My secret for buying woodworking tools DIRT CHEAP.
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2017
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My trick for buying good tools at super-low prices is really simple: go to antique car and antique tractor flea markets. These places are mostly filled with car parts, but when a vendor does have woodworking tools, he's usually looking to unload them as fast as possible. Often, car guys don't even know what they have, so woodworkers can score loads of useful or collectible tools for pocket-change. These flea markets are also a great source of consumables like glue, thinners, brushes, and sand-paper. You can stock up on the most expensive stuff for cheap. 
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Molding or moldy?
"Son, with this plane you get both.
It's funny you mention getting cheap things from dead guys because my favorite place to get super cheap tools are from estate sales, i picked up a planer, 12 inch jointer and tablesaw for 150 dollars. Some of these kids should have alittle more respect for their dead fathers possession but their loss i suppose.
God, I'm like a vulture at estate sales. I've bought so much stuff from dead guys that I might as well be an undertaker.
I bought my welding shop from my wife's uncles about 6 years ago. It was full of old tools as they opened the shop after the oldest brother got back from the Pacific in WW2.. I have spent the majority of my life under a welding hood but have also done a lot of woodworking. My Dad was a farmer and fine woodworker as have several generations of my family. His favorite place to be was in front of his lathe. I have tools that have been passed down for 5 generations. My youngest son graduated a luthier this past year and we are building his tool collection at sales and antique stores. We do a lot of woodworking on my Bridgeport mill. You have made some great scores!
My granddad stood at a Bridgeport for about 40 years!
"Please, just take them!" yeah, not going to argue with that price even if just for parts
Great haul! And you're right; vintage tools are almost always much better than the current offerings, even from the same companies. And if you look around, you can find amazing deals. I recently picked up a very similar 26" wooden foreplane for only 5 euro.
Really enjoyed that. I might add, your videos are down-to-earth, no BS. Keep up the good work.
Rex, you should try living in Poland. First everyone is street smart so getting a bargain is nigh in impossible. Secondly if someone doesnt know what a tool is they assume it might be a rare valuable tool and ask loads of money for it. The amount of sheer rusty rubbish being sold as 'collectable' is astonishing.
Yeah. It is much harder to buy anything used at good price. I watched some german dude's channel and he is restoring old things from scrap yard. In Poland that is impossible. Here on scrap yard is trash only. It may be a good thing that nothing of value goes to waste but many people hoard old or not used stuff for so long that it rust/rots or gets damaged that it becomes trash :/
How many polish people does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Oh yes, I'm from Poland. I'm so suprised of prices in this video. Last week I bought Stanley hand plane nr5. It was rusty but worth to have some fun with it. Seller was the 50~70 years old guy and told me he wants 600 zloty (150$).
For us even 20$ is a lot of money (and I'm just a student...)
I had battle with him because hand planes are rare here. After 2 hours I paid for it ~50$.
One of the greatest victory in my life. After one week in my work bench, I have now great old tool.
@@giantPOS "The old bulb isn't working as it should. Pretty dark. On the other hand, it looks quite in shape, only the wire inside makes some noise. And it's from last century. So - five bucks okay?" - "No sir, these bulbs are illegal now. So - four bucks?" - "Four fifty then." And everyone is happy now.
"Illegal" as a sales argument usually rises the prize. The vendor has no clue what he is selling.
Absolutely brilliant, I could listen to this sort of 'tool talk' for hours!
Me too!
I went to a flea market here is South FL Sunday Got a Greenlee wood chisel for 1 dollar and a Diston dove tail saw for 3 dollars I love it.
"while we're talking about planes.." I found a complete Stanley sweetheart #45 with all the cutters and no rust at a Christmas carboot sale this weekend for £15 :)
Ain't that a fuckin find
The problem I have with estate sales and auctions is that there is a 'crowd' at those things. It never fails you go to one a few times and you see the same people over and over, and you start asking quietly and figure out that half of them own large booths in peddlers malls etc. I've watched these people run bids up to near new prices on non-antique items so many times that I've quit trying.
Really good tip about going to big tractor and car shows over 10s of estate sales. Thank you.
I couldn't agree more. I've bought a lot of great woodworking tools at auto shows for pretty good prices.
Hey Rex - Man! You cleaned house! Great idea - I'll see if I can find some car shows myself. Thanks for sharing.
Chip Lane My pleasure! I've got lots more money- saving tips on my other videos.
Thanks Rex. I grew-up in PA, thus, I am familiar with the show in Hersey you went to. I moved away many years ago and miss that stuff. There's nothing like it where I live now.
