2018 Garage Sale Thread

[gpw_42]

Have you been talking to the CINC HOUSE?!

Is that taking tactical-ese into the strategic realm?

Don, those were some awesome scores yesterday! Really like the Plomb & SK sets!!

Steve

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I don't remember seeing patents on a screwdriver shank before.

Steve,
Many (if not all) screwdrivers with a wood handle, steel ferrule, and cross-recess tip made in the 40's and 50's are roll-stamped with one or more Phillips patents, tip size (#2, #3, etc), and the license number (which can tell you who the mfgr was if it's not branded) on the shank. Looking for the 1950 patent number (2507231) is a good way to save some $$$ at flea markets. If you don't have my Whiz with you, just look for a patent number with a 50 in it, a fortuitous mnemonic.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Is that taking tactical-ese into the strategic realm?

I don't remember where I first heard 'sink house', but it was a Command Sergeant Major, in the 80's, and it's stuck with me like 'strack' since then. I guess it's the Army version of SWMBO, an Outlaw favorite (which I actually had to look up!)

 

[Hexen]

...
Unmarked (Irwin or Federal) heavy duty screwdriver. Grips held on w/tape, so will likely remove and attempt to replace the nail heads
WHB CHROM-VANADIUM Pat. Germany water pump pliers. OOPS!
...

I'd like to hear more about the process when you work on that handle.

Also, why the "OOPS!" about the pliers? The "chrom" spelling vs "chrome"? I'm not sure why, but that seems to have been a fairly common variant on tools from non-English-speaking countries decades ago; earlier in this thread, I posted some oddball probably-Taiwanese wrenches I have that use the same spelling.

 

[gpw_42]

Hexen, will do on the screwdriver handle. Looks like it's held together with nail heads(?), and the handles are sorta "wallered out," so it's going to be an interesting process.

OOPS on the pliers b/c I prefer to focus on WW2 US stuff, and those are....not. Should have looked more closely when I realized that I didn't recognize the brand.

Lugz, thanks for the tip on the Phillips screwdrivers. Did a little more looking, and have a red handle Irwin (License 2) here already. Shank is a little short, but it's a good stand-in. That stubby #2 was worth the price, just to prompt the education on Phillips screwdrivers in general...and it'll go into the user box, not the GMTK. It has Lic. 1 on it (Stanley), and was shoved up into the handle, and invisible. Which explained the 1-1/8" length; a few whacks with a rawhide mallet, and the little piece of wood sticking up above the handle, on the **** end is almost flush again, and the License # is visible. I think it's missing a ferrule, but that's insignificant to me.

Never thought I'd be restoring screwdrivers!

Steve

 

[drivesitfar]

OLE: i'd like to see more pictures of that wood drill and it's maybe THREAD WORTHY if you have time. that is cool.

Lug: so did you go to URBAN DICTIONARY for SWMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed)? since i now have a Captain soon to be Major in our family my wife likes his term for my daughter of HOUSEHOLD 6.

congrats on raising 5 and sounds like 4 are already adults and the last one soon will be on her/his own too then the fun really begins and your early morning PICKING might not be quite so early if you get my drift.

Swing: that's why you need to get the guys together to SWAP cause what would we do with the cash anyway, but just buy something else. good luck and I bet if you start putting the word out you'll get a few of you and it might get to be a MIDWEST SWAP. the members in OHIO I think have one or they all meet at a local swap which might be just as fun.

ALL: so i moved this heavy (300-400 pound) shelving unit into my garage and started loading it up and found out i forgot to put steel (or aluminum) plates under each corner and it's sinking in my 1.5 inch rubber mat. i might just empty it and try to put the plates under the legs (or have my bride do it as i lift it), or maybe just move the 1.5 inch rubber mats (I'd still need to put plates under it). i don't have a fork lift, but i do have something in the rafters i might be able to use (old punching bag mount that probably could lift an engine) so i'll get back to you. i might not risk the mount up above cause it might cave in the roof so moving this SOB sounds like the best way. BTW I picked up this shelving unit for $75 and the guy i bought it from wanted first right of refusal if i ever sold it cause he was moving onto a boat. i told him to not hold his breath and thanked him for helping me load it in my trailer. i've had 3000 pounds of weight plates on each shelf and i think the weak link is the grade 8 bolts.

