Outlawmws
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That canoe is awesome Don!
2023 Garage Sale Thread
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Private Lugnutz
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Yes. With and without the asterisk.
Raineman
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Hell yeah it is. Way cool! Major suckage. I’d have fallen over my own feet to get to that
bmwrd0
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Thursday and Friday, I kind of skated around, hitting what few sales looked interesting on the way to the Barko Parko (dog park), but not much out there in my neck of the woods, and I found little:
K-D hacksaw frame from the 20s, Stanley 64 spoke shave, two Dunlap ratcheting wrenches, a Plomb 814, and the best of the lot, a Winchester 3206. Nice and heavy with a corrugated sole.
Today, there was still nothing on deck, and so I started looking further and further afield, and the only really interesting sales happened to be a few hours south. Well, this is a hobby, so I jumped in my truck and headed down state. I hit four sales, and had a pretty good day, seeing places I don't normally get to, meeting new people, and having good luck.
The first sale, the last day of a three day sale, yielded a neat book on steam engines, a box of rusty chisels with nice handles, some square nuts, a ratcheting driver, an Artgum eraser, and Lufkin tap chart. One interesting thing I didn't notice until I got home:
If you are a a skateboarder, surfer, or from L.A., you might recognize the maker of this shoebox.
The third and fourth stops:
I need another set of brace bits like another hole in my head, but I wanted the remains of the box, as the fluted wood will be excellent for holding tooling for the lathe. And speaking of tooling, I wasn't going to pass up a tub of tooling for $5.
The last stop was the best. An old timer was selling of his lifetime collection of junk, our kind of junk!
unknown socket box (with remains of a hone), Stanley 130 and 220 planes, ratchet I haven't IDed yet, Buck Bros. chisel, sockets (Snap-on, Armstrong, Proto, Hinsdale), Mitutoyo micrometer box (empty), Firestone ratchet (frozen), and possibly my favorite find, a tin Sheriffs star, Montana.
K-D hacksaw frame from the 20s, Stanley 64 spoke shave, two Dunlap ratcheting wrenches, a Plomb 814, and the best of the lot, a Winchester 3206. Nice and heavy with a corrugated sole.
Today, there was still nothing on deck, and so I started looking further and further afield, and the only really interesting sales happened to be a few hours south. Well, this is a hobby, so I jumped in my truck and headed down state. I hit four sales, and had a pretty good day, seeing places I don't normally get to, meeting new people, and having good luck.
The first sale, the last day of a three day sale, yielded a neat book on steam engines, a box of rusty chisels with nice handles, some square nuts, a ratcheting driver, an Artgum eraser, and Lufkin tap chart. One interesting thing I didn't notice until I got home:
If you are a a skateboarder, surfer, or from L.A., you might recognize the maker of this shoebox.
The third and fourth stops:
I need another set of brace bits like another hole in my head, but I wanted the remains of the box, as the fluted wood will be excellent for holding tooling for the lathe. And speaking of tooling, I wasn't going to pass up a tub of tooling for $5.
The last stop was the best. An old timer was selling of his lifetime collection of junk, our kind of junk!
unknown socket box (with remains of a hone), Stanley 130 and 220 planes, ratchet I haven't IDed yet, Buck Bros. chisel, sockets (Snap-on, Armstrong, Proto, Hinsdale), Mitutoyo micrometer box (empty), Firestone ratchet (frozen), and possibly my favorite find, a tin Sheriffs star, Montana.
That plane has a tall front knob, while a Type 11 would normally have a low knob. Do you have three patent dates cast into the body behind the frog? If so, it's probably a Type 12. Looks to be in great shape. A very nice find!...
Picked these up. Type 11 (I think) Stanley Bailey No. 6 Corrugated bottom Wood Plane. ...
3baygarage
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The ratchet could be a Vim or P&C. Nice find.
edit: according to Mr. X’s catalog comparison in the Vim thread, I’m leaning towards P&C since it appears to have the end cap on the drive plug.
edit: according to Mr. X’s catalog comparison in the Vim thread, I’m leaning towards P&C since it appears to have the end cap on the drive plug.
Provincial
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I think you have it! Check out the 6010 in the 1929 P&C catalog.
3baygarage
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I didn’t need to look because I have the Vim ratchet, but I looked anyway. 