Cool!!
I'm thinking a couple of those "squares" are actually depth gages though.
And it looks like you might have paid for part of the gas to drive to the swap meet with Fuel Perks.
My kind of bargain hunter!
This is more of an educational video on identifying old tools. Thanks.
thank you sir for taking the time to make this video! excellent advice :-) forgot about these rarely/barely tapped resources, very cool thank you
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
Wow! You cleaned up!! Going to have to keep an eye out for car shows around me.
It really is a great way to stock your shop. Good luck!
Yea, I go to flea markets, rummage sales, and estate sales to look for tools. Love looking for tools in smaller towns too.
Just watched your " thumb" vs blade video and hope you read my comment. When i cleaned out my dad's shop i had 2 clean 50 gal cans which i filled with, at the time, i thought was junk. He was born in 1920 grew up during the depression and through NOTHING away. Thanks to your knowledge of tools i now know i have a small fortune of some of the same tools you showed. He passed in '98 and the cans have not been touched since. After seeing this video it's gonna be like Christmas in my shop!!! Thanks again brother.
My pleasure! Post some pics or make a video. Those kind of time-capsule videos get a big response from the tool nerds.
Some great advice Rex :) This is almost identical to how I kitted out my workshop. People become obsessed with particular products, especially high cost tools thinking it will improve their skills. They help of course, but we can get by and more than adequately with some old tools that someone else made a long good living with already and it gives a second chance instead of becoming trash due to ignorance :) Keep up the great work ॐ
And rescuing trash and making it work again is an AMAZING feeling. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the great video and tips Rex!
I am a woodworker in South central PA. Didn't even know about this flea market that's only an hours drive away. Great tip! Thanks! New subscriber
Man, I wish I lived that close! It's a 6 hour drive for me. Glad you liked the video.
you made really a great deal with this stuff. I'm every weekend on flea markets looking for old tools and hopefully I would have your luck getting one of these nice old tool boxes.
Massimo Serra you know, I'm not even a machinist, but I've got it mounted to the wall in my shop and I use those little drawers for all kinds of stuff.
Hi Rex, did you make any restoration on this old tool box?
Massimo Serra I sure did. You can follow me on Instagram to see the pics. @rexkrueger
I think I'm going to head to some woodworking shows and maybe I'll find me a Brubaker Box. It can work both ways, right? Love your show and thanks for the many tips!
Wow very nice router plane! :0 now I see the other one... I've been looking all over for one of them lol. Good find. And as always, great video
A few years ago a neighbour gave me a bunch of old planes just like your free ones - mostly rubbish, except that one was a German Ulmia bench plane - just like your Emmerich - in beautiful condition, costing around 85€ new. I had thought of making it into a scrub plane but it's as good as any metal #4 and the iron is probably better than modern Stanleys, so one of my #4s is now the scrubber. So right on with the fleamarkets. Go for it!
I was pleased to see the wood plane on your table. I inherited my grandfather's wood plane that is a close match to the one you have.
Thank you, Mr. Krueger!
It was great to hear you talk about your good tool fortune.
Great tips, but not much help for a guy like me.
I'm down in south Georgia, here almost everybody had a dad, uncle, brother, or grandpa that used to do this or that, so they think the old stuff is worth more than it is.
Worse, there's nothing close like that show in Hershey.
If I go very far I'm in Brunswick, Jacksonville, or Valdosta, all college towns & so nothing like the show you visited.
I love living in the quiet rural south but we ain't got no decent 'shows' or flea markets.
I'll have to try to find some old guys that just want someone to appreciate their old tools.
Have a GREAT day, Neighbor!
I've got to give this a try. Around here going to the antique stores is a waste of time. All the necessary research has been done by the sellers and they all charge top dollar for their stuff. Thanks for the tip Rex. Subbed.
Yeah, I only get anywhere with antique stores when I find something weird and they don't know what it is. They know planes are worth money, but they've never seen a carriage-maker's rabbeting drawknife. So, you might get lucky there. I also have some better luck with antique malls, because that's a bunch of separate retailers under one roof. Anyway, thanks for watching and good hunting!
Thank you so much for this video, I just got that same exact bullnose rabbit plane from my grandfathers collection and until this point I had no clue what it was or what to use it for. Thank you!
My pleasure! I often buy tools without knowing what they are. If it says Stanley or Starrett and it's cheap, I just buy it and figure out what it does later!
Thanks for sharing a great tip. I'm gonna give it a try.
I worked a couple of construction jobs in PA and I LOVED going to the flea markets. Ours down south aren't as good. I guess I am going to have to add the Hershey gathering to my bucket list.
