2018 Garage Sale Thread

[Outlawmws]

Well that was quick and easy: The holster was post 1955 for a 1911 and generally the Vietnam era.

 

[3baygarage]

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. : )

That’s great. Had a friend who was just like that. He’d walk out his door with a pizza pocket, pizza bagel, some form of frozen pizza.

Where I grew up, there were always around 5 real pizzerias withing walking distance. No chain bull ****. Hard to find good pizza where I am in FL.

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice finds guys!

Don, I like the Long C 1/4 box!

 

[gpw_42]

Well that was quick and easy: The holster was post 1955 for a 1911 and generally the Vietnam era.

Outlaw, those M7 holsters also saw a LOT of use through the 90s and early part of the GWOT with M9 pistols (9mm) in armor and mech infantry units. Your holster seems to be in good condition, and (I think) complete.

The M7 replaced the M3, which didn't have a retention strap. That allowed "Ol' Slab Sides" to bang against a soldier's side. Repro M3s have popped up in russet leather, and were not unheard of in Iraq. The long strap made it easy (-ier?) to wear with body armor and plates than the M7 holster.

Nice scores!

 

[Jayman17]

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

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Outlaw,
I think I'm about to give you my very first "you ****" for your score on the Werner ladder. I have one and love it, so handy. That's a fantastic price, I think I paid around $300 new for mine.
-Jay

 

[Outlawmws]

Thanks Jay!

 

[duddly]

A bunch of small purchases today.... the dollar bin (and 25% off) yielded a vintage J. M. Carpenter tap & die company die holder with an 1895 patent date. Also a neat little socket driver with the 'bits' in the handle. No markings.. I would love to know more about it.

Oh - and from a few weeks back
picked up a $10 vintage scale from goodwill - still on the donation dock, they were going to trash it.

and $15 for a vintage GE electric motor to put on an old air pump I had -perfect match! and the one I had did not run.

and a for $3 - a coll holder for 3 'Miro-Flare's - vintage setup that would have been bolted to a vehicle. Each one has two reflectors and a flag.

oh... and finally .. one of my display cabinets for vintage tools. I may have told the story before but after my son and I took over a shelf, then two.. in my wife's china cabinet for vintage tools... she bought me my own antique display cabinet for our anniversary - I have been through another 5 or so since then. As I find cabinets that I like better and better I just move the old ones on.

 

[Jayman17]

I actually get to show some stuff I got today at an estate sale. This sale had a large Web mill with lots of tooling included that went for $850. A guy there said the whole lot was worth about $5k. Also had a SouthBend lathe with lots of extras. There was a boatload of all sorts of tools and shop supplies.

I picked up a B&D Workmate 350 in new condition, doesn't look like they ever used it. Also got 3 Brink&Cotton bar clamps, 2 Jorgensen C-clamps, a 10" B&C C-clamp, a Pearlitic *********** C-clamp and a Luxo articulating bench top magnifying fluorescent light. Paid $75 for all of it.

-Jay

 

[bmwrd0]

Hit three Estate sales a moving sale and one TOO:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=785705&d=1530400329
From the fist esates sale, a woodworking tools book, .30 cal cleaning rod, Wards push drill, Some wrench envelops and a nice chisle handle. $5
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=785706&d=1530400329
From the moving sale, Lufkin cloth tape, Craftsman drill grinding attachment, Channellock pliers and some misc. Snap-on. $2
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=785708&d=1530400329
From the second estate sale (a garage/shed demo sale), long Greenlee drill bit, MT2 bit, larger Herbrand wrenches, Stanley bevel gauge, Vlechek chisle set in origanal holder, P&C ignition wrench that was modified, Snap-on valve adjuster, German needle files, P&C screw extractor set, long C socket box, unmarked but well mad puller, vintage tape measure (Brownie) offset screwdriver and a guard to a long c tilting table saw, which I needed for my saw. $3
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=785709&d=1530400329
Last estate sale, long Spintite, Fairmount and Par-X line wrenches and a Blue point bp deadblow. $5

Not to shabby, if I do say so myself.

