2018 Garage Sale Thread

[tin medic]

Are you sure it's 20G? It appears to be a 20.837G.

 

[LesserSon]

That can is slammin’!
-no segue-
I’ve got these linemans pliers; I used to think they were stamped “GERMANY” but I’m not so sure. Anyone see something more inteligible than “TCMANP”?

 

[Outlawmws]

I'm getting Germany...

 

[drivesitfar]

Drives: IMPERIAL BRASS is the name of a Mfgr. They did make early brass fixtures and stuff, giving them their name, but moved onto tools, most famously swaging and flaring kits for the refrigeration, pump, and auto industries. Edit: Later merged with Eastman. Search ratchet thread. We've talked about these before. OEM may be Walden. Or maybe Bonney. Don or Unaiu may know more.

Thanks for your quick reply. any idea what my little brass tool was used for or how? does it need the little socket holder or maybe the piece that fits in the slot actually is the socket or tool?

I don't think I can add any more, but after some discussion in the 'ratchet collection thread', I think we landed on Walden as the OEM. Mine is marked Imperial Eastman.

thanks for the information and link!!!!

I agree, they look like walden. The shape, the protruding gear.

thanks!!

That was it! Thanks for pitching in, Unaiu!


Yup.

Thanks!

I think Walden made them for a lot of suppliers. Here is a brand I don't recognize next to it's Walden counterpart and a NOS Walden I found on eBay recently.
-Don

of course you'd have one or two or three and thanks for showing me. are they brass (my thinking) or BECU like Outlaw or others mentioned? also is there a piece i'm missing or do tell how i'd use this?

TEX: I'd probably buy another good solid wheelbarrow for less than $50 if one showed up even though I probably own 6 of them. since i mix 80 pound bags of concrete in mine they do tend to wear out pretty quickly.

I think your picking skills went from about 10mph to 100mph this year so hopefully you have the room and won't have to rent storage units like I have.

keep it up cause always fun seeing what you came home with.

Jeff: yep your GARAGE SALE THREAD IDEA was a winner and I think your first year was the year I joined in 2013 or was it the year before?

WELL DONE!!

3Bay: nothing like a bag full of tools to end 2018 on a positive note. I really like the old USA made tools made before I was born (1950's), but Euro tools are right up there in quality.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

any idea what my little brass tool was used for or how?

It's a refrigerator set ratchet. Used to turn special sockets designed for valve stems and packing nuts and the like. Some of them had male drive tangs and plugged in directly, some had female openings and would require a drive plug. The square and hex openings in the end of the handle were used to. I am positive that Beemer and others would be able to add much more.

I'd be very surprised if it was brass.

 

[drivesitfar]

LUG: I think it says brass on it or maybe i'm getting old and I was looking at something else. what do you think it's made of?

thanks again for your help!!

 

[RagTopTA]

Cool loads guys! but that CLAMP! 20 inches! I think that may e a new record for a C-clamp!

Its HUGE!!! Heres a couple pics of it in my Holands vise when I was cleaning it up!

 

[drivesitfar]

RAG: I also own a few of those HUGE CLAMPS and even though I haven't used one yet at least I own some so if i ever need one i'll have one to use. nice find!!

 

[454ragtop]

Its HUGE!!! Heres a couple pics of it in my Holands vise when I was cleaning it up!

Wow, I guess everything is bigger in TX! Way cool.

 

[tym]

Are you sure it's 20G? It appears to be a 20.837G.

Gotta cut it up and measure it. Duh.

 

[Provincial]

The other day I had a half hour to kill waiting for a lunch date, so I walked across the street to Goodwill (which never has any good tools), to pass the time. I found this 1-1/8" Proto DOE angle wrench, which was covered with hardened grease and a few spots of Bondo. I rubbed the markings enough to make out the Proto, so I bought it. It wasn't until I got it home and cleaned it up in the solvent tank that I could read the "Los Angeles" marking!

Industrial black finish.

