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glatt · 04-22-2011, 04:42 PM

I didn't start out wanting to be a plane collector. These are tools that I use, and each has a special job it does. I've got 8 of them so far. Each has a story.

HungLikeJesus · 04-22-2011, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Got a new addition for my plane collection this week. Went to Asheville, NC, and picked this old transitional plane up at an antique store there. A belated birthday present from my mother in law. It's about 110 years old.

Don't you think that's a bit unkind?

glatt · 04-22-2011, 04:52 PM

This was my grandfather's. It's really the peak of the technology of mass production plane making. It's a Stanley Bedrock jack plane. An excellent all around tool. A few years before I inherited this, my brother had given me a modern version of essentially the same plane. That modern version is a really expensive and lovingly built reproduction of the old tool. It keeps everything good about the original and improves on it by machining to finer tolerances and using heavier iron for the cutting edge. It's a really beautiful tool, made by a small company in Maine, and it works really well, but I prefer the one my grandfather used.

HungLikeJesus · 04-22-2011, 04:57 PM

There's a place in Denver called Packrat Antiques that has great science antiques. There's an old man who runs it who is notoriously rude. My experience matched most of the negative reviews you'll find here:
http://local.yahoo.com/info-19606029...ntiques-denver

and here:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/packrat-anti...NnG8feYRTpEWeQ

I was looking at slide rules and when I didn't buy one he said, You just wasted 45 minutes of my time! Don't hurry back!

(I feel like I've posted this before.)

glatt · 04-22-2011, 04:58 PM

This one on top was also my grandfather's. It can get into corners to cut rabbets and tenons, but I've never had much luck with it.

The other one is a modern low angle block plane. It's the one I use the most.

Griff · 04-22-2011, 06:00 PM

Awesome glatt! Pete's cousins hubby collects planes. Pretty cool hobby. He's a professional wood worker so its part of a whole lifestyle thing as well.

HungLikeJesus · 04-22-2011, 06:04 PM

I remember playing with one of my grandfather's planes when I was little. I still have the scars.

Nirvana · 04-22-2011, 06:37 PM

Wow Fantasy Island!

kerosene · 04-22-2011, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

There's a place in Denver called Packrat Antiques that has great science antiques. There's an old man who runs it who is notoriously rude. My experience matched most of the negative reviews you'll find here:
http://local.yahoo.com/info-19606029...ntiques-denver

and here:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/packrat-anti...NnG8feYRTpEWeQ

I was looking at slide rules and when I didn't buy one he said, You just wasted 45 minutes of my time! Don't hurry back!

(I feel like I've posted this before.)

I've never heard of that place. Now I want to go visit it.

wolf · 04-22-2011, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I didn't start out wanting to be a plane collector.

I can imagine your having wanted to be a highly ornamented collector instead ...

ZenGum · 04-22-2011, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I remember playing with one of my grandfather's planes when I was little. I still have the scars.

Carpentry runs in the family, then, eh?

I guess it's deeply ingrained ...

Tulip · 04-23-2011, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

does anyone think maybe tulip is bruce's soul mate?

Oh? Why so? I am now curious.

TheMercenary · 04-23-2011, 04:45 AM

Glatt, I have a couple of those small metal ones. I inherited them indirectly from my wife's father who got them from his father.

Trilby · 04-23-2011, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Tulip

Oh? Why so? I am now curious.

because you have a lot of doo-dads and so does bruce.

Pico and ME · 04-23-2011, 12:29 PM

Mmmmm... Doo Dads! The original snack mix in a box. I want some. The stuff that comes in a bag just isn't as good.

04-22-2011, 04:42 PM	#46
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I didn't start out wanting to be a plane collector. These are tools that I use, and each has a special job it does. I've got 8 of them so far. Each has a story. Attached Images

04-22-2011, 04:52 PM	#48
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	This was my grandfather's. It's really the peak of the technology of mass production plane making. It's a Stanley Bedrock jack plane. An excellent all around tool. A few years before I inherited this, my brother had given me a modern version of essentially the same plane. That modern version is a really expensive and lovingly built reproduction of the old tool. It keeps everything good about the original and improves on it by machining to finer tolerances and using heavier iron for the cutting edge. It's a really beautiful tool, made by a small company in Maine, and it works really well, but I prefer the one my grandfather used. Attached Images

04-22-2011, 04:57 PM	#49
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	There's a place in Denver called Packrat Antiques that has great science antiques. There's an old man who runs it who is notoriously rude. My experience matched most of the negative reviews you'll find here: http://local.yahoo.com/info-19606029...ntiques-denver and here: http://www.yelp.com/biz/packrat-anti...NnG8feYRTpEWeQ I was looking at slide rules and when I didn't buy one he said, You just wasted 45 minutes of my time! Don't hurry back! (I feel like I've posted this before.) __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

04-22-2011, 04:58 PM	#50
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	This one on top was also my grandfather's. It can get into corners to cut rabbets and tenons, but I've never had much luck with it. The other one is a modern low angle block plane. It's the one I use the most. Attached Images

04-22-2011, 06:00 PM	#51
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Awesome glatt! Pete's cousins hubby collects planes. Pretty cool hobby. He's a professional wood worker so its part of a whole lifestyle thing as well. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-22-2011, 06:04 PM	#52
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I remember playing with one of my grandfather's planes when I was little. I still have the scars. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

04-22-2011, 06:37 PM	#53
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Wow Fantasy Island! __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

04-23-2011, 04:45 AM	#58
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Glatt, I have a couple of those small metal ones. I inherited them indirectly from my wife's father who got them from his father. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

04-23-2011, 12:29 PM	#60
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Mmmmm... Doo Dads! The original snack mix in a box. I want some. The stuff that comes in a bag just isn't as good. Attached Images

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