>Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:58:24 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Derek Berwald <derek@p...>
>To: OLDTOOLS@l...
>Subject: Laney College swap.
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>I heard about a tool swap at Laney College in Oakland, CA on the
>16th.  I should have sent this to the Bay Area galoots list, but
>I couldn't find the address.  Sorry.
>
>Does anybody have any more info on this event?  Is it worth a 1.5
>hour drive?  What time should I be there?  I found Laney College
>on a map, but do I need more directions, like how to find the
>swap, or will it be so massive that's obvious?
>
>Thanks.
>
>db
>
>******
>Derek Berwald
>derek@p...
>

It's worth the drive (but bring your SWMBO and do some sightseeing on the
way home).  The one time I made it had a dozen or two dozen dealers along
one aisle at the end of a regular flea market.  It's a short aisle, but
lots of tools from real dealers were there.  Good bargins (and some lousy
prices so pay attention).

Finding it was a pain (and I had the postcard showing where it's at) and
parking was terrible but well worth the effort.  Get there in the morning
(any time is fine, I got there late and still found plenty of bargins
including a nice #8 for $50 and a #66 beader for $15).  Get a map of
Oakland from AAA and look for the parking lot (it's in a smallish parking
lot).

If you come towards Oakland from the South, you can see the flea market
from the highway.

Tim S.