Rust hunting season recap...

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walt quadrato

>Bryan, I feel your pain...while it's never over here in CT..lots of winter weather fleas go on all year for the hardy and longjohns endowed..pickin' sure get slim around february.

But, as far as best scores this season..check out my pages under Rodiers and Woonsocket Bailey...a picture is worth a thousand words..see below....best story of the year:

The toilet snake adventure: Most interesting find this week came out of

a wooden crate of rust. It�s early morning, probably near 6:30am and I�m

poking through this old 2� by 3� deep wooden box full of Tetanus bait

with two other tool junkies. Now, I�m not a big guy by any means; works

to my advantage when trying to edge into a group of rust hunters. The

other two guys tower over me by a foot or so. But we�ve got our flea

etiquette straight so we�re having no problem sharing this box. Some axe

heads, brown scaly screwdrivers, Coe�s wrenches some plumbing parts, and

what used to be tools many years ago. All of a sudden, the guy on my

left lets out a yell and steps back away from the rust about five

feet�.the other fellow follows suit about 3 seconds later�both yelling

something incomprehensible about a snake�well, I�ve seen plenty of

toilet snakes in my time in boxes of tools�some of them pretty dirty..so

it doesn�t scare me�then one of them says��NO..a real SNAKE in the

bottom of the box��again, I�ve seen snakes before..just not in a tool

situation. I�m not about to give up my hard earned space at the box so

while everyone�s making a big fuss over the wildlife, I�m still digging

down in my corner when I spy the tail end of the critter. Moving aside a

rusty hatchet I come on the rest of the animal. A small garden snake

about a foot and a half long�more scared of all the fuss going around

him than any of the humans in the area. I pick him up wondering if I

should ask the dealer �how much?��but I decide to walk the little guy

over to the field and let him find a new home. Most excitement I�ve seen

over tools in a long time. And, no, there wasn�t anything else in the

box to get excited over�.bummer.

C'mon; I know you guys got some other "tails"

walt Q




brass city toolworks

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john jesseph

>Broad Ripple is a nice place to live, but not for finding old tools...

I got a nice wooden jointer recently. I have lots of really nice old and new handtools, but this one is my recent favorite. I don't know why I like it so much, maybe it's the strategically placed knot behind the tote...

Got a pretty nice old log peavey too, not something you see in Indiana every day...

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Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>I went into some length on the power side earlier this year about the 36" bandsaw I wanted, but was helping a friend move a pool table off the auction premises thinking I would be there well before they sold it only to return and find out it sold for $50. It was a beauty too; exactly what I have wanted as a centerpiece for my shop for the past five eyars. I actually gave the auctioneer some heated words, which is very rare for me. I'm okay with it now; something better is sure to come along any time now.

My best find this year of course was the ebay 603 for $61 or so plus shipping; my Christmas present will include a Hock iron for it. And at an auction earlier in the summer I got a Union #5A which is the 5-1/2 size that is a pretty old plane but not rusted; cleaned up like I wish every plane would, he must have kept it oiled inside a wooden box or something, just a nice rich patina with no rust. $10 for that one. I pull it out of the cabinet occasionally just to look at it.

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Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>I got a Stanley #8C Type 8 with most of its Jappanning for $15US at a local pawn shop. Noce condition to.

Also got two Anton Berg chisels in mint shape for about $8US.

Other then that. Money has been short so I kept my tool buying to a minimum.

Dan Clermont

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dave caudill

>Well I'm going to have to jump into this as I never have any stories other than having paid too much for something worth little if anything.

This summer I combined a trip to Akron for the MWTCA meet and then home to visit my mother and family. The tool meet was pretty good picked up some nice things but again didn't steal anything price wise.

On the day of the show I was to meet my mom, aunt, and cousin who were picking me up. As I came out of the building they were just pulling up and popped thte trunk. They said we stopped at a yard sale and picked up some tools for you. Well for the most part it was a box of junk you might pay to get rid of. I didn't pay much attention and was wondering how I was going to tell them they had wasted their money. However after getting back to my mom's I started digging around the box a bit I pulled out a plane that was pretty dirty and missing its iron. It took some cleaning as it had been lying around a long time collecting about 1/4 inch of dust and grime. I wasn't too optimistic that it would be any great find. Turned out to be a Stanley 112 type #1. Other than the blade and some cleaning it was in pretty good shape. Of course they had to pay $2 for it.

