2018 Garage Sale Thread

[Outlawmws]

Outlaw, that ultra stubby phillips you picked up a page back is most likely part of a wheel opening moulding tool. The shank fits inside a gearless ratchet handle, allowing you to apply heavy inward pressure while turning with the ratchet lever.

The Shank is round so does this ratchet have a clutch on the shank?

I have a similar one that is 1/4 hex. Slightly longer handle, shorter shank.

But I also have a Chapman set, so am good there...

 

[Stuart in MN]

So Saturday I picked up a gallon can of Rifle Bore Cleaner

Made by the S.C. Johnson Company, the paste wax people.

 

[RagTopTA]

Had me totally fooled and caught my eye precisely because it was matching in paint! I have a Long C Craftsman DP vise, but it doesn't adjust, and it's natural steel finish - so yeah, I was wondering about the deluxe version you were showing off! HAHA


Nice. I have a few of the littler individual issue cans.


Yup. Toolpost wrench. For a lathe or some other machine.


That thing is badass. What is affixed to the **** end? Is it steel or wood? Is that for show? Or does it go through the handle?

Looks like Rapala/Martinni filet knife,Carbon steel blade,try sandpaper on blade.

I will take more pics tomorrow night after work. its wood handled, leather-wrapped, and looks to be brass bevel.... I'm not sure if the thing on the **** goes all the way through or not I'll check it out tomorrow though and post some more pics. Mickeyone it does look like that kid of knife!

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

The Shank is round so does this ratchet have a clutch on the shank?

I have a similar one that is 1/4 hex. Slightly longer handle, shorter shank.

But I also have a Chapman set, so am good there...

Its a roller clutch, and you flip it for reverse, about the size of a 1/4" SK .
I have one somewhere, but never saw the OE screwdriver.

ah pictures https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5666841&postcount=6

still available
https://www.tooltopia.com/search.aspx?find=64250

 

[Provincial]

I visited the local flea market Sunday and found a few items. The most interesting is a Herbrand battery cable terminal lifter. It is the plier-like item just to the right of the Craftsman deep sockets and Wizard 3/8 drive extension.

Next is the 1" round-shank box wrench with no markings, triangle-B Life-Time angle wrench, Plomb USA 1134 DBE, P&C 6" adjustable and P&C 2832 DOE. Then Power-Kraft 5/8 and Wardmaster 3/4 combos made by Barcalo. Finally, a steel paper towel holder, because they are the only ones that hold up in the shop!

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

I went out too late on Sat night, and still felt a bit off Sunday afternoon, but the weather was great so I stopped at the flea. Right in the gate I found a set of 300A camlock connectors for $40. They were heavy, so I looked at some crummy bags, then this brown box. the guy said 'Its a dollar', and I was about to protest the missing tray when he pointed out 'the little screwdriver is probably a Snap On.'
Well OK, what about the other junk? 'Take it or leave it.' So I took it and shoved my heavy connectors in there. There is a slightly ironic orange 'sell by' sticker on the lid with no date. The box is 6x6x20, nice size to load up and still be able to move. The stencil is over some peeling clearish overspray/shoddy work QUARE??USA or USN

the box held the SO Stubbe, an SO center punch, like new but meh Stanley flathead, mostly V craftsmen metric sockets and little wrenches, A US made feeler and gap kit(no name) a Chinese compass, a 15 A art deco GE 3 way splitter(for those time you really wanna roll the dice with ungrounded cables), a Sears Craftsman ratcheting dogbone, and a video game cartridge (Gameboy color) that consistently sells for over a dollar if I can get it in tested working condition.

Other vendors got me for a $2 Bluepoint tap handle and the Utica cannon plug pliers for $1

 

[d42jeep]

All that for $1.00? That looks like major suckage to me. I really like the S-K box!
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I really like the S-K box!

Me too. I'm pretty sure that handle has been added later, though. I have one similar to that with a swinging leather handle. I didn't recognize it as an SK box until I saw the 30's-'47 decal.

