Classic ebay plane *LINK*

Thank God for ignorant people

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>If it weren't for some people not knowing what tool collectors think the tools are "worth", I wouldn't have half the tools that I do. This is a good example, someone can probably get a decent scrub plane for 10 bucks and put an iron and cap iron in it and have a decent scrubber.

Yet another case where...

Bob Hackett

>The plane is sharper than the seller.

MB

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Ernie Miller Topeka

>If that is a scrub then I think I have the lever cap for it. I'll put it in my watch box.

yep it is a scrub

Dennis

>They are light in weight and have blade width of of 1 5/8" Lot of people call them "dime store plane"

The are quite common and with no markings can pick them up really cheap.

Dennis

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Re: yep it is a scrub

Ernie Miller Topeka

>Some one told him and he changed his add. Raised the starting bid and named it a stanley. that thing's got pedagree!

My question is...

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>where's the sharp wood on it? He says the wood is good and he cut himself on it...

Oh, maybe the "it" refers back to the blade in the previous paragraph?

One phrase comes to mind

Bob Hackett

>"Sharp as a pound of wet leather"

One of the better ones that I brought back from Texas.

Another one that may apply is...

"She`s pretty alright.Pretty ugly,and pretty likely to stay that way."

Texans do have a way with words,don`t they.

Mainely,Bob-Who`s "Happy as a dead hog in the sunshine" to be able to share these with ya`ll.

or...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Sharp as a marshmallow as my mother would say.

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Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>I do admire the Texas way with words, my now over-used favorite being "all hat, no cattle."

I had a friend and coworker who would have given Ms. Malaprop a run for her money, and who once said, in all seriousness, "Sharp as a button."

Re: Classic ebay plane

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>You do have to hand it to some prior owner, assuming that's how that iron and cap iron got there, who, having somehow lost the proper iron/cap iron, realized that a block plane set would fit, however badly.

It sure ain't graceful looking, though.

Re: One phrase comes to mind

Alan Hamilton

>Or: "Sharper than a mashed potato sandwich." (One of my maternal grandmother's favorite.)

Alan

Crossed cliches

Bob Hackett

>In the middle of a soon to be heated discussion my wife looked at me and said"The story`s on the other foot now isn`t it?".That defused the situation,let me tell you.

A co-worker when speaking of another`s devotion to duty said he`ll stick to something "Come high or thin water"

Another co-worker when asked if he could handle a rather simple job"Sure,it doesn`t take a brain scientist".I think they got the right man for the job there.

My all time favorite workplace story centers around Tunk Stevens of Goudy&Stevens.A potential yacht buyer was saying how the boatyard was larger than he expected.When he asked how many fellows worked there,Tunk replied"About half".Never even a hint of a smile.

Seems Texans aren`t the only ones who know how to turn a phrase.

Mainely,Bob

Re: or...

Steve Denvir

>My personal favorite, quoting from the president of a major multinational (not at second hand, I was _there_)...

"It's not rocket surgery, you know."

Re: Crossed cliches

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Bob, that reminds me of one "conversation" that had back in '87 while I was working part time at a large gas station in N.J.

This lady pulls up to a gas pump as if to get gas, but when I went to her window to what it is she wanted instead of telling what gas she wanted she asked me "Do you have restrooms here", to which I replied in a dead serious manner, "No ma'am, where not allowed to rest here". She looked at me in total disbelief and drove off.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh well, I thought it was funny, and still giggle over it from time to time to this very day.

Todd O.

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Steve Kubien

>I've always liked, "Dumb as a stump and that's an insult to fine stumps everywhere."

Steve Kubien

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Re: yep it is a scrub

Joshua Clark------------u1gMuOLrxeNOOxT9+sAiRw

>I'm not convinced that's a Stanley #40.. The handle doesn't look right.. too blocky and looks like hardwood with a thick layer of varnish. The hex bolt that holds the tote to the body is also incorrect for a #40.

To me it looks like a Goodall plane- made in the 20's or 30's. Lower-quality plane sorta like the Sheltons. There's no reason it wouldn't make a decent scrub plane, it's just not a Stanley #40.

-Josh in CT-

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Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>One of the managers in my office was like that. We had a division chief from another country, who would take me aside to ask, "What does he mean by that is no skin off my teeth?"

Re: or...

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>Yeah, but sometimes the joke is on the listener.

Are bears catholic?

Depends on...

Bob Hackett

>How far the Pope ventures into the woods.;^)

MB

;-)

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>

Australian...

Mark Harrison -- in Sydney, Australia

>As sharp as the cutting edge of a billiard ball.

Another not totally unrelated one (and on topic :-)):

As useful as a wooden frying pan.

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Todd Hughes

>This is Not a scrub plane [to wide] and sure isn't a stanley but instead is just some cheap "home owner" P.O.S. plane that wouldn't be worth the effert it took to pick it up if you dropped it even if it was in complete condition......Todd