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M-WTCA meeting in Raleigh

Just got the flyer on Midwest Tool Collector Assn. meeting/tool trading in Raleigh Saturday September 21. The guest speaker is Tom Lie-Nielson. Should be worth the trip for hand tool users. (and BBQ lovers) http://www.mwtca.org/ if you're interested in the organization or in joining...
- Charlie Buchanan
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- Aug 24, 2013
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- Forum: Hand Tools and their Use
Some of the larger Marsh Bench Planes

The M6C, the M7's and M8's, along with the SR4 and SR5 planes that mark the transition between the formal Marsh line and the smaller Rockford line made by Marsh.
- McRabbet
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- Jul 26, 2010
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Identifying the Owner

Randy Osborne was an avid hand tool collector, a master woodworker and a friend to all who crossed his path. He was an electrical engineer by profession and a devoted family man.
- McRabbet
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Close-Up of Marsh Specialty and smaller Bench Planes

The Marsh M2, M3, M4 and M4-1/2 Planes (in flat and corrugated sole plates) and the M78 Rabbet Plane and M80 Scraper Plane.
- McRabbet
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- Jul 26, 2010
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Cabinet with Planes at M-WTCA Meet on July 24

Marsh Planes include fourteen Block Planes (top row), three specialty planes (middle row) and twenty-four bench planes. Randy Osborne dreamed of having this collection displayed for fellow tool collectors but he passed away une 2, 2010 before he could do it.
- McRabbet
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The Cabinet Name Plate

Tim Merrill carved this Name Plate designed by Randy Osborne on his Shop Bot on a nice piece of curly maple. The Marsh Company made planes from the 1870's to about 1920 in Rockford, Illinois.
- McRabbet
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Cabinet Ready for M-WTCA Meeting

Randy Osborne designed and fabricated this exquisite Walnut Cabinet with beautiful burls and quilted Walnut veneers for his Marsh Plane Collection. The interior shelves, vertical partitions and name plate were built by Tim Merrill and Rob Payne.
- McRabbet
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- Jul 26, 2010
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- Album: Marsh Cabinet