What a GREAT find. 

I've had really good luck at "antique stores" along tourist routes..... but they
need to be rural for the prices to be realistic. Think Shenandoah Valley Va.

Last trip through picked up a decent lance tooth one man lumber saw for $20....I
had to replace the handle, but same saw on that auction site $80 plus shipping.
Good Fulton 3900 and later production Stanley 6, $5 each. Box of Jennings auger
bits $5....

Beauty of it is my wife even enjoys the detours and rambling and finding bargain
antiques of her own. Great way to spend a day...

I wonder if the entire supply of Veritas planes in the entire state of Alaska
just changed hands....



> On Aug 2, 2015, at 10:01 AM, Charlie Driggs  wrote:
> 
> After reading this, I conclude two things ....
> 
> 1    There still is hope that we can discover great tool deals in garages and
flea markets instead of having to monitor e**y
> 
> 2    Some of us may be moving to Alaska in the near future
> 
> Charlie
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Aug 1, 2015, at 5:33 PM, dstar@a... wrote:
>> 
>> Scott, you are right about that.  I find that if I don't see any old tools,
if you ask or tell people !
>> 
>> After I gave him my tool money for the month ($50), I left with 8 planes in
rusty condition.  The box contained the following:
>> 
>> A number 164, a 40 1/2, a 62, a 5, a 5 1/2, a 3, and two no 4 1/2. 
>> 
>> Here's a couple pics on my flickr page:
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