 

[cbacres]

Well I braved the cold ( 54 degrees and gloomy sky's ) and found the below.

A Kennedy top box missing the lid, everything I have you cant close the lid on anyway. I was just after the drawer liners, but he wouldn't separate, so I had to buy the whole thing.
Inside a handful of Proto combos along with a couple misc one.

Proto extensions, I like these as they are the smaller diameter, making it easier in some tight spots. These were here at this sale a month ago and was justing kicking myself for not getting all of them then.

And a forged Williams C clamp. I've turned into a forged clamp snob now, won't even look at the other USA stuff.

 

[BlueBomber]

I don't remember where I first heard 'sink house', but it was a Command Sergeant Major, in the 80's, and it's stuck with me like 'strack' since then. I guess it's the Army version of SWMBO, an Outlaw favorite (which I actually had to look up!)

We use CINC House in the Air Force, too. In Britain, she would be the Long Haired Colonel, or more formally, Chief of Domestic Affairs.

Nice scores, all!

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Thanks, guys. I had been halfheartedly working on a 3/8" drive Plomb set but I guess the pressure is off now.
-Don

Don,

You could always pass that not completed Plomb set off to someone who'd love to start/finish that search for you. Just sayin'.

Those Plomb sets WITH boxes no less are fantastic!!! I sure would like to know what you had to pay for those two Plomb sets out there on the left coast. If I'm getting too nosy just tell me.

Thanks,
Mike

 

[d42jeep]

I am honored to have received the official Suckage award from Outlaw and in order to live up to it I guess I will have to admit to having paid a pittance for the entire tool purchase. My Taiwanese belt/disc sander (a previous estate sale purchase) is on its last legs from fitting new wooden handles to dozens of hammers so when I saw a working Craftsman sander at the sale I bought it for $40.00 and bundled in the rest of the tools for $35.00 more. I used to feel guilty for sometimes paying way too little for tools but I've managed to get over it by paying way too much at other sales!
-Don
PS-- my wife picked up the S-K set while I was parking the car.

 

[Outlawmws]

I am honored to have received the official Suckage award from Outlaw and in order to live up to it I guess I will have to admit to having paid a pittance for the entire tool purchase. My Taiwanese belt/disc sander (a previous estate sale purchase) is on its last legs from fitting new wooden handles to dozens of hammers so when I saw a working Craftsman sander at the sale I bought it for $40.00 and bundled in the rest of the tools for $35.00 more. I used to feel guilty for sometimes paying way too little for tools but I've managed to get over it by paying way too much at other sales!
-Don
PS-- my wife picked up the S-K set while I was parking the car.

She's a KEEPER!

 

[bluebolt]

gpw_42: I checked my Cornwell ignition set. Just my rotten luck. I need the 9/32 (15*) x 5/16 (60*), looks like you've got the same one I do - 9/32 (60*) x 5/16 (15*).

I checked the Cornwell milk jug, no ignition wrenches at all.

 

[MercLSU]

I checked the Cornwell milk jug, no ignition wrenches at all.

Been slow here...not much in the way of sales to go to due to the weather. I enjoy living vicariously through you folks though

Even though I keep saying I won't do it again, it looks like we'll be having another garage sale in the next month. There's your notice Bluebolt! Unfortunately Nine won't be around to contribute cool items and comic relief to the effort...

 

[bluebolt]

That Plomb set is NICE d42jeep!

Swingpress, love the Wolf's Head oil clock, I remember Wolf's Head signs from growing up in Wisconsin.