I love browsing through those old P&C catalogs because many of the contents I’ve never encountered. Whether things were mostly regional or just very limited,idk, but it’s fun to see all the cool stuff they made.
I love browsing through those old P&C catalogs because many of the contents I’ve never encountered. Whether things were mostly regional or just very limited,idk, but it’s fun to see all the cool stuff they made.Provincial
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For sure. That is one big reason I prowl the estate sales and flea markets.
Debcrow
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Using what I could find on the internet I assumed a type 11. Three dates on the bed and a 1-inch diameter adjustment knob. The blade has the logo in a V shape. I have owned a few planes, but I am not an expert. Perhaps it is in the middle of a transition between 11 and 12 or more likely some parts replaced.
Private Lugnutz
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My flea trip (Lugz 2023_19) wouldve been in the "epic" category in my own weird book even if I hadn't heard the live version of Little Feat's "Skin It Back" on the radio at full blast on a beautiful day with the soft top down on my way back home.
Due in no small part to a reason you would not expect, but we'll get to that during one of my GAME TIME quizzes in a bit.
I wasn't thrilled with the Heritage badge era CRAFTSMAN box, which was overloaded with a mix of old and new tools I had no desire for, but when the guy said $10 for everything as I was pawing through it, and I said 'what if I only want the box?', the price became stupid to leave it behind.
The extra long (22"!) K&E slide rule (cool as hell, probably 30s), the extra long North Bros era "YANKEE" screwdriver (which I have never seen before), and the tiny H.D. SMITH "Perfect Handle" screwdriver might each otherwise vie for my 'best find of the day' affection if not for the object of the imminent 'Lugz's GAME TIME' episode.
Not sure about the ratchet or the double offset L-handle (one end is 3/8-inch square drive, the other is 3/8-inch hex drive), neither of which is branded, but too unusual to leave behind.
The tiny kit wrench is just in case I need it.
I like to let my bride of 39 years know I still think about her, and those bottles will do the trick. The brown jugs have the Fed warnings and she'll love the one with the cork-and-sprinkler stopper. The Coke bottle is for me. Happy memories. My grandparents lived in a little cookie cutter bungalow that had an alleyway used by a Coca-Cola bottling plant, and every visit my brothers and I enjoyed guzzling one down from the free wooden rack they would leave on their back porch every week as a token of their appreciation for often blocking the garage without any complaints.
Due in no small part to a reason you would not expect, but we'll get to that during one of my GAME TIME quizzes in a bit.
I wasn't thrilled with the Heritage badge era CRAFTSMAN box, which was overloaded with a mix of old and new tools I had no desire for, but when the guy said $10 for everything as I was pawing through it, and I said 'what if I only want the box?', the price became stupid to leave it behind.
The extra long (22"!) K&E slide rule (cool as hell, probably 30s), the extra long North Bros era "YANKEE" screwdriver (which I have never seen before), and the tiny H.D. SMITH "Perfect Handle" screwdriver might each otherwise vie for my 'best find of the day' affection if not for the object of the imminent 'Lugz's GAME TIME' episode.
Not sure about the ratchet or the double offset L-handle (one end is 3/8-inch square drive, the other is 3/8-inch hex drive), neither of which is branded, but too unusual to leave behind.
The tiny kit wrench is just in case I need it.
I like to let my bride of 39 years know I still think about her, and those bottles will do the trick. The brown jugs have the Fed warnings and she'll love the one with the cork-and-sprinkler stopper. The Coke bottle is for me. Happy memories. My grandparents lived in a little cookie cutter bungalow that had an alleyway used by a Coca-Cola bottling plant, and every visit my brothers and I enjoyed guzzling one down from the free wooden rack they would leave on their back porch every week as a token of their appreciation for often blocking the garage without any complaints.
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Private Lugnutz
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LUGZ'S GAME TIME
TWENTY QUESTIONS
The "Best Find of the Day" in my haul above is... inside that Wawa cup. Guess what it is!
TWENTY QUESTIONS
The "Best Find of the Day" in my haul above is... inside that Wawa cup. Guess what it is!
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Shiftless
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Is it one piece or does it have moving parts?
