Gage blocks on the cheap...
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Unfortunately the nice looking used sets on ebay are priced accordingly. Still cheap compared to the cost of NEW but still more than I want to spend on a set for home use.

As it stands now I've purchased 3 partial sets with mixed or missing blocks and I think I can put together one complete matching set from them. I have one good storage case from the bunch that cleaned up nicely and now I need to start going through cleaning and inspecting (as best I can) each of the blocks, then picking out the best ones to make up my set.

In the end I think it will be worth it because I will have one nice clean set for reference which was all I was after. But now it looks like I will have a second 'working' set of mixed gages as well, plus a lot of extras left over.   Rolleyes

My total out of pocket (after the partial refunds from 2 sellers) is $280 for the 3 sets I bought. If my one good set turns out as nice as I think it will, I feel it would have been worth the effort. Not that I would want to repeat that effort mind you!   Rotfl
Willie
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Gage blocks on the cheap... - by Highpower - 03-27-2018, 10:34 PM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by Mike E. - 03-28-2018, 03:37 AM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by TomG - 03-28-2018, 08:23 AM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by Highpower - 03-28-2018, 01:02 PM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by f350ca - 03-28-2018, 05:40 PM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by Pete O - 03-28-2018, 08:28 PM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by Highpower - 03-28-2018, 09:14 PM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by randyc - 03-28-2018, 10:43 PM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by TomG - 03-29-2018, 08:31 AM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by Vinny - 03-29-2018, 09:40 AM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by f350ca - 03-28-2018, 11:19 PM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by randyc - 03-29-2018, 06:48 PM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by Highpower - 03-29-2018, 02:26 AM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by 4gsr - 03-30-2018, 09:19 AM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by randyc - 03-30-2018, 03:34 PM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by 4gsr - 03-30-2018, 04:48 PM
RE: Gage blocks on the cheap... - by randyc - 03-30-2018, 05:13 PM



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