2020 Garage Sale Thread

[gpw_42]

Outlaw, you **** for the $5 Coleman with amber globe!

JP Books, that Chest D35392 is for a Browning .30 caliber machine gun belt loader machine. This is for loading the cloth belts, which preceded metallic link belts. Probably WW2, but perhaps WW1: http://fr.1001mags.com/parution/gazette-des-armes/numero-438-janvier-2012/page-48-49-texte-integral Nice score!

 

[RedVise]

Picked up a rough Snap-On KR377B roller Thursday evening.
Friday Mrs Redvise grabbed a Lodge chicken fryer and Lodge saucepan, both for $10 !
Sat I asked a seller if he had any other tools and he remarked he had run out of energy dragging stuff out from his shed. I asked him if we could walk back and take a look. He was agreeable and we walked into the shed and the first thing I saw was a metal tool box marked as a Fordson tractor tool box for $25. Not the pricing I was hoping for but behind it was a Union wood machinist chest in pretty good shape. I offered him $50 and we had a deal. Several boxes of small taps and a nice divider and caliper set came with it.

The roller, machinist chest and cast iron are already online, looking for a good home.

Brian

 

[ChefRex]

First pic is from a garage sale on Friday morning. The Mac 3/8dr Long Handle Ratchet was a really nice find. Pics 2 & 3 are from this morning's garage sale. Spent over an hour cleaning up the threads on that big slide puller. Some Snap-on in the box. Not sure if I have a collection of pullers or a Snap-on set. No markings on the red parts.. but I plan to spend some time cleaning them up tomorrow so I'll do a closer inspection for markings. The Par-X stuff have the coolest handles around. The spark plug wall temps are plastic but I couldn't pass them up.

I have a later model of that SO puller, love it! Looks like you are missing the screw in attachment.https://shop.snapon.com/product/Light-Duty-Pullers/Puller-Set-with-Small-Slide-Hammer/CJ93B

Picked at a auction today.
Screw and stovebolt carousel? I need internet search help with it. Please PM me if your a good searcher.

Sexxy!

I only made it to two sales today but picked up a couple cool items.

F. **** No.# 84 9" cleaver for $3. This one will get a restoration soon.
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And this battery cable crimper for $4. The guy selling it thought it was a leather working tool.
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In need of that crimper, especially at that price.

 

[jvlyons99205]

Estate sale and Habitat ReStore purchases for today. Picked up several pounds of hardware; two Stanley block planes; saw set; Husky, Craftsman and Penens wrenches; Craftsman vise grip style pliers; Diamalloy adjustable wrench; 3 antique faucets; drinking fountain head; Plomb wood handled screwdriver; 5 bread pans and a red, white and blue hat for $115. ReStore had a TMK multimeter, Taintor saw set, files, #3 Phillips screwdriver, an offset wrench, cold chisel and a set of metal brackets for $20.96.

The Mossberg box came from a buddy who has a spot at Monger's Market in Bridgeport, CT. I wasn't planning on dropping $175 for it, but had to get it for my Mossberg collection when he sent pictures of it.

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[wrenchguy]

Pretty sure that’s going to turn out to be a design patent. But your boy does have another patent for a saw. (Unless it’s a different H Westphal!)
The design patent numbers range from D007083-D007968 that year.

Got it! 154307 Not a design, but a utility patent, after all.

thank you.
This is gonna be a project, the bottom course of bin boxes are gone but i believe i have all the cast box fronts that held the glass. Its fragile, and prolly damaged from PO's trying to lift it grabbing those lightly built snap together piece boxes. The finial if that's what its called holds the string ball for tying packages.
I'm not sure what the carousel bins held, haven't had time to cipher out the "old school" cast marking on the bin fronts. (will post photos)
I'm hoping to find out when they stopped marketing it and if there were different models holding diffent items. Looking for hardware trade magazine ads that may mention it.
Studying the later patent i think this 1 is closest to that construction.

