Thread: Garage sale find in its new home

So what's in the box? A complete set of Irwin drill bits, originally in the plastic sleeves they had been bought in, complete with tags and prices (US$). I had wanted to house each bit in its own little compartment, with access provided by cutting semicircles out of the dividers. All very well in theory, but in keeping with my typical 'evolutionary' design methods, I discoverd I couldn't get my fingers into the smaller drill bit compartments. So I made little rests to hold the ends of the bits up for easy access (bits on the right). I used the original tags to identify the size of each bit in its corresponding location, with the nice touch that the original price remained. I bought a bit sharpening file from Lee Valley, and made a little rest for that inside the lid. Dowels protruding from the front of the base help locate and secure the lid.

These bits work very well (I got the brace at another yard sale), and it's a pleasure to reach for this box to use them.

What a wonderful find.

The box looks pretty good also.

Zenwood,

That's great!

Lovely box and a nice find! Paint me green

Cheers!

Good find... guess you've got lot's of holes to drill?

I like it!

Congratulations on the find and the nice box.

Zen,........mate.................


I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!


I went to a garage sale not far from home that advertised 'tools' as well as the usual crap.
There was a box JUST LIKE the one you now have. I knew what should live inside. I shoulder charged a lady who must of been between 80 & 90 to get me sticky hands on it first!!! :eek:

I thought "here we go... one of those rare finds"............

THE BASTARD WAS EMPTY!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

Originally Posted by MajorPanic

Zen,........mate.................


I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!


I went to a garage sale not far from home that advertised 'tools' as well as the usual crap.
There was a box JUST LIKE the one you now have. I knew what should live inside. I shoulder charged a lady who must of been between 80 & 90 to get me sticky hands on it first!!! :eek:

I thought "here we go... one of those rare finds"............

THE BASTARD WAS EMPTY!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

Hey Major!

I reckon I know who's got the contents of your box!

Originally Posted by Driver

Hey Major!

I reckon I know who's got the contents of your box!

Driver, I thought you were a mate!!

Tell this bloke you know to send the contents back!!!!!

I was willing to offer good gold coloured coins for the box & the contents!

I thought the augers were an excellent find until I heard this. My father in law bought a Hegner water grinder at a garage sale for $40. If anyone can beat that just let me know . I think last time I heard they were around $500! The funny thing it also works! :eek:

Garage sales, can be wonderful, bought my $20k waterworth lens for $10.00 and a Dennison fusee for $50.
I must admit though that I was not aware that the lens was that valuable when I bought it and it took me 5 years to find out what it was.

What a great find, just wish garage sales here in the south coast of NSW had anything as interesting. We do however seem to get a lot of lathes being offered , sometimes from deceased estates. Message there somewhere???
Jacko

Saw a scroll saw in the paper once. That's about it. Have been to a few garage sales at Tura Beach (God's waiting room) but never anything exciting - at least not when I get there. I mean, people say 8am, no early birds. You pull up outside at 7:55 and the place is already swarming.

Best find I've had since I moved down here was a bloke selling a heap of engineering and metalworking gear. I bought a burnishing rod for my scrapers and an old wooden spirit level.

Nice set of bits there Zenwood. I've got a set in a canvas roll that belonged to my Grandfather and I've got his Stanley ratchet drive brace.

Originally Posted by MajorPanic

Zen,........mate.................
I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!

Sorry Major.

The sale where I found the bits was, if memory serves, the same one I found a Millers Falls mitre box (they still spelled it like that in those days), similar to this one:

(see http://www.public.coe.edu/~rroeder/main/biblio/biblioimg/1907langdon.jpg).

It has a series of patent dates on a tin plate, the latest of which is hard to read, but I think it's about 1905.

The mitre box, complete with saw, work very well. Can post pics if there's interest. I used it alot to cut a large number of lozenges for the kids to do mosaics. Now that I've got my TS, haven't been using it much.

The bits and the mitre box were picked up for not much, maybe $20, $40, something like that.