2019 Garage Sale Thread

[Private Lugnutz]

It's very well made.

 

[damon18]

No. That is a Blackhawk brand name for hydraulic body work spreading etc and jacking tools.


You would win that bet.

Well that would explain why I wasn't able to find any info on Huot porta-power units. ;-)

Will try to figure out which Blackhawk package it was.

I kind of like the box, its straight but surface rusty, the tray is heavy steel with a nice round full length handle.

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[LesserSon]

I’m heading to the Allentown Fairgrounds Agriplex 8am tomorrow for the Supergigantic Yardsale. Also 10am Sunday.
I’ll post a field report when practicable.

 

[atch]

Found these at a yard sale a couple of months ago. Yeah, I know, I should have posted them then but all I got done was snap some pix before I cleaned and put them all away.

Anyway, I don't know what the seller's motivation was for the price, but all the items in the following pix was an everything-for-one price deal. The price was $5.00. Yep, 5 bux for everything pictured.

b-t-w; the first 3 pix fit together as one pic and the second 3 pix do the same. If I had zoomed out to get everything in everything would have been too small to make out.

In the 4th pic does anyone know what the home made tool between the sink wrench and the "starter" screwdriver is?

 

[Outlawmws]

I'm guessing it was all jsut jumbled up in a box?

 

[r_olson_06]

We found a couple of estate sales to check out this morning. The one in Hayward seemed more promising so we went there first. I checked out a shed and my wife was going through the items in a toolbox. When I joined her I noticed that the toolbox was a fairly early S-K two drawer box and it wasn’t missing either the tray or the front cover. There were also quite a few interesting tools that we brought home. The first picture is the toolbox, the second is the rest of the tools. The next shot is the Plomb and Proto including my second dual marked wrench in as many weeks! The next four are S-K/Lectrolite, Thorsen, Barcalo and a Snap-on Ferret extension from 1945.
-Don

Nice snag on the box. Those are hard to come by. Also those Lectrolite pliers have a very nice logo. I have not see. That style before. Is it a later logo?

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrench 3061

 

[atch]

I'm guessing it was all jsut jumbled up in a box?

Yes, it was.

 

[d42jeep]

Nice snag on the box. Those are hard to come by. Also those Lectrolite pliers have a very nice logo. I have not see. That style before. Is it a later logo?

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrench 3061

I didn’t recognize that Lectrolite logo either. The S-K box must have had drawer liners since it was new because the interior cleaned up really well. I’ll post some more pictures on the S-K thread.
-Don

 

[dittle fart around]

That's a port-a-power. Used in construction for punching holes in metal. Many different hole size punches for electrical boxes. Been there done that.

 

[LesserSon]

Bit of a disaster here. I had bought two locally-themed coffee mugs from a local flea vendor. Really liked the dimensions. But missed a step on my staircase last night, and the subsequent jolt resulted in breaking up the pair. My investigation suggests the handle parted from the shock, the fuselage breaking upon impact with the oak substrate. Mourned the loss by listening to “Little Talks” by Of Monsters and Men.
Interesting trans-Atlantic connections: as far as I can determine, Tams was an English potter who emigrated to the States, but seems like the US company he started expanded to producing back in England. Anyway, I still have one. Meanwhile, good news: LesserSonsDottir2 texted me that she has arrived safely (and jet-lagged) in London, after a technostrophic layover at Shannon. (Honestly, Verizon’s online international wireless support is ridiculous gibberish.) We will miss her at MrsLesserSon Sr’s lakeside table next Thursday.

 

[gearhead1960]

Bit of a disaster here.

Hate it when a good mug has to take one for the team....

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Mourned the loss by listening to “Little Talks” by Of Monsters and Men...[ ]...Meanwhile, good news: LesserSonsDottir2

I see what you did there!

As a native son of Carbon County, PA, I mourn the loss with you. Cool mug.

I snagged this very early oiler this morning. I have never seen one with a plunger on an angle like that in the vessel. It appears to be made of copper, although it's very heavy compared to comparable oilers its size, due probably to the plunger innards. I will be posting more photos in 2oolhound's 'Oilers' thread.

