Garage saling

8/12/06, 6:37 PM #1

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI
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Garage saling

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>Megan said she was having a garage sale, so I made some posts and signs and did a little bit of cleaning in the shop. I had been setting stuff aside that I didn't want any more, so I had a pile ready to go. I was pulling up an old roto tiller and figured on putting a free sign on it because it wasn't running and I want to get rid of it without putting any time into it, and Megan strongly disagreed with my opinion of it's worth. So for the rest of the stuff I put out I told her I really just want to get rid of it and she can price it at whatever she thinks it will sell for. When I got home from work the next day, she had gotten rid of most of it, and I felt relieved. When I walked up to the table I realized why most of it was gone; she had put a sign on the table, "$1 each". I grinned to myself at the guys that must have come along and found bargains; I was really happy for them. Even cheap saw vices that don't work well are a bargain at $1 I guess, and I was really glad I hadn't put anything out that was worth much. Now the shop is a lot cleaner, plus I have less work to do.

Today was a major garage sale day in this area, but I didn't find any tools. I did get a vintage croquet set, which I have been wanting for some time. It is in good + condition, has the original instructions with it, and all the parts; price was $1 :) So I guess what goes around comes around sometimes. Maybe we can make a thread out of our weekend garage sale bargains; I always like to read about the $20 #1 planes.

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8/12/06, 7:05 PM #2

Jim Crammond in Monroe, Mi
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Jim Crammond in Monroe, Mi

>Moses,

I didn't hit any garage sales but did go to an auction that advertised lots of tools including some nice power tools, LN #1, #3, #7, #66, #112 planes, about twenty Bridge City tools and a few assorted older things. The prices were very high on most stuff but I did manage to snag a Stanley #79 (side-rabbet) and a couple of cool bar clamps that use cam action for clamping pressure.

My best deal of the day was two boxes of books for $25.00 that included Mike Dunbar's book on restoring tools, several books about chairmaking including John Alexander's, the Woodwright Shop, Ejner Handberg's Shop Drawings of Shaker Furniture and at least 15 or 20 more books about woodworking. I have enough reading material to keep me busy for a while.

All in all it was nice spending the day outside and avoiding all of the chores waiting for me at home.

Jim

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8/13/06, 3:23 AM #3

Dave Thompson
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Dave Thompson

>A guy in town who use to make hammer dulcimers is getting out of wood working because of health issues. I found out through a friend of a friend and visited him. Most of his stuff was bought in the early 80's though he's taken care of everything such that everything looks like it was bought last year.

I bought alot of stuff off of him and all at his initial asking price. Most of it I didn't really need. I spent the morning unloading wood I bought from him. There wasn't much in the hand tool department other than a #60.5, #9.5, #110. He priced his stuff for a garage sale, i.e. to get rid of to a public that couldn't appreciate the value a wood worker would put on it. The other day I had passed much of it, but yesterday when I saw things in his garage sale pile with price tags on them I couldn't walk away. Example, $1 for a newish bangor Maine, draw knife. $3 for a fret saw. $2 a piece for never before used king sharpening stones, still in original packaging He had the entire set of unused King stones, including an 8000 grit G-1. Jorgensen bar clamps for $2-$3.

I'm not familiar with that mindset, though perhaps in a few decades I might. In a wood working community one could recoup a good portion of the money. In garage sale, I suppose $2 for a rectangular rock with japanese writing might seem pricey. I guess some people don't want to be bothered with e-bay, or selling over the internet.

I've been afraid to ask what he wants for his Forrest dado set, because I suspect if I do ask, I won't be able to walk away, even though I don't need it....

Dave

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