Hand Tools

Several times lately I have wished I had a marking knife especially when working with dark wood where a pencil mark doesn't show up very well. The other day I thought about buying a marking knife but after doing a little Googling I decided I could make one. I chose a 1/2" butterfly bit as the sacrificial lamb. I think it came out pretty good. I wanted to be able to hang it up over my workbench so I added the paracord thing-a-ma-jig.

I love all hand tools. And as many of you know I make moulding planes and have made quite a few posts about them. I have made many tools. All in all though my favorite tool is my Stanley Bailey #3 Smoothing plane. It was a wreck and I totally refurbished it. Everything. Here's some photos: Thanks for looking! Cheers! MrRick

that I'll ask here among friends. I was just perusing a for sale ad on another site that described the plane as "crispy". I've seen that description many times referring to hand tools (usually planes) but still I do nor know exactly what it means. Someone want to enlighten me? Sorry for being dense.

Wanted to show off the Christmas gift my crew at work got me. 26” wooden jointer plane. Complete with iron, chipbreaker and wedge. Needs a little work to get it back in shape but pretty sweet. The iron shows Providence Tool Compay and is bimetal, cast iron to carbon steel. Not sure if it’s original to the plane but it’s about right for the period.

Yep, you see something like this about all the time.. AND..they seem to think these should cost more than... Than that Stanley 14" one... Whatever paint they use on these things...it is a ROYAL PITA to get back off of the plate... Saw nuts were removed..and polished back up...Handle was removed for a while.. 80 grit on the Palm sander, then 220 grit, then 1500 grit...took a LONG time...before.. Steel back had slid down on the plate,, had to adjust it back out a bit.. Any etch was silk screened on, anyway..so that was long gone... Time to hang this up in it's new home sweet home? Before I ad…

Had a little fun, a nice break from my chair build and finally did something to benefit the shop, I just happened on a simple hand saw till by Lee Valley and on a whim I decided, what the heck, I have some scrap, and a little time, and a few saws that are currently hanging on nails on my wall. They need a home, and I liked the idea that it sits on french cleats and I can remove it and have it nearby where I am working, if needed, I seriously doubt it, my shop is small enough that a little 10 walk to the wall where the till is hanging, aint gonna kill me. Anyway, I had some scrap prefinished maple ply from a project I did last summer for my day job. You can see…

Hi, guys and gals, I posted a thread yesterday about the Veritas Saws gifted me for Christmas. Here is an initial review of these saws. Note that the cuts in this video are the very first I made with these saws. I hope you enjoy the video.

Well, this one has been sitting outside a while... Was "picked " a few years ago at a garage sale for $2 I think....OEM Handle was trashed, and cracked...so, spent $15 or so on a new handle for it right after I bought the Ax... Been staying outside...decided to bring it in for the winter...clean it up (again)..sharpen the edge a bit better.. 36" handle.. Still has it's Bar Code.... Ax Head is known as a Dayton Pattern....I cleaned all the rust off, gave the bare metal a coat of Red Rustoleum/Primer....then worked on the edge a bit.. Can't shave with it...yet...but it is close to it's little Brother... …

Participated in a couple of on-line auctions this past week. There wasn't many tools in either, but one caught my eye. That auction had two separate lots of six inch grinders listed. One was a Harbor Freight (go H-F😝). The other was a MasterForce (Menards store brand). It was shown as a variable speed. Anyways, I scored the Master Force. $30 plus 15% bid premium if you paid cash so $34.50 plus sales tax. It is missing the right side grinding rest but I have a "knock off" version of a Veritas so no big deal. So I get to the site, pay my "dues" then go to load my prizes. The grinder is not a 6" as advertised; instead, I end u…

Amongst a few other "finds" Carpenter's Hatchet...and a PEXTO Brace drill.. on the 11th of October...I found this...thing.. $15 for a John S. Fray No. 80 Corner brace drill... Not only drills a hole into a tight corner..one can even install a Hex bit driver to drive a screw into the hole...It was "New"..back in 1911 One of the few types of Brace drills I did not have...

Take a good look at the ends on this tool set.. Bought this over the past weekend...for $2...I think... Got to looking at those ends a bit...have seen that sort of thing before...decided to try a theory out... Perfect fit, and locks in place...on a Stanley YANKEE No. 130A Looks like I now have a nut driver for my Yankee screwdrivers... These have hollow shafts, to allow a bolt to run up into.. Imagine that....

Was in an Estate sale the other weekend.. 22" long..10 ppi... That says Diamond Edge...cleaned it up ( spent $1 for it) Was trying to clean up the etch...and see who sold it.... Shapleigh Hardware Co. Diamond Edge No. D E 0 1 4 0 Teeth were still quite sharp DAMHIKT... Brass shined up...tried it out on some pine scrap..cut like butter... So...now it is hanging up with the rest of the ready-to-use saws..amongst other stuff....( that wrench is a Barcola..brand )

I have a Champion Blower and Forge 95 Post Drill. I am missing the advance arm. It has a 93 in big numbers followed by a small 2. Can you help me find one please

I have an old STANLEY NO. 2513 HB level that im trying to identify year range of manufacture. No I don't want to sell. It was my grandfathers. He was a carpenter in the mid to early 1900's. It has brass corners and end caps. Black etched logo. Made in U.S.A. no other markings i can identify

Seems I need a bit of space IN the shop, and a couple large items were just sitting around, not being used, gathering Dust like a magnet, and getting rusty...so.. These 2 Mitreboxes will be heading out Monday morning to the Lutheran's Thrift Store....A Stanley No. 358 and it's saw, and a Langdon 75 and it's BIGGER saw...along with a Craftsman saw...the Stanley was just sitting on a shelf.. Completely covered in dust..and starting to rust up...cleaned that up...it USED to sit where the #72c sits now.. As for the Langdon.. It used to sit just about where the Cordless drill is sitting...I wasn't able to use it much, because of the…

At a huge Yard sale. Asked them "How much?" $1? "Sold" Cleaned a bit of the "patina" ( rust) off to find a logo.... Upper arm.... Millers Falls No. 731 12 inch The drill bit was still in the chuck, BTW....The Holdall Chuck was doing it's job. Wood is nothing real fancy... Those caps are bearing covers.. This is also roller bearing filled... Will need to clean up the chuck a bit.. Drill bit was 1/8", and the chuck was able to hold it just fine...Ratchet and the selector also still work just fine.. Not too bad..for a Dollar bill?

Still needs to visit the water stones, but.. This has now been rehabbed a bit.. Maybe a coat of either dark blue Rustoleum..or...semi gloss Black...this is the Type 2 version...with the stubby tote(toe-less) Also needing a clean up...was what was inside this box.. Maybe I should make a new one? Inside? Handsome, ain't they? spread this mess out a bit... These are for drilling wood , with a Brace Drill....there was 2 others in the box.. But, these were more for drilling metal, with that Brace Drill... I cleaned up the smaller bits.. Which seem to be Irwins...a #5 and a …

just 2 items...we hit 7 yard sales..bought a few things...but. This was fifty cents, and.. And fifty cents for this No. 51.... that orange box? Cost me $4... Because of what was inside it.. That turned out NOT to fit either of my 2 Drill Presses..(Collar is too big) So...now I get to rehab the drill bits and the "shave"....and find someone that needs the Mortise Attachment kit..

I ran into Dewey this morning with my coffee. Turn the volume on if you watch it,..acoustics are great. Not a power tool one used as far as I could find. Not many hand tools for that matter.

Nice series of articles from Popular Woodworking https://www.popularwoodworking.com/tools/choosing-hand-planes/