it's garage sale season!!

[Provincial]

I'm thinking im the only crazy person willing to drive to a really bad neighborhood to pick up some sweet tools cheap.

You have an addiction. Only addicted people will go into really bad neighborhoods with cash to meet total strangers to buy something they "need."

Nice haul!

 

[zuk123]

Ok, this wasn't a yard sale or even an estate sale, but it was an auction, and I'm pretty stoked about it. So, with no place else to post it:

http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=5597949

My "new" Lista and worktop!

zuk

now I just have to do the day long round trip to pick it up :-(

 

[maddawg308]

Someone else here is a GL addict!

shocksandstrutz - lots of great stuff in there! Wow, for only $50? You definitely ****...

 

[zuk123]

"Someone else here is a GL addict!"

I make side money buying and selling stuff so I always look

Most of the time it goes for too much on the Gov sites. I have 4 'local' sites I use every day. I wish I'd bid more on the other Lista they had. I lost out on a 7 drawer for ~$120. They've been going for ~$500 in the last few auctions. I would have upped my bid, but I forgot when the closing time was. Still, 2 sets, and the top will be a nice addition to my shop or garage. Just need some TLC and paint.

zuk

 

[Outlawmws]

You have an addiction. Only addicted people will go into really bad neighborhoods with cash to meet total strangers to buy something they "need."

Nice haul!

 

[shocksandstrutz]

yeah, i had a bad feeling driving down there, but the guy was really nice and even brought out an extra box full for me to sort through too.

ive picked up some really nice tools over the last few weeks.....kept some of the nice ones and sold the rest for a profit. so i actually got a bunch of nice tools that i wouldnt buy new and basically got paid to get them.

 

[bigcaddy]

yeah, i had a bad feeling driving down there, but the guy was really nice and even brought out an extra box full for me to sort through too.

ive picked up some really nice tools over the last few weeks.....kept some of the nice ones and sold the rest for a profit. so i actually got a bunch of nice tools that i wouldnt buy new and basically got paid to get them.

That's the way to do it! I'm constantly upgrading my tools at work or at home when I make a great haul and my Plomb collection is getting pretty big too.

 

[shocksandstrutz]

thanks maddawg!!

bigcaddy - Thats exactly what im doing.

My tools selection has grown a ton and i havent spent a dime other than a little time. I gota house, 2 sons, 2 cars, student loans and blah blah blah that eat all my money up. everyone here knows the life. but hey with everyones knowledge and info on these boards ive been homemaking some tools and building tool sets for my boys.
for FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

 

[ShadowRuleZ]

Only able to hit one estate sale this morning, mostly a bunch of stuff left out in two sheds for too many years. Whole bunch of asbestos vinyl tile still in the original box if anyone needs any

 

[mitusa]

Zuk,

Nice cabinets and work bench. Great price!

I recently got an "equipto" storage chest with "butcher block" top that I'm pretty proud of. Looks a little like yours, only four drawers under the top.

 

[Outlawmws]

Some interesting finds Frank, what's on the wire? Sockets?

I snagged a complete erector-set in its metal box a few years back for $10. I did well at that sale; I also got an expensive 70's Sansui Receiver for $25 which was at least 90-95% off from normal market for the thing at the time.

No tools for for me today, but I did get some intreesting thingsd:

These Lures were in a small paper sack and I could see one had a $35 price tag, but I suspected (correctly as it turned out) that those were not going to be the asked for prices. I was right; when I asked how much for the bag of lures it was $5.

I'm sure Lump at least wants to see these so I'm posting them. Only two had markings, the blue plastic one, and one of the wooden ones:

I also bought this old tin box:

And this was what was inside it. No lock unfortunately, and not a cheap tin lock by the looks of the upper portion still attached.

Some of the stuff I know what it is, or it's obvious like the faucet handles, drawer pull, and the lock plate. There are two small insulators, but I'm not sure how they were used. There are quite a few very primitive "Thumb tacks" that I suspect are for upholstery, which is where I will probably use them sometime. The heads are clearly hand beaten by a black smith.

The guy that sold them (the PO's son? ) told me :"everything in that box came from the mother lode, it was dug up." Which I took to mean the California gold country.

The spiked finial things I suspect are for the ends of wood curtain rods from before the common use of thin metal tubes for the purpose. They might also be purely decorative for some piece of furniture or clock case or something.

The big spike I suspect is a very old blacksmith made tent stake. The odd box next to is is a brass decorative sleeve for a mid sized box of wood matches.

 

[Lump]

Outlaw, nice haul! Cool stuff indeed.

