2023 Garage Sale Thread

[NYBODYMAN]

Extremely rare Thursday ES for me today. Tons of stuff and tons of tools and the weirdest tract house I've ever been in! Garage door was stuccoed over and garage converted to a room; the kitchen downstairs was sink counter only and apparently converted in to a "Crafts room"; a "New" (but very old) kitchen was added upstairs? and a detached garage added in the back, (where most of the tools were) and a "something" room tack on the back of the house Swimming pool was empty and had been for years (except for the remnants if rain water) several door had 2-3" step up/downs adn everyone was tripling on those...

Two tool box stacks were "All or nothing" and one bottom was locked shut?

But I found a few things:

Couple of hammers -We all know what the big one is, but the small one (with a REALLY long handle) is an oddity - someone was clearly a body man, I left other body tools.



Handles at lest by MAC:




Crescent 4" wire formers, Blue point Snap ring pliers, and 2 mini Vise grips, one of which desperately needs an E-Rust bath... (Frozen)




Matco Drivers; two are definitely marked:



#3 is a different shape and no markings, but the receiving end of the grips are identical:




4" leather sheath, and a "Surgical Kit" - mixed brands, some from Pakistan but probably the nicest Pakistani work I've seen.




Last was a metal "Viking ship", I asked how much (It was at the register table - My tab was @30) and she said "Still thirty!". OK! if you look close, they "mixed Metaphors", and included 2 skull and crossbones -only about 7 centuries after the vikings!

Man you always find body hammers/tools. I have yet to find a body hammer at a sale. The "odd" hammer is a stubby pick hammer. They make them with a regular sized handle and this longer handle. It's a good medium use bumping hammer and the long handle gets you in hard to reach places.

Martin Sprocket and Gear 165G | Hammer Pick Wood Stub Light-

www.autotoolworld.com

I need that curved hammer for the door skin I'm currently replacing on my 55 GMC!

You definitely don't want to use that big hammer for a door skin. You will destroy it. Use a door skin hammer and a rubber dolly or a small block of wood.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Found this today at the 127 yard sale for 10 dollars....couldn't walk away from it

**You get a **** for this one!**

And home to a stunning and unparalleled number of famous, popular vintage renowned high quality toolmakers, including Vlchek, Fairmount, Herbrand, Cornwell, Wright, MAC, and Ridge. Its location gives Ahia an interesting diverse character, from hillbilly to midwestern to maritime (a literally Great Lake ). But seriously, does Ohio or California or New York or Texas or anyplace any of us call home need defending? Are we really going to start commenting on subjectivities like assessments of states? Is there an objective ranked lists of states floating around that I don't know about? They're all great. And they all have some issues. Not on my watch! This isnt 'Free Parking'.

**Agreed and reinforced**

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[Smokeshow69]

Well, I was told to post this up here. This was my Marketplace find of the summer, and first box. $150 for the Cornwell box and sidecabinets, then $100 for all the tools with it. There’s plenty more you haven’t seen. Snap-On, Cornwell, Craftsman, and Wizard for complete socket sets, then various other incomplete sets in that gallon ziplock. Two Snap-On ratchets and a good set of Cummins punches.

Bonus - the Craftsman toolbox at the end with 4 ratchets - including one Snap-On. Also a 1/2” set of Craftsman standard sockets, and the two 1/4” boxes. All that was $30 on Marketplace.

Wow, this might be the best haul of the year yet next to the free hauls a few guys have got. Well done and suckage awarded!

 

[Old Radar]

Found this today at the 127 yard sale for 10 dollars....couldn't walk away from it

Another You **** for the Williams chest!

Are we really going to start commenting on subjectivities like assessments of states?

Couldn't agree more, Lugz, so I will definitely refrain from any subjective comments about the Petrochemical State!

$150 for the Cornwell box and sidecabinets

Your ****!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I will definitely refrain from any subjective comments about the Petrochemical Garden State!

