2018 Garage Sale Thread

[3baygarage]

What do you guys make of this one?

Arrow No. 2 chuck handle. Very small opening, yet too big for those tiny drill bits in the case.

 

[Outlawmws]

a Socketool and a Versatool,but they aren’t branded Shelton. Check out the price.

The socketool is the one I mentioned, only I don't have the hex shaft and sockets.

 

[Outlawmws]

What do you guys make of this one?

Arrow No. 2 chuck handle. Very small opening, yet too big for those tiny drill bits in the case.

I'm Pretty sure that holds bits of some sort. I've seen kits with little awls, screw starters, smaller drive bits, etc. that handle seems a cut above the average handle for sure.

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

I'd call that a "pin vise"
https://books.google.com/books?id=5...AQ6AEIRjAG#v=onepage&q="pin vise" no2&f=false

 

[3baygarage]

I'd call that a "pin vise"
https://books.google.com/books?id=5...AQ6AEIRjAG#v=onepage&q="pin vise" no2&f=false

I thought it was but it’s too large an opening for the pin size bits. Must be for more specific bits as Outlaw suggested.

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

It might not be for bits, but handling wire, files, the end of a rod you are working on, etc. The bigger one in my link (Randomly picked off google) opens to 11/64, or 0.172"

 

[Provincial]

Outlaw, more information on the PWA extension is in this thread:

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=394199

Many of the PWA tools I have seen have been made by Bonney. Also some Plomb.

 

[Provincial]

Yesterday I was driving past the Restore, so I stopped and found this pair of Barcalo pliers for $0.25. They look a little odd, but there is a pair just like this on Alloy Artifacts.

 

[emeraldcoupe]

a Socketool and a Versatool,but they aren’t branded Shelton. Check out the price.

I had a red top versatool like that new in the box, was in a toolbox I bought. unfortunately it was really corroded and didn't work anymore. freaking humidity.

 

[Outlawmws]

Thanks Prov! It turns out a have a Bonney with the same Model number, so I think that confirms Bonney made.

The Versatool ratcheting mechanism always benefits from a good oiling. (I use MMM)
Same for Yankee drivers. I havr yet to see one not "com alive" after oiling...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Modest haul at the Early Bird this morning...

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The cot has me a little stumped. Everything about it (the leg brackets, the corner brackets, the canvas, the hems, and the straps) say WWII, but the buckle on the straps is stamped "PAT. JAN 6, 09". I have three of these and I have never seen that before. Could be it was leftover from WWI/Interwar years when the cot was built.

The rocker ratchet is a Hinsdale H-1.

The bike wrench is a Wakefield No. 8 (1900).

Second Kraeuter "S" wrench I've found in the span of two weeks.

[edit]The pickerupper (smallest I've ever seen/have) is a Bonney. [/edit]

And the BSA book is a 1943 copyright edition, with the Normal Rockwell cover, and honorary officers listed as some guys named Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover.

 

[Outlawmws]

Very cool finds Lugz! Love the BSA book!

I agree, 1909. not every company would stop stamping patent info simply because the patent had expired. Some may have viewed it as bragging rights. But it could also have been that many more were made than could be used.

 

[tin medic]

Never find Hazet then I found the Tourist and yesterday I found the metal handle version of the lug nut wrench.






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[Private Lugnutz]

Very cool finds Lugz! Love the BSA book!

Thanks, Outlaw. Ironically, it was not found in the same lot as the cot, although many of these cots and other WWII Army equipment (including Signal Corps signal flag kits!) ended up going from surplus to Boy Scouts lockers.

Never find Hazet then I found the Tourist and yesterday I found the metal handle version of the lug nut wrench.

I'm not a superstitious person, but it's weird how that happens from time to time. Just happened to me, too, with the Kraeuter "S" wrench. The Realist in me pooh-poohs the voodoo logic in these grand koinkydinks, but the Open Mind wonders...

LINKS TO OTHER GJ THREAD CLOSE-UPS OF TODAY'S FINDS...