 

[pelletman]

Picked at a auction today.
Screw and stovebolt carousel? I need internet search help with it. Please PM me if your a good searcher.

Wow, that is awesome. I don't care what you paid, you ****!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Picked at a auction today.
Screw and stovebolt carousel?

Coolest pick all year, in my opinion. You HAVE to post that on Drives' Metal Cabinets thread.

 

[LesserSon]

Congrats!
Something disturbingly familiar in the lines of that fixture, though...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

The Mossberg box came from a buddy who has a spot at Monger's Market in Bridgeport, CT. I wasn't planning on dropping $175 for it, but had to get it for my Mossberg collection when he sent pictures of it.

VERY nice acquisition. There's one in an antique store out in Colorado that MR. X tipped me off to, but I have resisted, especially with the shipping.

 

[designer485]

While helping a friend and her Dad value his tools that is looking to start selling, I picked up a small sampling. Much more to come, he had great taste when buying tools.

Craftsman USA Metric Flare Wrench Set in the plastic tray / cover.

A set of Craftsman USA V code metric hex bit sets with replaceable bits.

A pair of Hazet pry bars.

A lone 1/4 drive Hazet extension (He also had a fairly complete set of Hazet 1/4 metric sockets that I have my eye on).

 

[ForrestT]

Garage sale finds: box shovel, bow saw, and tool box tote $5 total. Slow weekend.

Edit: finished the weekend with a Cincinnati Tool #549 C Clamp for a $1. Gave it to my dad, made his day!

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[wrenchguy]

Photo update of Westphal countertop carousel.
I think its for wood screws. Smallest bin marked "3/8 3", largest bin marked 3 18.




This is unreal to me! It has this small label stuck to a bottom bin divider, "Patterson General Hardware" sold out in 1895 according to Google book "Farm Implement News" July 1895.

Its in worst shape than first thought, the fact of PO's moving this contraption without taking it a part is the reason for the damage and missing parts at the bottom. Its extremely fragile and assembled as a "house of cards" in reverse. Loosening 1 tensioning bolt and that level of bins literally falls apart.

 

[r_olson_06]

Garage sale finds: box shovel, bow saw, and tool box tote $5 total. Slow weekend.


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Same here.

Looking for a Round Beam Plomb 1068 Double Box End Wrench

 

[Outlawmws]

So one Estate sale today. The good kind! Family run, LOTS of stuff, garage was full of stuff but most of the "good" stuff was in the back in a quasi shed, (roofed over between two fences...)

I didn't get a TON, but I'm happy with what I found!

Right off in the driveway, I found three Mini grinder Wire wheels; Makita:

I picked up a few smalls in the garage (Jeff would have loved the garage; LOTS of locksmith supplies and keying kits, BIG ones!) Then I found my way back, in the VERY back yard, the shed. Probably 30 40 feet long!

There I found this box (Tons of other stuff but nothing I needed/wanted)

Inside the box as I found it. there were so many "keepers, I just added the smalls (in front) and took it all.

I like the box itself - The lid is Embossed with "HUTTO GRINDER"and is about 4-1/2 X 4-1/2 X 11" long, so pretty small, and was for a "cylinder grinder". Original paint was gloss black based on the inside.

This is what a very quick sort of the original contents showed:
LUGZ: the nesting driver is steel and may be a clue for the one you recently picked? I've got some markings (later). ALL of the tins but one had soem of the original contents! (I NEVER see that!) Tire stems extensions, fuses, even a sharpening stone in a sleeve - the one tin that didn't I was glad it didn't - Licorice!

Some Headliners:
Starrett RPM counter 1897 and 1905 patent dates)
Moore and Wright T Square (Sheffield England)
The wire forming pliers are Keen Kutter
The other pliers if they were marked are worn off, but Al seem to be good quality.
More on the next few later, but:
Triplex (wood handled driver with the Screw clip)
Miller Mfg, Screw holder (Patented)
E. Eddelmann Nesting driver set

Next was this wastebasket full of propane cylinders, but it wasn't Propane! its (true) MAPP gas - 5 full bottles there was a sixth, but it was empty so I tossed in a full Prop bottle (there were many more - I should go get the full ones..)

