I hope it ends up being worthwhile.
I've been watching the auction in the below link for a couple of weeks. I'm a little surprised I won.
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I got:
a matched set of Disston 12 panel saws,
a host of brace bits -irwin and jennings (i really wanted those),
a mess of chisels and gouges which i can put to work right away,
a No. 12 scraper plane,
three eggbeater drills (don't really need these, might sell)
what looks like a Disston 4 plate and back (no handle) - not sure what i will do with that,
a carpenter's chest
some ratcheting screwdrivers
what looks like a Starrett combination square with a centering head
and more
take a look here, unless you live in southern new england, then don't ever look at this site since its a great place to find estate sale tool scores, on occassion:
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There were several lots, including one with 9 miscellaneous planes plus a bunch of 'stuff'; a lot of planes including a 40 1/2, 12, 4, 5 and 6, plus a sargent 62 router plane, all of which went for $90. I'd have liked to get that too, but had limited funds and the things i would have been after were the router and 40 1/2. I have a stanley 27 so i guess i didn't really need the 6.
https://www.aarbids.com/item.cgi?show_item=0000049648
I wasn't confident i could sell the rest to make it a good deal (plus the risk of not selling for a good price). There was also a 45 in box with a whole lot of cutters and a complete 78 in the same lot. That looked collector quality to me and ended up pricing me out. In the end, with the limited time i have to work wood, i figured I'd spend all of my allotted time for a day just setting up the 45 without actually doing anything with it. and i have 3/4 of a 78 already. I just need the depth gauge and screw, cutter and cap.
There were 6 molding planes that went for $34, but I was not confident on the condition.
Anyway, in addition to sharing my excitement at actually getting this stuff, i want to know, how'd I do?
p.s. if you see something in the pictures you'd be interested in purchasing, pm me. I bit off slightly more than I can chew and would like to partly finance the tools I really want! - But that's not the purpose of the post, really I'm just way excited.
I've been watching the auction in the below link for a couple of weeks. I'm a little surprised I won.
I got:
a matched set of Disston 12 panel saws,
a host of brace bits -irwin and jennings (i really wanted those),
a mess of chisels and gouges which i can put to work right away,
a No. 12 scraper plane,
three eggbeater drills (don't really need these, might sell)
what looks like a Disston 4 plate and back (no handle) - not sure what i will do with that,
a carpenter's chest
some ratcheting screwdrivers
what looks like a Starrett combination square with a centering head
and more
take a look here, unless you live in southern new england, then don't ever look at this site since its a great place to find estate sale tool scores, on occassion:
There were several lots, including one with 9 miscellaneous planes plus a bunch of 'stuff'; a lot of planes including a 40 1/2, 12, 4, 5 and 6, plus a sargent 62 router plane, all of which went for $90. I'd have liked to get that too, but had limited funds and the things i would have been after were the router and 40 1/2. I have a stanley 27 so i guess i didn't really need the 6.
https://www.aarbids.com/item.cgi?show_item=0000049648
I wasn't confident i could sell the rest to make it a good deal (plus the risk of not selling for a good price). There was also a 45 in box with a whole lot of cutters and a complete 78 in the same lot. That looked collector quality to me and ended up pricing me out. In the end, with the limited time i have to work wood, i figured I'd spend all of my allotted time for a day just setting up the 45 without actually doing anything with it. and i have 3/4 of a 78 already. I just need the depth gauge and screw, cutter and cap.
There were 6 molding planes that went for $34, but I was not confident on the condition.
Anyway, in addition to sharing my excitement at actually getting this stuff, i want to know, how'd I do?
p.s. if you see something in the pictures you'd be interested in purchasing, pm me. I bit off slightly more than I can chew and would like to partly finance the tools I really want! - But that's not the purpose of the post, really I'm just way excited.
