Ebay Droppings Thread.

[Bushmiller]

Paul

Well spotted .

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$50 the lot except that you're right, he would want $5000 .

Regards
Paul

[hiroller]

It has been a while since any posts here, so I thought it was time for a nice painting to brighten the day.
Vintage H M Finch 26" Skew Back Crosscut Saw 10" Draw Knife Planer Mfg Unknown | eBay

[hiroller]

Anyone for a mushroom?
Old Used Tools T H Witherby 3 4" x 7 1 2" Socket Chisel Splayed Top Winsted Edge | eBay

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[brontehls]

Anyone for a mushroom?
Old Used Tools T H Witherby 3 4" x 7 1 2" Socket Chisel Splayed Top Winsted Edge | eBay

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I am always surprised how many americans love to blacksmith and metalwork their woodworking tools. I can rough blacksmith and use a lathe and mill and weld (very roughly) I have two semi retired engineers with their own light engineering works within 2ks of home and blacksmith who will have go at a challenge but to me it takes too much time and money away from what I want to do, good Witherbys don't cost a lot in the US as long as you stay away from the bay and are willing to clean up a bit and sharpen properly.

I am curious to see if this gets any activity

Neil

[IanW]

As you suggest, Neil, Witherbys probably aren't rare enough to warrant the serious attention this poor old thing would require to give it back a normal life. I think it's destined to remain as a cold chisel, or be put on display as an example of what heavy-handed, uncaring people do to good tools! I've managed to resurrect several squished sockets by careful grinding & re-polishing the outside & cleaning up the inside with files & scrapers, but they only had a mm or two of damage - this one is well beyond my limited capabilities!

You do come across a lot of damaged sockets. I simply can't fathom why people are too useless or too lazy to replace a broken or lost handle. Replacing a socketed handle has got to be one of life's easier jobs - you could whittle a serviceable handle with a pocket knife or another chisel in about 5 minutes. It takes all kinds, as they say.....

Cheers,

[Colin62]

A Stahlwille spanner letter opener, a perfect gift for the person who has everything...

[Doggie]

A Stahlwille spanner letter opener, .

You would have to be a nut to open a letter with that. Gave me quite a wrench when I saw it and I had a little turn but I guess one has to be open ended about it.

[Colin62]

I nearly bolted when I saw it - it's just that particular combination...

[Clinton1]

1 vintage file $6.99

[Bushmiller]

There are some things that just don't cut the mustard in their used state: Batteries, uranium, toilet paper are some of the things that spring to mind, but files are very definitely in this category.

Regards
Paul

[TobyC]

Looks like it's been in the ground for a while, should have left it there.

[pyarra]

Clearly "excellent working order" means something different on eBay:

Made IN England NO 400 Tilting Handle Wood Cabinet Makers Plane Signed M A P | eBay

I mean, I can look past the rust... nasty plastic(?) handles... "tilting" handles (I assume this means they're loose?)... missing depth adjuster screw... but um, where's the blade, cap iron and lever cap? I'm not quite sure in what sense this can be classified as any type of working condition. Anyone care to enlighten me?

[Simplicity]

Obviously a blade and cap iron on this model were optional extras lol

[pmcgee]

Bit of a bargain ...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/showy-1700s-...item233dfc782c

or go a bit further up-market ...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Francois-Lin...item2330e96464

[pmcgee]

Different forms of moulding planes ....

http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw...=mold&_sacat=0