You won't regret it. I don't care about cars and I have a BLAST every year. The people are very nice.
That sounds like a whole lotta fun. Thanks for sharing.
Seriously, it's better than Christmas and my birthday rolled into one. Glad you liked it!
As a car guy that has recently gotten into woodworking, this should really work out in my favor!!!
I gotta say Rex, I really am enjoying your channel. Keep doing what you’re doing! Go Browns!
In England here we call those shows car boot sales and there are sometimes good old tools to find. Great video Rex.
I would LOVE to get out to a boot sale. English tools are really fascinating.
Great finds and a great tip!
Very interesting! I'm learning all the way with you Rex. Keep up the good work. Have you thought about bringing out a CD of your plans?
Good hunting. I just love the old squares and often will just sit in my shop and handle them. Smaller the better.
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I enjoyed listening to your confession. Bless you. 😊
Rex I always enjoy your videos! I totally agree with this one!👍👍👍😎🇨🇱
great tip, thanks for sharing
Good job on the rabbit plane and clamps!
- Oh, give me a dollar.
- 50 cents?
Dang! Just last Sunday, I passed up a chance for a small bull nose plane, same model you bought, for £10.00 (about $13.00 US) at a flea market (we call then car boot sales in the UK)!
This sounds great, I really wish I could go out to various places and shop around, maybe find something older I could fix up. I'm disabled in a way that makes going out very hard so I tend to rely on buying new tools that have good reviews. I treasure the handful of my grandpa's tools I have though
All I can say is WOW! You made out luke a bandit. I'm less than 3 hrs from Hershey PA, I'll have to look into that. Thanks for the amazing tip.
If you're that close to Hersey, you have to go. It's amazingly fun and I don't care about cars at all. Still, the people are warm and friendly and there's SO much going on. And of course, tools, tools, tools!
Thanks for watching!
Very useful tips Rex. Thats quite a haul. Now ivjust need to book my plane ticket for the next Hersheys 😉
Hershey is just the biggest one. I've done really well as smaller local shows, too.
Man you scored at that flea market. I will have to start going to them.
Thanks. Makes sense.
I just discovered your channel and now I’m a subscriber with notification. Thanks for your content.
Do you have a video about how you restore the tools?
I recently got a mortis gauge almost exactly like the one in this video for 2 euro and a Stanley no.5 Bailey for 5 euro that just needs the iron.
I would love to see the video about the machinists cabinet restoration. Thank you very much for your teachings.
I guess I should have done one, but there wasn't much to it. Pulled off that old cloth. Sanded. Poly. Done.
Congrats on a great haul!
Glad you liked it!
Rex, I watched this a couple of weeks ago. I've been spending way too much on tools. Today I was at an estate sale and found a Keen Kutter 5 plane. I paid $70 for it. I hope that wasn't too much. I had been eyeing a Stanley Low Angle Sweet Heart plane. I believe I've bought a suitable replacement for half the price. Except this isn't a low angle. Anyway, thanks for the excellent video.
"And got the hell out of there before he changed his mind" 🤣🤣🤣
Good finds. If you ever get to Seattle go to Second Use on 6th in Dodo and you may be pleased by what you find. And the prices are great. I got a craftsman 6 inch belt sander for $5!
I'm from Philadelphia and have found my most prized tools from picking abandoned factories and driving out to rural areas and picking old barns , also with the barns I have a lot of nice chestnut wood for projects . My kitchen is frame and raised Panel chestnut . I take my work to SW Florida and get paid good money for my work . I have tools that go back to the colonial times of the USA. Recently sold a 200 year old shave horse at auction in witch bought my new work truck . Digging through rusty dirty building's will never not be fun !
I don't even think there are 10 000 vendors selling care boot stuff in the whole of South Africa combined. You're really fortunate.
Great finds....I'm envious.
I know that lots of my viewers, especially the international ones, live in places where vintage tools are either unavailable or too expensive, so I've been shifting my channel towards tool making on a budget. You can check out my latest videos on plane making and blade making. The next video in the series will be out next week. Thanks for watching!
Good score man
Now all I have to do is find out where and when the antique car shows are in my area. 🙂🙂🙂
Great deals!!
I can never get out of bed early enough to land these kind of bargains
if you ever find yourself in central Florida go check out Renninger’s Flea Market in Mount Dora. Its a great outdoor market that specializes in antiques.
Excellent information 👍 I am greatful.