Kraeuter "S" wrench

Hinsdale rocker rat

Wakefield bike wrench

Bonney parts pickerupper/holder

...AND NEAR-FINDS (better said, JUST-MISSED IT, DAMMIT'S)…

Military Tools and Spare Parts Cabinet

 

[garthg]

Picked up this Hazet Tourist tool kit for 10 dollars at an estate sale last week. It is complete with all the original tools and doesn’t appear to have been used. The bolts for mounting it are still on the back.





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It took me 15 seconds to find this, $2,895.00 :

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hazet-Tourist-Tool-Kit-RARE-Porsche-356-version-ORIGINAL-and-complete/352373302512?hash=item520b15e4f0:g:jjcAAOSwKRBbFxym

 

[garthg]

. . . The SO ratchet driver is missing the end cap, but after tearing it down and cleaning it up, it's as smooth as butter.

The caps are available from SO for something like $3 or $4.

 

[Boofer]

The caps are available from SO for something like $3 or $4.

Hey thanks Garth! Mine is an older model, but it looks like the caps are the same.

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

Not directly g-sale maybe, but my friend got these in a lot with a couple tools we needed for his ride, then gave them to me after I finished an engine swap for him.

Hazet, Stahlwille, bmw amd more.
no brand on this one, the number 3092 came up for a cylinder sleeve puller, but I have my doubts?? the thumbscrew opens enough to grip it on to something.

All these are unidentified, some at least partly homebuilt.
The long black one is a BMW tool marked 3085.
I think the bent bar is diy for vw 8v and diesel valve spring depressor.
The spanner with 1/2" drive is a Walter 3115, I'm thinking strut or axle bearing tool, but for what?

These I know what they are, and some are good finds.
Hazet;2 VW aircoooed valve adjusters(deep and shallow), 8vlash shim pliers, valve seal pliers, 32 slugging wrench, extendable spark plug socket, and an 8v exhaust SOB spring tool.
stahlwillle 13mm long socket for tommy bar(missing), deeep spark plug socket.
Gedore 13mm wobbly tee wrench
VW 8v cam seal puller socket
aircool fan hub puller(the crowfoot knife)

 

[d42jeep]

It took me 15 seconds to find this, $2,895.00 :

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hazet-Tourist-Tool-Kit-RARE-Porsche-356-version-ORIGINAL-and-complete/352373302512?hash=item520b15e4f0:g:jjcAAOSwKRBbFxym

Tin’s VW toolset and Porsche 356 toolsets are entirely different animals with quite different values. Sold eBay listings are the best method of determining value and even those are sometimes suspect. We found a set that was similar but not as nice as Tin’s that sold in the $1000.00 range.
-Don

 

[bmwrd0]

Hit three estate sales today and a GS. Only the first had anything, and the last two I stopped at had me leaving quickly.

Plomb extensions, deep DBE's and a small combo, Armstron extension and a couple Starrett jewellers drivers.

Also had a small purchase on Ebay, Snap-on 9/32 stuff.

 

[Bobcat753]

Man you guys! And mid week too!

I also have one of those mini 61-80 drill stands, Mine is missing the cover (I didn't even know it HAD a cover... and I'm missing bits..

I also recently got one of those rag cans! at an auction. The can and a military 5 gallon water jug cost me $22.50. + tax and buyers premium.

Bobcat, you will love the Matco! roller slides I assume?

Yes has roller slides. I'm excited to pick it up!

 

[tin medic]

It took me 15 seconds to find this, $2,895.00 :

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hazet-Tourist-Tool-Kit-RARE-Porsche-356-version-ORIGINAL-and-complete/352373302512?hash=item520b15e4f0:g:jjcAAOSwKRBbFxym

I saw that one. That is the Porsche 356 kit. I did find the lugnut spinner for this set yesterday.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Stopped at an estate sale today, the garage and the basement workshop looked like a combination of a junk shop and a hardware store exploded. Apparently a couple generations of hobby mechanics had lived there. Unsorted stuff everywhere, and for some reason they closed the sale at 3pm and I got there at 2:30 so I only had a few minutes to dig around. I got a short Disston crosscut saw in reasonable shape (can still read the hallmark on the blade) for $4, a long C logo Craftsman hacksaw for $2, a similar vintage Craftsman awl for $1, and probably the neatest thing was a 1941 McMaster-Carr catalog for $5 - McMaster-Carr catalogs are fun to page through anyway, but looking at a pre-war one you find all kinds of cool stuff.

