2018 Garage Sale Thread

[txlonghorn1989]

Merc,
You've been on a tear! Two Wiltons for $100 total? Some of us don't even have one at any price. How do you sleep at night? ;-) Some really nice finds!

 

[3baygarage]

I asked Nine and he said it was the drive piece to some tool, but couldn't remember which. I'm curious as to whether or not this is required for the CM stud remover to function properly. I've never had one of the Craftsman stud removers but every one that I've seen doesn't have this piece...yet I see plenty for sale and sold without this. Is it just that a normal [male] extension will work on those but perhaps not lock per the detent being on the round part of this?

It could probably be turned with an extension but yeah that ball locks the tool together and the knurl wheel rides around with the support of that round end I guess.

 

[MercLSU]

Nice lathe Merc, that thing looks to be in top shape. I just bought a 11" Rockwell, it was in a house, but I had a much easier time getting out than you did.
And you **** on the block grinder, man, they just sprout up alongside the road for ya!

Thank you sir. This was an interesting experience. Let's just say I was doing my best to make a path between all the newspaper and ammo....

We need a
'hey, look what I got by placing a wanted ad!'
Thread.


I think you should post a seperate thread about that great lathe find and then others of us can pitch in with our found wanteds.

(post a good stock photo of the pieces you need. We can place a wanted adv nationwide to help. you find them)

That's a pretty neat idea for a thread for sure. Unfortunately, my situation doesn't apply. I guess I stink at telling a story, especially after watching an LSU game. So I put a CraigsList ad up about a month ago after deciding to upgrade from my Atlas 12". I had no bites, but wasn't surprised as metal lathes are extremely scarce around here unless they're hogged out huge lathes too big for a home shop or the occasional Atlas.

There was an ad over in New Orleans Craigslist for a drill press (just about NOS Craftsman commercial) for $200 that I wasn't interested in, but they also had a second picture for a "lahte" for $875. After realizing what it was I attack dialed the guy and finally got ahold of him. I offered to be there in <= 1 hour with cash, but he couldn't meet me until the evening when I wouldn't be available to be an hour away from home. I wasn't going to take any chances of it getting away, so I told him as long as he took the ad down I'd give him $1000 first thing in the morning. He was happy with that.

He did say that even though the ad was only up for a couple of hours he got about 20 calls on the lathe...even though the title and primary picture was of a drill press, and that "lathe" was misspelled. Just goes to show you how competitive things are for things around here.

So long story short, the hail mary want ad I posted yielded no results but I randomly stumbled upon what I'd been looking for. Funny when you think about it. Fits Alanis Morissette's definition of irony for sure.

Great stuff and saves Merc!

You should post those 950 Channellock vise grips in the Channellock thread! I have 2 pair of the 910 models which are one handed use, but I've never seen the 950's which appear to be more conventional?

Finding unmolested Lanterns is always a red letter day! most have been beat on and have chips in the porcelain vents, if not dents and scratches in the founts! Waht are the dates on the bottoms?

Great score on the SB!

and you still **** on the free 1HP grinder!

I like Ducks suggestion on the wanted post thread, but doubt I'd have much to contribute besides a few Freecycle wanteds that come through once in a blue moon...

Thanks! I'll post the Channellocks up when I get a chance. The 200A is dated 2-73 and the 220J is dated 1-78. Nothing terribly old or rare. Got a local guy I think I'll sell them to in order to pay for the pullers and the vise that they'll hopefully get back to me on. Been radio silent for the last day.

Merc,
You've been on a tear! Two Wiltons for $100 total? Some of us don't even have one at any price. How do you sleep at night? ;-) Some really nice finds!

I sleep at night with the Wiltons holding my bed down. They come in handy in hurricane alley

 

[mattblast]

Picked up a craftsman 1/3hp grinder with stand and accessories this morning on way home from Philly.







I didn’t have room for the concrete block so I left it there. Paid asking price of $85.

 

[emeraldcoupe]

Hit the one flea early today, it opens at 6, so that meant using a flashlight.
One seller was unloading a bigger uhaul, hardly had much out, just the first tote and it was hitting gold for me.

First time I’ve ever even seen the CM ratcheting T, much less able to buy!
Also a SK roto head rat, a 3/8” and 1/2” CM breaker.

Seller was telling me he had mechanics and woodworking shop in truck.
I ask how much for the four items.... he came back st $2 for each breaker, $ 3for SK rat, and another $3 for the t ratchet.

