3baygarage
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Some great finds guys.
RTM- nice S-K find!
RTM- nice S-K find!
2021 Garage Sale Thread
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duddly
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I waited till the last day of an estate sale because I did not want to spend much. But I did pick up a cool quick adjust EMPIRE pipe wrench, a little Dille & McGuire model 1893 lawn mower wrench, and a bunch of old extension cords that I use to replace the cords on vintage Dazor / Desk lamps. I also put together a bunch of pieces that will eventually be a little socket set. I haven't really looked at what is there or if they even go together.
The quick adjust pipe wrench is a fun find because I just haven't found anything unusual in an adjustable wrench in a while.
here are the patents that apply to the wrench - this one is the date on the handle https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?pn=573999&id=17786 but this one is the quick release on this model https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=735,289&type= It was manufactured by Wm Hjorth & Co. There is a logo on the head that might show up better with some light cleaning.
The quick adjust pipe wrench is a fun find because I just haven't found anything unusual in an adjustable wrench in a while.
here are the patents that apply to the wrench - this one is the date on the handle https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?pn=573999&id=17786 but this one is the quick release on this model https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=735,289&type= It was manufactured by Wm Hjorth & Co. There is a logo on the head that might show up better with some light cleaning.
WNYflyer
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Sorry for the delay.......Thanks, now got to keep my eye out for that next sale especially considering the cryptic nature of the ad for the first sale.
WNYflyer, you deserve the business end of a vacuum hose for that haul!
.........been extremely lucky so far this spring finding good stuff at private family run salesSorry for the delay......Thanks 3bay. My spidey senses scoping out private sales have been working good so far this year plus not seeing your buddy at the sale
Paid $35 for the set in good condition. Typically not many good sales in my town so my travel radius is probably no more than an hour drive but many working man burbs and towns well within that drive time. Also much luck involved along with some decent research put in.
RagTopTA
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Something I have done over and over with great success is using a little acetone on the painted area with a hand brush to loosen the sprayed paint, then wipe off quickly with a paper towel. try a little spot and see what happens.
Thank you for the suggestion, I will try that!
XxToolAholicxX
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Goodwill don’t even want that shut..
3jakes
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Ok it's a hammer so it's a tool right?
Just for fun (and 50 cents) I brought home this toy hammer that was supposed to make the sound of breaking glass.
It didn't work. Battery contacts were clean.
So I had to pry off the rubber hammer head and use a small phillips to split the handle open which revealed the small circuit board & speaker.
There was a small aluminum "can" with a very fine copper coil inside.
When the coil vibrates, it makes contact with the inside of the can. But there was a small piece of wire broken off shorting things out.
I removed the short, put it together & now have a very irritating toy.
Looking at the bottom of the box it says: R.O.C. Pat. USA
I'm guessing that stands for Republic of China?
Anybody have a guess on the date? To me it feels a 60's toy.
Just for fun (and 50 cents) I brought home this toy hammer that was supposed to make the sound of breaking glass.
It didn't work. Battery contacts were clean.
So I had to pry off the rubber hammer head and use a small phillips to split the handle open which revealed the small circuit board & speaker.
There was a small aluminum "can" with a very fine copper coil inside.
When the coil vibrates, it makes contact with the inside of the can. But there was a small piece of wire broken off shorting things out.
I removed the short, put it together & now have a very irritating toy.
Looking at the bottom of the box it says: R.O.C. Pat. USA
I'm guessing that stands for Republic of China?
Anybody have a guess on the date? To me it feels a 60's toy.
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It doesn’t seem that old to me. The text font and ungrammatical translation on the packaging, the glossiness of the packaging surface, the color, geometry and dimensions of the toy…I’m thinking 1980s or even later - more nostalgia than actual age.
Private Lugnutz
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That is correct. Not to be mistaken with the People's Republic of China, colloquially Red China, Communist China, or, more commonly, just China. Note that it says "Made in Taiwan" on the front, which is synonymous with the the Republic of China, although to make matters even more confusing, they often go by the moniker "Chinese Taipei", at the UN, and at the Olympics, for example, to mollify Red China. That doesn't help narrow the date down though.