 

[3baygarage]

Got out to the mid week flea again. It was a Husky kind of day. Picked up a Husky box with 3/8 ratchet, shallow set, some deeps, extensions, u joint, 1/4 spinner and a couple sockets, and a few non Husky items.

Then walking around found a 1/2” Husky ratchet, a 3/8 QR Husky ratchet, an older 3/8 Husky socket set, and saw 3/8 Husky speeder and said I guess I need that too!

Pictured outside the box with the Husky speeder are a Mustang ext. and New Britain speeder.

 

[jwsia]

Was at the junkyard dumping my 3' iron into the bin and these were on top. At 25 cents a pound they had to go home with me. I see a trip to Sears in the near future

 

[3baygarage]

Must be amazing what people scrap. Not bad for a couple bucks.

Some decent socket finds today, Craftsman 3/8 impact socket set, S-K E torx set,Craftsman 1/2 metric set.

Mac 17mm, Wright and Sunex lug nut flip sockets.

 

[3baygarage]

Group shot of ratchets from the flea.

I saw the Cornwell from about ten feet away on my friend’s table. That and the Williams next to it were drawing me in like a magnet.

Long 3/8 Craftsman,the three Husky, Cornwell 1/2, Williams 3/8, Armstrong 3/8 breaker, Herbrand 3/8 breaker, Snap On 1/2 ratcheting adapter, Bonney socket, Snap On drag link, Ace Hardware 3/4-1/2 adapter, and the Mustang again.

Also, little 1/4 OTC breaker bar.


Misc.- stopped at a roadside stand and grabbed the Klein lineman wrench and Ace adapter.
Bonney combo, Plomb doe, Hazet doe, Mac breaker turned punch, 2 snap on screwdrivers, Wera ball driver. 3 wood chisels- Stanley, Edge Tool co, and Keen Kutter.

 

[454ragtop]

Well what is the holdup on posting your finds ?[emoji23]


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Ok you pic hounds, here's phase 1 of the weekends finds. First pic is all Snap On with the exception of the torque wrench not in a case, it's a Matco, the short metric wrenches in the yellow tray are Mac, and the red case contains all Mac tools, shown in the next pic. The small box in the back has a set of mid length 3/8 drive impacts and a 3/8 drive 1/4" deep socket. On the far right is a Bluepoint straight edge.

Second pic is assorted American brands, Craftsman, Proto, SK, a Makita die grinder, huge brass drift, 3/8 breaker bar with square drive in the end of the handle is Plvmb, Imperial tubing bender, and special pliers for those thin crimp clamps.

Third pic is Snap On wrench roll, sadly only a few wrenches are Snap On, most are Craftsman.

Fourth pic shows some NOS control stations, got 2 2-button and 1 3-button.

Fifth pic is a rare South Bend Lathe tailstock collet chuck and collets.

Sixth is a Kurt D40 4" mill vise.

Seventh is a Parker # 20 vise, more before and after pics over in the vise mega thread.

More to come as I have time.

 

[3baygarage]

^Heck of a haul.

 

[nmantas]

Was at the junkyard dumping my 3' iron into the bin and these were on top. At 25 cents a pound they had to go home with me. I see a trip to Sears in the near future

Is that a 3/4"? Most SEARS won't warrant rusty tools........and now that they are bankrupt I'd assume they will be even more picky. Better off just doing a dunk in evaporust and some wet sanding. It would be much higher quality than the possible replacements anyway.

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

Me too. I'm pretty sure that handle has been added later, though. I have one similar to that with a swinging leather handle. I didn't recognize it as an SK box until I saw the 30's-'47 decal.

I have one of those leather handles on a 'tackle box' I posted awhile back.
this one is solidly riveted, and a good handle a least. I tried to look in a catalog, but it's challenging with TA down. Anyone got a pic of the right tray?

 

[Outlawmws]

That handle looks like an old school garage door handle...

 

[jwsia]

Yes it’s a 3/4. It will look very nice when I bring it in. If they don’t I will search for a rebuild kit


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[LesserSon]

OS:
This is a screenshot from the ‘43 catalog. A No4531.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Picked this up off CL this afternoon...SO KR-531A toolbox. It appears to have the original key and a vintage SO key chain. Very good shape with only a tiny bit of surface rust in one drawer. Think I got a pretty good deal at under a C-note.

