Recent Finds

[Jim Koepke]

A few items from about three different estate sales and an antique store:

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The spoke shave came from the antique store that wasn't open but the guy next door sometimes watches it for the owner. He even gave us a discount for what we bought. The spoke shave amazed me at how well it could take a shaving without even hitting the stones.

The chisel has an almost worn off UNION Hardware stamp on the socket. It cost a whole buck at a long established permanent floating estate sale. Has a bit of pitting, but that isn't a bother on this one.

The "Tire Service Gauge," the block plane and the mitre square, with fine adjustment at 45/135º & 90º, all came from the same estate sale.

BTW, the tire gauge seems to work quite well. Not bad for $2.

The calipers came from an estate sale that is on the road next to mine a couple of miles into the woods. There were a few machine tools, but the caliper was about the only thing to really want to come home with me.

jtk

[Jerry Olexa]

You did well Jim...That chisel looks esp good!!!

[Jim Koepke]

You did well Jim...That chisel looks esp good!!!

Thanks Jerry, It is getting harder to find things not already in my shop.

The chisel got a quick touch up today. Looks to be good steel. There are a few other UNION Hardware chisels and gouges in my accumulation. They have always seemed to be good stock.

jtk

[ken hatch]

Jim,

I've found Union Hardware chisels to be very good chisels, maybe I've been lucky but whatever. It looks like a firmer that someone thought was a mortise chisel.

ken

[Rob Luter]

.... It is getting harder to find things not already in my shop...

Ain’t that the truth. Since I started to limit rust hunt purchases to things I would actually use and didn’t already have, very few things follow me home anymore.

[Frederick Skelly]

Good finds! All of that looks pretty useful, especially that tire gauge!
Fred

[lowell holmes]

I have two timber framing chisels. When you need one, nothing else will suffice.