2020 Garage Sale Thread

[BFBOB]

Thanks! That 1949 illustration is a match. I tried keyword searches for “lunchbox” and “tombstone” without success on the longC

Did you try "Mailbox"? they look like that too.

 

[tomalophicon]

Got this cool little soldering gun for free.

 

[Outlawmws]

That model was my first real soldering gun. Bought for me by my older cousin for washing his car, for building slot cars. He also taught me to build a very simple but fast slot car! I was probably 10 or 11 and he was married with a kid - big age difference.

I miss building and racing slot cars on the big tracks...

 

[FerrariPower]

Picked up a like new CTRS761 locally for $100 (came with a new battery, so $50?)

Pretty damn impressive little saw. First cordless saw I've ever purchased. Was looking at a Bosch battery operated jigsaw, but for what I've been doing lately this seemed like a better, and cheaper choice (ironically).

 

[consti2tion]

Picked up these two Jensen Tool pallets for 20 bucks. A lot of the tools appear to be used very little. Pretty sweet deal seeing that almost of the tools are USA made.

 

[RTM]

Got this cool little soldering gun for free.

Those old Wellers are great. I have several in different wattages (260/200 & 140/100). You can get new tips for them, and use them as a hot knife, or for heating large flat areas (not sure where in Australia, or here, as they are out of stock). The hot knife is great for nylon straps etc, seals the end as you cut.

https://www.absolutehobbyz.com/well...rsal-and-d550-professional-soldering-gun.html

https://www.absolutehobbyz.com/weller-6160-smoothing-tip-w-o-studs-for-8200-d550.html

I don't have the rope cutting one yet, but I do that alot
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002BSQR6/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Small haul (Lugz 2020_03) from the flea market this morning.

The deep socket set and box is postwar SK, missing a few sockets, but it had the L-handle, so to speak. CAM-LOC wrench (T.K.F.) in a size I don't have. The antique-looking ratchet, an Allen (not that Allen, the other Allen) "Friction Wrench", patented (1,000,878) in 1911, is gearless. Plomb WF-38 ratchet. The hog ring pliers are postwar Bonny B33. The DOE loom wrench is a Crompton & Knowles. The 4" adjustable is a Crestoloy, chrome unfortunately.

 

[d42jeep]

Small haul (Lugz 2020_03) from the flea market this morning.

The deep socket set and box is postwar SK, missing a few sockets, but it had the L-handle, so to speak. CAM-LOC wrench (T.K.F.) in a size I don't have. The antique-looking ratchet, an Allen (not that Allen, the other Allen) "Friction Wrench", patented (1,000,878) in 1911, is gearless. Plomb WF-38 ratchet. The hog ring pliers are postwar Bonny B33. The DOE loom wrench is a Crompton & Knowles. The 4" adjustable is a Crestoloy, chrome unfortunately.

Nice S-K set. Looks familiar. The sockets aren’t hard to find but the Ell is. I found mine in the wild missing a couple of sockets too.
-Don

 

[Provincial]

What is the eyebolt-like thing to the right of the Friction Wrench?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

The sockets aren’t hard to find but the Ell is.

Always, all mfgrs, in my experience. This one needs a repair.

What is the eyebolt-like thing to the right of the Friction Wrench?

I haven't figured that out yet. I will post pics later. That threaded piece looks like a wood screw to me, not a machine screw or bolt, but everything else looks like a steel/machine application to me. There are two round bosses, one on each side at the top of that "eye" piece, one small, one larger. It has a forged-in marking: DORMAN PRODS, CIN. O. Which is the only reason I grabbed it. Everything except the loom wrench was in the same old top box.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

I'll be able to see all of Edward S. Curtis' North American Indian portfolio and it set me back a buck. :0)

I went to the estate sale hoping to pick up a copy of 'Comanches: The Destruction of a People' by T.R. Fehrenbach for my son-in-law but they wanted $20. No thanks. For those interested it's a great read and resource. The pic is my copy.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Picked up a Stanley No 6C fore plane (type 20) earlier this week. Bought it from a fellow woodworker on another website. Really great condition for a 50+ year old plane. It's a shame that this really marks the period where Stanley quality starts to head south. These were made appx 1962-1967.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Here it is, Jock. All I have are half-*** guesses.

