2021 Garage Sale Thread

[mikeinri]

Whoa...

CSP: You **** for that load including the Craftsman lathe!

Seber: You **** for the bucket loads of goodies!

R_olsen: You **** for that haul! I really like that small steel drawer cabinet (FWIW, I guess I'm the one guy here who doesn't own any Bonney tools, LOL...)

Mike

 

[d42jeep]

Whoa...

CSP: You **** for that load including the Craftsman lathe!

Seber: You **** for the bucket loads of goodies!

R_olsen: You **** for that haul! I really like that small steel drawer cabinet (FWIW, I guess I'm the one guy here who doesn't own any Bonney tools, LOL...)

Mike

You aren’t alone in your lack of Bonney. I send all I find to another collector. Same with P&C.
-Don

 

[Jack84]

A slip wrench. 25” long, hex size is 50mm made in Germany by Dowidat.


Paid 10,- for it.


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[LesserSon]

You aren’t alone in your lack of Bonney. I send all I find to another collector.
-Don

Oh-ho! So that’s where it’s all gone! LOL

 

[Outlawmws]

Hey BlueBolt! Good to see you posting!

You will like the "Hewing" hatchet. It should have inlaid steel inserts on the hammer face and in the blade, (on the flat side) if you clean it up you should see the lines.

In pic six, is that a Starrett drift punch set? With the wood case?

 

[bluebolt]

Wow, some sweet hauls and finds guys.



Bluebolt good to see you posting your finds! I like thr Snap On thermometer.

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Thanks 3baygarage. I was bit surprised to see how much that thermometer sold for on Ebay!

 

[bluebolt]

Hey BlueBolt! Good to see you posting!

You will like the "Hewing" hatchet. It should have inlaid steel inserts on the hammer face and in the blade, (on the flat side) if you clean it up you should see the lines.

In pic six, is that a Starrett drift punch set? With the wood case?

Which hatchet is the hewing hatchet? The top one is a True Temper TF which is a flooring hatchet according to their catalog, the middle is a Stanley and teh bottom one is a Dunlap. The axes were a Dunlap double bit and a Made In Sweden single bit. My axe and hatchet collector buddy got all the non Dunlap ones already. He was real happy with the Swedish axe, it was his first.

That is indeed a Starrett drift punch set and wood case.

 

[eborcim]

A slip wrench. 25” long, hex size is 50mm made in Germany by Dowidat.

Paid 10,- for it.

That's cool, a very sturdy ratcheting wrench.

 

[bluebolt]

I have one back and edited all of my recent posts with descriptions, I meant to do it right away but got sidetracked LOL. I create posts with pictures with my phone and then go back and update the posts on the computer.

 

[Jack84]

That's cool, a very sturdy ratcheting wrench.

Not a ratcheting wrench but a friction wrench.


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[Robo]

The mystery item in the bag:

Champion Spark Plug socket set. Mostly Bonney with a few other items.

Bonney spark plug sockets

tiny Mossberg cross bar handle, not sure what it’s from yet

Blackhawk socket.

I’ve never seen a spark plug dedicated socket set before. Really nice score!


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[bluebolt]

I’ve never seen a spark plug dedicated socket set before. Really nice score!


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Sears had spark plug socket sets although they were really just all the deep sockets in half inch drive and an L wrench. From the 1959 Craftsman Hand Tools catalog.

 

[seber]

Here are some other buys from the auction. The Warn winch, comalong and lever hoist all sold for one bid of $50. Turns out they all work. The Baldor 7" grinder was sold as non working for $70. I expected a bad capacitor but it turned out to be just a broken cord. The tool rest is there, just turned under. The eye shields are there also but I took them off because I couldn't see through them. Serious cleaning required.

 

[gpw_42]

Hit an estate sale on Friday, which turned out to be pretty good, even though I got there late. I've decided that unless there's something especially exciting in the pre-sale pictures, my willingness to stand in line for hours pre-sale in freezing and/or cold rainy conditions is...nil. I used to get paid to do that ****...

It's a good sign when the first thing you semi-absently pick up is a Plvmb product, in this case a WF-103 obstruction wrench.

Vlchek 27C DOE
Williams 8033 7/8x31/32 DBE (not GMTK correct, but I wasn't passing it by, either!)
Walden 3123 1/4" dr. 6" flexible extension
Walden 3108 1/4" dr. 6pt 1/4" socket

Post-war
Proto Challenger -1654 3/8" dr. to 1/2" dr. adapter
SK 1/4" dr. 6pt. 5/32 socket
Japanese 1/4" dr. socket which I confused for an SK. UGH
Vaco 6" hex key set, 3/32 - 3/8. Too bad the 5/16 is twisted....