Fun find!
Not sure how old you are, but your post and find gave me an earworm that I will now be singing and humming all evening. Nick Lowe's "I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass." One of his poppier, catchier tunes.
RTM
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Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds and Rockpile, 3 underplayed things, tho all sorta the same in a way. Great stuff.
Private Lugnutz
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Intertwined, also with Brinsley Schwarz, for sure. That whole pub pop rockabilly sound - I would include much of Graham Parker (he wrote "Crawling from the Wreckage"), was unmistakable.
Outlawmws
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I used to have a... Well you can't call it a screen saver; almost a game, that IIR was called "Stress" or Stress Relief" It froze your screen and you could have it with ants or worms or?? and then use "Tools" like a Hammer that when you used it squished the bugs and gave the sound of breaking glass.
EVERYONE loved it! other tools included a flame thrower. paint balloons and a machine gun...
EVERYONE loved it! other tools included a flame thrower. paint balloons and a machine gun...
3jakes
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In keeping with the days gone by...
I have been singing the "Duck and Cover" song since I brought this lot home.
I was ignorant of what the contents were, but for 10 bucks, I had to have it
The Geiger counter is missing, & d-cell batterys were left inside the other stuff, so the contacts are shot.
Nevertheless cool to read how after a nuke attack, we will be able to use this stuff to see when it is safe to come outside from our "shelters".
Booklet dated 1963.
Then each priced at $5. A Kennedy box, B & D Workmate box, & a bike hitch rack.
I have been singing the "Duck and Cover" song since I brought this lot home.
I was ignorant of what the contents were, but for 10 bucks, I had to have it
The Geiger counter is missing, & d-cell batterys were left inside the other stuff, so the contacts are shot.
Nevertheless cool to read how after a nuke attack, we will be able to use this stuff to see when it is safe to come outside from our "shelters".
Booklet dated 1963.
Then each priced at $5. A Kennedy box, B & D Workmate box, & a bike hitch rack.
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What's the half life of plutonium again? Yeah, probably can't build a shelter big enough to store several generations' (us, down to yet-unborn great-great-great-great-great... grandchildren) worth of food and water, for starters...
The Cold War freaked me out as a kid.
Mike
The Cold War freaked me out as a kid.
Mike
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OK, that Civil Defense stuff is way cool. You ****!
I stopped by the Restore today, as I needed some hardware (which they had!) I found this in the tools:
Possibly the oldest speeder that I have found. No makers mark, and it might be blacksmith made, but it has a non-spinning wooden ball handle solidly riveted on:
The socket mount point, while definately 1/2" drive looks hand forged to my eyes, and ground down to fit the socket. The detent ball works still:
If someone has more information on this, I would love to hear it.
I stopped by the Restore today, as I needed some hardware (which they had!) I found this in the tools:
Possibly the oldest speeder that I have found. No makers mark, and it might be blacksmith made, but it has a non-spinning wooden ball handle solidly riveted on:
The socket mount point, while definately 1/2" drive looks hand forged to my eyes, and ground down to fit the socket. The detent ball works still:
If someone has more information on this, I would love to hear it.
steaks&anvils
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Isn't the radiological survey meter also known as a Geiger counter? And Geiger counter is a misnomer anyway? Although, I could be confused on this too.
cool "atomic" stuff anyway.
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Outlawmws
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I never learned the "duck and cover" song, can't recall hearing it...
I do remember practicing hiding under my desk. More useful for an earthquake than a thermo nuke warhead... I also remember hiding under my drafting table during the Loma Prieta quake...
I do remember practicing hiding under my desk. More useful for an earthquake than a thermo nuke warhead... I also remember hiding under my drafting table during the Loma Prieta quake...
