Thread: Ebay Droppings Thread.

Looks like a thicknesser for thin strips such as instrument makers use, Paul. Somewhere, I've seen a similar thing, but of all-wood construction (except for the blade), and if I remember correctly, the blade was set to scrape, not slice. It was in an old FWW, I think..

Cheers,

Originally Posted by IanW

Looks like a thicknesser for thin strips such as instrument makers use, Paul. Somewhere, I've seen a similar thing, but of all-wood construction (except for the blade), and if I remember correctly, the blade was set to scrape, not slice. It was in an old FWW, I think..

Cheers,

Ian

So in reality it is a spokeshave in a fixed position and the strips are fed/pushed manually. Thanks. I don't think I need one at the moment .

Regards
Paul

I had a closer look at the pictures in the light of Ian's comments. Now I see that the bed, which is on the top, is metal and that I suppose is the reason for the bolts underneath. The larger images show the gap under the blade.

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by pmcgee

Here's the vintage saw from backsaw.net ... and the ebay one ... and some uglies I have here ...

Mike Stemple ...

Originally Posted by pmcgee

Mike Stemple ...

Verry nice & by the way nice carving in the back ground

I know I have it pretty bad ... but this bloke beats me hands down!

You would need to love a hammer or two ...
Hammer AND Mallet Collection in Illawarra, NSW | eBay

Peter

Bet you he could bang on about them for hours.

Craig.

Originally Posted by lightwood

I know I have it pretty bad ... but this bloke beats me hands down!

You would need to love a hammer or two ...
Hammer AND Mallet Collection in Illawarra, NSW | eBay

Peter

Wow! That is some collection.
And $60K for 4,500 items - a little over $13 each. Bargain.
Now, where to put it ....
What do think SWMBO will say?

What could you do with all those hammers?


"If I had a hammer,
I'd hammer in the morning,
I'd hammer in the evening,
All over this land,
I'd hammer out danger,
I'd hammer out a warning,
I'd hammer out love between,
My brothers and my sisters,
All over this land."

Actually I'm not interested because he doesn't offer free postage .

Regards
Paul

O. My. God. ... THAT'S CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!

I mean, they're not even handsaws or chisels or anything ...

My wife got this funny tight-lipped, hard-eyed stare when I showed it to her.
She obviously thinks he's cuckoo too.


Paul

Thanks Peter. When are you picking them up?

Originally Posted by pmcgee

O. My. God. ... THAT'S CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!

I mean, they're not even handsaws or chisels or anything ...

My wife got this funny tight-lipped, hard-eyed stare when I showed it to her.
She obviously thinks he's cuckoo too.


Paul

Thanks Peter. When are you picking them up?

Paul,
I know that "funny tight-lipped, hard-eyed stare" very well
The reality is that we moved 12 months ago, and I packed it ALL and moved it in boxes...under her watchful eye.
Over the last 12 months I've been taking a substantial amount to the HTPAA tool sales, especially the Stanley stuff, and letting it go.
Not as much space for display here, and the new, (maybe temporary) rule I've imposed on myself is...if I can't display it, it has to go.
I'm about 1 year into a 12 year project there..

How about I do a quick hammer & mallet count. Maybe you could do the same
There are 36 in the jewellery workshop...now out to the shed... back in 1/2 an hour...

Peter,
Oh, just remembered, these by Henry Cheney are nice, only one has been used.

Just saw this ad on Gumtree - I've been looking on and off for a while now but this is the first I've seen for sale in South Africa. It's not going dirt cheap, but I'm tempted to make an offer. Shipping may be an issue as it's on the other side of the country. Antique Furniture - Collectibles - Memorabilia - Gumtree Western Cape Free Classifieds

[QUOTE=pmcgee;1704129]O. My. God. ..

I mean, they're not even handsaws or chisels or anything ...


You have to give him one thing at least. Focus. He's spent years and probably not an insubstantial amount of money on one thing. Hammers and the time and space to house them. We could all take something away from that. Just considering the time involved makes my head swim, my eyes water and bowels strain - well, maybe pull back a bit on the bowel straining bit, especially now I'm older.

Anyway, 4500 hammers at one a day would take over twelve years to accumulate. At one hammer a week it would take eighty six years. A large portion of his life has been defined by it. And then there's the hanging of them---- But, imagine the pleasure. Ahhhh, the pure high of walking among them. Stroking them, smelling them, watching them and taking it all in. Staying up late and playing with them. They are your's. What exquisite joy. The blisss, the bliss. Better than sex. Maybe better than sex? Maybe better than my sex. Ahhh memories.... I digress.

I can only wonder at his love and devotion because that's what it is. I guess all of us have a little (or more) of this in ourselves. Isn't there a tiny pocket of this in each of us. A little niche where we hide a yearning to do something just for number one, no matter how different it seems to outsiders . Our thing. What we do irrespective of the opinions of other. And, a parallel universe that only we have the keys to. Heaven on earth, Nirvana and Footscray winning a premiership all rolled into a collection that must have become a way of life.

How awful it must be to have to stop. To give it up. To reluctantly walk away. To see it on ebay. This pain of course is reflected in the asking price. The reasons for selling the collection after all this time must be too devastating to contemplate. How horribly sad. The tears must have been hidden in solitude. In among the hammers, the hanging hammers.

We all will come to this.

Now 4500 Titans. That's a collection.

I finally drummed up the courage and show the hammers to SWMBO.
She told I need to stop looking at that crap as it might make me think I'm normal.