Woodworkers tool kit 1962-4 style

[Sideways]

I had something bought on ebay delivered last week wrapped in paper recycled from 1962 and 1964 editions of Practical Householder magazine.
A couple of the adverts caught my eye.
This is one of them :

It's been a year since we had a good tool kit thread. What do you think ?

 

[Trafalgar]

Wait what, no duplicates? Those kits can't possibly be considered serious -- you need at least four of everything.

 

[paulrbarnard]

Wait what, no duplicates? Those kits can't possibly be considered serious -- you need at least four of everything.

They are starter sets. They give you one so you know what you need to buy extra of.

 

[Trafalgar]

They are starter sets. They give you one so you know what you need to buy extra of.

My post was very tongue-in-cheek...

 

[artie]

I didn't start work, officially, until 1970 so I'm wondering, would £16/17/6 have been <> a weeks wages?

 

[Cabinetman]

Interesting that the lower one whilst containing woodworking tools also includes a cold chisel, bit out of place really. I wonder if they just had a lot of them to get rid of.
Ian

 

[artie]

Interesting that the lower one whilst containing woodworking tools also includes a cold chisel, bit out of place really. I wonder if they just had a lot of them to get rid of.
Ian

It's amazing what you can do with a cold chisel and a two pound hammer.

 

[Cabinetman]

True, but not so good for dovetails I wouldn’t think.

 

[paulrbarnard]

My post was very tongue-in-cheek...

So was mine

 

[Oldman]

I didn't start work, officially, until 1970 so I'm wondering, would £16/17/6 have been <> a weeks wages?

Around £20 was considered a tradesmans wage in 1964 if I remember correctly.

 

[deema]

True, but not so good for dovetails I wouldn’t think.

Originally when installing say skirting you would cut into the wall with a cold chisel and insert a wooden wedge. Skirting was then nailed to the wedges.

 

[Pplane]

Weren't they called plugging chisels having a sloping edge.No such thing as No Nails then.

 

[Trafalgar]

Weren't they called plugging chisels having a sloping edge.No such thing as No Nails then.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1208364744/vintage-rawlplug-no-8-plugging-chisel

 

[peter-harrison]

I got this chest about 30 years ago- empty sadly!

 

[niall Y]

A nice old " Gentleman's" chest you have there. It's interesting that the label lists "turnscrews" not screwdrivers, and a "bevil" not a bevel.

 

[rob1693]

Reads like it was quite a comprehensive kit from list. Dread to think what a kit of same quality would cost today

 

[Pplane]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1208364744/vintage-rawlplug-no-8-plugging-chisel

Not that kind of plugging chisel they were simply for rawlplugs.They are still available apparently.

 

[XTiffy]

£20 per week seems a bit high for 1962. I would think more like £15. I started work in 1962 on £4-14-6d a week (Test department- Electrical relay manufacturers). My Dad a carpenter/joiner I believe was on around £15 per week plus overtime.

 

[Phill05]

Yes I agree with XTiffy I started in 1966 on £4-15-0d a week.

 

[Blackswanwood]

I hadn’t heard of Gamages but see it was a London department store.

£22.99 today at B & Q will get you the 53 piece Von Haus starter tool kit …

• 53PC HOME TOOL KIT: The VonHaus tool kit includes all you need to keep on top of a range of DIY jobs around the home – from everyday repairs to emergency plumbing to home decorating.
• INCLUDED: 16pc hex key set, 8oz claw hammer, 6” longnose plier, 4pc 11-14mm combination wrench set, 20pc 25mm bit set (Phillips, Pozi, slotted, Torx), bit holder, 6pc precision screwdriver set (Phillips, slotted), 9” spirit level, 3.5m tape measure, magnetic pick-up tool.

£337.60 today at Workshop Heaven will get you a starter woodworking tool kit …

The set includes:

• Boxed set of Narex 8116 Cabinetmakers Chisels
• Rotring 0.7mm Clutch Pencil
• Quangsheng Marking Gauge
• Starrett Student Combination Square
• Gyokucho 651 Ryoba saw (rip and crosscut)
• King 1200/8000 Japanese Waterstone and Nagura
• General Purpose Bench Leather
• Quangsheng Low Angle Block Plane (single iron)

Perhaps the first is not a good comparison as it’s aimed at general DIY rather than woodwork.

Interesting that the second has a strong influence from China and Japan.