 

[Jayman17]

Thanks, dk. It's the most I've paid for a roller, but the 8 drawer chests are hard to come by around here so I'm pretty stoked.


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Hi Boofer,
I'd say that was a pretty good deal too. That box looks lightly used. Well done.


-Jay

 

[garthg]

Tin’s VW toolset and Porsche 356 toolsets are entirely different animals with quite different values. Sold eBay listings are the best method of determining value and even those are sometimes suspect. We found a set that was similar but not as nice as Tin’s that sold in the $1000.00 range.
-Don

The point was not to be exact, but to show that quick research by the seller would have shown it wasn't a ten buck item.

 

[garthg]

Hey thanks Garth! Mine is an older model, but it looks like the caps are the same.

Part no. SSDMR4B1TT

It's $4.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

VERY small haul this morning...

Wm Schollhorn No. 102 8" pliers with side cutter (PAT NO. 1,064,968). These were in WWII armorer's kits. I have the 6-1/2" version already.

Plomb Empire "Challenger' DOE wrench.

c. 1941 Williams Chrome-Alloy Superrench 1723

 

[cbacres]

Here’s my haul from a little flea market I’ve never been to.
Almost missed the SO ratchet driver. Picked up some SK combos and a 1/4” drive set and a 8” Diamond adjustable.

Picked up at another booth.
A XceLite service master set in a roll.
Another Diamond adjustable, a 8” no.78 Westcott offset adjustable and a block of steel that I don’t know what it for. I’ll have to research the number S-2278-3 that’s stamped on it .


Went to what looked like a great pick, nothing I wanted.




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[Unruh]

Found an Estate Sale! They had a vise pictured, but it was already gone. I found a lot of Craftsman. I think the highlight is the New Britain set. Others are the flex head SK bent handle (looks brand new). Some Plumb extensions and wrenches. Some Snap on in the middle and the clamps.

 

[AceofSpad3s]

Didn't find nothing too interesting.
Got a 4" c clamp (unmarked), two 3 way splitters for extension cords, two somewhat new fire extinguishers, easco wood splitting wedge for $5.
Can't argue about the price and having a fire extinguisher that is newer than 1983 in the garage is a bonus

 

[WNYflyer]

Probably the last month's worth of pick-ups trolling the second and third day of sales. Too busy at work to take off the prime time sale day around here of Friday, heck a lot of sales are starting on Thursday now ! . Oh well at least tools picked out of the leftovers are cheap !

From top to bottom. Cool set of Duro-Chrome SAE line wrenches, Matco metric and some Herbrand SAE's. Never seen this style of Herbrand but they are very nice wrenches.

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A bunch of Vulcan SAE's and a Snap-on line wrench

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Old school Mac creeper. I tend to collect old school creepers.

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[RagTopTA]

Went to the red flea this morning and found a few things, then headed to an estate sale at an old family run car lot that's been shut down at least a decade. Dug through a lot of boxes and stuff and made some good finds. Even scored the owner of the business personal toolbox... Kennedy barely used.

Tool Boxes:
SnapOn 1/4 drive set box
Kennedy Kit 1018

Vise:
Tesco 3" Already have the larger version

Drill Index:
SnapOn only a few bits inside

Pliers:
Bonney
JMC nippers
SnapOn brake pliers

Chisel:
Plomb LA 1/2 #7

Ratchets:
SK 3/8
Thorsen 1/4
Herbrand 3/8 like new

Breaker bar, Hinge handles:
SnapOn NS15 wheel lug spinner
Craftsman 3/8 circle H
1/4 Indestro like new


Drivers:
Proto 1/4 spinner handle
Proto long driver
Plomb long driver
Plomb philips driver
Woodhandled Irwin