 

[Adept_Raccoon]

Hello all, new member here and I thought I’d share my scores from today. I went to a flea market that I’ve never been to before and wandered around a bit, just trying to get a feel for the place. After not seeing many tools I went around again and looked harder. I came across a bin of $1 things and found 2 USA sockets. Nothing else jumped out at me, until I came to one vendor who had the toolbox pictured here filled with sockets, wrenches, and screwdrivers. I paid $28 for all of it. I moved on and came across an assortment of wrenches where I picked the USA ones out (mostly Craftsman) and left the rest. Price was $5 for all. As I was walking towards the parking lot I noticed a shed with lots of tools. This place was chock full of sockets, ratchets, wrenches, vices, some power tools, some hand tools, you name it he had it. Not knowing what was in the toolbox and not wanting to delve into it in the parking lot to find out, I opted to only get a craftsman ½” drive ratchet, a Husky USA ⅜” breaker bar, and a double bit axe handle. Cost was $20. After going through the box I was dismayed to find out that 95% of the sockets and 50% of the wrenches are Taiwan, China, Japan, Malaysia, or unbranded. I did find some good ones including a WRIGHT USA socket and 4 of the same HI-TENSILE Armstrong wrenches. One of the wrenches is a STUBAI from Austria, and another says "made in West Germany", so that's pretty neat. I have no information on the toolbox other than it has a removable tray in the top and has 2 drawers with friction slides, so any additional info would be appreciated.

 

[Outlawmws]

Went out for a Freecycle run (wrong address... ) and hit another estate sale: saved from the free pile:

 

[Boofer]

Part no. SSDMR4B1TT

It's $4.

Thanks G, that was more than helpful. I couldn't find it on the SO before you gave me the part#.

 

[BlueBomber]

Nice finds this weekend, gents! I'm stuck at home rewiring the old garage--didn't even hit the yard sale just down the road from me.

Outlaw ***** for the Werner ladder!

 

[JABgj]

Found an estate sale today while out picking up lunch. Lot's of stuff with stratospheric prices. Found 4 big C clamps and a pocket thermometer and had to scoot.

 

[ex-x-fire]

I just missed one of these, the guy who grabbed it didn't know anything about it, the seller thought it was a ww1 French cap. It was at a half price table, guy got it for $2. I looked at it, really nice shape and told him it was from the 50s to early 60s, a US Army cap, made it the USA. I don't know why he thought it was French.
Later I found out they call them Ridgeway caps.

 

[Provincial]

CB Acres - that block in post #4589 with the S-2278-3 stamped into it may be a bucking bar for aircraft rivets if there are polished faces on some sides.

 

[dodge610]

Got real lucky on this one $25.00 couldn’t be happier


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[marineman]

There was an auction in town today advertising they had a bunch of tools so figured I'd go take a look and see if there was anything I had to have. There was a bit of almost new craftsman that went for new craftsman prices and a bunch of cheap imported stuff that wasn't worth dealing with but I managed to pick up a few pieces:

Older made in the USA K-mart bench grinder for $10


A 4 foot 1 man saw I'll just hang on the wall for $7


Not a tool but I love this bull head for my sons room for $35


And my proudest moment of the day a pair of Stanley Bailey No 5 planes for $22 for the pair. In good shape and complete, just need to clean them up

 

[bluebolt]

Dodge610, you **** on the $25 Craftsman grinder with pedestal stand!

 

[dodge610]

Dodge610, you **** on the $25 Craftsman grinder with pedestal stand!

There is a story behind that PM me i will fill you in

 

[Outlawmws]

Dodge what HP is that? Agree; suckage deal with the stand!

