2023 Garage Sale Thread

[gleman]

Community garage sale yesterday.



A card shuffler for a dollar.



A Pampered Chef small crock for a dollar.



A Wagner frying pan for 3 bucks.



A workmate for 20 bucks. Missing 2 dogs.





A 1/2 Armstrong eliminator set, appears unused. 20 bucks.

 

[bmwrd0]

On Thursday (we were so young...) I was able to get out and hit a couple sales, with good results:

I hit around four sales, and while only half of them had anything interesting, it was good stuff, and all of it only costing a dollar per! Plomb and Proto LA flat heads, Stanley ball pein, Union 6" square, and SK roto head came from the first good sale, although someone was an engraver..., and the rotary tool box and USN pouch were from another. The last stop I hit that day produced a bit of paper:

The puzzle book is from '28, the wood products catalog is '41, and the benchsaw etc. is a Walker Turner manual from '38. These were more than a buck each, as they kept going on about how old they were. I did talk them down a lot from $5 each that they started with. The Mitutoyo box is the one thing I found at a Friday sale, and while empty, I couldn't leave it behind.

 

[bmwrd0]

On Saturday, I was able to make it (finally) to this years Steam Up, which, if you are not famililar with it, is a huge fair celebrating the early days of mechanization in Oregon, featuring steam tractors, tractors in general, early autos, a steam powered blacksmith shop, steam trains (with rides on the garden sized railroad) etc. And, best of all, is a swap meet! Now, it was the second day of the second weekend, so picked through a little bit, but great for deals as no one wants to bring things home.

from a bunch of sellers, much of it from the dollar tables: Stanley sweethart square, brass hook and eye, Billings SOE, Proto LA impact, Hinsdale socket, Indestro hex key set (complete!), flip-flop ratchet, Armstrong female ratchet, Snap-on Phillips, Greenlee square socket driver, various brace bits, 1/2 of a pair of Stanley level sights, Carpentry for Beginners (1920), Starrett catalog #19 (in excellent condition).

When I was buying the Starrett cat. the dealer also had an old socket set, but the price was higher than I liked (mostly as I was running low of funds) and while I countered with what I had in my pocket and pointed out that the set was missing the ratchet and other things, they didn't accept my counter. Fair enought. But as I walked away, the dealer chased me down and offered it at my counter, to which I replied that I had spent a chunk of that on the Starrett cat, so I had a bit less now. Well, after heming and hawing a bit we did the deal for what I still had on me (like I said, second day of the second weekend) and now I have this to complete:


Like I said, needs the ratchet, speeder, and brace (one of which I might have) but comes with early Walden and Mossberg wrenches.

After that, I hit an estate sale that looked pretty good. This was run by a company that has high prices the first day, but the second day (which that was) they do 1/2 off. So, there was a huge crowd, but still a ton of stuff. And I got the following for less than $5:

boxes of nuts and screws, wrenches (Armstrong, Proto LA, and Snap-on) and Morse counter sinks.

A nice day out.

 

[RTM]

On Thursday (we were so young...) I was able to get out and hit a couple sales, with good results:

, Union 6" square,

That square combo head may not be a Union, unless specifically stamped, then my theory goes out the window.

Union seems to have a rounded section to the curved parts of the head, one of the tells I've picked up. The scale and head are easily swappable with Starrett, MF etc.

Union Tool Company : Catalog Number Fifty Three : Union Tool Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

24 p., illus., 27.8 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

 

[bmwrd0]

So many of the square head-pieces are unmarked that I usually write them off as being the same as the blade, unless something proves me wrong, as you possibly show!

 

[RTM]

So many of the square head-pieces are unmarked that I usually write them off as being the same as the blade, unless something proves me wrong, as you possibly show!

some say the Starrett screw head is a tell, and there are other Stanley ones which are unique. I compare against the herd at home after I buy them.

 

[alinc100]

On Thursday (we were so young...) I was able to get out and hit a couple sales, with good results:

I hit around four sales, and while only half of them had anything interesting, it was good stuff, and all of it only costing a dollar per! Plomb and Proto LA flat heads, Stanley ball pein, Union 6" square, and SK roto head came from the first good sale, although someone was an engraver..., and the rotary tool box and USN pouch were from another. The last stop I hit that day produced a bit of paper:

That square combo head may not be a Union, unless specifically stamped, then my theory goes out the window.

Union seems to have a rounded section to the curved parts of the head, one of the tells I've picked up. The scale and head are easily swappable with Starrett, MF etc.

Union Tool Company : Catalog Number Fifty Three : Union Tool Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

24 p., illus., 27.8 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

So many of the square head-pieces are unmarked that I usually write them off as being the same as the blade, unless something proves me wrong, as you possibly show!

some say the Starrett screw head is a tell, and there are other Stanley ones which are unique. I compare against the herd at home after I buy them.

