u/Buckeyefitter1991

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Made the trip to Millersburg today. It was a great experience and awesome time, even though gas went up $0.85 during the drive.

The prices were as advertised, a little bit higher than my local tool dealer, but Dan the owner let me try out a couple of tools I was looking at to feel the difference for myself. That alone justified the price difference.

The store itself it pack floor to ceiling with all kinds of vintage, antique, or old tools. Too many to describe, it's almost overwhelming. He has tool priced individually or in boxes with a sticker/marker on the side of a box because there's just that many. The drawers of cabinets and workbenches are stuffed full as well, all for sale.

When I was there, Dan and his employees were working on the joists for a timber framed barn they are building. I was able to watch them for a moment as one was hewing a timber with an adze. The smell of the freshly chopped wood filled the whole building.

It was well worth the trip on my day off and I hope I can make a return trip again soon and not be so overwhelmed and have a plan on what I am looking to buy

u/Buckeyefitter1991 — 24 days ago

Took about a day to get it all shaped out. The fence is made from hickory and the beam is a random tropical my local lumber yard got as cribbing for other wood.

My only complaint is I wish I used a 1/4” bolt, the hardware store was out of 1/4" inserts so I decided to go down in size where I probably should have gone up to 5/16".

u/Buckeyefitter1991 — 24 days ago