2022 Garage Sale Thread

[Raineman]

Provincial, YOU ****, a lot. For the Leupold binos, but mostly for me...the desk. I believe I have that exact desk. It was my Grandpa's and is probably the most prized possession I own.

 

[gpw_42]

Provincial you **** for the Winchester book! I’ve watched some folks attempt to sell onFacebook recently and offers too out around what you paid for the lot (of course, those are for unsigned, later editions).

Nice desk, BTW.

 

[mikeinri]

@Provincial You **** for the card file, not to mention that desk!

Mike

 

[bmwrd0]

I have a similar roll-top in my office, it was my great uncles and came out of his house in San Francisco. Slightly different set of pigeon holes, and mine is 2/3's restored, as every time I make progress on it we move.

 

[3jakes]

Last weekend first stop of the day was one of the sad little church yard sales that are a fund raiser for the building fund or whatever.
Mostly widows selling chipped china and their lifetime collection of the vases that came with their mothers day flowers from their son.
And the professional sellers that are already regretting buying a spot to sell at this location...
I passed by most tables quickly, then saw what looked like a red Snap-on general service set case....
Opening it up, it was 1/2 empty and all but 3 pieces were Taiwan mis-matched stuff.
I dug out the 3 pieces & asked the fella how much for just these 3?
"How about a dollar a piece?"
Sold, & now I start to look a little closer at his stuff.....

There was a yellow tool box with a $20.00 price tag. Looked pretty junky.
The tray had this inside.

Where's the beef?, I thought
Looked a little more & found it:
Two complete stanley sets
More misc sockets,
And a nearly complete SK 3/8 set. (missing the 2 extensions)



Finally saw the Coleman
How much for that?
"How about 5 bucks" he asks.


Any ideas on the "RR" ??

 

[Raineman]

I have a similar roll-top in my office, it was my great uncles and came out of his house in San Francisco. Slightly different set of pigeon holes, and mine is 2/3's restored, as every time I make progress on it we move.

Not to sidetrack the thread, but I know what you mean beemer. I recall my "Grandpa", as I called him, restoring/refinishing his desk when I was in the single digits age wise. I believe his Church gave it to him. I vividly remember being hands on with him when he (we) were working on it. He even let me spread the glue on the canvas for the roll top. I have had it apart countless times over the years since he willed it to me to move it from one place to another and I am yet again moving it to another room in my house. It is in need of some fine tuning, but it is exactly the way he refinished it.

Sorry to get off topic folks, but seeing another desk like mine brought back a flood of memories about the greatest and most influential man in my life other than Dad.

 

[BFBOB]

Last weekend first stop of the day was one of the sad little church yard sales that are a fund raiser for the building fund or whatever.
Mostly widows selling chipped china and their lifetime collection of the vases that came with their mothers day flowers from their son.
And the professional sellers that are already regretting buying a spot to sell at this location...
I passed by most tables quickly, then saw what looked like a red Snap-on general service set case....
Opening it up, it was 1/2 empty and all but 3 pieces were Taiwan mis-matched stuff.
I dug out the 3 pieces & asked the fella how much for just these 3?
"How about a dollar a piece?"
Sold, & now I start to look a little closer at his stuff.....

There was a yellow tool box with a $20.00 price tag. Looked pretty junky.
The tray had this inside.

Where's the beef?, I thought
Looked a little more & found it:
Two complete stanley sets
More misc sockets,
And a nearly complete SK 3/8 set. (missing the 2 extensions)



Finally saw the Coleman
How much for that?
"How about 5 bucks" he asks.


Any ideas on the "RR" ??

Central Rail Road??

 

[bbbarracuda]

I bought this on a local online auction.
“Toolbox with some tools” for $2.00
I really just wanted the box, but you know how it is.
I haven’t started cleaning anything up yet but looks like some “treasures”
My current favorite is the pocket sized alligator wrench.

