Flea Market Finds
Stephen Kirk in Quakertown, PA
>At long last, I got a good deal at the flea market. I was off today, so I went to my local one and after wandering around a bit, I spotted a Record #07 Jointer in good shape. Some surface rust, but nothing horrible. Dealer wanted $50, which from what I knew of the planes, was a pretty good deal. Now I'm looking forward to cleaning it and putting it to use. I've about rounded out my bench plane collection too with a scrub, jack, jointer and smoother.
Saw some other stuff, like a decent Stanley scraper plane, but I didn't feel like spending $145 for it (sheesh, is there gold on those things that I don't know about?)