2019 Garage Sale Thread

[Smokeshow69]

They might sell them out there but it'd be only a roll of two and a 28 day waiting period.

There is a cool down period for purchasing caps in CA now [emoji23][emoji15]. Not actually sure of this... late 80’s / early 90’s when I lived there as a kid you could still buy the roll caps but who knows now ?


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[BlueBomber]

Only ones my brief Internet search could turn up were NOS offerings on Ebay. Probably a lot of duds in those rolls after all these years.

 

[bmwrd0]

I remember buying those caps at a little family-owned convenience store in the neighborhood, McMillan and Wife*, on the CA coast back in the '70s. Good times!

*That is something I dredged from the back of my mind...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It was late 60's for me, but if you guys on the left coast were anything like us guys on the right coast, when our guns were broken or lost we would just unspool the roll (they were always red with black powder dots) on the curb or sidewalk and bang each dot with a rock. Crack. Crack. Crack. And you know where that went next! Forget the unrolling. Let's see what happens if we leave it rolled up, stand it up on end, and smash it with a really big rock! BANG! But that would still leave a lot of them untouched, so we'd rip those off one by one and stack them up on top of each other and hit the stack with the same rock! HAHA. Oh man, to be young and unsupervised again.

 

[bmwrd0]

Uhm Lugz, its Best Coast and Beast Coast. And I think we set them on fire once... Don't ask what that led to.

 

[stewed baker]

Amazing how many treasures are found at all the sales on this thread.
Ya ever wonder how many as good or better treasures are lost, from people either not knowing or just not caring, to maybe get them into the hands of someone who does care.
I mean just tossed, trashed or junked.
Several years ago the local wrecking yard, the only one that doesn't specialize in only late model cars. Had an 8" pickup bed they used to hold "stuff". Full to overflow of lug wrenches, 25 cents a piece. This was just before I knew about this thread and vintage gold old tools. Couple weeks later Outlaw proudly showed a name brand lug wrench [Plomb ?].
Holy Toot!!! Really!
Quick trip back to the yard showed that the bed was empty,,contents probably already a frame for a Toyota.
AARRGGH !
Well NUTZ.
Just imagine,,,, dozens upon dozens upon dozens of quality wrenches,,,, gone.
Yeah, well, maybe not THAT many,,,, but enough to make it worth the hunt.

 

[davethorik]

Amazing how many treasures are found at all the sales on this thread.
Ya ever wonder how many as good or better treasures are lost, from people either not knowing or just not caring, to maybe get them into the hands of someone who does care.
I mean just tossed, trashed or junked.
Several years ago the local wrecking yard, the only one that doesn't specialize in only late model cars. Had an 8" pickup bed they used to hold "stuff". Full to overflow of lug wrenches, 25 cents a piece. This was just before I knew about this thread and vintage gold old tools. Couple weeks later Outlaw proudly showed a name brand lug wrench [Plomb ?].
Holy Toot!!! Really!
Quick trip back to the yard showed that the bed was empty,,contents probably already a frame for a Toyota.
AARRGGH !
Well NUTZ.
Just imagine,,,, dozens upon dozens upon dozens of quality wrenches,,,, gone.
Yeah, well, maybe not THAT many,,,, but enough to make it worth the hunt.

I'm sure a lot of quality tools were scrapped when the price of iron went up. Most likely bc of meth or heroin.

Same with the cash for clunkers program.

 

[duddly]

Amazing how many treasures are found at all the sales on this thread.
Ya ever wonder how many as good or better treasures are lost, from people either not knowing or just not caring, to maybe get them into the hands of someone who does care.
I mean just tossed, trashed or junked.
...

More than we can imagine... I have heard stories of wooden machinists boxes being dumped some they could sell the box. I have seen buildings sold with the contents and emptied once they were bought.

As a kid, we had an old (wooden) toolbox where many of the tools were etched with the Ford logo. Filled with drop forged wrenches, perfect handle screwdrivers, etc. (I hated those clunky tools and used 70s craftsman stuff) Family lore was that my great grandfather, who was a buddy of Henry Ford was not good at returning tools. My brother moved in with my parents when my fathers health was failing and in the process, all those tools were lost. (i bear no grudge because his sacrifice was greatly appreciated) I have one remaining tool with "Ford RR" etched on it. Best that I can determine is that it was from the Ford River Rouge plant, not Henry Fords personal tools. I think that is what drives/drove my tool collecting addiction. Oh to feel the warmth of those tools again...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Uhm Lugz, its Best Coast and Beast Coast. And I think we set them on fire once... Don't ask what that led to.

HAHA! I'm just glad I wasn't the only juvenile delinquent on this thread! As for coast nicknames, "beast" is a term of glowing praise and endearment with my kids, reserved for stupendous athletic feats, used even as a verb and adjectival qualifier, so I'll take it!

