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229068 | James Thompson <oldmillrat@m...> | 2012‑04‑19 | Gloats |
Have we just stopped with gloating over tool finds? Or are we just not finding t ools to gloat over? I haven't seen any decent gloating here in so long that I ca n't remember the last one. Are all the tools now collected? Seems that our posts now refer to tool finds at "ungloatable" prices. I still go to estate sales, but rarely find good stuff at good prices. As Merle Haggard asked, "Are the good times really over at last?" James Thompson, the Old Millrat in Riverside CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229075 | Phil Schempf <philschempf@g...> | 2012‑04‑19 | Re: Gloats |
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" |
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229073 | Bill Kasper <dragonlist@u...> | 2012‑04‑19 | Re: Gloats |
michael, share the end result of that one day's run...that candle holder is sweet! and you found a swage! nicely mounted, too. bill felton, ca On Apr 19, 2012, at 10:19 AM, nicknaylo@a... wrote: > OK, I*ll toss in my most recent. Its smithing stuff so it doesn*t > really fit into the neat-old-tool-at-gloatable-price but I*m really > happy with the usefulness and what I paid. >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/10735775@N.../6993083773/in/photostream >> A smith I know from the local association was moving her (yes,her) >> shop and was culling what didn*t need to be moved. 7 scrolling jigs >> (held in vise while hot steel is bent around for matching parts), >> pair of tongs and a user made swage block/bolster that is just about >> perfect for my little smithy. Here it is mounted on my old anvil >> stand (I KNEW I*d find another use for that) http://www.flickr.com/p- >> hotos/10735775@N.../6844844900/in/photostream/ I*d been looking for a >> swage and despairing the shipping costs even if I could find one for >> cheap. the pair of Andrew Jackson's in my wallet was all it took, and >> she tossed in a mostly full bag of coal too. Michael S-still >> frightening the neighbors ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229069 | John Holladay <docholladay0820@g...> | 2012‑04‑19 | Re: Gloats |
I haven't had much time to even search for tool deals/gloats lately. I am planning to go to one of my favorite fleas this Saturday. I can dare to dream that there might be a good find to be had. Doc On Apr 19, 2012 11:14 AM, "James Thompson" |
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229080 | Jim Crammond <jicaarr@y...> | 2012‑04‑19 | Re: Gloats |
Galoots, I guess I'm in the same situation as others, I haven't been getting out as much as I used to and haven't found anything really gloatable, although Zach did sell me a 10" Richardson backsaw that will clean up nicely for $10. I did find something last week that is off charter that was really gloatable at a Toledo Public School surplus equipment auction (let's say that it's a 90, star ts with P and rhymes with automatic and the price was so good that I bought 4). Jim Crammond in Monroe Mi. I'm in the same situation as John. Haven't had much time to hunt for gloatable tools. I did buy some beautiful tools at the MWTCA meet in Chesaning last weekend, but they weren't really "gloatable", although I guess a ivory and silver rule for $100 is pretty good. -- Zachary Dillinger The Eaton County Joinery www.theeatoncountyjoinery.com 517-231-3374 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229070 | Zachary Dillinger <zacharydillinger@g...> | 2012‑04‑19 | Re: Gloats |
I'm in the same situation as John. Haven't had much time to hunt for gloatable tools. I did buy some beautiful tools at the MWTCA meet in Chesaning last weekend, but they weren't really "gloatable", although I guess a ivory and silver rule for $100 is pretty good. -- Zachary Dillinger The Eaton County Joinery www.theeatoncountyjoinery.com 517-231-3374 On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:22 PM, John Holladay |
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229071 | Ed Bell <neanderman@f...> | 2012‑04‑19 | RE: Gloats |
Like others have expressed, I haven't had the time, of late, to do much hunting beyond making sure I have some things that might work for Galootaclaus. I did, however, find a pretty nice Craftsman crosscut saw a few months back that I intended to, um, gloat a little about. But then time got away from me and the moment kind of passed. Ed On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:14 PM, James Thompson wrote: > Have we just stopped with gloating over tool finds? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229077 | Robert Hutchins <rhhutchins@h...> | 2012‑04‑19 | Re: Gloats |
On 4/19/2012 11:14 AM, James Thompson wrote: > As Merle Haggard asked, "Are the good times really overat last *for good*?" > > Sorry, Jim, but I'm a big fan of the Hag's. -- Bob Hutchins Temple, TX, USA \|||/ ( © © ) ooO_(..)_Ooo_______ _________ _____|_____| _____|___ __|____ ___|____|___ __|_____| _____|_ Kilroy Was Here! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229072 | nicknaylo@a... | 2012‑04‑19 | Re: Gloats |
