Plane & simple :-)

[hubops]

... brace yourself :

John T.

[Jay Pique]

Strangely, I didn't see a single sharpening stone.

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There are 600+ lots, and 100 per page. Without looking too hard I found some in lot 83.

Elijah

------ but the guy appears to have been a collector, not a user, of tools

[hubops]

As I was browsing through - from last-to-first - I was wondering why I hadn't seen any Yankee screwdrivers when a small lot of them finally appeared. John T.

[Clare Snyder]

He started out as a user of tools as an industrial arts teacher and totally fell in love with the whole IDEA of tools

[hubops]

I think that the Lee family < Lee Valley Tools > has quite a collection also. John T.

[Bill]

Thanks for sharing the link! Have you found their "shipping" (cost) to be reasonable? For many of us, it would be from Canada to the US.

[hubops]

I've never used shipping - I just look at local auctions - ie: the sales that I might have attended pre-covid before they all went online .. ~ 90 minute drive max.. Each auctioneer has their own policy for shipping - I think they generally charge a fee for their trouble plus whatever postage costs - if you emailed or phoned them you might get a reasonable guess-timate. Cross-border might complicate things <?>

When I've looked into ordering a small sewing machine part from USA

- they tack-on a hefty fee for "international" shipping - a $ 15. plastic gear - the size of a thimble was going to cost me ~ $ 45 after currency exchange and shipping .. Also - note the auctioneer fee < buyers premium > is often 12 - 15 % plus the Ontario/Canada sales tax 13 % .. so a $ 100. item might cost $ 128. plus shipping. John T.

[Jay Pique]

Good eye - two. Without looking too much harder could you find any others?

[Bill]

Thank you for explaining! I will call before bidding. BTW, I discarded 2 old braces about 10 years ago...I didn't realize they were going to become valuable antiques! : ) And, I'm not sure what happened to our egg-beater drill (I remember being "enchanted" by it as a youngster). I think I cut myself with it too, but I never admitted to any self-induced injuries that happened in the garage! I can tell you it's been a very long time since I hit my finger with a hammer! I learned my lesson after maybe 3 times.

[Sonny]

Lot 638, box of assorted graining tools. Not your typical set of tools. It'd be interesting to tinker with the different designs, figuring or graining one could make. Seems that metal box has at least 6 plates of different grain patterns.... maybe more not shown. Besides woodworking, I can imagine a youngster's imagination for painting/accenting a school project display poster of some sort.... or some other similar youngster's use.

All items probably not obtained as a single set, but as a set, I would think it is very rare that it is relatively so complete.

Sonny

[hubops]

In case people aren't familiar with these online auctions -

- register with a log-in ID, password, email, & your payment info - you can place your "maximum" bid and the bidding will follow the set increments - you'll get an email confirming your bid - and another email when your maximum is outbid or if your bid is the winning bid. If you bid - and are outbid immediately - <after screen refresh >

it means that someone else has a higher maximum. The bidding gets hotter as the closing hour/minute approaches. If you're happy and firm with your maximum - you needn't be watching the closing bidding. You can usually look up the final selling prices the next day - sometimes 2 days later. John T.

[pyotr filipivich]

[e-mail] on Wed, 09 Dec 2020 07:19:28 -0500 typed in rec.woodworking the following:

More paperwork to fill out.

I'm part of an organization with office/people on both sides of the border. The workaround was to have a PO Box on both sides of the border. Canadians mailed to the CP office, and Americans mailed to the USPS, and there would be a regular "go check the mail over the border" run from both sides.

At some point you begin to realize it is not necessarily a "bargain". OTOH, I handle the call from the plant manager looking for a specific router bit. He'd been calling every place in The List and yes, we had it. "I'll take it, ship it fast!" Shipping to the east coast from the west wasn't cheap, but he had a production line down. It was costing him more than phone calls and shipping in lost production.

[John Grossbohlin]

I don't know how big their collection is but Robin Lee lent me a variety of scrub planes one time. I used them in a presentation I did at Woodworkers Showcase in Saratoga Springs, NY. Lee Valley historically has had a large booth at the show so he was familiar with it... Some may recall that Rob used to participate here on the REC. So did some other folks like Doug Stowe.

[krw]

In other words: eBay

[krw]

And, of course, violate the law. Some pour schlub will get caught crossing the border and "the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.".

We also work across the border (the other one) but pay pretty close attention to the details. Sure, everything gets sent to someone on this side and they deliver it across the border but it's to make sure that *everything* is accounted for and all the fees paid. Of course the value of stuff crossing the border is hundreds of millions dollars. No one wants trouble from the Feds.

Like Amazon. Unless your time is worth something.

Yep. There are times when cost really isn't an object.

[hubops]

If you say so - I've never used EBay. John T.

[dpb]

On 12/9/2020 1:52 PM, [e-mail] wrote: ...

Missing possible opportunities, then. Isn't always the best place, but there are bargains to be had if watch...and have the need or itch.

I've got a lot of surplussed electrical fittings, crimpers, etc., etc., over the years.

It's almost always the first place I search if it isn't something that must have immediately or that is commodity item. Doesn't always come through, but does frequently.

[J. Clarke]

It's also good for finding the occasional weird object, like the special screwdriver that was needed to open a Sony Clie without mangling it.

[hubops]

I just tried EBay dot CA <Canada> for a few things - as a test - pretty dismal results ... I'll have to try it again sometime when actually shopping for something and compare it to Amazon dot CA. I'm not a huge fan of Amazon but for certain things it's good - provided that it's free shipping < order over $ 35. >

I just bought some little water filters for the coffeemaker $ 4. each at the hardware store ; $ 1. each for 24 on Amazon. Added a 6-pack of 2 watt LED candelabra bulbs for $ 13. .. 2 for $ 12 at the store - and hard to find. . John T.