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

The wrench gnome is awesome!

LS-Hardware looks like a perfect match, I guess brown might make mine older.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It appears to have the original key and a vintage SO key chain.

The wrench gnome is awesome!

That's no gnome, fellers! That right there is a Patriot wearing a tri-corner hat, shirt, vest, breeches, stockings, and low-quarter broad buckle shoes, carrying a wrench instead of his trusty musket, surrounded by a ring of stars (reminiscent of Betsy' Ross's first Old Glory). I don't know jack about Snappy KR-531A toolboxes or that logo on it - but if I had to guess based on that keychain, I'd have to guess that box is 1976 production, and the keychain is in honor of the Bicentennial!

That is a coolass find, Mike.

 

[bluebolt]

Picked this up off CL this afternoon...SO KR-531A toolbox. It appears to have the original key and a vintage SO key chain. Very good shape with only a tiny bit of surface rust in one drawer. Think I got a pretty good deal at under a C-note.

Does that have a date code of 1976 on the back? The wrench guy looks Bicentennial to me!

And great find!

 

[bluebolt]

Dratted Private Lugnutz beat me to the Patriot post LOL.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Dratted Private Lugnutz beat me to the Patriot post LOL.

That's oky, bb. Great minds think alike and all that...

I WANT ONE OF THOSE KEYCHAINS! Dang that's cool.

Edit: in fact, since Texas wasn't one of the original 13 states, I think Mike should just send that box up here to me in New Jersey!

 

[Motorman55]

Picked these up last week.

First two pics: Vintage ACME Electric Heating Corp hot plate. Measures: Top plate 4-3/5" wide and stand 4" Tall with 3 heat settings Low, Med and High. Missing its knob, but I'll find a good vintage one that fits.


The other pics: Vintage Stanley Electro Diffuser. Measures 3" Wide x 3-1/4" Tall. Designed to slip over a standard light bulb. Printing on it reads for use in melting 'Stanley Perfumed Crystals' to kill moths or can be used as a deodorizer.

No dates on the two items, possibly 1950's or earlier.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Missing its knob, but I'll find a good vintage one that fits.

You can probably find a photo somewhere. If not, and you freelance it, I have some V-shaped "radio" knobs that might work, and would match the big "V" on the side.

No dates on the two items, possibly 1950's or earlier.

I got curious about the hot plate, because I have a similar car heater. ACME was at 1317 Washington, Boston, Mass., in 1950. They must've snowbirded it sometime after that. By the looks of that thing, couldn't have been too much later!

The patent on the Stanley is Apr 6, 1943! But I tend to agree with you on 50's on your model.

Cool finds! Same vendor? Reason I ask is they're sort of in the same family.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

My haul from the Thursday flea...

The tripod with the OD canvas carry sling is US Army Signal Corps, dated 1942. STAND, LAMP OR HELIO Mk III made by P.R.&S. Ltd. Now all I need to find is the heliograph (two 5-inch mirrors and a shutter for sending Morse Code in light flashes!) that went on top. Until then, I'll just clean it and stand it up somewhere looking old and awesome.

Picture is terrible I see and shows no detail on the rest. I'll have to post some add'l pics later. Here's what's in that mess...

MISCELLANEOUS

- The oilcan - a very old Gem Mfg Co with a spring-loaded spout - is destined for 2oolhound's oiler thread. Believe it or not, that sucker is brass. Caked with residue. And the oil inside was caked into chunks and flakes as well. Cool markings.

- Handle on the Bonney ballpein (est. 12 or 16 ozs) needs whipping! (Yippee!)

- The file handle is a Lutz (with a file I don’t care about just couldn’t dislodge it on the spot)

- Punches are MAYHEW and a very old "VLCHEK" CLEV'D, O.