OK, I*ll toss in my most recent. Its smithing stuff so it doesn*treally fit into the neat-old-tool-at-gloatable-price but I*m reallyhappy with the usefulness and what I paid. http://www.flickr.com/photos/10735775@N.../6993083773/in/photostream A smith I know from the local association was moving her (yes,her) shopand was culling what didn*t need to be moved. 7 scrolling jigs (held invise while hot steel is bent around for matching parts), pair of tongsand a user made swage block/bolster that is just about perfect for mylittle smithy. Here it is mounted on my old anvil stand (I KNEW I*dfind another use for that) http://www.flickr.com/photos/10735775@N.../6844844900/in/photostream/ I*d been looking for a swage and despairing the shipping costs even ifI could find one for cheap. the pair of Andrew Jackson's in my wallet was all it took, and shetossed in a mostly full bag of coal too. Michael S-still frightening the neighbors -----Original Message----- From: James Thompson |
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229078 | Bill Ghio <bghio@m...> | 2012‑04‑19 | Re: Gloats |
On Apr 19, 2012, at 12:14 PM, James Thompson wrote: > > Have we just stopped with gloating over tool finds? Or are we just not findi ng 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? > > > Seems that our posts now refer to tool finds at "ungloatable" prices. I stil l go to estate sales, but rarely find good stuff at good prices. > > As Merle Haggard asked, "Are the good times really over at last?" Does does wood count? 15/4 Hard Maple @ $1.61/BF... or 8/4 Tiger Maple @ $2.80/B F? Ditto for the Curly Cherry. And then he threw in for free the Mahogany turnin g stock I needed for a small "honey do" project. I'll post a more complete pictu re -- with pictures -- in the next few days but right now I have an hour free an d am heading for the shop. Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229079 | nicknaylo@a... | 2012‑04‑19 | Re: Gloats |
right now I have an hour free and am heading for the shop. Bill Happy, happy words! Nice gloat on the wood Michael S ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - |
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229086 | Charlie Driggs <cdinde@v...> | 2012‑04‑19 | Re: Gloats |
Jim asked earlier today ... 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? Seems that our posts now refer to tool finds at "ungloatable" prices. I still go to estate sales, but rarely find good stuff at good prices. Jim and I occasionally exchange emails and we've touched on this topic several times. For me, I just don't get to the storied "Field of Dreams" much anymore, maybe in part because it had become a dry hole for me for a couple of years, and in part because the day job had become a black hole for my waking hours until recently. There also seems to be noticeably fewer yard or garage (boot, Jeff) sales these days with anything other than used baby clothes, baby furniture, frayed extension cords and ugly lamps on offer. But the biggest problem I have is a distinct lack of places left to store or stash tools in my shop, so many of my purchases tend to be small in size recently. I have a whole 'nother room in the basement equal to the size of my official shop that is largely unavailable. It is occupied by a few machines my shop can't handle, a stash of mostly donor saws, a stash of now well acclimated mahogany and poplar boards for furniture projects in waiting, and a large assortment, or more appropriately described as a pile, of ex- college items from my kids that need sorting to be pitched or given away. That sorting will have to happen soon if I am to be acquiring any more of the items I have a hope of finding. But Jim and I have both noticed that it is harder to find good tools, especially at bargain prices. My suspicion is that most of what we all used to gloat about is now posted for all to see on *b*y, where it is misidentified, called 'rare' and priced accordingly until some sucker springs for it, all too often only to find that the other side not shown in the pictures is heavily rust encrusted or cracked. I miss the pickin's of twenty years ago, and we already knew at that time that we had missed many of the really spectacular gloats. Even Pat Leach seems to be getting a large portion of his tool inventory from England these days, so that ought to be an indication that barn collections for a pittance and shuttered hardware stores are getting harder and harder to find. Charlie Driggs-------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- |
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229089 | "Andrew B." <andrew.bouland@g...> | 2012‑04‑19 | RE: Gloats |
