it's 2013 garage sale season!...

[nine4gmc]

Nine4GMC you lucky Sucker!

Seriously impressive, even without the band-saws.

I hate the fact that most UK schools/colleges/universities now generally only use "chipboard" office furniture!
The number of teeth and unborn offspring I'd give to get a hold of one of those desks is.....high! :

I'm off to another car-boot sale tomorrow, but for now I'm going to bed depressed!

Thanks man! Keep looking, one will turn up!

Good on you 9Four! the flat file looks to be one of the better sized, flat files (not too big) only one? or are there more hiding?

That 8 drawer a a great score. how many did you get? I got one of this past summer, and am gradually filling it with really heavy stuff. The drawers with those great roller slides don't even notice. A bank of 3-4 of these would be an awesome setup for tools!

Only 1 flat file cabinet, it looks a bit narrower than the one I mage my lathe table with but about the same depth. I pass on the really large ones, some come up that are 4' wide and 4' deep, I don't have the floor space for that.
I got two of the 8 drawer cabinets, they appear to be in good/great condition, also picked up a similar 16 drawer(I think) but in worse shape than these. I got a lot of good cabinets, had I known I would get outbid on the saw, I could have bought way more early in the auction. The average winning bid was $10-20 per pallet...

 

[davethorik]

G. T. & D. Corp'n No. 8 tap handle. it is 40-3/4" long fully extended. The static handle is actually steel tube, so it is lighter than you'd think (but not by much). It will hold up to a 1-1/8" square shank. The head is 2-3/4" wide by 1-1/4" thick and the head forging is 9-1/2" long.

The tube handle has a slight bend in it, (and appears to be brazed in place) but the jaws are in very good shape and it is extremely smooth when tightening or loosening.

 

[madison069]

Sorry if this disappoints: its "Ford" (I used the quotes deliberately) only because of the case. the Calipers are "Executive" and don't have any Ford monograms on them. I suspect these were handouts and engineering types got them (Perfect Pocket protector cargo....). there was once a Ford assembly plant not far from here, as well as a number of Ford owned (Mostly) defense electronics plants all part of "Ford Aerospace" before it all got sold to Loral, (and subsequently to Lockheed)

Calipers "measure" in inch and metric and the back has a decimal equivalent table:

Naw that's still cool!

The thought of a Ford engineer handling it is very interesting to me!

 

[madison069]

Today at the one stop i did, I found a envelope that had "View at your own risk" written on it.

It was black and white pictures of a woman taking her clothes off piece by piece!

I almost bought it simply cause of the nostalgic of it but my wife would kill me if she found out I bought "****".

 

[roalco]

Sorry if this disappoints: its "Ford" (I used the quotes deliberately) only because of the case. the Calipers are "Executive" and don't have any Ford monograms on them. I suspect these were handouts and engineering types got them (Perfect Pocket protector cargo....). there was once a Ford assembly plant not far from here, as well as a number of Ford owned (Mostly) defense electronics plants all part of "Ford Aerospace" before it all got sold to Loral, (and subsequently to Lockheed)

Calipers "measure" in inch and metric and the back has a decimal equivalent table:

Those pocket mikes were also made in a slightly different model for BURNDY as the BURNDY WIRE-MIKE. The same fractional inch scale, but instead go the decimal side scale they have stranded cable sizes and solid wire (AWG) scales. On the back they have pipe sizes on the slider, and a pipe to copper pipe and also conduit conversion table.
The bottom back of mine is copyrighted to BURNDY (1956) Norwalk Conn, Trade Mark.
Made in USA .
I've been carrying mine (got from Dad) for over 40 years, it is a really handy little tool!

 

[Outlawmws]

Today at the one stop i did, I found a envelope that had "View at your own risk" written on it.

It was black and white pictures of a woman taking her clothes off piece by piece!

I almost bought it simply cause of the nostalgic of it but my wife would kill me if she found out I bought "****".

That's funny to me, if it were my SWMBO, depending on the "artistic quality" she would have bought them. she likes old school photos and often buys old photos, especially of people...

