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257972 Brent Kinsey <brentpmed@c...> 2016‑02‑14 Laments from an Estate sale
Long rambling message, you were warned.

So I went to an estate sale today....late

I didn't see the ad for the sale until about 10:00 am which meant it was going
to be after 11 before I could get there. It advertised a "massive farm, house
and tool sale".  The sale began at 9 and although I knew the really good stuff
would be gone I might be able to find some leftovers.
There were dozens of cars parked up and down both sides of the street for over a
city block.
I skipped the house and garage and headed for the two large barns. One barn was
lawn and farm equipment, tinkering projects, and scraps.

The second barn was about 30 x 50 and was this gentleman's shop. It was a
fantastic shop space. There were his production and hobby wood work projects:
step stools and dozens of wooden trains. 18 inch long wooden steam engine trains
with passenger cars and cabooses which were very well made with lots of detail.
I have to believe that everyone of his grand kids, nieces and nephews had train
sets made by him. Small furniture projects and silhouette animal shapes
everywhere.

Large industrial racks 4 foot deep, 8 foot tall full of lumber along the 50 ft
wall.  Lots of power tools, 2 Delta contractor saws with unifences at very
reasonable prices, every other power tool imaginable. Lots of hand tools, now
picked over. All of the chisels pictured in the ad were already gone, couple of
80's Disston saws left, hardware, but no brass screws. One off brand no. 5 sized
hand plane at triple the reasonable price. This guy had made many of the tools
he needed: buffers and sanders on small scale bench-top line shaft systems
which, because they looked old were priced astronomically.

His main woodworking bench was a traditional design with face and tail vise, 3
inches thick, 6 ft. Long and in fantastic shape $125. Unfortunately it was
marked sold. Way over priced old looking tools, and this fantastic bench at a
price which wouldn't buy one of the vises on it. I so wished I had known about
the sale earlier, I wouldn't have been able to get my wallet out of my pocket
fast enough for that bench.

All of this, a fantastic shop, all of his tools, all of the wood and it was all
for sale. I became very sad at the thought of it. I can only imagine all of the
wonderful items he made for friends and family, he was clearly very productive.
And it was all for sale. Not a single person in his family claimed his tools,
his lumber, his patterns. It was obvious by the items there that this wasn't
what was left after family took what they wanted, it was a complete and well
equipped shop. And I was sad at the thought. And I wondered what will become of
my shop someday? Will some ignorant estate sale company over price the wrong
things, and will decorators pick out things to shabbily paint? Even now, late in
the evening the thought of that sale saddens me...

And I am now more determined than ever to expose my GrandGit, and my nephews and
nieces and anyone else who seems remotely interested, to my shop my old tools
and how to make things...

I did pick up a few things: a couple of North Bros. Yankee spiral screw drivers
including a 30 A that I didn't have. A N.B. Yankee 15 ratcheting screwdriver in
the 2" size, 4 really nice wooden handle screw drivers in the heavy duty Mac
Tools style, some gimlet bits for my brace(s) and a fine honing stone.  A cast
iron file handle-- I really like those.

I can't seem to pass up Yankee push drills or ratcheting screwdrivers, I am
afraid I am going to have to work on a set


Brent A Kinsey
Brentpmed@c...
258001 Michael Suwczinsky <nicknaylo@g...> 2016‑02‑16 Re: Laments from an Estate sale
And it was all for sale. Not a single person in his family claimed his
tools, his lumber, his patterns. It was obvious by the items there
that this wasn't what was left after family took what they wanted, it
was a complete and well equipped shop. And I was sad at the thought.
And I wondered what will become of my shop someday? Will some ignorant
estate sale company over price the wrong things, and will decorators
pick out things to shabbily paint? Even now, late in the evening the
thought of that sale saddens me...

And I am now more determined than ever to expose my GrandGit, and my
nephews and nieces and anyone else who seems remotely interested, to
my shop my old tools and how to make things...

Sad indeed that family didn't want to claim this man's legacy.

