Another interesting plane (funny!)... *LINK*

Re: Another interesting plane (funny!)...

Richard A.Gillespie, Jr.

>The lack of knowledge of tools shown by some sellers on Ebay can be very funny. In one case, I saw a #5 plane broken off at the mouth being described as an unusual plane in very good condition. The seller revised their description after I pointed out the problems with the plane.

Re: Another interesting plane (funny!)...

Wendell @ Murphy, TX

>Do think the blade was put in bevel up too?

Wendell

It was

Eric Hedberg

>Blade looks like its bevel up. Talk about bassackward assembly, but then I'm not one of those master craftsmen who uses tools of enourmous(sp) popularity. Maybe it was posted by that "visitor" to our site with spelling issues :-)

Re: Another interesting plane (funny!)...

Dale Stansbery

>This guy probably bought a gross of these things thinking he'd get rich on Ebay.

New?

Dennis

>That sure looks like rust on the backside of the lever cap. Wonder how many people will bid on that plane, hehe not me for sure.

Dennis

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Re: It was

Tom MacGregor, Vermont

>Some e-bay definitions, as a public service:

Rare - I've never seen one before, and neither has my friend Bubba.

Good condition for it's age - So was my grandma at 100 but we didn't expect to get much work out of her.

Mint - You can still tell it's a plane.

Minty - I hope this makes me sound like I know what I'm talking about.

Collectable - Buy two more and you'll have a collection of them.

Good User - If you need a doorstop.

Vintage - True Value dosen't carry them anymore.

Stanley - Possibly made on the same planet that Connecticut is on.

LOOK!!! - I'm actually selling stuf on e-bay! Is this cool or what!?!?

Block plane - A small, medium or large wooden, transitional or metallic plane that is either made of a block of wood or was at least once in the same room as one.

Re: It was

Ernie Miller Topeka

>Are you talking about me and my spelling again?

Check out this one *LINK*

Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>My wife even thought the right up for this one was funny and checkout who is driving it up. It's Andrew Stephens from Tool Bazaar and Tony Murland.

Wonder what the poor old Grandfather thinks.

Dan Clermont in Burnaby


Scottish Planes

Not you, unless bears are rare in KS ;-)

Eric Hedberg

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Re: It was

Tom MacGregor, Vermont

>I almost forgot the e-bay definition of Prototype:

Invented and built by Uncle Ralph before they adjusted his medication.

Good stuff, Tom! :)

Roger Nixon

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Re: Don't laugh...

Jeremy Osner

>It hits a little close to home for me. I bought my ECE Primus smooth plane on e-bay (for what Pam pointed out at the time, was not really such a discount as I thought it was) and had a lot of trouble getting it to perform well or at all, until the benevolent Mike Recchione was visiting and pointed out to me I had the lateral adjuster in bacwards.

Re: Check out this one

Christopher Fitch @ Memphis

>They are trying to squeeze out the little guys...

;)

Re: It was

Ernie Miller Topeka

>Thoes are key words that tip some of us off that the person selling the item dosen't know what they have and it might go cheap orrrrrrr it could have such an high opening bid that no one will ever open the page. At any rate if you would not look at any item with them wordas in the title or discription there will be one less person for me to bid against.

Recent Spat of Rare 45's on eBay

Brad in Ottawa

>I have never seen so many rare 45's as I have in the past few weeks. It's a shame that all of the rare 45's are hitting the market at the same time and driving the prices down!

I would also change the definition of prototype to include custom flaws or unintended modifications.

i.e. Brazed welding repairs, chipped/cracked totes, missing blades, tape on handles, missing frogs/lever caps, opened mouths, missing wedges, cracked/munged wedges, checking, etc...

Right on Tom! LMAO

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

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Related to garage sale terminology

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>Avoid any garage sale with the term "HUGE" in the ad, even if the ad also contains the word "tools;" it will consist exclusively of broken beanie babies and slightly fungal tupperware. If it refers to tools in the ad, these will be 99-cent-box screwdrivers and, if you're lucky, one of those adjustable hacksaw frames missing the front section.

Re: Another interesting plane (funny!)... *LINK*

Tom MacGregor, Vermont

>It never ends. The plane dosen't match the blade and take a close look at the chunk out of the left cheek. I just dropped a little note to the vendor suggesting it be relisted with an accurate description.


RARE! Mint Antique Stanley Corrugated Plane

Re: Related to garage sale terminology

Tom MacGregor, Vermont

>And let's not forget the Miracle Paint Stripper (As Seen on TV!) and the "Car Emergency Kit" with a combination flashlight/AM-FM radio/warning flasher, three bandaids, a red "HELP" flag, and a set of jumper cables that would melt down if you used them to jump start your lawn tractor.

Jumper cables...

Luke Herzberg

>That gave me a laugh! Those emergency kit cables that fold up in a bag the size of a beer can...you just know they're chock full o' quality.

- Luke

Re: 4 family

Ernie Miller Topeka

>You can't forget these. if you ask they are all sisters and the tools came with the as seen on TV sewing machine.

Re: Related to garage sale terminology

Ernie Miller Topeka

>That's an anteek! it says 1884 right on it. just cause it has a patent date don't mean it wasn't made 40 years later. you even see that trick on e-bay.

thanks for the laugh,I needed one

Jack from Maine

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Re: Another interesting plane (funny!)...

Roy Hennagir/Vista, CA

>Yes, this one is a fine example of a first class honest sale ad. I wonder why he/she fails to mention the large chunk of metal missing from the cheek on the away side of the picture? Perhaps that's what makes it in GREAT condition, as the ad screams.