>>> Jim itches for a good tale of gold in the wild<<< I've actually had some good finds over the last year or so but overall I guess I've never been much of one to "gloat" as it were. That said, I've got a favorite fishing hole that I get to a few times a year but it's pretty well a holding tank for bottom feeders. If you've ever seen an old episode of Sanford and Son, then this guy's place is in the alley out back. He runs a junk business out of an old gas station and seems to get most of his stuff from auctions that appear be the last stop for the remains from house cleanouts. If stuff doesn't sell at this guy's shop then it's off to the dumpster or to the scrapyard. Usually a trip there will get me a beer flat of screwdrivers and maybe a chisel or two at best yet when I get a chance I'll go pay him a visit in hopes of something special. He gets lots saws and braces but as mentioned, this is bottom feeder territory. In the 10 years or so that I've been visiting this guy, I've never seen a backsaw that was older than 1980's vintage (think something that Great Neck would look down on) and even then, usually rusty and munged up. This past fall I found two old Disston's - one was a 1 son, the other a double eagle. Handles are pretty rough on both and spines and blades are a bit pitted but those were firsts for me on both counts. Prices were probably about a buck each. One of the worst days of the summer last year I went there early in the morning before the owner showed up. He told me the penalty for trespassing was a very large ice cold drink... I laughed and asked what he liked. I didn't find much that morning but took him a quart of gatorade that afternoon and spotted an older stanley miterbox that I'd missed earlier. He was pleased to see that I'd made good on my fine and I think I could have named my price on the box but if I recall, we both came up with something we could live with. I was just there recently but he doesn't really get much new in over the winter and seemed like the new stock for spring hadn't started coming in. In all the years of going there I've rarely found a plane - a handful of lever caps (one from an old Siegley #8) but never much of anything that wasn't junk or broken. Not sure if I've got competition or if they just get picked out at the auctions he's getting his stuff from. Cheers, Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229088 | John Ruth <johnrruth@h...> | 2012‑04‑19 | RE: Gloats |
Roy piqued my curiousity when he wrote: > Well=2C I got me a "better" pencil sharpener last weekend for $2=2C > and a #3 and #6 for $3 each=2C...uh well they were wooden drivers=2C > (just the heads for the persimmon)... OK=2C Roy=2C just exactly what can a Galoot make out of the tiny amount of Persimmon wood in an old driver? There's not much more than a sliver available unless you can incorporate the curves of the original surface...... The only thing I can think of would be new scales for a "perfect handle" style screwdriver or a knife. (Oh=2C yeah=2C I sure do remember the masterpiece PH screwdriver somebody posted a couple of years back. ) Maybe a pen-turning blank. Now=2C watch=2C the Porch will come up with 50 uses for this odd shaped donor wood. John Ruth ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------ |
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229090 | <roygriggs@v...> | 2012‑04‑19 | RE: Gloats |
John, You guessed correctly, I bought them for Perfect Handle scales....I've never ha d any persimmon and they were so cheap I thought I'd try. Haven't figured out ye t how to best "harvest" them...8^) Roy Griggs roygriggs@v... ---- John Ruth |
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229092 | John Holladay <docholladay0820@g...> | 2012‑04‑19 | RE: Gloats |
I've often wondered about working with persimmon wood. I've repaired and refinished many persimmon golf clubs. I know the wood to be quite hard. I've never actually seen any lumber available. Considering its use in golf clubs, it must be very though. It is also a very attractive wood in my opinion. Doc On Apr 19, 2012 6:30 PM, |
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229094 | <roygriggs@v...> | 2012‑04‑19 | RE: Gloats |
John, After I bought the club heads, I stopped by the booth of the tool dealer who is going to get me into the tool sale early on Sat. He asked me what I had, so I t old him and he said "You want some persimmon, I'l bring you some." He haunts th e local "green" dump for carving woods, so there is no telling what he has. We h ave a "green" dump where trees, shrubs, etc. can be dumped free; they turn it in to mulch and then give it away free and also use it in the city parks etc. Any pieces of trees to large to chip they leave for people to take for splitting int o firewood or any other purpose. Anyway I just waiting to get some persimmon from him. Then I'll see what else h e has, I'd also like some Apricot, or Apple, or..... Roy Griggs roygriggs@v... ---- John Holladay |
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229097 | Mike Hamilton <mrbuddha@g...> | 2012‑04‑19 | RE: Gloats |
oops forgot the subject..... Roy tells us tales of persimmon and tree dumps.... Persimmon is indeed hard. Tree dumps (and tree surgeons) are a turner's best friend. 'Round here, I have yet to find a piece of persimmon firewood that didn't have lots prettly large galleries from some kind of large caliber bug (always packed full of frass). Regards, Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229098 | nicknaylo@a... | 2012‑04‑19 | Re: Gloats |