I wish I would've watched this before moving to Texas....from 30 minutes from Hershey PA lol
You definitely made out like a bandit. I get very good deals at antique malls where there are many vendors who are very motivated to sell antique tools because they don't move as fast as dolls and china (lol). Case in point. I purchased five of those ebony/rosewood scribes from the 1880s in different sizes and extremely elaborate and heavy brass work. I got them all for $30.
Looking at your great haul of WW planes (congrats !) reminds me of a question I've long had - did Stanley ever make any old planes that did not come splattered with paint droplets? All of the old ones that I see now come that way.
I've bought a few old tools in junk shops when the owner clearly didn't have the faintest idea what they were.
A few weeks ago I bought a lovely old brass and rosewood sliding bevel for £1. It was filthy and stuck the wrong way round (so it looked like a broken knife). An hour later with the application of some wire wool, a wire brush and some boiled linseed oil I had a lovely and fully functional tool.
I've also picked up a couple of really nice moulding planes similar to the ones you have there and again, they were easy to clean up. Fortunately, they still had fairly sharp blades because they are not easy to sharpen.
I love bevels. I must have 6. No one knows what they are and many of them are absolute works of art.
I've never heard of auto shows with flea markets until this video. They just don't exist in my area I guess. We have flea markets and we have auto shows, but never the two together.
Brilliant!
Love your awesome deals !! ya gotta love it.we are a lot alike
Great video Rex, go figure :)
Rex,
I really enjoy your videos and your mindset. I would love to join you in some of the projects you offer online; its a terrific way to get people to join your truly down to earth objectives and thinking, not to mention in some cases the basic woodworking principles. Getting us to follow the not only the right way to reach a higher level of woodworking but also to keep the bigger picture in mind. One day the timing with be right for me to follow along with a project that your offering and be able to be apart of the ideas and thoughts that I have come to appreciate about your goals of woodworking. In the mean time , I'm thinking i should join your following and become a supporter for your continued efforts and projects, I know now with Covid-19 being a ever present issue in our lives, its even tougher to stay afloat for most of us financially. I'm there in spirit , but that doesn't feed the bulldog , so to speak.Ive paid my dues being 64 years old and worked all my life , never once being on unemployment or out of work. I'm a Electrician by trade, started off as a union member, but being young and having a family early in life i had to have a side hustle too.
I've worked a couple of different skilled trades to be a well rounded " JACK OF ALL, MASTER OF JUST ONE " I think in a former life I was a carpenter, because ,I LOVE WOOD !, making it shine with all its detail for all to see from such humble beginnings. its a paradox with life. You too, I believe share a common tread with me in that mindset. Keep up the Great Teachings,we are all watching !
I don't use it very often but I found a brace and coffee can full of bits on Craigslist for $35. He threw in a bunch of other stuff so I handed him 2 20's and told him to keep it.
All together worth over $400. Except, he KNEW their value. Some of the things came from his Grandfather. He has no heir and wanted it to go to someone who would appreciate and use it.
Living in an area full of "Snowbirds" has it's benefits. They visit, move down, downsize, or their children sell off their stuff instead of hauling it back up north.
We do have flea markets. But WAY more pawn and consinement shops.
It's a BIG tool. Found a Craftsman radial arm saw for 💯. Took 3 days total teardown remove rust, clean and align, lube all the moving parts and it's still good. Guess I'll put my miter saw on a shelf underneath it.
Cool video
That’s awesome. I’m super jealous, we don’t have those kind of events in Alaska.
Alaska must be tough for tools.
It really is
Awesome video surprised you were only down the road from me. Fyi the hershy show you gotta get a golf cart and you can see everything other wise its pretty much impossible to walk the whole thing. I'll be set up as a vendor hopefully 2021 it's a great event to go to.
A useful tip? Oh, yeah I’ll say, especially for a guy living in Ohio or Pennsylvania. When I lived in Cleveland, I was interested in furniture and tree lawns were loaded with good, free stuff that I’m now restoring. I wish I’d known more about tools. Out west, it’s like a hen without teeth. But that said, this is a wonderful and practical video (as usual).
I'm from Harrisburg PA. Hershey's car show is the bees knees.
I wouldn’t have my the tool collect I have today without the bargains I’ve picked up at yard sales, flea markets and eBay. One of my best finds was a Bailey 8C jointer plane in great condition with the factory grind on the iron. Let me know when you’re in Hershey again; I’m only about 30 minutes away.
I'll be there next year!
I’ll try to be there.