 

[Outlawmws]

Those pocket mikes were also made in a slightly different model for BURNDY as the BURNDY WIRE-MIKE. The same fractional inch scale, but instead go the decimal side scale they have stranded cable sizes and solid wire (AWG) scales. On the back they have pipe sizes on the slider, and a pipe to copper pipe and also conduit conversion table.
The bottom back of mine is copyrighted to BURNDY (1956) Norwalk Conn, Trade Mark.
Made in USA .
I've been carrying mine (got from Dad) for over 40 years, it is a really handy little tool!

Pics?

 

[Flatintoone]

I shared yesterday's tool-related Indy 500 program find in another thread. Today I had a nice slate of sales to hit. No tools at any of them. Last stop was an estate sale that promised "tools", but had no photos in the listing. It was close to home and the timing was right. I wound up with armfuls of photographic stuff (that was not in the ad!), but the owner looked like he was a Dunlap man. It was on a second lap of the workshop area that I spotted this carpenter's toolbox:

(Still damp from her WD40 rubdown)
Which didn't even grab my attention until I opened it and saw this:

 

[jakemac]

So - I lied my *** off to my sister, and got a full day of tool hunting in. I told her she had to stay home this morning (we share a house) to watch our mother (my job 24/7/365), so I could run to a yard sale. I said that I'd be back by 10am. I came home at 5pm to a screaming mad-woman. It was worth every decibel to get out of the house for one day.

The first stop was a yard sale. I got there 30min late and saw a Reed 204 walking out the door. IDK what the price was, but it was a good sign (or so I thought). There were still a few good things laying around, but little that I was interested in. Still, I found a few odds and ends.

Pic #1 - $5
2"dia x 2 1/4" brass billet
Craftsman 1/2dr universal joint =V=
Craftsman 13mm combo wrench =V=
Craftsman 7/32" 1/4dr 6pt socket =V=
Craftsman 5/16" 1/4dr 6pt socket =V=
Craftsman 3/8" 1/4dr 6pt socket =V=


The second stop was an estate sale that started friday. The tools were picked clean, but I found some scraps.

Pic #2 - $5
5 - Craftsman #4404 magnetic socket insert sets
2 - 6" metal rulers (GENERAL)
Craftsman #2 phillips screwdriver - WF


Stop #3 was at a newly reopened (moved) Habitat ReStore. Someone had just bought a Craftsman bottom box full of tools as I was going in. They had some decent shop tools, including an old Cman 12" benchtop disk sander for $50, but nothing I was looking for right now. I got off cheap at this stop.

Pic #3 - $2.66
2 - Heller (USA) 10" round files (a medium and a course grade)
rubber sanding block
Craftsman Crown Top #4309 cold chisel set in pouch (same pouch I found in a recent post, but with the right tools in it)


The fourth stop was at a used tool shop (waltham) I spent about an hour poking my nose about.

Pic #4 - $14.88
48oz BluePoint ballpein hammer (will need a new handle)
4 cheap sockets (to abuse)
Craftsman "vandium" stubby screwdriver
Craftsman 8mm combo wrench -V-
Craftsman 5mm 1/4dr 6pt socket -V-
2 - Craftsman 1/4" 1/4dr 8pt sockets =V=
Craftsman #0 phillips screwdriver - WF
Craftsman 10"/12" convertible hacksaw (got tired of using my cheap chinese tube based one that flexes when I use it)


The last stop was more expensive. I went to another used tool shop (worcester). It was the last day of their work week and the place was picked clean, I could even see the table tops. On this stop, I had the Stack-On top box (from a week or two ago) I wanted to get rid of (nobody I asked wanted it). So I traded it for store credit and picked up two 12" Hargrave Superclamps. It worked out for me, I'm not tripping over that damned box on the floor of my shop anymore.

Pic #5 - traded
12" C-clamps

I also grabbed a few other things from the dregs while I was there (for a few extra $'s).

