One of the great things about collecting is finding ways to fund it. If you've hung around this site much you know that I will...

If you've perused my site you'll see a lot of high quality, low cost collectable planes. You have also seen some very collectable high...

I've been collecting for a number of years now and when I started, like most, I started simple. I thought "perhaps just a couple to add...

Collecting planes or just about anything else, can be frustrating, irritating and just downright impossible if you are looking for stuff...

Yep, collecting IS for sissies. I know. I collect iron bottom bench planes. Does that make me a sissy? You bet it does and I'll tell...

I started to title this article "I YAM WHAT I YAM" and those of you who grew up in the days of black and white TV, yes I said black and...

I recently acquired a Sargent smoother commonly referred to as a 407 but in this particular example the bottom has a thin casting, single...

So, you just bought yourself a new Stanley No 5 Type 11 at a junk store for 10 bucks. It's all there but it is sad shape. It could be...

Ever bought a plane that has one side thinner than the other? I have and always wondered why it was like that. Of course early produced...

When I started collecting planes I quikly learned how expensive it could get. I saw how many old derelict planes were out there and it...