 

[wtn1271]

A quick pass through the local ReStore netted the following for a total of $7.

Lenox hacksaw in good working condition, Craftsman Phillips #4 screwdriver appears unused, Empire aluminum speed square, and an Estwing welding/chipping hammer that has some appearance issues but should clean up just fine; it also appears unused with UPC sticker still on the head.

 

[LesserSon]

Here it is, Jock. All I have are half-*** guesses.

Wow - DATAMP has really dropped the ball on Dorman: no patents as assignee or manufacturer, but they DO and did hold patents...
You can narrow your search to after 1918, I think. Ha ha.

The wood screw end is not real deep - I wouldn’t want my full weight suspended from it. The most distinctive feature is that the knobs on either side are twi different sizes. The hole...something passes through it (like a cable) or clips to it. If it IS automotive, it seems the come from an era when cars had wood components.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Dorman made yokes for pressurized cylinders that have a very similar shape, but the threading is different and it has a provision for a knob in the eye.

 

[RTM]

Wow - DATAMP has really dropped the ball on Dorman: no patents as assignee or manufacturer, but they DO and did hold patents...

DATAMP focuses on tools and machinery only. Occasionally they find tool shaped stuff, and will include that, just to save others from going crazy. "Directory of American Tool And Machinery Patents"

(I just dug up a bunch from Bear's Humphrey & Sons vise that I need to forward to someone involved.)

Re: The Dorman piece, guessing its a non-OEM auto part, looks like it could be part of a door lock or window assembly, but I haven't taken a car door apart in 30+ years. But why the wood screw?

 

[jeffmoss26]

Picked up these two Jensen Tool pallets for 20 bucks. A lot of the tools appear to be used very little. Pretty sweet deal seeing that almost of the tools are USA made.

you ****!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Some of you may recall that 125' coil of vintage genuine 3-strand manila rope I found a week ago. Just as quick follow-up, I got the five (5) bumper tow ropes I was expecting out of it.

 

[LesserSon]

DATAMP focuses on tools and machinery only. Occasionally they find tool shaped stuff, and will include that, just to save others from going crazy. "Directory of American Tool And Machinery Patents"

Fair enough. Not a comprehensive site for all things patentsy. Good point.

 

[r_olson_06]

Well done Lugz. That Allen ratchet must be pretty early.

Small haul (Lugz 2020_03) from the flea market this morning.

The deep socket set and box is postwar SK, missing a few sockets, but it had the L-handle, so to speak. CAM-LOC wrench (T.K.F.) in a size I don't have. The antique-looking ratchet, an Allen (not that Allen, the other Allen) "Friction Wrench", patented (1,000,878) in 1911, is gearless. Plomb WF-38 ratchet. The hog ring pliers are postwar Bonny B33. The DOE loom wrench is a Crompton & Knowles. The 4" adjustable is a Crestoloy, chrome unfortunately.

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrench 3061

 

[Private Lugnutz]

That Allen ratchet must be pretty early.

The Friction Wrench was patented in 1911, but there is a forge stamp ("17") on the handle under the head that I am interpreting as 1917 production. In 1918, Allen patented the successor to this ratchet wrench, a gimbaled gear ratchet he called the Universal Wrench, which replaced the Friction Wrench ratchet in Allen socket sets. I posted more photos in my Allen Universal Wrench Set No. 51 thread, linked here.

All,
If interested, check the Bonney, CAM-LOC, Plomb, SK, and DOE threads (see Index in Sticky on Vintage Discussion board) for additional photos of the other pieces.

 

[Provincial]

That Dorman "eyebolt" could be a tool for removing freeze plugs of the cup type. Poke a hole in the bottom of the cup, screw the tool into it, and use the eye and a bar to lever it out.

I have nothing to base this guess on, except if I had one of those sitting there when I needed to remove a freeze plug, I'd try it!