 

[RagTopTA]

RAG: I also own a few of those HUGE CLAMPS and even though I haven't used one yet at least I own some so if i ever need one i'll have one to use. nice find!!

I buy every good c clamp I see. We use them all the time to build the hot roods. Have several 10 and 12-inch models, but these ones just huge. Can't wait to find something I need it for!

Wow, I guess everything is bigger in TX! Way cool.

Indeed it is! thanks : )

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It's neck and neck! Last chance to vote for the "2018 Picker of the Year"! Click HERE to Vote Now!

All voting is private and anonymous!

THE POLL CLOSES IN 2 HOURS

 

[Username already in use]

Just because it is Christmas, I thought I would return to the favorite topic of this year's Garage Sale Thread!

I assume that it is an ICC-rated container made by Wheeling from 20 gauge material. It holds 51/4 gallons of gasoline, and was made in 1942. It was intended to hold gasoline, and was property of the Quartermaster Corps of the US Army.

Nailed it!

 

[BFBOB]

Last chance to vote for the "2018 Picker of the Year"!

Missed voting - probably just as well... slogging through just Lugz's synopsis had my head swimming. Sooooo many incredible finds!

To quote AD/DC's Angus Young, "Keep it up, lads!"

 

[Private Lugnutz]

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2018 GARAGE SALE THREAD "PICKER OF THE YEAR"..... Tin Medic!

Congratulations, again, to all the finalists!

THANK YOU TO ALL THE GS THREADERS - 66 OF YOU! - FOR VOTING!

Keep those index fingers poised and at the ready, because...

We still need to pick OUR 2019 HOST!

Look for that poll very shortly!!!

 

[bluebolt]

I'm trying to catch up on my reading of this thread after not being on here much in a month but I am only to page 390, 27 to go!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

LUG: I think it says brass on it or maybe i'm getting old and I was looking at something else. what do you think it's made of?

We're all getting old, Drives! It doesn't merely say BRASS, it says IMPERIAL BRASS, which is the name of a company, as I explained in this post...

Drives: IMPERIAL BRASS is the name of a Mfgr. They did make early brass fixtures and stuff, giving them their name, but moved onto tools, most famously swaging and flaring kits for the refrigeration, pump, and auto industries. Edit: Later merged with Eastman. Search ratchet thread. We've talked about these before. OEM may be Walden. Or maybe Bonney. Don or Unaiu may know more.

EDIT: If it's made of brass, it would be an unusual non-sparking coincidence. Most of them are steel.

 

[d42jeep]

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2018 GARAGE SALE THREAD "PICKER OF THE YEAR"..... Tin Medic!

Well deserved! Congratulations.
-Don

 

[duddly]

Congratulations Tin Medic!!
great year and the strongest possible finish!

 

[duddly]

Congratulations Tin Medic!!
A great year and one of the strongest finishes ever!

OOPS! double post... but you deserved it!!

 

[tin medic]

Thanks duddly.

 

[Cooter Brown]

Though I don't think I participated this year, this has been one of my favorite threads on any board. The enthusiasm and knowledge you fellas show is wonderful. And it's great to see these old tools go to good homes.

Congrats to Private Lugnutz on a great job and to all those nominated for top picker!

 

[tin medic]

It was a great picking year all-around. Hopefully next year is even better for everyone.

 

[cbacres]

My finds at the local flea.

Had to get the Channellock 480 cause it said Big Azz. I have about 20 in other sizes, but hey, this is GJ.

SO probe of sorts, it’ll come in handy pulling seals and o rings.
Do you all know what the Mac tool is for?
No googling

Two sets of hollow stem Allen and torx, SK and Kobalt.

 

[BlueBomber]

Congratulations to tinmedic--the strong finish helped, but he was leading the whole time. Deservedly so, too!

Thanks for the votes for me as well: I value this thread highly and am glad to be a regular participant...even if doing so is slowly filling up my second garage as full as the first!

Had to get the Channellock 480 cause it said Big Azz. I have about 20 in other sizes, but hey, this is GJ.

