Stanley/Baily #4
sroxberg
>I have the chance to pick up a Bailey 4 plane, in decent shape. The back handle is cracked, and light surface rust. It's corrigated on the sole as well.
Is $30 a fair asking price?
Stanley/Baily #4
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Michael Campbell
>Seems just a *hair* on the high side, depending on condition, and age. I'd try to negotiate down a bit.
Check ebay's completed auctions for a pretty decent idea of what the market is willing to pay.
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MikeL
>You don't say much about the vintage but it's probably a fair price. That said, you can probaby find one for less money. The downside of that is that you won't have the plane to use while you're waiting for a better bargain.
Cheers,
Mike
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Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>Depends a lot on your local market and on your willingness to spend time sleuthing around for a plane. Around here, that'd be high; in some parts of the country, that'd be reasonable.
Unless you're at the stage of life where you're squeezing pennies, you may want to go ahead with it. At worst, you might be paying the price of a movie (alone, no date) extra.
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Todd Hughes
>I have a friend that just sold a real nice no. 4 on ebay for $20 somthing.Personaly I wouldn't buy a common plane like a no. 4 with bad wood unless very cheap,[$5] because it will be more trouble then it is worth to replace the handle when good planes with good wood are so common and in this case probably cheaper....Todd
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#6On the other hand, I have four fingers and a...
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>thumb, of course.
I've picked up at least two planes cheap because the handles were split across their width (or, to put it another way, horizontally). With the help of one of those plasticy clamps that tightens with a trigger and some yellow glue, I repaired them in about five minutes. The repairs have held up fine.