Just imagine,,,, dozens upon dozens upon dozens of quality wrenches,,,, gone.

All true, but I tend to want to accentuate the positives: as long as a tool is not extinct (no specimens remaining...), we're doin' good, and when you think about GJ as a whole, not only the major collectors, but the flybys, collectively, we have a huge living history display going in less than a hundred garages and basements across the country.

 

[LesserSon]

Sitting in a parking lot, waiting for daughter #3. Started scrolling through CL...
BOOM!
Two phone conversations, 1-1/2hr round trip and $15 later...
Friends, I present you with an unused Jacobs 633C drill press chuck. These haven’t been manufactured in, what, thirty years? So glad I didn’t pay $50 for a used one or $130-165 for the 34-33C that replaced it.
This one will replace the battle-scarred veteran on the right, which, aside from the cosmetic wear, oxidation, and pitting, has an annoying hitch inside. Maybe a chip or burr, anyway, I haven’t been able to get it out. Now I don’t have to!

 

[Outlawmws]

Lugz, we used a HAMMER to bang the full rolls of caps. VERY few "survivors"

Then there were the "bolt Bombs" trim the paper away from the cap get a 3/4" coarse bolt and nut pack it near full and VERY carefully close it with a longer bot. then throw it high in the air to land in the street. BANG! usually one would be laying there, and the other was blown sky high. it was a wonder we didn't take a few windshield!

Later the heads of "Strike Anywhere" matches entered the equation....

 

[Jayman17]

It was late 60's for me, but if you guys on the left coast were anything like us guys on the right coast, when our guns were broken or lost we would just unspool the roll (they were always red with black powder dots) on the curb or sidewalk and bang each dot with a rock. Crack. Crack. Crack. And you know where that went next! Forget the unrolling. Let's see what happens if we leave it rolled up, stand it up on end, and smash it with a really big rock! BANG! But that would still leave a lot of them untouched, so we'd rip those off one by one and stack them up on top of each other and hit the stack with the same rock! HAHA. Oh man, to be young and unsupervised again.

Lugz, this left coaster did the same.

Jay

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Boys will be boys!

 

[Boofer]

When my wife's grandfather was 12 or 13 he decided to play sick so he wouldn't have to go to church. He then decided that being sick in bed was the perfect alibi to go play a prank on the congregation during service. He placed a 1/4 stick of dynamite on a fence post along the side of the church and ran home. The explosion took out the fence post. And two stained glass windows.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Uh-oh. We moved from caps to 1/4 sticks right past M-80's! BlueBomber might have his first serious host task of the year!

 

[bluebolt]

Moving on to box 2, a nice looking Stanley that seems a little flimsy compared to Craftsman, I was delighted to find one of the missing Snap-On GOEX wrenches. There was also a pretty complete set of nut drivers, all Snappy or Blue Point. A nice set of Companion sockets in the original box with a Thorsen-looking ratchet set me back another $15. A few oddballs, like a plier-adjustable wrench combo with NON parallel jaws in plier mode! a set of Dunlap DOE's and a sprinkling of Craftsman and Vlchek DOE's completed it.
Box 3 looked like kind of a dud, but it was cheap. Craftsman globe (Heritage?) logo, straight and solid with original tray, but pretty ratty. There were half a dozen Craftsman DOE's and some electrical hardware in the tray, and the bottom was full of wire markers. Things I use, but who knows how old they are? Digging deeper in the bottom I found this Diamond wrench. Never saw one of this type of adjustable that was chromed, but there it is, 15" of glory. There was also a tap with some odd markings on it. It's 3/4" drive, about 1-1/4" overall diameter, and marked:
1" 11 1/2 A5
3/4" IN 12"
Made by W.L.Brubaker&Bros.

Well first off you **** on all the great finds!

That chrome Diamond adjustable is a common item in the USAF B-52 bomber tool boxes and probably other large aircraft as well. Usually used on the large AN tubing fittings. And it was always referred to as a "Ford" wrench!

 

[bluebolt]

Yeah, I once bought a old hand carry box full of junk just to get the Proto keychain driver I spotted. They priced the lot, I bought the lot.

And that is why I have WAY too many tools, bought the lot for a few items LOL.

 

[PartsGuy]

For anyone in the NW Pennsylvania area, there is an estate auction on Saturday March 9th, in Warren, PA. It's a former repair shop, looks like he specialized in A/C and body work. Pics and information available at coreybrownauction.com and navigate to the link for Robbie's Repair. I'm pretty local, so I'm gonna swing by. Saw some Bonney, Snap-on, Mac, and Cornwell treasures in the tool pictures, thought others might be interested!

