Esqy
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- 28 May 2023
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There are a couple of post by this guy:
https://www.gumtree.com/p/chisels-planes-surform/assorted-chisels-/1460611183
and
https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-hand-tools/shed-clearance/1460302419
I popped over there this morning, and I was the first of the day... Apparently a friend of a friend of this guy passed away a little while ago, and his stuff was stored with this guy while the friend was sorting it all out. Then personal issues happened, so this guy just bought the lot to sell on.
Went through the chisels, Loads of the usual ones, a couple of the more specialist ones (Threading tools etc), and a bunch of modified ones. I may have gone overboard and bought about 20 odd... plus a box of pen-turning supplies... But the guy kept bringing boxes out - Chucks and tailstock bits, Drillbits, Router bits, sandpaper, files/rasps, spanners, a few saws, a few power tools.... was like a car boot sale where ALL the stuff is woodworking gear.
He also hinted at having a few bigger items - A big 'ol bandsaw, a couple of lathes and I think I saw a sharpening station in the shed aswell. Really nice genuine bloke aswell, As I picked up a fair amount, there was a lot of wiggle room.
So 20ish turning chisels, a drill chuck, a couple of tailstock chucks, a little tenon saw aswell as a box containing a bunch of pen blanks (Wood and acrylic), tubes, little jars of oil finishes (Also, not really gone through the whole box yet) and a block of beeswax all for £80.
It was impressive how much this guy had accumulated - There were a few half-finished bits in the mix, and the majority of the tools (Certainly the go-to functional ones were well looked after, but also well used - Honestly, It feels like it's gonna be a privilege to use these tools.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/chisels-planes-surform/assorted-chisels-/1460611183
and
https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-hand-tools/shed-clearance/1460302419
I popped over there this morning, and I was the first of the day... Apparently a friend of a friend of this guy passed away a little while ago, and his stuff was stored with this guy while the friend was sorting it all out. Then personal issues happened, so this guy just bought the lot to sell on.
Went through the chisels, Loads of the usual ones, a couple of the more specialist ones (Threading tools etc), and a bunch of modified ones. I may have gone overboard and bought about 20 odd... plus a box of pen-turning supplies... But the guy kept bringing boxes out - Chucks and tailstock bits, Drillbits, Router bits, sandpaper, files/rasps, spanners, a few saws, a few power tools.... was like a car boot sale where ALL the stuff is woodworking gear.
He also hinted at having a few bigger items - A big 'ol bandsaw, a couple of lathes and I think I saw a sharpening station in the shed aswell. Really nice genuine bloke aswell, As I picked up a fair amount, there was a lot of wiggle room.
So 20ish turning chisels, a drill chuck, a couple of tailstock chucks, a little tenon saw aswell as a box containing a bunch of pen blanks (Wood and acrylic), tubes, little jars of oil finishes (Also, not really gone through the whole box yet) and a block of beeswax all for £80.
It was impressive how much this guy had accumulated - There were a few half-finished bits in the mix, and the majority of the tools (Certainly the go-to functional ones were well looked after, but also well used - Honestly, It feels like it's gonna be a privilege to use these tools.