 

[bmwrd0]

Mugs can be important and, sadly, fragile things. One of my favorite X-mas gifts of all time was two mugs given to me by my son of his college radio station KCPR, which he was music director of for three years. I am glad there were two, as my wife dropped one.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I am glad there were two, as my wife dropped one.

Needless to say, you don't let her get near the second one!

So true about mugs. I broke the handle cleaning one that is sentimental to me from the 80's and I still use it without the handle!

I posted photos of the oiler on 2oolhound's 'Oilers' thread, linked here. Return to the thread and go back one post to see photos of it disassembled before and after cleaning.

 

[LesserSon]

Thank you all for the mugsy condolences.

My report: 3 hours later and $23 lighter (including the $4 entrance fee and the $1 ticket for admission tomorrow, which I don’t think I will be redeeming), meh.
Two plastic rodholders (for my kayak), one chromed steel rodholder (just thought the ball pivot was neat), Dunlap pocket-clip screwdriver, C’man nail punch, B&D punch, Diamalloy dikes, Pexto dikes, Utica side-cutter duckbills, Harold slipjoints, hand-forged Billings double-end single-hex socket wrench, wartime DuroChrome #4 tappet wrench, Mossberg Ford-script box wrench, WaldenWorchester 7/16” 12pt socket, Billings&Spencer 2025 S-wrench, old Sheffield E.Atkins&Sons turnscrew, old operational hurdygurdy missing handle, 3-outlet power strip (most likely going to use the cord as replacement on my C’man bench grinder), and two solid brass hinges.
In hindsight, probably should have hit an outdoor flea today because of the abundant sunshine. It’s supposed to rain tomorrow.
Two items I admired, but did not care to purchase: a 1ft LSStarrett ornate iron level (with working bubbles!) and a JW Gaede 12Jul1910 patented spring-actuated sawset. I could have gotten these together for $60, but I’m going to let them simmer and see how I feel about them tomorrow.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...hand-forged Billings double-end single-hex socket wrench...

Why yes my eyes did go to that immediately! Double-offset, too. Nice.

 

[rabidsquirrel]

Estate sale score: 1952 Delta Homecraft drill press (perfect for my needs), 2 large clamps, a 2-9/16 Williams wrench, easy outs and taps, and two nice pieces of wood (oak?) for $60.

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[3baygarage]

Something told me to swing by the pawn shop to take a look.

The pawn girl gave me a sweet deal at 15 bucks for these.

5 Mac pcs including 1/2” locking extensions!, 3/8 ext, deep socket,12mm combo
Snap On socket
Craftsman offset box wrenches and sockets. The sockets are etched with designs like others I found. Turns out they do this at the shop, so mystery solved.
Gearwrench xl ratcheting wrenches 15mm,17mm,19mm
Klein triple tap handle

 

[Outlawmws]

Lugz, I didn't say so here, but again, I love the oilier!

LS, I'm always buying the solid brass hinges and hasps for "stock" I use them all the time... I used so many the last major box project had to get all new stuff as I was out of suitable sizes!


RS, better pics of the Homecraft? Looks to be a good size for most light work - If I had an in-the-house workroom I'd have one about that size in it...

3-Bay, Love those long gear wrenches

 

[rabidsquirrel]

RS, better pics of the Homecraft? Looks to be a good size for most light work - If I had an in-the-house workroom I'd have one about that size in it...

Let me know if you want a specific angle, I just snapped this with my phone. I think all I'm going to do is clean up the post and use it as is. Maybe clean the over spray on the tags, but that's it until I'm done the other million and a half projects that need to come first.

 

[Outlawmws]

Also 3-bay, the 3 way tap is commonly used by electricians, as those are the sizes boxes and conduit fitting use.

 

[Outlawmws]

RS three speeds is somewhat limiting but for small holes in wood soft metals not a big deal. Larger holes in steels you want to watch the speeds...