Fixed it for you!

 

[Fred Knox]

7 a.m. garage sale was packed. I made my way to the tools area and picked up these eleven tools up for $53, all in pretty good shape:
Stanley Bailey No. 8 smooth bottom plane
COES 12" steel monkey wrench
UTICA three diamond linesman pliers No. 1050
Stanley No. 1 Phillips maple wood handle screwdriver
Stanley No. 2 Phillips maple wood handle screwdriver
Irwin square shank perfect handle screwdriver with ink marked handle.
Stanley Hurwood No. 7 scratch awl
Small beehive pattern handle screwdriver (overall 3 1/2")
Brown & Sharpe 599-632 screw pitch gage in original box
Vintage wood handle spokeshave
Stanley Sweetheart slotted 16" screwdriver (has a "NAGC"? mark on handle; does that mean anything to anyone?)

 

[RTM]

7 a.m. garage sale was packed. I made my way to the tools area and picked up these eleven tools up for $53, all in pretty good shape:
Stanley Bailey No. 8 smooth bottom plane

that by itself is a good deal, the rest is bonus.

 

[NYBODYMAN]

I spoke too soon @Outlawmws. Went to an estate sale and found this Fairmount auto body heel dolly buried in a cabinet and the vintage baseball spikes. The "money guy" told me $10 for both and most is because of the cleats. They are worth a lot he said. The "hunk of metal" as he called it was basically thrown in. It amazes me that these estate sale companies just have no clue sometimes. I will be flipping the heel dolly since I already have 2 . Just haven't decided if I should clean up the cleats or leave them and if I do what to clean them with.

 

[ecotec]

Matco, Snap-on, Proto… $11.50.

If I bought to resell … I could have bought a lot more today…

 

[mikeinri]

Found this today at the 127 yard sale for 10 dollars....couldn't walk away from it

You ****!

Two MLB teams, two NFL teams a NBA team a MLS team a NHL team two large amusement parks football hall of fame ...rock n roll hall of fame....great people

...Not on my watch! This isnt 'Free Parking'.

Wait, we can't respond to the bragging about those particular teams??? Bah, humbug!!!



Cedar Point and the Halls of Fame were awesome (we made a pilgrimage RV road trip in 2019, best vacation ever)!

Mike

 

[Squez]

Ready for this one of my best tool hauls in awhile.. was heading toward the swap meet and seen a estate sale so I turned around and hit the jack pot. Never made it to the swap meet as o spent my bi weekly funds for ******** I put myself on to try to control my bad habits… anyway opened a drawer on a tool box basically all vise grips asked how much she said how many I said all 10 bucks… next drawer 8 snap on screw drivers 2 bucks… now I new I going threw everything. Ended up filling a wooden box for the total of 60 dollars…

9 pairs vise grips

2 craftsman vise grips
2 cheapy

15 pairs of channellocks
Channellock snap ring set

Proto
11/16 1/2 x3 1/2x19/32 10 in adjustable 1/4 breaker bar pair of plyers

Wright 1/2 impact socket set mm 27 to 10mm has to have skips 17 piece
( ended up being 10 - 24 plus a 27 )
Wright 3/8 driver 5 piece

Williams 9 inch adjustable and a weird handle extension

Snap on
1 1/8 combo and 9/16 7/16x1/2 a double socket wrench 1/2x9/16
Pry bar or body tool not sure but they are b3404b & b1461
2x sliding 1/4 breaker bar & 3/8 slide breaker 14 inch 1/4 extension 1/2 2 inch wobble
8 snap on screwdrivers
6 plyers 2 split rings
Old timing gun

Blue point dead low & 10 inch adjustable

Mac 9/16x1/2 6mm t handle Allen pry at s175 and feeler gauge

Matco 27mm impact 9/16 combo and a funky set of plyers sPt-17

Vacuum gauge Harvey Hansen co ?

