Here is a picture of my newest purchase
I went to a rummage sale listing tools on Craigslist and found this vise laying on the floor marked $10.00, so I
grabbed it and paid the man standing there. He said "Is this an offer?", I showed him the price tag and said
"No, I am buying it." He got a funny look on his face and said, my mother must have priced it, but since
that is what it is marked, you can have it for that price. It was a fairly nice house and garage, with no
shortage of money indicated, so I did not think I was cheating anyone out of money they needed. I took
the vise and left. It is an old Craftsman wood vise with a self releasing nut that allows for easy opening and
closing. The father had died and they were closing out the estate. It got me to thinking on they way
home that I am not as young as I once was and when the wife got home, I talked to her about the dollar
value of my tools and the vise. Her reply was that when I died, she would probably sell that same vise for
$10 and value my other tools accordingly, since she did not think she would really need the money once
she sold the house that we have been fixing up as our investment property for the last few years. So I
guess I will have to get in touch with the kids and make sure they know what I have for tools and that
they will have to speak up if they want them. My guns are all spoken for and will be passed out over the
years as I no longer use them, but the tools I guess will hopefully make some young woodworker trying
to start woodworking on a budget very happy. The tools have paid for themselves in work done on the
house and making presents, so I guess that is fair.
Values differ greatly between people. My wife is a musician, and knows what her drums and guitars are
worth, but my toys as I call them, since I have so much fun with them do not mean that much to her, and
are not that big an investment. Now that rebuilt 327 engine with the Muncie 4 speed and the new 400
cfm Holley that was setting in the back of the same garage at only $1500 is a different story and I am going
to have to sleep on that for a while, since the car to put it in will cost a little bit also. Damn, I guess I am
never going to grow up.
I went to a rummage sale listing tools on Craigslist and found this vise laying on the floor marked $10.00, so I
grabbed it and paid the man standing there. He said "Is this an offer?", I showed him the price tag and said
"No, I am buying it." He got a funny look on his face and said, my mother must have priced it, but since
that is what it is marked, you can have it for that price. It was a fairly nice house and garage, with no
shortage of money indicated, so I did not think I was cheating anyone out of money they needed. I took
the vise and left. It is an old Craftsman wood vise with a self releasing nut that allows for easy opening and
closing. The father had died and they were closing out the estate. It got me to thinking on they way
home that I am not as young as I once was and when the wife got home, I talked to her about the dollar
value of my tools and the vise. Her reply was that when I died, she would probably sell that same vise for
$10 and value my other tools accordingly, since she did not think she would really need the money once
she sold the house that we have been fixing up as our investment property for the last few years. So I
guess I will have to get in touch with the kids and make sure they know what I have for tools and that
they will have to speak up if they want them. My guns are all spoken for and will be passed out over the
years as I no longer use them, but the tools I guess will hopefully make some young woodworker trying
to start woodworking on a budget very happy. The tools have paid for themselves in work done on the
house and making presents, so I guess that is fair.
Values differ greatly between people. My wife is a musician, and knows what her drums and guitars are
worth, but my toys as I call them, since I have so much fun with them do not mean that much to her, and
are not that big an investment. Now that rebuilt 327 engine with the Muncie 4 speed and the new 400
cfm Holley that was setting in the back of the same garage at only $1500 is a different story and I am going
to have to sleep on that for a while, since the car to put it in will cost a little bit also. Damn, I guess I am
never going to grow up.