it's garage sale season!!

[jeffmoss26]

Say, those are some nice pliers!

 

[nine4gmc]

Jeff, You can smell them a mile away!! It never fails, you must have "bell system" text or email alerts or something!!!

 

[Flatintoone]

Say, those are some nice pliers!

I think your post beat my PM!

 

[jeffmoss26]

Not quite, nine4gmc...I just get emails for the threads I subscribe to

 

[BJ42LX]

Old school, cast iron utility knife. Defiance 1299. $1. Should I:

1) Throw it in my box and use it
2) Evaporust to remove the rust, but leave the patina
3) Bead blast and shoot with some fresh red paint

???

 

[fortson]

Re: Some interesting finds.....more details

1. The drive on the end of this SO breaker bar is set at 45 degrees to the handle. First time I have ever seen that in any brand.

2. Is this a Snap-on letter opener? (S-9583)

3. What is this Plomb 6507 used for? It reminds me a Mason's tool for pointing mortar between bricks.

4 & 5. This SO Ford/Mercury headbolt socket is stamped "Not Guar". Does that mean "not guaranteed" and were many of their tools stamped this way?

6 & 7. Is this old wrench just an early "universal wrench" or did it have a special purpose?

i cant give you any new info on that snap on breaker bar with the odd angled head, but i can tell you i have the exact same one. Under the snap on logo it is stamped FFRRETT F-10-H. i bought it a year or so ago because it was odd and i had never seen one. mine has a knurled handle with a hole drilled through it so you could use it as a T handle i suppose. it also has a 3/8 female drive in the end of the handle so it can be used as an extension.

 

[Rusty Musket]

Re: Some interesting finds.....more details

1&2 - Probably early production RP, but still Moore Drop Forge. RP started about '46 or so.

Probably the same deal on 3 & 4, but I don't know who the Mfg. was for those.

5,6 & 7 -

1. any sign of fracturing on the twisted drive?

4 & 5. Yes. any mil contract tools were not guaranteed.

6 & 7. "Masterench" is the usual marking by Heller Brothers, and SB Patented 7-5-27 and 4-14-25. I have 4 of these in different sizes. One is a pipe wrench. They actually work quite well, at least as well as a crescent wrench for fasteners. Not so good for metal forming as a good crescent...

I carry one of mine in my camping "fuel box" a Larger military ammo can with a small amount of spare fuel (white gas and prop) as well as bulk prop tank adapters, a tank gauge etc. The wrench is used for the prop connections.

Thanks OutlawMWS. I don't see any signs of twisting on the SO breaker bar and it sounds like Fortson has the same one. I will give the Masterrench a try and maybe add it to my mobile kit.

 

[Rusty Musket]

Re: Some interesting finds.....more details

I could be wrong but I believe that Plomb 6507 is used for changing valve guides on old flathead fords. They had a split valve guide that had to be removed with the valve and you needed a special tool to do it.

I think you are on the right track! I added the words "valve & guide" to my search and found an Indestro 2021-V8 Valve Guide Punch pictured on AA that looks very similar. Thanks!

 

[glenmore]

Old school, cast iron utility knife. Defiance 1299. $1. Should I:

1) Throw it in my box and use it
2) Evaporust to remove the rust, but leave the patina
3) Bead blast and shoot with some fresh red paint

???

It looks pretty good as is. If I came across something like that while saling, I would consider it one of the highlights of my day!

 

[Rusty Musket]

Rusty Musket first post: 5, 6, & 7 Sweedish Nozzle Remover is for working on oil furnace burners. It removes the nozzle from the burner "flame thrower" without twisting on the supporting tubing. The support has a larger hex than the nozzle.

RM second post: #3 is a valve guide knocker for Ford engines. It could be for a Model A, B, flathead V-8, flathead 6, or 4-cyl. tractor engine, depending on the Plomb number. Hard to tell just by looking, and I don't have a catalog to refer to.

#4 & 5 is not really a headbolt wrench. It is a tubing socket where the tube bends out of the way pretty close to the nut. It isn't guaranteed because it is likely to be abused.

First of all, Congrats on your finds this weekend! The nozzle remover is interesting and just like you described. It has a very thin walled inner socket that slides up and down within the outer socket.

I just found a similar tool to the Plomb 6507 thanks to you and Outlawmws. http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/duro-indestro-p5.html

I agree that the tubing socket looks fragile and was wondering if it was not guaranteed due to its design or to the fact that it was a military spec tool.