A couple nights later we went to an auction and again my mom, aunt, uncle, and cousin. We all are a bit into the antique thing. Each of us has out specialty I suppose. Well I saw an old plane but had to go in the other room and bid on some pottery for my wife who couldn't make the trip. I thought it would be a nice gift for her. I told my Uncle to bid on the plane for me if he could get it cheap.

Well I got the pottery for a really good price and was pleased with myself and went back to see my Uncle. I saw the plane was gone so I didn't know if he had got it or not. He saw me and said "how much were you willing to pay for that plane?" I said, "I don't know $20." He said, "well I got it for $12." I was pretty happy as it turned out to be a Union 2c. All original parts no cracked wood although it had some rust and pitting. Its now gone and I have a really nice Witherby slick and some cash that I din't ahve previously.

So thats it for me. Its unlikely you'll hear anything like this again fomr me. Of course I could fill these pages here with ones that got away and those I paid too much for and that have now depreciated even more, but I won't.

Dave

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Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia

>That was a nice story Dave. And gloatable. Keep plugging away. Just think of the tool mantra,"wherewouldToddlook?" and repeat often.JR

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Dale Stansbery

>Probably my best buy was a Spiers smoother in slightly rough condition for $20. My worst miss, though, was while looking for tools at a consignment auction, I went brain dead and stopped bidding at $90 and $100 won on more than a half pound of tiny platinum beads from a closed spark plug factory. At the time, platinum was over $900 and ounce. The only solace was that it was only 90% pure. The other 10% was rhodium, which was only going for $700 an ounce.

Season's over!

Ernie Miller Topeka

>I didn't get the memo but it is alot slower. I don't remember any bargans that stick out in my mind. Most every thing I bought I sold as I all ready had one in worse shape that worked good. I got several nice saws and even kept a couple. I did buy alot on ebay with my proffits so I would have new toys to play with. My bigest bargan was 8 dinning chairs that I pulled out of a dumpster that I sold on ebay for an average of $150 each.

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jared

>My best deal this summer was the elusive $5 bedrock. I stopped at a big fourth of july flea market that is open on all of the summer holiday weekends. I was walking along and saw the back end of a couple of planes sticking out from under a pile of junk on a table, walked over and pulled them out. One was a #4 stanley, broken wood, pitted bad, missing a part marked $5. I looked at it first. Then looked at the second one, the lever cap was broken but then I saw 604 on the front of it and sure enough it was a 604 round side bedrock also marked $5. The tote was cracked but can be glued, no rust, and the bottem of the lever cap was broken off, the part that says bedrock but I am not complaining for $5. Jared remove 1 for email

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MikeT

>Walt - I just restored and made new handles for a #5 size Rodier with corrugated sides that was valued at about $1200. Looks just like that one, just longer. I suggest you should check into what's yours is worth (unless you already know).


Rodier Plane

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George in Lowell, Mich.

>I found this rust hunting question after it was 4 days old, but here is my contribution.

I do maintenance work for an antique shop that has been slowly going down the tube. It won't be long before Beanie Babies will be allowed in it.

I fixed a bad light and made a quick trip thru just in case a tool might be lurking......

One of the dealers has an area that he literally just throws as much on the shelves as they will hold. There were 3 planes sticking out of the mass. Two had defects, but the third one looked to be in good shape! I picked it up and noticed that the handles tilted!! This got my attention as I looked it over carefully now. All pieces seemed present and in good shape. No cracks or rust, so now I looked at the price. $11.99!!! The budget could certainly handle this!

I didn't have my Stanley price guide with me (in the car), but felt that this Stanley 10 1/4 was probably worth around $100.

I went to my car and my heart did a flip flop when I read that it was a type 10 (1907-1909) and was worth between $400 & $800!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YEEESSSS!!!!

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

George

George,you probably aready know this but...

Bob Hackett

>You suck,no really,I mean it.

Well Moses I guess he`s got your 603 beat.Don`t know about Walt`s $10 Rodiers though.Are we talking users or collecting here?;^)

Mainely,Bob

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George in Lowell, Mich.

>Come on, we all use these tools at least once in a while.

Just thaat some are used more than others. They are there if we need them though..;^) Right????

George

Nice!

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

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