Molding planes were a specialty item even when they were the only option. Accounts for their relative rarity, and their relatively good condition when found. They were a cabinetmaker's necessity, and a significant expense. The rest of the world just chamfered or rounded things over.
Oh yes, they also worked lousy in wood with any but the straightest grain, which was much more commonly available then.
By a dust mask and go mechanical.
On 1 Feb 2006 20:09:32 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm, "brianlanning" quickly quoth:
Ping me offline, Brian.
I have to disagree with the "nothing wrong with Ebay comment."
Back when I was buyin on Ebay lot of sellers put the words "complete and undamaged" into their descritptions even though they were selling planes that were incomplete or damaged. In some cases that was probably ignorance, some sellers perhaps do not know that a #78 is supposed to have a depth stop and fillister. Certainly there were a near equal number of seelers apologizing for the 'missing' front blade on their #78s.
However a significant number were just plain careless, and some were outright frauds.
I used to compare the descriptions to the pictures and when there was a a discrepency I would send a_polite_ email pointing this out to the buyer. E.g. a plane with a big chunk broken out of the cheek described as 'undamaged'. About a third of the time there was no reply from the seller. The two thirds that did reply were about evenly dividen between "Thanks, we didn't notice/know and have revised the description" and "Piss off, if you don't like it don't bid on it."
Nope.
charlie b
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