 

[Rusty Musket]

Old school, cast iron utility knife. Defiance 1299. $1. Should I:

1) Throw it in my box and use it
2) Evaporust to remove the rust, but leave the patina
3) Bead blast and shoot with some fresh red paint

???

I found one of those a few weeks ago! The old patina might look nice.

 

[Provincial]

First of all, Congrats on your finds this weekend! The nozzle remover is interesting and just like you described. It has a very thin walled inner socket that slides up and down within the outer socket.

Thanks RM! Glad to help.

 

[spazzer]

Seeing all the neat things you guys have picked up got me interested in going to garage sales. Except for having a garage sale a little over 6 years ago I haven't been to any and bought anything for almost 15 years until last Sunday.

Here's what I found last Sunday at 3 garage sales:

K&N Filter recharge kit
(not pictured) 6" square baking tray, I use these for putting fasteners in while I'm working on projects.
(not pictured) 1/4" drive husky 3" extension
Craftsman V stamped 3/8" to 1/4" extension. Ball is frozen
Snap-on OXA160 1/2" double offset combination wrench. I have never seen anything like it.

Found the following things at a swap meet and a yard sale afterwards:

Blue Point PIT-12 impact driver
Craftsman V stamped 17mm 6pt 1/2" drive socket. Has 2 small grind marks on the side
Snap-on OEXM11 11mm wrench. This finishes the metric set I have
Snap-on OEX20 5/8" wrench.
Etcon multiple outlet strip. Faded label on the back says hospital grade components. I need to replace the cord or the plug, has a broken ground terminal.

The US made jack stands I got from the yard sale afterwards.
I saw this sink at the yard sale with the jackstands but didn't have enough money to buy it. I went back the next day while we were driving to a friend's house. I've found the company that made it has closed I think. Its a Vefco and it came out of a butcher shop. I plan on putting it on the wall in the background. The downstairs bathroom is on the other side of that wall. No more walking through the house to the kitchen!

I don't have a picture of the older weller junior 8100 soldering gun from yesterday that I got for $4. I left it in the wife's car.

 

[Provincial]

spazzer, you will love that sink! The deep sinks are really handy in a shop, and that faucet is up out of the way. I'll bet your wife finds uses for it, too.

 

[Egghaus]

Here's what I found this weekend,

Crescent "Crestoloy" 18" Adjustable
Gray 10" Adjustable
Snap On 3/4" and 18mm 1/2" Drive Deep Impact Sockets

All for $15

 

[Outlawmws]

spazzer, you will love that sink! The deep sinks are really handy in a shop, and that faucet is up out of the way. I'll bet your wife finds uses for it, too.

on this^^^

A friend had an old (1930s?) porcelain sink/counter/cabinet in his garage, and it was great for cleanup before coming into the house. I'm planning on one after my next big renovation in the garage, (not very soon unfortunately) along side the portable Maytag Jet Clean dishwasher I have setup for parts washing. That gets me a small counter next to the sink, and a place to clean my hands or whatever...

I'm already plumbed for it too, and its planned for the spot that was the original location for the washer dryer. one of the first things I did 25 years back was to extend the plumbing from there over to next to the house/garage access door so the laundry did not **** up the entire back of the garage. I managed to keep it to one small corner...

 

[sumner52000]

Here are my finds from the weekend in Hillsville Va. I left with $500 and came home with $100. That accounts for food, parking, a few things for the wife and all all my treasures.

 

[sumner52000]

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[jeffmoss26]

nice finds! the BP hammer in the first pic of your second post looks interesting.

 

[sumner52000]

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[sumner52000]

this hammer? It looks like the ends might screw off. But i don't think they do. I paid 5 or 10 for it. Saw the same hammer later at a different vendor with $50 price tag

 

[jeffmoss26]

Very cool. The handle almost looks hand made.

 

[maddawg308]

I'm likin' that BERYLCO wrench you saved. Non-sparking tools are cool...

 

[sumner52000]

also got the ampco hammer

 

[Outlawmws]

A lot of cool finds there Sumner!

I'm liking the:

Ball and flat body hammer, and is that a plvmb/proto plastic face hammer?
Berylco hammer and wrench
Ball peen Jeff mentioned
Chisel/punch holder - Proto?
Funky bent adjustable and adjustable/pipe combo
and the old PlierWrench pliers, (Eifel, right? Did you know you could get at least 4 different jaw style for those? ) ,

 

[lowbucktruck]

Here is my small score from the weekend... hit an estate sale on the spur of the moment, driving by saw the sign and found all this for $30 bucks (including the Craftsman toolbox). My lil haul included a Craftsman drill index, a couple of S-K ratchets, some nut drivers (Vaco, Truecraft, Fuller and Xcelite)and a really old pair of Channelocks.