So I took this haul back to truck and got a second flashlight and went back and let him use!
The totes were being attacked by 5 people as they came out of the truck, but didn’t really see much more in hand tools.

Pick up some bilingual brake clean and some drill bits.

A exhaust fan with variable speed control, including the Dollie that it sitting on.

Cart will be nice as I’m tearing apart shop and moving stuff.

Got the below from another seller, figured I’d give the first one time to unload some more.
2 USA clamps and a USA 1-1/2” hole punch.

It was a great trip, had to rush out as I was meeting wife for breakfast.
The t ratchet was worth the trip.


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$2 for the craftsman spinner ratchet! YOU ****!!

 

[emeraldcoupe]

Hit the one flea early today, it opens at 6, so that meant using a flashlight.
One seller was unloading a bigger uhaul, hardly had much out, just the first tote and it was hitting gold for me.

First time I’ve ever even seen the CM ratcheting T, much less able to buy!
Also a SK roto head rat, a 3/8” and 1/2” CM breaker.

Seller was telling me he had mechanics and woodworking shop in truck.
I ask how much for the four items.... he came back st $2 for each breaker, $ 3for SK rat, and another $3 for the t ratchet.

So I took this haul back to truck and got a second flashlight and went back and let him use!
The totes were being attacked by 5 people as they came out of the truck, but didn’t really see much more in hand tools.

Pick up some bilingual brake clean and some drill bits.

A exhaust fan with variable speed control, including the Dollie that it sitting on.

Cart will be nice as I’m tearing apart shop and moving stuff.

Got the below from another seller, figured I’d give the first one time to unload some more.
2 USA clamps and a USA 1-1/2” hole punch.

It was a great trip, had to rush out as I was meeting wife for breakfast.
The t ratchet was worth the trip.


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$2 for the craftsman spinner ratchet! YOU **** !!

 

[BlueBomber]

My daughter and I finished working on her '65 Malibu and wanted to take it out for a longer test run than around the block. So, Craigslist produced a garage sale about 20 minutes away, and off we went.

The ad was thin, no pictures and had "TOOLS" in the listing. It turned out to be truly a garage sale, with a few tables of junk and all three walls nearly floor to ceiling with shelving. I asked the old guy in the chair about tools and he pointed to a shelf behind a table. I had to shimmy into a tight space to paw through grimy boxes of junk, but I found some rusty gold.

Here's an E.C. Stearns saw vise with an Aug 22 1899 patent date. I've seen others on this thread post these but this is a first for me. I wouldn't have recognized it if not for this thread.



A pair of ball pein hammers, one a 12-oz Herbrand BP-12.



4-1/2" pulley and Crosby 5/8" chain shackle



Valley 2500-lb wire winch for me and low-flow shower head for the daughter's future house bus



The three Toyota wheel covers are for a yard art project for SWMBO. We turn these...



...into these!



As I made a pile beside his chair, the old guy asked again what I was looking for. I told him any old tools, but double box end wrenches in particular. He thought for a second, and then went and retrieved some from the basement. I scanned the tote and pulled out these:

Long-C Craftsman deep offset, Snap-on offset and early Craftsman ratcheting DBEs.



Two huge Blue Point Supreme DOEs
Fairmont tappet wrench DOE



A grab bag of unusual vintage DOEs: HM, B-something, Walden-Worcester, Walden



A handful of combos: Par-X, Blue Point, Plomb pebble



I had also found a Rigid pipe thread handle and two dies, one still in its box, seemingly unused. As I was sorting the wrenches, I saw the guy pull out his phone and start pricing the Rigid pipe stuff. Rut-roh, there's goes any You **** deal, I thought. Sure enough, he wanted half retail for the pipe threaders I had dug out of his stash. I passed, but gave his some free advice on how I had succeessfully gotten good money for those items on Ebay. He perked up and seem genuinely thankful, so maybe that softened him up a bit for the remaining items above. We haggled a bit, and I got him down to $45 for the lot.

We left and drove the Malibu back home and checked her out on the lift. She is still a bit moist around the radiator and the valve covers, but my daughter loves her car and is going to take it anyway for her senior year at college. I can't say No to that.

 

[Richard Cranium]

3 bay, I think my record for finding two of those spinner ratchets for fifty cents each at one yard sale still stands.
Nice find cbacres.

