2020 Garage Sale Thread

[ChefRex]

ChefRex,
Well, there is a reason you and I have the only two (2) "J.H. MCCABE, JR." outage indicators on GJ. The company has been located in Short Hills, NJ for a very long time.

It's called McCabe and Sons now, they are still in business, and they are known mostly for a chemical-sensitive paste that is smeared on plumb-bob like dipsticks and indicators dropped into petroleum tanks to test for water. 3rd generation family owned. Their website has a neat history section. Link here.

 

[Outlawmws]

I had a thought on these sticks if the paste in the groove is able to sense water. maybe its to measure how much water in in the bottom of the tank? And so when is it time to use a bottom PU to **** that out? (many fuel supply tanks use a floating top pickup)

 

[ChefRex]

RTM, thanks for showing the other side of the skillet. It's a "3 Notch Lodge," made by the same Lodge which is the big modern cast iron skillet foundry. You're right that it's vintage - probably 50s or early 60s, before the Made in USA incising became common. Some degree of controversy in the cast iron collector world about when that became common/obligatory. A Birmingham Stove and Range (BSR) would have a solid heat ring, and the number would be low on the skillet - see pic. #3 skillets are about perfect size for cooking 2 eggs.

Lugz, you had a heckuva haul! That Duro u-joint may need a new home. When you say Short Hills, I think about the mall there; back in the 80s, it was the shizzle. A long way from industrial manufacturing!

On Saturday, I hit the flea about 8:30, which I thought was late. Most of the vendors were still setting up, so I breathed a sigh of relief. I spent the $1 to get in the gate, and nothing else. Then hit a TOO, with the same results. Then a church yard sale, which one of the flea vendors told me about, and found these three C-man socket rails. Fortunately, I managed to drive past the Krispy Kreme store twice, without stopping!

Since you have some knowledge on skillets would this fit the BSR mold?

Have had it for years and daily user but have never researched its origins, love it.


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[Private Lugnutz]

I had a thought on these sticks if the paste in the groove is able to sense water. maybe its to measure how much water in in the bottom of the tank?

If you mean the black strip, I already tried it. I stuck it in a jar of water. No change. Unless its sensitivity is dead.

 

[mikeinri]

Put a couple of the freebies from Grandpa's / Dad's basement to work over the weekend...

First pic is the Sears monkey wrench I was asking about last week. Probably 70s/80s, worked perfectly. (The Craftsman combination wrench is part of a set of mine, probably around 30 years old?)

The other pics are a Weed Eater electric leaf blower/vacuum. This was my Grandfather's. I borrowed it a few times at my old house (early 2000s), and I thought it was from the 80s. But, according to an online owners manual, it's from around 2003. It's made by Electrolux, so it has some lineage to Sears.

The original vacuum parts (tubes and bagger) are long gone, but are still available as replacement parts.

My 10-year-old is testing his Great-Grandfather's blower in the pics, LOL...

Mike

 

[tin medic]

18 dollars got me the following from the sale where OR arrived late. The large spring compressor is SO. The finish on the Bonney MSTC set is pretty much done but it’s a complete metric set. The lamp was attached to a saw that no one wanted so the seller let me take it off. Have to replace the cord as it had seen better days.

 

[tin medic]

A lucky eBay find.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Are those fabric patches? Cool. One each for the PNW crew (Smoke, Provincial, MR. X, and Rileysan) and one for Unaiu. Resale markup 1000%!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Are those fabric patches? Cool. One each for the PNW crew (Smoke, Provincial, MR. X, and Rileysan) and one for Unaiu. Resale markup 1000%!

Dang, my reputation preceded me and my pm[emoji23]


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[tin medic]

They are fabric patches. I happened upon them a few minutes after they were posted.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Dang, my reputation preceded me and my pm[emoji23]

Haha. GJ reduces us all into beggars from time to time! (He might have to eenie meanie miney moe it though, cuz I know I forgot Beemer at least and probably more. You guys up there in the PNW mafia are the largest regional group on the vintage board I think...)