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice score Lowbucktruck!

 

[jeffmoss26]

Are the drill bits still in good shape? Nice finds!

 

[Lump]

Nice haul, LowBuck! Well done indeed.

 

[sumner52000]

A lot of cool finds there Sumner!

I'm liking the:

Ball and flat body hammer, and is that a plvmb/proto plastic face hammer?
Berylco hammer and wrench
Ball peen Jeff mentioned
Chisel/punch holder - Proto?
Funky bent adjustable and adjustable/pipe combo
and the old PlierWrench pliers, (Eifel, right? Did you know you could get at least 4 different jaw style for those? ) ,

yes proto plastic face hammer
yes Proto Chisel holder

Yes Eifel.

How does that plier wrench work? I can slide the jaw in and out and it will close up when you sqeeze the handle. i was kind of expecting it to ratchet closed or something. I guess you have to get it close first then squeeze the handle to get it tight?

 

[Outlawmws]

You can pull the handle out slightly to disengage the gear to do gross adjustment for size and handle position when gripping. It also allows you to slide one jaw out and change to a different style if you have more than one style. I'd like to get more jaws for mine someday, just because I like old school multitools.

 

[bigcaddy]

Its been some time since i've posted on this particular thread but my scrounging activities have been slowed down some, knee problems and all.

The girlfriend and i took a weekend away to Big Bear to visit some family and just relax for a weekend but i started to notice lots of "garage sale" signs everywhere around the house!! I ended up going to a sale just down the street from my dads house and found this huge pile of "gauges". Or at least thats what the seller was calling them.

I gave my dad 3 Starretts from the pile and everything else is Federal with the exception of one Ames, Starrett and CDI rounding out the lot.

The second picture is a complete mystery to me. There is no name or part number but looks like some king of angle/degree tool. It has a small rotating magnifiying lens to make reading the marks easier.

Last is a lock with no key. Don't get too excited, Jeff. If you are interested, PM me.

 

[jeffmoss26]

That's a neat lock, but not the kind I collect...maybe someone on the lock forum is interested, I will ask!

 

[zuk123]

Hey BigCaddy, welcome back! and awesome score.

The second pic is from a drafting arm on a drafting table. You could change out the blades with different scales, etc.

zuk

link

https://www.google.com/search?q=dra...rFYHK2AXc_oCoDg&ved=0CDsQsAQ&biw=1277&bih=652

 

[Outlawmws]

Hey BigCaddy, welcome back! and awesome score.

The second pic is from a drafting arm on a drafting table. You could change out the blades with different scales, etc.

zuk

I'm not sure if that one is off an elbow machine, or a "newer" track bar type machine. Not familiar with the brand either.

All of them are obsolete however.

 

[zuk123]

Weellll, "obsolete" in the same sense a 1968 car is obsolete. Some people can make it go faster than a modern one

I used my parallel to draft for a loooonnnngg time past when I should have switched to the pc, but it was so much faster for me. And working C sized, didn't really work well with a 14" monitor.

zuk

 

[lowbucktruck]

Nice haul, LowBuck! Well done indeed.

Thanks Lump and Jeff! Not a bad little haul for $30 bucks, if I say so myself. The Craftsman drill index is in good shape, and the HSS twist bits are also in surprisingly good condition!

 

[lowbucktruck]

That's a nice bunch of ratchets you scored there, Sumner! That little flex-head ratchet looks alot like a Duro/Indestro. I think I have one just like it.

 

[sumner52000]

That's a nice bunch of ratchets you scored there, Sumner! That little flex-head ratchet looks alot like a Duro/Indestro. I think I have one just like it.

The only flex head I picked up was a new britain. The little ball that holds the head is gone. But luckily there is enough gunk to hold the head from flopping.

 

[shocksandstrutz]

Here is my latest pickup from saturday. Some really grat stuff in there, scored the whole lot with a Husky electricians bag for $50.
Got a little of everything in there.....snap-on, mac, cornwell, craftsman.
I got 14 ratchets, this guy had buckets of stuff. Kind of nervous headed to south city for a tool sale in the back alley of some guys house. But i got a great deal. Scored everything in the pic except for the mac breaker bar and battery charger. I'm thinking im the only crazy person willing to drive to a really bad neighborhood to pick up some sweet tools cheap.