Weekend finds.....

[Fred Gross]

Had a good Neander weekend and picked up the following from a guy at a swap meet....
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y213/usmcbombboy/Woodworking/Tools.jpg

Bedrock 605 Type 4
Stanley No. 40 Scrub
Stanley No. 40 Level
Stanley No. 386 Jointer Gage(definite user)
Stanley No. 30 Angle Divider

Not pictured (because a friend of mine made me an offer I couldn't refuse.:D ):
Bailey No. 6C Type 10
Bailey No. 5C Type 10
Bailey No. 4 1/2 Type 18

I've got the 605 cleaned/tuned and tested her out with excellent results......

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y213/usmcbombboy/Woodworking/ToolTuned.jpg

Hope you don't mind a new guy gloating.

[Ryan Cathey]

You must live in a old tool saturated area! I've been wanting one of those 386's. Have you seen what they fetch on the bay?!!

[Fred Gross]

This is the second one I have come across. First one was in VG condition and Ebay proceeds went to my LN warchest.:D This one is missing the knob and the screw that allows adjustment of the fence must have been snapped off because the threads have been drilled out. But it's nothing a short machine screw and wing nut can't fix. I'll have to see if a LN knob from a No. 9 will work on it.

[jonathan snyder]

Nice haul Fred!!

[Fred Gross]

No. 40 ready to work........

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y213/usmcbombboy/Woodworking/ScrubPlane.jpg

[Ryan Cathey]

Are the tote and knob on that rosewood or did you just stain the original handles?

[Fred Gross]

Ryan,

The were plain hardwood handles. As far as I know, all the scrub planes came with hardwood vice rosewood. The handles had the black finish, so I'm thinking it was made just after the war ('46-47'). I used appliance epoxy paint out of a rattle can to refinish them.

[Ryan Cathey]

I wasn't sure because I remember reading somewhere that they made them with rosewood for a short time. It was either early production or late production but they are more desireable. None-the-less nice score.