 

[youinreverse]

Picked these up from an online estate sale auction today. I weeded out a bunch of garbage, and this is what was worth keeping or selling.

Crescent “Crestoloy” adjustable
Matco adjustable wrench
Maglite
Snap-on E703ACG electronic needle nose pliers (SCORE!)
Snap-on 3/4 swivel socket
Makita bit handle
Craftsman bit ratchet
Walsco box cutter
MAC 3/8 extension
Snap on 9” shank for ratcheting screwdriver
And a novelty hammer with four nesting screwdrivers in the handle. My parents had one of these when I was a kid so this was a real blast from the past!

Paid $15 for everything


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[Outlawmws]

Which hatchet is the hewing hatchet? The top one is a True Temper TF which is a flooring hatchet according to their catalog, the middle is a Stanley and teh bottom one is a Dunlap. The axes were a Dunlap double bit and a Made In Sweden single bit. My axe and hatchet collector buddy got all the non Dunlap ones already. He was real happy with the Swedish axe, it was his first.

That is indeed a Starrett drift punch set and wood case.

The lower right is the hewing hatchet, so the Dunlap?. Dead flat on one side.

I'm trying to cobble up a full set of Starretts for my case

 

[3jakes]

Snap-on E703ACG electronic needle nose pliers (SCORE!)
And a novelty hammer with four nesting screwdrivers in the handle. My parents had one of these when I was a kid so this was a real blast from the past!
Paid $15 for everything

You **** at $15 for the needle nose.
The rest is gravy.
Easy to find those brass nesting screwdrivers in junk kitchen drawers, but rare to find the hammer heads.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Easy to find those brass nesting screwdrivers in junk kitchen drawers, but rare to find the hammer heads.

Agreed! And very often not all of the screwdrivers.

 

[LesserSon]

Not judging the persons who collect them...What is the attraction to those nesting tool-shaped objects (screwdriver/hammer)?
My father had one or more sets in his junk drawers, and early on I formed a disdain for them. Set me right, if I’ve been wrong.

 

[3jakes]

Not judging the persons who collect them...What is the attraction to those nesting tool-shaped objects (screwdriver/hammer)?
My father had one or more sets in his junk drawers, and early on I formed a disdain for them. Set me right, if I’ve been wrong.

They were junk. But todays junk tools are mostly plastic.
Yesterdays junk was made with actual brass.
Whatever floats yer boat right?

 

[gpw_42]

Not judging the persons who collect them...What is the attraction to those nesting tool-shaped objects (screwdriver/hammer)?
My father had one or more sets in his junk drawers, and early on I formed a disdain for them. Set me right, if I’ve been wrong.

Concur with the poster above (after LS) that they were junk as tools. I have one that was my grandmother's when I was a little kid, and it is surely made better than the modern equivalent.

In addition to my grandmother's nested tool, there are also a couple of "real" screwdrivers in the junk drawer, so maybe that shows the lack of utility in the one I loved to play with +/- 45 years ago.

BREAK

I've also been thinking a little about today being "the good old days" of collecting vintage tools. In 20 years, there won't be much except HF-grade homeowner tools and the industrial tools out there to gather up at many of the places we all haunt. And the leftovers from people like us who gathered up good stuff from when Made in the USA was common and meant something. NOT trying to start a HF vs. SnapOn discussion on the GS thread, but to get folks thinking about the aspect of "these are the good old days." They're more plentiful, less expensive and easier access today than they will be in 20 years. Food for thought.

 

[LesserSon]

Got it - thanks! I will be leaving them where I see them, then. They don’t speak to me. Not trying to throw shade on anyone for whom they do.
There’s no explaining, much less defending, much of what I have accumulated. My son tried to help me downsize my hoard of salvaged wood. In process, I realized I could recite the origin and circumstance of every piece, how it connected to people and places in my past. The wood itself is of negligible value.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Not judging the persons who collect them...What is the attraction to those nesting tool-shaped objects (screwdriver/hammer)? My father had one or more sets in his junk drawers, and early on I formed a disdain for them. Set me right, if I’ve been wrong.

Your latent disdain was probably evident in your description of them as "tool-shaped objects" rather than tools, LS!

