Inherited tools ...

[Jotty]

Hi all, am looking for some advice really. My father passed away just before Christmas and being a keen woodturner/carpenter he has left a shed full of tools and other such equipment! I know that some are planes but I have no idea what the different chisels are.

Here goes and thank you in advance!

Kind regards

Jo

 

[adidat]

hi
so sorry to hear about your loss, what a nice collection of very useable tools

the first picture of chisels is made up of carving chisels with scoops and v cutters. the chisels with the darker handles are what looks like a set of firmer chisels, which are the common chisel that can take a real hammering.

in the second picture of chisels, the first eight are turning gouges and scrapers the last two are normal woodworking chisels.

hope i have answered all your questions

adidat

 

[Scouse]

Hi Jo,

Allow me to add my condolences for your loss.

Your father has left you a lovely set of tools, especially the planes.

I'm not really up on chisels and wood turning, but with regard to the identities of the planes, the first is a Record 405 Multiplane with it's associated accessories, followed by an unidentified block plane, possibly a Record 0110.

Next (pic 166) is a Record 020 circular plane, followed by an unidentified spoke shave, and a Record 078 rebate/ fillister plane.

Next is a Stanley number 4 Smoothing plane, followed by what looks like a Stanley number 5 or 5 and a half Jack plane (it could be a number five but it looks a bit wide; the 5 and 5 1/2 are the same type of plane, but the 5 1/2 is wider by roughly 3/8ths of an inch, 2" wide blade for the number 5 as against 2 3/8" for the 5 1/2).

Hope this helps, but in any case here is an excellent link to help you identify and age the Record planes

http://www.recordhandplanes.com/index.html

and one I have not used, but seems ok for the Stanleys, although Stanley planes are notoriously difficult to date

http://hyperkitten.com/tools/stanley_bench_plane/

 

[AndyT]

The 405 was a good plane of its type, though not specially rare. Complete and in the box, they fetch £80-150 on ebay.
The 020 circular planes are quite popular too, and one in decent condition (as your seems to be) could fetch between £80 and £120 on ebay.

 

[jimi43]

Hi Jo

Just to add my condolences to your loss, your father was obviously very proud of his tools as he has kept them well and in good condition.

You may want to keep them for sentimental reasons and for use if you are keen on woodworking but some are rather specialist tools (like the circular plane for instance) which the general DIY worker might never have the need for.

As Andy says...they do have some value for sale if that is your intent and I would like to take the opportunity to remind you that there is a FOR SALE section on the forum which you might prefer to make use of. If you are not going to use them yourself then it might give you more comfort to sell them on here rather than to an anonymous entity on an auction site.

Thank you for sharing this personal treasure.

Jim

 

[Jotty]

Thank you all so much, you've been a great help. I will be putting some bits and pieces up for sale soon (probably on here) so at least now I've got a rough idea of their value.

Thanks again.

Jo