After watching eBay for a while looking for router planes, I was astounded at the prices. I finally went to Lee Valley and purchased two router planes from them. I opted for the large and the medium since they can use the same blades.
Contributor
After watching eBay for a while looking for router planes, I was astounded at the prices. I finally went to Lee Valley and purchased two router planes from them. I opted for the large and the medium since they can use the same blades.
[OP]
Contributor
I can understand that, I'm all for using old tools but when you can buy new for same price....
Sometimes you can get lucky though. I like to misspell in the search on ebay. You'd be surprised how often sellers do that. Or they leave something off like sellers a 42x has a 42. Just takes a while but I'm not a Facebook or Twitter person so i look on auction sites lol.
Contributor
Yeah I've gotten lucky and I've gotten burned... my first number 8 was a okay price and it was a really good user my second was an okay price and still is not a good user years later. then I see people saying oh no I need to find very specific cutters they're hard to find okay if the price is about the same I might as well just buy a new one.. and with weave Ali it's a sure thing.
least if you can find it at a garage sale or flea market you can put your hands on it first won't really tell you how much of a user it is but at least you can hold it. Lately I haven't found a lot on eBay for tools
Contributor
There are quite a few listings of planes by StanelyOriginally Posted by Blake M Williams
Just took a stroll through the completed listings for > router plane < It is shocking what even incomplete router planes are fetching. There are a few down in the $50 area, not many.
Even an empty box received a hefty bid:
Router Planes & Empty Box.png
My Sargent #62 was less than $35 with shipping but that was at least 15 years ago.
In today's market it is very tempting to buy new.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Contributor
"greatcatalog" is the seller of two or these planes, Jim. He routinely has very good vintage stock at reasonable prices for their condition. Martin Donnelly, I think he's well known around here. He's the guy who held that online auction a few weeks ago. My post about it aged out of the Deals & Discounts forum, so I can't find it.
In any case, if you have a few weeks to lurk, you can find a fair price to pounce on at eBay.
Last edited by Bob Jones 5443; 06-04-2020 at 1:46 AM.
Contributor
Greatcatalog is used by MJDonnely Tool Sales. My last purchase of a blade from them was rather unsatisfying. Clean and ready to use was deeply pitted and needing a few hours of work.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Contributor
Thank you Jim for that info. I've thought there was a connection. It will help with future considerations on the eprey website.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote