Where the #5s go ...

[Derek Cohen]

A couple of days ago I was in a store in Cape Town that specialised in re-purposing objects. There was a great deal of creative thought there (hopefully some photos later - they are on my wife's camera).


Then I turned around and saw this clothes rack that for some reason appeared familiar ...


http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Creativity/Planerack1_zps7096e10a.jpg


The price?


http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Creativity/Planerack2_zps0667cd28.jpg


That's about $30 each or about $50 for a pair.


Unfortunately the store owner attached them this way ...


http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Creativity/Planerack3_zps4910e5db.jpg


Regards from Perth


Derek

[Tony Wilkins]

Permission to smack the creative genius who came up with this granted.

[Moses Yoder]

I was looking for a hook this morning; for some reason it never occurred to me to use one of my #5 hooks.

[Judson Green]

Browsing on etsy... Ya see the same kinda stuff.

Is a bummer.

[Jeff Wittrock]

Sigh,
Couldn't they have just used some Great Necks?

[Graham Haydon]

Kinda nice though, could do something similar with just totes and knobs.

[Tony Wilkins]

Don't hold back Jim - tell us what you really think about Etsy ;)

[Cody Kemble]

"Shabby Chic" is old now. They have moved on to "upcycling." The local woodcraft even has an "upcycling" class scheduled (using pallets to make a wine rack). Now I can't even go there with a clean conscience.

[Jim Koepke]

Kinda nice though, could do something similar with just totes and knobs.

One of my broken saw handles served as a door handle for a while.

One of the logging supply stores in town has what looks like axes for door handles.

Lots of ways to repurpose things.

jtk

[Jim Koepke]

They have moved on to "upcycling." The local woodcraft even has an "upcycling" class scheduled (using pallets to make a wine rack).

I think Steve Ramsey did that on "Wood Working for Mere Mortals last year.

Nothing new under the sun when it comes to reuse of refuse.

jtk

[Andy Pratt]

So by "re-created from vintage wood planes" they mean "threw away the working parts of a handplane and screwed this to a wall, then charged 5x the going rate for a functional version"...

Just so everyone knows, they look to be charging $300 per "coat hook" for this, what a racket... yet another reason you can't get a good buy on a hand plane on ebay

[Adam Cruea]

This makes me want to cry in a very, very bad way.

:mad:

It also makes me want to beat any yuppie designer that uses the term "shabby chic". It literally sends a shiver up my spine when people say that.

[steven c newman]

Never been inside "Cracker Barrel" eateries? Guess what they consider "Wall Decor"......

[Derek Cohen]

If it makes you feel better, I did have a word with the owner/designer.

I also explained that the vintage wooden steering wheels on the wall, used as a display, would be worth a lot more if sold on eBay.

Similar to these ...

http://www.classicowheels.com/images/Vintage-Steering-Wheels.jpg

This is her website: http://www.recreate.za.net/

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Daniel Rode]

+1
What a waste.

This makes me want to cry in a very, very bad way.

:mad:

It also makes me want to beat any yuppie designer that uses the term "shabby chic". It literally sends a shiver up my spine when people say that.

[george wilson]

I have no idea why anyone thinks this is attractive. Or,that crap that those "Pickers" are always digging up is,either.

[Jim Matthews]

I said as much, in far too colorful a manner.
Etsy is a blight unleashed by cheap shipping costs and "creative" people with internet access.

It's mass produced tramp art.

[george wilson]

Mass produced tramp art is an excellent description. Or maybe "found object tramp art"?

[Zach Dillinger]

It is stupid crap like this (and white spraypaint on old furniture) that is ruining America. We used to have such a vibrant decorative arts culture, now we have "creative types" nailing garbage (not these planes of course) to the wall and calling it art. Don't they know art and design peaked in the 1760s?

[Moses Yoder]

Yes, America lies in shambles because somebody screwed a #5 plane to the wall. Really, I quit stopping at garage sales because I have enough project planes to last me a lifetime. Some of them are very nice planes too, some 3's and 5-1/4's but mostly #5's. The number fives are coming out of our ears. I just did a search for "#5 stanley plane" on ebay and got 719 results, probably about half are actual #5 planes. So there are three hundred on ebay right now, with Lee Valley and Lie Nielsen making more every day. I am actually grateful that somebody is trashing them; it will make people who actually use one appreciate it more someday when it is the only one left.

[steven c newman]

Well, there goes the Intervention Raid at the Cracker Barrel Stores.....

Some of the stuff Cracker Barrel hangs on their walls.......Of course, Cracker Barrel will SELL you a piece of Decour Art, IF you want it....

[Derek Cohen]

I am not a fan of shabby chic, although I applaud all efforts of creative thinking. There were a number of "interesting" ideas in that store, indeed some that made me consider repurposing some old stuff lying around the house. I had mixed feelings about the plane clothes rack. It is certainly fun. However it was also ignorant destruction of useful and, for us, desirable tools. I said this to the designer-owner. To her credit, she took this on board. Clearly, however, many objects are just that .. objects .. interesting, old and past their use-by date ... and therefore available for re-purposing.

The irony is that I had been looking for a #5. Here is Oz they appear quite rare. They may be the most common plane in the USA, but I rarely come across them in Perth. The ones that I see are Australian or Made in England, and handled in painted beech or plastic. When for sale they command high prices - $50 - $80. The reason I was looking for a #5 was curiosity. I had never used one, having a woody jack I built, and before that a #5 1/2 - they seem far more common than #5s. I decided to get one via eBay USA. When I looked at the shipping costs, it made more sense to pay a little more and get a cheapish Bedrock #605, which I did. I can sell that more easily and get my money back.

I do wonder why the #5 is so uncommon in Australia, and why the #5 1/2 abounds (I have two, and this is the only plane I have in duplicate .... and no longer use).

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Jim Koepke]

I do wonder why the #5 is so uncommon in Australia, and why the #5 1/2 abounds (I have two, and this is the only plane I have in duplicate .... and no longer use).

Could it be the bigger is better syndrome?

Maybe it is the weight difference.

jtk

[Alfred Kraemer]

Maybe there is some hope that object may inspire a future woodworker. That may be a very optimistic view.
From the About page of the creator:
"
By nature an extremely energetic, bubbly and creative individual, Katie’s energy filters through to her work and into her pieces and the lives of her clients."

[Hilton Ralphs]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Creativity/Planerack1_zps7096e10a.jpg


Their only mistake was the orientation of the #5. If they simply flipped it 180 degrees, one could hang a smaller item on the lower knob and a larger item from the higher and further out tote.



I have no idea why anyone thinks this is attractive.
It's a Cape Town thing. They essentially have their very own time zone (behind everyone else by a week) and are known for arty, aloof, snooty and strange but the place is certainly beautiful.

[Kent A Bathurst]

I actually like it. Somewhere between clever and classy, IMO.

We all know there was [and still is] some horrendous junk sold as woodworking tools.

Seems to me that you scarf some up at junk prices, use them as coathooks, and have both found-object art that matches the decor of your workshop, and at the same time make a political statement on the efficacy of the clowns that pawn[ed] this stuff off as legitimate tools.

I mean, after all, there were multitudes of us in Detroit that knew for years that as a pro QB, Gary Danielson was a middle-of-the-road TV announcer, right? We knew junk when we saw it. We just aren't likely to hang him on the shop wall.