Thread: Ebay Droppings Thread.

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.

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.

I suppose it is at least unique. Fortunately.

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.

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.

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,

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,

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

Originally Posted by Fergiz01

.....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, 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,

Originally Posted by IanW

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??

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

Originally Posted by IanW

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??

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

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"."

Vintage logging saw.jpg

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.



Regards
Paul

It just needs repainting; someone has removed the pioneer "Wagons-Ho" landscape it surely must have had originally.....

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 Plans TEDS SCAMS
but it looks a bit complicated--maybe not to the experts.
Please send advice