Thread: Wanted, someone to evaluate my fathers extensive timber and tools collection

Look at that organisation! The labels!

Eugene, it seems like you already have a few locals on board. I'm in Katoomba

Originally Posted by NCArcher

I've sent you an email Eugene

Tony, if you want some help with whatever you are doing, let me know. Perhaps converting the list to a spreadsheet or whatever. It looks like a pretty big job, and as others have observed, the timber is the trickiest part.

Just thinking out loud....this is THE most marginal electorate in the country bar none (Macquarie, on 0.2% margin or 371 votes). With an election on, I wonder if there is any pork being thrown to the local Men's Shed – there may be some tools there that they might be interested in.

Cheers
FF

Geez, there are nice toys there. The Leady Bowl lathe looks new.

The Lie Neilsen planes are cools.

Eugene, if you're happy to take forever (and you have the time to put in to it) to sell that very extensive collection of tools and timber you're going in the right direction. On the other hand if you want it done and dusted in a reasonable time seek out a local auction house. Dealing individually with a thousand different potential buyers to weed out the hundred successful purchasers is a job for professionals. Yes, you'll pay for it, BUT!!

I do not know of any local auctioneers, have no interest in any of the items, and do not generally have much regard for real estate agents, BUT!!

Out of interest I'm wondering if anyone knows what the mitre tool in photo 11 is?

Which one?
Theres a schute board and plane the US maker I can’t recall.

Plus a mitre guillotine of which there’s not enough showing to tell if it’s a Yankee Original or an Asian knock off.

H.

The red and green tool in picture number 11, some kind of shuting plane and board?

Certainly well organized, stored with some quality tools and machines in good order.

It will be well worth the effort to realize some realistic sale prices. Seeing that level of organization I would look to see if your Dad kept a spreadsheet on a PC or catalogue in a book / ledger.

I only wish the estates I assisted with were 1/4 as organized as this.

Originally Posted by barramonday

The red and green tool in picture number 11, some kind of shuting plane and board?

It’s a Rogers mitre shooting board and plane. Or a Langdon mitre shooting board and plane. Or a Miller’s Falls mitre shooting board and plane….. I’ve seen them called Miller’s Falls mostly.

HERE is a useful nugget I found this evening about their history.

Cthief beat me to it.
It’s a Rogers Patent Mitre Plane.
US Patent: 264,766 - Rogers Patent Miter Planer
Rogers
I have one too. Really clever piece of kit. Leave a Stanley 51/52 for dead as they can do both left and right.
Also handle curved items. I’m guessing they were aimed at pattern makers.
There were 3 sizes. They are pretty rare and I have seen them go for over $1000.

Thanks guys, learned something here.
Looks like a really useful tool, but one that would command a very high price.

Thanks again to everyone for the suggestions, learning alot already about the collection and it seems like my father looked after his equipment by the sounds of the reactions from others, which does not surprise me as he was a very methodical man. as for the selling part of it i dont mind taking it slow with some of the machinery to sell it as it will take alot of time to organise someone to come pick it up , and also to deal with my mothers very steep driveway, so it will be abit of a effort to move it all, the hardest thing i think is the timber as it is alot of timber and im unsure how to move it all on, ideally i would like to sell it in large lots, but i dont think it will be very effective, so maybe an auction might be a good idea (thanks for the suggestion) still unsure how to proceed so i think it best to just organise every that will be for sale, keep anything we want to give to family and go from there.

Kind regards and thanks again to everyone

Eugene

I'd gladly come and take that bandsaw


I guess you really have to ask your self how much hassle you want, selling it all individually on something like facebook/gumtree/here etc will probably net you the best price over all, but will come with the most headaches, and there will be a lot of them.

The biggest issue I see is all the timber. as mentioned above you could look at an auction house selling it all for you including the tools, could also call some timber yards and see if they'd be interested in giving you a price on the lot.

The easiest option is just list it as free fire wood, must take trailer load as a minimum (I will duck for cover from most of the members on here for even suggesting that), but it really would get rid of alot of quick with the least amount of effot.

once the woods gone and alot of the "misc" items like fans, tins of paint/stain it's probably a bit easier to sell off some of the tools and get some good photos etc.



also make sure you keep one or two bits of a tooling or something and a good decent photo of the area as a bit of a keepsake of your dads shed as it looks like he enjoyed the place.

G'Day Eugene,
You had a well organised and setup dad.
You definitely have your work cut out to do his collection justice for your mum.
I'm in Faulco if the other's who offered need assistance helping you sort things.
Cheers Peter