The two lures with white and/or blue paint are salt water lures. The one that is mostly white with blue eyes is a salmon lure. Note the string from hook-to-hook. This allows the hooks to break free from the lure body after a big strike, and yet remain attached to the fishing line from the reel. The lure then floats away free, or slides up the line to the rod as you reel in. The purpose of this is that salmon fight so vigorously and jump so hard and often that the "leverage" of the twisting lure in the fish's mouth will sometimes tear the hooks right out. When the hooks pop away from the lure's wooden body, there is only direct pressure on the hooks themselves, and the lure won't help the fish to rip out the hooks. Your example lure was made by an uncommon company which was in business in Seattle from the 1930's into at least 1941. Little is known about them. That lure design was pioneered by other companies, I believe. But at least one lure patent was granted to Rosegard in 1941, according to one of my books.

The two red-head/white body lures are either Creek Chub Pikie Minnows, or competitive clone lures. I note that the lower one has glass eyes (nice). You can narrow down the age of pikie minnows by looking at a frontal view of the metal lip on front, and by examining the font of the lure name on the top of its back. Many of the metal lips will have a patent date from 1928, I believe. But this is NOT the age. The oldest Pikie lips have nothing on them. These lures were conceived in the 1920's, and are still produced today.

 

[Lump]

Gotta get to bed now. My fall swap meet going on now, and I am exhausted. 4:15am will get here in a hurry!

 

[boostedgt]

a couple not too common estate sale finds:

Bonney WEB 8 1/4 Whitworth? found this a few weeks ago

Blue Point B1351A 3/16 1/4 double open end for Bendix brakes on old jeeps i think

 

[WWIIjeep]

The big spike I suspect is a very old blacksmith made tent stake.

More likely, it's a candle holder, especially if it came from the gold country.

The spike end gets driven into a convenient timber in a mine, tunnel, cellar, or any other dark place. Or even driven into the dirt wall. Just far enough to hold it in place, so it can still be easily pulled out again by the large loop at the end. Candle gets wedged in where the flared (and probably slightly springy) pointy loop is.

Such things, with variations on the way the candle was held in place, were very common in mines, tunnels, wine caves, wine cellars, etc. in the 18th century and earlier.

 

[Datsun]

I got this mini arbor press at the flea market. Got it for 5$. It was badly rusted, so I dropped it for a couple of hours in the electrolysis bath. A bit of polishing and a layer or two of paint and it was ready to add to the collection.

 

[Outlawmws]

More likely, it's a candle holder, especially if it came from the gold country.

The spike end gets driven into a convenient timber in a mine, tunnel, cellar, or any other dark place. Or even driven into the dirt wall. Just far enough to hold it in place, so it can still be easily pulled out again by the large loop at the end. Candle gets wedged in where the flared (and probably slightly springy) pointy loop is.

Such things, with variations on the way the candle was held in place, were very common in mines, tunnels, wine caves, wine cellars, etc. in the 18th century and earlier.

Now that makes even more sense! Thanks WWIIjeep! Here it is with an emergency candle sitting on that flap, which is offset to allow the candle to miss the shank, and "lean" against the main shank. a little melting of the base and it would be solid. It would also tie in with a mine in the gold country, although I'd have expected a lot more kerosene or whale oil lamps for that era.

Any clue on what this other bit of forged iron is? hook with an offset eye, I was thinking at first some sort of gaff, but no barb, and why the offset for that eye? The hook is sharp so it's not just for hanging something. Sorry for the poor angle on that one.

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice little Arbor Datsun; dose it have a makers mark or, does this look like a shop project?

 

[Outlawmws]

Outlaw, nice haul! Cool stuff indeed.

The two lures with white and/or blue paint are salt water lures. The one that is mostly white with blue eyes is a salmon lure. Note the string from hook-to-hook. This allows the hooks to break free from the lure body after a big strike, and yet remain attached to the fishing line from the reel. The lure then floats away free, or slides up the line to the rod as you reel in. The purpose of this is that salmon fight so vigorously and jump so hard and often that the "leverage" of the twisting lure in the fish's mouth will sometimes tear the hooks right out. When the hooks pop away from the lure's wooden body, there is only direct pressure on the hooks themselves, and the lure won't help the fish to rip out the hooks. Your example lure was made by an uncommon company which was in business in Seattle from the 1930's into at least 1941. Little is known about them. That lure design was pioneered by other companies, I believe. But at least one lure patent was granted to Rosegard in 1941, according to one of my books.