BTW for those not aware the "real" MAPP gas has been off the market for a couple of decades, So a find of the "real" stuff is a FIND! I have 5 full bottles in the garage, plus the one I'm using up, so I'm in decent shape here!

More pics to come!

 

[Outlawmws]

CONT.

I also found this 3/8 "Sidewinder" Davenport spinner ratchet - a quick count at 1/4 turn puts it around 45 teeth? Decent!:

And in the garage again this set of Makita hole saws!

Looks to have been used 3X?

Total for all came to $20!

I have some more detailed pics for certain items but need to process them...

 

[Outlawmws]

WGuy, are the "Windows" glass or mica? (Mica is still available in sheet) I see one that is cracked, and I't looks more like Mica in the pic to me.

 

[3baygarage]

Nice haul Outlaw. Some interesting items. Can’t go wrong with Keen Kutter in there too.


My manager thought she was slick and switched my route with the other driver for one day only, trying to fix an issue that she caused.

I turned lemons into lemonade by stopping at a Habitat that I hadn’t been to before. Not many tools, but a lucky find in the basket.


There was a Pierce Arrow wrench by Williams. Caught me off guard, I was like

Also grabbed S-K flare wrench, Craftsman red phillips, Billings awl - worn tip but interesting flat handle, and a Boker offset plier.

Not bad for 5 bucks spent during the lunch break.

 

[jeffmoss26]

great finds as always! Outlaw, never seen a Makita holesaw kit before.

 

[Cruzan80]

3bay, is it Phillips or Reed Prince? The PH i have seen are all blue, but the RP i have is red.

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[Private Lugnutz]

Photo update of Westphal countertop carousel.
I think its for wood screws. Smallest bin marked "3/8 3", largest bin marked 3 18...[ ]...This is unreal to me! It has this small label stuck to a bottom bin divider, "Patterson General Hardware" sold out in 1895 according to Google book "Farm Implement News" July 1895...

It's the coolest cabinet I have seen in all my years here or picking in the wild, Mike. Cooler than the tapered octagonal wooden carousels (I think they're American Bolt & Screw Company, Dayton, O.) everyone craves. Between the shape, the filial on top, and the glass drawer fronts, it's sensational. I hear you on the ricketyness, but I would love to see that thing fixed and restored to its original glory. It's just amazing.

 

[LesserSon]

My trip to Jake’s flea yielded some loot. I was off my game, paying too much for some things and leaving behind others that in hindsight were priced okay. $45 total.
Two table vises. (IS there a table vise thread?) The smaller green one is a 2” Bonney Lehigh. The larger red one I’m not sure about. It looks a LOT like a 3” Stanley Victor Jersey, but the base doesn’t have the little terrace to it, and it has “ears” for two screw holes. There is no mfr’s mark anywhere I can see. The acorn-shaped caps on the handle are the only pronounced style it shows. And there’s a maybe triangle on the anvil (which could be the result of use).
I liked the crowntop faceplate in the underline box. When I got home I realized the lathe I got recently already had one.
Henry Disston “electric” screwdriver w cracked handle.
Osbourne 5/8” punch.
HDSmith 10” pipe wrench.
Rubber sanding block. Even much newer ones tend to be stiff/cracked. This one is still quite flexible.
Very short-handled (for that size head) PS&W nippers.
Walden 5/8 fixed-socket wrench w 1925 patent date.
Four socket necklaces I bought to get four sockets. Usually, Bob is amenable to redistributing his bundles, but today he was “getting rid” of stuff. I wish he bundled things by brand, or anything, but I’ve watched him do it, and it’s basically whatever’s within reach. Well, okay. Only four were not USA.
Two S-wrenches. I don’t know why. Just happened. One seems to have “P-S” in an oval as a brand, and it once belonged to CJG.
EDIT- mystery solved. AA site IDs P-S as Page-Storms, started in 1902 and bought by Moore DF in 1919, which brackets the age of this centenarian wrench pretty well.
BTW, I recently spotted a BUHL DOE which also had the Lakeside Forge logo stamped in it. I should have bought it, or at least gotten a pic. Dunno why I didn’t. I think that is an interesting connection, considering that AA disavows knowledge of BUHL aside from the existence of the wrenches.