 

[Outlawmws]

Outlaw, those M7 holsters also saw a LOT of use through the 90s and early part of the GWOT with M9 pistols (9mm) in armor and mech infantry units. Your holster seems to be in good condition, and (I think) complete.

The M7 replaced the M3, which didn't have a retention strap. That allowed "Ol' Slab Sides" to bang against a soldier's side. Repro M3s have popped up in russet leather, and were not unheard of in Iraq. The long strap made it easy (-ier?) to wear with body armor and plates than the M7 holster.

Nice scores!

Thanks for the details GPW!

It also happens to be a good fit for my Ruger super single six!

Do you happen to know how the retention strap is used? Just around the body and back to the harness? Hardly seems needed if the belt loop is used.

 

[bluebolt]

Found a few goodies Friday and Saturday

Friday I went first to a garage sale that was supposed to have a lot of tools. Problem was there was no start time so people showed up at 6 AM plus the night before. Nothing left.

I did pick up this Westinghouse roaster stand for $2. Surprisingly the clock works, will have to see if the timer still works too.


Next stop was a family run estate sale. The garage was messy, smelly and had obviously been stripped of tools years ago. There was a decent looking workbench there with a bunch of junk on it including a mobile light. No power in garage so I didn't know if the light worked. No price on the workbench so I asked. $25 for the bench and everything on it including the light. SOLD!

Now to get it out of there. No large vehicle had been down that driveway in a long time and the Excursion wasn't going to make it until a tree was trimmed. Usually that would be no big deal since I had my Craftsman C3 cordless reciprocating saw with me but it doesn't work without a battery! So the only thing I had was a hacksaw with a blade for cutting metal! And the tree was covered with pink flowering blooms. I was soon covered with pink petals, the way I was sweating it may have made me SMELL a little better LOL.

So I finally got to cleaning off the workbench and picked up a small plastic shopping bag. CLINK CLINK. Nuts and washers I figured, NOPE, it was full of COINS!

So technically it belonged to me since it was on the workbench but it didn't feel right to me so I gave it back to the family. I DID check it first for old silver dimes and such but all newer coins. A quick count of quarters and such led me to believe it was about $10 in change.

I hit up a 3rd sale but it was already stripped clean.

Got home and sorted out the stuff from the workbench. Hardware and the usual junk but did find a Craftsman Crown log hammer belt loop and square pamphlet.


The workbench turned out to be a Lyon. I need to clean it up a bit, I wish it still had the vise that used to be on there!


The light turned out to be a Dazor! I had removed it for transport and decided to check it out and see if it worked. I let it set on another workbench. It had a funky permanently attached outlet box with a short cord attached. The heavy junction box slid off the table and hit the ground.

CRASH BOOM CRACK TINKLE

Great I just destroyed the light

Then I look closer and the noise was hardware and a porcelain light bulb base that had been dragged off the table with the light. The light itself looked OK. So I plugged it in and IT WORKED!!! I need to replace one of the three light bulbs but no big deal.

 

[dodge610]

Dodge what HP is that? Agree; suckage deal with the stand!

That is a 1/4 hp block grinder


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[hemifalcon]

I’ve not contributed here for some time.. today’s buys include a $25 Snap-On wall cabinet which I sold an hour after and funded the rest of the junk here.. Stanley #5 plane, small Stanley bevel square, Craftsman jig saw appears to have never been used, small cast anvil with nice weight Tobit, and a few machinist bits to clean up.. A large set of Hardinge 5C metric collets to sell off and some other stuff not pictured..









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[Outlawmws]

SNIP

So I finally

Decided to make the post a tease?

C'mon, 'fess up!

 

[Outlawmws]

Hemi, what went in the wall cab? Pullers?

Part of me wants one of those, another part (the practical part) say's "And WHERE would you hang it?"

 

[Outlawmws]

That is a 1/4 hp block grinder


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Saw the background story: Glad you could recover it!

 

[hemifalcon]

Hemi, what went in the wall cab? Pullers?

