An online currency Converter (XE.com) Says $99.99 euro =about $92 US

esther.heller@k... wrote:

>
>
> I'm not quite sure I get the point of the
> goldplated blade which they point out may be
> sharpened..  But at 100 Euros, unless the
> dollar has slipped against the Euro more than
> I realise, it's not bad for a pretty chunk
> of rosewood.
>
> ---

Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, still cold and foggy and damp.
Eppler.Kirk@g...

From: Esther Heller

Bugbear the URL king points us to:

Here's the (very shiny) result:
http://www.fine-tools.com/G301015.htm

Here's the main page, with a few more details:
http://www.fine-tools.com/divhob.htm#zield15

I'm not quite sure I get the point of the
goldplated blade which they point out may be
sharpened..  But at 100 Euros, unless the
dollar has slipped against the Euro more than
I realise, it's not bad for a pretty chunk
of rosewood.

Bugbear said

> Dieter Schmidt, who I know some galoots have had
> positive dealings with, has been having a
> "quiet chat" with ECE.
>
> Here's the (very shiny) result:
> http://www.fine-tools.com/G301015.htm

I have one of the low cost versions -- it walked through the door a long
time ago.  While advertised as a block plane, it does not seem to fit that
role as well as others.  I find it is more like a small utility plane.  It
seems to fall into service for small projects and small pieces of wood where
I might otherwise use the LN 62 (low angle jack plane with an adjustable
mouth) or a jack plane on a larger piece of wood.

It was my first wood plane and started me down a very slippery slope.

Ken Vaughan -- in Ketchikan Alaska where the rain is getting cold and we are
looking for termination dust on the mountains (if the sky ever clears so we
can see the mountains.)

Looks like Bridge City have some competion!

Dieter Schmidt, who I know some galoots have had
positive dealings with, has been having a
"quiet chat" with ECE.

Here's the (very shiny) result:
http://www.fine-tools.com/G301015.htm

Here's the main page, with a few more details:
http://www.fine-tools.com/divhob.htm#zield15

The REAL reason I was looking round his site,
is that my local auction (yes, it's BugBear's
Thursday auction time) has a 1906 mitre saw,
in the Ulmia style.

I was looking for information.

Here's the photo of an old Ulmia.
http://www.fine-tools.com/ulm300b.jpg
The one in the auction is more sophisticated with the "modern"
double vertical guides.
In fact it's got most of the features of:
http://www.fine-tools.com/G352_1.htm
Except that the angle setting is via a full-size quadrant,
like the old Ulmia. Sadly it's very woodwormed,
and estimated 50-75 GBP, which eliminates from being
suitable for a user(it's wormed) bottom feeder (it ain't cheap)

It's made by Laupheimer, if that means anything to anybody,
and has a 27" blade. It's big.

	BugBear

Bugbear was looking for information about an old mitre saw from
Laupheimer:

The company Jos. Steiner & Söhne, aka as 'Laupheimer Werkzeugfabrik' has
been founded in 1859 and existed at least until 1960. There were eight
tool manufacturers in Laupheim/Germany, with Steiner being one of the
biggest. I put two pages from a 1937 Steiner catalog on my website
http://www.holzwerken.de/museum/german_maker/steiner_gehr1.jpg
http://www.holzwerken.de/museum/german_maker/steiner_gehr2.jpg

 HTH, Wolfgang

"Jordan, Wolfgang" wrote:
>
> Bugbear was looking for information about an old mitre saw from
> Laupheimer:
>
> The company Jos. Steiner & Söhne, aka as 'Laupheimer Werkzeugfabrik'
> has been founded in 1859 and existed at least until 1960. There were
> eight tool manufacturers in Laupheim/Germany, with Steiner being one
> of the biggest. I put two pages from a 1937 Steiner catalog on my
> website http://www.holzwerken.de/museum/german_maker/steiner_gehr1.jpg

Hot Damn! The saw in the auction is bottom of that page; The page
appears to call it a 1006; the one at auction labelled 1906. What I took
as a date appears to be a model number.

Many thanks to Wolfgang for great references!

        BugBear