I’ve been looking for a Drum sander and a planer. I watch Christys Auctions on the web for tools. http://www.christys.com/ A few weeks ago I saw what looked like a DW 734 planer. I really wanted a DW 735 but it looked new and the price might be right. When I got to Christys it looked like it was brand new and it was on a nice homemade stand. I was able to buy it for $180.00. When I got it home to my surprise it was a DW 733 and made in 1997. Because of its age I took it apart to clean, oil and grease it. I found no signs of use at all. Christys auctioned off whole shop of tools from one guy’s estate, all looked new. I also bought a Rockwell sander for $27.50. It had never been used and the receipt was inside he had paid $139.00 in 2002. I wanted the DW735 I can live with the DW733.

While in Juneau Alaska on Mt. Roberts we were shown these tree carvings. They are carved in to live trees. One is a Raven and, the other is an Eagle.
The Tree Carvings are known as culturally modified trees. It is an ancient custom of the Tlingit People. One of the purposes of the trail markers was for identifying different clans’ rights to use a certain trade route. Always placed on spruce trees, each carving is made without endangering the tree, which creates a protective seal around the carving that discourages insects and diseases from penetrating the surface.

The carvings were created by a Tlingit Carver, Rick Beasley. The three trees on Mount Roberts were created in 1997, however the trees are hundreds of years old.