With the caveat that I don't think it's a case of right and wrong, and I wouldn't feel any need to dissuade you or anyone else from a poor opinion of them, any more than I would expect to be subject to dissuasion from mine, I fancy them precisely because of the nesting. I don't know if it's the engineer in me that prizes clever, well-done marriages of effectiveness and efficiency, my kitschy bone, or my appreciation for their mass 'junk drawer' appeal, or a mix of all three, but I have a thing for them and the entire category, admittedly bordering on gimmicky, in which I also place screwdrivers and ratcheting wrenches that store the bits and sockets in the handles or on the shanks.

 

[BFBOB]

Calling SEBER!!

I tried to send a PM w/pix, but maybe messed up, so trying again in the open.
I'm interested in a wrench-see photo.
Please PM me

THANX!

 

[bmwrd0]

I hit a couple estate sales today when I had some time early this afternoon:

First one was the most interesting, stuff everywhere but I couldn't find much in the way of tools at first, which was odd considering the number of old hot rod magazines that were there, I am guessing the family took most of it. But I did find a pile of older stuff in the attic, which you can see above. A complete set of SPARTA metrics, misc. D-I, Plomb, Walden, and P&C 3/8 sockets, along with some 1/2. Also an early P&C drag link socket! A little leather pouch containing hex keys, two ratchets (SK and International Forge-MDF), a geometric C Craftsman driver, a ChromeXQuality breaker bar (male ends at both ends), and a cute little Truth breaker bar, which much to my curiosity is 5/16 drive. Double checked it just to be sure, as I have never come across that before. $8 for everything.

Here is a close up of the hex keys and Truth BB:


The second sale was a whole house again, but it was a shop I felt immediately at home in, for whatever that is worth. I am not sure what the guy worked on, but it had a good feel to it. Anyhoo, here is what I picked up:

A Williams socket driver, Snap-on and Thorsen breaker bars, a Thorsen 1/4" Deep, and a Proto 1/4" wingnut socket. $5

I think I am going to hit that first sale again tomorrow AM.

 

[Provincial]

GPW 42 said:
"I've also been thinking a little about today being "the good old days" of collecting vintage tools. In 20 years, there won't be much except HF-grade homeowner tools and the industrial tools out there to gather up at many of the places we all haunt. And the leftovers from people like us who gathered up good stuff from when Made in the USA was common and meant something. NOT trying to start a HF vs. SnapOn discussion on the GS thread, but to get folks thinking about the aspect of "these are the good old days." They're more plentiful, less expensive and easier access today than they will be in 20 years. Food for thought."

This is why I pick up things that I don't need (use or collect), but which are of decent quality and USA (or quality foreign) production. I have told my heirs that they are to dispose of these items in a way that they remain in existence, rather than being landfilled or scrapped, and they seem to understand my motivation. I have tried to move these on to other collectors when possible.

I am fortunate that I have some space to keep this stuff, but there is a limit. I know that much of what I have left behind at sales has been disposed of, and is gone permanently.

 

[Provincial]

Nice picks, bmw. That Truth breaker could be early, since the ears on the hinge are "inside-out" so it was before the P&C challenge of the patent.

 

[ForrestT]

Calling SEBER!!



I tried to send a PM w/pix, but maybe messed up, so trying again in the open.

I'm interested in a wrench-see photo.

Please PM me



THANX!

My guess is TRW, Thorsen, or Action.


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[LesserSon]

Lugz - I see how those screwdrivers tick off multiple appreciation boxes. Such a let-down when they turn out to be “empty-nesters”, though.
Provincial - Well-said! I had similar reflections about landfills and scrappers after reading gpw’s lower paragraph. I have greater doubts concerning the fidelity of my heirs.

 

[rangerfredbob]

Like I mentioned in the vise thread, I was on an online auction the other day and got some shop goodies... as how it goes anymore it seems things are more expensive than I wanted but what the heck...

The vises are a Columbian 204 1/2 and a Wilton 5.5", those were $220 together

The grinder is a Jet 10", 1.5 hp and I thought it had worn out wheels but it turns out they're diamond grinding wheels for grinding jewels and such... $200 for that

Got some other stuff too, 10'x10' A frame hoist with trolley, big chain wrench, some steel tables...

 

[mikeinri]

Lugz, I too have a fondness for the push drills with bit storage in the handle, but only for a specific one from Sears from my youth. My dad lost it years ago and blames me to this day of taking and keeping it when I moved out 30+ years ago. I really don't believe I did that, and have never seen it since, so I don't know what he's talking about.

I keep thinking I should buy one and give it to him, but then he'd just tell me he was right all these years... not that I have to be "right" but I don't want to perpetuate his notion that I was a thief!!!

Mike

 

[BFBOB]

My guess is TRW, Thorsen, or Action.