 

[bluebolt]

Around here has been pretty dead, but a buddy texted me about this on CL. Couldn't find a listing in the catalog, which makes sense when I saw the date. Full of stuff, some useful, some junk. Will inventory later. Figure I have almost half of what I paid in extras to sell, so ended up well within what I like to spend on these.

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Nice score! In my 1959 Craftsman Hand Tools catalog it is catalog number 99 M 65271N and was $79.95.

I have a matching Crown logo top chest with a 1958 date.

These Crown log boxes were apparently only made in 1958 and 1959, in the 1960 catalog it was the same box but with the new full length drawer pulls and the Craftsman Chevron emblem.

 

[bluebolt]

You guys are bringing back memories of my childhood and "busting caps". But no more BB guns after brother #1 literally "shot the eye out" of brother #3. He lost vison in the eye and eventually had to get a glass eye. I am brother #2 out of 6 and thankfully was usually not in as much trouble as the others LOL.

 

[bluebolt]

I have hit a few sales over the past few days but have been too busy with Mardi Gras to take pictures and post up. But yesterday I was invited to visit a widow who needs help selling her late husband's tools and stuff. I bought the leg vise for $30, everything else she gave me.

Well the vise pics won't load, will have to take some more pictures.

Pic 1: Fairmount 11" and Vlchek 15" adjustable wrenches.

Pic 2: Mann Edge Tool Co. Axe.

Pic 3 and 4: Bayonet for 1898 Mauser, made by Rich A Herder in Solingen Germany.

 

[BFBOB]

Well first off you **** on all the great finds!

That chrome Diamond adjustable is a common item in the USAF B-52 bomber tool boxes and probably other large aircraft as well. Usually used on the large AN tubing fittings. And it was always referred to as a "Ford" wrench!

Wow that's quite a bombshell! Can you point me to a source that might have more information pictures maybe? It has no markings that I can see other than the trade mark.
Thanks!

 

[duddly]

I saw this on a vintage items identification thread and nobody has been able to identify it yet. Apparently it says Lincoln on one site and Detroit on the other.

I thought this group might have some ideas...

FYI - I finally got out this year and bought a handful of stuff. I am in the midst of helping my daughter move and am not sure when I will get a chance to post pics.

You guys are killing it!

 

[alinc100]

I saw this on a vintage items identification thread and nobody has been able to identify it yet. Apparently it says Lincoln on one site and Detroit on the other.

I thought this group might have some ideas...

FYI - I finally got out this year and bought a handful of stuff. I am in the midst of helping my daughter move and am not sure when I will get a chance to post pics.

You guys are killing it!

I'd be interested to know as my last name is Lincoln and I live in a suburb of Detroit...... I'm guessing somebody made a hex tool into a user friendly hand screw key.

 

[Oily Nails]

I saw this on a vintage items identification thread and nobody has been able to identify it yet. Apparently it says Lincoln on one site and Detroit on the other.

I thought this group might have some ideas...

I see similar things here in the UK rather a lot..... . Is it not a hex sash window lock/dead bolt key? Hence why it is ornate for a hex?

https://www.jim-lawrence.co.uk/lon...8VDUQJzrTyzOKPgiZfrw_dWcQfCR2SxoCxAcQAvD_BwE

Like this reproduction?

 

[Outlawmws]

BB the barrel ring is missing on the bayonet. Clean cut? filed? Probably someone much later want it as a short "sword"

 

[Magnum440d100]

My $20 score.

Mostly gearwrench ratcheting, proto, Napa....

Ratchets are duralast and great neck auto parts junk. Great neck doesn’t work because the selector bearing is frozen. Currently soaking in penetrant... Duralast works great but the head was loose. Tightened the screw, see if it stays. I have a feeling that the movement will loosen it again. I may put loktite on it if that’s the case....

sockets are no name import. Grabbed them for the 10mm’s haha

Edit: extension is indestro

And before anyone says it, yes I know that one isn’t a socket, but a locking lug nut key. Some of the vehicles I buy have locking lug nuts and no key. I’m sure this one will come in handy sooner or later.

 

[duddly]

I'd be interested to know as my last name is Lincoln and I live in a suburb of Detroit...... I'm guessing somebody made a hex tool into a user friendly hand screw key.

I will let you know what they find out!

I see similar things here in the UK rather a lot..... . Is it not a hex sash window lock/dead bolt key? Hence why it is ornate for a hex?

https://www.jim-lawrence.co.uk/lon...8VDUQJzrTyzOKPgiZfrw_dWcQfCR2SxoCxAcQAvD_BwE

Like this reproduction?

Thanks - That is probably the closest that I have seen. I will pass that along.

 

[454ragtop]

First off, BFBOB, that tap you found is pipe thread 1"- 11&1/2 TPI. Just catching up with this thread.....