 

[freudianfloyd]

Same yardsale, I was driving past anyway figured I would stop and see if he found anything else. Wound up buying a few items for $6 total.

3 Craftsman 1/2" extensions
Craftsman 1/2" swivel
Proto 3/8 swivel
Walden 1/2" breaker bar (Shortest breaker bar I've ever seen) seems counterintuitive to me but made in U.S. and cool.
Glue gun with pack of glue sticks.

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[3baygarage]

3 bay, I think my record for finding two of those spinner ratchets for fifty cents each at one yard sale still stands.
Nice find Scacres.

Rich that takes the cake, hands down. CB got ripped off. In fact, maybe he should return it and get his money back. I’ll meet him up there to make sure things go smoothly.



J/k. His deal is right up there with yours. I bought one on ebay once for 16 bucks shipped I think, missing the guts or the gear, I can’t remember.


Floyd you must be the guy’s best customer. His prices rock.

 

[bluebolt]

I haven't kept up with the comings and goings (TWSS) in my shop so much lately but I have a few from the last week.

Pic 1, 2: $20 for vintage hardware, about half being brass. NOS GE 1725 RPM motor. Max developed 1 HP (...so 1/10th HP?). Some ChannelLock items, including a nice pair of 950-C "vise grips". Never seen a pair of these before. Deep C-clamp that was in a trash pile on the way home. Initially frozen but now works well.

Pic 3: $20 M12 radio from Craigslist. A little dirty but works well and came with a battery and AC adapter.

Pic 4: $22 ($20 plus $2 in tax) from ReStore. Proto ratchet, breaker bar, extensions, and assortment of sockets (one is Williams and two are SK, everything else is Proto)

Pic 5: Items from the ReStore box that I'm keeping or selling separate (Snap On, Williams, Proto, Craftsman)

Pic 6: $60 Wilton C0 in just about new condition

A big "YOU ****" on the Wilton, looks great!

 

[bluebolt]

Same yardsale, I was driving past anyway figured I would stop and see if he found anything else. Wound up buying a few items for $6 total.

3 Craftsman 1/2" extensions
Craftsman 1/2" swivel
Proto 3/8 swivel
Walden 1/2" breaker bar (Shortest breaker bar I've ever seen) seems counterintuitive to me but made in U.S. and cool.
Glue gun with pack of glue sticks.

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Those short flex handles can save the day were there is not enough room for a ratchet or wrench or a long handle breaker bar.

 

[cbacres]

$2 for the craftsman spinner ratchet! YOU ****!!

But I paid $3 for it.

 

[Richard Cranium]

You still **** at 3.00

 

[freudianfloyd]

Rich that takes the cake, hands down. CB got ripped off. In fact, maybe he should return it and get his money back. I’ll meet him up there to make sure things go smoothly.



J/k. His deal is right up there with yours. I bought one on ebay once for 16 bucks shipped I think, missing the guts or the gear, I can’t remember.


Floyd you must be the guy’s best customer. His prices rock.

My dad is actually, hes been there on at least 10 different occasions. And spent over $1,000.

I wish I knew about his sale sooner the first day. He had a ton of Snap on hand tools that were gone before I ever got there.

 

[Jaydb07]

CM sharpening stone



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[BFBOB]

First decent haul in a while - I saw this crappy little plastic toolbox with a bunch of trash and a few wrenches Dug in a little and found in amongst the disintegrating hard candies, sticky resinous substance, congealed tar unidentified?? some nice wrenches. There was a $2 Each tag on the box, but I took a chance (first day of the sale "No Reductions" - but also no surplus of customers) and offered $30 for the lot. She took it! Then, of course, I wished I had offered $20.
I got 27 all USA wrenches, mostly Craftsman =V=, a couple of usable wood chisels and a few crappy screwdrivers. Pix are after some serious cleaning, soap and water followed by paint thinner and some e-tanking for a few rusty ones.