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Or Blue Grass, Bluepoint, Caterpillar, Channellock, Dayton HWI, IBM, Kal, Powr-Kraft, Snap-On, Synthes, Troy-Bilt, Westcraft and Wilde.

TRW is news to me - I have a TRW DOE, but it's not in the V-Groove pattern. If you have one, I'd sure like to lay hands on it!

 

[bmwrd0]

I went back to the first sale I hit yesterday, and for $5 I picked up the following:


Assorted wrenches; Williams, Filson, Plomb, Proto, P&C, Vlcheck, ChromeX. Assorted sockets; SK, P&C, MAC, SR. A ChromeX drainplug socket, ChromeX breaker bar, Sparta ratchet, and a Sure-Grip utility knife. And a whole lot of freezing rain.

 

[BlueBomber]

Lugz, I too have a fondness for the push drills with bit storage in the handle, but only for a specific one from Sears from my youth. My dad lost it years ago and blames me to this day of taking and keeping it when I moved out 30+ years ago. I really don't believe I did that, and have never seen it since, so I don't know what he's talking about.

I keep thinking I should buy one and give it to him, but then he'd just tell me he was right all these years... not that I have to be "right" but I don't want to perpetuate his notion that I was a thief!!!

Mike

You should buy one and sneak it into one of his tool boxes on a back shelf, or put in the back of his junk drawer in the kitchen. Then stay quiet for a few months to see if he comes across it on his own. If not, then you make an excuse to go look through wherever you hid it and have a "Well, look what I found, Pop!" moment.

 

[mikeinri]

Darn, wish I'd thought of that before we emptied his house and basement, and moved him into the apartment!!!

Mike

 

[seber]

rangerfredbob, those diamond wheels may be worn out but probably not. Two things about diamond. Don't even think about using them for ferrous metals. The diamond reacts with iron and shatters. They should always be used wet. Diamond does not tolerate heat. Putting diamond wheels on a bench grinder is pretty much a waste of very expensive wheels. The main purpose of diamond grinding is mineral, as in lapidary and glass.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Lugz - I see how those screwdrivers tick off multiple appreciation boxes. Such a let-down when they turn out to be “empty-nesters”, though.

But it's all about the hunt, right? Like Easter eggs, you don't know which ones have the money in them until you open them.

Lugz, I too have a fondness for the push drills with bit storage in the handle, but only for a specific one from Sears from my youth.

Nice. For me it's mainly multi-tools (typically awl, pry, and screwdriver bits), either antique era with hollow wooden handles or 40's era hollow Bakelite handles. The space savings is the real draw for me, and it's also the common denominator and categorical-spanning jump to things as diverse as the Globemaster all-purpose camping shovel and HOL-SET wrench sets. I think I've been inspired to put it on my list of future 'Curator's Corner' topics!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

..and a cute little Truth breaker bar, which much to my curiosity is 5/16 drive.

Very interesting. I didn't know TRUTH was making 5/16-inch drive tools. The only 5/16-inch square drive I was aware of was Hinsdale. Husky was making 5/16-inch hex drive.

That Truth breaker could be early, since the ears on the hinge are "inside-out" so it was before the P&C challenge of the patent.

Definitely early. Their early 1/2-inch drive was also built like that.

I've never understood why Eagle chose to sue P&C. Plomb and several other mfgrs were already making hinge handles with the Eagle forked handle (versus forked drive stud) design. Why did they wait until 1935 to pick on the latecomer P&C for hopping on the same bus?

 

[r_olson_06]

Very interesting. I didn't know TRUTH was making 5/16-inch drive tools. The only 5/16-inch square drive I was aware of was Hinsdale. Husky was making 5/16-inch hex drive.


Definitely early. Their early 1/2-inch drive was also built like that.

I've never understood why Eagle chose to sue P&C. Plomb and several other mfgrs were already making hinge handles with the Eagle forked handle (versus forked drive stud) design. Why did they wait until 1935 to pick on the latecomer P&C for hopping on the same bus?

It is very odd in the P&C front. I would be curious the timeline of events. If Eagle's patent was applied for after the other manufactures started making the design. The other manufactures could have invalidated Eagle's patent based on prior art. Maybe they thought P&C was naive to the prior art?

Eagle could have obtained a patent on the concept as the USPTO doesn't check for prior art outside their office (or at least now a days it is that way).

I have a williams 5/16" hex male drive beaker bar and 5/16" hex drive female socket. I have not seen any others before.

Looking for a Round Beam Plomb 1068 Double Box End Wrench

 

[bmwrd0]

Well, I had planned to get to a couple stops this morning, but we had an ice storm and now power is out all over the valley.