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268909 Mark Pfeifer 2019‑07‑16 Entire shop: divorce forces sale
Hello Porch,

My wife of 25 years divorced me in January, and got the house, and my shop
(which I built) sits on that property.

I can’t afford to store my tools, and after 7 months of soul searching, I’m
ready to leave aside woodworking. I’ve lost the passion. I’ll ride my motorcycle
and fish more often. :)

Rather than leave the tools, benches, etc to cobwebs and rust, I’d like to find
someone who will give them a new home.

The tools are too numerous to list. The tills they live in cover a 16 foot wall
top to bottom. That doesn’t include stuff in boxes, only the stuff I had in
tills for regular use. Very few snob quality collector tools, mostly good users.
Stanley, Disston, etc, all pre WW2, much of it pre 1900.

Most of my work used trees I harvested on the property, very little purchased
lumber. So I’ve got lots of axes, felling saws, grapples, Peaveys, etc.

Got interested in cooperage, some coopers tools as well. 

Also a fair collection of moulding planes. I’ve seen shops with larger
collections of moulding planes, but only a couple times.

The main bench is an 8’ English (Sellers) style joiners bench. Again, not snob
quality, but solidly made and extremely useable.

There are other miscellaneous benches, as well as a spring pole (Underhill)
lathe.

I’m hoping to find someone who will take the entire lot for a very modest price.
If you were so inclined you could sell off a portion and and recover your
investment.

The shop is located about 20 miles from Charlotte NC. If you’re interested, I’m
happy to meet you and show you what’s there. Also happy to help load, there’s
plenty of room there for a van or a PODS container.

Mark. 

Sent from my iPhone

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