WRENCHES

- The absurdly but expertly modified and polished SOE used to be a B&S 1109 DOE

- The short DOE with the large heads and milled opening reminiscent of eccentric brake wrenches is actually a CROMPTON & KNOWLES loom wrench

- The bigger DOE is DAVIS & FURBER 78S]

- Those two square-shanked non-detachable era socket wrenches are not marked as far as I can tell so far. Everyone from Blackhawk to Walden made something like these in the 19aughts and teens though...

- Machine room tool post wrenches are all Armstrong

- The obstruction wrench is a Duro-Chrome Circle-X 3/4" openings

- The pair of stacked matching funky DOE wrenches with hex throats and a lip on the jaw are marked EMI Co. Kondu Box. I have NO clue. Conduit fitting? Something special industrial. For $1 I was curious.

- Last but not least, the bike wrench is a Mossberg A-1 PAT Nov 13, 00 and Mar 11, 02. Markings on this thing are incredibly fancy. Instantly becomes one of the coolest antique era wrenches in my collection.

DRIVE TOOLS

- Amber handled 1/4-inch drive spinner is unmarked. I like it. The shank is wider than the drive stud rather than the typical other way around.

- The other amber handled 1/4-inch drive spinner is a Walden 3118

- It goes with the Walden 3117 hinge handle (couldn’t see any sockets)

- The other hinge handle is a 3/8-inch drive POWR-KRAFT 84W4839

- Unknown 1/4-inch drive sliding tee

- I have to admit that modern bright yellow-handled spinner is nifty. Gizmickky, but nifty. Two-way 1/4 & 5/16 hex spinner IBM No. 9900242 "SEE-LECT". You can use it like I have it shown or slide it all the way to one end or the other. (Did/do IBM have servicemen with their own private label tool sets?)

- Swivel socket is a WRIGHT MU-55 5/8" with a martial "U.S." stamp on it

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Does that have a date code of 1976 on the back? The wrench guy looks Bicentennial to me!

And great find!

bb,
I think the box was made in '72. The 3rd stamped line on the back has "Kenosha, WISC. USA. 72". I'm assuming that "72" is the manufacture date. Yes/no?

 

[bluebolt]

Private Lugnutz are you going to post close ups of that Mossberg wrench?

 

[bluebolt]

bb,
I think the box was made in '72. The 3rd stamped line on the back has "Kenosha, WISC. USA. 72". I'm assuming that "72" is the manufacture date. Yes/no?

I believe that means it's 1972. The fob might be later.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I believe that means it's 1972. The fob might be later.

Or the fellers in the head shed at Snap-on were soooo read-up on their US History that they recognized that although the Declaration of Independence wasn't signed until 1776, Sam Adams s̶t̶a̶r̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶r̶e̶w̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶l̶a̶g̶e̶r̶ ̶b̶e̶e̶r̶ ̶ , um, er, no, wait, I meant to say, he started tweeting his so-called "Committees of Correspondence" to prominent and ardent Oppositionists in 1772, pre-Intolerable, pre-Tea, pre-Philly. (All joking aside, what he did was very analogous to social media - distributing letters and pamphlets to all 13 colonies, organizing the very first ideas that smacked of Rebellion.)

But yeah, more likely the fob was just later.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Private Lugnutz are you going to post close ups of that Mossberg wrench?

Yup. I may have overstated it's fanciness. (But I am enamored with it. )

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Mike/Tex/txlonghorn:

Ironically, there was no Snap-on catalog in 1972 or 1976!

But I found a few WorthPoint results showing Special Bicentennial Editions of the KRA-53B. And I also found a thread on the Collecting Snap-on Forum, linked here, in which someone posted this photo.

I am not familiar with this era, and I am too lazy to go page through catalogs to see if the box on the CS-o forum thread is a KRA-53B, but maybe someone else will know. Regardless, it looks like at least some boxes came with red, white, and blue racing stripes, and a red, white, and blue sticker version of our key fob patriot! I highly suspect that those are the boxes that had the key fob.

Got any red, white, and blue paint?

Seriously, nice box and I would keep that little wrench-toting militiaman right where he his!

 

[garthg]

Is that a 3/4"? Most SEARS won't warrant rusty tools........and now that they are bankrupt I'd assume they will be even more picky. Better off just doing a dunk in evaporust and some wet sanding. It would be much higher quality than the possible replacements anyway.