 

[wrenchguy]

WGuy, are the "Windows" glass or mica? (Mica is still available in sheet) I see one that is cracked, and I't looks more like Mica in the pic to me.

They're definitely single strength glass, very dirty from sitting barn floor 60/70 years according to heirs.

 

[jvlyons99205]

VERY nice acquisition. There's one in an antique store out in Colorado that MR. X tipped me off to, but I have resisted, especially with the shipping.

Thanks. He was good to me on shipping - $25 via Fed Ex freight through his wife's company mailroom. I can usually fight the urge on these, but I've got a soft spot for the Mossberg adjustable bike wrenches and the logo was too nice to pass on.

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[bmwrd0]

3Bay, I have an awl just like that marked PEXTO.

 

[pelletman]

It's the coolest cabinet I have seen in all my years here or picking in the wild, Mike. Cooler than the tapered octagonal wooden carousels (I think they're American Bolt & Screw Company, Dayton, O.) everyone craves. Between the shape, the filial on top, and the glass drawer fronts, it's sensational. I hear you on the ricketyness, but I would love to see that thing fixed and restored to its original glory. It's just amazing.

I agree, my mom was an antique dealer for 40 years, I have been to Hershey, Brimfield and a bunch of other flea markets more times than I could possibly count, and that is one of the coolest things I have ever seen.

 

[3baygarage]

LS, you must have a great collection of clamp on vises. You seem to find a lot of them.

3bay, is it Phillips or Reed Prince? The PH i have seen are all blue, but the RP i have is red.

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It’s an older #1 Phillips driver. Marked on the handle. # 9 41053.

3Bay, I have an awl just like that marked PEXTO.

Cool. I feel like there are others too. I wonder who made them.

 

[LesserSon]

LS, you must have a great collection of clamp on vises. You seem to find a lot of them.

It’s a fairly recent affliction. I started looking for them when LesserDaughter2 wanted one for jewelry-making.
For a while I was able to resist them, “just looking.” Then I started buying Bonney, then Stanley. Then a Phoenix (I barely avoided a Phoenix C-clamp yesterday). I’m a little concerned about this 3” red guy. I usually avoid stuff with no logo. The vendor hooked me by dropping his price 30%.

Sidenote: I also became interested in the L-shaped clamp-on woodworkers vise one occasionally sees with Stanley or Craftsman branding. I’ve got two examples. I’ve seen old ads for them that clearly show a stylized “Champion” brand (Champion Hardware Co of Geneva Ohio). That same logo is on several quilt frame C-clamps and cupboard latches.
One site says Champion Hardware was founded by John and Ezra Hasenpflug in 1883 (another says 1886). In the early 1930s they produced cast iron toys and parts for other manufacturers, and closed in 1954. I suspect Stanley bought Champion at some point and continued making the hardware items under the Stanley brand.
The patent on the L-shaped carpenters’ vise was granted to Albert Wilson and Frank McGlinchy of Willoughby OH on 02Jan1917.

 

[mikeinri]

Wow, lots of great finds this weekend, guys!

Outlaw: You **** for that Coleman lantern! Looks to be in great shape, and I've never heard of an amber globe for those!

Wrenchguy: Goes without saying that You **** for that carousel! Do you plan to restore it?