 

[seber]

I drove up to Mansfield La. yesterday to pick up a couple of on line auction wins. Total price with dealer markup and tax was $980. Miller CST 280 welder and Blue Point rebadged Baldor 10" grinder with fancy foot pedal.

 

[Raineman]

3 Jakes rates another "you ****" for his $20 toolbox with SK set kicker. Are those Snap on plug sockets the magnetic ones?

 

[3jakes]

3 Jakes rates another "you ****" for his $20 toolbox with SK set kicker. Are those Snap on plug sockets the magnetic ones?

Sorry no, just the standard rubber.

 

[Matt XYZ]

The flea markets finally opened a few weeks ago since before Covid. This was my first outing since the fall of 2019. Picked up a like new Hazet 17 mm wrench, 1/2 universal, 23 & 26 mm sockets which I will likely never use but were practically free, and a few come-alongs and European style hose clamps.

 

[RTM]

Central Rail Road??

Chris Rock Roll

Robert Reed Churchill.

Just making this #$#$ up, not real names, could be anything.

 

[Outlawmws]

Prov, you definitely **** on the Winchester book (Signed First Ed!) , Binox, and the desk!

My Roll top is mid 1880's, adn one of the earliest made. Also oak - original finish near as I can tell and in great shape. I bought it a number of years ago for $500, and don't regret it at all.

3 Jakes that Lantern is known as a "Burg" (Burgundy) and was made thst color part of '61 and part of 62 -what is the date on the bottom - the double R - I'd guess owners marks possibly copying a ranch brand? (Roy Rodgers?) -And YES - YOU - **** - Original Globe too! rare! don't bust it! - DON'T paint it - clean it up and call it good.

BBB -Yeah $2 suckage!

 

[3jakes]

Prov, you definitely **** on the Winchester book (Signed First Ed!) , Binox, and the desk!

My Roll top is mid 1880's, adn one of the earliest made. Also oak - original finish near as I can tell and in great shape. I bought it a number of years ago for $500, and don't regret it at all.

3 Jakes that Lantern is known as a "Burg" (Burgundy) and was made thst color part of '61 and part of 62 -what is the date on the bottom - the double R - I'd guess owners marks possibly copying a ranch brand? (Roy Rodgers?) -And YES - YOU - **** - Original Globe too! rare! don't bust it! - DON'T paint it - clean it up and call it good.

BBB -Yeah $2 suckage!

Stamped 62
Blind squirrel finds nut I guess.

 

[JMLangford]

UpDate on the Porter Cable 333 sander:

Parts are here!



And installed....


All ready to join the rest of the crew and become a functioning and productive part of the workforce again


Parts cost = $26.30
Sander cost = $3
Total = $29.30

I can't be mad at that



.

 

[bmwrd0]

Not to sidetrack the thread, but I know what you mean beemer. I recall my "Grandpa", as I called him, restoring/refinishing his desk when I was in the single digits age wise. I believe his Church gave it to him. I vividly remember being hands on with him when he (we) were working on it. He even let me spread the glue on the canvas for the roll top. I have had it apart countless times over the years since he willed it to me to move it from one place to another and I am yet again moving it to another room in my house. It is in need of some fine tuning, but it is exactly the way he refinished it.

Sorry to get off topic folks, but seeing another desk like mine brought back a flood of memories about the greatest and most influential man in my life other than Dad.

Here's mine:

It was my fathers for years, until his disease overcame him, and it was his Uncles before that. It is dated 1912 on the back, so it was someone's before Paul had it. As you can see, I still need to strip down one of the pillars and replace some of the hardware. But all of the wear is honest wear from my family.

 

[Provincial]

This afternoon I had to run to the auto parts store, and hit an estate sale along the way. There were things from his career as an auto mechanic, even though he had long ago retired. It was pretty picked over by the time I got there, but I found a few items for my $20.00 bill.

