Hi Folks :)
I know a lot of us spend at least a portion of our weekends scrounging through garage sales, markets, antique traps etc looking for tools. So I thought a Monday night show and tell thread might be fun.
One catch.. you have to tell us what you paid, it's much more fun (or painful) knowing what that some b#st@rd just found a 101 1/2 at a garage sale for 50c.
I have a couple of things that I found this weekend that I thought might be worth sharing. Not amazing garage sale finds I'm afraid.. both of them are from the htpaa tool sale in Melbourne this Sunday gone.
First up is a Vaughan and Bushnell 4 1/2.. I found an advert in a catalog next to round top bedrocks for these planes a few years ago and always wanted one. I bought a couple from ebay in the states when the ausy dollar was good but they had been repainted and it was hard to convince myself that they were original or complete.. they looked like bitsa planes that a collector might put together from left overs.
So.. when I saw this one for $75 I jumped!.. no rust, full original blade.. apart from the nickel on the body (yep that's nickel on the cheeks) I cant fault it.
I have been lusting after one of these for ages.. and 4 1/2 is my fave size smoother:2tsup: but if I stick to my own rule then I have to get rid of a 4 1/2 from my kit to make room for it:(.. silly rule.
I have a little research to do on this one.. as far as I was aware V&B flat top planes were marked 704, 705 etc or 904, 905 etc on the lever cap and cap iron.. this one is marked simply 4 1/2 :shrug: the nickel plating on the body is new to me as well.
You can see the advert for these plane HERE half way down the page, interesting to note that on the same page the bedrock "new pattern" round tops are advertised.. did Stanley rip the flat top from V&B perhaps?
and Pics :)
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Next up is a candidate for ugliest plane of the year award, a home made No.10
I always find home made cast iron planes fascinating, especially ones like this, so much time and effort has gone into making the casting and machining it then it has been cobbled together with some of the ugliest wood I have ever seen and an almost useless cutting and cap iron that are not held together with anything except the pressure applied by the lever cap. truly ugly... but for some reason I handed the man a 50 and went home with it:doh: I think I might finish it sometime. it weighs nearly a kilo more than a Stanley No.10 and the casting although rough is thick and flat.
and Pics :)
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The tool show/sale thing was good fun.. it was my second time (I will fill out that form and join before the next sale I swear) and although everyone there knows their stuff prices are generally very fair and the mood is good. Both times I have leaned something new.. lots of chaps willing to share the knowledge.. and you can't beat that:2tsup:
So.. lets see it.. there should be at least a few Vic members who got lucky at the sale who are busting to have a little gloat. Anyone get lucky this weekend?