More of Alexander’s tools for sale. Some pricey fancy stuff, some basic stuff. Some in between. Let’s order them through the comments, so we can all see if anyone has hi-hosied a tool….check or paypal. Any problems, return the tool to me for a refund. No questions asked. OK let’s get this show on the road, as Red Auerbach used to say.
UPDATE: JAN 17: I GOT SWAMPED WITH ORDERS, AND AM PROCESSING THEM EACH DAY. I HAVE ABOUT 75% OF THE SHIPPING DONE, THE REST WILL GO OUT IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. THEN I WILL UPDATE THIS LIST & SEE WHAT’S LEFT. IF YOU ORDERED SOMETHING & HAVEN’T HEARD FROM ME, I’LL BE IN TOUCH AS SOON AS I GET MY HEAD ABOVE WATER. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING HERE YOU’D LIKE, YOU CAN LEAVE A COMMENT - SOME THINGS REMAIN BUT SOME ARE SOLD OUT. SORRY FOR THE MIXUP,
FOLLANSBEE
Stanley Goldenberg mortise chisels, 4mm – $20 - TWO SOLD, EIGHT LEFT
these are very nice mortise chisels, JA used this model for classes in post & rung chairs. This chisel was for chopping slat mortises. Essentially a strong 1/8″ – there’s 8 available. Like new, these seem to have not been used…
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Jointer plane, $45 – SOLD
I”ve misplaced the dimensions of this plane. I patched the mouth, it had an earlier patch that had warped & come loose. Also added a strike button, one was missing. I left the button quite proud, you could trim at will. It’s around 22″ long if I remember correctly. No name.
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Marples mortise gauge, $30. - SOLD
Great shape. long pins still. Ready to strike many lines. Single pin on one side, doubles on the other.
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Freud mortise gauges, $10. – SOLD
What can I say? Don’t these people make tablesaw blades or something? Qty 3.
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Marples cutting gauge, w plastic thumbscrew. $15 – SOLD
the plastic seals the deal for me. but it works…
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Stanley transition plane, #26. $25 – SOLD
I don’t have enough of these to burn them like Patrick Leach, so someone must want it. It’s in good shape.
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Box o’ tools: ??? - BIDDING STARTS AT $60
Let’s have some fun. Now & then I hit a box like this:
To go in & photograph all this, itemize it, research pricing, etc is too much effort. As it is, I was up past midnight the other night! So while I don’t want to do bidding, auctions, etc in general, let’s try it for this. Whoever leaves the highest bid by Saturday night, 10pm eastern time, gets this box of stuff. There is some real good stuff in there…I dumped it out & shot the bottom of the pile. So you get these two views to judge by.
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Spokeshaves, # 151. $20 – SOLD
Found two more 151 spokeshaves. Both flat-bottoms.
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Stanley 152 spokeshave, $30
Older, lower handles.
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You liked the JA line of ”ersatz” tools. Here’s some more, they get pretty weird.
JA-made mortise cleanout tool, $20
These are like the mortise cleanout tools sold the other day – but for joinery mortises, not chairs. So these fit a mortise 5/16″ wide to scoop out the frass at the bottom of the mortise. Made from Japanese nail pullers, I think.
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JA-made scrapers for chair slats, $10 FIVE SOLD, SEVEN LEFT
I think these are shown in action in Alexander’s video version of Make a Chair from a Tree. They are made for scraping the final surface on chair slats. There’s 12 of them. They really work. An ersatz tool that I actually liked.
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JA-made chair slat mortise chisels, and mortise cleanout tools. $5 each. - THE TWO CHISELS ARE SOLD, THREE CLEANOUT TOOLS SOLD, ONE LEFT
These are made from plumbers chisels, I think. (JA CORRECTED ME, MASON’S CHISELS…) The two chisels are 1/8″ and the cleanout tools are just OVER 1/8″ – so might not fit the matching chisel…hmmm. JA went wild with these tools, often raved about the steel.
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Here are the leftovers from the other day…
Columbus hatchet. $250: When we started selling JA’s tools, I got asked a lot, “will there be hatchets?” – and always said “no.” – So now I’m a liar. Sort of. Here’s the onliest hatchet I have seen in the first 2 shipments. Well, except for one I kept for the kids. A very lightweight, thin hatchet. NOT single-beveled. Marked “Columbus 1940″ with a hand holding an egg. You can search for the story about Chis Columbus setting an egg on end…. Drew Langsner told me this hatchet came from the same stash as our favorite Fuchs hatchets 30 years ago through Woodcraft… what this hatchet might be good for is open to interpretation. Drew suggested pig butchering. So. No apologies re: pricing. You won’t find another, I’d guess.