Craftsman 2 screwdrivers one heave xl and one heave super short
Feeler gauge
Snap ring plyers
2x 6 inch adjustable
1/2 and 1/4 ratchets
A real skinny double openend says craftsman #2 1/2x9/16

Binks model 190 blowgun

Pencil torch

Wiss shears

Tomas & betts crumpets

Sk 11/16 combo

Like I said for 60 one of my best hauls yet

 

[Outlawmws]

The "odd" hammer is a stubby pick hammer

Thank you so much! I had convinced myself it was a bome brew adn the long handle was jsut for the reason you mentiond!

I spoke too soon @Outlawmws. Went to an estate sale and found this Fairmount auto body heel dolly

Awesome! moist of my dollies at un-branded.

haven't decided if I should clean up the cleats or leave them and if I do what to clean them with

Saddle soap for cleaning the leather, stiff nylon bristle brush on the soles, Treat the leather with neatsfoot oil (try hard to get the rel deal, not the fake "blends" - If you can't get the Neatsfoot use Mink oil)

 

[Squez]

Also got my dad a bottle opener collection display for 50.op

 

[Outlawmws]

Ended up filling a wooden box for the total of 60 dollars…

Jackpot nothing - that's a mother-load!

Suckage duly awarded!

 

[Jacobs976]

Update on my post from Thursday.


Jack is a Badger. Couldn't find anything on them beyond they exist and there's an abundance(in better shape) for sale. Trying to decipher the pliers still. Oiler is back in action with some WD-40 and ratchet is awaiting a gear.

 

[3jakes]

A pretty dead Saturday for me.
A development sale with most homes displaying pink, knickknacks & golf clubs.
Then 2 church rummage sales where the last one also had their members selling personal stuff in the parking lot.
Was able to pick up this worked hard but still working 1996 Snap-on long handle FL830 for $15.00

 

[ecotec]

It isn’t that bad.

Still seems like an exaggeration…

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

Ready for this one of my best tool hauls in awhile.. was heading toward the swap meet and seen a estate sale so I turned around and hit the jack pot. Never made it to the swap meet as o spent my bi weekly funds for ******** I put myself on to try to control my bad habits… anyway opened a drawer on a tool box basically all vise grips asked how much she said how many I said all 10 bucks… next drawer 8 snap on screw drivers 2 bucks… now I new I going threw everything. Ended up filling a wooden box for the total of 60 dollars…

9 pairs vise grips

2 craftsman vise grips
2 cheapy

15 pairs of channellocks
Channellock snap ring set

Proto
11/16 1/2 x3 1/2x19/32 10 in adjustable 1/4 breaker bar pair of plyers

Wright 1/2 impact socket set mm 27 to 10mm has to have skips 17 piece
Wright 3/8 driver 5 piece

Williams 9 inch adjustable and a weird handle extension

Snap on
1 1/8 combo and 9/16 7/16x1/2 a double socket wrench 1/2x9/16
Pry bar or body tool not sure but they are b3404b & b1461
2x sliding 1/4 breaker bar & 3/8 slide breaker 14 inch 1/4 extension 1/2 2 inch wobble
8 snap on screwdrivers
6 plyers 2 split rings
Old timing gun

Blue point dead low & 10 inch adjustable

Mac 9/16x1/2 6mm t handle Allen pry at s175 and feeler gauge

Matco 27mm impact 9/16 combo and a funky set of plyers sPt-17

Vacuum gauge Harvey Hansen co ?

Craftsman 2 screwdrivers one heave xl and one heave super short
Feeler gauge
Snap ring plyers
2x 6 inch adjustable
1/2 and 1/4 ratchets
A real skinny double openend says craftsman #2 1/2x9/16

Binks model 190 blowgun

Pencil torch

Wiss shears

Tomas & betts crumpets

Sk 11/16 combo

Like I said for 60 one of my best hauls yet

You **** big time!

