How'd I do? Warn some p#wer t@@l content

Sure is...

jim reed @ tallahassee

>a nice looking 4 1/2. I would say that you did pretty well.

Re: Excellent

Dave Mount

>Not that I'd recommend actually doing it, but the 4.5 alone would bring enough on the 'bay to pay back your investment and pay for a tank of gas. But it's more fun to just tell people that you could do that, then just smugly keep the tools.

Scott will be along about 5:00 PM PDT to tell you that you suck, so I won't bother.

Good rust,

Dave

Am I late Dave?!?...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>All that for 31 bucks... Yep you suck!

Nice haul, What's the thing with the curled-up tail?

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Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>That router motor looks like a Porter-Cable 310 motor. If it is, you might be able to fit it to the 3101 base and have what many people consider the very best laminate trimmer/small router made.

Back to the real stuff: nice haul on everything else, too. Those all-steel try squares are cool things. I don't use mine much, being in the combination square habit, but it's a nice tool to have.

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Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

>I fell in love with this Stanley router (reminds me of R2D2) and now have two of them! Never used them - one is in good, usable condition while the other needs new bearings. They are more form than function for me. They don't make them like this anymore (although, having said this, my understannding is that this division of Stanley Tools was bought out by Bosch, and one can recognise the lineage in their new version). The handles (totes!) are standard Stanley knobs.

Vintage tools, whether hand or power driven, seem to have a wonderful aura. I would love to hear more about these routers if it is OK with the forum.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Pretty nifty - R2D2 is spot on.

vlparisian in Houston

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Andy Lincoln,In Dearborn MI

>Bill,

You are correct it is a 310 P-C motor...we use them every day at the real job(exhibit and display mfg).After looking at the price for the base via P-C/DeWalt/B&D,I'll be shopping the 'bay before I give 'em $69.95.Also a bottle of fine scotch to the crib guy at work does wonders for spare parts/pieces from the ones that are unrepairable.As a shop we probably buy/repair/replace 20+ routers a year.

Andy

OT: I love my Porter-Cable Model 100 too *LINK*

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>Those little dome-tops are the Bug/Frog-Eye Sprites of 'lectric routahs, cute, little, handle like mad.

Mine's a 1954 or thereabouts tool, all polished aluminum, picked up at a garage sale for $7 (needed new bearings, new cord, new collet, but still cheaper than retail).


Model 100

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dave j

>I have one of those stanley's also. Found it at a garage sale for $10 including the metal box. Works perfectly. I don't use mine too much but i like the cool looks.

Dave