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Stanley Goldenberg mortise chisels, 8mm. $20 each SOLD
While we’re at it, here’s more Stanley Goldenberg mortise chisels. 8mm, which amounts to 5/16ths for the rest of us. Thus, just what JA & I wanted for joinery work. There’s 7 in the photo. Might be more later, I can’t tell
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Stanley #12 veneer scraper, $70 -SOLD
I couldn’t find any mark except the # on this one, so I wrote to Chris Schwarz. He pointed me to Patrick Leach’s site… there you can read everything there is about this tool. http://supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan3.htm#num12
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Ulmia smooth plane, 48mm. (#2 of 2) $70.
Like one that sold below, just a little more use. Still borders on new condition.
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Leg vise screw & nut, $80.
The screw is 2″ in diameter, and about 20″ long under the head.
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Reamer # 1, $80.
Not your Windsor chair reamer, it’s a big ‘un. Wheelwright’s tool perhaps. Over 17″ it tapers from 2″ to 3/4″. Nice & tight eye.
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reamer # 2, $80.
A tang end, instead of the eyed version above. Tapers from 1 7/8″ to nothing over 13″.
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Dutch smooth plane, $85. -SOLD
Never used at all. Double iron. 9 1/4″ long, 2 1/2″ wide, with a 2″ iron.
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(#2) Wooden brace & bit, $130.
This one has a smaller bit, with a flat tang. Might be 3/8″ – I forget.
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THE TOOLS BELOW THIS POINT HAVE SOLD -
1913 set of Russell Jennings auger bits, $175 - SOLD
This batch is one-bit shy of all original. Alexander replaced one missing bit. The box tells the story. 100 years old. The set goes up to 16/16″. Stupid me, I forgot to count them, but it’s full, I know that. A ding on the box, otherwise great condition. 
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JA-made drawbore pins, set of 4 for $60. ALL SOLD
Jennie Alexander went to great lengths to create “ersatz” tools as she described them. Back when we studied joinery, there were no Lie-Nielsen drawbore pins. Old ones were unheard-of. JA went to Sears, bought a slew of 5/32 alignment pins, and fitted shaved wooden handles to them. Lots of them. I have more than I can use…so we have 9 sets of 4 pins each… 
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Marples 1 1/4″ chisels, $15 each. FIVE SOLD, ONE LEFT
I think there’s 6 of these. Length is about 10 3/4″/. Some have had slight use, might need some cleaning. Nothing major. Sharpen a little & off you go. I’m told you can get the plastic handles off, and make wooden ones. 
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Stanley Goldenberg mortise chisels, set of 3. $45 -SOLD
Sizes include 8mm, 10mm, 12mm. Overall length is about 11 1/2″. The 8mm was used some, but the others never. 
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Marples firmer chisels. 38mm 32mm. $25 each -BOTH SOLD
I forget what size these translate to. One thing to know is that Alexander has ground a hollow in the backs of these, mimic the hollow on Japanese chisels. It was a phase. The bottom photo shows it as a very bright spot… 
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Marples firmer chisels, 1″ and 1/4″; $30 each. BOTH SOLD
These the backs are not modified. 
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Ulmia smooth plane, 48mm. (#1 of 2) $75 – SOLD
Our long-time favorite smooth plane. This one has seen very little use. JA did knick the sole beside the cutting iron; another idea she borrowed from Japanese planes. Does not harm the function. some think it helps. I imagine you see no difference on this plane. Just about like-new. 
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Stanley #65 marking gauge, $20 each. 6 available. – SOLD.
A nice simple gauge. Brass wear strips. JA sometimes bored a hole in the rear end of the beam for a pencil. Not sure if any of these are done that way… 
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Stanley and Record #151 spokeshaves. $20 each - SOLD.
Four available thus far. there are more later. These are all flat-bottom examples. Bright colors. If only there was a white one…Order one of these & I pick it for you. My kids would say “you get what you get & you don’t get upset.” No color choosing. 
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Record # 151 spokeshave, round bottom version. $20. SOLD
in crazy looking silver color. 
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JA-made slat mortise chisels. $25 each. SOLD
Back when the book Make a Chair from a Tree was new, these are the types of mortise chisel Alexander used to chop out the mortises for the back slats in the post-and-rung chairs. These are made from either files or plumbers’ chisels. About 1/8″-3/16″ thick. JA made the thinnest slats on Earth. 