Still seems like an exaggeration…

Why ya such a hater?

 

[Davefr]

Suez *****!! "Quantity has a quality all to itself"!

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

Got this stuff for $5 at a yard sale.

 

[Patrickm82]

Some finds at the Masons flea market today. Like new Pexto hammer, Remington scissors, a little machinist vise (no name) and a nice eagle oil can

 

[Davefr]

A small find this week. Oddball ball pein hammer for $2. Starrett #20 square - $8. Toy cannon $10. Apparently the cannon is functional using some kind of concoction of water and magnesium with a flint style ignition.

 

[Outlawmws]

Good day for planned and TOOs, and one of the best block sale participations I've seen in years (missed a deal on a small oak machinists box full of tools...), but super slow for finds:

3 estate sales too!

ES 1: a small clamp-on vise, only mark I can find is No. 663 on the main screw head - 1-7/16 jaws - Free!
EDIT: I think this may be a Goodell-Pratt based on the Vise Spreadsheet?




ES 2 - a Rabbit Fur: interesting as it has the name of one of my first working bosses (Upholstery shop), but after asking, no relation.



Two car models, boxes water damaged, but seem to be all there. The T-Bird is the same model series as my second car, a 1960 Bird - a buck each:



The Decal sheet went to **** on the instructions:




1935 Auburn:



Last ES - was semi decent:



More than $3 worth inside:






Probably the most valuable find; a SIGG-Tourist nesting pot and stove wind deflector set. (no stove but I have several SEVA 123's) Two whole dollars...




and the inside - the small "pot" is the stove stand and wind deflector holder, the next one down is the wind deflector and either pot will lock onto the wind deflector. the handle/griper was MIA for the pic, but I have it:





Last pics next post:

 

[Outlawmws]

And one TOO YS, 4 new moving pads. I have lots of pads but for $2 ea, I picked up 4 - My dad (Moving industry most of his working life) would have called these "skins" compared to the larger thicker, moving pads.




And part of last Thursday's estate sale: the mini "Welding"vise grip's post an E-rust bath, That also unlocked them:

 

[seber]

A small find this week. Oddball ball pein hammer for $2. Starrett #20 square - $8. Toy cannon $10. Apparently the cannon is functional using some kind of concoction of water and magnesium with a flint style ignition.

It's a carbide cannon. I'm pretty sure you can still buy fuel for it. That one is probably from the 50s.

 

[ecotec]

You **** big time!

Why ya such a hater?

It’s a Michigan Ohio thing… I really like Ohio. I collect Cleveland Twist Drill, Wright, Cornwell…

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

Oh your from Michigan, that makes sense.

 

[wtn1271]

How is it's rebound? (drop a large steel ball bearing on it does it bounce back well? or go "Thud")

My unofficial test with the ball side of a ball peen hammer reveals some rebound and a bit of a ring. Certainly doesn't have that classic blacksmiths anvil sound but I wouldn't call it a thud either. I will have to locate a decent ball bearing and give it the drop test. Also will test a few pieces of train track I have lying around just to compare. Thanks for the suggestion and info.

 

[Cruzan80]

Rebound is much more important than "ring". Some anvil makers (Vulcan for example), deliberately made the top and body different so it would have more of a thud sound, but still have a good rebound.

 

[RTM]

Trying to decipher the pliers still

Lasting pliers by Wynn?

Vintage Leather Lasting Pliers, Steel Hammer Multi Tool, W&C Wynn No. 2 | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Leather Lasting Pliers, Steel Hammer Multi Tool, W&C Wynn No. 2 at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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[Old Radar]

It’s a Michigan Ohio thing… I really like Ohio. I collect Cleveland Twist Drill, Wright, Cornwell…

Oh your from Michigan, that makes sense.

Oh, how I'd love to get into this from back in the day when the Big 10 only had 10 schools!! Go Boilers!

 

[WNYflyer]

Suez, that gets a you ****.........that is all.

