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   DougU | Dec 18, 2004 03:45am | #1

   Kevin

   You have to get out more!   :)

   That Stanley 45 is fairly common, its the 55 that's the real nice one.

   I used to go to a lot of antique sales,( none down here in TX, don't you guys have any old stuff?) not uncommon to see some of the old planes go for $1000, some even higher than that.

    

   Doug

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   goldhiller | Dec 18, 2004 08:47pm | #2

   "That Stanley 45 is fairly common, its the 55 that's the real nice one."Hmmmmmm. We have an obvious diffference of opinion here. <G>http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan8.htmKnowledge is power, but only if applied in a timely fashion.

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   DougU | Dec 18, 2004 09:37pm | #3

   How many 45's ya want, I see them all the time, if there unusual than I must be in the right place all the time, which is unlikely.

   I've see maybe half dozen 55's and they can surly do more than the 45. Got one of each and I never use the 45.

   Doug

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   JerBear | Dec 18, 2004 11:00pm | #4

   I have the full line of Stanley & Bailey bench planes including the bedrocks, except for the rare #1.  Also have the 55 and the 45, I never use them, they're just fun to have and collect.  Get the full Stanley tool book, it's mucho fun.

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   DougU | Dec 19, 2004 12:35am | #5

   You probably got some serious money there!

   I don't think you can get the no. 1 without dropping somewhere in the neighborhood of a grand!

   You probably got others that are worth as much.

   I have a friend thats a retired carp, I think he has two of every damn thing stanley ever made. He now buys Lie-Nielson(sp?) and some of the reproduction planes that some of these guys are making. Those repro planes are going for upwards of a grand themselves.

   Going down in his basement is like walking into a Stanley tool museum.

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   JerBear | Dec 19, 2004 05:44am | #6

   Having worked mostly on old houses and the like for 27 years I picked up a fair amount of planes and old tools for nothing or next to nothing.  One day about six years ago there was an article in the NY Times about Stanley-Bailey planes and their value.  I kept looking and saying "hey, I have that one...."  That's when I started looking for more old planes and collecting them and trading on E-bay.  Back when E-bay was a little younger you could get really good deals, you still can but it's much more difficult.  One that a friend gave me some years back I found to be worth over $800!  I find it relaxing to restore them, even though it's a lot of effort.  I haven't really bought anything in a few years as I'm in tuition city with #1 son with #2 right on his heels.  One day when some time clear, I'll resume their restoration. 

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   caldwellbob | Dec 19, 2004 08:12am | #8

   I found a Bailey No.8, I believe, in an antique store in the mountains of Idaho, all rusted up and bought it for 20 bucks. Maybe its a No.7, anyway, its the 24" jointer plane. Cleaned up real well.

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   JerBear | Dec 20, 2004 05:55am | #9

   If it's 24", it's the #8.  They're a good plane.

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   Piffin | Dec 19, 2004 07:09am | #7

   Thank you ever so much. Those links are like a fine christmass present to me.

   I love planes.

   There is nothing in this craft that gives me more pleasure than peeling a paper thin shave of wood....
   The feel
   The smell,
   Ahhh.......
   The look!

   Did I mention that I love planes and planing?

    

    

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   Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime.
    where ...
   Excellence is its own reward!

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   GoldenWreckedAngle | Dec 20, 2004 07:41pm | #10

   I hear where you are coming from. I finally learned how to put a good edge on a plane blade this year and rolled my first transparent curls of douglas fir off onto the floor with my cheapo Stanley Block plane. I was hooked!

   Hence my discovery of the reference list while shoping for a low angle block plane. I'm afraid I see a new addiction developing... 

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   JerBear | Dec 21, 2004 03:24pm | #11

   Invest in the best.  Get a Lie Nielson.  You won't regret it.

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   Piffin | Dec 24, 2004 07:08pm | #12

   Sure he will. He won't be able to sleep for worying that someone will abuse it or lay it down on the flat instead of the side. he won't be able to work in the shop for worrying that he will knock it on the ground with his elbow and chip it. he'll pay for the optional loss insurance, and buy a safe to lock it up in and put in an extra phone line for the security system to keep his new baby safe from theft...he is a lost soul now!

   it's just plane unfair 

    

   Welcome to the Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime. where ... Excellence is its own reward!

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   JerBear | Dec 25, 2004 01:25am | #13

   Now you have me worried...and on Christmas Eve no less.