Ebay Droppings Thread.

[NZStu]

The difference might be that the Bedrock seller will take cash or NZ bank deposit only while the Stanley 7 can be bought with a credit card payment.
Still, that is one very cheap Bedrock for someone
Cheers
SG

The credit card payment option is not particulary common and doesn't normally affect the bid price to any great degree - the bank deposit/cash payment option is very much the norm.

I would have at least expected one bid!

[Scribbly Gum]

The credit card payment option is not particulary common and doesn't normally affect the bid price to any great degree - the bank deposit/cash payment option is very much the norm.

I would have at least expected one bid!

Yes it is strange that it received no bids.
Australians are starting to take an interest in Trade Me but are limited in what they can usefully bid for because of the payment options. It may have been an Oz buyer who took the number 7 because of the ease of payment.
Odd that the Bedrock had no interest. Maybe we were all watching the football at the time.
Cheers
SG

[rhancock]

VINTAGE METAL WORKBENCH CARPENTRY PENCIL SHARPENER - eBay, Woodwork, Carpentry, Tools, Hardware, Locks, Collectables. (end time 14-Oct-10 18:24:40 AEDST)

Really? A pencil sharpener?

[Manuka Jock]

I saw a youtube video not so long ago , linked from here I think , where the bloke had a pencil sharpener something like that attached to his bench .
Go for it if you can .

[KevM]

Looks very much like a kitchen utensil, I'd suggest bean cutter perhaps!

[Eldanos of KDM]

VINTAGE METAL WORKBENCH CARPENTRY PENCIL SHARPENER - eBay, Woodwork, Carpentry, Tools, Hardware, Locks, Collectables. (end time 14-Oct-10 18:24:40 AEDST)

Really? A pencil sharpener?

Do you know what it is Rhancock?
I've got no idea.. Maybe it chamfers the end of dowels?

[rhancock]

No, I've got no idea. I thought maybe dowels too. I was hoping someone here would know.

[Twisted Tenon]

Is this for real. Because I have one I am willing to sell at that price

[elanjacobs]

The "Stanley Little Big Book" lists the USA made 90J for US450 for user, US650 for good condition and US900 for mint, so the ebay price is not so absurd.

For the UK made ones, divide those prices by 10.

[rsser]

VINTAGE METAL WORKBENCH CARPENTRY PENCIL SHARPENER - eBay, Woodwork, Carpentry, Tools, Hardware, Locks, Collectables. (end time 14-Oct-10 18:24:40 AEDST)

Really? A pencil sharpener?

Sorry to jump back, but I'm with Kev on this one.

My Mum had one like it and I got to use it when I was young to slice beans, when green beans were some distance from stringless!

[rhancock]

Good one, Ern. Bean slicer sounds much more likely! Here's a Spong.

[woodie one]

You're exactly right KevM - its a bean slicer!

Instructions for use:

To use this fantastic time-saving kitchen innovation, the modern lady of the house should attach it firmly to the edge of the kitchen table using the easy-to-adjust screw clamp, and then feed green string or runner beans through the angled hole that points upwards. While each bean is being fed into the slicer with one hand, today's time-pressed housewife should rotate the handle with the other hand, and the blade on the scientifically designed rotating disc will cut each bean cleanly into angled pieces 35 mm long.

The ultimate in kitchen wizardry - so very handy and a real time saver if the beans are a bit stringy, and so much more convenient and without the danger of using a knife on a chopping board.

Any modern housewife can now amaze hubby and guests with uniformly cut and presented green beans.

Wow

[Twisted Tenon]

The "Stanley Little Big Book" lists the USA made 90J for US450 for user, US650 for good condition and US900 for mint, so the ebay price is not so absurd.

For the UK made ones, divide those prices by 10.

Thanks for that. So this is the same plane?

[Twisted Tenon]

Thanks for that. So this is the same plane?

Just found the "Made in England" mark Thanks for the info

[rhancock]

All fixed up: VINTAGE METAL BEAN SLICER with clamp for bench 1940's - eBay, Small Appliances, Homeware, Kitchenware, Collectables. (end time 15-Oct-10 12:03:32 AEDST)