Mike

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Picked up a couple of Stanley planes. Last week I spotted a Stanley No 71-1/2 router plane on ebay. The Stanley router planes have been selling high lately so I was really happy to pick this one up for $65 before shipping. It is a type 3. Made from 1906-1910. Great condition with no cracks of checks in the knobs. One a 1/4" cutter but it will share cutters with my No 71 router plane. This morning I picked up a Stanley No 112 scraper plane from CL. First one I've seen in the wild. It's in great shape as well. Not sure about the age but I'm fairly confident it's old. Has an early brass adjusting nut stamped "Patent" & "Aug 31 58". That would be 1858 patent date. What's interesting is Stanley didn't introduce this plane until 1885. According to Patrick Leach, the patent had already expired when Stanley came out with the plane. The scraper plane set me back a hundo. Both of these planes will be users for me. Super excited to add them to the shop.

 

[Old Radar]

An interesting (to me) discovery from my haul last week (post #4513). I thought I had picked up four Cornwell 3/8” drive screwdriver sockets. Upon closer inspection, I found only one to be a Cornwell. The other three were bits from a Carter Carburetor tool kit—Part numbers T-109-57, 58 and 59.

Each has the CAR[bure]TER logo.

I haven’t been able to date them, but they look wartime to me. There were a lot of Carter carbs on old Jeeps. Can I get an opinion, Lugz?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

An interesting (to me) discovery from my haul last week (post #4513). I thought I had picked up four Cornwell 3/8” drive screwdriver sockets. Upon closer inspection, I found only one to be a Cornwell. The other three were bits from a Carter Carburetor tool kit—Part numbers T-109-57, 58 and 59.

Each has the CAR[bure]TER logo.

I haven’t been able to date them, but they look wartime to me. There were a lot of Carter carbs on old Jeeps. Can I get an opinion, Lugz?

I can give you more than an opinion, I can give you an affirmation: they are without doubt WWII. They were part of a fairly large 2nd echelon repair kit that included all kinds of gauges, jet adjusters, jet removers, etc, and several sockets and special sockets, all 3/8-inch drive including a nifty all-steel spinner, all with T-109-** model numbers. Not just for servicing jeeps, but several other trucks with single barrel carbs. Complete and partial kits are not easy to find, generally selling for north of $150 even with scant number of tools.

EDIT: Pic 1 is the kit. You can see your bits in the holes on the very left in the front in Pic 2. Pic 3 and 4 for context.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I have not yet been fortunate enough to run into a partial kit in the wild, but I have found the highly coveted all-steel spinner (T-109-51), which is almost always missing from the kits.

 

[Old Radar]

Thanks Lugz!! I knew you'd have the answer!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

No prob. You could probably flip those for some decent cash. Like the spinner, those are often stripped, too, as you can imagine, since they have more general utility than the special tools. Consequently, probably a few WWII guys looking to complete their kits.

 

[Rileysan]

I have not yet been fortunate enough to run into a partial kit in the wild, but I have found the highly coveted all-steel spinner (T-109-51), which is almost always missing from the kits.

There's irony in the story I'm about share, that relates to this.

A co-worker approached me a few weeks ago, inquiring if I was interested in his father-in-law's old tool box full of vintage tools. Along with the tools, the FIL had taken the time to write out an estimate of all the tools based on the highest prices he could find on eBay. Unfortunately, we couldn't make a deal at his estimated price of more than $1000. But I did notice something unusual, that I hadn't come across before. It was a steel Carter 3/8" drive spinner and assorted Carter screwdriver sockets. I took photos just for kicks.

Perhaps I should go back and work out a deal?

The Proto LA 9989 tool chest is mint, btw.

Brian

 

[Old Radar]

There's irony in the story I'm about share, that relates to this.

A co-worker approached me a few weeks ago, inquiring if I was interested in his father-in-law's old tool box full of vintage tools. Along with the tools, the FIL had taken the time to write out an estimate of all the tools based on the highest prices he could find on eBay. Unfortunately, we couldn't make a deal at his estimated price of more than $1000. But I did notice something unusual, that I hadn't come across before. It was a steel Carter 3/8" drive spinner and assorted Carter screwdriver sockets. I took photos just for kicks.