 

[d42jeep]

Late this afternoon I spotted a Craigslist garage sale ad mentioning tools so the neighbors and I ran to town to check it it about 4:00. It was the typical bunch of **** but the seller’s toolbox was sitting out and I talked him into showing me his tools. They were all pretty modern but I told him I was into old stuff and he mentioned that he had inherited a Snap-on set from his father recently and offered to show it to me, but he didn’t want to sell it. It turned out to be a fairly complete 1/2” drive New Britain set. He was surprised and disappointed to find out it wasn’t Snap-on so I said I was interested in buying it if he wanted to let it go. He took down my phone number. In the meantime my neighbor found a $2.00 test light and the guy had a chance to think about my offer and with a TINY bit of urging decided to sell me his inheritance. Here are some pictures. Just missing a few sockets but it has the correct wartime ratchet with the short control.
-Don

 

[Rickster]

Several garage sales this last weekend where one netted me this great box of Snap-on Crows feet. The Klein linesman pliers and wire strippers I picked up from a guy having a tool sale but he didnt want to sell any tools...... I was lucky to get these from him!

 

[M_George]

Several garage sales this last weekend where one netted me this great box of Snap-on Crows feet. The Klein linesman pliers and wire strippers I picked up from a guy having a tool sale but he didnt want to sell any tools...... I was lucky to get these from him!

Nice haul, you rarely fond any crows foot wrenches at sales.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Picked up these screwdrivers. I couldnt find much on the Blue-point models. They were unused and seem pretty nice. I dont know if they are vintage or just obscure. I tried to look up the part numbers and didnt find anything. If anyone has any info on them I'd love to have it. Thanks

 

[emeraldcoupe]

bought this at a flea market sunday. you can't touch a real anvil around here being that every seller has them as "vintage" and want's ridiculous money. anyway, I paid $40 for it. it's 12" long and 6" high, it'll work for my needs.

 

[Jaydb07]

Late this afternoon I spotted a Craigslist garage sale ad mentioning tools so the neighbors and I ran to town to check it it about 4:00. It was the typical bunch of **** but the seller’s toolbox was sitting out and I talked him into showing me his tools. They were all pretty modern but I told him I was into old stuff and he mentioned that he had inherited a Snap-on set from his father recently and offered to show it to me, but he didn’t want to sell it. It turned out to be a fairly complete 1/2” drive New Britain set. He was surprised and disappointed to find out it wasn’t Snap-on so I said I was interested in buying it if he wanted to let it go. He took down my phone number. In the meantime my neighbor found a $2.00 test light and the guy had a chance to think about my offer and with a TINY bit of urging decided to sell me his inheritance. Here are some pictures. Just missing a few sockets but it has the correct wartime ratchet with the short control.
-Don

Dang. How fun is that?


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[IMCA38]

I went to an estate auction about a half hour away on Saturday as there were a lot of tools listed. The quality and selection of the tools was disappointing and I only stayed for an hour or so. However, I did manage to snag this interesting pry bar for $2.
It is stamped with the name and three digit phone number of the local cooperative elevator. I'd guess it's easily fifty years old.

 

[3baygarage]

Somehow I left out this pic the other day.

Proto body file.

 

[Boofer]

I went to an estate auction about a half hour away on Saturday as there were a lot of tools listed. The quality and selection of the tools was disappointing and I only stayed for an hour or so. However, I did manage to snag this interesting pry bar for $2.

It is stamped with the name and three digit phone number of the local cooperative elevator. I'd guess it's easily fifty years old.

Looks exactly like the one I found a couple months ago except mine has "Imperial Casket Co." Maybe these were common promotional items back in the day.

 

[jpickar]

Here is a 1/4" Craftsman ratchet that I have never seen before. I got it today from a pawn shop. $1! I will go back tomorrow and look for the stud.

Does anyone know anything about this ratchet?

 

[JMLangford]

I went to an estate auction about a half hour away on Saturday as there were a lot of tools listed. The quality and selection of the tools was disappointing and I only stayed for an hour or so. However, I did manage to snag this interesting pry bar for $2.
It is stamped with the name and three digit phone number of the local cooperative elevator. I'd guess it's easily fifty years old.

I picked up one just like it in a large tool lot I bought at the first of the year....

Mine has the name FRANK ULMER LUMBER CO. ~ a local lumber yard that's now closed....evidently, some company offered these as promotional items that you could customize with your business name and number




Edit: Oops....just noticed Boofer's post above saying about the same thing!


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[wrenchguy]

I picked up one just like it in a large tool lot I bought at the first of the year....

Mine has the name FRANK ULMER LUMBER CO. ~ a local lumber yard that's now closed....evidently, some company offered these as promotional items that you could customize with your business name and number

for wood crates and boxes back in the day. narrow nail puller for 3d crate nails.

 

[JMLangford]

My wife and I left last Friday to go visit her kin folks up in Ohio.....