 

[freudianfloyd]

A small find this week. Oddball ball pein hammer for $2. Starrett #20 square - $8. Toy cannon $10. Apparently the cannon is functional using some kind of concoction of water and magnesium with a flint style ignition.

My dad had one of those cannons when I was a kid. There was some paste he put in the little scoop of the ignitor. Made an impressive boom. Good memories.

 

[bluebolt]

Hit up a few estate sales yesterday, 1st one was a bust, second one actually started today (Ooops!) 3rd one I got the Proto mint screwdriver set, the Craftsman 1/4 socket set WITH the crossbar for the breaker bar, the Sater Banko hatchet and the other items in the photos except for the Norton angle grinder cutting disc's and Universal #2 fishing fly tying vise whivh i found st dale $4. Total was $53.

 

[JohnDeere]

You **** for the proto screwdrivers!

Hit up a few estate sales yesterday, 1st one was a bust, second one actually started today (Ooops!) 3rd one I got the Proto mint screwdriver set, the Craftsman 1/4 socket set WITH the crossbar for the breaker bar, the Sater Banko hatchet and the other items in the photos except for the Norton angle grinder cutting disc's and Universal #2 fishing fly tying vise whivh i found st dale $4. Total was $53.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Jackpot nothing - that's a mother-load!

Suckage duly awarded!

Yeah ,he ***** majorly! I've been a little bit more discerning with my ***** this year as I'm actively keeping track of the most ***** any one picker earns in a year but I have to award it to this one.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Hit up a few estate sales yesterday, 1st one was a bust, second one actually started today (Ooops!) 3rd one I got the Proto mint screwdriver set, the Craftsman 1/4 socket set WITH the crossbar for the breaker bar, the Sater Banko hatchet and the other items in the photos except for the Norton angle grinder cutting disc's and Universal #2 fishing fly tying vise whivh i found st dale $4. Total was $53.

Those screwdrivers are IR era so a bit too new for my collecting interest but I would have to pick those up and put them in my collection! Well done.

 

[LesserSon]

And home to a stunning and unparalleled number of famous, popular vintage renowned high quality toolmakers, including Vlchek, Fairmount, Herbrand, Cornwell, Wright, MAC, and Ridge. Its location gives Ahia an interesting diverse character, from hillbilly to midwestern to maritime (a literally Great Lake ). But seriously, does Ohio or California or New York or Texas or anyplace any of us call home need defending? Are we really going to start commenting on subjectivities like assessments of states? Is there an objective ranked lists of states floating around that I don't know about? They're all great. And they all have some issues. Not on my watch! This isnt 'Free Parking'.

Hear, hear! Hang together, or hang separately.
I’ve been in 37 States, plus Puerto Rico, and love them all. MrsLS is one up on me - TX - and we are in the early stages of planning a trip to CA.
Let me add Lectrolite, Defiance, O., to the vintage list for its proximity to the 127 guys.

 

[LostBoy(IRL)]

Update on my post from Thursday.


Jack is a Badger. Couldn't find anything on them beyond they exist and there's an abundance(in better shape) for sale. Trying to decipher the pliers still. Oiler is back in action with some WD-40 and ratchet is awaiting a gear.

W&C Wynn No. 2 lasting pliers.
Edit: should have refreshed the page before posting as RTM commented on this above.

 

[Jacobs976]

Lasting pliers by Wynn?

Vintage Leather Lasting Pliers, Steel Hammer Multi Tool, W&C Wynn No. 2 | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Leather Lasting Pliers, Steel Hammer Multi Tool, W&C Wynn No. 2 at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

W&C Wynn No. 2 lasting pliers.
Edit: should have refreshed the page before posting as RTM commented on this above.

Thanks for the help! Was thinking it was something weird like WARWYNN or WACWYNN and Google lense only brought up nameless cobblers pliers.

Two confirmations is always better than one.