Perhaps I should go back and work out a deal?

The Proto LA 9989 tool chest is mint, btw.

Brian

Who knew that carburetor tool finds came in threes!

You should suggest your buddy's FIL post his tool collection on eBay at $1000 for a month or so and then restart the negotiations after reality sets in...

 

[Old Radar]

Last week I drove out to a tool-rich estate sale with a large, dilapidated, multi-bay wooden shed complete with early/mid-century metal lathe and milling machine. I had my sights on two Baldor long-arm buffers and a Wilton bullet vise. Even though I was at the tail end of the first group, the Baldors were sold by the time I entered the shed. Luckily for me, the Wilton had been shunted off to the back of one of the work benches and I had to ask two different estate agents where it was located. Much of the shop had at least a decade of grit and dust covering it—as did the Wilton—and the vice blended into the brown background. After ensuring it was sound, I bought it for $90.



With the feeding frenzy in full swing, I found a POS Craftsman tool box with about a 50/50 ratio of interesting tools to ****. Not wanting to take the time to dig through the **** for the nuggets, I decided the $12 sticker price was fair for the entire contents. I applied the same reasoning to a cheap $4 green plastic tool box with about 30-40 wrenches—DOEs, DBEs and Combos of various makers—hauled it off to the hold table and dove back into the fray.

When I emerged with my final trophies, a ½” rail of mixed sockets—$8, a Wright Tools partial socket set—$5 and a New Britain S-35 Ratchet—$4, I found that one of the agents had priced out my $4 box of wrenches at $120! What do you mean the box is $4 and the wrenches are $3 each—sputter, sputter!! I decided at that point I had better go through the box to see what I really wanted! I’m glad I did because well over half of the wrenches were from off shore. I kept the 13 CM -v- metrics, the Plomb pebble, and the three Williams Superrenches. After some negotiations, we settled on $22.

Highlights from the $12 tool box include:
Plomb ½” Swivel Socket with one down arrow and one up arrow
Proto Challenger 1670 Breaker Bar
Proto Professional 706-SL 6” Adjustable
Champion DeArment 420 Channel locks
Two Stanley Wood Chisels
CM 6pt Metric Socket Set with carrier –v-
CM Torx Socket Set -G-
CM 3/8 Flex Head Ratchet and Flex Handle
RIMAC 116 pry bar

 

[Smokeshow69]

Who knew that carburetor tool finds came in threes!

You should suggest your buddy's FIL post his tool collection on eBay at $1000 for a month or so and then restart the negotiations after reality sets in...

That was already discussed with the seller...Rileysan called me while looking at this chest full of tools...The seller, I believe, wouldn't go under $300 for everything pictured if memory serves correct ?? Both riley and i agreed that price is nuts. The proto la 9989 chest looks nice, there is a handful of proto la tools but not enough to justify the price tag. Riley tactfully left it alone and respectfully said the lot should be pieced out on ebay if they wanted ebay prices. There is a hard line between being fair when someone offers you something and being offensive, especially after some has just passed or if they are in a position to really "need to sell something due to finances". I am not sure if Rileysan has revisited the item with his co-worker?

 

[Smokeshow69]

No prob. You could probably flip those for some decent cash. Like the spinner, those are often stripped, too, as you can imagine, since they have more general utility than the special tools. Consequently, probably a few WWII guys looking to complete their kits.

Lugz- what does the military community value a spinner like that ?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

There's irony in the story I'm about share, that relates to this...[ ]...But I did notice something unusual, that I hadn't come across before. It was a steel Carter 3/8" drive spinner and assorted Carter screwdriver sockets. I took photos just for kicks.

That is so coincidentally freaky! Almost guaranteed to have been removed from a T-109 kit.