basket case

[phil harold]

at a rainy friday yard sale I found this basket under a tarp

no price

offered 25 for it

he countered a firm 50

I paid and ran

http://sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=120821&stc=1&d=1245146671


what I found
http://sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=120822&stc=1&d=1245146671


what caught my eye
http://sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=120823&stc=1&d=1245146691

Time to make a plane till?

one of the mortise chisels is stamped ohio king, I never heard of that before

the 2 chrome tongue groove planes the are stanely, but the third is?

the only other woodworking equipment there was an old craftsman radial arm saw

[Steve Rozmiarek]

Phil, I can't see the photos, and I'm really curious!

[phil harold]

Phil, I can't see the photos, and I'm really curious!I could see the pictures... but now there should be attached ones too

[Jim Koepke]

I could see the attached photos, but not the images inserted into the text.

Looks like a great deal and a bit of work to be done.

Is the big plane a #6?

jim

[phil harold]

I could see the attached photos, but not the images inserted into the text.

Looks like a great deal and a bit of work to be done.

Is the big plane a #6?

jim

big plane with a "m" scratched into the side is a 606

I know there is lot of work to do but they should be fine user planes for me

seems there was some nice guy who posted how to fix up a plane recently...

[Don Orr]

I never find anything like that around here. You lucky rust hunter ! Man what a haul.

[Bill Houghton]

Must be hard to live in a vacuum, since you suck. Nice finds, at a good price.

The third tongue and groove plane may be a Stanley also, a No. 148 - see http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan13.htm#num148. Look at the side of the handle, in the depressed area, for the Stanley mark.

The little spokeshave looks like a late Stanley No. 52, or possibly a 51 - hard to tell from this angle. If the handles are more or less straight out from the body of the shave, it's a 52, which is in my opinion the finest of the Stanley spokeshaves - very natural in the hand, light, responsive. People talk up the 151, which has the adjusting screws, but the 51/52 will fit into tighter corners and are less bulky. Learning to adjust by guess and by gosh doesn't take long.

[Jim Becker]

Oh. My. Word. You did good to plunk down your money, pick up that basket and run as fast as you could! LOL

[Danny Thompson]

"Heist" is the word that comes to mind. Congrats.

[Jeff Skory]

Holy Cow!! Nice haul.

[Jim Kountz]

THIEF!! Man oh man, that is a huge gloat!! Id love to find a score like that!!