I was just in Sears picking up a grinder I ordered a few weeks ago. Apparently, they are still warrantying tools if they have a replacement in the store. A fellow came in with a long Phillips screwdriver that had obviously been used as a punch, and the clerk swapped it, no questions. The new ones on the shelf are China, anyway, since the Ideal/Western Forge relationship with Sears finally ended.

Ratchets are all China, too, even the 3/4" drive.

When I went to pay for a 20mm NOS USA combo wrench ("VA") I found on the shelf I had to tell the clerk I was buying, not warrantying it.

Personally, I don't get so much thrill out of getting something for nothing. So, warrantying rusty, second-hand tools is bad form in my book.

 

[garthg]

My haul from the Thursday flea...

etc. . . . .

Lugz:

I've seen your posts going on for several years now, and have been amazed at all your interesting finds.

Is it possible for you to post a picture explaining where you're able to store all these treasures?

 

[r_olson_06]

Lugz:

I've seen your posts going on for several years now, and have been amazed at all your interesting finds.

Is it possible for you to post a picture explaining where you're able to store all these treasures?

Haha I would second that. It is always good to see someone who has more stuff than I do so I know I don't have a problem[emoji1]

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrenches 3055, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3070

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Lugz: Is it possible for you to post a picture explaining where you're able to store all these treasures?

In the Lugzsonian, of course! (Otherwise and less affectionately known as "the basement.")

It is always good to see someone who has more stuff than I do so I know I don't have a problem[emoji1]

That's funny, because that's EXACTLY the same strange exhilarating mix of emotions (envy, and relief!) I felt when I walked into twertsy's shop for the first time! I walked around (and when I say around I mean AROUND, as in 360-freaking degrees around!) taking pictures of all his stacks and boxes and socket sets and hardware store displays (freestanding, hanging, spinning, etc), telling him the photos were for future reference, so I would know what he had and what he needed, not altogether untrue, while what I was really thinking was, "Dang I can't wait to get back home and show these to my wife - she thinks I'M bad!!??"


And, I don't know about more, Roy. For one thing, I don't have 600 ratchets! HAHA!

Okay, standby...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Lugz: Is it possible for you to post a picture explaining where you're able to store all these treasures?

In the Lugzsonian, of course! (Otherwise and less affectionately known as "the basement.")

It is always good to see someone who has more stuff than I do so I know I don't have a problem[emoji1]

That's funny, because that's EXACTLY the same strange exhilarating mix of emotions (envy, and relief!) I felt when I walked into twertsy's shop for the first time! I walked around (and when I say around I mean AROUND, as in 360-freaking degrees around!) taking pictures of all his stacks and boxes and socket sets and hardware store displays (freestanding, hanging, spinning, etc), telling him the photos were for future reference, so I would know what he had and what he needed, not altogether untrue, while what I was really thinking was, "Dang I can't wait to get back home and show these to my wife - she thinks I'M bad!!??"



And, I don't know about more, Roy. For one thing, I don't have 600 ratchets! HAHA!

Okay, standby...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

So, if you'll bear with me, this may take some 'splainin'.

First off, I keep a lot of the bigger vintage military stuff to one side in the garage. Chests and foot lockers and cots and what not, and some of the bigger or grungier tools and equipment (e.g., grease guns) are in some of those boxes. Also anything vintage civilian garage related that just doesn’t make sense in the house, like vintage creepers and a Huot stack on a bench with a Parker vise. I use that bench as a work bench and I keep my users in the stack. Even though the garage is heated (28 years ago it was an artists's studio for the wife of the former owner, a chemist for Johnson & Johnson), it’s also stuffed with the last vestiges of a high optempo life raising 5 kids (16, 19, 25, 31, and 32), who were all sports nuts, one of whom is still in the house, so early on in this crazy hobby/addiction I knew it wasn't going to work as place to keep treasures.