On a brighter note, quite a few of the FleaBAG's have discussed this
issue and all of the SO's (Significant Others) of the group have been
notified/advised/directed to contact the group in case something
happens to one of us.  Even if our GIT's are not, right now into the
things we build and the tools we build them with, I know my FleaBAG
buddies will both help the grieving widow sort the mess, set aside a
select pile for a GIT who may one day regret a lack of interest in the
sire's tools (DAMHIKT) and make sure a lot of what's left goes to the
right kind of hands.

These discussions have also given rise to a diabolical scenario, in
which a single breakfast burrito run decimates the whole group with a
single, lone recipient of all those widow calls, but we don't need to
go there.

Michael


On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 9:31 PM, Brent Kinsey  wrote:
> Long rambling message, you were warned.
>
> So I went to an estate sale today....late
>
> I didn't see the ad for the sale until about 10:00 am which meant it was going
to be after 11 before I could get there. It advertised a "massive farm, house
and tool sale".  The sale began at 9 and although I knew the really good stuff
would be gone I might be able to find some leftovers.
> There were dozens of cars parked up and down both sides of the street for over
a city block.
> I skipped the house and garage and headed for the two large barns. One barn
was lawn and farm equipment, tinkering projects, and scraps.
>
> The second barn was about 30 x 50 and was this gentleman's shop. It was a
fantastic shop space. There were his production and hobby wood work projects:
step stools and dozens of wooden trains. 18 inch long wooden steam engine trains
with passenger cars and cabooses which were very well made with lots of detail.
I have to believe that everyone of his grand kids, nieces and nephews had train
sets made by him. Small furniture projects and silhouette animal shapes
everywhere.
>
> Large industrial racks 4 foot deep, 8 foot tall full of lumber along the 50 ft
wall.  Lots of power tools, 2 Delta contractor saws with unifences at very
reasonable prices, every other power tool imaginable. Lots of hand tools, now
picked over. All of the chisels pictured in the ad were already gone, couple of
80's Disston saws left, hardware, but no brass screws. One off brand no. 5 sized
hand plane at triple the reasonable price. This guy had made many of the tools
he needed: buffers and sanders on small scale bench-top line shaft systems
which, because they looked old were priced astronomically.
>
> His main woodworking bench was a traditional design with face and tail vise, 3
inches thick, 6 ft. Long and in fantastic shape $125. Unfortunately it was
marked sold. Way over priced old looking tools, and this fantastic bench at a
price which wouldn't buy one of the vises on it. I so wished I had known about
the sale earlier, I wouldn't have been able to get my wallet out of my pocket
fast enough for that bench.
>
> All of this, a fantastic shop, all of his tools, all of the wood and it was
all for sale. I became very sad at the thought of it. I can only imagine all of
the wonderful items he made for friends and family, he was clearly very
productive. And it was all for sale. Not a single person in his family claimed
his tools, his lumber, his patterns. It was obvious by the items there that this
wasn't what was left after family took what they wanted, it was a complete and
well equipped shop. And I was sad at the thought. And I wondered what will
become of my shop someday? Will some ignorant estate sale company over price the
wrong things, and will decorators pick out things to shabbily paint? Even now,
late in the evening the thought of that sale saddens me...
>
> And I am now more determined than ever to expose my GrandGit, and my nephews
and nieces and anyone else who seems remotely interested, to my shop my old
tools and how to make things...
>
> I did pick up a few things: a couple of North Bros. Yankee spiral screw
drivers including a 30 A that I didn't have. A N.B. Yankee 15 ratcheting
screwdriver in the 2" size, 4 really nice wooden handle screw drivers in the
heavy duty Mac Tools style, some gimlet bits for my brace(s) and a fine honing
stone.  A cast iron file handle-- I really like those.
>
> I can't seem to pass up Yankee push drills or ratcheting screwdrivers, I am
afraid I am going to have to work on a set
>
>
> Brent A Kinsey
> Brentpmed@c...
>
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