Here you go, http://www.flickr.com/photos/10735775@N.../6948932652/in/photostream/ used the swage to form the candle socket, should have used someslightly thinner metal, both base and socket from the same stock, with just cutoff box nails formed into rivets for thesocket and handle. Recently made curved end chisel and center punch wasall that was needed for the decorative edge Scroll was fun to make, both ends on the same jig, with a *snub penny*treatment on the end. Michael S michael, share the end result of that one day's run...that candleholder is sweet! and you found a swage! nicely mounted, too. bill felton, ca On Apr 19, 2012, at 10:19 AM, nicknaylo@a... wrote: > OK, I*ll toss in my most recent. Its smithing stuff so it > doesn*treally fit into the neat-old-tool-at-gloatable-price but I*m really happy with the usefulness and what I paid. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/10735775@N.../6993083773/in/photostream > > A smith I know from the local association was moving her > (yes,her)shop and was culling what didn*t need to be moved. 7 scrolling jigs (held invise while hot steel is bent around for matching parts), pair of tongs and a usermade swage block/bolster that is just about perfect for my little smithy. Here it is mounted on my old anvil stand (I KNEW I*d find another use for that) > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/10735775@N.../6844844900/in/photostream/ > > I*d been looking for a swage and despairing the shipping costs > evenif I could find one for cheap. > > the pair of Andrew Jackson's in my wallet was all it took, and > shetossed in a mostly full bag of coal too. > > Michael S-still frightening the neighbors ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229102 | Bill Taggart <w.taggart@v...> | 2012‑04‑19 | Re: Gloats |
My only gloats of late are way off-topic. I really haven't engaged in "the chase" in earnest at all for quite a long time now. I was heavily into my acquisition phase of Galoothood back in the 1990s. But now I'm in the "do I really *need* this thing?" phase. So unless it's something really unusual or at some insanely ridiculous, way-too-good-to-pass-up price, I'm not really buying anything anymore. Plus I recall a while back (probably a bunch of years now, although it doesn't feel like it was more than a couple), there was a bit of a kerfuffle over the "gloating." I don't recall who, and even if I did, I wouldn't name names, but someone took some sort of offense to the gloating and then there was a whole discussion about the ethics, morality and seemliness of gloating. There might even have been a touch of navel-gazing; I don't fully recall. But after that affair, I decided to kind of back off the heavily over gloat, if I did get one. The most recent really gloatable event I had was when my buddy Michael and I bought the truckload of blacksmithing tools from an estate - that was back in January 2010. We ended up keeping a few choice things for ourselves and selling off the rest at a nice little profit. I still have the anvil, a killer Buffalo forge, a mess of tongs, swages, hammers, various handled tools, and probably a half-ton of steel stock (literally) along with various and sundry other tools that came out of the same garage. Unfortunately, pretty much all of Michael's stuff got stolen, along with a lot of his other tools and stuff (long story). - Bill Taggart - Owner/Operator, Junk King of Central Virginia On 4/19/2012 2:22 PM, Bill Ghio wrote: > On Apr 19, 2012, at 12:14 PM, James Thompson wrote: > >> >> Have we just stopped with gloating over tool finds? Or are we just not fin ding tools to gloat over? I haven't seen any decent gloating here in so long tha t I can't remember the last one. Are all the tools now collected? >> >> >> Seems that our posts now refer to tool finds at "ungloatable" prices. I st ill go to estate sales, but rarely find good stuff at good prices. >> >> As Merle Haggard asked, "Are the good times really over at last?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229103 | Bill Taggart <w.taggart@v...> | 2012‑04‑20 | Re: Gloats |
Actually, my more recent gloats have been discovering things in my shop I didn't know I had and had no memory of where I got them. Just the other day, I uncovered, under the geological strata that had accumulated on the side bench I rarely use, a couple planes. Huh! Who knew I had those? I sure didn't. Where the heck did they come from? - Bill T. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229117 | Bill Kasper <dragonlist@u...> | 2012‑04‑20 | Re: Gloats |