Part of me wants one of those, another part (the practical part) say's "And WHERE would you hang it?"

I honestly have no clue. There was no tool board inside and looked like there never was.. I can’t say what would have been in it-but a fella from New Yawk had to have it-so off it will go!


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[bluebolt]

Decided to make the post a tease?

C'mon, 'fess up!

My computer has been glitchy after the last Windows 10 update so for long posts I have been posting a partial story and editing it. I hate retyping!
Friday's finds have been updated and are done, still have to do Saturday's.

 

[fowldarr]

Well, I have been gone for awhile from this forum and this thread. But, I just had a pretty nice score (pics to come tomorrow). Helped my elderly neighbor pack up a bunch of stuff because he is moving to a retirement home.

As we pack up the last of the things he is taking in this load, he hands me a garage door opener and tells me to take anything left out of the shop. All of it if I want it.

His stepson has already taken quite a bit, but there is still some good stuff (3 routers, circular saws, Sabre saws, radial arm saw, hand saws, a cool old cart, unopened kreg Ripcut guide, filed, hardware, and lots of undiscovered goodies. Also gave me an unopened push broom scrubber (feeds water and soap through it) a two man raft, and this cool model ship.


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[Outlawmws]

That's a cool Model ship! Can't recall seeing a Chinese junk model ship.

BB Cool find on the Dazor and bench! that vise pattern looks suspiciously like the Craftsman 519X series...?

 

[hemifalcon]

Here.. I’ll share one more find.. a few weeks ago, two days after my 2nd boy was delivered-I nabbed this very nice US Machine Tools #1 horizontal mill which was turned into a light duty vertical mill. I was able to locate all of the the horizontal pieces in the cluttered basement thankfully to make it fully operational in both configurations. It seems likely that this machine saw very light use in its 60-70years of its existence. It’s a lot heavier than it looks as it had to be stripped to the cast stand to be wrestled from the basement of the estate sale. It works very nice and reassembly in my garage allowed me to learn better the machines operation. For any small “fab or machining” work I may ever want to do-this should do just fine for me.

Initial pics are what I snapped to help me with reassembling this little monster.





Fully broken down..



And cleaned, lubed and reassembled.. most of these machines it seems lost their guards and most were only lever operated, whilst this one has been either converted or was assembled when new with all the handwheels in place. It’s a smooth functioning and practical machine.








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[bluebolt]

Saturday's finds.

A garage sale was starting Saturday and the pictures looked great, ALL TOOLS AND CAR PARTS! And I have been keeping an eye out for a engine hoist for my buddy which was in one of the pictures (so he stops borrowing mine LOL)

Get there a little early and again people had come way early, mostly friends of the deceased husband. Engine hoist was gone. Other stuff in pictures was gone already.


One thing that was still there and reasonable was a pair of counter height Lista cabinets with a butcher block top for $250. They were a perfect match for the ones I already have but I didn't need them and didn't have the money to spend on them either.


The first thing I grab was a Huot numbered drill bit case. I had purchased a bunch of numbered drill bits earlier but they were in a regular hardware small cabinet and the Huot was much better!


Second thing I picked up was a combat knife. Cattaraugus 225Q what was that? A quick search on the phone showed it was a decent WWII knife so for $15 I put it in my pile.

I kept on picking through the stuff and picked up a bit more, metric 3/8 sockets in a Mac magnetic holder, deeps were Snap On, shallows were Craftsman. I went through a few drawers in an overpriced mismatched Craftsman stack and puled out some goodies, Blackhawk curved wrench, Craftsman tappet wrenches,DBE with no brand name but has raised lettering for the size with AF, Bonney ignition DBE, Durochrome DBE and angle wrench, Enderes 4in1 screwdriver, Indestro and Lectrolite DBE's, Plomb combo, Snap On wrench, ratcheting screwdriver and chisel and a Craftsman right angle C3 cordless screwdriver. Also picked up a 1957 Mercury and 1972 Ford Engines shop manuals, 1984 Chevrolet Power parts catalog and Model Motoring Hop Up kit box. Total spent was $86.