They are fabric patches. I happened upon them a few minutes after they were posted.

They would look great on a blue ball cap.

 

[bmwrd0]

Are those fabric patches? Cool. One each for the PNW crew (Smoke, Provincial, MR. X, and Rileysan) and one for Unaiu. Resale markup 1000%!

What? Are Oregon Rock Crusher and I chopped liver? We would at least offer real money, Smoke would talk you down so far you were left with only your shorts!

 

[Smokeshow69]

What? Are Oregon Rock Crusher and I chopped liver? We would at least offer real money, Smoke would talk you down so far you were left with only your shorts!

Again my reputation precedes me[emoji23] I do drive a hard bargain most of the time.


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[gpw_42]

... would this fit the BSR mold?
Have had it for years and daily user but have never researched its origins, love it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

ChefRex that's absolutely a BSR (Birmingham Stove and Range) skillet; it's from the Red Mountain line, probably made late 50s-early 60s before the Century line was phased in. Same basic shapes between the two lines, but slight variations in sizes.

Cues as to age:
- 7C at the bottom is Red Mountain. Century would say No. 7 with a description of the size (at the bottom) and on top would say Made in the USA
- small pour spouts indicate machine casting. Earlier, hand cast skillets would have larger "ears" (pour spouts).

Outlawhit the nail on the head about using an e-tank to clean the old seasoning/gunk off a skillet. With old, thin skillets (not BSR or Lodge!), running them through the self-cleaning oven (SCO) may lead to warping the skillet. I've heard about a threat of the old seasoning catching fire in an SCO cycle, but that seems more like internet rumors than reality. Lye tank (to remove organics) or e-tank (to remove organics and rust) are the typical collector-recommended approaches to cleaning. I started with the SCO and learned other approaches.

Most of the opinions around cast iron seasoning procedures end up being a Ford/Chevy argument. Before this turns into the Jerry can discussion, this site has a good collection of info about ID'ing iron, and also how to restore it: http://www.castironcollector.com/

 

[tin medic]

What? Are Oregon Rock Crusher and I chopped liver? We would at least offer real money

What constitutes “real” money? [emoji23]

 

[Private Lugnutz]

What? Are Oregon Rock Crusher and I chopped liver?

Haha. I knew I would catch hell for that. There's just too many of you to remember. I did catch myself though.

 

[Outlawmws]

Not sure PNW Mafia is quite accurate? Maybe PNW Webfeet?

 

[Smokeshow69]

Not sure PNW Mafia is quite accurate? Maybe PNW Webfeet?

Some of us dislike associating with ducks but beavers also have webbed feet [emoji23]


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[b.well]

I picked up a couple vises tonight. A real treat for me. I grew up with Craftsman tools and have come to respect Reed as one of the best Vintage USA Vise makers. What better than to find a Craftsman Vise made by Reed?

Craftsman Vise 5188 = Reed 105R = 5" Jaws

I have been told the Reed equivalent has two swivel base locks; this Craftsman has one. The Craftsman also has a full meatball where the Reed R series I see have the smashed meatball. I have read(thanks AngryBeaver!) Reed made Craftsman Vises from 1943-1949. Reed had meatball noses from 1942-1947. Sometime during the late 1940's, a second swivel lock was added. So this all makes sense and dates this Craftsman Vise in the first few years Reed made them. I'll look for the date stamp on it when I clean it up. Tonight my guess puts it 1943-1945.

I think the flash photography really enhanced the rust. Didn't look that bad when I saw it or in the original daylight picture. Either way I'll get er cleaned up!

The little vise in comparison is a Simplex Utility 400, 4" jaws. When I showed up the guy asked if I wanted any other vises. He had more for sale. I agreed to take a look. What came out were three ~4 inch vises. One Sears, One Craftsman with the big 4 on the dynamic jaw, and this Simplex. He was asking $75 each. Saw I wasn't biting. I said I was most interested in the this Simplex but he'd have to come down in price. He dropped to $40. I offered $30. He accepted.