Private Lugnutz
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Both. (19)
alinc100
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1920's Snap On ratcheting adapter
duddly
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I am usually pretty happy with a cup of WaWa coffee... (not a guess!)
Private Lugnutz
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No, but given my answer to Shifty, that was a very clever guess. (18)
No. (17)
If you guys were in my family, this is where my old man would lose patience with foolhardy wild guesses!
I already gave you size, eliminating the need for the early obligatory 'Smaller or bigger than a breadbasket?' question, but assuming that the other early obligatory question is not necessary would be a mistake. (Yes, that's a hint.)
bmwrd0
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bmwrd0
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Is it Teeth? Time? Or, Precious?
The type studies say that high knobs are from Type 12 onwards. They also say that large adjusters (1 1/4") are from Type 12 onwards. So it seems that this plane doesn't match the type studies, which is not all that uncommon. Maybe you can call it an 11-1/2?
In any case it's a great find. I have a lot of Stanley bench planes and the Type 11 and 12 are IMO the best. I very slightly prefer the low knob, especially for work at the bench.
Private Lugnutz
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No. Toothless. (16)
You might say it's primordial. (15)
I'm not sure how rare it is, it's not chemically inert, and it doesn't have an investment value, but Cora (8), Keegan (7), and Ben (4), my proxy-grandchildren neighbors to the left and behind me would argue that it's precious, and it was precious cargo on the trip home, riding up from with me in the cupholder. (14)
bmwrd0
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Does it peep?
(time, teeth and precious are answers to riddles, famously)
(time, teeth and precious are answers to riddles, famously)
Old Radar
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Okay, "the other early obligatory question" is "Is it animal, vegetable or mineral?" Air holes in the top are making me lean to the former.
Private Lugnutz
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Yessir!
Now we're cookin'!
Indeed!
Strategically, perhaps too big of a hint too early for me, because...
Beemer beat you to it. My best "find" (on the ground, scooped up with one hand and transferred to my empty cup) does indeed peep, squeak or chirp. (12)
I'm actually not sure if it's a toad or a frog yet.
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RTM
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Prince Charming?
Outlawmws
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Game over befroe I got to it...
I was about to guess a mouse....
I was about to guess a mouse....
Private Lugnutz
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Funny, @RTM. Cora immediately and cleverly named it Robert (like "Ribbet"), and when I said, it might be a girl frog, it led to a funny conversation between her mom and I on gender and current events that went over Cora's head. Funnier still, Mrs. Lugz is insisting I take it back in case it has family. Such a city girl.
Private Lugnutz
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That was my first thought. It's a dry, loamy, woodsy area.
Not sure yet.
Outlawmws
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An interesting day today: 2 of three Planned produced (#3 wasn't there...) , the TOO's didn't.
Stop 1 was stupid cheap: A shallow shadow box frame, can be hung on the wall, or it has one of those canted legs for table top display. A buck:
$3.50 got all three: A Ring dish, a New Weber charcoal starter, and a Keen Kutter Box:
The box is for a set of 6 forks and butter knives, (All MIA) I need to tighten the hinges and decide what I will do with it:
And for $3 , a "Shower/Utility room" - Nowhere on it does it mentioned the obvious use: Privy for a dispersed camp... I guess, they assume no one does that, they just go to established campsites with bathrooms... It DOES have it labeled as "Shelter" (with a "sleeping person") I suppose technically it is,shelter, but who besides a small child will sleep in it at 4 ft square?
Stop #2:
A Coghlan's toaster, for stove top use, and a 10" aluminum Skillet:
Made in Italy for a company that has been going since the 1940's? Not sure if its vintage or not. Feels vintage but these are also still made by other companies in bare aluminum.
And 9 SOS pads from the "Camp Box" (So was the skillet)
Stop 1 was stupid cheap: A shallow shadow box frame, can be hung on the wall, or it has one of those canted legs for table top display. A buck:
$3.50 got all three: A Ring dish, a New Weber charcoal starter, and a Keen Kutter Box:
The box is for a set of 6 forks and butter knives, (All MIA) I need to tighten the hinges and decide what I will do with it:
And for $3 , a "Shower/Utility room" - Nowhere on it does it mentioned the obvious use: Privy for a dispersed camp... I guess, they assume no one does that, they just go to established campsites with bathrooms... It DOES have it labeled as "Shelter" (with a "sleeping person") I suppose technically it is,shelter, but who besides a small child will sleep in it at 4 ft square?