Harbor Freight impact adapters that will live in the tree farm shop
Western Auto (Taiwan) combos in 15/16, 7/8, 13/16, 11/16, 9/16, and 7/16
Wizard HI-TORQUE DOE 5/8 x 3/4
Duro Chrome 2031 combo 3/8
Indestro Super 896 Ignition DOE 9/32 x 5/16
P&C combos 2724 - 3/4 and 2722 - 11/16
P&C 31 cape chisel
Craftsman -VV- combo 11/32
Home-Made gauge with wings, a level, and clamp for a dial indicator
Garden hose valve and double female adapter
5/16 magnetic hex bit
SK 10 mm 3/8 dr. 6-pt.
Snap-On IMBF-12 3/8 dr. 6-pt. flex impact
Ratcheting DBE 1/4 x 5/16
Crescent G-26 6-1/2" pliers
Malco ND 10-L (Xcelite) long 516 nutdriver

I'm a sucker for 11/32 wrenches. I had a career in aviation, and there are a lot of #8 nuts in older airplanes. All these nuts are 11/32, and that size wrench or socket is not in the standard sets, so I had to buy them individually. I buy every one I run across, if affordable.

I'll be starting a thread about the gauge, because it I have no idea what it did (or does) and would love to find out.

I like the shape of the Duro combo, and it is so long for its age!

Western Auto and Wizard turn up around here because we had a very successful store in my home town.

The ratcheting DBE was being used as a holder for the P&C chisel!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Father forgive me for I have sinned. My last confession (Lugz 2022_27 on 29 April) was... so long ago that I needed to create a "May" folder in my File Explorer and we are twenty days into the month!

This morning's Small (but rewarding) Haul (Lugz 2022_28) included a near-complete set of antique Braunsdorf-Mueller tubular socket wrenches and two identical valve lappers, never used, and both made by Zim.



The BMCo wrench set - a style that only they and Vlchek made, long vanished everywhere except Europe (FACOM still makes them and they are very popular with mechanics) is missing one wrench and the tommy bars and roll-up. I've been onesy-twosying them for several years now, and I just hope that I have the missing one.

I had no intention of buying the valve lappers. I was just standing there idly examining them with a bemused look on my face and taking some LEFT BEHIND photos for posterity, which the seller mistook for ignorance and curiosity, and he asked me if knew what they were. (I have a few from the 30's, and I knew Zim was an OEM for others, but I had no idea they were still being made as late as the late 1950's, which is when New Britain bought Blackhawk.) After I established my bonafides discussing them and how they work and the history of valve lapping, in general, he offered them both to me for a price so ridiculous I told him to keep the $1 change.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Father forgive me for I have sinned. My last confession (Lugz 2022_27 on 29 April) was... so long ago that I needed to create a "May" folder in my File Explorer and we are twenty days into the month!

This morning's Small (but rewarding) Haul (Lugz 2022_28) included a near-complete set of antique Braunsdorf-Mueller tubular socket wrenches and two identical valve lappers, never used, and both made by Zim.



The BMCo wrench set - a style that only they and Vlchek made, long vanished everywhere except Europe (FACOM still makes them and they are very popular with mechanics) is missing one wrench and the tommy bars and roll-up. I've been onesy-twosying them for several years now, and I just hope that I have the missing one.

I had no intention of buying the valve lappers. I was just standing there idly examining them with a bemused look on my face and taking some LEFT BEHIND photos for posterity, which the seller mistook for ignorance and curiosity, and he asked me if knew what they were. (I have a few from the 30's, and I knew Zim was an OEM for others, but I had no idea they were still being made as late as the late 1950's, which is when New Britain bought Blackhawk.) After I established my bonafides discussing them and how they work and the history of valve lapping, in general, he offered them both to me for a price so ridiculous I told him to keep the $1 change.

I don’t know the age on the Blackhawk valve paper but it’s something I probably couldn’t have left behind either. Super cool! Post it in the Blackhawk thread

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I don’t know the age on the Blackhawk valve paper

1955 or later. NB era.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

LEFT-BEHIND's included this iron key-shaped advertising sign for an old locksmith/key store that I wish I could've afforded (300 smackers!) for our inaugural host and keymaker!

