2022 Garage Sale Thread

[bbbarracuda]

I bought a” new “ compressor this weekend. Ritter Dental Co from somewhere around 1930. I have no need for it, but I thought it’s cool. My grandfather was a dentist and I very vaguely remember him having something like this in his office. So I had to have it. The power cord is totally rotted and needs to be replaced, but I did plug it in long enough to know it works and pumps. Designed to be in a dental office, so it’s amazingly quiet.

 

[Old Man Roger]

What makes it so quite?

 

[bbbarracuda]

I think it’s cause it runs pretty slow and doesn’t build pressure quickly. I haven’t run it long enough to see if the pressure cut off works so it might get noisier as pressure grows. It’s only a 1/8 hp motor.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Wow, I would have thought it would be heavy duty.

 

[Outlawmws]

I've gone from 'Oh fun, another GS thread guessing game!' to 'Still mildly curious' to 'I forgot all about it' to 'We're going to put you on a spit over an open fire if you don't tell us what the heck they are' in 2 weeks.

Calm down... If you make your last step "If you haven't bothered to tell us by now, I'm over it!" you'll be much less stressed.

And why the hell would you give him two MORE weeks???

Mike

Haha. Let me more properly re-phrase what I meant. "In two weeks I've gone from..."

@d42jeep: I'll assume that you put that on the cat-watching invoice?




I see. Looks like I may have missed some punctuation along the way when I read that the first time...


Mike

Again Sorry, I've had other things occupying me.

Those are can openers, and are actually labeled "Hot Can Opener" - No makers marks or Patent anything... - Google is ignorant of them!

I think the point is to puncture the can, then heat it and the food, then open the can with e sliding spike...

I know my mom used to use then to open cans of evaporated milk with the pointed ends. then pour... I did a time or two before I left home.

 

[Outlawmws]

That's a cool compressor! It would probably do well for an Airbrush!

 

[3baygarage]

Neat, Outlaw. I was waiting with interest as well. Couldn’t come up with a good guess myself.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Those are can openers, and are actually labeled "Hot Can Opener"

Interesting.

 

[Old Man Roger]

So would you puncture it with the sliding part, and then rotate the can, and puncture it again and again ?

Don’t answer that question, I figured out how it works. Go to four minutes and 25 seconds on this video of the crazy Russian and his can opener’s.

 

[madison069]

Now I understand, I missed the part that the sliding bit has a point and the picture doesn't show the point very well cause it lines up with the grid line. That couldn't have been easy to use though, doesn't seem much leverage was provided like the one used by the crazy russian.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I really wanted at least one of these boxes...



...spotted at my flea this morning. They have postwar Signal Corps weather instruments with dry cell batteries inside that the liquidator thinks are worth $100 each or $150 for both. He is dreaming. He cleaned out the basement of a radio and chemistry nerd. I wanted to remove the instruments and repurpose the boxes, just because I like their shape and handles.

I did buy this steel wire spool. The OD green immediately caught my eye and then I saw the APCO-Mossberg stamping and the "M" paint stamp which smacks of Signal Corps inspection markings.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

No interest in owning this (traveling optometrist case?) but snapped pics for posterity...

 

[Old Man Roger]

I remember seeing one of those optometrist things on either American Pickers or Auction America. It sold for more than I thought it would. I guess there are collectors for everything.

 

[mikeinri]

@bbbarracuda Cool compressor!

Mike

 

[Sgtboz]

Kent-Moore.

Love it! Lady in a clawfoot bathtub, right?

(While I love the song, infinitely better image than "Fat man in the bathtub with the blues"! )

I've got the same picture of marilyn on an ashtray which of course some one put out their cigs on...

 

[Outlawmws]

Roger, you got WAY further than I on the Can opener research! Thx!

Nothing for me tomorrow - Moving day for my mom - starts at O-dark thirty, till she in the new place. I'm not anticipating much trouble. 25 or so boxes - all "std Moving boxes", I refuse to use oddball stuff that won't stack properly... that just gets them collapsed and things broken Then about 20 furniture pieces, NO refer, freezer, washer/dryers, etc...

bedroom set, (queen), A rocker, an end table or two, Love seat adn recliner, China cabinet, small eoll top desk (those last two will be the heavy pieces...) a 2 X 3 kitchen table and 4 chairs. A couple of lamps that's about it.

 

[gpw_42]

Hit a couple estate sales yesterday, for the first time in what seems like ages.

