the elusive top box, a Penncraft stack and now the JC Penney stack. Just need to find me a nice Powr-Kraft set now. Did W.T. Grants sell tool boxes ?

 

[Catfishdan]

Went to only one sale today due to other commitments. The sale was at a house were I had previously scored some good stuff cheap when they had professional estate folks running it. The kids were now doing out a final blow-out sale of leftovers because the house sold so quick. For whatever reason decent mid-range houses are selling extremely quickly these days.

Any who, I had previously spied a JC Penney top and bottom box full of tools that they had originally wanted like $400 for with tools. Wasn't interested in all the tools and they had let me cherry picked the tools in the box previously anyways. Figured I would take a quick look at today's sale and see if they still had the box. Well the box was still there minus the tools so $70 later I loaded them up.

The have a JC Penney emblem on them rather than Penncraft and have a rough hammered paint finish like Kennedy boxes. I think it has been discussed before that the boxes may have been made by Kennedy. Boxes are in pretty good shape with a few rust spots but not bad for the price.

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That box has one of the best drawer layouts I've seen. Love all the shallow drawers. Congratulations.

 

[Catfishdan]

I went to a giant carport sale at a mobile home park yesterday. Probably 50 people selling stuff and this is all I could find. An sk spark plug socket and a flaring tool in a sweet proto box. 5 bucks.
There were plenty of pillows that said "home is where the heart is", but I'm all stocked up on those.


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[jakemac]

I didn't even bother to leave the house today.
Even my weekly walk through the flea market wasn't appealing enough to get me out.

Living vicariously through you guys this weekend. Great finds guys.

 

[RagTopTA]

Scored all the below for $4.50 today ! Craftsman be 3/8 breaker bar , craftsman 1/4 driver with female insert in back of handle to be used as an extension. A few misc sockets I wanted, also scored 3 old bog sockets at 2 different stops. I believe they are even dated for month and year of manufacture with one saying 8/34 on it. They are a 13/16,7/8,15/16 and I got them because of their association with plomb! Also scored a plomb socket so that will go in the trades box ! Also got a wood handled p&c driver.





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Thos are awesome finds Smoke! Ive yet to find any Bog tools. Always looking though

I went to a giant carport sale at a mobile home park yesterday. Probably 50 people selling stuff and this is all I could find. An sk spark plug socket and a flaring tool in a sweet proto box. 5 bucks.
There were plenty of pillows that said "home is where the heart is", but I'm all stocked up on those.


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That Proto pulller n box are awesome good find! Found a really cool older Proto tool box last week for $5 !

 

[Outlawmws]

Now I have a old school Craftsman base but looking for the elusive top box, a Penncraft stack and now the JC Penney stack. Just need to find me a nice Powr-Kraft set now. Did W.T. Grants sell tool boxes ?

I don't know but probably... I think you are safe from Ben Franklin 5 and dime though...