I asked for the history on the vises. Turns out he was just flipping them. He was most attached to the Craftsman 5188. He bought it in a barn sale some years ago. He said the place looked like a milling shop. I guarantee the bolts in the vise now are the ones that it was mounted with in the barn. The other vises were more recent picks. I think he got the Simplex this year. He wasn't making what he thought he would on them. He needs to clean them up before selling!!! Buyers want turn key right!? At least take the rust off and add grease......lol

I picked up the Craftsman 5188 for $140.

 

[LesserSon]

b.well,
That Reed-made [raftsman 5188 is EXTREMELY handsome!
I’d love to find something like that.

 

[Provincial]

tin medic, those pliers with the hook ends are part of a ring compressor set. They hook onto split sleeves so they are useful for applications were the cylinders bolt onto the crankcase, since the sleeves can be removed from the connecting rods before the cylinder is mated to the crankcase.

 

[Provincial]

Some of us dislike associating with ducks but beavers also have webbed feet

My parents were Ducks, and my great-aunt and daughter were/are Beavers. I avoided taking sides by going to a private college.

 

[mikeinri]

I asked for the history on the vises. Turns out he was just flipping them...

...He wasn't making what he thought he would on them. He needs to clean them up before selling!!! Buyers want turn key right!? At least take the rust off and add grease......lol

Probably read too many stories (or saw too many ads) saying that "patina" adds value...

Mike

 

[b.well]

b.well,
That Reed-made [raftsman 5188 is EXTREMELY handsome!
I’d love to find something like that.

I was definitely lucky to find it. I found it on Offerup. I used to use the Letgo app for things but after it became Offerup I didn't care for it anymore. Don't like the interface as much and prices always seemed high. I opened it up by chance and found that Vise was up there for 4 weeks. Seller had it listed for 185 and accepted my offer for 140. Honestly, very surprised it didn't sell sooner.

 

[Smokeshow69]

My parents were Ducks, and my great-aunt and daughter were/are Beavers. I avoided taking sides by going to a private college.

I figured only the locals would catch that[emoji23]


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[bmwrd0]

Well, some of us are Cougars and know where we are on the food chain.

 

[3baygarage]

My neighbor hauled some goodies out to the curb on Sunday.

Posted the story and more pics here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=466985

After all was said and done, wound up with an old Craftsman table saw, enough hardware, a/c, and plumbing parts to fill a storage tote, a tray of grinding wheels, boxes of staples, a fishing pole, several tire irons and a 4 way lug wrench, rusty old Hein Werner bottle jack, some other misc. stuff, and an assortment of pullers.

The pullers are two Proto bearing separators, a couple Snap On, a Ken Tool hub puller, and some unmarked.

What I didn’t know was the item sitting on top of the table saw was something too. I tossed it on the floor of my car until today. Turns out it’s an Iron City hammer head. Flatter hammer is the name for this I think. Here I thought it was a piece from some other power tool.

 

[RTM]

I actually don't think its a hammer head. You put a wimpy little handle in there so you can position it, put your hot steel under it, and hit it with a hammer.

The blacksmiths here will know for sure. I only have friends who are blacksmiths who teach me what little I know.

Square Flatter

https://archive.org/details/IronCityCatalogNo551955/page/n3/mode/2up

 

[seber]

A neighbor put this out with a bunch of junk for pick up. A bit of fooling around with the spade lugs and it works great.

 

[Outlawmws]

3Bay *****!

The Flatter "Hammer" is actually a "Flatter" and not a Hammer - RTM has the use right:

http://ruralblacksmith.blogspot.com/2011/11/blacksmith-tool-making-forging-flatter.html#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20more%20unusual,marks%20from%20the%20finished%20iron.

serber, I'd bet it's in need of brushes...