- WW2 vintage (?) (certainly style) toolbox. Has all the hallmarks: 34 hinge elements, 1 oiler hole in a round handled tray, 3 of 4 "feet" on the corners. This one has no maker mark or decal that I can find; "shelf" supports for the tray. Paint seems to be GI (not a repaint), but is a little funky color IMO for WW2.
- Stanley No. 5 plane. Unfortunately, the top of the handle is broken. IF it's a sweetheart, I can't find the heart.
- Lodge small egg logo (current production) No. 6 cast iron skillet. Had some minor rust, which I scrubbed out yesterday and seasoned over last night.
- Coleman stove or cooler stand. Not very old, but handy for keeping the tailgate clear.
- Series 200 GI lock, w/keys.
- Small screwdriver.
- 5 gal Home Depot bucket, which I really bought for the bucket "hanger" attached to it.
- Spray rim cleaner. My truck thanks me for this purchase! Amazing how well and fast it worked, with only a little effort.
- 2/3 full drill index
- Propane torch

 

[four.cycle]

Roger, you got WAY further than I on the Can opener research! Thx!

Apparently there is a whole world of can opener collectors. I was trying to find some information on a couple I ran into recently, but was unable to determine patent numbers or makers names on them. It would appear that there were at least as many innovators trying to make a better can opener as there were men who were trying to come up with a better adjustable wrench.

 

[LesserSon]

Opening day at Jake’s Flea Market, Barto PA. It’s also the PA statewide Trout Season opener, but sometimes, you can’t have it all.

Nothing earthshattering, but I did run into a fair amount of Bonney and S/O-BluePoint items. I was a bit profligate, and dumped about $50 for all.
The overpainted No4 type14 Bailey plane will be a project. I mistakenly thought I had a start on it when I rounded a corner and found a different vendor selling parts. I was sure the extra frog (which is too wide for this body) had the reverse-thread brass knob, but when I got it home, it’s standard-thread. Bummer. So, still no knob and no blade. And I’m ‘spicious the wood knob and handle may be replacements or altered. Oh well, maybe for parts.
Next-interesting item was a C-93 1/2dr hinge handle from the dawn of Craftsman. Happy to find a Bonney magnetic reacher/picker, a Blue-Point 2-spring reacher/picker and 1/4dr BP flexshaft extension with a SO TM83A screwdriver bit on it. Also a A-2001 S-O 1/2dr speeder with a pin instead of detent ball. Hmm.
A Bon-E-Con box led me to some 3/8dr sockets and handle, but all jumbled with other brands and I did not find a ratchet. Bonney B21 lock ring pliers, TR7 rethreading dies, screw-extracter pounch with mixed-brands, and a couple other sockets. Alliance-era jab saw handle missing **** cap.
The bacon flattener is like one I saw in an antiques store midwinter, but this was 40x cheaper. (Good, because it turns out to be made in Taiwan!) Hood masonry chisel. Mac pin punches. Stanley hammer, Plomb line wrench.
Only real mystery is the missing branding on the reel 50’ measuring tape. Nothing stamped that I can see.

 

[Raineman]

SK tin with only a couple good pieces in it, rest is scrap, just wanted it for the box. A Dayton (early Snap on style), a Williams 25/32, and a little SK phillips. $10.


Couple oil cans, $5


And sometimes you are just in the right place.
Yes….it says $1.00.

 

[Davefr]

I bought a” new “ compressor this weekend. Ritter Dental Co from somewhere around 1930. I have no need for it, but I thought it’s cool. My grandfather was a dentist and I very vaguely remember him having something like this in his office. So I had to have it. The power cord is totally rotted and needs to be replaced, but I did plug it in long enough to know it works and pumps. Designed to be in a dental office, so it’s amazingly quiet.

You **** on that compressor!! I love that black wrinkle paint they used on old medical and scientific equipment. I have a Ritter dentist's foot switch/speed control for his drill. It's large and very heavy. I also came across an old Castle dentist's lamp.

 

[RUSH55]

Good cache of vintage USA tools at one sale I hit today.
Better part of Barcalo DOE wrench set
Barcalo DBE wrenches
Proto adjustable
Snap-On 1/4” drive ratchet
Bonney flat-tip needle-nose pliers
Crescent chisel
Yankee Handyman ratcheting screwdriver
Air hammer
Car ramps


Other sales produced a 15” Crescent, small wooden handle Wedgeway pipe wrench, and a dolly cart swivel T-handle

 

[d42jeep]

Another cat feeding day so I looked for some tool oriented garage sales on our route. The first one was in Pleasant Hill, CA and produced some rusty treasures at rock bottom prices. From top to bottom, Thorsen, Crescent, Wilde, two Plombs and Xcelite.



