Originally Posted by
Jim Koepke
With a bit of pain in my jaws from major dental work a little time has been spent looking at ebay.
There are very few things that would get me to loosen the purse strings and this sure isn't one of them. Item #112760884703 is what looks to be your typical Stanley #45. Missing is the critical screw for locking the adjustable fence. Why did people remove these from the plane? So many are missing that it seems there must have been a reason to take it off, but it may elude tool historians until the end of time. In my case this screw is often loosened for adjustments. It also is loosened for the times the fence is flipped upside down. The guide rods on the adjustable fence are not centered vertically. For use on top of a bench, flipping the fence adds a little extra clearance.
That is not really what is odd about this. The seller has over 900 positive feedbacks and selling on ebay since 1999. This is what makes me wonder why he isn't offering free shipping (it comes up as $88.58 for me) when he is asking $825 Buy It Now?
Is this a trap for someone to make a best offer?
It has been years since anything of mine was sold on ebay. Most of the time my items would be researched to at least see asked or realized for similar items.
Looking at other items from this seller it appears he doesn't like inexpensive items.
Maybe in the future when out rust hunting it would be good to have a smart phone with a good browser to get a better feel of what is around and what it might bring if it is to be resold.
jtk