Here’s a chair & slat detail:
Which leads to the next tool, the slat-mortise clean-out chisels. Another JA-made tool. It’s a long story, but the slat mortise is a lot more demanding than mine in joinery. The slat, which has no shoulder, needs to reach all the way to the bottom of the mortise. Thus no messy bits down there. This hook tool goes in & removes the chopped-up bits & levers them out. Only Alexander would make this tool…
slat-mortise cleanout chisels, 3 available with handle, $25 each; HANDLED ONES SOLD
two available as blade only $15. SOLD
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wooden bodied spokeshave $50. – SOLD
You can see the details. Brass sole. Plenty of blade remaining. Nice one.
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Marples 1/8″ chisel, $25 SOLD
Ideal for all the dove-tail-ers out there. Made in England.
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Stanley #750 chisel, 1/4″. $25 – SOLD
I bought Lie-Nielsen ones a year or two ago, or I would have kept this.
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wooden brace & spoon bit, $150 – SOLD
If your name is J. F. Duncklee, you should snap this up…
I think the spoon bit is about 5/8″ – a size often used in chairmaking. Nice detail where the head rotates on the stock, thin metal plates keep it from wearing down. Bottom photo shows a small check, doesn’t feel weak…
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January 10, 2013 at 12:11 am
A marking gauge please.
January 10, 2013 at 12:18 am
I’m interested in the wooden brace and spoon bit (just so happens my name is J. F. Duncklee), the wooden bodied spokeshave $50 and a stanley marker. Not sure how to order.
January 10, 2013 at 12:39 am
I’d like the set of 3 Stanley Goldenberg mortise chisels for $45 and the Record #151 round bottom spokeshave for $20. First time ordering, so will need instructions re payment etc. Thank you.
January 10, 2013 at 12:55 am
I’ll take the 3 slat mortise chisels and the 3 handled slat cleanout chisels
Thanks
January 10, 2013 at 12:57 am
I’ll take a Stanley 151, $20, and a Stanley Marking Gauge $20.
Thanks,
Kelly
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January 10, 2013 at 1:27 am
Record 151 spokeshave if you will!
Thank you,
Matt
January 10, 2013 at 1:28 am
Nevermind. I missed it.
January 10, 2013 at 1:37 am
Hi Peter, I would like the Marples 38mm chisel, a slat mortice cleenout tool, with handle, and marking gauge. That is $25, $25, and $20, let me know how much for shipping.
425
January 10, 2013 at 1:53 am
Hi Peter,
I’d like a set of JA-made drawbore pins, a slat-mortise clean out chisel with handle and a JA-made slat mortise chisel.
Thanks,
Michael
January 10, 2013 at 4:32 am
Peter – Brad from Victoria, B.C., Canada. The 2 CDs arrived just after Christmas. thanks.
I would like the following
– 1 x Marples 32mm firmer chisel – $25.00
– 1 x 1 1/4″ Marples chisel – $15.00
– 1 x cleanout chisel(blade only) if available – $15.00
Total – either $40.00 or $55.00. Please let me know the total incl postage.
Many thanks
Brad
January 10, 2013 at 4:48 am
A set of draw bore pins, 151 straight and round.
January 10, 2013 at 5:21 am
One #151 spokeshave $20. Also a first time buyer, will need some payment instructions.
January 10, 2013 at 6:03 am
Peter: I’ll take the Stanley 750 chisel if it’s still available.
Tim Shaw
January 10, 2013 at 6:52 am
Peter, I would like a set of drawbore pins, please.
Thanks,
Kevin A.
January 10, 2013 at 7:13 am
Don’t you people sleep?!? LOL
January 10, 2013 at 7:21 am
Good morning Peter. I would like a set of draw bore pins and a 151 spokeshave (no color preference). Thanks.
January 10, 2013 at 7:24 am
I’d like a set of the draw bore pins
January 10, 2013 at 7:24 am
I’d like a set of drawbore pins please and a stanley 25 marking gauge, thanks.
January 10, 2013 at 7:25 am
Correction, a 65 marking gauge.
January 10, 2013 at 7:44 am
I would like a set of drawbore pins.
Thanks
January 10, 2013 at 7:45 am
Good morning Peter~
I think there are still a couple sets un-called for, so I would like a set of drawbore pins as well. It would be an honor to use a set of drawbore pins made by JA. I commute through Baltimore everyday, and think to myself how amazing it is that she worked right there off of Light street, and I was born just a few years too late to not be able to take a class there~
Thank you~
Johnathan
January 10, 2013 at 7:54 am
Hi Peter,
Happy New Year! If any are still available, I’d like a set of the drawbore pins (can’t have too many, right?) and an unhandled slat cleanout tool. God help me (and save me from my wife!), if you still have the Jennings set, I’ll take that, too. Mine are all mangled and half are bent…but what do you want for $5 yard sale finds!