I was excited to see the Pebble handles on the water pump pliers. My first pair!

The second sale was on the way home in Richmond, CA and we came home with these. From top to bottom, Barcalo, a couple Thorsen tools, a couple Powr-Kraft tools, Lectrolite, S-K, Blue Point, a D-I socket and an AN crowsfoot
Here is the Barcalo wrench.


-Don

 

[Smokeshow69]

Opening day at Jake’s Flea Market, Barto PA. It’s also the PA statewide Trout Season opener, but sometimes, you can’t have it all.

Nothing earthshattering, but I did run into a fair amount of Bonney and S/O-BluePoint items. I was a bit profligate, and dumped about $50 for all.
The overpainted No4 type14 Bailey plane will be a project. I mistakenly thought I had a start on it when I rounded a corner and found a different vendor selling parts. I was sure the extra frog (which is too wide for this body) had the reverse-thread brass knob, but when I got it home, it’s standard-thread. Bummer. So, still no knob and no blade. And I’m ‘spicious the wood knob and handle may be replacements or altered. Oh well, maybe for parts.
Next-interesting item was a C-93 1/2dr swivel handle from the dawn of Craftsman. Happy to find a Bonney magnetic reacher/picker, a Blue-Point 2-spring reacher/picker and 1/4dr BP flexshaft extension with a SO TM83A screwdriver bit on it. Also a A-2001 S-O 1/2dr speeder with a pin instead of detent ball. Hmm.
A Bon-E-Con box led me to some 3/8dr sockets and handle, but all jumbled with other brands and I did not find a ratchet. Bonney spreaders, rethreading dies, screw-extracter pounch with mixed-brands, and a couple other sockets. The jab saw handle may be missing a **** cap.
The bacon flattener is like one I saw in an antiques store midwinter, but this was 40x cheaper. (Good, because it turns out to be made in Taiwan!) Hood masonry chisel. Mac pin punches. Stanley hammer, Plomb line wrench.
Only real mystery is the missing branding on the reel 50’ measuring tape. Nothing stamped that I can see.

C series craftsman was snap on made! Nice find.

 

[gpw_42]

Don, you **** for pebble Plomb water pump pliers "at rock bottom prices." Nice grab!

 

[LesserSon]

Thanks, Smoke. I thought I had a MF red-handled push drill with bits in it in this haul, but it didn’t make it home. Either I dropped it, or someone slipped it out of the cardboard box I was carrying. Hunh.

 

[Death Row Dave]

Pliers are piston ring installation pliers

Interesting adjustable!

Nice haul!

Wrong on the pliers , there are transmission snap ring pliers

 

[d42jeep]

Don, you **** for pebble Plomb water pump pliers "at rock bottom prices." Nice grab!

Thanks, Steve! You **** on the nice wartime GMTK box! I think that the color is just right.
-Don
Your box
My MVMTS box

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Paint seems to be GI (not a repaint), but is a little funky color IMO for WW2.

I'm with Don. Looks fine to me. There were many shades, especially by late war, and they age differently. The only greens that set off my postwar radar are forest and kelly. I am guessing that is an unmarked McAleer. You didn't show the tray supports, but it's not Union or Hamilton by POE.

 

[3jakes]

Ok finally first neighborhood yard sale of the season.
Not too much to show, but for 5 bucks had to buy the Craftsman molding cutter head set.
I already have a set that I had a machinist custom make cutters to match the 120 year old molding for doors & windows in my house as I am re-doing an addition & wanted to match the original style.
And in a dollar box lot at a church sale were 2 pliers, Utica 523-7 & the Fairmount.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...& the Fairmount.

Wartime and very uncommon among type and brand! Most waterpump pliers I see are J.P. Danielson or Champion DeArment. And while I run into Fairmount tools from time, I have never see their waterpump pliers in the wild.

 

[3baygarage]

For some reason the multiquote here is a bit frustrating. Not sure what I‘m doing wrong, thought I had it down. Tried several times other day to and just gave up.

Bomber- I’ve been carrying the tire plugs for years, they saved me many a time!

Flyer- hope the weather is improving there for you guys. I sure do miss some of those sales/companies What I’d give for a time machine.