thaaat's it. nice stuff, michael. bill felton, ca On Apr 19, 2012, at 6:50 PM, nicknaylo@a... wrote: > Here you go, >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/10735775@N.../6948932652/in/photostream/ >> used the swage to form the candle socket, should have used some >> slightly thinner metal, both base and socket from > the same stock, with just cutoff box nails formed into rivets for the > socket and handle. Recently made curved end chisel and center punch > was all that was needed for the decorative edge >> Scroll was fun to make, both ends on the same jig, with a *snub >> penny* treatment on the end. Michael S michael, share the end result >> of that one day's run...that candle holder is > sweet! >> and you found a swage! nicely mounted, too. bill > felton, ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229108 | Zachary Dillinger <zacharydillinger@g...> | 2012‑04‑20 | Re: Gloats |
I know the feeling! My wife and I are putting our house up on the market, so that we can move back to the country and purchase this beautiful 1910 farmhouse her father currently owns. In the process of moving my shop (a total nightmare, by the way), I've discovered planes, chisels and saws I completely forget that I owned. Once I see 'em, I remember buying 'em, but I wouldn't have remembered I have them if you had asked. A troubling situation, as its taking me several times longer to pack up than it should. And don't even ask about moving my lumber pile. I've had nightmares about that... -- Zachary Dillinger The Eaton County Joinery www.theeatoncountyjoinery.com 517-231-3374 On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Bill Taggart |
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229109 | Bill Taggart <w.taggart@v...> | 2012‑04‑20 | Re: Gloats |
On 4/20/2012 8:09 AM, Zachary Dillinger wrote: > And don't even ask about moving my lumber pile. I've had nightmares > about that... I've moved my lumber pile twice now. It was larger the second time than the first, and now it's much larger than it was the second time. My accumulation of tools and - much more significantly, machinery (including some very large, very heavy assemblages of cast arn) also has greatly increased in magnitude. When we moved from NJ to VA (almost 10 years ago!), I fit every tool, machine, workbench, and piece of lumber I owned in a rented U-Haul 18-foot box truck (which I beat worse than a rented mule). If I were to do it today, it easily would require an 18-wheeler. And come to think of it, I'm not sure it would all even fit in just one... And I'm a rank amateur when it comes to accumulating tools and machinery. I'm not even remotely approaching true tool and machinery hoarder status, based on some guys I've seen. - Bill T. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229114 | Steve Reynolds <s.e.reynolds@v...> | 2012‑04‑20 | Re: Gloats |
On 04/19/12, Charlie Driggs wrote: For me, I just don't get to the storied "Field of Dreams" much anymore, maybe in part because it had become a dry hole for me for a couple of years, and in part because the day job had become a black hole for my waking hours until recently. [snip] _____________________________________________________________________ Yep, dry hole. Frickin dry, Dry, DDDRRRRRYYYYY hole. Ain?t no field of dreams anymore. Dr. D8 and I have not found anything worth gloating about in years. I haven?t seen Todd there in over a year, sothat is some indicator of the dryness of the hole. To my mind, good old tools have migrated toonline sales. You can compare it to thedearth of tools being sold here on the Porch since the rise of venues to sellthem online. I haveone recent gloat, though. The good Dr.and I were at a bike swap. It was mostlywhole bikes being swapped, but some people had tables with odds and ends. I was busy wasting time looking at some dreckwhen I noticed Tom looking intently at a table full of good components. The little bastuhd was fingering the treasurewithout so much as nod of the head to get my attention. I hustled over to mine some treasure. Now I?m busy looking through bike componentsfor a while before I notice he was under the table going through some oldtools. Not old bike tools, oldwoodworking tools. He stands up holdingthe stock of a wooden block plane, turns it around some while considering it,and tosses it back into the tote under the table. I wander over, pick it up and notice that itis a nice ECE blockplane that is missing the blade and levercap. A little more inspection revels it cannot bethe same No. 649 model that I scored last fall because it has a wooden palmrest where the No. 649 has that elegant adjusting knob that doubles as the palmrest. Being a diligent oldtooler, (ascontrasted to a bike crazed one- time oldtooler) I know that it is likely thatthe blade and a wedge are somewhere in the tote or on the vendor?s table. I start digging in the tote. A wedge is uncovered about mid-level, and ablade at the bottom. A Bell System 2101brace is keeping the blade company. Ihold them all up and ask for a price, and happily pay the $6 he asks. It is while this transaction is taking placethat the bike maniac notices and utters the first expletive filled imprecationabout my bastuhdisim. Ah, what sweetmusic to my ears. I was to hear thisjoyous music a number of times that day, and reminded of it numerous times inthe following week. Nothing like takingtools out from under the nose of your buddy. Someonline searching leads me to think this blockplane is a No. 249P. It looks like ECEmmerich no longer producethis model. I?d appreciate anyinformation anyone has on this model. Regards, Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229119 | Zachary Dillinger <zacharydillinger@g...> | 2012‑04‑20 | Re: Gloats |
