What can you tell me about these tools?

How can I add pictures to this question?

-- sara, Los Angeles, California

Are you using photobucket ??

-- Don S.E. OK

No I wanted to use jpeg from my iPhoto

-- sara, Los Angeles, California

I don’t want epople to have to go to my online shop to view them, I would rather upload them directly to my question….....

-- sara, Los Angeles, California

See this link http://lumberjocks.com/GaryK/blog/8899
also you should be able to up load pictures when you first write your blog.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

Tim, I am not as fast as you are. I had just downloaded the link to post here.

Sara, for posting to a project or workshop page you can download the pictures directly from your computer but for inserting a picture into a blog or forum topic you will need to follow the directions in the link that Tim provided.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Thanks Tim….I was trying to find that post.

Sara…while posting pics looks complicated…it really is not. But you will need a photo sharing site to be able to upload pics to your post. Photobucket is free and works well with Lumberjocks

-- Don S.E. OK

Crap! I couldn’t get them to go on Photobucket, but how about Flick’r? I think I have that one set up already. Thanks you guys, I will figure it out eventually. I appreciate you all trying to help me!

-- sara, Los Angeles, California

Flick’r would be just as good.

Welcome aboard Sara ;)

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

PurpLev is right….Flick’r will work just as well.

-- Don S.E. OK

Why can’t you just put in a pic from your browser? Why the jumping through flaming hoops?

-- http://www.federalsaw.com

I am pushing 50 and am self-taught on the computer. It’s hard to teach an old cougar new tricks, especially jumping thru flaming hoops! Haha I will give Flick’r a shot, anyone dying to see the tools I am talking about can see them in my online shop http://sarasexplodingcloset.etsy.com , skip the girly stuff and go to the right hand “sections” list and click on “Guy Stuff and Fishing”
You guys are awesome, I am really impressed how nice you all are (and funny too!)

-- sara, Los Angeles, California

I’m sorry to say this but the tools listed there are over priced except the hand plane.
The hand plane is a gem although it looks like the metal pieces are rusty. That’s a good decision not to clean the plane… people that intend to use the planes would clean it differently than a collector. You might want to either take the metal pieces out and photograph it or get some close ups of the metal pieces.

I actually have a vintage Bob’s Big Boy like the one shown (should I admit that?)

-- http://www.federalsaw.com

I definitely agree with cmaeda, although I’d say the plane might be priced a bit high as well. ebay seems to be what sets the bar for prices. You can adjust prices upward if you have a huge selection to choose from as a tool dealer and people know they can get what they want from you with little fuss. you can adjust your prices downward if you are trying to sell locally (flee markets/garage sales/non-ebay internet venues). If you really want to get an idea of the prices, I’d search those items on ebay.

Well, then tell me what I should charge for them!! I don’t know anything about prices, I have had to go by what I have seen listed elsewhere, like eBay. I HATE eBay and won’t sell there because 99.9% of the sellers are such jerks. I go by what the eBay STORES sell stuff for, not individual sellers. It’s really hard to find other prices for comparison. The plane’s value was given to me by a guy that has a wood tool website, the new E.C.E. Primus planes are $150 and this is a nice old one.

To Dave: If you admitted you have one of those Bob’s banks then I will admit I actually used to waitress there! Ha ha

-- sara, Los Angeles, California

“99.9% of dellers are such jerks?” Broad brush u paint with. I would then submit that i am in the .001% of E-Bay sellers…

BTW, those tools u want to sell…they’re worth whatever someone is willing to pay u.

-- http://www.federalsaw.com

In order to use eBay as a pricing standard – do not use the eBay-Stores… instead do a search for finished auctions on a particular item – and average the actual selling price from those. I don’t think it would be right for anyone here to name the prices for you.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

What Purp said…

-- http://www.federalsaw.com

Dave: NO OFFENSE meant. I must have just gotten hooked up with bad sellers
PurpLev: That’s a very good idea!

-- sara, Los Angeles, California

No offense taken. I’ve had many, many great buying experiences on E-bay.

-- http://www.federalsaw.com

I’m with purp. When you look at the planes in the ebay stores, you will find that almost all of them just sit there forever. I can list anything at any price I want, but that won’t indicate what it is worth. The closed auctions really tell you what it will actually sell for.

I hope you aren’t diappointed by what you find in the prices. woodworking sales are different from sales of new tools and different from sales of other collectibles. most people are looking for something old with some history, but not so valuable that they are afraid to use them. most people just want a common tool that will last indefinitely. They fix it up after buying it and continue to maintain it but they don’t just stick it on a shelf to look at it. best of luck!

If they are anything like the guys who bought all my old fishing lures and reels, they want something for nothing and still gripe about it.

-- sara, Los Angeles, California

Know the feeling tiglet. The last time our neighborhood had a garage sale, my wife put a bunch of things out. I decided to put a vintage Rockwell sander on a pedestal near the garage door. This tool is considered a little shy of mint and I’ve been offered good money from Porter-Cable for it.

So, you see these guys trolling by…looking for old tools. When they spot the Rockwell, in park goes the truck and out they come, bee-lining it at a rapid pace towards the tool. LOL

Tool Nazi: “How much ya want for that?”

Dave: “What do you think it’s worth?”

Tool Nazi: “Will ya take $15 bucks?”

Dave: Laughing, “get a life.”

After about a dozen of these “conversations” my wife politely asks me to remove the tool! :)

Yeah, something for nothing…

-- http://www.federalsaw.com

Tool Nazis!!! HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!! I guess the guys I sold the beautiful old 20’s lures and reels to for nothing are Bastard Masters. Oops! Can I say that?

-- sara, Los Angeles, California

you can, be we can’t read it…. lol

j/k

it just so happens that there are bastard-files in woodworking (seriously) and master pieces… so in essence, you didn’t really say anything inappropriate, if read a certain way ;o)

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Whew!

-- sara, Los Angeles, California

I could understand not buying anything on eBay if you dislike the sellers. However, the TRULY BEST indicator of what an item is worth can only be realized by presenting it objectively on eBay yourself and see what the international market will bear for the item. You simply can’t argue with an eBay final bid as your best indicator of market value. So you can close the deal, rest assured you got the best price you could get.
An unscrupulous or optimistic seller can put a ridiculously high starting bid on something; that is NO indication of the item’s real value. Like the guy in Winnipeg offering his ‘86 Monte Carlo for $85,000 !!!!

-- If Stradivarius was alive today, he'd be using Gorilla Glue.

Yeah PK but what the e-bay guy did not tell you is there’s $84,000.00 in the trunk of that ride…I think. Has to be.

-- http://www.federalsaw.com

There is?!? It wouldn’t start after I bought it, so I junked it!

-- sara, Los Angeles, California

Coulda bought a bunch of starters for 84 LARGE.

-- http://www.federalsaw.com

Here goes: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet-Monte-Carlo_W0QQitemZ260451491151QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item3ca41e5d4f&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A7%7C39%3A1

Yeah, it does have low mileage…but jeez!

-- If Stradivarius was alive today, he'd be using Gorilla Glue.

price has been corrected.