Pretty quiet around here, not much happening, but I did get to 2 sales, one Fri., other Sat. First pic is from an estate sale, Starrett and General squares, 2 sets of Starrett hold downs - 4" & 6", 3 NOS Millers Falls lathe threading gauges or "fish tails", Jacobs chuck and a couple keys, brass spritzer can of some sort, unknown small miter gauge, and the set of new 6" jointer knives. Kind of funny, the guy in the basement running the tool end of the sale pointed me to the jointer knives, after looking over the other jointer knives I had (the hold downs).

Anybody know anything about the brass spritzer?

Second sale on Sat. was at a honey hole of sorts I found a couple months ago, this time the pickings weren't as good, but still worth the trip. Found the red handles adjustable, barely used, looks like it says Ace under the vinyl, a new small triangular file, and a 1973 Snap On catalog. Last pic shows the more mundane/household stuff I got there just cause it was pennies on the dollar. not shown are 2 gallons of windshield washer fluid, still had the foil seals. Can't have too much of that stuff around here at the moment.

 

[wrenchguy]

Anybody know anything about the brass spritzer?

4 ur violets, jim

 

[Outlawmws]

Yup! House plant spritzer!

Closer pic on the "protractor" part of the miter? It may be early Craftsman...

 

[duddly]

a quick rundown of stuff I got this weekend. I have a VERY busy weekend coming up. I hope I can catch a sale down in Chesapeake VA.

Found a 1 3/4" hydraulic ram with brass gauge pulled from something. It doesn't work at the moment.

A couple articulating desk lamps. I ALWAYS buy these if I can get them under $10

A cool Billings ratchet set box. Maybe 4 or 5 of the Billings sockets inside.

A neat little ignition wrench with spark plug and distributor gauges. Not marked, but fairly well made. Not sure if it came from a vehicle or with a piece of equipment.

An old photo album of Frankfurt, Hawkins Electrical Guide, and a desktop shuffle board set.

3 NOS 'Domes of Silence' hammer on feet for furniture.

I will add another post to mention the Starret plumb bob

 

[duddly]

OK .. so about the Starrett plumb bob in my Billings box picture...
I mentioned the other day that my dad had some tools from my great grandfather that I think were from the Ford River Rouge plant. I talked to some folks at the Henry Ford museum and that's what they think. There never was a 'Ford' railroad (not named Ford). Anyway all I have left is an old Starrett plumb bob because I used it 35 years ago when I finished my basement!

In my house we call it 'Henry Ford's plumb bob" - the museum did verify that my great grandfather and Henry Ford were friends and were mentioned together a number of times, but I have no idea how these tools left the factory and ended up in my father's toolbox years later.

I applied a filter to the last pic to help read 'Ford R.R. 6002' but it's still not great.

 

[wrenchguy]

h-ram maybe a vintage diesel engine injector tester. neat old 1 maybe by the looks of the dail.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

A neat little ignition wrench with spark plug and distributor gauges.

I've got two of those, duds, and I have seen a few others from other collectors. As far as I know, the mfgr has never been identified. They are neat!

 

[Outlawmws]

So I cleaned up the hatchet head and found some faint markings:

It's not a heavy head, and the blade is only 3-1/2" or so, and I can't quite make out the key parts of the markings:

I get the St Louis U.S.A. underline in a curved banner, and something Co, over the top curved, and something in a smaller font under that; and centered appears to be a script signature? Not ringing a bell for me tonight.

Anyone recognize this?

 

[duddly]

So I cleaned up the hatchet head and found some faint markings:
...
Anyone recognize this?

I think BRIDGE TOOL CO - I can't find a clear example on the net but here are a couple to give you an idea...

 

[BlueBomber]

So I cleaned up the hatchet head and found some faint markings:

It's not a heavy head, and the blade is only 3-1/2" or so, and I can't quite make out the key parts of the markings:

I get the St Louis U.S.A. underline in a curved banner, and something Co, over the top curved, and something in a smaller font under that; and centered appears to be a script signature? Not ringing a bell for me tonight.

Anyone recognize this?

Looks like Plumb had a factory in St Louis.

http://www.yesteryearstools.com/Yesteryears Tools/Plumb Co..html

EDIT: Dudley posted the right answer at the same time: Bridge Tool Co. Dang, the GJ Hive Mind strikes again!

 

[bluebolt]

BB the barrel ring is missing on the bayonet. Clean cut? filed? Probably someone much later want it as a short "sword"

The 1898 Mauser bayonet does not use a barrel ring, it has a longer "bayonet bar" rear attachment. This bayonet appears unmodified.

 

[BlueBomber]

Uh-oh. We moved from caps to 1/4 sticks right past M-80's! BlueBomber might have his first serious host task of the year!

This would only be, like, the third potential intervention/redirection/thread cop action this year. One per month I can handle....