Don Schwartz wrote:
> Can anyone offer advice on these? I came across one but have no idea
> of a fair price, nor if it's a good one. So far as I can see, it seems
> intact and well-used. There is no saw with it. List archive didn't
> help much... Anything I should check closely? Seller wants $40...
Don

Don, in 1934, this was a lower end box, costing $16.45 (10.95 without a
20 x 4 saw). The high end box of the same size was 22.30. The only
cheaper one was an open front one for $6.70 without saw. Bonus for the
50 1/2 was that it could be used with a back saw or panel saw. YOu can
see some older Stanley catalogs at
http://www.roseantiquetools.com/id16.html

You will have trouble searching the archives for that number.* Use
google with site:http://swingleydev.com/archive "50 1/2"

Couple of posts have had discussions, here are a few http://swingleydev-
.com/archive/get.php?message_idhttp://swingleydev.com/archive/get.php?m-
essage_id=138802&submit_thread=1#message
http://swingleydev.com/archive/get.php?message_id=118274#message http:/-
/swingleydev.com/archive/get.php?message_id=32391&submit_threadhttp://s-
wingleydev.com/archive/get.php?message_id=167724#message

Also, tooltrip.com has pretty good mitre box by Stanley ID, but I can't
get there, he has domain referring problem going on again.

*    The main limitation is that the database only indexes words 3
     letters or longer. Unfortunately, the database ignores the words
     'saw', 'try' and 'trying'.

    * One special exception exists for Stanley plane numbers. The
      database does have an index of plane numbers of the form /#[0-9]{1,3}((-
      | )((1\/2)|C))?/ (for those of you who speak 'egrep'), so you can
      enter something like '#164', "#6C", or '#5
      1/2' and get useful search results.

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Kirk Eppler in HMB, OFf for a walk Pharmaceutical and Packaging
Engineering

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