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260658 John Ruth <johnrruth@h...> 2016‑12‑09 Re: Idea for a Book Project: A Set of Plans for Stanley Woodeb Boxes
GG's:

Though it wasn't what I had in mind, I absolutely love stories about finding
various parts of the same tool in different venues!

My stories are in the archives. The best one involves a seller calling me up TEN
YEARS later to tell me he'd found the missing parts of a Stanley miterbox.

John Ruth
Metuchen NJ

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On Dec 9, 2016, at 12:10 AM, Michael Blair mailto:branson2@s...">mailto:branson2@s...>> wrote:


>I looked in the books and saw what the round bottom looked like and thought -
that's a lost cause.  About 2 weeks later at a local flea, I found the round
bottom in the bottom of a box - 25c.

Wish I had found the same sort of price, but I had a #66 beader with the
straight fence.  Kept my eye out for the curved fence.  Never found an orphan
curved fence, but one day I found an even earlier (japaned) 66 with a curved
fence.  Oh darn!  I have to put up with two #66 beaders!

Mike in Woodland

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