Ancient trades fair

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Ancient trades fair

Post by charangohabsburg » Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:21 pm

Yesterday have enjoyed a bit of distraction by visiting an ancient trades fair, not too far from my place.

This is the tool that caught my attention, I would really love to own one - only if it comes with the personnel who operates it, of course:
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Then, there was this nice plane, maybe to fine tune the thickness the soundboard's edges on the inside after it has been glued to the ribs?
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Then, there was a bit of wood turning, a bit of rope making, and a bit of music making too:
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The most disturbing thing though was seeing claimed as "antique workplaces" some workbenches cluttered with handplanes, chisels and shavings which resembled much my own workbench. Does this make me an antique? :?
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Re: Ancient trades fair

Post by Kamusur » Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:47 pm

No way Markus you need to be 75 or maybe 100 years old. Love the 'Portable milling machine" but it has to be a 2 man job for sure :mrgreen:

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Re: Ancient trades fair

Post by Kim » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:25 pm

charangohabsburg wrote:
Then, there was this nice plane, maybe to fine tune the thickness the soundboard's edges on the inside after it has been glued to the ribs?
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Hey Markus,

It looks like it was an interesting show...if your really keen on trying out that plane on spruce there's one available on Ebay right now with a half reasonable BIN price and it looks like it's been made especially for a luthier as it to is a little more bent than most. :D

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ANTIQUE-COOP ... 1e94170fef
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Re: Ancient trades fair

Post by charangohabsburg » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:40 pm

Kim, that's a nice plane offered on eBay. I probably would grab it if I was into cask making or an avid tool collector. So for now I just copy the pictures. :D
Kim wrote:and it looks like it's been made especially for a luthier as it to is a little more bent than most. :D
Oh yes, now as you say it I have to think it over... :lol:
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