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Vintage/Antique woodworking tools are like that, too.

To get a piece for a tool I'm restoring, I had to figure out the cell number of a guy who bought the property that had the warehouse from a defunct dealer on it, and beg him to go through it for me. He runs an actual business, and bought the warehouse as somewhere to store his day-job machinery, not realizing it was the go-to for this particular brand of vintage machinery.

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I've run into some interesting business practices since I've gotten into Woodworking/woodcarving. There's a business I buy carving wood from where his process is you place an order, he ships you the items, and then also mails you an invoice and then you have to send a check or money order.

The most fun experience I've had was when I ordered a Vega fence for my tablesaw. I'm like 98% sure the guy in Illinois that I talked to is also the guy who owns the company, makes the fences, packages them, and physically walks them to the UPS store.

It was legitimately interesting to hear his perspective when I had an issue with my shipment. He literally remembered my order off the top of his head and helped troubleshoot without any sort of reference material.

Woodworkers are an odd bunch.

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