Wrenches:
Plomb DOE and DBE WF84,85, 1139, 3440
hinsdale DBE
Ofset DBE Barkalo , Mac, Blackhawk
Lectrolite Defiance DBE
Blue Point Tapper DOE
Bonney tappet DOE
BONNEY old DOE

Obstruction wrenches:
Proto Pro
Indestro Super

Speedsters:
Plomb wf23k 3//8 drv
Bonney 4085 1/2 drv

Sockets:
Craftsman 1/2 drvs
SnapOn 1/2 drv
New Britain and Blackhawk sparkplug sockets
Mac 6 point deepwell


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Sings:
PIZZA

Lisc Plates:
1930 front and rear wall hangers

Kennedy box

 

[RagTopTA]

Kennedy box, pizza sign, and lisc plates

 

[JMLangford]

Here’s my haul from a little flea market I’ve never been to.
Almost missed the SO ratchet driver........

Nice find on the Snap-on ratcheting screwdriver.....looks brand new and un-used

The green color blends right in with the S-K stuff



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[Outlawmws]

Another Ho Hum day around here. A lot more sales than I expected since I figure a lot of people will take next week off what with the 4th being a holiday.

I expected the first stop to probably be the best stop and for quantity it was. I got there a few min before the opening bell, but there were 5-6 early birds and one had a good pile going, including 3-4 ammo cans, and several tackle boxes. So, sloppy seconds here. I got a box for $20 ful of:

Ammco Dial indicator kit for Disc Brakes, an heavy Armstrong Clamp, container of hunting broadheads, Orange marking tape - I use this stuff camping especially for where a guy line is a trip hazard.

Booklet of prints of oil paintings of famous (or not so famous) western gunslingers, and a Remington recipe tin full of game and camp recipes.

LOTS of gun cleaning rods and kits, both rifle, pistols and Shotgun:

Edit: Forgot to mention the 10X25 Binoculars!

An odd gunbelt with a clip for holding the gun? I suslect fora 1911 style semi Auto? I'll need to google this.

More to come...

 

[jvlyons99205]

Spent $44 at the last day of an estate sale for two full Akro Mills organizers, Craftsman tap and die set, Ace letter stamps, small tool box with a mix of tools, small vise, small tool box filled with peg board hooks, a full box of of peg board hooks, drill set in the original case and a Stanley Handyman level. I would have gotten more organizers and hardware, but the place started filling up fast.

Also picked up three Tonkas for $20.

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[3baygarage]

Darn nice hauls gentlemen. I like that old pizza sign.

 

[d42jeep]

We went to a few garage sales followed up by the Tahoe flea. Most of the sales were skimpy but we found a few items. A 2 drawer PowrKraft toolbox, a 1944 dated shovel and cover, a long C Craftsman 1/4” drive box and some S-K tools.
-Don

 

[Outlawmws]

Stil from stop one:

Another more conventional holster, but this one is also odd in that it appears to be US Military shoulder holster? Maybe for pilots for a survival gun? More googleing, if only to find out where the stay strap goes...

Mfg markings on it:

And other stops; Taiwan Hobby vise. I had one identical to this as a kid and busted the main screw nut over tightening it... five bucks; A buck for the Drawer liner and Robertson driver, (red handle Mastercraft); Two bucks for the SK and wood handled driver (bigger one is Stanley, the other no name):

For SWMBO, A bead bag, the black gloves for my youngest, and the Crochet clips I'll probably use for ignition wrenches and the like.

Lastly a Werner "multi" ladder, the taller version. I talked them down to $15. I've been wanting one of these for a long time at a good deal!

It included the fixed "hinges" for when its used with a second ladder and the platform as a scaffold

 

[RagTopTA]

Darn nice hauls gentlemen. I like that old pizza sign.

funny story behind the reason for purchase. My daughters' husband is about 24. He's a grown man, Engineer for Burlington northern. But is the pickiest eater known to mankind? His diet is 75% pizza!!! pizza rolls, french bread Pizzas, Frozen Pizzas,Pizza Hut, Pizza Pizza, Pizza! Gonna hang it in his man cave while he's gone to work one day this week. : )