Today's Thrift Store Finds

[Adrian Ponik]

Today I went into a thrift store that sometimes has some hand tools.

Rather pleased with these two:
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2101 Yankee Brace and a Yankee push drill
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Best part was the prices on these two. $6 for the brace, $4 for the push drill. Steals as far as I'm concerned


They also had a pile of bench planes. I have pretty much a full set of Stanley planes (3, 4, 5, 5 1/2, 6, and 7). They had a few planes I was interested in, but the prices were probably average retail prices. I gave this a quick look, then moved on. Then, something in my head said, "wait a sec" and I did a double take
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It's an aluminum #6! I knew Stanley made aluminum planes but had never actually seen on in real life. It was marked $40, and I talked them down to $35. Will it ever get used, probably not. But, it's still a cool plane. I hadn't considered myself a collector previously, but I think I might be headed that way...... uh oh. Not a bad day for a few bucks under $50.

[Jim Koepke]

Let me be the first to say, "you suck."

Looks like the A6 is a Sweet Hart deal.

jtk

[Zach Dillinger]

Very nice finds! You'll love that little push drill. I use mine all the time. It takes a while to get the hang of using it without damaging the surrounding wood, but once you get it they work very well.

[don wilwol]

I love the A6. What a great deal.

[Casey Gooding]

Nice finds. I've never seen an aluminum Stanley in real life, either. Should be pretty easy to true up, if necessary.

[Jacob Nothstine]

"I'm gonna going to buy some planes
Only got $50.00 dollars in my pocket
I-I-I'm huntin'
Lookin for a come up
This aluminum Stanley awesome" sorry the kids like this song so it's stuck in my head

I need to head to W Michigan and check the thrift store, here in Detroit area your lucky to fine a broken screwdriver.