3jakes
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Old Radar
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I thought the same thing until I dove down the rabbit hole... After getting a new wrinkle in my brain, I can report that they do basically the same thing using different methods, except the Geiger counter is more sensitive--i.e. it can detect lower levels of radiation.
Great find Jake! Any hope of restoring functionality?
Outlawmws
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Yep, can't recall ever hearing that one...
RagTopTA
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Is this a fam member hanging on my wall? Looks alot like it.OK, that Civil Defense stuff is way cool. You ****!
I stopped by the Restore today, as I needed some hardware (which they had!) I found this in the tools:
Possibly the oldest speeder that I have found. No makers mark, and it might be blacksmith made, but it has a non-spinning wooden ball handle solidly riveted on:
The socket mount point, while definately 1/2" drive looks hand forged to my eyes, and ground down to fit the socket. The detent ball works still:
If someone has more information on this, I would love to hear it.
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Mr. Wonderful
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I know it's not an antique, or unique item, and it is not technically a garage sale find, but I picked up this Ridgid air mover for $25 at good will. Looks in perfect/new shape. At that price it was too good to pass up, and wanted to share with others who will recognize it as a good deal .
.d42jeep
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RTM,
That is definitely a YOU **** haul! What side of the bay was the sale?
-Don
That is definitely a YOU **** haul! What side of the bay was the sale?
-Don
That is so cool! I would have bought that in a second for $10
Smokeshow69
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Oh man, you ****! Or in this case, reverse **** quite profuselyI know it's not an antique, or unique item, and it is not technically a garage sale find, but I picked up this Ridgid air mover for $25 at good will. Looks in perfect/new shape. At that price it was too good to pass up, and wanted to share with others who will recognize it as a good deal
RTM
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Thanks. It was on the ocean side of the peninsula. In HMB proper.
Outlawmws
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That's correct. replaced after 1961 (The globe could have sat on a store shelf after 77..)
Pernod correct would be:
| 1958-1962: Curved “PYREX” over red Coleman parallelogram. Has the ® in the parallelogram but no lantern image. |
The break of dawn saw me cruising steathly into the area of the dreaded Smokeshow, on the prowl for tools...
No, not really, but around 9am I was sitting in a dinner, having the old man special of the day, half portion of chicken fried steak and looking through Craigslist ads. And, not finding much in my area, I looked a little further north and spoted a tool sale at a blacksmithing school, and it was not too far from Smokeshows place. So, I hit the road.
It wasn't as great as I had hoped, but I managed to find a few things:
Some Stanley 78 parts, Milwakee Tool and Forge ratchet, early Yankee push-drill with bits, Millers Falls drill-driver with bits, and three Penes sockets. All that for $20
Then I was able to find a barn sale on my way home. I don't usually do barn sales, as farmers want way too and get rid of too little, but this was on the way...
Indestro 1/4" box, Proto flying lady 3/4" box, Plomb wrenches and Fleet sockets, $10
A closeup of the Indestro logo:
Finally, I stopped at a Restore that was in the town north of me, finding the following:
Complete set of SK Wayne Metric 3/8", Proto LA driver with a good tip, and a thing of Barkeepers Friend. I walked away for $6.
No, not really, but around 9am I was sitting in a dinner, having the old man special of the day, half portion of chicken fried steak and looking through Craigslist ads. And, not finding much in my area, I looked a little further north and spoted a tool sale at a blacksmithing school, and it was not too far from Smokeshows place. So, I hit the road.
It wasn't as great as I had hoped, but I managed to find a few things:
Some Stanley 78 parts, Milwakee Tool and Forge ratchet, early Yankee push-drill with bits, Millers Falls drill-driver with bits, and three Penes sockets. All that for $20
Then I was able to find a barn sale on my way home. I don't usually do barn sales, as farmers want way too and get rid of too little, but this was on the way...
Indestro 1/4" box, Proto flying lady 3/4" box, Plomb wrenches and Fleet sockets, $10
A closeup of the Indestro logo:
Finally, I stopped at a Restore that was in the town north of me, finding the following:
Complete set of SK Wayne Metric 3/8", Proto LA driver with a good tip, and a thing of Barkeepers Friend. I walked away for $6.