I thought this might have been a well done owner's mark, but nope...

https://www.channellock.com/product/480/

Two sets of hollow stem Allen and torx, SK and Kobalt.

You may already know this, but those are for anti-tamper fasteners. I have come across some on Ryobi battery chargers that Ryobi doesn't want you to be able to repair...

Nice finds! I'm eyeballing a dusty big barn estate sale on Saturday as my possible last hurrah for these year.

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[cbacres]

Thanks for that link, I was thinking the same possibility of owners marks.

Yes on the anti tamper, the only reason I bought, figuired they're come in handy somewhere.

 

[drivesitfar]

CB: the prior owner of my Honda Pilot put some ANTI-TAMPER screws on the license plates and since we change our plates now every two years I need to remember where I put that bit. that said maybe you can buy screws that you can put on some things you'd like to make a little harder for the IDIOTS to steal so good to have the bits.

BIG AZZ pliers.

Tin: congrats on your wind and I think you might have stuffed the ballot box a bit with that late in the year post of all those cool old PROTO TOOL BOARDS, but you did have a good year before that too.

LUG: again you made the thread fun and looking for another host to carry on the fun in 2019 with all of our help. yep i'll wipe that BRASS TOOL of mine off and find gold under the crud.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Tin Medic,
Congrats on POY 2018!!! You deserved it!

Outlaw,
You bring it literally every weekend! If not for Tin Medic's late haul of Proto tool boards I think you had it. Congrats to you too!

Congrats also to all of us who enjoyed the 2018 GS thread which has been so admirably hosted by Lugz!

Thanks again Lugz! You're leaving mighty big shoes to fill.

 

[3baygarage]

CB, never seen the Big Azz marking before. Like Bomber said, kind of unexpected. Is that wood handle a Mac headlight spring tool?

Tin, congrats. Talk about a tight race this time.

 

[tin medic]

I don't think next year will be near as good. The Hazet VW set and the early Proto tool boards where a once in a lifetime find.

 

[HeelSpur]

Found a couple Restore items;

Plumb hammer-how old is this?
Bonney B-38 pliers
4-in-1 screwdriver
Dunlap pliers
Oxwall socket kit.

DSCF2198 by wvwheaties, on Flickr
DSCF2199 by wvwheaties, on Flickr

 

[cbacres]

CB, never seen the Big Azz marking before. Like Bomber said, kind of unexpected. Is that wood handle a Mac headlight spring tool?

Tin, congrats. Talk about a tight race this time.

Yes on the headlight tool.

 

[RagTopTA]

Congrats Tin Medic!! and yall too BB and Outlaw! What a close race! You guys are all winners on this thread! How the hell is anyone gonna top this years thread and host?!?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Nonsense! I have utmost faith in the capabilities and creativity of the likely hosts! And the possibilities are endless.

For example, I've always thought a massive Scavenger Hunt would be fun, and I almost did that this year instead of awards, but I don't trust you sumbucks farther than I can throw Outlaw's Peter Wright anvil! You guys would've been grabbing the stuff on my list you already have in your garages and claiming to have just found it!


Also, this thread was always good and it will always be good no matter who is host or what the host does or doesn't do. The finds and the people make it so.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

The Poll for the 2019 Garage Sale Thread Host is now up and running! Click here to see the list of candidates and VOTE NOW!

All voting is anonymous

Hate to keep hitting you guys with polls, but this one is critical, and we have to get it done by December 23rd, to give the new host enough time after the Holidays to prepare the 2019 thread!

The turnout for the POY vote was incredible - 62 voters! We need that kind of representation for the 2019 Host Poll, so go vote now!

 

[bmwrd0]

Congratulations Tin!

(wipes sweat away from forehead, no longer worried that he would win...)

 

[JABgj]

Well done TM. I had no idea that those Hazet kits even existed. Thanks to that find and the scores of others has opened my eyes quite a bit.

 

[jeffmoss26]

way to go TinMedic!

 

[Catfishdan]

Well done TinMedic! Some excellent finds this year.