 

[NJ Marty]

I got a few good finds from the last week and today.
The 1966 Coleman with broken globe cost $12.
The square wheel belt grinder set me back$150.
I hope some more good sales pop up as it has not been that great lately but I am very happy with these finds.

 

[notlob]

The estate sale gods were smiling on me today. My wife and I went to a sale in Danville, CA this morning. I wanted to be there at the very beginning because I had seen a couple of likely looking boxes in the sale photos. We were a little late but fortunately didn't miss out on the treasures. The attached pictures show the lightly used and complete Plomb 3/8" and S-K 1/4" drive sets.
More pictures to follow.
-Don

Hey Don -

Congrats on the SK and Plomb sets! I looked real close at that Danville sale, but didn't have time to make it. I'm not familiar with the Plomb "Challenger" nomenclature; I may have to look into that.

BTW - I have that same Cman sander. It took me a while to realize that the table could be repositioned for use with the belt.

Cheers!

 

[Craptain]

I like that Clock Swingpress. Wolf's Head today is a premium brand from Amalie Oils, a local company here in Tampa. I used to use it in my motorcycles. I believe they started in Pennsylvania.

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[bcexplorer]

The estate sale gods were smiling on me today. My wife and I went to a sale in Danville, CA this morning. I wanted to be there at the very beginning because I had seen a couple of likely looking boxes in the sale photos. We were a little late but fortunately didn't miss out on the treasures. The attached pictures show the lightly used and complete Plomb 3/8" and S-K 1/4" drive sets.
More pictures to follow.
-Don

Sweet Merciful ****! What a find!

 

[Hexen]

I got this stuff for $5 total from an old guy about to move to the Philippines:
- Snap-On "Charging to New Horizons" belt buckle - says "77" on the back so maybe it's from 1977? - the box it's in is not original - first time I've come across anything Snap-On locally
- 7-in-1 oxy-acetylene cylinder wrench, about 8.5in long - usually I don't mess with things that need this much cleanup, but hadn't seen one before and thought it was neat
- assorted large nuts/bolts/washers
- decorative nails
- churchkey can opener
- some kind of hose clamp?
- unusually large wire basket (~16x26in)

 

[LesserSon]

My reconnaissance report on the Jacktown - Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association Snow Show & flea market:
Free parking, free admission, by-donation refreshments, bonfire, plenty of vendors...what's not to like?
Well, getting there was a bit of a trick (thanks, GPS) - but the area is rich in historical rural and early industrial scenery, dressed in a negligee of recent snow. The wife quickly found the bonfire with a circle of other ladies-in-waiting, while I made the serpentine circuit. Facing the unfamiliar layout of the grounds, I may have missed some things.
There was a broad range of prices, from 2/$1 wrenches to a $2000 vintage electric (maybe Emerson?) desk fan (it was nice, but my desk does not deserve such bling). I'm sure there were pricier things, but based on functionality, I thought that kind of high. Probably should have come with more cash, so I could have brought home a $100 (firm) Milwaukee heavy duty circular saw with case. Ah well.
What I did buy cost a stinging $13: Armstrong Bros Chicago USA pipe vise (with free rust! it'll get the same wire wheel & BLO treatment I gave the Hollands a few months back), duckbill pliers (Crescent), angle-nosed pliers (Red Devil - stamped DAMAGED - why did they leave the factory?), Bonney erection wrench (sorry, but it's funnier than spud wrench), 2 Bonney line wrenches, and a Bonney Zenel DOE. There was a fair offering of used Snap-on, Plumb, Proto, Williams, Billings, etc. And of course small engines and parts everywhere.
I also spotted a large (the small end was 1-¼) Bonney-made Krieger DOE, but by that time the wife had secured a promise that we could head home, so she could get to her Girl Scout cookie sale. Since I recognized the vendor from other area flea venues, I have a fair hope of seeing it again. I will be returning in late May.

