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22nd February 2020, 05:18 PM #2251
And on the subject of really useful eggbeater drills, there's this OLD SCHOOL HAND DRILL (not complete) also check my other auctions for tools etc | Trade Me
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It's been on the market for months. At least the price has dropped considerably over the period (from absolutely ridiculous to almost reasonable).
Cheers, Vann.Gatherer of rustyplanestools...
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27th April 2020, 01:28 PM #2252
Check out the scabbiest home-cast copy of a Stanley 75 ever made!
Vintage 4 Inch BRONZE Block Plane
Notwithstanding being fitted upside down; the blade is marginally narrower than the casting and so wouldn't work very well as a rebate plane. Pretty sure it'll be a worn out blade from another plane; the bronze doesn't have nearly enough wear on it to reflect the amount of use it would have taken to wear the blade down that far.
Still, a bargain at only $55 plus shipping.Nothing succeeds like a budgie without a beak.
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27th April 2020, 07:38 PM #2253GOLD MEMBER
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Hi CT. I recently saw a Record #10 (Carriage makers) plane that was reasonably priced on ebay and got all excited. Upon closer inspection I realised that the blade was "wrong", not extending to the edge of the opening but actually not even as wide as the cap iron. Hopefully this was spotted by the buyer too.
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27th April 2020, 07:41 PM #2254SENIOR MEMBER
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I suppose it is at least unique. Fortunately.
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27th April 2020, 08:20 PM #2255GOLD MEMBER
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Hi CT. I recently saw a Record #10 (Carriage makers) plane that was reasonably priced on ebay and got all excited. Upon closer inspection I realised that the blade was "wrong", not extending to the edge of the opening but actually not even as wide as the cap iron. Hopefully this was spotted by the buyer too.
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27th April 2020, 09:28 PM #2256
There is a Stanley 10-1/2 that’s been re-listed repeatedly since September last year; maybe something to do with the exorbitant asking price coupled with a blade that has been worn down to a stub. Actually; less than a stub as the primary bevel has reached the back of the shoulder.
There are a lot of junk planes on ebay at the moment; everything from “vintage” pressed steel Eagles & Trojans to anything made by Carter.Nothing succeeds like a budgie without a beak.
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27th April 2020, 09:38 PM #2257
If someone gave it to me I might have a crack at turning it into something that had a bit of a chance of actually making shavings, but I'm not sure how successful I'd be.
I'm always intrigued by something like this, though. Someone has gone to the trouble of making the castings, which implies they knew that they really wanted a small bullnose. But the finishing leaves much to be desired - did the original owner lose interest? give it away? dropped off 'is perch before it was done? I'd love to know the back story..
I suppose plenty of castings were knocked out in foundries as "foreigners" for mates and passed into hands that weren't quite up to doing them full justice. I suspect that might be the story behind a cast-iron smoother I picked up a few years ago. Whoever started to finish it had an idea of what it should look like, but the quality of the work was a bit sus, the outside was pretty rough & they hadn't bothered to clean out the inside at all: CICS 1.jpg
But it came up pretty well with a bit of TLC - the mouth was oversize, so it will never rival a Holtey, but it is capable of performing pretty well. shavings.jpg
So yu never know - someone might pick it up & make a silk purse out of that sow's ear...
(But it won't be me, I've done my bit. )
Cheers,IW
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6th May 2020, 07:27 PM #2258
Speaking of odball planes...
The bloke at the tool Exchange doesn't always seem to be on the ball with his descriptions. I'll bet London to a brick this interesting thing is made from an old Stanley #6 body.
This is another of those mysteries for which I'd love to know the back story. Surely no-one would pull the frog off a perfectly good #6 (pre-1920s low knob version, too), & spend hours fitting a new bed & lever cap, unless they just hated that new-fangled adjuster thingamy? So what happened to it that it needed the rear stuffing grafted in??
Cheers,IW
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8th May 2020, 10:40 PM #2259
Hi Ian, my guess is that the frog sustained a break back when it was owned by someone not too dissimilar to yourself with a penchant for infills and not letting an otherwise perfectly good plane go to waste. The asking price of $460 is still a lot I think. Zac
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9th May 2020, 08:58 AM #2260
Zac, I was thinking along similar lines. I couldn't imagine anyone scrapping the guts of a working 6 just because they wanted an "infill". If that were the case, you might expect they'd add a front bun, but they were content to leave the knob. Which, incidentally, is a low knob, so if it's original, it dates the plane to no later than 1920. If a relatively new plane had a nasty accident back in the depression times, the owner would certainly have been wracking their brains for a low-cost remedy!
As to the price, yeah, well, if I was in the market for a #6 I'd be looking for an intact model at a price a good deal lower than is being asked for the Frankenpleine. Maybe a collector of "folk art" will find it irresistible....
Cheers,IW
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10th May 2020, 03:48 PM #2261
this bloke did something similar to a Stanley #3 and refers to, in the past, modifying a #4 in a similar fashion A Galoot?s Infill Smoother
regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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10th May 2020, 03:49 PM #2262
this bloke did something similar to a Stanley #3 and refers to, in the past, modifying a #4 in a similar fashion A Galoot?s Infill Smoother
regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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14th May 2020, 03:35 PM #2263
Often with Ebay listings it is the description that raises your eyebrows.
I thought this one was interesting. The seller's description: "Vintage saw in good condition with unique handle. The blade measures 51"."
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Vintage Logger's Hand Saw | eBay
At 51" it is very likely a two man saw that was originally 60" and one end has been cut off. It retains the two man style of handle (at one end) and is not going to work well as a one man logging saw. The description of good condition is consequently a bit of a stretch and the price tag of US$175.00 steep as it will not appeal to a collector or a user.
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PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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14th May 2020, 07:29 PM #2264
It just needs repainting; someone has removed the pioneer "Wagons-Ho" landscape it surely must have had originally.....
Nothing succeeds like a budgie without a beak.
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15th May 2020, 12:45 AM #2265New Members
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As a newbie,retired,covid locked-in, I want to start "something" but I must first test myself to see if I am made for this.
I think that people who are good at art have that special "eye"---so please help me; do woodworkers also have to have a special "eye"to make some thong decent?
Grabbing in the dark where to start ,I looked at thisTeds PlansTEDS SCAMS
but it looks a bit complicated--maybe not to the experts.
Please send advice
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