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24th February 2013, 06:06 PM #1
From A Tool Sale
Some would have seen in the Announcement section of the forum that there was going to be a tool sale happening today. https://www.woodworkforums.com/f12/tr...l-sale-166121/
And if you have been following this thread you would have read that I was intending to be there before the start. Sometimes we find ourselves not been able to fulfil the initial idea.
I started with the first pickup at 08:00 and we headed to the next place for the next person to be picked up. Simple to get to but alas I was chatting way too much and ended up on the wrong side of the train tracks. The delay was about 20 minutes added to the journey and now to the forth person to be picked up.
As this was the first time that any of us had gone to the new location for the tool sale(Thornleigh) we decided to take a chance and look at heading out there via a non-conventional way. I know we all try this and we tend to become lost. Not that I am saying we were lost, I am saying that we were enlighten of a direction that we would not have been aware of. (Meaning we were lost.)
The traditional method of finding our location would be to look this up in the street map. As we had a smart phone and the Maps application was loaded we were only over an hour later then when I intended to be there. Now I must point out that in this group of people there were three that had an interest in tools. The forth person was a visitor from Brisbane and was only just going tagging along.
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This is what I ended up buying
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This is what Mario ended up buying
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This is what (Harry) ended up buying
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This is what Jeffery ended up buying
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24th February 2013, 06:17 PM #2
Thats it???? Thats all the tools on sale.
Nice brace, nice egg beater and yes it does beat eggs I used an old mixer blade.
Ok Pac-man over to you.
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24th February 2013, 06:20 PM #3
There were great bargains where you could pick up a tool for $1.00. Some wrenches were sold for $5.00.
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24th February 2013, 06:28 PM #4
Side Note
From the high winds and rain that we got yesterday we found driving through some suburbs(most) that had fallen branches and trees. After dropping off two of the friends Mario and I were heading towards his house and I suggested that we take a look at some logs that had fallen down.
From a distance these did not seem too big, but I was wrong.
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About 2 meters long.
My guess is that these would have been cut down about week ago.
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24th February 2013, 08:37 PM #5
Looks like a small haul???
Were there lots of people there selling?
And what about buying?
The weekend weather wouldn't have helped the turn out??
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24th February 2013, 08:39 PM #6
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25th February 2013, 05:59 PM #7
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25th February 2013, 06:15 PM #8
We don't want to hear that kind of negative jibber-jabber around here!
Two people! Luxury!!
Leverage and divorce can get you anywhere!
A piece of rope and a couple of skateboards would have got that tiny little piece home.
Then you could have the have the joy of fighting over who gets how much of it.
Cheers,
Paul
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25th February 2013, 07:07 PM #9
A tad tardy from the tool sale:
Almost a full 1/2 set of "hollers and rounds" by the same maker Gleave of Manchester. 2,4,6,8,10 and 18 pairs The 14 and 16 hollers went to a fiery grave in the previous owners cabinet making shop.
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And the art of toolhando provided a very sad looking 7 /16 berg which should cleanup nicely.
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And yes i did think to get NCArcher something but couldn't see anything that he didn't already have.
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26th February 2013, 08:59 AM #10
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26th February 2013, 09:04 AM #11
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26th February 2013, 09:14 AM #12Senior Member
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Ficus? Looks a bit like erythrina (coral tree) to me. Sh.t timber if it is. Quite literally it smells like excrement when cut. Had a load delivered as mulch once. I was looking for the dogsh.. but then realised the smell came from the mulch. If it is ficus then it might be usable but i think it would still be quite heavy when still full of water.
Not the most impressive of hauls Christos but it's better than mine. A new 8000 shapton stone and a new ibc no4 iron. The only 2nd hand item was a rosewood tote for a 4 1/2 and up. I still had cash burning a hole in my pocket at the end of the day. This shouldn't be seen as a criticism of what was on offer however. All the traders, both professional and amateur had fine arrays of stuff. It was only self discipline and the thought of the 60 or so saws back home that stopped me from picking up two nice open handled saws that walked past and looked at a couple of times.
Yes, it was a good day and it was great to catch up with old friends again, including you Christos.
Well done TTTG. Hope there is another next year.
Cheers,
Virgil.
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26th February 2013, 01:47 PM #13
I really enjoyed the Trad group sale it was well run and attended and lots of good gear . i only went as it was convenient on the sunday run to visit my elderly mother and put $50 in my pocket just in case . missed out on a few handy little items and was getting ready to leave , one gent had some nice planes for very reasonable prices, didnt really need any more myself however thought of a mate who is interested in starting woodworking , i had steered him away from a bunnies plane. By 11am the gents table was now nearly depleted , with a lone stanley no4 sitting there for the princely sum of $35,looked original condition so it came home with me. Anyway on closer look , stripping down, searching stanley plane dating site, it is a type13 ,1925/28 made in USA,all original parts, no rust, Flatten back of blade,hone through to diamond paste, it takes a wispy shaving and is a pleasure to use. I would love to know where its been for the last 90 odd years and whose hands its passed through. part of the mystery i guess. I dont think it would suit my mate. I could have include more photos but as they show faces mightnt be appropriate . Cheers Rosscoiphone 7 002.jpgiphone 7 006.jpgiphone 7 007.jpg
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26th February 2013, 02:31 PM #14Senior Member
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I know some of those faces and in the interests of public safety and good taste I wouldn't show them either...
That looked like Fred's stand. He's quite a collector and doesn't collect rubbish. I would expect any plane you buy from him would be a good one.
Cheers,
Virg.
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26th February 2013, 02:57 PM #15
Gday Virg, in the interests of accuracy my beaut little 4 was purchased from the gent in the hat opposite the TTG desk near the door .He ventured the opinion that wood working is the fastest growing hobby in the world, wow, might , have to get a high speed connection just to get on the site soon.It was great to see so many younger people, fathers and sons,woodworking women,amongst us greyies. The L.N.bloke seemed to be having a good sales day also. look forward to the next one, still might be able to find a plane for my mate, Cheers rossco
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