Wow !!!! Never ,,, Never do I ever run up on deals like that ,,,,, EVER !!! The things I always see are at retail price or just below . Congrats on the Awesome haul !!! I'm still looking for my tool Bonanza ,,, one day hopefully ,,,, one day :)
Well, start looking for vintage car and tractor shows. That's how I do it!
thanks i spend lots of time and gas looking at thrift stores like your idea
I've never had much luck with thrift stores. Where do you live and can you tell me something cool you've found in one?
north west Wisconsin last week found Stanley sweet heart 26 level 1906 looks like new for 10 dollars and a Stanley low angle block plane 3 dollars , but some times nothing
That's better than I ever did at a thrift shop. Nice.
I suspect the morticing gauge is wrongly assembled. I think the brass screw should meet the brass bar set in the ruler.
great...aqui no Brasil,temos essas feiras,chamamos de feira do rolo...tambem compro ferramentas assim como voce aí....abraço
I think I have the same green t-shirt you wore in the video.
I have a few gripes with the whole mechanic and tractor guys statements as I love working on my tractors and trucks, but am also very passionate about wood working. I will admit I am a bit of an odd one out, but it isn't really that uncommon for wood workers to have some pretty nice cars as well. On another note though, I completely agree with the method of going to auctions for tools. For example, I had bought a miter saw and scroll saw a few years back for $10 a piece at an auction, also in PA, and the miter saw was pristine. It hadn't been used and the table hadn't even gotten the blade line cut yet. It is a craftsman miter saw I think from the early 90s and would have cost any times more if I would buy new and likely would have been much lower quality. Also, aside from missing one of the blade holders the scroll saw was pretty much new as well. I still need to find someone to mill the two pieces I need for it, but I found a temporary solution that isn't perfect, but it works, so I just deal with it for now. Thanks for the tips and I am actually going to an auction this weekend, so I'll keep them in mind while I am there.
As my mentor and dear friend would say after a day bargun huntin'
The Difference Between Bragging and Bargins is weather you are buying it or selling it.
And as Robert always says in Proverbs, It is Nagyth Saith The Buyer Then He Goeth His WY Boasteth Of His Gain.
I’m in Cincinnati and I guess I’ve been going to the wrong sales. Jerks always want the same or more than what I can buy at retail.
Wow! If I ever went there my wife would have to hold my wallet, I must say you show better self control than I would have. You did amazingly well and I'm sure it all kept you going for a while and many things will still be used. Some stuff like the specialist planes I wouldn’t have a clue about, but it’s nice to know that those important pieces of history have found a home that appreciates them and will treat them right.
I like the story of the gauge and I'd love to know the providence on the machinist box, I’d definitely would have to give those drawers a home. I recently bought 2 Marples Mortise chisels off eBay, not a place I’d normally buy tools without seeing but my bid of £4 won. When they arrived they were both phenomenally sharp with micro bevels on them and perfectly clean. So I messaged the person selling them to ask their history. They had belonged to their father who had suddenly died and they knew very little about them. I told them I would look after them as well as their father had (though his sharpening skills were better than mine). I think they liked knowing they will be well looked after.
A great video Rex, and even though it's now 18 months old I’m sure it still makes you smile.
It does! I've been to this show again since I made this video and I did almost as well. It's a yearly thing, now.
Hey @RexKrueger -- it's about 5 years later, did you ever post an update on that machinist chest? I'd love to see how that turned out.
that ece plane is a german make. they're still making those for double the price. unused with packaging from the 1981 would be like 200 euros over here. "ulmia" is the top notch maker here. also, "kunz" makes green-painted metal planes. i personally have some "howal" make planes from gdr times.
Some good buys no doubt, but a lot of restoration ahead of you. I never feel right with damaged, dirty, blunt or part rusted tools. It takes ages, & a bit of know how, to get tools back into a "it feels good" condition
Good catch, now turn your work shop in to museum.
I have the same jack plane
Awesome
That's a hellava haul man! Wish we had stuff like this in Mississippi. I would have bought all that for 25% more then what you paid!
That's interesting. I always heard the South was good for old tools. I used to live in Florida and it was pretty good for finding vintage tools. I have a new series on plane making for people who can't find good old tools. The last episode comes out tomorrow.
Rex Krueger I mean there are some good deals on tools at markets but they get bought quick in towns here. Lots of people here are handymen and love to buy and horde everything. I do it myself, I see a cheap tool that I may not use but once for 7$ and I buy it.
Thanks Rex. But this video made me sick, mad and soooooo envious of all the awesome buys you got! Argggg, why can’t I find those at my flea market!! Very glad you found and acquired so many jewels! I’d use the old toolbox to make a new one!