Thanks so much!
Derek
January 10, 2013 at 7:58 am
Hi Peter I would like the 1/8 Marples chisel and the 1″ firmer.
Thanks
Tom
January 10, 2013 at 7:59 am
I’ll take the Russell Jennings bit set.
Thanks,
Brandon
January 10, 2013 at 8:03 am
Good morning again Peter,
I’m not sure if I was able to get one of the ‘handled’ slat mortise clean-out chisels, if not i’d like the last unhandled one if still available.
Drawbore pins-$60
Slat mortise-$25
Slat clean-out-$25/15
Thanks again,
Michael
January 10, 2013 at 9:00 am
I’d like a one “Stanley and Record #151 spokeshaves.” if available
January 10, 2013 at 9:03 am
Good Morning,
I will take the last two #65 marking gauges and two 1 1/4 Marples chisels if they are still available.
Regards,
Don Bass
January 10, 2013 at 9:08 am
1 1/4″ Marples chisel if still available.
Thanks
Matt LeBlanc
January 10, 2013 at 9:36 am
I’d like a mortise cleanout blade if it remains,please.
January 10, 2013 at 10:01 am
Hi Peter,
I would like to get one Stanley mortise chisel the 8mm Goldenburg. I need one to build my Follansbee Joined Chest!
Frank
January 10, 2013 at 2:36 pm
“1913 set of Russell Jennings auger bits, $175″ <– I will take them!
January 10, 2013 at 3:02 pm
I’d like one of the Marples 1 1/4″ chisels and a Stanley #65 marking guage, if there is still one left.
Thanks,
Justin
January 10, 2013 at 3:04 pm
What the heck, I’ll take one of the Stanley Goldenberg mortice chisels, too.
Justin
January 10, 2013 at 6:45 pm
Marples 1 1/4 chisel and one of the Stanley mortise Chisels please.
January 10, 2013 at 6:47 pm
Marples chisel and one Stanley mortiser please.
January 10, 2013 at 7:04 pm
Stanley mortise chisel and Marples 1 1/4 chisel please.
January 10, 2013 at 8:17 pm
How do I pay for my stuff?
January 11, 2013 at 8:35 am
I would like the …Ulmia smooth plane, 48mm. (#1 of 2) $75 (the one with the nick by the iron). If it is still available, Thanks!
Bryan
January 11, 2013 at 8:49 pm
Hi Peter,
Lets try again,
JA-made mortise cleanout tool, $20
JA-made scrapers for chair slats, $10
JA-made chair slat mortise chisels, and mortise cleanout tools. $5 each.
Spokeshaves, # 151. $20
Thanks again,
Michael
January 11, 2013 at 8:50 pm
Peter
I can use the 3 Freud mortise gauges, the Marples cutting gauge, the 2 #151′s, and the 5 8mm Stanley Goldenberg mortise chisels,
thanks, Ed Lebetkin
January 11, 2013 at 8:53 pm
Peter,
In case I wasn’t real clear, and I wasn’t, I would like one of each
JA-made chair slat mortise chisels, and mortise cleanout tools. $5
Later,
Michael
January 11, 2013 at 8:54 pm
Peter,
I sent you a email.
Michael
January 11, 2013 at 9:13 pm
Hi Peter,
If possible, I’d like at JA made mortise cleanout tool, a JA made slat scraper, and one of the JA made slat mortising chisels. Some other stuff is tempting me, but perhaps I should stop there,
take care,
John Dilsaver
Sparta, MO
January 11, 2013 at 9:15 pm
Peter:
I’d like 1 of the Stanley Goldenberg mortise chisels, 4mm – $20. It would be great if you could package it up w/the set of 3 mortise chisels I selected yesterday and the spokeshave.
Thank you, Steve
January 12, 2013 at 6:41 am
yup, packing takes place tomorrow…shipping Mon/Tues.
January 11, 2013 at 9:25 pm
Peter: I’ll take the Stanley transition plane.
Tim Shaw
January 11, 2013 at 9:39 pm
Damn. Please let me know if those jennings bits become available for any reason. I would LOVE to have them.
Thanks!
Jason
January 11, 2013 at 9:39 pm
Peter,
I’d like one of the 4mm Stanley Goldenberg Mortise Chisels, please.
Pete Pedisich
January 11, 2013 at 9:49 pm
Peter, I would be very happy to take that jointer plane! have been hoping to come across a wooden one soon.
