ah I love garage sales sometimes

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picked up at a garage sale this am 1/2 and 3/4 GB aluminum benders new in box from like the 1970s or something for $5ea and 1 full spool of #14, a full spool of #12 and a partial spool of #14 for $17 for all 3.
 
wireguru said:
picked up at a garage sale this am 1/2 and 3/4 GB aluminum benders new in box from like the 1970s or something for $5ea and 1 full spool of #14, a full spool of #12 and a partial spool of #14 for $17 for all 3.
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Was the wire from the 70's also? :grin: :grin: :grin:
 
If you happen to have a boat, a GB bender would make a swell boat anchor. They're 45 degrees with the handle straight up, which drives me nuts.

Old rolls of romex come in handy when some of your new work must appear "old" for one reason or another. (shh)
 
mdshunk said:
If you happen to have a boat, a GB bender would make a swell boat anchor. They're 45 degrees with the handle straight up, which drives me nuts.

Old rolls of romex come in handy when some of your new work must appear "old" for one reason or another. (shh)
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And I thought I was the only one .......
 
Couple of years ago on my way home from work I saw a garage sale and stopped in. Just happened to be a retired electrician that was moving. Picked up a 1" and a 1 1/4" bender both with handles for 3 bucks each. What a great deal.:)
 
powerslave said:
Couple of years ago on my way home from work I saw a garage sale and stopped in. Just happened to be a retired electrician that was moving. Picked up a 1" and a 1 1/4" bender both with handles for 3 bucks each. What a great deal.:)
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I cant bend 1 1/4, so I guess it would make a pretty cool paper weight for me... :grin:
 
I got a smokin deal on some threading equipment today at a flea market, a Ridged 300 powerhead, an adjustable die head that goes up to 2", and a power reamer that sits on a tri-pod (it has a cone shaped reamer and a progressive series of wire brushes that spin for different sized conduits) and a couple of other accessories that go with it for $125.00
 
ultramegabob said:
I got a smokin deal on some threading equipment today at a flea market, a Ridged 300 powerhead, an adjustable die head that goes up to 2", and a power reamer that sits on a tri-pod (it has a cone shaped reamer and a progressive series of wire brushes that spin for different sized conduits) and a couple of other accessories that go with it for $125.00
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That is a great deal. Nice score.:smile:
 
ultramegabob said:
I got a smokin deal on some threading equipment today at a flea market, a Ridged 300 powerhead, an adjustable die head that goes up to 2", and a power reamer that sits on a tri-pod (it has a cone shaped reamer and a progressive series of wire brushes that spin for different sized conduits) and a couple of other accessories that go with it for $125.00
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You got this

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and that other stuff all for $125?

Thats a $2000 threading machine.
 
stickboy1375 said:
Thats a shame, how come the resale is so bad?
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A couple reasons, I think. Heavy stuff doesn't sell for much on eBay, due to shipping charges, so you're auctioning mostly to people willing to drive to pick it up. The pool of potential people who need such a gadget is also small. If I had it to do over, I might have held onto them and just asked around at the supply house to see if anyone wanted to buy one or both. I wrestled with this idea in the first place, but I didn't really want to enrich someone in my local market with cheap trade tools they otherwise might not be able to afford new. The way it turned out anyhow, one went to a large plumbing contractor pretty far to my north, and one went to a two-man sprinkler fitter in my area.
 
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the power brush thing is a Ridged 124, I have never seen one before, but it comes with the lot. actually, I have been keeping my eyes open for a pony threader, but I figgured I better not pass this deal up.
 
mdshunk said:
If you happen to have a boat, a GB bender would make a swell boat anchor. They're 45 degrees with the handle straight up, which drives me nuts.

Old rolls of romex come in handy when some of your new work must appear "old" for one reason or another. (shh)
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yeah, i hate GB benders too, but for $5...... they will probably sit on the shelf and never get opened....

The wire was THHN, not romex. have zero use for the 14 and the 12 was really old on a metal spool. its going in the next trip to the scrap yard. ill get about 40 for it.
 
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