 

[Old Radar]

First sale today was a gold mine—unfortunately, they were charging karat weight prices for most of it—especially the wooden carpenter’s box full of old woodworking tools that they had taken out and individually priced. $250 just for a Stanley 45 plane… I’ll have to check back on Saturday to see if there are any bargains to be had—bargain in this sense = reasonable price.

I did score what believe is a nice Indestro Socket Set. I’m not sure if it is complete, or if it is, if all the pieces are from the same era. I’ve posted a couple of questions on the Indestro thread about it. The decal on the box really sold me--$16.

I seem to have a soft spot for these Buell Brothers type multi-tools. This is my third or fourth. Came with eight original bits plus a broken modern drill bit—$2. Not nearly as good a deal as my first one that was $0.25!

I like the interesting little kit of Socket Keys for Spline Screws from The Bristol Tool Company even thought I don’t have any spline screws to turn—$1. They are still in business and still turning out these type of kits—only in plastic containers. If anyone has any idea how old these might be, I like to hear about it.

I don’t know why I bought the pocket knife, it just called to me—$1. The secondary blade is odd. I think it might have been damaged on both the top and bottom. The flat tip seems to be original.

 

[Old Radar]

At the second sale, I got the little Columbian D63-1/2 for $10, just before another customer who would have been happy to pay the $12 asking price.

The Millers Falls #2 will clean up very nicely. Asking price was $10, but after I pointed out that there were no bits in the handle, the threads of which were missing a chunk and the crank handle was bent, I got if for $5.

Nice Craftsman Crown Logo 6500 tool box with tote--$15

The gimmicky magnetic propane tank gauge was only $1 but I didn’t realize it only works when you pour hot water on it which changes the yellow stripe to orange and then as it cools turns back to yellow. The part that contacts the tank with in propane in it cools and turns back to yellow faster so you get a momentary reading of your fuel state—and a puddle of water. A sucker born every minute…

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I did score what believe is a nice Indestro Socket Set.

I like the interesting little kit of Socket Keys for Spline Screws from The Bristol Tool Company even thought I don’t have any spline screws to turn—$1. They are still in business and still turning out these type of kits—only in plastic containers. If anyone has any idea how old these might be, I like to hear about it.

I have a similar set in a similar pouch that I consider to be from the 1930's or 40's.

Yours is in immaculate condition compared to mine, and mine doesn't have that reference to a Mills Supply Division. Perhaps you could use that to date yours.

Just as a point of interest, one of these was issued to every Willys and Ford jeep toolkit during WWII. It is used to loosen and tighten a 5/16” set screw on the shift forks inside the T84 transmission. I got a lot of use out of mine! My '43 was always seizing up and I always had to take the plate off and go in and play with the forks to get it to shift again.

 

[Old Radar]

Thanks Lugz!

 

[d42jeep]

I don’t know why I bought the pocket knife, it just called to me—$1. The secondary blade is odd. I think it might have been damaged on both the top and bottom. The flat tip seems to be original.

I’m surprised that Lugz didn’t mention it, but the pocket knife is a more modern version of a Signal Corps TL 29 lineman’s knife. The secondary blade is a screwdriver. He was probably distracted by the cool Indestro and Bristol sets. The first knife belongs to Username and the other ones are mine. The knives with the black handles are much more common.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I saw it. I was distracted enough to not catch his question on the blade, though. HAHA. Not sure why you think it's a TL-29. It's an electricians' knife, for sure. May not be military. Most I see aren't. Especially those with the dark composite scales.

Edit: a good question I don't have the answer to is when they introduced the all-steel versions with the knurled scales and the large "US". My entire collection of military electrician's knives consists of WWII wood scale (both QMC/Ordnance 41-K-370 GMTK and Signal Corps TL-29) and the later all-steel jobbies. I sort of skip the composite era in between. My earliest of the all-steel type is a Camillus '62 (they're all dated on the main blade tang).

 

[Private Lugnutz]

That Dorman "eyebolt" could be a tool for removing freeze plugs of the cup type. Poke a hole in the bottom of the cup, screw the tool into it, and use the eye and a bar to lever it out.

I have nothing to base this guess on, except if I had one of those sitting there when I needed to remove a freeze plug, I'd try it!

Thanks, Jock.

