Anyone know a site or magazine where they advertise? I'm looking to outfit a small shop and I'd like to buy a few things that aren't really stocked anymore. If anyone knows of shows or particularly good dealers within a long drive of central Pennsylvania (where I live) or south Florida (where the folks are), that would be particularly welcome. Thanks in advance.
Focusing on the "aren't really stocked anymore" phrase:
--it all depends upon WHERE you are shopping. 10 or 12 years ago we spent several days in the town of Prerov, Czech Republic. A visit to the local hardware store on "Main St." was like going back in time a century or two. Two or three different models of wood cook stoves and heating stoves, wooden-base hand planes and on and on and on. That's what the local people use everydy there.
Pete Stanaitis
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Sledge Hammer wrote:
What sorts of "few things" are you looking for? Many things that aren't exactly common are still available new if you know where to look...you might get a few more useful pointers if you ask for specifics.
Lee Valley of course carries a bunch of hand tools of yore and not of yore.
Lehman's hardware (in central Ohio or catalog/online) carries a number of old-time sorts of products, although not quite so many workshop tools.
Traditional Woodworker has a very impressive selection of mostly hand tools.
Sledge Hammer wrote in news:363a91a5-3fbc-47bd- snipped-for-privacy@v4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com:
I can't help you out too much around Pennsylvania (long drive is less than
3 states away, right? :-)), but if you are looking for something specific send me an email. We've had an addition of a couple antique dealers to the family and I can pass your request along.Back in the "old days" (1990's) there were often quite a few auction listings in the local hardware store's window. Usually they'd list the types of things they'd have for sale.
Puckdropper
You might try watching craigs list and ebay. I am a contstant watcher of both and I hve gotten quite an education of all sorts of old machines.
On ebay you can just search by specifc name of old thing or I try to go in daily. I select categories=3D> business and industrial=3D>
woodworking and then sort by newly listed.
For Craig's there is a tool called CraigsList Reader Pro (google for it) that lets you search > Anyone know a site or magazine where they advertise? =A0I'm looking to
Alas, large cast iron miter boxes (Stanley or Langdon/Miller Falls) and compatible long backsaws appear to be out of production, even at the sites you mention. Ultimately, I'd like to get a few more things, but the miter box is more immediate. As someone suggested, I have my eye on eBay as well.
I distrust the sturdiness of the Nobex Champion, which I take it to be the biggest and best currently available.
I'm looking for a larger miter box and saw (Stanley 360 or 460 look like they'd do the trick from the old specs in the old catalogs) that is either intact or only needs things that I can easily substitute. A few states away works if it's in the direction of someplace I get to now and again and can combine a trip for (MD, DC, Northern VA, NJ or NY might work if I have a good chance of getting a lot done in a single trip). If I've got to drive 300 miles into Appalachia and go to 10 shops, paying the postage and risking ebay fraud isn't so bad (no offense to Appalachia intended).
Alas, large cast iron miter boxes (Stanley or Langdon/Miller Falls) and compatible long backsaws appear to be out of production, even at the sites you mention. Ultimately, I'd like to get a few more things, but the miter box is more immediate. As someone suggested, I have my eye on eBay as well.
I distrust the sturdiness of the Nobex Champion, which I take it to be the biggest and best currently available.
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The Nobex is fine, If you mount it firmly. I've had several years use from mine and I'm quite satisfied with it.
Thank you for that suggestion! I didn't know about that.
I've got a Goodell Manufacturing box with a Disston backsaw made for it from 1898. I found it at an estate sale. I did see two of them on Ebay a couple of years ago, so try your luck. Mine works great.
BTW, that's not Goodell Brothers or Goodell-Pratt. It's Goodell Manufacturing, the third brother :-).
Sledge Hammer wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@f3g2000vbf.googlegroups.com:
I haven't seen anything like that in their shops, but it sounds like it'd be big and expensive to ship anyway.
Puckdropper
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