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Old Radar
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Excellent haul Beemer! My neighbor introduced me to Bar Keeper's Friend. Amazing stuff. After moving the grease from my tool finds onto my porcelain garage sink, I slather some BKF around on it and let it set overnight. In the morning it looks like a new sink.
Went to two sales today. First was out in the country and had a huge workshop with all manner of industrial power equipment from Jet to Craftsman to Harbor Freight. The few hand tools available were bagged and priced crazy high. All I got there was a fireman's style garden spray nozzle.
The second stop was much more my style. I despaired initially as I watched a guy cull through a bin of wrenches and ratchets and set almost all aside for himself--he kept so many the estate sale agent let him keep the bin to carry them all. I later asked him if he was a GJ member, but no, just a Snap-on and CM tool hoarder!! While he was doing that, I was left to look around the shop and through some of his cast offs. The prices here were a little high, but the agent was willing to deal. The Dunlap DOEs were labeled at $3 each for the three larger ones and $2 each for the two smaller ones. I pointed out the grinding issue with the smallest and asked what he would take for all of them. He said $4. Bingo! The rest followed a similar pattern--all told, $25 for tools priced at $42--and this was the first day of the sale.
The Blue Point HS-9 Hack Saw cleaned up nicely. In fact everything did.
Snap-on K4 Speeder
Two Snap-on carburetor float adjustment guides--I picked these out of a bin of detritus for free.
Blackhawk 49975X Torkflash--I have questions about this!
Starrett No. 196B Dial Test Indicator
No-name 6" PH#2 bit
Snap-on A-15 Drag Link
Thorsen 3/8" 1-1/2" extension
Two CM Long-C 1/2" sockets
Dunlap DOEs--I don't know if this is a sequential set. The owner ground down the head of the 13/32.
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Blackhawk Torkflash Questions.
1. Does anyone have instructions for this thing or know where I can get a scan?
2. Apparently a size AA battery doesn't fit. Am I SOL?
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Went to two sales today. First was out in the country and had a huge workshop with all manner of industrial power equipment from Jet to Craftsman to Harbor Freight. The few hand tools available were bagged and priced crazy high. All I got there was a fireman's style garden spray nozzle.
The second stop was much more my style. I despaired initially as I watched a guy cull through a bin of wrenches and ratchets and set almost all aside for himself--he kept so many the estate sale agent let him keep the bin to carry them all. I later asked him if he was a GJ member, but no, just a Snap-on and CM tool hoarder!! While he was doing that, I was left to look around the shop and through some of his cast offs. The prices here were a little high, but the agent was willing to deal. The Dunlap DOEs were labeled at $3 each for the three larger ones and $2 each for the two smaller ones. I pointed out the grinding issue with the smallest and asked what he would take for all of them. He said $4. Bingo! The rest followed a similar pattern--all told, $25 for tools priced at $42--and this was the first day of the sale.
The Blue Point HS-9 Hack Saw cleaned up nicely. In fact everything did.
Snap-on K4 Speeder
Two Snap-on carburetor float adjustment guides--I picked these out of a bin of detritus for free.
Blackhawk 49975X Torkflash--I have questions about this!
Starrett No. 196B Dial Test Indicator
No-name 6" PH#2 bit
Snap-on A-15 Drag Link
Thorsen 3/8" 1-1/2" extension
Two CM Long-C 1/2" sockets
Dunlap DOEs--I don't know if this is a sequential set. The owner ground down the head of the 13/32.
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Blackhawk Torkflash Questions.
1. Does anyone have instructions for this thing or know where I can get a scan?
2. Apparently a size AA battery doesn't fit. Am I SOL?
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Smokeshow69
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You have nothing to worry aboutThe break of dawn saw me cruising steathly into the area of the dreaded Smokeshow, on the prowl for tools...
