Some new "old " planes

[chook]

Bought these (courtesy of my wife's quick eye) at the markets today.
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There are 11 complete planes, 4 incomplete, a wood brace, 2 augers and the old wooden box they came in. I have no idea what I am going to do with them but I could not pass them by.

And last weekend I got a Stanley no 4. I was not in very good condition really. But after a bit of a fiddle, the sole is dead flat and the blade polished. I can get transparent shavings of all sorts of timber with it and it leaves the surface glassy. $20! I have a Veritas BU smoother and it is special. But really there is not $250 between them.

[Berlin]

Nice haul. They are very easy to bring back to life in general. If they're missing irons not so much, but 11 out of 15 aint bad for box of old woodies. There are some useful looking things there that you could have up and running pretty quickly.

Sweet little box too :).

Cheers

[Doggie]

Bought these. There are 11 complete planes, 4 incomplete. I have no idea what I am going to do with them but I could not pass them by.

When you decide what to do with them let me know. I don't collect them and I don't use them. Over the years I've accumulated heaps of them (every type) as by-blows in tool lots (chasing Titans). I tried selling a few of them (fixed up) at the last HTPPA sale and sold one. I thought of making a wall of them in a workshop as a kind of art/display thing as I've seen in the UK and US but I've got no wall space left. I had an idea of making up a typical pattern makers tool box with them and add in all the other tools that you would find as a job lot and see if that would move them. Anyway it seems I'm not alone in the wooden plane disposal stakes. Hard to pass them up at give-away prices though!

[scrounger]

love the old box :) it'd look great all polished up.

[Ozziespur]

I'm in Brissy chook. Which markets do you frequent ? I've been to New Farm markets & Boggo Rd markets but haven't come accross any tools of any kind let alone hand planes ?

Cheers, Scott

[chook]

Beenleigh markets. Some days the place is crawling with good old tools.