Urban Ore

In this series, I will be posting my finds from Urban Ore — a salvage yard that opened in the 1970’s and is located in Berkeley. I frequent this p...

Someone asked me if this toolbox was a jewelry box and I don’t think so. For $21 I found this box which, were it a jewelry box, would likely have ...

This tool seems like it belongs in the Smithsonian, though you won’t easily pry it from my hands. For $15 — yes, fifteen U.S. American simoleons (...

Picked up this beautiful rosewood wedge/sole shoulder plane that will work wonderfully for cleaning up tenons in mortise and tenon joinery. The pr...

2 moulders + a tongue and groove pair + 1 dado plane All look to be usable [IMG_7387.jpeg]

Got these for $7 and they came in a nice box. Never used trammel points before. They look fancy pants. No, I can’t read the phone book underneath ...

After I left the Half Moon Bay meetup for the PAST Tool Collectors, there was one thing I missed-out on because I had reached my personal limit of ...

Serial number dates this guy to 1975. Found at my local salvage. These pictures are of when it arrived prior to them pricing it and putting it out ...

Found today for $20 I did not yet have this size, and I have a son that I would love to teach how to use this. [IMG_7603.jpeg][IMG_7604.jpeg][IMG_...

Found this for $9. You better believe I scoured the place top-to-bottom looking for the Kapex. Nowhere to be found. This is the first Festool thin...