Antique shop finds...

[Tasky]

Ended up in a local 'antiques' shop over the weekend, mainly for the Mrs to browse the tat that is more like a charity shop than actual antiques (didn't know DVDs were that old)... but of course, I had to stop in the tool corner.

A lot of items, but not much in usable nick, I was sorry to find. Several old try-squares, mortice markers and a good number of Record planes, but alas rusted to heck. Cheap if you're into restoration, I expect, but it looks like a lot of work for what could end up being a waste of time.

Still walked away with a try square and a wooden mallet for £8, though.

Might check out some other places this weekend!

 

[monkeybiter]

I bought my two best planes [i.e. my only good planes] from an antiques and collectables show, IIRC a Record 5 1/2 and a No.7, both in unrusted ready to use condition. Approx £33 each. Also a couple of moulding planes for £3 each.
This is a cupboard in an antiques shop in Lincoln.

 

[ED65]

This is a cupboard in an antiques shop in Lincoln.

Oh my goodness =P~ What are the prices like?

 

[monkeybiter]

This is a cupboard in an antiques shop in Lincoln.

Oh my goodness =P~ What are the prices like?

That was a couple of years ago, didn't ask about the planes but his prices were a bit variable from the norm [up and down] so there could easily have been at least a few bargains in there.

 

[ED65]

Several old try-squares, mortice markers and a good number of Record planes, but alas rusted to heck. Cheap if you're into restoration, I expect, but it looks like a lot of work for what could end up being a waste of time.

FWIW a lot of the work can be put in by the rust remover, leaving little actual labour for the plucky restorer to need to do. If you're fully into the hands-off approach a molasses soak can be set up, any rusty gubbins you buy plonked inside and forgotten about for a month or two and when you finally fish them out the rust (any amount of it) will have been converted into a black sludge that can be scrubbed off with a stiff brush under a running tap. It's about as effortless as rust removing gets.

The main problem with buying planes in that sort of situation isn't that they might be right-offs it's what you pay for them, given that many a car boot in the UK can net a plane or two in better condition but for a few quid or less. Still, if a hand plane of any size can be had for a fiver or thereabouts and it turns out not to be salvageable as a complete unit, that's not a bad price for the parts which can be put into the spares bin to help rescue a future sad case in need of this or that missing or broken piece.

 

[Tasky]

FWIW a lot of the work can be put in by the rust remover, leaving little actual labour for the plucky restorer to need to do.

I was thinking more that once you remove that rust, there'd be nothing left but the wooden bits!!

The main problem with buying planes in that sort of situation isn't that they might be right-offs it's what you pay for them

Yeah, I wasn't going to pay £35+ for something like that!