Don't buy anything electric that you don't plug in first. Offer half what they ask and go from there. If you don't really need or want it, offer less. ;-)

I went to a garage sale last weekend (I've gone to millions and do so regularly), and lo and behold, I found two Marksman Laserhawk slingshots. First time I've ever seen that. So keep a sharp eye out and have fun!

 

Don't buy anything electric that you don't plug in first. Offer half what they ask and go from there. If you don't really need or want it, offer less. ;-)

I went to a garage sale last weekend (I've gone to millions and do so regularly), and lo and behold, I found two Marksman Laserhawk slingshots. First time I've ever seen that. So keep a sharp eye out and have fun!

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Unfortunatly there is no such thing (anymore) here in Germany. Even the fleamarkets are usually occupied by professionals both for buying and selling stuff. I once tried to buy a big vice from a guy with really old tools. He wanted 70€. I showed him the original new price in the hardware-online-store. The same model was still available for 80€. There was no way to get it any cheaper than those 70€. I did not buy it.
I miss the days where a fleamarket still was a fleamarket.

 

Unfortunatly there is no such thing (anymore) here in Germany. Even the fleamarkets are usually occupied by professionals both for buying and selling stuff. I once tried to buy a big vice from a guy with really old tools. He wanted 70€. I showed him the original new price in the hardware-online-store. The same model was still available for 80€. There was no way to get it any cheaper than those 70€. I did not buy it.
I miss the days where a fleamarket still was a fleamarket.

Fleamarket... That's the word! Is yard sale any different or just the american name for it? About fleamarkets: There are none where I live either. This is the first time I am going to one that is not run by professionals. I am hoping to find some good stuff.

 

A house/ garage/ estate sale is at someone's house. Sometimes they are run by pros but usually the homeowner. A flea market is where people pay money to get a booth and sell their stuff- not usually in a house

 

A house/ garage/ estate sale is at someone's house. Sometimes they are run by pros but usually the homeowner. A flea market is where people pay money to get a booth and sell their stuff- not usually in a house

This one is run by a homeowner. An old man and wife in their 80's. Don't know who they are, but they sell some good stuff.

 

I have learnt my lesson, but it HURTS!

I went to this yard sale eary in the morning and found that they had a bunch of good stuff to buy. In the power tool section I found a circular saw, namely a Bosch PKS 54. It was in really good condition and I was just about to buy it. The homeowner was talking with some other guy who was about to buy a pressure washer. I had been at the yard sale for 20 minutes and was just going to ask the homeowner how much he wanted for it. Unfortunalely, the guy talking to him looked above his shoulder and saw this exact circular saw and asked for the price, JUST before I got the chance. He then got it for 10 Euros and I wanted to die. I mean, the saw model is old but still costs 130 Euros as new. Even the blade is worth more than 10 Euros!

Lesson learned: Be quick(!) and pick up the things you are about to buy. I just lost the deal of the day because I didn't think of picking it up. 10 Euros for this circular saw is a steal!

 

Despite missing the deal of the day, I didn't come home empty handed. Guess made a few deals too. The yard sale had many car reparation tools, and many hand tools. I went ahead and bought these things for a price of 16 Euros.
What I got here is:

-A hecka big clamp
-A 16mm Chisel
-A Surform (I was just about to buy a new one, so now I saved some money)
-A thread tap which you can make threads on cylinders with
-A Farrier's rasp (or just a very big metal file)
- A square metal file for fine work.

 

That saw would have been a realy bargain. Too bad you did not get it.
I am looking for a circular saw as well... cutting straight with a scrollsaw or a hacksaw is not very effective

 

That saw would have been a realy bargain. Too bad you did not get it.
I am looking for a circular saw as well... cutting straight with a scrollsaw or a hacksaw is not very effective

I have the same issue. Can't cut straight with a jigsaw even with a fence. It just doesn't work. With a scrollsaw you're out of the game before even entering. You can barely cut a straight line longer than 20 centimeters. A hacksaw is even worse. These tools all have in common that they are totally useless for making straight, square cuts.

The saw really would have been a bargain, and what bothers me the most is that I didn't pick it up even though I was going to buy it. Also I was expecting the homeowner to say something like 40-50 Euros, not 10. The sad thing is that yard sales are very, very uncommon where I live. It is easier to find auctions, but there everyone is raising the prices and everyone knows that power tools are expensive. You will probably not get a bargain like this in a place like that (I think).

 

I have the same issue. Can't cut straight with a jigsaw even with a fence. It just doesn't work. With a scrollsaw you're out of the game before even entering. You can barely cut a straight line longer than 20 centimeters. A hacksaw is even worse. These tools all have in common that they are totally useless for making straight, square cuts.

The saw really would have been a bargain, and what bothers me the most is that I didn't pick it up even though I was going to buy it. Also I was expecting the homeowner to say something like 40-50 Euros, not 10. The sad thing is that yard sales are very, very uncommon where I live. It is easier to find auctions, but there everyone is raising the prices and everyone knows that power tools are expensive. You will probably not get a bargain like this in a place like that (I think).

Cutting straight with a jigsaw is a matter of practice, you will develop this skill eventually. Sad that you lost the deal on that circular saw though...

 

One of the rules to such things is, If you even Think that you MIGHT want it, Pick it up and carry it around until you find the price or decide not to by it. Other wise if it is on the table it is up for grabs

 

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I too never saw the reason why somebody would consider using a jigsaw for straight cuts, that is what rotary saws are made for!

The reason would be because you already have a jigsaw and you don't have the time or money go out and get a rotary saw. Especially when you're only making a few straight cuts every once in a while.

Seriously, what is with your extremely douchy attitude?

 

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For me a jigsaw is a bad compromise between a rotary saw and a scroll saw as it nether performs too well on straight cuts like a rotary saw nor does it perform too well on curved cuts like a scroll saw

In my opinion, jig saw isn't the perfect tool for either use, but realistically, they are often far less expensive than a scoll saw or a rotary saw. In my minimal experience using a jig saw, I was able to get it working DECENTLY for my task. As expected, no outstanding results or perfection, but it worked. I've see people with more experience using them to easily able to make straight cuts. Any problem is operator error. (a frequent problem in my garage)

 

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Complettly agree. The worst thing is cutting smal wooden pieces with a jigsaw especially if they are curves envolved.</br > I think if the money is tight the combination of circular saw & handheld scroll saw would be a very good compromise.

In my case my father already owns a great scroll saw and a not so great circular saw. The circular saw does not have a soft start and makes such unprecise cuts that it wouldn't make sense buying new, high quality blades. I use the jigsaw for most of my curved work, expect for cutting out small wooden pieces which I do with my coping saw. The jigsaw does not allow me to cut perfectly straight, which is needed for most woodworking projects. Having a great circular saw would allow me to make a lot more projects, whoch I can then share on my youtube channel. Even slingshots get repetitive after a while!

 

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