- Jonathan
January 12, 2013 at 6:20 am
Peter~
Also, if it would not be too difficult, perhaps you could package the Jointer with the Drawbore Pins from the other day? Both for shipping, and invoicing through paypal. If you can’t, no worries~
~Johnathan
January 12, 2013 at 6:40 am
Yea, that’s part of why I posted these right away. I knew I had tools photographed, and haven’t packed stuff yet. It all goes out Monday or Tuesday.
January 11, 2013 at 10:44 pm
I’ll buy one of the S/G 4mm mortise chisels if there are any left.
Robert Justiana
January 11, 2013 at 10:50 pm
I will add the Marples mortice gauge to my order and start bidding on the “other stuff” at $60.00
January 11, 2013 at 11:05 pm
Oh and a JA made scraper too. Ah what the heck make it 2 of them.
Tom
January 11, 2013 at 11:13 pm
I’d like a chair slat scraper and a mortise cleanout tool please.
January 11, 2013 at 11:20 pm
I mean the chair mortise cleanout tool.
January 11, 2013 at 11:35 pm
Jennie here
With a slight correction. the 1/8″ + slat mortise and clean out chisels are modified Dasco Mason’s Plugging chisels not plumber’s chisels.
Never fear. They are good metal.The price is right. The post and rung chair scrapers is nifty also. You can even resharpen the scraper’s edges.
January 11, 2013 at 11:50 pm
Peter would like to buy one of the Stanley Goldenberg 8mm mortising chisels.
January 12, 2013 at 1:05 am
Carl Larsson wants two of these
Stanley Goldenberg mortise chisels, 8mm. $20 each
February 3, 2013 at 5:32 pm
Please state an address to which I can post the paypal payment . Or is this too late; what did I miss?
January 12, 2013 at 7:32 am
Peter, i would like one of the JA-made mortise cleanout tool, $20, second from the top w/the brass ferule and one of the Stanley Goldenberg mortise chisels, 4mm – $20.
Thanks,
Bill
January 12, 2013 at 8:08 am
Peter- I will take the Stanley #12 veneer scraper, $70…
thanks, Rusty
January 12, 2013 at 8:58 am
Peter,
I’ll bite on one of the 4 mm Stanley Goldenberg mortise chisels and the Dutch Smoothing Plane.
—–wade
January 12, 2013 at 9:43 am
Hiya Peter:
I’ll go for the last of the 1/8″ mortise clean-out tools (@ $ 5.00);
one of the J-A made mortise clean-out tools -WITH ferrule, please ( @ $ 20.00);
and also one of the 1/8″ Goldenberg mortise chisels (@ $20.00)
How do I pay ?
January 12, 2013 at 10:35 am
I’d like one of the 4mm mortise chisels, and one of the 5/16″ cleanout tools.
Thanks!
January 12, 2013 at 11:10 am
I would like one of the chair rung scrapers and one of the mason’s-chisel-derived slat mortise cleanout tools, please!
January 12, 2013 at 3:47 pm
First time I have looked at the tools being sold. Peter, you make the selling of the tools look easier then it is. JA and I have almost made it to the back room of the shop.
January 13, 2013 at 4:08 am
Could I have one 4mm Stanley Goldenberg mortise chisel.
Thanks,
John
January 14, 2013 at 4:39 am
Mr Follansbee,
I am wondering if you post to Australia. I am interested in the wooden vice screw for $80. If you are sending tools around the world would you be able to tell me how much postage and handling will be please?
Many thanks,
Bradley van Luyt
January 14, 2013 at 10:11 am
I’d like to add a 4 mm Stanley mortice chisel if there are any left!
Thanks,
Justin
BTW, as an infrequent eBay seller, I know how maddening packing these boxes can get. It can eat up an entire day in a hurry. I appreciate that you are taking the time to do this! I feel like I’ll be owning a piece…er, several pieces…of woodworking history :)
January 15, 2013 at 10:03 pm
Hi, get me down on a bid at 60$ for the Box O’ Tools.
Christian
January 16, 2013 at 11:23 am
$65 for the goodie box
January 17, 2013 at 2:58 am
70$ on goodie box
January 17, 2013 at 6:52 am
I’m sorry if I wasn’t clear enough, but this “auction” was a one-day run. Thus it ended last weekend. Tom Dickey got it for the single bid of $60.
January 21, 2013 at 12:33 am
Could I please buy one of the 1/8″ mortise chisels?
February 17, 2013 at 10:18 pm
Peter,
Can I get a slat scraper, a dark one if any are left?
Thanks much.
March 13, 2013 at 3:40 pm
Peter,
No response from you yet; I’d still like a slat
scraper if any are left. Thanks.