I've fallen and I can't get up...

[Harold Burrell]

I went to an antique tool auction yesterday. It was one of Martin Donnelly's. I was absolutely blown away.

What started as a hand tool curiosity quickly became an attraction (once I put my hand to an old stanley plane awhile back). Now...it has become an obsession.

Somebody...please...help...me.......

[eugene thomas]

I hear ya, fore me was lie-nielsen plane and mow can't stop the brown truck from bring morr of their tools.

[Jim Koepke]

This is just one of the reasons I live in the sticks and stay at home.

No yard sales to walk to. No signs pointing to yard sales. No place to spend money for about 10 miles.

jtk

[Steve Branam]

Don't worry, I'll save you! Quick, send me all your tools!

Glad I could help :)

[gary Zimmel]

I've heard there is a 12 step group that can help one...
But I have yet to be able to find it..:D

[Mark Dorman]

Admit it to yourself (as I did) you have fallen and it's so fun you don't even care.

[Mark Wyatt]

There is no help. Give in to the dark side....

[Joe A Faulkner]

... are just a few more tools, and then you'll have everything you need.

[Archie England]

Swoosh!!!! is that sweet sound of fine shavings and rapid sliding down this awesome slope....:)

[Harlan Barnhart]

Harold, I doubt you will find much help here. Maybe a little push further along the path, some good company but no cures.:)

[Gary Herrmann]

Umm, going to one of Martin's auctions is one way of trying to kick the habit. If you shock yourself every time you reach for something in a lot. I haven't been to one of his auctions yet, but I get the fliers...

[Harold Burrell]

Umm, going to one of Martin's auctions is one way of trying to kick the habit. If you shock yourself every time you reach for something in a lot. I haven't been to one of his auctions yet, but I get the fliers...

I ended buying some stuff. Hand planes. One of the coolest things about it is that I get to go pick up what I bought at Martin's house. He seems like a pretty neat guy.

[Michael Ray Smith]

Bunch of enablers around here.

[Zach Dillinger]

The next couple of days are always full of worry for me. I have to wait for my email from Donnelly saying how my absentee bids did, and how much I owe him. I get a littly twitchy, waiting to see which of those glorious lots I get to call my own in a couple of days. Mortise axes, wood planes from Colonial Williamsburg, a post drill... gotta get my fix soon, and I need to know how much I need to hide from my wife. Should be easier, what with our upcoming move. What's one more box (or four) of tools in a truckload?