Ryan McKenna
07-10-2012, 10:22 PM
Hi all,
My fiancée and I were recently checking out an antique store and we stumbled upon an old tool tray full of tools. I didn’t have a lot of time to go through the tools in the tray but from the look of what I could see it looked like there was potential. After haggling with the owner for a few minutes I was walking away with must be easily over 60 lbs of tools for about $60. The tray itself is nothing special and after sifting through the contents I realized most of the tools were run of the mill and this was likely the contents of someone’s shed or basement as there is an odd assortment of run of the mill tools. I can ID most of the tools but I am finding it difficult to find some information on the more unique ones. This is where I am hoping the extensive knowledge base of SMC can help me out. Hopefully the pics I try to upload work out.
Here is the extent of my haul.
236546236543236540There are 10 stone chisels of various stills including some cross chisels for boring holes. There are various wrenches (BTW does anyone know the proper name for the boxy wrench?) and what I was most excited about being a budding woodworker, a Sargent VBM No 57 scraper plane.
So onto my questions:
Does anyone have a template for the tote for the plane? I have looked online but all I can find is patterns for Stanley or LV totes and I would really like to keep it as original as possible.
What would be the best way to clean this dust off the japanning? It looks to be in good condition, just very dull and dirty. Also is there a source for replacement scrapper blades other than ebay?
Does anyone know what this tool does? It’s attached to a Yankee no. 12 screwdriver but I have never seen anything like it. It has three bars that have one end that looks like a screwdriver but the entire setup seems too complex to be just a screwdriver.
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The chisel is a Greenlee. I think it says No. 290 but the middle number is hard to make out. Does anyone know how old this chisel would be? I’m not really sure where Greenlee falls in the ranks of chisel manufactures so any info would be appreciated.
I think the spokeshave is nothing special. There is a ‘S’ on the bottom of the handle but that is the only marking on body. One of the blades says Stanley Rule and Level Co but it could be a replacement blade. The bridge is broken by the edge of the straight blade so I don’t know if it is going to be usable anyway.
So do you think I made out well for my $60 or did I get burned. I bought these planning to use them so it doesn't matter too much to me but if they would be worth a lot more then I paid then i can use this in the future to justify buying more tools :D.
Thanks
Ryan
My fiancée and I were recently checking out an antique store and we stumbled upon an old tool tray full of tools. I didn’t have a lot of time to go through the tools in the tray but from the look of what I could see it looked like there was potential. After haggling with the owner for a few minutes I was walking away with must be easily over 60 lbs of tools for about $60. The tray itself is nothing special and after sifting through the contents I realized most of the tools were run of the mill and this was likely the contents of someone’s shed or basement as there is an odd assortment of run of the mill tools. I can ID most of the tools but I am finding it difficult to find some information on the more unique ones. This is where I am hoping the extensive knowledge base of SMC can help me out. Hopefully the pics I try to upload work out.
Here is the extent of my haul.
236546236543236540There are 10 stone chisels of various stills including some cross chisels for boring holes. There are various wrenches (BTW does anyone know the proper name for the boxy wrench?) and what I was most excited about being a budding woodworker, a Sargent VBM No 57 scraper plane.
So onto my questions:
Does anyone have a template for the tote for the plane? I have looked online but all I can find is patterns for Stanley or LV totes and I would really like to keep it as original as possible.
What would be the best way to clean this dust off the japanning? It looks to be in good condition, just very dull and dirty. Also is there a source for replacement scrapper blades other than ebay?
Does anyone know what this tool does? It’s attached to a Yankee no. 12 screwdriver but I have never seen anything like it. It has three bars that have one end that looks like a screwdriver but the entire setup seems too complex to be just a screwdriver.
236556
236557
The chisel is a Greenlee. I think it says No. 290 but the middle number is hard to make out. Does anyone know how old this chisel would be? I’m not really sure where Greenlee falls in the ranks of chisel manufactures so any info would be appreciated.
I think the spokeshave is nothing special. There is a ‘S’ on the bottom of the handle but that is the only marking on body. One of the blades says Stanley Rule and Level Co but it could be a replacement blade. The bridge is broken by the edge of the straight blade so I don’t know if it is going to be usable anyway.
So do you think I made out well for my $60 or did I get burned. I bought these planning to use them so it doesn't matter too much to me but if they would be worth a lot more then I paid then i can use this in the future to justify buying more tools :D.
Thanks
Ryan