I use pieces cut from broken totes to repair chips and gouges in other totes and
knobs. Brazilian rosewood, used in early totes, is not available from any modern
source, so I save every scrap that I get.
Bob PageIn da U.P. of Michigan
      From: David Carradine 
 To: Michael Blair ; David Nighswander  
Cc: "oldtools@s..."  
 Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 8:52 PM
 Subject: Re: [OldTools] Broken totes
   
GG's,

Since this has become a thread on broken totes I have to ask if anyone has a
good way of recycling broken totes.  I don't mean the ones that you have both
broken bits of that can be glued back together, but rather those ones that you
get with a box of plane parts (all perfectly usable of course) where they are
broken off an inch (25.4mm) or so from the top and the broken off part is long
gone.  I could give them to the guy at the market who makes steampunk guns to
use as handles, but I was thinking there may be a better way to recycle them.
Any suggestions?

Many thanks,
GH


Snip: 'll go inspect the bevy of broke


tote planes in my shop and see what other damage I can
see.