No, not really, but around 9am I was sitting in a dinner, having the old man special of the day, half portion of chicken fried steak and looking through Craigslist ads. And, not finding much in my area, I looked a little further north and spoted a tool sale at a blacksmithing school, and it was not too far from Smokeshows place. So, I hit the road.
It wasn't as great as I had hoped, but I managed to find a few things:
Some Stanley 78 parts, Milwakee Tool and Forge ratchet, early Yankee push-drill with bits, Millers Falls drill-driver with bits, and three Penes sockets. All that for $20
Then I was able to find a barn sale on my way home. I don't usually do barn sales, as farmers want way too and get rid of too little, but this was on the way...
Indestro 1/4" box, Proto flying lady 3/4" box, Plomb wrenches and Fleet sockets, $10
A closeup of the Indestro logo:
Finally, I stopped at a Restore that was in the town north of me, finding the following:
Complete set of SK Wayne Metric 3/8", Proto LA driver with a good tip, and a thing of Barkeepers Friend. I walked away for $6.
I was working so no competition from me But I certainly would have been all over that 3/4 drive box! Nice find on that. Don't see that out there very much.Private Lugnutz
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Super busy weekend started with a quick sneak trip to the flea (Lugz 2021_37), where I snagged some goodies...
..., including, from TOP to BOTTOM:
- an "INSTA-GRIP" (Made in West Germany) SPEEDWRENCH knockoff
- antique Klein needle-nose (I will have to check out the date code later)
- Bonney CV and Williams obstruction wrenches
- an Onli-1 close-quarter offset-geared ratchet wrench
- a Wakefield Wizard adjustable wrench
- a Richmont (pre-Sturtivant merger) torque wrench
- a Kraeuter DOE wrench
...and to the RIGHT:
- a brass plate, pin and wingnut from an antique die stock, marked "BUTTERFIELD & CO., DERBY LINE, VT."
- a "Mechanic's Pal" tape measure (Made in Czechoslovakia)
- and a trio of screwdrivers (Bonney, Ryan, and one unbranded with an insulated singular-piece handle and ferrule marked "COHARDITE", which was a term for vulcanized rubber made by the Connecticut Hard Rubber Company.)
Look for more pics after clean-up on various Vintage Board threads.
..., including, from TOP to BOTTOM:
- an "INSTA-GRIP" (Made in West Germany) SPEEDWRENCH knockoff
- antique Klein needle-nose (I will have to check out the date code later)
- Bonney CV and Williams obstruction wrenches
- an Onli-1 close-quarter offset-geared ratchet wrench
- a Wakefield Wizard adjustable wrench
- a Richmont (pre-Sturtivant merger) torque wrench
- a Kraeuter DOE wrench
...and to the RIGHT:
- a brass plate, pin and wingnut from an antique die stock, marked "BUTTERFIELD & CO., DERBY LINE, VT."
- a "Mechanic's Pal" tape measure (Made in Czechoslovakia)
- and a trio of screwdrivers (Bonney, Ryan, and one unbranded with an insulated singular-piece handle and ferrule marked "COHARDITE", which was a term for vulcanized rubber made by the Connecticut Hard Rubber Company.)
Look for more pics after clean-up on various Vintage Board threads.
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Private Lugnutz
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Yessir! 7/16-drive. "Periscope"! Haha. Perfect. I've called it a plumbing fixture before, but I like that. Apt, too, since they were made, in 1921, by King Tool Company, in Asbury Park, NJ, about 20 minutes from the Lugzsonian, and only a stone's throw from the Atlantic ocean! You may have not seen that thread from 2017. I have a complete and a partial Onli-1 set. Link here.
What's really cool is I was just on the boardwalk in Asbury Park last night. My son (5th of 5 kids) graduated from HS yesterday afternoon and we had dinner down there. It's almost like the visit conjured it!
What's really cool is I was just on the boardwalk in Asbury Park last night. My son (5th of 5 kids) graduated from HS yesterday afternoon and we had dinner down there. It's almost like the visit conjured it!