The house was built in 1893. It has a brick foundation with an "earthen" floor, which is a fancy way of saying it was just dirt and gravel until a previous owner did some concrete work himself, not very much of it level. The steps are off a pantry in the kitchen. It is rather poorly lit, all of the beams are exposed, along with all the old knob-and-tube wiring that a previous owner left in place when it was updated, and there is a funky crawl space and a cranky furnace that I converted to gas with pipes going every which way. The house has three hearths and all of them have brick support columns and coal pits underneath them in the basement. While guys like to call their rooms or dens or cellars a "Man Cave," when I say it, it can actually be taken fairly literally.

Point is - NOBODY likes to go down there but me! But it's very dry, unbelievably cool in the summer, and because of the proximity to the furnace, nice and toasty in the winter.

Lastly, I like to think of this space as half curator's office, half curator's workshop. This is where I do everything collectible tool-related - cleaning, repair, research, storage, and GJ show n' tell photography. I even read and post to GJ from down here.

With all that as prelude, here are some photos I took and posted for Drivesitfar on his "Cabinets" thread.

The dark OD green cabinet with the wood butcher block top, a grinder and a vise clamped on it, and a machinists chest (filled with some machinists tools) on top, are all wartime or late 40's military. The drawers are all full of tools organized by type of tool, not brand. DOE/DBE wrenches, pipe wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, and hammers, mainly. The top drawer is all specials. Except for one drawer that has all my old K-D stuff. There's a cabinet to the left of that facing to the left at the foot of the steps with smalls in it.

That long plank workbench has a shelf underneath it. Like a dummy, I never did take photos with the "curtain" (vintage Army GMTK tool inspection layout from GJ'er Heelspur) pulled back for some reason, but that's where a lot of roll-ups and all my 3/8- and 1/4-inch socket drive sets are stored. On top is my library, inside an overturned wartime Army chest. All vintage period references from catalogs to manuals to books. On top of the chest, behind the lid, is a bunch of militaria.

Same thing on the other side of long workbench where there is another vise and a flexible lamp. Underneath, all my WWII Jeep kit correct wrenches (in very un-period correct plastic bins! ), and all my tap and die sets, and underneath that on the floor, jacks and vises and other heavy bulky stuff. In the Rebuth Steel cabinet (that's a metallic fraction to decimal conversion chart on the door), with a wartime "U.S." lock, are all my special smalls. Rare pieces, valuable pieces, or just pieces that would get lost or broken in the shuffle somewhere else. Lyon Stack-a Bins with some orphan sockets to the right of that.

This ramshackle falling apart and propped up mess of an old bookshelf is where I desperately need another sturdy cabinet. On top shelf left, antique DOE wrench sets, gasket and Babbitt scrapers, and everything else is boxes or removable trays filled with in-progress Master Mechanics type sets (Cornwell, Snap-on, Herbrand, PENENS, etc) that don’t have their matching correct boxes to go in. The camouflage net is for a Jeep. (I used to make and sell WWII-correct reproductions out of fishing nets garnished in Greek key pattern burlap strips.)

Running out of steam here... Another workbench. A smaller grinder and vise. More antique and vintage boxes filled with mainly antique-era tools underneath. Another machinists chest (for more machinists tools) and another vintage GMTK tool inspection layout "curtain", this time keeping the dust off all my early Roaring 20's era socket sets. One and only power tool - a 40's vintage B&D drill in a matching 40's vintage B&D spring-type drill press.

There's a room to the right of that for overflow. I didn’t take a photo of that - and I'm not going to!

Just so you don’t think I'm a kook - I don’t use the hand grinders much. I'll take mushrooms and burrs off tools with them. That's about it. Does it take longer than power? Of course. But I'm not in a hurry. The method to my madness is that I feel totally immersed. The whole space is period correct, so to speak, not just the tools, so it's like being in a time machine when I'm down there. Maybe I'm a little weird. I am 'older than I really am' (58) as lots of people tell me, probably because my dad was old (41) when I was born. He was a WWII vet and as old school as they come. It's not like I 'wish I was born in a different time' - as the saying goes. But there is something about visiting it that I like.

Probably way more than your question required. Sorry about that. It's hard to show someone your "sanctuary" without a little explanation.