mB

[email protected] (Bill McNutt)

21/05/2004 3:02 PM

Minor Gloat

I got a Stanley #5 Fore Plane, dirty, but 100% excellent condition.

Price?

$0.00

I discovered it walled up in a non-load bearing wall while renovating
a house built in the 30's. I suspect it is newer than that, but the
wall had been added much later than that.

All I had to do was take it apart, clean it, and oil it. Oh, and
sharpen the iron.

THere was a very, very faint coating of surface rust that wore off in
five minutes of use.

Bill


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tT

[email protected] (ToolMiser)

in reply to [email protected] (Bill McNutt) on 21/05/2004 3:02 PM

21/05/2004 10:13 PM

May I be the first to "gloat" you. It is the little things that bring the most
entertainment.

tT

in reply to [email protected] (Bill McNutt) on 21/05/2004 3:02 PM

22/05/2004 6:57 AM

>I discovered it walled up in a non-load bearing wall while renovating
>a house built in the 30's.

Nice! I've buried some items on a few jobs of mine, and hope the finders will
appreciate 'em. Tom
Someday, it'll all be over....

di

dave in fairfax

in reply to [email protected] (Bill McNutt) on 21/05/2004 3:02 PM

24/05/2004 7:50 PM

> Bill McNutt wrote:
> I got a Stanley #5 Fore Plane, dirty, but 100% excellent condition.

http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan1.htm#num5
Dave in Fairfax
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"Dennis W. Ewing Sr."

in reply to [email protected] (Bill McNutt) on 21/05/2004 3:02 PM

22/05/2004 5:23 AM

And here I thought I did good buying 775 BF of pecan for 350.00 yesterday.
The local dealers are getting 5.00 per BF. Now all I have to do is find a
few projects to use it on.


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"Bill McNutt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I got a Stanley #5 Fore Plane, dirty, but 100% excellent condition.
>
> Price?
>
> $0.00
>
> I discovered it walled up in a non-load bearing wall while renovating
> a house built in the 30's. I suspect it is newer than that, but the
> wall had been added much later than that.
>
> All I had to do was take it apart, clean it, and oil it. Oh, and
> sharpen the iron.
>
> THere was a very, very faint coating of surface rust that wore off in
> five minutes of use.
>
> Bill

JG

Joe Gorman

in reply to [email protected] (Bill McNutt) on 21/05/2004 3:02 PM

24/05/2004 9:36 AM



Bill McNutt wrote:

> I got a Stanley #5 Fore Plane, dirty, but 100% excellent condition.
>
> Price?
>
> $0.00
>
> I discovered it walled up in a non-load bearing wall while renovating
> a house built in the 30's. I suspect it is newer than that, but the
> wall had been added much later than that.
>
> All I had to do was take it apart, clean it, and oil it. Oh, and
> sharpen the iron.
>
> THere was a very, very faint coating of surface rust that wore off in
> five minutes of use.
>
> Bill

So, have you tried to borrow a metal detector for the other walls yet? As
opposed to opening them up with a wrecking bar;-)
Joe

JG

Joe Gorman

in reply to [email protected] (Bill McNutt) on 21/05/2004 3:02 PM

02/06/2004 1:04 PM

Well, maybe on the next teardown.
Joe

Bill McNutt wrote:

> I didn't need to. The house had partially burned (fortunately not the
> wall with my plane in it, and we stripped it out to the studs and
> clapboard. Nothing else to be seen.
>
> Bill
>
>
> Joe Gorman <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>
>>So, have you tried to borrow a metal detector for the other walls yet? As
>>opposed to opening them up with a wrecking bar;-)
>>Joe

mB

[email protected] (Bill McNutt)

in reply to [email protected] (Bill McNutt) on 21/05/2004 3:02 PM

01/06/2004 8:27 PM

I didn't need to. The house had partially burned (fortunately not the
wall with my plane in it, and we stripped it out to the studs and
clapboard. Nothing else to be seen.

Bill


Joe Gorman <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> So, have you tried to borrow a metal detector for the other walls yet? As
> opposed to opening them up with a wrecking bar;-)
> Joe


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