 

[outofbounds]

Went to a tail end of "house tearing down sale" A rusty (and I mean RUSTY) haul of oddities that will take some real work to sort through and clean up. The main target was the 5 Bonney Tools boards that the rusty **** was hanging from. The other classic was the 1/2 drive old snap-on that literally fell out of the bottom of the tool box. Sometimes a day is measured in the old characters you meet and today was a great day!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Lugz, I didn't say so here, but again, I love the oilier!

Thanks, Outlaw! We've always had similar aesthetics.

The other classic was the 1/2 drive old snap-on that literally fell out of the bottom of the tool box.

That photo is one of the best photos I have seen all year! Without the explanation, I would've guessed that the box had been sitting there for 70 years and it literally disintegrated around the tools it was holding, the tools outlasting the box!

 

[Outlawmws]

That "bottom of the Box" pic is Hysterical!

NICE score on the Bonney boards!

My day was SLOW. only three on the list, and spaced out at 8, 9, and 10 AM!

First one was actually 2 yardsales and the neighbor had a turkey call I nabbed for $3. At the main sale I tried for a pair of Harley D. coffee mugs but too much $$ IMO

I went home, and then went again (all of these were in different directions...)

At that stop I picked up a Willy Mays Bobble head (Xmas gift for SWMBO) and this 1959 VOM in a (factory?) box... Made in Japan, but seems to be well made. 2 AA batteries and its working!

A TOO netted these Wrenches. 3 Indestro, 1 odd Thorsen, and a small Ford wrench.

Other fruitless TOOs wasted enough time so I made the last planned stop where the claimed "Lanterns" - Nothing to be seen so I asked...

"Over there in that box" I guess technically LED "Lanterns" ARE lanterns, but they saved 3 whole letters by not including "LED" in the ad? :no:


other TOOS were a bust but I picked up he vest on the side of the road, -I didn't even have to get out, just opened the door and picked it up...

 

[WNYflyer]

Hit only one garage/estate sale today on the other side of my small city. The sale had been last weekend and of course this weekend. I had seen the ad and talked to folks that went last weekend and both indicated little in the way of tools so I went to search for other stuff of interest. Come to find out the guy had been a GM engineer at the local plant so I was on the lookout for technical books and GM related stuff.

House is in a really old not so nice part of town so all I can figure is the house was in the family for generations. No sign of any significant tools so I hit the house which is full of knick knacks and such all over. In a bedroom I pick up a small box which is covered in masking tape so you couldn't tell what it was for so I open it up to find an unused 1/4 drive SAE Snap-On socket set. Really weird that all the indications on the box of Snap-on are covered in masking tape and not even taped on the creases where you would expect damage to occur first. Anyways my only purchase today.


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[3baygarage]

Nice! It never hurts to look.


Outlaw- Thanks on the Klein. Figured something like that with its design. That Thorsen wrench is a nice oldie.

 

[freudianfloyd]

Hit only one garage/estate sale today on the other side of my small city. The sale had been last weekend and of course this weekend. I had seen the ad and talked to folks that went last weekend and both indicated little in the way of tools so I went to search for other stuff of interest. Come to find out the guy had been a GM engineer at the local plant so I was on the lookout for technical books and GM related stuff.

House is in a really old not so nice part of town so all I can figure is the house was in the family for generations. No sign of any significant tools so I hit the house which is full of knick knacks and such all over. In a bedroom I pick up a small box which is covered in masking tape so you couldn't tell what it was for so I open it up to find an unused 1/4 drive SAE Snap-On socket set. Really weird that all the indications on the box of Snap-on are covered in masking tape and not even taped on the creases where you would expect damage to occur first. Anyways my only purchase today.


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It was taped up because it was meant for you to find it. If Snap on was visible, it would be long gone.

If this was a Disney movie, it means that you will use that set to save the world someday. With great tools comes great responsibility.

 

[HeelSpur]

Estate sale score: 1952 Delta Homecraft drill press (perfect for my needs), 2 large clamps, a 2-9/16 Williams wrench, easy outs and taps, and two nice pieces of wood (oak?) for $60.

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The boards have a mahogany look to them.