I'm pretty sure it's a No.700 "Sonny" based on the 1959 catalog: It is tough when many pieces/blades interchange and how many get mixed in their lifetime. And Beemer at $1/per you **** no matter who made it. https://archive.org/details/union-tool-co-carpenters-squares-catalog-59/page/8/mode/2up

 

[saukit]

Another **** for both MachineRanger and Squez!

Hit the flea and a few sales yesterday, brought a few things home.

First is this partial Hinsdale set, last thing I need is another set building project but I couldn't leave a sticker in this nice of shape behind. Paid $15 which is probably too much.



This is a good example of why I always open the cheap foreign socket sets. Someone replaced the original stuff with a nice Craftsman G deep socket set. $5.


This is a mishmash of stuff from the flea, I think I paid around $15 for this? Bought the box set mostly for the Challenger box and the SK spinner, the rest is Craftsman stuff. Below is a variety of Duro/Indestro 1/4" sockets which I don't see often, a Husky rat, and some small Proto and Armstrong combos. I was about to throw away the little phillips socket that was on the Husky rat and thankfully I looked closer as it's Plomb.


More flea finds, the SK, Craftsman, and nozzle were a buck each. The rest of it came from a guy that always saves his Plomb stuff for me but I pay for it. Think I was at $16 for the Plomb T, Plomb WF-82, Duro Chrome T, Super Hex DBE, and SK 1/4" rat.


Last were a couple garage sale pickups. Was pleasantly surprised to pick up a plastic bag in the midst of a bunch of offshore dreck to find this SK stuff for $2.50. The Craftsman Vanadium side cutters were a buck at another sale.

 

[Outlawmws]

Paid $15 which is probably too much.

I think I counted 26 pieces in the box, + the box. My old benchmark used to be a buck a tool - inflation is getting things away from that, but you are under a buck a tool, and the box was free...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I tried a little TOO junque shop I had never been to before, which had some very interesting antique flintlock pistols, some Nazi daggers, and a "Fantastic Mr. Fox", or, er, um, something like that (great movie!), but the prices seemed kinda high. Like maybe a couple two zeroes too high.

 

[SuburbGuy]

Estate sale. Steelmaster single drawer storage unit, Milwaukee Magnum drill (my first Milwaukee tool), CRC 3-36 gallon can half full, fish fertilizer, Mapp gas, large flat plastic storage container, Craftsman T20 torx driver, made in USA awl, 2 used Hyde brass nonsparking scrapers made in Spain, new car battery cleaning tool, 2 sets of 1/4 inch drive sockets one set metric USA no mfg the other SAE mixed Craftsman and SK, 3 new pair of no mfr labeled work gloves that fit me (HF's XL no longer does), Amm box Cal. 50 M2.l. .50 M2

 

[SuburbGuy]

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Amm box Cal. 50 M2.

Spraybombed red, but good find, and the second Ordnance Dept bomb logo we've seen in last 7 days (can't remember who found the first...). Which means, in irrepressible time honored Garage Sale thread magic, that a third will pop up any day now. It's just a matter of WHO finds it.

 

[Outlawmws]

All mine have been the 30 Cal box. I want a 50 or three..

 

[LesserSon]

After MrsLS & I set up at Jake’s Flea Market this morning, I started to walk the grounds. Almost immediately, I spotted what appeared to be an early 1950s Bonney CC10 roller cart and a late 1940s tool chest. Bonney never gave a model number to the chest, which was replaced by the MB82 around 1950; earlier versions would be tan/brown.
One obvious problem is there is no Bonney logo on either, so maybe the manufacturer sold red crinkle boxes with no logos. The more recent Shimano logo is very well applied, so I may leave it if it resists falling off on its own.
Inside was some bicycle shop detritis, to which I added other finds of the day:
Rubber stamp carousel, 3 NOS Stanley claw hammer handles, NIB briefcase handle, Craftsman hurdygurdy/eggbeater drill with bits in handle, yellow combination square, Utica slipjoints, 2 Stanley picture frame clamps, partial box of #10 screw eyes, Dayton 1/2dr 19/32 12pt socket, 4 casters, box of used carriage bolts, misc small screwdrivers socket chisel and ice picks, unbranded plunger/grabber, vinyl clad wire rope, 4 E.Edelman & Co kit wrenches, Bonney LokRite 7/16 line combo, and an Agway promotional 12” rule.

$33 for all (including the box and cart).

 

[SuburbGuy]

I did find that third one at the same sale but it was thickly sprayed an ugly metallic blue and filled with caulk cartridges with a high price label. The one I bought was buried in the corner of a storage shelf that no one else bothered digging into well into the sale. No one but me, of course.

