Most Saturday my wife drags me around to yard sale and every once in a blue moon I find a deal.

I am a bit of a tool nut. It not to offen I see tools I don't already have. But today I found sitting under a table a Black and decker portable band saw. Its got to be 40 years old, all steel construction Still in its orginal steel box with all the original paper work and a extra blade. He was asking $60 I got him to $50. I already used it to cut 2 x2 x1/8 steel angle and I was amazed how well it worked. I found this on ebay. Mine is a lot nicer

BLACK DECKER PORTABLE METAL CUTTING PORTABAND BANDSAW on eBay!

 

nice find. My dad and where out once and happened across a yard sale. We said what the hell lets check it out. We found a makarvo 9mm pistol with two extra clips a cleaning kit and a whole ammo box of ammo for $90. The gun is super clean and shoots great

 

Wow want to trade for a portable bandsaw LOL. I never find gun deals. Heck here in PA there is no place that will advertise guns and all gun sales have to go thru a FFL dealer.

Gun shows are about the only option for used guns.

 

that's the only handgun I've ever seen at a yardsale.

 

That's a good deal on the porta band

 

very good deal indeed! i never find good deals it seems everyone else i know do though. a friend of my grandparents found a set of 1960 chrysler boomerang tail lights for $15!!!!!!! i cant find just one in rough shape or just the chrome and/or lens on ebay for less than $125!

 

Dug this old post up just because I finally made a garage sale find Sunday. Like most people I never find anything good, and have sworn off garage sales. But I was mowing my daughter's yard Sunday and the neighbor was having a sale, so I walked over. Of course it had been going for two days, so didn't expect anything to be left.
As I walked up to the first table I see a really nice industrial die grinder marked $25. They're $300-$400 new for large one with 1/4" collet, so I'm interested! The shaft stop is gone, and a shaft is broken off in the collet, so I'm less interested. Then the guy tells me to give him $10 and it's mine. I ask if I can plug it in and when I do it doesn't run! So he says to give him $3. I sniff it to see if it smells burnt up, but it looks and smells new. I take the $3 chance.
Took the grinder apart yesterday, and someone had attempted a fix already, and lost one armature brush! They also forced the motor and shaft housing apart, and buggered the square shaft coupler. I still thought it was worth fixing, so headed to the local industrial tool repair center today. No parts made anymore for this model!!!! Yikes! But the guy is sharp, and says he'll dig through the brush supply and see what he has that might work. He comes back with two brushes that are slightly longer, and don't have slots in the sides to retain the springs. I decide I can either band the tabs out, or file a slot, and another $12 is possibly wasted.
Got the parts home and the tabs easily bend out to fit the new brushes. Then I used a half round file to take about .090" off the length, and they fit great! Filed the buggered coupler up on the square shaft, and reassembled the die grinder. Plugged it in and prepared for the worst when I hit the switch, but she purred like a kitten! 30,000 rpm's spinning away and smooth as silk!
I've had a pile of 1/4" stones and rotary files for over 30 years that I've hauled around, so now I have a nice old die grinder to do some serious work with and at only $15! Finally a great garage sale find!

 

Gotta love yard sales.Looks like more in your future....