 

[bluebolt]

I got this stuff for $5 total from an old guy about to move to the Philippines:
- Snap-On "Charging to New Horizons" belt buckle - says "77" on the back so maybe it's from 1977? - the box it's in is not original - first time I've come across anything Snap-On locally

That Snap On logo came out around 1982.

 

[Swingpress]

I like that Clock Swingpress. Wolf's Head today is a premium brand from Amalie Oils, a local company here in Tampa. I used to use it in my motorcycles. I believe they started in Pennsylvania.

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Admittedly, this one has damage to the red backer/ring so now I have to track one down. Which I assume will be a nightmare lol. But first I have to head over to a local auction tonight where they posted no description, just this photo...
depending on what it all goes for, might have to come home with the whole display.

 

[Hexen]

That Snap On logo came out around 1982.

Good to know, thanks!

 

[fowldarr]

Woke up later than expected, but was able to make an estate sale this morning.

Some Bonney wrenches, a Kennedy box, some clamps, a full drill index with new looking bits, proto pliers, and a hinsdale ratchet set that’s not quite complete.

$20 for all.




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[Outlawmws]

Marty, is the globe broken, as in pieces missing? or cracked? Guys, including me, have had good luck getting super glue into the crack and it seems to work!

I got a few good finds from the last week and today.
The 1966 Coleman with broken globe cost $12.
The square wheel belt grinder set me back$150.
I hope some more good sales pop up as it has not been that great lately but I am very happy with these finds.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Long Haired Colonel, or Chief of Domestic Affairs.

Ha! I like both those.

She's a KEEPER!

With her own predilections at estate sales and flea markets and such. The Barcalo is his brand. And the Herbrand is, well, herbrand. Don already knows I'm envious.

I checked the Cornwell milk jug, no ignition wrenches at all.

Thanks for looking bb! 'ppreciate the effort.

- Snap-On "Charging to New Horizons" belt buckle

That things is freakin' awesome.

angle-nosed pliers (Red Devil - stamped DAMAGED - why did they leave the factory?)

Good question. Given the expense of making a die to mark them as damaged, I'd guess that they were sold at scratch and dent prices.

 

[mattblast]

Woke up this morning and saw a pair of Lista cabinets. Seller was asking $450. I offered $300 and he countered with $350 which I accepted.

It was about an hour each way. He helped me load them up (these are impossible for one man to load)

All drawers work perfectly. One has a dent in the side that I’ll push out. I had to remove all the drawers so my son and I could unload and while it’s apart I’ll clean and lubricate everything.



One cabinet has a mechanism to prevent more than o e drawer to be open at a time. Once I figured that out it was easy to remove all the drawers.

He also threw on a set of anti slip liners. Most are already cut to size.



These came out of a commercial print shop maintenance Dept and have a smell of grease which should go away once I wipe everything down.

Then on the way back I passed a ReStore and picked up a Bell System brace for $1. There is a white crust that formed on the handles that scraped off easily. It’s a no 210 made by Yankee.



I made a small detour coming home and stopped at an estate sale and picked up a pile of stuff for another $40.


Dunlap 5176 vise
4 conductor cross connect cable
Box of wasp spray


IKEA lamp base
Self adjusting wrench
Two sprinklers
Lenox saw
Glass white spray paint
40,000 staples (8 boxes of 5000)


7 solder spools
Red Phone
Bunch of solvent wipes
Lubriplate
Triplett 310d meter with leads
3 sesamee locks with combos
Wb lock
Klein linesman pliers
Punch down tool
Wire stripper knife and scissors

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I'm not familiar with the Plomb "Challenger" nomenclature; I may have to look into that.

First use of the term for socket sets in print by the decades-spanning Plomb/Proto/Pendleton empire, as far as I can determine, is page 24, Catalog 18-A, printed October 1940. But Carla has a complete NOS set, in the box, without the decal/name, with all the pieces date-stamped 1939, that she has identified by matching it to the contents in Catalog 18-A, leading me to theorize that they may have introduced them in late 1939, after Catalog 17-B was published.

