Gathered Galoots  - Please accept my humbly submitted bio. A young member
of the Neanderthal branch of the Galoot specie; two GIT and a SWMBO in the
Kansas City area. Grew up on WWS and that long running PBS home improvement
show/commercial that rhymes with This Old Mouse. Eagle scout, trained as a
chemist so prone to overthinking my woodworking. Interested in buying and
selling, and then using hand tools as I am just not that interested in
paying extortion to Woodcrap/Rockslide/HomeDespot/Lowies. Is it okay to
admit that I take a moment with my tools before going on an airplane trip?
Generally, my dreams are: a date with Mary May, to time travel back to
visit the Roycrofter establishment at its peak and the time I bought a 605
1/2 at an estate sale for $15 (you knew there would be a gloat some where,
right....).

Reverently Submitted,

James Bennett

Welcome, James! You’ve come to the right place. I’m also in the Kansas City area
(Liberty, to be precise).  Glad to know of another Galoot in the metro.
Congrudgulations on your 605 1/2 acquisition. $15 is definitely gloat-able!

Cheers,
Alex Moseley

Nice of you to join us, James, indeed.
I want to offer a quick word of caution about that 605 1/2. There have been
a variety of counterfeits made of this particular model that require a
significant amount of time and expert effort to detect.  I'd be happy to
inspect it if you like.  No charge, of course, but it would help if you
paid postage. Convincing an elderly pensioner to pack it and pay postage in
your stead would also suffice.
Enjoy your days, all,
cur

Welcome aboard James.  This is definitely a great place to hang out.
Frank S in IA 

    On Thursday, October 26, 2017 5:07 PM, curt seeliger  wrote:
 

 Nice of you to join us, James, indeed.
I want to offer a quick word of caution about that 605 1/2. There have been
a variety of counterfeits made of this particular model that require a
significant amount of time and expert effort to detect.  I'd be happy to
inspect it if you like.  No charge, of course, but it would help if you
paid postage. Convincing an elderly pensioner to pack it and pay postage in
your stead would also suffice.
Enjoy your days, all,
cur
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Morning Mr. Seeliger - Thanks for bringing this possibility up! I searched
the old tools archive and found that very little is said about counterfeit
bedrock planes and virtually nothing is said about how to detect "fake"
bedrocks; this leads me to think that this topic might be a very
interesting thread for the group? I'd be willing to provide pictures,
measurements and answer questions to the forum for discussion. This plane
is the cornerstone of my stock prep, so you'll forgive my unwillingness to
let it travel to, Washington, is it?

Welcome, James.  I think you will like this group, once you figure out
who to trust.........

Bruce Z.
Des Moines, IA
Not pointing any finger, mind you....

Welcome to the group James!
Cheers from Waterloo,
Claudio

I recall a fellow in main made a large number of counterfeit bedrock
planes. He kind of screwed up though. First he cast them in bronze
instead of iron. People could tell them apart right away. Besides, his
production costs were so high he had to put his own name on them and
market them as "premium" planes.

----- Original Message -----
From: "james bennett" 
To:"curt seeliger" 
Cc:"oldtools@s..." 
Sent:Fri, 27 Oct 2017 08:44:45 -0500
Subject:Re: [OldTools] New Galoot bio

 Morning Mr. Seeliger - Thanks for bringing this possibility up! I
searched
 the old tools archive and found that very little is said about
counterfeit
 bedrock planes and virtually nothing is said about how to detect
"fake"
 bedrocks; this leads me to think that this topic might be a very
 interesting thread for the group? I'd be willing to provide pictures,
 measurements and answer questions to the forum for discussion. This
plane
 is the cornerstone of my stock prep, so you'll forgive my
unwillingness to
 let it travel to, Washington, is it?

 On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 5:07 PM, curt seeliger 
wrote:

 > Nice of you to join us, James, indeed.
 > I want to offer a quick word of caution about that 605 1/2. There
have
 > been a variety of counterfeits made of this particular model that
require a
 > significant amount of time and expert effort to detect. I'd be
happy to
 > inspect it if you like. No charge, of course, but it would help if
you
 > paid postage. Convincing an elderly pensioner to pack it and pay
postage in
 > your stead would also suffice.
 > Enjoy your days, all,
 > cur
 >
 >
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On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 12:15 PM, Bruce Zenge 
wrote:

> Welcome, James.  I think you will like this group, once you figure out
> who to trust.........
>
> Bruce Z.
> Des Moines, IA
> Not pointing any finger, mind you....
>
>
C'mon Bruce, you said you weren't going to call me out on this anymore.

Welcome James, I am just giving Bruce hell because someone must rise to the
bait.

-- 
Kirk Eppler slinking off to a corner in Half Moon Bay, CA

Why, Kirk, you wouldn't suggest anything untoward or misleading, would
you?  Nor would I call anyone out for any reason..  Baitin? Me?  Ahem,
ahem.    (tongue firmly planted in cheek)

BTW James, we do have a great deal of fun poking other members in the
ribs from time-to-time.  All part of the Porch personna and why many
of us still hang around.

Brice Z.
Des Moines, IA

Reverently accepted and welcome.
And please ignore the "you suck" sounds going on about the cost of that gem!
;)
-- 
Cheers
Nuno Souto
wizofoz@i...