Galoots-

Just back from a trip to MN.  I didn't have as much time as I hoped to
search for tools (who does?), but picked up a North Bros. Yankee 131A
screwdriver with 6 bits for a reasonable price and a Millers Falls #7 skew
block plane for free.

Before you tell me I suck let me say the cap clamp screw of the block plane
is sheared off from the spiffy adjustment knob.  Before I get creative,
anybody have a spare in their pocket?  I was also wondering if other planes
use a similar knob that could be adapted to the MF7.  The repair looks like
it will be tricky to get it square and centered so the adjusting knob works
properly.  The screw is sheared right at the knob, looks like an old break.
I'm not sure how well the two pieces mate, if the surfaces would need to be
trued up before they can be satisfactorily joined and whether that joining
should be done with hard solder, brazing or welding.  The adjustment knob
looks to be plated and a lot of heat is unlikely to do that much good.  All
said, that is probably short of a true gloat.

I'll be going back to MN this summer and there should be more relatives
around so perhaps I can parse out Ma's to do list and have more luck
haunting the antiques shops.

Phil

> On Apr 19, 2012 11:14 AM, "James Thompson" <oldmillrat@m...> wrote:
> >
> >> Have we just stopped with gloating over tool finds? Or are we just not
> >> finding tools to gloat over? I haven't seen any decent gloating here in
> so
> >> long that I can't remember the last one. Are all the tools now
> collected?
>
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