 

[3baygarage]

Well thank you guys for correcting me on that. I feel like this came up before.

Good save Seber.

 

[ChefRex]

I need new neighbors.
Nice scores!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I had a good day at the flea (Lugz 2020_55) if I do say so myself, with a little bit of everything to keep me happy, from rare and uncommon eurekas to flippety-flip material to a mystery solver and what I think might be a FOAK.

The biggest item (that pair of vintage foundry/welding/blacksmith toe shields) and the smallest item (PAT PEND ratcheting screwdriver made by Botnick Motor Corp - think famous locking pliers with an even more famous story) might me my favorites.

The Plomb 5295 box is filled with miscellaneous Plomb DBE's (see thumbnail 2), no drive tools, but two of them are 81xx, and I have a third, so little set going there now. I will probably stick a bunch of 3/8-drive orphans in the cleaned-up box and flip it.

The ratchets on the right there are Proto 5449, Keystone No. 400 (drill), Herbrand VAN-CHROME S-10, and a Walden 3150. Smaller pieces with that group are a Craftsman BE sliding tee, an unusual homemade screwdriver bit, and the aforementioned B.M.C. ratcheting screwdriver.

On the left are three early Snap-on sockets, a sliding tee, and a Blue-Point flare nut wrench. That shiny 1/2-drive extension is a Blackhawk T-8. Under those are wartime (1933 patent) Champion DeArment Channellock No. 420 water pump pliers, a homemade XL slip-joint plier, and an antique bit brace type gasket cutter.

The linesman pliers and dykes with the maroon and yellow grips are Craftsman Vanadium.

 

[JABgj]

So I bartered a few repairs for some tools today and this came with the lot.
Appears to be a railroad lock box, but what is it used for? Grips? Lunch? Any ideas?

 

[seber]

Looks like a flare box. Conductors carried both flares and torpedos.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Cleaned-up teaser photos. See following threads for more: Mystery Vice Grips, Channellock, Chopped!, Plomb, Long C, and Keystone,

 

[Private Lugnutz]

And a new thread I just started called Vintage Toe Shields and Gasket Cutter for more on those....

 

[Old Radar]

Just one estate sale today and the pictures looked more interesting than most of the actual items... I picked these up for a buck apiece.

Whitman and Barnes <W&B> tang shank reamer. Back side of the tang is stamped FN G3. Don't know if that equates to a date.

Snap-on S 1618 B DOE--no date code. I briefly thought the S was an 8--for 1938--until I cleaned it up a bit and looked with a magnifying glass.




In my research on the reamer, I found that another of W&B’s trademarks a W, ampersand, B and Co. on the four corners of a diamond. My normally fuzzy memory recalled seeing that mark just last week. I picked up a “Hercules” twist screw driver that had the W slightly obscured and now I realize it, too, is a Whitman and Barnes product.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Today's small haul (Lugz 2020_56) from the flea.

The multi-tool is not branded.

By now everyone who collects wartime GMTK tools will recognize the "-D-I-" sockets. One of them is a not-so-easy to find 25/32". (One of these days I gotta put some partial sets together from my orphan stash and move them...)

I don't know what the tool with the jaws, spring, and long handle is. Made by K-D. No registered TM mark, and PAT PEND, so older like I like 'em. But I honestly can't figure it out. Spreader or lifter or clamp or something. Missing a nut of some kind I think.

The longer DOE is a Jaguar wrench. The shorter one is not branded, but marked "HI-TENSILE" (a wartime Armstrong tell) and has Across-the-Flats "WHIT." sizing.

Eagle pocket clip circuit tester. My second. I love the art deco styling.

 

[ZackN]

I picked up a “Hercules” twist screw driver that had the W slightly obscured and now I realize it, too, is a Whitman and Barnes product.

Probably the most attractive looking screwdriver I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing.