On 9/21/2014 11:44 AM, Anthony Seo wrote:
> While walking around the flea market this morning, there one seller 
> who had a few interesting tools that I grabbed, but then he mentioned 
> that he had this tool chest.  He mainly brought it to show.  According 
> to the people he got it from the original owner had worked as a 
> carpenter for a circus around the turn of the century (19th into the 
> 20th.)  My guess this was constructed more around 1920 or so based on 
> some of the tools. But what a treasure trove.
>
> http
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> http
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> http
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> http
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> http
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> The only thing I didn't see were planes but there are two drawers on 
> the one side that I didn't look in.  They wouldn't have been big 
> planes but, who knows.  My guess is that the guy was primarily a wood 
> carver but did a lot of other work as well.  There is a big round or 
> heading knife for leather work but I didn't see any other leather 
> tools.  The copper coated square is a Duby & Shinn 1902 Patent 
> Carpenters square.  That was plated originally but the plating on 
> those was very thin or weak and most of the time you find them, the 
> copper wash coat is showing.
>
> I don't know if anything in there was cleaned or not.  But this is a 
> neat old tool chest and these fitted ones do not show up very often.  
> The seller did mention a price that he might consider ($3000) but I 
> think even that is cheap and he wasn't really trying to move it.
>
> Enjoy
>
> Tony (who would have loved to brought it back here but........)
>
That post deserves a violation of the snippage rule!

In the 4th photo, at the top left, is a sort of square and/or rule that 
I've never seen before.

Can anyone shed light on it?  Does it have a name?  What is its intended 
use?  etc.

Bob Hutchins
Temple, TX, USA
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