 

[wtn1271]

I haven't posted much, maybe not any, of my finds from this year but I have managed to do OK on my limited budget and overall desire/directive NOT to accumulate more stuff but we all know how that goes...

1 estate sale and 1 yard sale today, yard sale finds include the following.....

Craftsman tiny straight blade screwdriver, w/pocket clip
Miller Falls #63 ratcheting screwdriver
Yankee 130A straight blade screwdriver
Indestro #2246 1-7/16" 3/4 drive 12 pt socket
Indestro #483 3/4"-1/2" adapter
Indestro #47030 30mm 1/2" drive 12 pt socket
Lufkin 100' tape
Craftsman 3/8 breaker bar =v=
Craftsman framing hammer, waffle face
Craftsman mechanics hammer
Channellock 410 parrot head
2"×2"×1" metal block
Rockwell 1/3 hp, 4.2 amp bench grinder, motor by Baldor

Total price....$25, seller originally said $20 for my pile so I added the sockets and metal block and gladly handed him $25.

Estate sale haul to be added later.......Happy Hunting All !!!

I

 

[Old Radar]

Father forgive me for I have sinned. My last confession (Lugz 2022_27 on 29 April) was... so long ago that I needed to create a "May" folder in my File Explorer and we are twenty days into the month!

You and me, both!

Got back to SA after another two-week hitch caring for my folks in NC. I guess I'm not doing a very good job because I had to take each of them to the ER last week. Dad had toxic bacteria in his gut due to his six-week antibiotic treatment killing all the good flora and my mom (88, German & stubborn) tried to close a window without asking me for help, fell backwards and broke her hip... Dad is better and mom is in rehab, but the hits just keep on coming...

Jonesing for a sale after three weeks, I found one that promised tools about 45 minutes away at a nearby lake house. They had quite a collection of tools and power equipment, but most was from off-shore, with a good portion looking like it came from a HF closeout sale. The only things I felt moved to bring home were these two adjustables ($2 & $8).



I didn't notice until after I cleaned up the 6" Plvmb, that the knurl had been worn or ground away on one side which allows the movable jaw to be pulled out when aligned with the jaw teeth. I'll have to keep my eye open for a replacement.



The Blue-Point 15" is plain steel that was long ago painted deep red. It's in great shape and operates very smoothly. AA makes a good argument that it was made for Snap-on by Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co., noting that SO "...sometime in the 1940s decided to offer adjustable wrenches as part of their Blue-Point line." AA fails to take note of or discuss the apparent date code forged in the Snap-on side of the wrench next to the hanging hole. Mine has a "5" but it looks nothing like any of the styles SO used for their codes.

Is it possible that Diamond tried to comply or emulate SO's codes for them but used whatever font they had available? The plain steel finish has me guessing 1945. (I know SO used a G for items they manufactured that year)

 

[Private Lugnutz]

the 6" Plvmb,

This style, made for Plomb by Utica up through late 1946, are very scarce in my experience. Nice find!

 

[Provincial]

It sounds like we need to keep an eye out for a 6" Utica for a donor nut!

 

[Smokeshow69]

This style, made for Plomb by Utica up through late 1946, are very scarce in my experience. Nice find!

Anyone know if a danielson made nut would work? I have a parts 6” Proto la wrench

 

[Old Radar]

I've got a 6" Danielson but the Plvmb/Utica pin is proving difficult to remove. I have Kroil working on it now.

 

[Shiftless]

I dropped by a one day only estate sale yesterday late morning. These 2 vises were there laying on the ground. I bought them both. One Parker with 3 inch jaws and one Prentiss double swiveller with 2 inch jaws.
Both in less than perfect condition. $40 combined.

 

[Model A Fan]

I haven't posted much, maybe not any, of my finds from this year but I have managed to do OK on my limited budget and overall desire/directive NOT to accumulate more stuff but we all know how that goes...