Congratulations to your son, Lugz.
MrsLS did the SheROX triathelon at Asbury a few years ago. I think I’ve been there twice. I took several pictures of the fascinationg exterior ornament on the carousel enclosure, but I don’t know where they are now…probably on a dead phone.
MrsLS did the SheROX triathelon at Asbury a few years ago. I think I’ve been there twice. I took several pictures of the fascinationg exterior ornament on the carousel enclosure, but I don’t know where they are now…probably on a dead phone.
Provincial
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I wish your son well on the next stage of life. The Adventure continues!
Doylee4693
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Outlawmws
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Congrats Lugz, to your son AND you and Mrs Lugz on gettign the last one through HS!
So, by fortunate circumstances, I am batching it this weekend. My wife has decided to go visit her friend in "the city" and I am taking a well needed respite from all things familial. Which means that I am doing the same things I always do, but having a steak and a beer for dinner.
There was only one sale that looked interesting to me today, and I picked up these for two dollars:
Most of a Starrett drive pin punch set and a 15/32" chucking reamer.
After that I swung by the used bookstore, where I spent entirely too much money:
The Titus trilogy, of which I picked up the first two, is one of the great post-war British fantisies, along with Tolkien and Lewis. If that is your cup of tea, I highly recomend it, although it is vastly different than the other two.
And finally, there was an estate sale down the street from my house today. This was in an old Victorian that I used to walk my dog past every day, watching it slowly fall apart and always, always wanting to check it out. Well, today was that day! Not much in the pics looked too interesting too me, so I waited until after I had run all my other errends and checked out other stops. And wondering around, man that place was cool at one time. Huge inside, lots of interesting furniture that wasn't to my taste but fun nontheless. There were some old tools in the basement, but nothing in good enough shape to get me to pull out my wallet. But, two floors, an attic along with the basement was bound to have something I was interested in, right?
Right. As I was preparing to leave, I took one last spin around the main floor and noticed, off in a corner, a piece of furniture that was quite to my liking, indeed would fit purfectly in my craftsman bungalow.
A nice mission style glass front display cabinet, perfect for my wifes ceramic collection. They even loaded it for me, a rarity at most estate sales, but with all the antiques around and not to mention people wondering about, it only made sense. Of course, I had to unload it myself, and as I said, I am all alone this weekend. But it is now safe and sound in the garage, ready for the last few things needed to be done before it takes its place in the Schloss. Because what would it be to buy something that didn't need work?
There was only one sale that looked interesting to me today, and I picked up these for two dollars:
Most of a Starrett drive pin punch set and a 15/32" chucking reamer.
After that I swung by the used bookstore, where I spent entirely too much money:
The Titus trilogy, of which I picked up the first two, is one of the great post-war British fantisies, along with Tolkien and Lewis. If that is your cup of tea, I highly recomend it, although it is vastly different than the other two.
And finally, there was an estate sale down the street from my house today. This was in an old Victorian that I used to walk my dog past every day, watching it slowly fall apart and always, always wanting to check it out. Well, today was that day! Not much in the pics looked too interesting too me, so I waited until after I had run all my other errends and checked out other stops. And wondering around, man that place was cool at one time. Huge inside, lots of interesting furniture that wasn't to my taste but fun nontheless. There were some old tools in the basement, but nothing in good enough shape to get me to pull out my wallet. But, two floors, an attic along with the basement was bound to have something I was interested in, right?
Right. As I was preparing to leave, I took one last spin around the main floor and noticed, off in a corner, a piece of furniture that was quite to my liking, indeed would fit purfectly in my craftsman bungalow.
A nice mission style glass front display cabinet, perfect for my wifes ceramic collection. They even loaded it for me, a rarity at most estate sales, but with all the antiques around and not to mention people wondering about, it only made sense. Of course, I had to unload it myself, and as I said, I am all alone this weekend. But it is now safe and sound in the garage, ready for the last few things needed to be done before it takes its place in the Schloss. Because what would it be to buy something that didn't need work?