I just got a new gloat... my copy of the 2nd edition of The Tool Chest of Benjamin Seaton arrived today! For free, thanks to my membership in TATHS. Definitely gloatable in my book (pun intended). Zach -- Zachary Dillinger The Eaton County Joinery www.theeatoncountyjoinery.com 517-231-3374 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229138 | "Frank Sronce" <dilloworks@s...> | 2012‑04‑20 | Re: Gloats |
Zach, In my case, I have had to re-define the word "gloatable". The only thing I have found of interest in the last month or two was little plastic pouch holding three different sizes of screw drivers for use in a brace - each marked Stanley HandyMan. That's a pretty nasty comedown from the old days of things like my $10.00 Stanley Bed Rock No. 3. Frank Sronce (Fort Worth Armadillo Works) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Dillinger" |
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229147 | "Joseph Sullivan" <joe@j...> | 2012‑04‑20 | RE: Gloats |
Speaking of tin snips, does anyone have suggestions for tightening up old snips that are tool loose in the jaws? J Joseph Sullivan -----Original Message----- From: oldtools-bounces@r... [mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of Darrell & Kathy Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:44 PM To: James Thompson Cc: oldtools List Subject: Re: [OldTools] Gloats On 4/19/2012 12:14 PM, James Thompson wrote: > Have we just stopped with gloating over tool finds? OK Jim, here's a small gloat: I was riding my bicycle to the commuter train station last Friday when I spotted a tool lying on the road. I pulled over, waited for the traffic to clear and picked up a pair of tin snips. http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/IMG-20120415-00 052.jpg Free tools. I love free tools. Even if it is my 6th pair of tin snips. > As Merle Haggard asked, "Are the good times really over at last?" Not for me. When I can buy unopened boxes of screws at garage sales for 25 cents a box I feel like the Good Times are right now. But that was last week's gloat ;^) -- Darrell LaRue Oakville ON Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229151 | "Joseph Sullivan" <joe@j...> | 2012‑04‑20 | RE: Gloats |
Well, yes, but big heavy rivet not very susceptible to pounding. Maybe they need to head to the soon to be build smithy as a tool steel donor? J Joseph Sullivan -----Original Message----- From: oldtools-bounces@r... [mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:55 PM To: oldtools@r... Subject: Re: [OldTools] Gloats If they are riveted you can hammer the rivet. If bolted ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ On 4/20/2012 8:50 PM, Joseph Sullivan wrote: > Speaking of tin snips, does anyone have suggestions for tightening up > old snips that are tool loose in the jaws? > > J > > Joseph Sullivan > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: oldtools-bounces@r... > [mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of Darrell& > Kathy > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:44 PM > To: James Thompson > Cc: oldtools List > Subject: Re: [OldTools] Gloats > > On 4/19/2012 12:14 PM, James Thompson wrote: > >> Have we just stopped with gloating over tool finds? > OK Jim, here's a small gloat: > > I was riding my bicycle to the commuter train station last Friday when > I spotted a tool lying on the road. I pulled over, waited for the > traffic to clear and picked up a pair of tin snips. > > http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/IMG-20120 > 415-00 > 052.jpg > > Free tools. I love free tools. Even if it is my 6th pair of tin snips. > >> As Merle Haggard asked, "Are the good times really over at last?" > Not for me. When I can buy unopened boxes of screws at garage sales > for 25 cents a box I feel like the Good Times are right now. > But that was last week's gloat ;^) > > -- > Darrell LaRue > Oakville ON > Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- OldTools is a mailing list catering to the interests of hand tool > aficionados, both collectors and users, to discuss the history, usage, > value, location, availability, collectibility, and restoration of > traditional handtools, especially woodworking tools. > > > To change your subscription options: > http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools > > To read the FAQ: > http://swingleydev.com/archive/faq.html > > OldTools archive: http://swingleydev.com/archive/ > > OldTools@r... > http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- OldTools is a mailing list catering to the interests of hand tool > aficionados, both collectors and users, to discuss the history, usage, > value, location, availability, collectibility, and restoration of > traditional handtools, especially woodworking tools. > > To change your subscription options: > http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools > > To read the FAQ: > http://swingleydev.com/archive/faq.html > > OldTools archive: http://swingleydev.com/archive/ > > OldTools@r... > http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229154 | WesG <wesg@g...> | 2012‑04‑20 | Re: Gloats |