Stop #2:
A Coghlan's toaster, for stove top use, and a 10" aluminum Skillet:
Made in Italy for a company that has been going since the 1940's? Not sure if its vintage or not. Feels vintage but these are also still made by other companies in bare aluminum.
And 9 SOS pads from the "Camp Box" (So was the skillet)
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$70 today at Jake’s Flea this morning. A bit free-spending for my usual M.O., but one of the vendors I like to chat up is moving out of state, so I paid asking price on the brown crinkle crowntop 8-drawer machinist chest (with key and cover tray). It’s mid-1960s vintage, like me.Mack (Truck) tubular double-ended tubular socket, four all-steel 3” casters, shrink-wrapped Sheffield camo reversible stubby screwdriver, Stanley reversible screwdriver, LS Starrett 6” rule, LS Starrett combination square, putty knife, Blue Point Phillips screwstarter (I’ve never tried one of these and wonder if it will work…EDIT - it does), PLOMB (round O) Los Angeles No.14 5/8”width 18” length offset yarning iron, (Bonney) TuHex 185 DBE, DuroChrome 1/2dr sliding tee, Irwin saw, unidentified dikes (2nd example - 1st was made in England), O-K-EN (Aug2 1946 or Feb8 1946?) M.Klein & Sons duckbills, made in usa offset screwdriver, WINCHESTER 14” rasp (a bit abused).
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Provincial
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I've always said that hunting for old tools is hard. You have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince!Yessir!
Now we're cookin'!
Indeed!
Strategically, perhaps too big of a hint too early for me, because...
Beemer beat you to it. My best "find" (on the ground, scooped up with one hand and transferred to my empty cup) does indeed peep, squeak or chirp. (12)
I'm actually not sure if it's a toad or a frog yet.
Private Lugnutz
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Terrific find! I would post my 2018 PotY ****-O-Meter trophy if I had access to the image on my phone!
If that decision runs anything close to not keeping, please put my name on it for future trade! Most of my collection would fit in there. Despite the "table service" references, I would make a very nice display case out of it.
Outlawmws
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I'll keep you posted Lugz, and thanks!
When I saw the decal on the outside of the box It was like "Mine!" I expected to see a tap and die plate inside. I was more than surprised KK was into silver plate settings, (but with no spoons? odd...) I've found more examples on line, but nothing that accurately sets even an era So far all I have is: "Merge with the Shapleigh Hardware Company in 1940, - and "The Shapleigh Hardware Company (Combined) became one of the most extensive corporations of its kind"
So I'm guessing Pre 1940 anyway?
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When I saw the decal on the outside of the box It was like "Mine!" I expected to see a tap and die plate inside. I was more than surprised KK was into silver plate settings, (but with no spoons? odd...) I've found more examples on line, but nothing that accurately sets even an era So far all I have is: "Merge with the Shapleigh Hardware Company in 1940, - and "The Shapleigh Hardware Company (Combined) became one of the most extensive corporations of its kind"
So I'm guessing Pre 1940 anyway?
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Private Lugnutz
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Definitely. Shapleigh put their name where the E.C. Simmons was after that.
Keen Kutter was a huge brand for all kinds of household goods, much more than tools.
Thanks. My collection consists of all relatively flat things. Cotter pin puller, shears, can opener, NOS boxes of razor blades, and that emblem I salvaged off of an antique stone grinder. One quick teaser, and then I'll leave you alone... I still have that brass Coleman filter!
WNYflyer
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Struck out this weekend at pro & private estate sales as well as garage/yard sales but CL saved the weekend. Snagged off of CL yesterday , 18 piece Proto SAE reversible ratcheting wrench set USA made. Looks to be unused. $100
Went to a bag sale with my wife. I put 3 Snap-on sockets into her bag. One has disappeared.
These are very old… and lightly used… and they made it to the 4th day of an estate sale… and I lose one… I have to admit that I am bummed…
At least I didn’t lose the 6pt one.
These are very old… and lightly used… and they made it to the 4th day of an estate sale… and I lose one… I have to admit that I am bummed…
At least I didn’t lose the 6pt one.
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