Reply To: Mr Sellers will send me broke ;)
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My experience in eBay bids is not very long, and it’s limited to a Record #044 Plough Plane (51 pounds), a Record #778 (57 pounds) and a complete Auger-Bits set (36 pounds). Most of times prices have become absurdly high and I’ve let the item go. My router plane, for example, is a Veritas, because I was not willing to pay 150 pounds or more for an old #71 router when a new Veritas one did cost 167 pounds. My Veritas dovetail saw did cost me about 60 pounds, far less than a lot of worn veteran saws were in bids I followed.
Most of the tools I’ve bought in eBay have been in “buy it now” option, since I live in Spain and I must add the shipping costs and it’s important for me to know the final and complete price of purchase. On the other way, most of my tools are bought in flea-markets. Following the Paul’s videos and book I’ve retrieved them for a normal use without too much difficulty. I’m very far from being an expert (I will never be an expert in anything, except perhaps in my professional job), but I made this from an old Stanley #4 plane found in a flea market for 10 euro. If I did it, I think that anybody could do it: