more tools... (gloat!!!)

[sparkymarky]

some of you may have seen the tenon saw i picked up from a local recycling center which is in another post.
well i`ve been back and today picked up 2 disston hand saws, 1 spear and jackson hand saw, 1 spear and jackson tenon saw `no 26` (very blunt), 1 vintage oil stone in hardwood box, 1 brass plumb line level, 1 hammer, 1 record no50 vice, 1 marples 90degrees vice, 1 unknown small chisel, 1 caliper, 1 long and strong 1/2" skew chisel, 1 unknown wooden block plane, 1 stanley no78 plane, 1 stanley no94 bullnose plane (made in usa), 1 unknown cheapo block plane (possible infill project), 1 marples no44 plane and finally not in picture a twin burner paraffin workshop heater.

all this for the sum of £15.
i`m a very happy boy at the mo, and i said in the recent poll for collecter / user that i was a user not a collecter .
any info on any of my loot would be appreciated as i`m still new to this world of old hand tools.
mark

 

[woodbloke]

...a twin burner paraffin workshop heater.

Nice haul, but I wouldn't use the paraffin heater in a 'shop as they give off a lot of moisture which wouldn't do the tools any good - Rob

 

[Alf]

Sheesh. I live in the wrong county...

Disstons look like they have potential, although the second down is a little more worn. The Disstonian Institute will enable you to get a fairly accurate time frame for them. The S&J is later, fairly unlovely and open to anything you fancy to do with it. The tenon saw is a dovetail saw and worth taking some trouble over, assuming the plate isn't too far gone. Looks like it might have split nuts? (i.e. There's a slot in the back half with the bolt going through the middle of it making it impossible to use a regular slot-headed screwdriver on it). In which case if you can avoid undoing them, you'll thank yourself later.

Oilstone looks like it's probably a manmade India. If it's not too far off flat, clean it up and use it. If it is far off flat, congrats - you have a stone ready for when you acquire some gouges. :wink: Line level is handy. Warrington pattern hammer is also handy - as long as there's no ghastly handle break under that tape. If there is, replace the handle before thinking of using it. Record vice - well "vice" and "Record" are always a good combo. Likewise the Marples mitre clamp/box. Only thing is Marples seem to have a very thin idea of what thickness of saw plate will actually fit between the guides, which may account for why one sees so many in immaculate condition.

Chisel looks modern Made in China, so ho-hum. Dividers just the ticket if you subscribe to the Alan Peters/Rob Cosman school of dovetail layout. And just generally useful. Skew chisel almost totally invisible, so no comment. Wooden "block plane" is a classic wooden jack plane. If it's not wormy, warped to buggery, split, checked, or the iron rusted to oblivion, clean it up, camber the blade and you have a fine jack plane.

Stanley #78 missing the fence, but got the depth stop - a miracle. The classic rebate plane and should give you good service. Not absolutely sure on the Stanley #94 rebate/shoulder plane, but I think it's a less frequently seen model. If it happens to be a USA-made model, then you've done very well indeed. Block plane - you know as much (more) than I. And finally, the Marples M44 plough. Depth stop and cutter clamp - another miracle. But no fence? Bit of a nightmare but you could probably fabricate some sort of fence in order to use it. Don't actually have one to know if the Record 044 is on compatible centres, assuming you could find one of those either. Ray Iles sells a cutter set for the 044 that should fit, although any cutter of 1/8" thickness will work, because the Marples has no adjuster.

Got a fair amount of potential - and work - for your 15 quid there, Mark. A bit of a learning curve to get them all shipshape and working, but worth it.

 

[jimi43]

Good Lord! And I thought I had the restoration bug!!!

That is a hell of a lot of work (fun) there and a true bargain!

I must try these recycle centres...I hadn't thought of that source before and now the bootfairs are all but over.....! :wink:

Jim

 

[AndyT]

Nice haul!
What sort of place is this "recycling centre" ? If it's the sort of place we used to call a municipal dump, (aka Civic Amenity Centre) I'm pleased to see it has a more enlightened policy than most, if they pick out re-usable items and let you buy them. In my limited experience, they are strictly one-way operations unless you can spot something still in someone else's boot.

After all, re-use always beats recycling.

 

[sparkymarky]

alf thanks for the comment, the disston website was very helpfull, i have dated the two saws around the 1920s.

andy t you would be right in thinking that it is a municipal dump, it is a privately run local dump, in which they take trade waste (for a fee) and public waste. anything of use gets kept and put in a small compound which is avalible to purchase (for a fee). its the only one that i know of that operates like this in my area. however devon county council did run a advert on tv a few years back saying all `dumps` in devon operated like this.

i`ve found some info on the stanley no94 plane

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h ... s%3Disch:1
looks like the best find out of the lot.

i still cannot find any info on the s&j no26 dovetail saw any links would be appreciated.