Yet susceptible enough to be a rivet. Put one side of the rivet on a piece of something heavy and steel, but not an anvil... (This is a cold forging operation, and it would leave a mark on your anvil.) Then with a 12 - 20 ounce hammer hit the rivet around the edges at 12 and 6 o'clock with a medium strength blow. Don't hit the rivet in the center like a nail. I would hold the snips in such a way that the axis of the snips is 9 and 3 o'clock, so you're hitting the edges of the rivet along the snip's side and not the other way. (just a hunch, no particular reason for this.) Test the snips.Repeat if necessary. Should work. Wes On Apr 20, 2012, at 7:56 PM, "Joseph Sullivan" |
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229156 | <roygriggs@v...> | 2012‑04‑20 | RE: Gloats |
If ya ain't got a hammer big enough for the rivet, how ya gonna "smithy?" I'm ju st saying...(tm someone else!) Roy Griggs roygriggs@v... ---- Joseph Sullivan |
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229146 | Darrell & Kathy <larchmont@s...> | 2012‑04‑20 | Re: Gloats |
On 4/19/2012 12:14 PM, James Thompson wrote: > Have we just stopped with gloating over tool finds? OK Jim, here's a small gloat: I was riding my bicycle to the commuter train station last Friday when I spotted a tool lying on the road. I pulled over, waited for the traffic to clear and picked up a pair of tin snips. http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/IMG-20120415-00052. jpg Free tools. I love free tools. Even if it is my 6th pair of tin snips. > As Merle Haggard asked, "Are the good times really over at last?" Not for me. When I can buy unopened boxes of screws at garage sales for 25 cents a box I feel like the Good Times are right now. But that was last week's gloat ;^) -- Darrell LaRue Oakville ON Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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229150 | "Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq" <rohrabacher@e...> | 2012‑04‑20 | Re: Gloats |
If they are riveted you can hammer the rivet. If bolted ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ On 4/20/2012 8:50 PM, Joseph Sullivan wrote: > Speaking of tin snips, does anyone have suggestions for tightening up old > snips that are tool loose in the jaws? > > J > > Joseph Sullivan > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: oldtools-bounces@r... > [mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of Darrell& > Kathy > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:44 PM > To: James Thompson > Cc: oldtools List > Subject: Re: [OldTools] Gloats > > On 4/19/2012 12:14 PM, James Thompson wrote: > >> Have we just stopped with gloating over tool finds? > OK Jim, here's a small gloat: > > I was riding my bicycle to the commuter train station last Friday when I > spotted a tool lying on the road. I pulled over, waited for the traffic to > clear and picked up a pair of tin snips. > > http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/IMG-20120415-00 > 052.jpg > > Free tools. I love free tools. Even if it is my 6th pair of tin snips. > >> As Merle Haggard asked, "Are the good times really over at last?" > Not for me. When I can buy unopened boxes of screws at garage sales for 25 > cents a box I feel like the Good Times are right now. > But that was last week's gloat ;^) > > -- > Darrell LaRue > Oakville ON > Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > OldTools is a mailing list catering to the interests of hand tool > aficionados, both collectors and users, to discuss the history, usage, > value, location, availability, collectibility, and restoration of > traditional handtools, especially woodworking tools. > > > To change your subscription options: > http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools > > To read the FAQ: > http://swingleydev.com/archive/faq.html > > OldTools archive: http://swingleydev.com/archive/ > > OldTools@r... > http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > OldTools is a mailing list catering to the interests of hand tool > aficionados, both collectors and users, to discuss the history, usage, > value, location, availability, collectibility, and restoration of > traditional handtools, especially woodworking tools. > > To change your subscription options: > http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools > > To read the FAQ: > http://swingleydev.com/archive/faq.html > > OldTools archive: http://swingleydev.com/archive/ > > OldTools@r... > http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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