1 estate sale and 1 yard sale today, yard sale finds include the following.....

Craftsman tiny straight blade screwdriver, w/pocket clip
Miller Falls #63 ratcheting screwdriver
Yankee 130A straight blade screwdriver
Indestro #2246 1-7/16" 3/4 drive 12 pt socket
Indestro #483 3/4"-1/2" adapter
Indestro #47030 30mm 1/2" drive 12 pt socket
Lufkin 100' tape
Craftsman 3/8 breaker bar =v=
Craftsman framing hammer, waffle face
Craftsman mechanics hammer
Channellock 410 parrot head
2"×2"×1" metal block
Rockwell 1/3 hp, 4.2 amp bench grinder, motor by Baldor

Total price....$25, seller originally said $20 for my pile so I added the sockets and metal block and gladly handed him $25.

Estate sale haul to be added later.......Happy Hunting All !!!

I

That's a great haul. Any interest in selling the framing hammer?

 

[four.cycle]

Hey guess what I found...

Chinese bolt cutters, Wiss US tin snips, Dewitt 10R Vise Grips, a little oil can, a screwdriver, and a 6-inch Utica adjustable.

stops made: 4
total spent: $6.00

 

[Outlawmws]

Two stops, two items -then I had to get back to work...

A Battery Tester, Same brand as the Charger I've used for decades. an offer of a fiver was accepted.




And a piece of my childhood: I had this set and used it, Lincoln Logs, and other "builders Toys" a LOT when young. They probably were all given to other families that had small children. I have no memory of how they left.

But these made a lasting impression, especially after Legos became popular. Are they the same concept? You know they are. These were applied for a patent in the late 30's, granted in 1941, and it expired in 58. Guess what year Legos were patterned in Denmark? 1958...







And here is a funny coincidence: Or was it?




And Yes I could/should build a Garage of these!

 

[four.cycle]

^ that's a nice battery tester. we used models like that in the stores.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Great story about elgo, it ain’t what you think..lol

Halsam Products Co. & Elgo Plastics, est. 1917 - Made-in-Chicago Museum

A history of the Halsam Products Toy Company and Elgo Plastics; part of our growing collection of research on notable Chicago manufacturing businesses.

www.madeinchicagomuseum.com

 

[Wiz02]

@Outlawmws, thanks so much for your post below.

And a piece of my childhood: I had this set and used it, Lincoln Logs, and other "builders Toys" a LOT when young. They probably were all given to other families that had small children. I have no memory of how they left.

But these made a lasting impression, especially after Legos became popular. Are they the same concept? You know they are. These were applied for a patent in the late 30's, granted in 1941, and it expired in 58. Guess what year Legos were patterned in Denmark? 1958...




And here is a funny coincidence: Or was it?




And Yes I could/should build a Garage of these!

I too have fond memories of building all kinds of things with these Elgo blocks, but just like you, they were long gone before I was old enough to care about their actual name.
No one that I have ever mentioned these "Not Legos" to knew what I was talking about.

Thanks for solving a small mystery in my life!

 

[bmwrd0]

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.


There was a rare midweek Estate Sale, and it looked like their was a shop. There was, but it had been nothing to speak of when used. I did find a bag of sockets, a box of Craftsman staples, drill index, a 1/2" ell, along with this lamp shade:


Thusday was a busy day:

first stop was an digger estate, which wasn't as good as the pics online looked. Ce la vie. I did find Penens wrenches, MAC and MATCO wrenches, vintage shoulder holster (for an Iver Johnson I believe), novelty playing cards, P&C hammer, vintage hunting guide, and Outers patches. Next two stops were busts (one I only checked out because there was a Sherline mill, but they wanted stupid money for it). But the last stop of the day was decent

Snap-on compresion gauge, and some Central tools, both of which have issues. Stuck issues. But they were cheap, so I picked them up just to see what I could do.

And on Friday...