Don- nice Plomb find. Love the handles.

LS- great find on the Craftsman breaker.

 

[Outlawmws]

Wow, Lots of very cool finds!

My Mom's move completed, Not fun as at the move in end we have a freight elevator at one end, and her apartment at the other end so the big items like mattresses (queen), Dresser, roll top desk, and China cab were not fun. Boxes with a hand truck adn Furn Dolly's were quick, but I waled almost 6 miles according to the step-meter in my phone (which I know records a bit short..)

That Long walk made for a LONG day and we ran out of time for returning the the truck without overtime charges... So no boxes were unpacked, - My sister adn her SO's job now... (They live 15 min away...)

Today is back to her old place to setup for next weekends Living Estate sale,,,

 

[3baygarage]

Sounds like a load of work Outlaw. Good luck with the sale.

Something I wish I could have done when my mom sold the house but many factors including time didn’t permit it.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

For some reason the multiquote here is a bit frustrating. Not sure what I‘m doing wrong, thought I had it down. Tried several times other day to and just gave up.

It's definitely not as intuitive as it used to be before the switch to the new platform, 3bay, and for the first few times I tried and failed it was the recipient of plenty of blue streaks from me, but I have gotten used to it now.

Quickie Guide

1A. Click + Quote (bottom right) on each post you want to quote someone and on as many posts as you want.

1B. If you only want to quote part of a post (WHICH I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD TAKE THE TIME AND EFFORT TO DO!!!!! - making each thread shorter and tidier and easier to read...), run your cursor over just that part of their text and let go, then click on the little + Quote button that will appear next to your highlighted area.

That will save them all invisibly to you and create a [" Insert quotes...] button at the bottom of your post.

2. Click on the [" Insert quotes...] button at the bottom of your post.

That still won't insert them yet. That will create a window with all your quoted posts. They will be in chronological order, regardless of the order you clicked on them.

3. To re-arrange their order, just drag them up or down by clicking-and-holding on the three bars next to each one on the left.

4. To insert them into your post, click on the [" Quote messages] button at the bottom of your post.

That's it. All the quotes will appear in their own separate boxes (gray). You have to have your cursor in the reply space (green), not the quote space, or you will just be typing your text into their quoted text. Repeating my plea, one can also edit the quotes at this stage, cutting out all the extraneous parts that one is not addressing in a reply.

 

[Gidge]

Really? Seriously? Your "sources" know more than the Alzheimer's Society?

It's been debunked, totally and scientifically and by many studies. You need to get over it.

As with anything... follow the money.

Who is paying for the studies you cite (one might want to look into this ...) ?

Why do you have such a problem with me choosing to eschew using aluminum ?

How is this inconveniencing your life in any way ?

Does it make you feel better to tell me I'm an idiot because I do my own research and do not believe the official narrative ? If so, I'm pleased I've made your day

Outlaw, you are a wealth of knowledge regarding tools, patents, garage sales, construction, storage options and many other useful areas and I appreciate your input both past and present.

Why don't we just stick to tools and garage sale topics as this is the garage sale thread ?

 

[3baygarage]

Thank you Lugz! I didn’t realize the selected quotes went to a separate saved area. Very helpful when selecting part of a text by highlighting. Thanks.

I realize what I did wrong. To quote two posts I was clicking quote on each, but didn’t click reply on each.

 

[Outlawmws]

Gidge, Why would anyone pay to have sham studies done? The bare aluminum cookware industry is out of the picture anymore....

To my satisfaction Its debunked and I HAVE studied it and I DO use vintage bare aluminum often. My 92 YO mother has her entire life - Her mind is sharp as a tack (Assisted living move is for her physical disabilities.) Many have with NO issues.

If someone chooses to not use it -That's fine their choice

When someone spreads what is considered to be misinformation, I'm going to call them on it. You are not the first one that saw that no-science/bad science study, and accepted it at face value l that I have commented back to. No insult was intended, but many people read the internet once, and that's it... I have come back to this several times over the years and there is no smoking gun.

Bottom line, what you do I'm fine with - its the misinformation I took exception to.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...but didn’t click reply on each.

You don't have to do that. I never use the <- Reply button. I just click on + Quote on multiple posts then scroll down to the bottom of the thread and the last post and click the [" Insert quotes...] button under the 'Write your reply...' area.

 

[3baygarage]

Thank you. That really helps. Saves from having to go back to a previous page if I missed one post’s reply button.