The two red-head/white body lures are either Creek Chub Pikie Minnows, or competitive clone lures. I note that the lower one has glass eyes (nice). You can narrow down the age of pikie minnows by looking at a frontal view of the metal lip on front, and by examining the font of the lure name on the top of its back. Many of the metal lips will have a patent date from 1928, I believe. But this is NOT the age. The oldest Pikie lips have nothing on them. These lures were conceived in the 1920's, and are still produced today.

Thanks for the info Lump! BTW no markings other than what I showed in the closeups. So does that make these potentially older?

 

[lowbucktruck]

Looks like Outlaw needs to go fishing, with his new-found lures! j/k
Very cool. Thanks to Lump for the lesson on old fishing lures. I bet those would look good mounted in a frame and hung on the wall for display.

 

[Datsun]

Nice little Arbor Datsun; dose it have a makers mark or, does this look like a shop project?

It looks like a shop project. It's very well made though. Not sure If it will be used soon, but it was too cool to be left in the junk pile, that's for sure.

 

[chopper1]

Finally hit a sale that had some tools after coming up dry for the last few weeks.
Williams 1/2 boxed set, empty Mac box, wrenches are all Plvmb or Proto Los Angeles. My first Plvmb pebble breaker. Cman, Proto, Fleet & SO sockets. All the Proto rats are Los Angeles with one Plvmb with a Proto La plate. I also picked up a CDI torque wrench that didn't make it into the pic.

 

[markitsnappy]

Finally hit a sale that had some tools after coming up dry for the last few weeks.
Williams 1/2 boxed set, empty Mac box, wrenches are all Plvmb or Proto Los Angeles. My first Plvmb pebble breaker. Cman, Proto, Fleet & SO sockets. All the Proto rats are Los Angeles with one Plvmb with a Proto La plate.

that is an awesome find. congrats.

 

[WNYflyer]

Finally hit a sale that had some tools after coming up dry for the last few weeks.
Williams 1/2 boxed set, empty Mac box, wrenches are all Plvmb or Proto Los Angeles. My first Plvmb pebble breaker. Cman, Proto, Fleet & SO sockets. All the Proto rats are Los Angeles with one Plvmb with a Proto La plate. I also picked up a CDI torque wrench that didn't make it into the pic.

Great haul chopper1

Look at all those ratchets..............What are the round head flex ratchets ? Husky/New Britain ?

 

[maddawg308]

I had a nice haul today from the garage sales I went to. Didn't take much money, and took NONE home, missed a couple things because I lacked additional dollars. But that's part of the addiction.

Scored:

24 wrenches, DOE, double-box, and combo (Williams, Barcalo & Buffalo, Plvmb, Dunlop, Ford, Billings, Armstrong, Gedore, Suzuki, etc.)
2 adjustable wrenches, no-name and 1 Westcott 10-inch "S" wrench. The latter cost $8, but I like S wrenches for my collection
2 hammer heads, incl. 1 new body hammer and 1 hand-sledge
1 Lufkin wood folding ruler
1 Stanley line level
3 metal tape measures, incl. 2 50-ft steel tape reels
1 spark plug gap tool
1 small wood-handled screwdriver
1 Proto nutdriver
2 new Craftsman router bits
7 misc. sockets (3 Indestro, 2 Cman, 1 Proto Challenger, 1 Thorsen)

Total damage was about $40. Some I'm keeping, the rest go in the classifieds. There were a pile of sockets also at one garage sale, but they were a bit overpriced so I opted to not buy.

Can't wait for tomorrow!

 

[Outlawmws]

Frank, if you can get DP's cheaply, you can flip them pretty well, I made about 180 on two of them recently and that was practically giving one of them to a friend (his words) I'f I had sold it open market I might have made as much as another $100...

 

[chopper1]

Great haul chopper1

Look at all those ratchets..............What are the round head flex ratchets ? Husky/New Britain ?

One is a Blackhawk and the other is a Champion [USA]

 

[Outlawmws]

A reasonable day; nothing red letter but worthwhile.

Just to get it out of the way, since I took no pics, A gallon of Paint thinner (not the low odor type, I passed on a second gallon of that.), and 5 out of a 6 pack of Coleman propane fuel, all for 5.


First stop was an estate sale, and I got a few things: Complete set of Indestro hex drive sockets in their original case, Nice set of Wiss inlaid scissors, (these are made similar to the Snips I’ve discussed in the past) Small pair of Boker arc joints, A tiny wood handled screwdriver, a “Pony” spring clamp and the BP hammer is marked “Hand Made” or I would have passed on it (trying to get a bit more selective). Anyone know who marked hammers “Hand Made?”.