(to be continued)

 

[Provincial]

Last Fall, I attended an estate sale of a hoarder who frequented garage sales, brought home the stuff, and just packed it randomly in his garage. After he died, his family was stuck with cleaning out the house. They had not sorted through the tools yet, so I told them I was interested in Plomb and P&C tools. The son promised me they would separate out the tools I was interested in.

Last night I noticed they were having another sale, so I showed up a half hour early. The son brought out a box of Plomb and P&C tools, and we settled on a price. The first photo is the wrenches.

Plomb:
Pebble 5449 1/2 dr. ratchets (3)
WF-38 1/2 dr. ratchet
256 Pliers
LA 238 Pliers
4780 1/4 dr. speeder
1135 DBE 11/16 x 3/4
1222 combo 11/16
1220 combo 5/8
1426 body hammer
P&C:
2118 short DBE 1/2 x 9/16
2222 DBE 5-8 x 11-16
"P&C TOOL CO. MILWAUKIE, OREGON" short DBE 1/2 x 9/16 (no numbers)
6211 1/2 dr. ratchet
Plomb Pebble:
3041 DOE 7/8 x 1-1/16
3045 DOE 15/16 x 1
3035 DOE 11/16 x 3/4
3031 DOE 5/8 x 3/4
1226 combo 13/16 (2)
1224 combo 3/4
1126 DBE 1/2 x 9/16
5265 3/8 dr. hinge handle
Non-pebble:
WF-20 3/8 dr. hinge handle
1730 Starter DBE 9/16 x 5/8
5 7/16 chisel
5461 1/2 dr. extension
5260 3/8 dr. extensions (2)

Sockets:
P&C 3/8 dr. 9/16
Plomb:
4712 1/4 dr. 3/8
3/8 dr.---
5012 deep 3/8
WF-28 7/16
5216 1/2
5274 flex 7/16
5276 flex 9/16
5277 flex 5/8
1/2 dr. ---
4520 stud remover
5347 deep 13/16 (2)
5414 7/16 (2)
5416 1/2 (3)
5418 9/16 (2)
5420 5/8 (2)
5421 21/32
5422 11/16
5424 3/4 (2)
5426 13/16
5428 7/8
5430 15/16
5432 1 (3)
5436 1-1/8
5438 1-3/16

There is a matched set from 7/16 to 1-3/16, less the 1-1/16 that was obviously made at the same time. All markings and finish are the same.

I think the #238 pliers are interesting. They were made before the "Name Knurl" era, and the "rope" knurls are both interesting and beautiful. Probably made in the late '30's.



The one shorty P&C DBE is interesting. No part number.'
The body hammer is not marked LA or USA.

They may yet find more stuff in this mess, so there may be a follow-up in a few months!

 

[Provincial]

A comment on bmw's Central Tool Co. items:

This is the Central Tool Company that makes measuring tools in the USA. They make good tools. Do not confuse them with the Harbor Freight "brand" with a similar name.

Stuck micrometers can often be freed up with light penetrating oil. Sometimes heat helps, and sometimes, if the oil can't penetrate because of the close tolerances, using acetone or lacquer thinner to penetrate and break down oil that has hardened into a solid can help.

Use a piece of leather or soft aluminum to protect the knurling on the knob if holding it with pliers or a vise. Almost all micrometer knobs use friction to turn the screw, so the knob will slip before doing damage.

Often, stuck dial indicators have hardened lube. Sometimes, the gear train has jammed, and can be freed up by careful jiggling. The key is to be very gentle, and this includes technique in cleaning. Avoid using strong chemicals on the lens and dial, as they can be damaged easily.

Both those items show promise, and I believe we will have a report of success soon!

 

[jeffmoss26]

LEFT-BEHIND's included this iron key-shaped advertising sign for an old locksmith/key store that I wish I could've afforded (300 smackers!) for our inaugural host and keymaker!

ohhhh

 

[Davefr]

Provincial, you **** big time for all that stuff!!