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John, I agree with Bob on the Brownells screw drivers. They are a really good setup. The smaller box in my picture is the thin tip set that is used for working on European and other fine guns that...

John, nice looking tools! I bough my plane from Clarence as well. The free shipping helps out a bunch. I struggled on buying my block plane as well. I do think the LN tools are worth the $. Congrats!

Terry, those look like a nice set of chisels. Compared to what the Stanley 750's are going for you got a bargain. Enjoy them!

Shawn

Thanks, guys! John, glad they showed up in good shape. Enjoy them!! I sent you a pm.

Shawn

Nice job, Tom. Doesn't that cocobolo turn nice? I love to turn wood...instant gratification.

Thanks for the birthday wishes! I had no idea how nice these planes were until I got one in my hand. Mark, I hope you are as pleased with yours as I am with mine.

Well, the man in the big brown truck stopped off at my house with a package. I opened it up and fell in love! It is a beautiful little Lie Nielsen low angle block plane. It also just happens to be my...

Roger, that was a good day at the auction! Salina is only two hours away so guess where I will be going :D . Thanks for the heads up!

Shawn

I marked the slot that I wanted to cut out and drilled a hole at the end of it. I then cut it out on the bandsaw and cleaned up the cut with a file so it looked nice. Just did this two hours ago so...

Roger, I am in the south central part of the state. Sounds like I need to get over your way. I'm west of Wichita 70 miles and there is NOTHING out here! What I do find is so high priced you can't...

Ebay is a pretty good deal for me. Ever tried buying good used tools in Kansas? It can't be done. If it doesn't come from Lowes or Home Depot you can't get it and I have to drive 70 miles just to get...

I would use them as well. As long as you take care of them they should hold their value. Not as much as if you didn't use them but you probably won't sell them anyway for a long time. By the time...

Wow! Those are nice chisels. Good find!!!

Tom, I have turned a lot of cocobolo and it is one of my favorite woods. Kingwood would probably be next. Just make sure you wear a good dust mask or hook a dust hood up to your dust collector. The...

Now I KNOW I did well :D :D :D

Tom, that's some beautiful turning stock you have there. Are they Cocobolo? Your lathe looks like it will be just the ticket for turning the handles. Nice looking little machine.

Tom, are you trying to corner the chisel market??? :) . Looks like you are going to need a lathe to put all those babies back in shape.

John, I sent you a p.m.

Thanks guys. I had a feeling they were probably just rehandled blue chips. I think for the money they will make a real nice set. Thanks for the input.

On my quest for affordable tools I picked up these 13 Marples chisels in sizes 1/8 - 2 inch and would like to know about the quality of them etc. I am familiar with the Blue Chips that you guys...

John,

Those are some awesome looking planes! Enjoy :) .

Shawn

James,

This has been a very informative thread for me. I learned that their are clamp elitists, working man clamps, and the most important of all is that I am clamp poor :D . I appreciate your...

Mike, you definitely brought that plane back from the grave. Good job!:)

Money is tight and I have had to buy a lot of things to get going. I'm over 3/4 there on tools I need. I set $150 as a random figure but will more than likely bump it up to $250 since quite a few are...

They are nice planes, Tom...but they are not THAT nice :) . It would be cool to know where that secret room at Stanley is though!