The next stop was the biggest score, an ordinary GS, but the guy was selling some of his grandmother’s stuff. I’m guessing his grandmother was an unusual woman, as she had more tools that most guys, (outside of the usual GJ crew, but possibly some of them also…)

SK round head, Crecent DOE, Tiny Proto combo, Chalanger combo, Proto Socket & #2 Philips in ¼ drive, 2 Enders double ended screwdrivers, an older V series Craftsman ¼ drive rat, a bundle of “dental” mirrors, and most of a set of a “Action” ¼ drive set, including it’s open gear rat, and with one orphan socket, and a Williams S51 super ratchet. The rat is identical in every practical way to a thorsen 3/8” drive open grat ratchet, so I’m going to say these were made on contract by Thorsen. For somebody. Maybe a car parts chain?

Wren Air brush and a second hose that was bundled with it. I could not find a paint cup for it though, and I asked; (the guy didn’t even know what the air brush was…)

Two Stanley Power locks, general and Fowler 6” scales, a Blackhawk Socket, Utica and Crescent needle nose, and a pair of Erem Swiss, 45 deg nippers.

Utica Specialty grippers, a Multi wrench, angle screwdriver, chuck key, a (clay?) tool, and a soldering fork/pick. The bundle of antennas was from a later on yard sale.

The Collage Flea market was a bit slow, and seems to be getting a lot more pseudo antique dealers, (junk dealers) that are asking in store prices for old stuff. Not a good trend. I did get the Plvmb, needle nose and combination wrench from one of those for a decent if not rock bottom price; the plvmb needle nose are my very first pair of any sort of pliers from plvmb. I have some Proto’s but up toil now, not Plvmb… The wood handled screwdriver was all of 50c from another less “antique dealer” type of guy. That one is marked “Androck” and made in USA; anyone know that company? (If anyone ahs noticed I’m buying a lot more wood handle screwdrivers here and there. These wil go into the tool box with all my older tools)

A little more to come...

 

[chopper1]

Nice haul, Maddawg.
What the gold/brass thing that looks like a pocket knife?

 

[Outlawmws]

Near the end of the run, an unscheduled stop got these; A small wire cup, hook spanner, another Powerlock Tape, another chuck key, a thread file, and some “Award” needle nose made in Japan. All for a buck

Lastly somewhere along the line I got the rotary wall phone for free

If nothing else I may use the earpiece at least as parts for the lineman’s phone I got a week or so ago.

 

[chopper1]

Outlaw looks like you're running in the same circles as MickeyO and Fomoco. Another great weekend for you.
What's the other 1/4 rat in the Action box?

 

[Provincial]

Outlaw, the Utica specialty grippers are for Cannon plugs. The soft jaws grip the nut on the plug without damaging the soft die cast part. Notice the jaws are radiused for the round nut.

 

[CecilTheTurtle]

My haul from today. Got the vise for $50 and the rest for under $20. Not too shabby.

Parker 273 5" swivel jaw with swivel base

One of the dollys is a Pexto, and the linesman pliers are Barcalo. Got the 1/2 full polish Craftsman ratchet for $3.

 

[Outlawmws]

Outlaw looks like you're running in the same circles as MickeyO and Fomoco. Another great weekend for you.
What's the other 1/4 rat in the Action box?

That is the Williams S51 super ratchet.

 

[t4runner]

Stopped by a garage sale and picked up a few thing. I probably could have gotten a better deal but I was talking with the woman who was having the sale. She was an older lady and very nice so I asked what she wanted and I just said ok. Bottom line I paid $25

 

[Outlawmws]

Outlaw, the Utica specialty grippers are for Cannon plugs. The soft jaws grip the nut on the plug without damaging the soft die cast part. Notice the jaws are radiused for the round nut.

Must be pretty dang big Cannon plugs!

 

[Outlawmws]

Cecil, that is the second Parker (Different model, but still a swivel jaw) in the last couple of months or so with that U bolt on the jaw. Is there any fracturing on yours requiring it to be there? We asked that on the other but never got a response that I can recall...

 

[chopper1]

That is the Williams S51 super ratchet.

Maybe I should adjust my glasses when I read

Action was Thorsen's economy line.

 

[maddawg308]

Nice haul, Maddawg.
What the gold/brass thing that looks like a pocket knife?

It's an antique Stanley line level. Steel housing but the front face is brass. Still works too!

 

[jeffmoss26]

Very nice stuff. Outlaw, those Enderes pocket screwdrivers are super nice, I have several myself. I like the phone! I got one for free last year (off the wall of a garage sale house!) but it's black.