It Pays to Talk

[Stew Denton]

Wow Jim,

It looks like you did great! The woodies look like great priced items, and a type 11 #3 for $10....can't beat it. Were some of the molding planes ones you were especially looking for, or just ones that will be really nice to have?

Stew

[Jim Koepke]

Wow Jim,

It looks like you did great! The woodies look like great priced items, and a type 11 #3 for $10....can't beat it. Were some of the molding planes ones you were especially looking for, or just ones that will be really nice to have?

Stew

Most of the hollows & rounds were ones being sought to fill the holes in my accumulation. The half round in the lower right corner of the picture looks kind of like a reverse snipe bill. It has a profile of a quarter round. I am interested in seeing what it can do.

Since the price was so good a few complex molding planes were picked out if the blades looked good. There were some side bead planes that were passed over since a Stanley #45 can do a side bead. There were a lot of rabbet planes that were also left behind.

In the upper right of the picture are a cove and round over plane that look like they might work for a rule joint. Not sure, but will find out once the blades are sharp.

At the price it was too easy to buy a few that may never be needed. I will try to put them all in order and figure out what to do then.

I think I will have to talk to Dave again and see if he can clue me in on the flea market circuit in the area.

jtk

[Jim Koepke]

Since my last post on this I met up with Dave at the antique shop. He had 36" four fold Stanley SW for $12. I had to slap my hand to keep my hand away from my wallet. I already have enough of those, but it seemed like a good deal. He told me about a box of woodies I missed.

He also called me and told me about a "Threshing Bee" with a flea market.

I posted the information in the Neanderthal Announcements.

jtk