 

[RTM]

I'm pretty sure it's a No.700 "Sonny" based on the 1959 catalog: It is tough when many pieces/blades interchange and how many get mixed in their lifetime. And Beemer at $1/per you **** no matter who made it. https://archive.org/details/union-tool-co-carpenters-squares-catalog-59/page/8/mode/2up

Damn, well there goes that theory.

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

Another **** for both MachineRanger and Squez!

Hit the flea and a few sales yesterday, brought a few things home.

First is this partial Hinsdale set, last thing I need is another set building project but I couldn't leave a sticker in this nice of shape behind. Paid $15 which is probably too much.



This is a good example of why I always open the cheap foreign socket sets. Someone replaced the original stuff with a nice Craftsman G deep socket set. $5.


This is a mishmash of stuff from the flea, I think I paid around $15 for this? Bought the box set mostly for the Challenger box and the SK spinner, the rest is Craftsman stuff. Below is a variety of Duro/Indestro 1/4" sockets which I don't see often, a Husky rat, and some small Proto and Armstrong combos. I was about to throw away the little phillips socket that was on the Husky rat and thankfully I looked closer as it's Plomb.


More flea finds, the SK, Craftsman, and nozzle were a buck each. The rest of it came from a guy that always saves his Plomb stuff for me but I pay for it. Think I was at $16 for the Plomb T, Plomb WF-82, Duro Chrome T, Super Hex DBE, and SK 1/4" rat.


Last were a couple garage sale pickups. Was pleasantly surprised to pick up a plastic bag in the midst of a bunch of offshore dreck to find this SK stuff for $2.50. The Craftsman Vanadium side cutters were a buck at another sale.

You **** for the $2.50 S-K Stuff.

 

[bmwrd0]

Another **** for both MachineRanger and Squez!

Hit the flea and a few sales yesterday, brought a few things home.

First is this partial Hinsdale set, last thing I need is another set building project but I couldn't leave a sticker in this nice of shape behind. Paid $15 which is probably too much.



This is a good example of why I always open the cheap foreign socket sets. Someone replaced the original stuff with a nice Craftsman G deep socket set. $5.


This is a mishmash of stuff from the flea, I think I paid around $15 for this? Bought the box set mostly for the Challenger box and the SK spinner, the rest is Craftsman stuff. Below is a variety of Duro/Indestro 1/4" sockets which I don't see often, a Husky rat, and some small Proto and Armstrong combos. I was about to throw away the little phillips socket that was on the Husky rat and thankfully I looked closer as it's Plomb.


More flea finds, the SK, Craftsman, and nozzle were a buck each. The rest of it came from a guy that always saves his Plomb stuff for me but I pay for it. Think I was at $16 for the Plomb T, Plomb WF-82, Duro Chrome T, Super Hex DBE, and SK 1/4" rat.


Last were a couple garage sale pickups. Was pleasantly surprised to pick up a plastic bag in the midst of a bunch of offshore dreck to find this SK stuff for $2.50. The Craftsman Vanadium side cutters were a buck at another sale.

Saukit, I may have a lot of what you need for that Hinsdale set. Take inventory (and here is a catalog with it included) and let me know. That set does have the screw driver and valve grinding attachments, so you got that going for you, along with an excellent decal.

 

[saukit]

Saukit, I may have a lot of what you need for that Hinsdale set. Take inventory (and here is a catalog with it included) and let me know. That set does have the screw driver and valve grinding attachments, so you got that going for you, along with an excellent decal.

Thanks Beemer! I will definitely take you up on that! Appreciate it!

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

Got a **** load of FREE stuff from a family friends garage sale, their sale was over and anything that did sell had to be gone, it either went to the dumpster, the burn pile or scrap trailer.




1/4 thick 2’x4’ Georgia pacific peg board (3x)

Got me a new flea market cart.



A lot of this stuff I really didn’t need, but I just couldn’t stand to see it get thrown away.

 

[Outlawmws]

Free scores always ****!

 

[bbbarracuda]

Nice finds! markings on the Masterench? and the Spped nut - swivle head right?

Sorry it took so long to get these. It's been busy here with grandsons.
I haven't had a chance to clean these up and derust so the pics aren't great.

 

[Outlawmws]

Hard to read the first one, but clearly Heller Bros. Thx!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Not a huge picking weekend as I wanted to spend some time cleaning up my garage from the recent finds and sorting/ putting things into correct bins but I did find a few things

Couple metal baking tins for tool cleaning/organizing and a large Allied puller for a few bucks

Craftsman Orange handle pliers and a crown top permanex set for $1 for both items.

Also scored a plomb 9608 flat tip for free as well

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

That Plomb screwdriver is cool!

 

[Smokeshow69]

That Plomb screwdriver is cool!

Thanks. It’s posted in the plomb thread

 

[jwilson645]

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.

For folding over the edges? It's what I've seen used in most cases because of the curved head.


*EDIT* upon further research, you're right. That's a fender/bumper hammer. The door skin hammer is smaller and shaped differently. My bad......

