As it hasn't been noted yet, Happy Father's Day (A day to celebrate
fathers, Jeff). Many of the list members are fathers and with the
teaching and sharing across generations on this list, many are fathers
in that sense as well.

Go to you coll- er, necessary assortment of tools, pick up the oldest
one and take a moment to think about how many fathers held and used
that tool.

Happy father's day.

Brian J.M. Rytel
brian.rytel@g...
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Brian,

Great idea.  It's not my oldest plane, but every once in a while I have 
to pull the Stanley No. 2 I inherited from my father out of the cabinet 
and "pet" it a little.  It was bought by his father sometime in the late 
1890s.

Frank Sronce (Fort Worth Armadillo Works)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Rytel" <brian.rytel@g...>

> As it hasn't been noted yet, Happy Father's Day (A day to celebrate
> fathers, Jeff). Many of the list members are fathers and with the
> teaching and sharing across generations on this list, many are fathers
> in that sense as well.
>
> Go to you coll- er, necessary assortment of tools, pick up the oldest
> one and take a moment to think about how many fathers held and used
> that tool. 

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In the spirit of this chain, I will share what my two sons brought to me
for Fathers Day.  A few weeks ago, they were hired to help out at an estate
sale in Mississippi near where their mother lives.  Knowing that their
father is a sucker for old steel, they picked up the following items and
brought them to me.

1) A massive meat cleaver marked Briddell (I'm not familiar with this
maker.  If anyone has any input, please chime in.  it is quite hefty and
appears well constructed.)
2) A longish screwdriver that I can just make out what I believe to be
Hercules on the ferule.
3)  The shorter screwdriver is marked Irwin USA.

As always, without pictures, it didn't happen.

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/34203

Doc
Thinking about what kind of work many fathers might have done using these
tools.
On Jun 17, 2012 9:41 PM, "Frank Sronce" <dilloworks@s...> wrote:

> Brian,
>
> Great idea.  It's not my oldest plane, but every once in a while I have to
> pull the Stanley No. 2 I inherited from my father out of the cabinet and
> "pet" it a little.  It was bought by his father sometime in the late 1890s.
>
> Frank Sronce (Fort Worth Armadillo Works)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Rytel" <brian.rytel@g...>
>
>  As it hasn't been noted yet, Happy Father's Day (A day to celebrate
>> fathers, Jeff). Many of the list members are fathers and with the
>> teaching and sharing across generations on this list, many are fathers
>> in that sense as well.
>>
>> Go to you coll- er, necessary assortment of tools, pick up the oldest
>> one and take a moment to think about how many fathers held and used
>> that tool.
>>
>
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Brian,

> Go to you coll- er, necessary assortment of tools, pick up the oldest
> one and take a moment to think about how many fathers held and used
> that tool.

A marvelous idea!

My contribution:  last night I used my late grandfather's vice, which
is mounted on my wife's great-grandfather's workbench.  :)  Or rather,
**my** workbench -- and ideally, one day, my childrens'.

>
> Happy father's day.

Although we Aussie Galoots have to wait until September for **our**
Father's Day.   (My birthday, and Christmas, are in the final 1/3 of
the year.  So a long dry spell, followed by near-monthly gifts.)

--Travis (Brisbane, AU)
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On 6/17/2012 11:18 PM, John Holladay wrote:

> In the spirit of this chain, I  will share what my two sons brought to
 > me for Fathers Day.

Ah Doc, you have the cure for our ills, don't ye?

This past weekend I was allowed to indulge myself a bit, hit a
few garage sales, and just be d*mn lazy.

The garage sales produced a number of cool things, some of
which were actually tool-ish.  A small metal tool box,  I like to
accumulate these things, makes good, portable storage for
various genres of tools (one for plumbing stuff, one for 'lectrical,
one for screws, one for nails, &cetera).  Also bought a hitch bar
with a 2 inch ball on it, which I gave to our Cub Pack's Akela,
so he doesn't need to borrow mine anymore.  A very rusty but
serviceable lug wrench, one of the X shaped ones with three
sizes of socket plus a screwdriver (or pry bar) on the ends.
Last but not least, 4 butt(?) chisels marked FULLER on their
red & yellow plastic handles.  Short blades, about 3 inches long,
a set of 3 with abused factory grind on'em (1/2, 3/4 and 1 inch)
which mostly sharpened up OK, and an extra 3/4 that looks like
it has been around the block too many times.  Lots of paint on
it, plus what appears to be grout or plaster, and some chips
out of the edge.  That one will have to languish in the Spares
box for a while before I get around to working on it.

After dinner on Sunday The Kidz presented me with a Lee Valley
pipe vise.  Cool looking piece of gear, I think this will make a great
addition to the sawbench I was going to build.  Make it a wee bit
higher, put a planing stop on one end, the pipe vise on the other,
drill some dog holes & holdfast holes, and I'll have a nice compact
little bench for work "on the road".

Nope, no pictures.

--
Darrell LaRue
Oakville ON
Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User

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Darrell wisely said:

>A small metal tool box, I like to accumulate these things, makes good,
>portable storage for various genres of tools (one for plumbing stuff,
>one for 'lectrical, one for screws, one for nails, &cetera).
On the advice of a buddy, I began using dedicated toolboxes as Darrell
described above because I was just so darn tired of not finding what I
needed in the shop. I have ones for electrical, plumbing, brass screws,
plane parts (yep, this one is kinda heavy), drill bits and attachments,
chisels, wrenches, files, etc. Toolboxes are cheap, too. I put a sticker
or a tag on the handle of each box so I know what's hiding inside.

Thanks for bringing that up, Darrell.

Just say, "Try it, you'll like it." Steve, in Howell, NJ
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On 6/19/2012 5:56 AM, SHINE, STEVE wrote:
> Darrell wisely said:
>
>> A small metal tool box,  I like to accumulate these things, makes good,
portable storage for various genres of tools
>> (one for plumbing stuff, one for 'lectrical, one for screws, one for
nails,&cetera).
> On the advice of a buddy, I began using dedicated toolboxes as Darrell
described above because I was just so
> darn tired of not finding what I needed in the shop.  I have ones for
electrical, plumbing, brass screws, plane parts
> (yep, this one is kinda heavy), drill bits and attachments, chisels, wrenches,
files, etc.  Toolboxes are cheap, too.
> I put a sticker or a tag on the handle of each box so I know what's hiding
inside.
My favourite special-purpose toolbox is a salesman's carry-on bag with 
sturdy sides & wheels, stuffed full of all things needed for general 
electrical work, including soldering gun. multimeter & etc.
Don

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be the coming of the Judgment Day - Buchanan Brothers, 1947
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