I don't know if they dropped it and picked it up again in the 50's, but the name looks much more familiar on the Pendleton Industries blow-molded cases of the 60's and 70's!

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[drivesitfar]

Matt: that Dunlap vise looks like maybe it was made by Rock Island vise company and under the dirt and surface rust looks pretty decent. more pics on the big vise thread?

also nice find on the LISTAS. they are so expensive around here that i opted for flat files and other cabinets. just curious how you are going to address the slides? beeswax, oil or do tell?

 

[cbacres]

Woke up this morning and saw a pair of Lista cabinets. Seller was asking $450. I offered $300 and he countered with $350 which I accepted.

It was about an hour each way. He helped me load them up (these are impossible for one man to load)

All drawers work perfectly. One has a dent in the side that I’ll push out. I had to remove all the drawers so my son and I could unload and while it’s apart I’ll clean and lubricate everything.



One cabinet has a mechanism to prevent more than o e drawer to be open at a time. Once I figured that out it was easy to remove all the drawers.

He also threw on a set of anti slip liners. Most are already cut to size.



These came out of a commercial print shop maintenance Dept and have a smell of grease which should go away once I wipe everything down.

Then on the way back I passed a ReStore and picked up a Bell System brace for $1. There is a white crust that formed on the handles that scraped off easily. It’s a no 210 made by Yankee.



I made a small detour coming home and stopped at an estate sale and picked up a pile of stuff for another $40.


Dunlap 5176 vise
4 conductor cross connect cable
Box of wasp spray


IKEA lamp base
Self adjusting wrench
Two sprinklers
Lenox saw
Glass white spray paint
40,000 staples (8 boxes of 5000)


7 solder spools
Red Phone
Bunch of solvent wipes
Lubriplate
Triplett 310d meter with leads
3 sesamee locks with combos
Wb lock
Klein linesman pliers
Punch down tool
Wire stripper knife and scissors

That a you **** for those Listas. The 8 drawer don’t seem to pop up that often in the shorter cabs.
I’m in the process of redoing a Lista, I’m using superlube synthetic grease, but a lighter grade, any light grade of grease will do. .A good cleaning with brake clean or similar and new grease.
Also, make sure the tracks and the flange on the drawer that the bearings ride on is clean and rust free, it’ll make a huge difference in the smoothness of the drawers.

Nice find!!!

 

[Outlawmws]

I wonder if the "Damaged" stamp was put on at the end use company?

DANG MATT! this was a red letter day for you! Well done!


I hit one yard sale and one Flea market I haven't been to an several year. (Yes, I went north, but not south...)

Five bucks at the Yard Sale: armstrong, Plvmb (Plated!), SK Mustang, None Better.

the Flea was iffy. Mostly regular junk sellers nut a few with small cache's of tools. First guy I had a hatchet Stanley folding yard stick and an old wood handled screwdriver. He wanted ten for all and I decided he wanted them more than I did... Not in the condition they were in.

Others were not so unrealistic:

A buck for the Kodak Aluminum film canister about 1/2 full of copper tacks.
A buck Ea for the Corwall and Bonney Combos.
$3 for the SK Indestro Matco and Proto LA sockets, and the Tru-Fit, no name, and Vlchek wrenches.

The Proto LA is interesting: completely round socket and holes for a pit so I'm thinking the pin is missing and its a drive socket for something?

The No Name wrench has a nice finish possibly nickle plated, marked USA on one side, and NICKLE-MOLYBDENUM on the other side, so it came home.

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

So Mrs No_Garage and I hit some Estate Sales today. At the second sale I found some power strips that I can probably find a home for (you can never have too many can you?).