Pic #6 - $21
3M rubber sanding block
K-D #2078 puller
Channellock #436 cutters (still had the shipping oil on them)
Craftsman 14mm 1/2dr 12pt socket =V=
Craftsman 21mm 1/2dr 12pt socket -V-
Craftsman 1 1/16" 1/2dr 12pt socket =V=
Craftsman 4mm 1/4dr 6pt socket -V-
3 - cheap sockets to abuse



But wait ……. there's more.
When I got home I found an ebay package in the mailbox. An old Craftsman drill index for numbered bits #1-#60. Woo-Hoo !!!
Pic #7 - $23

I didn't get anything spectacular today, put about 150 miles on my truck, and had to put my sister in her place when I got home, but it was a good day.



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[mudman63]

This is from the second day of an estate sale. I guess it was crazy yesterday, I didn't know about it until this morning. For $15 I got some mostly USA stuff to include heavy duty jumper cables, a siphon, a complete maul and a larger maul head, a pipe clamp, Crescent pliers, Sears hose clamp pliers, Craftsman 3/8 beam torque wrench, bunch of drill bits and small cold chisels, a small Stanley staple gun, socket drivers (Craftsman, Fleet), sockets (Craftsman, Fleet), basin wrench, kids shovel, Sargent hole punch, pry bars and some other misc.

 

[Davefr]

Today at the one stop i did, I found a envelope that had "View at your own risk" written on it.

It was black and white pictures of a woman taking her clothes off piece by piece!

I almost bought it simply cause of the nostalgic of it but my wife would kill me if she found out I bought "****".

 

[ShadowRuleZ]

I didn't get anything spectacular today, put about 150 miles on my truck, and had to put my sister in her place when I got home, but it was a good day.

That's sort of why I set my self a fifteen-twenty minute radius now. I used to run all over the place and couldn't justify the mileage/gas.

 

[Oily Nails]

Well had a pretty good morning spent £12 on all the below;
View media item 35191

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  + Centre Top: 5.56mm Ammo box was £5
  + Centre Right: All the spanners, allen keys, penknife, fuses were in the small brown bag. Spanners are a mix of Draper, English, German, Japan and a handful of Indian Made......all for £1
  + Centre: "Golden" Osbourne Hammer ....no idea what it is intended for, but its kinda funky and it was £1
  + Centre Left: Unopened pack of Spade bits £1
  + Bottom Left: Chisel 50 pence Batteries £1
  + Left: Old mini Multi-meter 50 pence
  
  The silver torch is
  View media item 35192A Ray-o-Vac Sportsman which is stamped "Empire Made" £1
  
  I bought a slightly large "Ford" stamped version of this last week;
  View media item 35193However I believe this is an ex-military KING **** spanner 50 pence
  
  Finally this was in the "£1 bag of spanners"
  View media item 35194A tiny (once cent coin for scale) Gordon Tools, Sheffield made, adjustable wrench. It still has its most of its decal and original pouch, the only rust is from the buckle on the pouch, the tool is clean
  
  I'm going to end up a regular at that carboot!

 

[mickeyone]

Osbourne is from New Jersey in USA they are makers of gear for leather working and upholstery workers,

 

[SackOHammers]

Outlaw-I'm digging your mortise gauge. No promises, but I might have a brass thumb screw on a broken spoke shave that might fit. If I can find it.

nine4-Nice scores! You must own a warehouse or something. Talk about the luxury of space for the stuff you take home! Can you get a you **** for excessive space?

Oily nails-Those spanners look a lot like the early bicycle wrenches from around the turn of the 1900's. You seem to have a knack for finding them. I'd be inclined to start a wall collection with them.

Jakemac-Lying and deceiving the people closest to you is just a part of life. I do it to my wife all the time. But then I enjoy making her angry. It's like a hobby.

I'm bummed by the shortage of sales. But the quality of the stuff everyone is finding at the few is amazing.

 

[Oily Nails]

mickeyone: Thanks for the info!

So turns out that today I have picked up my first American tools!

+ The Osborne 33 hammer, which after a Google is a 7Oz Bronze magnetic upholstery hammer
+ The 1960's Rayovac 6" Sportsman flashlight

 

[roalco]

Pics?

Sorry, had a few senior moments trying to post pics...
Hope this works.