 

[gpw_42]

Edit: a good question I don't have the answer to is when they introduced the all-steel versions with the knurled scales and the large "US". My entire collection of military electrician's knives consists of WWII wood scale (both QMC/Ordnance 41-K-370 GMTK and Signal Corps TL-29) and the later all-steel jobbies. I sort of skip the composite era in between. My earliest of the all-steel type is a Camillus '62 (they're all dated on the main blade tang).

Lugz, per MH Cole US Military Knives Book III, pg. 134, there were at least some of the all steel 4 blade knives made in 1945; they were MFR marked and dated on the bail, rather than on the blade. Cole goes on to explain "these knives continued to be made in the 50s, 60s and 70s, and are probably still being made by some of the knife co's..." The book was copyrighted 1979. I THINK I have a 1993 dated one around here somewhere.

 

[3jakes]

I've been feeling left out since yard sale season is still 3 or more months away.
So I thought I would waste time on craigslist going through the tool section.
Clicked on a listing that said simply "Hand & some power tools"
I phoned the fella & probably wouldn't have made the drive, except I needed to put some miles on the minivan that had just gotten back from the body shop to re-set the emission computer for state inspection. (3rd deer in 4 years....)
Seller was a retired Harley plant electrician & got a 20% discount when the Snap-on guy visited.
I got there & was surprised how clean all the tools were. (freeking electricians)
He is selling & moving south. Said just look through everything.
I made a pile on the floor of mostly Snap-on & threw him a price of $280.
He says that will be fine. I took this stuff home, & left him my number to call me whenever he is ready to let the other stuff go at a fire sale price to go into my flip inventory.
He phoned the next day & said to expect to hear from him in a couple days for the rest of the stuff. Klein, Greenlee, Craftsman, Milwaukee etc.
I'm having a little trouble sleeping thinking about the rest of the stuff.....

 

[Private Lugnutz]

That's not my era, but sweet jeebus, those tools look NOS!!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Seems early, Steve. I'll have to check that against Silvey and Trzaska books.

 

[3jakes]

That's not my era, but sweet jeebus, those tools look NOS!!

Yeah, the sockets show no use at all.
Most everything else has been touch by human hands at least.
Back in the 70's when was on my first construction site slogging through the mud as a plumber's helper fresh out of high school,
I was always amazed how "clean" the electricians were.
I picked the wrong trade...

 

[gpw_42]

Seems early, Steve. I'll have to check that against Silvey and Trzaska books.

Lugz, email (not PM) sent. Look forward to what you find in Silvey and Trzaska! I've been through about half of his Knife Knotes and not found anything...yet.

3Jakes, that's a nice score on the S/O!

 

[lardy1]

Some early suckage going on already.

 

[Old Radar]

I’m surprised that Lugz didn’t mention it, but the pocket knife is a more modern version of a Signal Corps TL 29 lineman’s knife. The secondary blade is a screwdriver. He was probably distracted by the cool Indestro and Bristol sets. The first knife belongs to Username and the other ones are mine. The knives with the black handles are much more common.
-Don

I saw it. I was distracted enough to not catch his question on the blade, though. HAHA. Not sure why you think it's a TL-29. It's an electricians' knife, for sure. May not be military. Most I see aren't. Especially those with the dark composite scales.

Thanks gentlemen! Can you tell me what the two indented areas on the secondary blade are designed for? My guess for the one on the sharp side is probably for cutting or scoring cable, but I don't have a guess for the one on the top of the blade.

 

[spike99250]

Thanks gentlemen! Can you tell me what the two indented areas on the secondary blade are designed for? My guess for the one on the sharp side is probably for cutting or scoring cable, but I don't have a guess for the one on the top of the blade.

The one on the top of the blade is so you can get your finger nail in there to open the main blade.

 

[Shiftless]

9 AM this morning found me in line for a nearby estate sale with my friend and fellow tool collector d42jeep.

I’ll let him post the contents of the bags he came away with, but as for me, all I took away was a very low mileage Milwaukee hole shooter with a Jacobs chuck, a Schauer 12 volt battery charger, and 2 five inch “adjustable” C-clamps made in USA.

I was quite pleased when the guy said $15