 

[zanyad]

Well, I was told to post this up here. This was my Marketplace find of the summer, and first box.

@MachinedRanger *****!

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.

Jackpot indeed. @Squez *****!

After MrsLS & I set up at Jake’s Flea Market this morning, I started to walk the grounds. Almost immediately, I spotted what appeared to be an early 1950s Bonney CC10 roller cart and a late 1940s tool chest.

Very nice. You ****!

 

[gpw_42]

A **** for Outlaw on his Sigg Tourist! That nearly slipped past, and should be recognized.

Onto the well-deserved bandwagon of ***** for Squez and Machined Ranger.

@Private Lugnutz, @genog had the Crown-produced, .30 ORD marked ammo can. @Outlawmws I'm with you about wanting more of the ORD marked ammo cans. However, the modern ones make better users, IMO.

 

[oak_park]

Recent finds...
Klein 125th Anniversary Chromed Pliers..collectable.
4 in Crestoloy Jamestown Adjustable
Plomb Pebble 1212 3/8 wrench
Plomb Pebble 1210 5/16th wrench
Indestro 919 1/4, 5/16 dbe



Craftsman 6 point Metric and SAE wrench sets basically new, some wear on the plastic holder, but wrenches unused
NOS Bonney V-702K 1/4 ratchet
D-I stamped Duro Indestro 1236 1 1/8 socket
vintage Illinois Tool Works Gear Rolling Machine placard, have no need for it, thought it was cool, have brother in law that worked for ITW, stocking stuffer, lol.

 

[genog]

Got a **** load of FREE stuff from a family friends garage sale....

Wow....
I acquired a similar box recently.
It wasn't free, but it almost was.

I thought that perhaps, my box was home made.....

 

[genog]

Found a few things this weekend.
Nothing of the **** variety..., but cool nonetheless

Blackhawk 3/8 set.
I found the missing 9/16 socket in another box. The Seller had stuff all over the place.
Maybe a good selling strategy. There was quite a crowd digging though his boxes

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

Todays $10 second hand store haul.

Proto 11/16x3/4 tappet wrench
Proto 8” Crescent wrench
Chopped off ruler
Small Stanley screwdriver
Small Vaco screwdriver
Odd Corsair Screwdriver
Crescent 6” missing some parts
Neat “Insulated tools co.” Screwdriver.
Mac wood handle screwdriver
Vaco 1/2 nut driver
Stanley No.2 Robertson screwdriver
Snap-On M-4431-A Railroad tool
Craftsman 5/16 tip screwdriver
Kastar spark plug gapper thing
Misc. small keys
A free 1981 penny
Purina box cutter
Barcalo Buffalo water pump pliers
Utica cutters in sad shape
Bridgeport slip-joints
Hunter slip-joints
Tru-Fit slip-joints
No name chisel
Decent size hunk of brass
Wizard 16oz hammer.

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

Fridays $43 Flea market haul, sorry no detailed list.

 

[NYBODYMAN]

For folding over the edges? It's what I've seen used in most cases because of the curved head.


*EDIT* upon further research, you're right. That's a fender/bumper hammer. The door skin hammer is smaller and shaped differently. My bad......

And besides destroying the door/skin, I don't see how you would physically be able to use that hammer LOL.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Not a huge picking weekend as I wanted to spend some time cleaning up my garage from the recent finds and sorting/ putting things into correct bins but I did find a few things

Couple metal baking tins for tool cleaning/organizing and a large Allied puller for a few bucks

Craftsman Orange handle pliers and a crown top permanex set for $1 for both items.

Also scored a plomb 9608 flat tip for free as well

Please let me know if you want to sell the orange pliers!

 

[ForrestT]

Found this SK made 3/8” drive Klein socket set. Seems to be missing the 6” extension. I believe it is part number 65723. Any chance any of you have spare? Also was excited to pick up the Lenox mini hack saw.

 

[ctuai]

Estate Sale ($250):

$150 for the cobblers tools. There was a lot of standard tools in the cobblers box of which most had little value and the balance are really complicated to identify. $100 for the two helmets. The hat forms are the winners.

Olin soil thermometer; Heaton Peninsular stapler; 2 - Hat forms (1-$65); Craftsman yankee drill w/original bits; Goodall & Pratt tap holder; Leather punches (Osborne 3/4", 8, 8($12.50), 6 ($12,50)) (W.M. Johnson 8, 6, 0); Xcellite No. 56 needle nose pliers; 5 leather fudge tools; Leather edging tool; Leather marking wheel; Leather rotary punches; Nippers; Leather hand punches; Irwin spaded bit set; Lasting pliers; Coleman utility pump 1/6 hp; 2 Arai Quantum/e motorcycle helmets ($330) like new.

 

[Old Radar]

Well, if they're really like new, that's a serious ****.