Saturday morning after our "Continental breakfast" we headed 22 miles South to the Tiffin fair grounds for their flea market.

That part of Ohio being mostly farm land....most all the tools were older (rusted) tools used on the farm (nothing real exciting) but I did manage to pick up a (also rusty) 4" drill press vise for $3.50 and four 4 1/2" swivel/fully locking casters for $20


I've already cleaned the DP vise and I'm starting to clean up the casters that I might put on my 5 drawer HF tool cart....



.

 

[3baygarage]

Here is a 1/4" Craftsman ratchet that I have never seen before. I got it today from a pawn shop. $1! I will go back tomorrow and look for the stud.

Does anyone know anything about this ratchet?

I can’t let that slip by without a You ****! Someone can probably give you exact time frame, but as a general date 1930s. Great find for a buck.

 

[d42jeep]

We revisited the sale where I found my New Britain socket set and I invested $1.00 in this Bemis & Call 10” adjustable wrench. AA dates their example at 1915. It’s pretty worn out and possibly beyond repair but interesting nonetheless.
-Don

 

[txlonghorn1989]

I hit an estate sale this morning that advertised "tools and more tools". Set my alarm for 5:30am. The sale was about a 30 min drive from the house. That's the earliest I've ever gone to any kind of sale. The reason? The Craftsman gray & red toolboxes. Thought they'd be an awesome complement to my CM gray & red 12-drawer roller and 12-dr top box. I'm first in line for almost an hour and a half. First one in the garage and I see sold on the tag! Hugely disappointed to say the least.





I still made out pretty good. I've been hoping to find a Henry Disston & Sons saw vise/clamp. Also, came across some Copper foil (16" x 3', 36GA) which I've been considering buying to fix a leak in the basin of a water fountain. This year I picked up my first chain saw - a Stihl 025. Now I have an Oregon chain saw file for it, assuming it's the right size. If not I'll sell it and recoup my $5. And also picked up an interesting container for whatever and a Craftsman Crown set of metric hex keys. Set me back $30 rudabegas.

The Disston saw vise/clamp looks complete except for one screw to lock the saw blade in place. Everything moves easily and as it should. It doesn't have a number (No 1 or No 2). It also has a pretty wide gap versus other Disston saw vises I've seen. Anyone know any particulars on this model?

 

[Outlawmws]

TX, that organizer is for resistors. Std decade count values, I think for 10% resistors.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

TX, that organizer is for resistors. Std decade count values, I think for 10% resistors.

Thanks Outlaw! I was gonna google that but hadn't yet. It will come in handy for some kind of spare parts. Maybe that bunch of toggle switches I recently picked up.

Edit: Nah, the toggle switches are likely too wide.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It also has a pretty wide gap versus other Disston saw vises I've seen.

Very strange. Technically, all that space is wasted, unless it's meant for something other than saws. Not only have I never seen a Disston saw vise like that before, I haven't seen a saw vise like that from any other mfgr, either.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Very strange. Technically, all that space is wasted, unless it's meant for something other than saws. Not only have I never seen a Disston saw vise like that before, I haven't seen a saw vise like that from any other mfgr, either.

We are talking about the same thing right Lugz? That 1-1/4" "gap" underneath where the saw blade clamps?

I wonder if we have any Disston saw vise aficionados here or maybe I should create a thread in the vintage tool forum?

 

[15til3]

Quick stop garage sale stop on the way to work, 1919 CT plate

 

[Outlawmws]

The Disston saw vise/clamp also has a pretty wide gap versus other Disston saw vises I've seen. Anyone know any particulars on this model?

Very strange. Technically, all that space is wasted, unless it's meant for something other than saws. Not only have I never seen a Disston saw vise like that before, I haven't seen a saw vise like that from any other mfgr, either.

We are talking about the same thing right Lugz? That 1-1/4" "gap" underneath where the saw blade clamps?

I wonder if we have any Disston saw vise aficionados here or maybe I should create a thread in the vintage tool forum?

Probably clearance for the handle so *** doesn't need to be removed to sharpen the teeth at the handle. Wont work for all setups, but for many.

 

[5ktq]

Got this cantilever craftsman box. Any idea when it's from? 60s/70s?

I know craftsman had a lot of grey boxes, but it sure looks red where the grey paint is damaged.

I'm in Canada so sears might have sourced them somewhere else. (I know beach made some craftsman chests here).