 

[outofbounds]

That's pretty much exactly what happened, Lugz. looks like I'm headed for my first foray into the world of evaporust. any tricks to recommend to maximize the effectiveness? turns out beyond the 1/2 Snap On sockets that are caked, I also have a nice cache of 9/16 drive sockets similar vintage that were hanging on the Bonney boards. most the wrenches are turning out to be old Vlchek. Lots of oddball tools (likely related to body work) that I'll be posting soon for help to identify.

 

[rabidsquirrel]

The boards have a mahogany look to them.

Does this help? I'm absolutely terrible at identifying wood species. They are surprisingly heavy for their size. Thanks.

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[HeelSpur]

Does this help? I'm absolutely terrible at identifying wood species. They are surprisingly heavy for their size. Thanks.

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Now it looks like oak .

 

[Private Lugnutz]

looks like I'm headed for my first foray into the world of evaporust. any tricks to recommend to maximize the effectiveness?

There's no way to make the chemical reaction work faster or better. You basically just immerse the tools and let it do its thing. To conserve it, I only use a little at a time in the amounts I minimally need to fully immerse the tools and no more than that. And, after I remove the tools, I filter-siphon that liquid into a second empty container with a twist cap, keeping the fresh unused liquid in the original container until I need it. I will use the old stuff I have siphoned into a second container many times over until it's spent before I go to the original container for a fresh batch. It works a lot faster than it evaporates, so, while I do use a container with a tight lid to immerse the tools in, it's not really something to worry about. I am usually taking the tools out completely stripped of rust in a matter of hours or over night for the worse cases.

Note that Evaporust and Metal Rescue will strip a black oxide finish and some paints.

most the wrenches are turning out to be old Vlchek

Nothing wrong with that! We have a Vlchek thread when you're ready to post them. See the Sticky Index.

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

I hit the same "Garage Sale" as LesserSon did and walked away with a 4" Wizard Adjustable for $3.00.

I have 8 or 9 of these mini-adjustable wrenches but it's ok since they don't take up much room in my toolbox.

Cheers

Jim

 

[youinreverse]

My lucky Snap-on streak continued this week. I struck out at every sale this morning, but was anticipating a sale that didn't start until 11. I made my way up there and arrived around 10:45. As I was pulling up to the house I saw signs pointing to the shop in the back. A man was walking to the street so I asked him if the sale started yet. He pointed me to the shop and said go ahead. There weren't many tools, but the ones they had were high quality. I found a bin full of sockets and asked the woman there how much. She told me $1 each on the large ones. She also made the comment that most of them were either Snap-on or Craftsman, but she thought all the Snap-on were gone already. She was mistaken. It was a gold mine. I found a box and picked out 39 sockets. All Snap-on with the exception of an old Craftsman drag link socket. I brought the box to her and she started counting. She counted up to 8 before she stopped and just asked "How about $15? Does that sound fair?" Hell yes.

on the left are the only non 3/8 drive sockets (with the exception of the 3/8" six point)
Back row is a nearly complete deep 12 point set from 1/4" to 7/8"
Next row up is a set of 12 point shallow from 1/4" to 7/8" (plus an extra 5/16" and an uncommon 11/32")
Next row up is a set of 7 British Standard Whitworth sockets.
Front row is a set of 5 British Association sockets.

They're all super clean with no rust or owners marks. Just a few with some chrome peel on the ends.

 

[81turbota]

Lots of “you ****” deals here. Congratulations all and may the luck continue.

 

[bmwrd0]

Friday, I had to get out of the house, but there was nothing interesting close by, so I hit an auction house a half hour away that was having an estate sale instead. Mostly antiques and things that I don't collect, but I think I did pretty well:


Paid $35 for the bridge lamp and $3 for the tools. After that I hit a farm sale and picked up these for the wife at $4:

 

[Outlawmws]

BMW, nearly every lamp in my house is either refurbished antique or vintage and converted to LED. Just finally got the last "modern" floor lamps swapped out. (at least 20 years old...)

That one would look good with an LED "Edison" bulb

 

[Provincial]

bmw, that lamp will fit well with your house! Any plans for a shade?

 

[bmwrd0]

The lamp is getting milk glass in a reading lamp style.

Thanks, guys, I had been looking for one like this for a while and was quite happy to find one on the cheap.