Great wknd finds

[Sam Beagle]

There was a neighboring community yardsale yesterday. I went with the wife, it was a brutal day, basically waiting and waiting to find something to buy. Well I had basically given up hope, actually we were getting ready to just go home, when the wife said to turn down this alley and follow the signs quick. Well all I could see was rust from afar. I came up to the barn, and there sat 6 bedrock Stanley planes as well as quite a few great old scrapers, chisels, and a Clarke edger. (I'm a flooring guy, so I was totally taken by surprise) My best buy was a #7 Stanley bedrock (608) I have all the others, so to find the plane I have been looking for at a barn sale really made my day.
I bought 5 of the 6 planes, most were duplicates, but they are bedrock series, something I don't have much of. I paid a little more than normal costs, but still very very cheap compared to eBay. The #7 I paid 12 for, all the others were 5-7 a piece. It was a great score, just wanted to share the moment with you fellow rust hunters.

[Thomas Schneider]

we need pic's!

[Allan Speers]

$5- $7 for Bedrocks?

I hate you. :o

[Jerry Olexa]

You SUCK......

[Joe Bailey]

In the complete absence of photos, I can only imagine that you were daydreaming.

[Jim Koepke]

What is the old line? No pictures, it didn't happen.

Then again, when people clean out their old barn, they just want someone to haul everything away. Any money made is great compared to what it will cost to haul everything that is left to the dump.

jtk

[Stew Denton]

Sam,

Incredible find, great job! If they are in decent shape, or even fair shape, any one of them is worth more than what you paid for all of them.....and don't tell me that there is a 604 1/2 or 608 in the bunch.....I will be wildly jealous.

Stew

[Archie England]

Don't that beat all! Great find!

[Maurice Ungaro]

NOT your normal prices for Bedrocks, I don't care how much cleanup is involved!

[Malcolm Schweizer]

NOT your normal prices for Bedrocks, I don't care how much cleanup is involved!

Exactly what I was thinking. Sam, can I buy some of your tools at "normal prices"?

[Harold Burrell]

I want to be very clear with what I am about to say...


YOU SUCK!!!

[Al Launier]

Good for you! Great deal indeed!

[Sam Beagle]

I have no clue how to upload pics on this forum or the other 2 forums I talk on. But I have no issue sending anyone an email or text of the planes. Yes, there is a 608. It's the biggest one. All of them are complete, the handles are worn a little but still solid. They do however need cleaned up for sure. But don't think this kind of thing happens alot to me, this is the best group find of tools I've ever found.

[Dave Parkis]

That is a HUGE find!!! Good for you. FWIW, the 608 isn't a #7, it's a #8.

[Stew Denton]

Wow Sam, a 608! You did even better than I first though. I'm wildly jealous....well not really, but I am happy for you!

For what it's worth, I don't have a #8 plane, but would hope to eventually get one someday. For me there is no rush, because I don't have room for the ones I have now, but am working on that problem. Lord willing, some of these times my time will come and I will end up with a 608 as well. However, you have one now.

I don't know how to put photos on the website either, but maybe my wife can help me with that. If you figure out how to put picture on, we would love to see the planes, especially "before and after" if you clean them up.

At any rate, congrats on the 608 and the other bedrocks.

Stew

[Maurice Ungaro]

Sam, let me put it to you like this: you stole those planes! How do you sleep at night?

[Ray Selinger]

There's a 608 that shows up at the local fleamarket for $125 . Are they much more use than say a #07 Record ?

[Jim Koepke]

There's a 608 that shows up at the local fleamarket for $125 . Are they much more use than say a #07 Record ?

The usage is somewhat the same. For me if there is a lot of wood to be removed on a rough sawn piece, then the #8 gets used. If it is later in the day or just a few shavings need to be removed, the #7 is lighter.

Sometimes my #7 is used like a long smoother after the #8.

Most people could likely do just as well with one or the other.

Edit: The point of your question may have been missed. The Record #07 is the Bailey design. The #608 is the Bedrock design. Theoretically the Bedrock is a more solid design. The Bailey design in the hands of most users will do just as well at its intended purpose.

jtk

[Dave Parkis]

Both are jointers, a #8 is a little bigger (and heavier) than a 7. If the one at the flea market for $125 is in good condition, that's not a bad price. Not gloatworthy, but a pretty good deal. FWIW, flat side Bedrocks tend to bring more money than the early round sided ones.

[Michael Ray Smith]

+1.....................

I want to be very clear with what I am about to say...


YOU SUCK!!!

[Michael Ray Smith]

I paid more than that for a #8C Bailey (it was in very good condition) a few years ago and soon sold my No. 7 because I don't have enough room to keep tools I don't use.


There's a 608 that shows up at the local fleamarket for $125 . Are they much more use than say a #07 Record ?