If anyone is near Leslie Michigan, there is a seller on FB Marketplace selling a 55 gal. drum full of braces for $150. Not sure why it showed up on my feed in KY, but thought I would pass it on, might be a money making buy, I would if I was close to it.

I live on a small (poor) Caribbean island, so the way things work is different from just heading out to Home Depot, or ordering something from someone. I have two kind of tech questions: 1) I can't really afford much of a cabinet scraper burnishing rod. But I do have two old gauge chisels used for a lathe: A Craftsman "High Speed Steel" and the other a French Goldberg #12. If I polished the round side good, do you all think they would work as a burnisher? If so, should they be highly polished or with scratches like from some grit of sandpaper? I have read these chisels are about 62 on the hardness scale. 2) I just got a lb. of shellac and realized that on the small Caribbean island I live on there is no 100% denatured alcohol, that I can't just order it because it is on the "flammable - prohibited" list, and that rubbing alcohol here is only 70% alcohol. So! Can I use the 70%, or is there something else I can use, I may be able to find I could mix it with? I am using it for handles and rustic furniture.

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Washington state! that is a long drive to go to a tool store! Heck, I feel bad now thinking 5.5 hr 1 way from KY was to far LOL

Rex recommended going to Colonial Homestead in Amish country in Millersburg OH ( 6515 State Route 241 Millersburg, OH 44654 ). I spent 2 hours looking, chatting, and buying. Rex I greatly appreciate the hint. It is worth the drive from Washington State for this.

Sorry for the delayed reply, I’m glad you figured it out! 👍

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Working on a desktop iMac. I very much appreciate your inout.

Sorry Dave I read your comment wrong. I am a fellow seller on TT. I do not work for TT or district

I’m with TT. Are you using a desktop of the app?

Trey, Thanks for your advice. I now have returned from vacation and want to re-activate my listings. but the suggested procedure doesn't work for me. Neither 'Listings' nor 'Vacation Mode' appear on my Seller Dashboard. Are you with TT or a fellow seller? Dave

Click your profile picture. Then select Seller Dashboard.

In the top right corner next to your profile picture you should see a little wallet symbol and $ symbol. Click that to access your wallet. From there you can cash out.

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Dean, are you using a desktop or a mobile device?

On tool trader how do I get to my wallet or how do I request a payout. This new dashboard isn't working for me?

Sellers have an option to ship to Canada, and we have an option to ship internationally.

I edited my listings and selected both options so that might be why they show available shipping to you. 🤷‍♂️

YES! Thanks. Its a start.

I just put up some listings that gave me the option to ship to Canada.

Take a look and see if they are allowing shipment to you. 🇨🇦

For a while District would not let us in the US even post shipping to Canada, I think it was some postal strike or something. Everyone else may be like me, just never edited the add, or to lazy to include Canada shipping as it's a bunch more clicks LOL.

Are there any other Canadians here? Everything I see does not ship to Canada. IS there a way to identify sellers who will ship to Canada (ships t me only works for the US).

Thanks worked perfectly

try using vinegar to remove the rust, may have to leave it over night. it shouldn't hurt the jappaning unless it's already loose. you might have to take fine steal wool to it so not to scratch anything.  Vinegar will turn any bare steal black, so you"ll have to run sand paper over the soul, or just leave it that way and it will wear off during use.

I have a plane that I want to take the rust of in the spots where it's missing jappaning but not damage the jappaning. Does any have any ideas?

What TT needs is proper invoices that we can print out and that have all the required information, which I have outlined some weeks ago with no responses. As it is I have to take two screen shots, then add my name and address and a "Paid by Visa ####" with Photoshop, "glue" them together, then resave them, and finally print them out for the darned customs people. Now when I buy something from Taytools or LeeValley, all I have to do is print it out.

Can somebody please advise as to how to turn off Vacation Mode?

I make something similar out of melted beeswax and either boiled linseed oil or food grade mineral oil. Works quite well both on wood and to keep metal from rusting quickly. I just thought of this: has anyone tried waxing hammer (or other blond wooden handles) with brown shoe wax polish, or even black shoe polish on chrome vanadium, which is an exponential rust collector on the subtropical island I live on.

Hey guys, i have 2 small tins of my finish left, if anyone wants to give it a try, I'd like to get the remainder of this batch out the door. https://district.net/product/raw-linseed-oil-wax-finish-27e

Scam Alert, User with the name Dean (no last name) with a robot for an avatar. Will contact you asking if something is available an if you will ship to his daughter in Michigan, and give you his phone number for you to text him. Upon texting he will ask for your PayPal info and does not read the reply, or it's a bot as I mentioned I do not have paypal, you have to pay through District.  Bla Bla Bal then comes the fun part, wanted to send me $1,000 to my PayPal, then I keep 150 and send the rest in cash in a Express Mail Envelope.   Yeah Buddy, I will sure jump on that!  I reported him to District, blocked him here and his phone number. But I wanted to get the word out so everyone else will know to watch for scams. This is the 1st one I have encountered, but I do not think it will be the last, watch out and be cautious.

I have the adjustment screw. It sends like the only thing I’d that the depth broke off. I like the thought of looking for another to Frankenstein together. Thanks for the input!

The adjusting rod has a notch that sets in the iron, so you could turn it with a pair of plyers. I think using a hammer would not work, unless you took out the adjustment screw. I cannot zoom in the photo on the computer to see if you have the adjustment screw.   Irons are more expensive then the plane it's self most of the time.  Also you can sometimes find a stripped body on ebay pretty cheap.  I would see if I could find a good body with out all the attachments and just take 2 planes to make one complete.  As far as the irons, might take a while to find a good deal on them, but you also can make some out of good steel is all you want to do is plow/rabbit with it. The irons are just flat tool steel with a edge on it.  And if you use the body you have, you do not have to worry about cutting the notch for the adjustment screw.

So I have tried to appeal my case, but I can not because there is no record in the eBay system that these orders where canceled. I have the message from eBay saying the items where canceled, but no where in the appeal section/option can I find the actual items that was canceled. I do however see items/auction that I never won listed that I can click to appeal??   I still need to try to talk to a real person, I have not done that yet as I have not had time.  I can however bid on some items, but not all items listed which has changed from the no bidding at all, I still do not know if I am even going to deal with it when I get the time...

That is a good idea I actually did not think about that. So far though they have not responded to my last email asking if they learned anything on how this happen.  I did find the appeals part, I just have not done it yet..

Seems to me that if you have a relationship with this seller that it's time to ditch Ebay and work with him directly. Might save you both money.

Older craftsman back saw I find to be cheap and pretty easily to find

Thanks for the info, I will try that as soon as I quit being mad, I might get arrested if I talk to them while mad LOL

That is a good question that I have also wondered. I assume there where just way more hand/panel saws made then back saws. Although I do see more listed in the UK then in the US on eBay, so maybe they just where not widely used here and people horded the ones that where made...

Any insight why vintage panel and hand saws of decent quality are so readily available and affordable when tenon saws and back saws are much harder to find