I then went to the local flea market. Not much for tools I wanted but picked up this Coca Cola bottle washing crate for $13, I'll flip it for around $30.

 

[gpw_42]

Do you happen to know how the retention strap is used? Just around the body and back to the harness? Hardly seems needed if the belt loop is used.

I think the attached pics will answer the question about "official wear." There's a lot of room for opinion on these (where between your breastbone and armpit should the weapon be?); I never saw anyone be too strict about how it was done. The main purpose was to keep the weapon where it wouldn't interfere with evacuating an armored vehicle, then secure and accounted for; as always, comfort was Uncle Sam's last consideration.

El Paso Saddlery's link on their M3: https://epsaddlery.com/product/1942-tanker-holster-3-to-5-barrels/

Sources:
Germany: www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/273468-m-3-m-7-adjustments-wearing/

LTG Sanchez: www.coltforum.com/forums/leather-accessories/72271-question-military-contract-m-3-holster.html

 

[gpw_42]

Saturday's finds.

Second thing I picked up was a combat knife. Cattaraugus 225Q what was that? A quick search on the phone showed it was a decent WWII knife so for $15 I put it in my pile.

Bluebolt, that Q knife is a nice pickup, and especially at that price, AND with the sheath! Originally they were (all? mostly?) chromed, which likely hurt their reputation among Word War 2 GIs; my reading indicates they were often called Quartermaster knives, for reasons I don't remember well enough to write about on here. They had a fantastic reputation for being tough and dependable, but they never got the "press" of the Kabar.

I'd recommend against doing anything to the leather. Sharpen the knife and use it (just not as a pry bar), and you'll get a lifetime of use from it. Enjoy!

I had to work yesterday morning, so caught a couple garage sales about 1 and spent $0. I'm amazed seeing what everybody else scored yesterday and Friday!

 

[dodge610]

Saw the background story: Glad you could recover it!

Surprised me. Gotta find a new spark arrestor glass for it and a new cord.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Second thing I picked up was a combat knife. Cattaraugus 225Q what was that? A quick search on the phone showed it was a decent WWII knife so for $15 I put it in my pile.

Decent is an understatement. Also, it was not a fighting knife, per se. General utility, to include combat, if necessary, but the Cats were so beefy with such a big palm swell you could do anything with them, including chopping. They are held in very high regard with certain segments of the WWII Edged Weapons collecting community. That is a fantastic find.

The Q is thought to stand for Quartermaster. Case made a Q knife too.

To add to what Steve said, they didn't get made in the high numbers that the more famous Union Ka-Bar did, for two reasons: they weren't combat knives, and, at nearly 1 lb in weight, they needed more steel to make.

I second Steve's advice on the leather. At the most, if you want to bring the color up, rub just a pinky finger smidge of Neat's Foot oil into the palm of one hand, and rub your hands together good, until they're just barely oily, and then just grip the knife and re-grip it a few times. If you slather oil on there it will loosen the leather washers, which already have a notorious reputation on Cats for lifting in the middle of the handle where yours shows signature signs of it already.

 

[RedVise]

Found this screwed to the inside wall of a long wood handyman's box.

Vintage Big Daddy Rat, Daytona Beach memorabilia. 60's - 70's likely.

Brian

 

[rmalkow2]

Found a few goodies Friday and Saturday

I did pick up this Westinghouse roaster stand for $2. Surprisingly the clock works, will have to see if the timer still works too.

I have one of those Westinghouse base cabinets but where yours has a clock mine must be the low end model and only has a cover plate with the name embossed in it. I always wondered what else could go in that space and thanks to your posting I just learned it.

Good scores on all your finds this weekend by the way.