 

[roalco]

Pics?

Sorry, had a few senior moments trying to post pics...
Hope this works.

And the back...

 

[SackOHammers]

Friday was all about high wind and rain. The only sale was this guy that rents out warehouse units for a couple of days and calls them estate liquidations. He also charges insanity prices. I've met him before and hes kind of a shark.
Today the place was empty and he was sitting there looking depressed. He greeted me with a sad "Just make an offer. We can haggle".
I spotted a box of open end wrenches and the first one I noticed was a Plomb pebble. There was also another box of sockets and the first one I looked at was a Craftsman C-20. To save time digging I offered five dollars per box on them. No haggle! Bad times I guess. Boo-hoo.
No great details here, but here's the gist of what's in the mix:
A giant Mac screwdriver
Plomb
S-K
Williams
Cman
Proto
Wizard
New Britain
A few off shore wrenches. Only a couple of the sockets are. And no rust/ Never happens! They are mainly USA and a couple of German. There's even a copper socket. My first.
On Sat. the only sale I found had the leftovers from Friday. The Toyota jack was a whopping twenty-five cents. $1 on the welding masks. The Greenlee stud punch was $2 but was missing the clevis pins. $2 more at the HW store fixed that.
Also a couple of books-30 Sec Over Tokyo and a St Johns ambulance first aid book.
Not bad for the only two sales for the end of the week.

 

[Denwad]

hello guys, i have been reading this thread and have been amazed at everyone's great finds.

This weekend I finally got some of my own! I hardly ever find anything



The 5" B&D i got for 5 dollars, although it needs to be spun to start spinning

the 6" grinder works very well

the vice looks a little small but its the only vice i've ever found , and it said made in japan on the bottom!

 

[NorthCountry]

Friday was all about high wind and rain. The only sale was this guy that rents out warehouse units for a couple of days and calls them estate liquidations. He also charges insanity prices. I've met him before and hes kind of a shark.
Today the place was empty and he was sitting there looking depressed. He greeted me with a sad "Just make an offer. We can haggle".
I spotted a box of open end wrenches and the first one I noticed was a Plomb pebble. There was also another box of sockets and the first one I looked at was a Craftsman C-20. To save time digging I offered five dollars per box on them. No haggle! Bad times I guess. Boo-hoo.
No great details here, but here's the gist of what's in the mix:
A giant Mac screwdriver
Plomb
S-K
Williams
Cman
Proto
Wizard
New Britain
A few off shore wrenches. Only a couple of the sockets are. And no rust/ Never happens! The are USA and a couple of German. There's even a copper socket. My first.
On Sat. the only sale I found had the leftovers from Friday. The Toyota jack was a whopping twenty-five cents. $1 on the welding masks. The Greenlee stud punch was $2 but was missing the clevis pins. $2 more at the HW store fixed that.
Also a couple of books-30 Sec Over Tokyo and a St Johns ambulance first aid book.
Not bad for the only two sales for the end of the week.

Willing to sell or trade any sk sockets?


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[zkling]

Which didn't even grab my attention until I opened it and saw this:

That is really nice. I didn't know SK made a large carpenters box, does it have a tray in it? Very cool box.

Jake, Mudman, Oily, Sack, great stuff guys

Denwad, sounds like you just need a new start capacitor.

 

[BFBOB]

I don't want to brag ... yes I do!
I think I did pretty well considering I failed my primary objective. I found a couple of sales - one estate and one moving - that looked interesting and were close to each other. Both were 3-day sales with half price on Sunday, so I decided to wait until Sunday. My objective at the first was a pottery kiln, something my wife has always wanted. It looked like a nice one, but the few I've seen sell used went for a HUGE percentage of the new price. I figured half of that might be tolerable, but it was already sold - and I got there a few minutes before opening.
So, I got her a consolation prize to add to her cast iron round things collection.
The find was the Rockwell radial drill press with stand for $87.50. It is in perfect condition; looks like it was only used for woodworking, and not much of that. Old enough it's USA made. The spindle assembly looks like a twin to our 30 year old 15" floor Rockwell. Only the pulley cover marks it as being more modern.
I also grabbed some miscellaneous tooling. Lots of usable drill bits, but I'll probably sell the slot cutters and reamers since I don't have a milling machine.
On to the next sale where I picked up the Craftsman vac with attachments and two Pony 1/2" pipe clamps for $27.
And to top it off, the weather was great for November. Warm-70's, windy with just a touch of rain.
On

 

[Outlawmws]

That's a cool caliper Roalco!