There is a New In Box "Bell Atlantic" power strip with 2 aluminum plates with studs to facilitate mounting them (probably in a standard phone rack of some sort). $5.--

Then I got 2 - 9 outlet power strips with removable power cords (a hubbell twist lock connector). There are no mfg. markings on these items. $1.-- each.

Pic #1 is the BA power strip.

Pic #2 is the 2 power strips on my desk with their cousin in place in the background.

I also spend $1.25 on a copy of Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" (no picture). This gives me a mate to my existing copy of "Atlas Shrugged".

Cheers

Jim

 

[Outlawmws]

Hmmmm, the Proto socket was apparently modified from a Proto:
7328H 1/2DR 7/8 DEEP 6PT IMPACT SOCKET

I still think it was a drive tool for something, but now probably never know what for...

 

[driftpin]

Saw a neighbor's garage open, he's a retired GC. I stopped in & asked if he had anything he wanted to get rid of. I saw this little fella under his workbench, and I took him home. Three and a half inch Wilton, light duty swivel vise, decent shape.

 

[gpw_42]

MattBlast, NICE score on those Listas!
fowldarr, how old is your Kennedy box? Seems to be nice condition.

I hit the local flea today, and pulled out these items:

- New Britain P-28 8" pliers (user kit)
- Unmarked (Vlchek?) 6" pliers
- SnapOn G code (1945 production) 7/8" 12pt socket
- PLVMB 15/16" 12pt socket (C code). When was this made?
- Unbranded 3/8" x 5-7/8" cold chisel
- 7345 USA WHALEBONE 9101, 7-3/4" cape chisel. Whalebone is the marking for Portage Tool Co, from OH; it's a little long for a WW2 GMTK spec which is 7", but a good "acting Jack".
- Not pictured: modern GI sleeping bag stuff sack for a buddy of mine.

I've looked around for production dates on the PLVMB, but the 1942 production was 2-letter date codes, and 1948 was when they started marking as Proto, so....not sure what to make of it.

 

[Outlawmws]

GPW, Does this help?

 

[jdbilodeau]

Stopped by three Estate sales today- got some items from 2 out of the 3.
First stop I snagged couple of rails of Craftsman sockets, one Proto and an S-K socket. There was a Blackhawk metric wrench set, some miscellaneous Craftsman V & VV combinations, a couple of Westlings, some Channelock pliers and a Craftsman chisel. A 10" Proto adjustable rounded out the lot.

The next stop was a bust , but the third scored me a little Stanley toolbox with some Willams wrenches and extensions, some haggard Excelite nut drivers and a home made looking copper hammer. Also grabbed an Armstrong C clamp, a USA made adjustable punch, some German wrenches and few miscellaneous crusty/rusty wrenches to clean up. With the wrenches was a rusty set of pliers which turned out to be Snap-On. I scrubbed up the worst wrench of the lot which turned out to be a Ford spark plug wrench!

 

[jdbilodeau]

D42- Those are some great finds! Amazing condition and the Plomb label is awesome.

mattblast- What a deal on the Lista's- worth the drive!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

The No Name wrench has a nice finish possibly nickle plated, marked USA on one side, and NICKLE-MOLYBDENUM on the other side, so it came home.

I really can't get a good look at it without a close-up shot, but based on your description, I'd bet it's Bridgeport Hardware & Mfgring (BHM). They made DOE's and DBE's branded with that composition in the late 1930's through 1941 when alloy restrictions hit, and they were exclusive in that regard as far as I know.

So Mrs No_Garage and I

You and Don are just flaunting it now!

I also spend $1.25 on a copy of Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" (no picture). This gives me a mate to my existing copy of "Atlas Shrugged".

And I didn't take you for a literary buff (or a nihilist)!

 

[gpw_42]

Outlaw, thanks for posting those. It's not the same as any of those, though it's probably closest to the 1942. Only the C, no other code alpha-numerics; my understanding was that the '42 required a 2 digit code; I'm still learning my way around, so may well be wrong about that.

Thanks again,
Steve