 

[Outlawmws]

Sack, ID the Socket before cleaning it: BECU (Berylco) you have to be careful with. AL BR (Aluminum Bronze, from AMPCO) ia benign, (no Beryllium)

You can shine either up with Mothers (or soaking in taco bell taco sauce/Ketchup works well also) and use paper towels and toss them, (no airborne particles).

That stud punch was a STEAL! have you priced them? Replace those pins, and if you can't use it yourself, sell it... (I sold one day before yesterday for $140)

 

[Outlawmws]

Denwad, see if there is a capacitor in the base of the B&D grinder. If there is, replace with same value (mfd) and same or higher Voltage cap.

 

[Outlawmws]

Outlaw-I'm digging your mortise gauge. No promises, but I might have a brass thumb screw on a broken spoke shave that might fit. If I can find it.

nine4-Nice scores! You must own a warehouse or something. Talk about the luxury of space for the stuff you take home! Can you get a you **** for excessive space?

Oily nails-Those spanners look a lot like the early bicycle wrenches from around the turn of the 1900's. You seem to have a knack for finding them. I'd be inclined to start a wall collection with them.

Jakemac-Lying and deceiving the people closest to you is just a part of life. I do it to my wife all the time. But then I enjoy making her angry. It's like a hobby.

I'm bummed by the shortage of sales. But the quality of the stuff everyone is finding at the few is amazing.

Thanks Sack! That would be cool to find an appropriate brass thumb screw for it!

 

[SackOHammers]

Outlaw, it is a Berylco stamped SW1. It's already pretty clean. Almost all of the sockets out of that box are. Shocker living in a rust state.

Another shocker is that I found that spokeshave in my vast and sprawling empire of junk. Seriously, needle in a haystack.

The blade is long rusted away so there is a stub of the tang still threaded into it. I bet you could heat it up and get the nut off and replace it with a new threaded rod. Or just silver solder it in. Its the same size as the nut off of my gauge so I bet you can improvise something close to the orig.

 

[madison069]

My little haul yesterday. Nothing to write home about really.

 

[sumner52000]

Here is where I went on Saturday. Things went high. Working on posting some pictures. The guys from American Pickers visited this place a couple years ago. The most stuff I have ever seen in one place. Auctioneer did a great job. Had two guys selling at the same time. You had to pick which stuff you wanted more and make sure you were there when they walked by.

http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/auctionview.cgi?lid=1888974&kwd=&zip=27573&category=0

 

[jeffmoss26]

Good lord, that guy had a lot of tools!!!

 

[sumner52000]

One of my co-workers grew up down he road and used to help the guy in his shop. He said the best stuff was already gone. He said there was twice as much stuff there before. He said the son-in-law got the snap on box full of tools.

They were selling the tools by the pallet. You could pull an item from the pallet and start with a $25 bid on that item.

 

[sumner52000]

I'll be putting up pics for a while. I always enjoy when others post up pics of their adventures.

 

[sumner52000]

more pictures

 

[sumner52000]

more pics

 

[sumner52000]

The stuff kept going down in the woods. If you look close there is a huge ESSO sign hanging up down in the woods. There was a path that went 1/2 mile down through there. I didn't even have time to walk down there.

 

[sumner52000]

Here is most of the stuff I bought total of $280.

 

[jeffmoss26]

You didn't get the key machine and blanks for me? haha

 

[sumner52000]

You didn't get the key machine and blanks for me? haha

Sorry with the two auctioneers selling I was somewhere else when it sold. Don't know what it went, but it would be something interesting to have.

 

[jeffmoss26]

I got my key machine for a whopping 40 bucks when a local hardware store closed