Hand Tools

As this "Thing" has sat around in a window sill for way too long... Hauled it down to the shop...and took it apart.. Compared to one of the other No. 80 scrapers I have... Bolts and the keeper were wire wheeled a bit cleaner..the "Before" And the "After"... Yep..the Keeper bar is a Stanley SW model Gave the sole of the body a ride on the beltsander...then the fancy stones... I tried to flatten the back of the blade... Have to remember, unlike a Bench Plane's iron, this blade with get bowed a bit in use...as for the bevel.. This is right off the grinder,,,before the stones get to work o…

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I purchased this saw a bit back from a local flea market. It was labeled as a small tenon saw. When I bought it, it was filed crosscut. I am heavily influenced by Paul Sellers. I will be forever grateful to him, as I have always wanted to work wood with hand tools, but he was the first person I ever saw who explained and demonstrated the techniques in a way in which my brain said, "Hey, I can do that". Most of what I know I learned from him, and the rest, where i differ is ways I have learned that suit the way I think better. Sellers is an advocate of rip saws when it comes to joinery saws, however, i have seen him use a carcass saw that I'm pretty sure is …

Hi there! I basically consider myself still having a lot to learn about hand tool woodworking. I've been building with them for a bout 7 or 8 years now, although I have been building guitars for over 12, mostly electrics using power tools. I don't have a shop, so work out back on an outdoor bench I built for the purpose. In that time I cannot count the number of trips back and forth to get this tool or that tool I forgot or did not realize I was going to need until i reached the point of realisation, in the middle of it all. So my intentions are now to build a toolbox to house all of my essential tools. One light enough, hopefully, to tote out back. I…

Used to be, on a warship....guns would have "Ready Service Lockers" for some of the rounds they would need...in order to give the handling rooms below to start sending up more. So...instead of me thumbing through 2 Plane Tils, looking for just the right plane for a job, grab that plane, and close things back up...and straighten things back up a bit....decided a shelf under the top of the workbench might be of some use.... Basically one or two of each size. So that all I have to do is reach down and grab a plane....there IS a Stanley No. 6c always sitting in the Tool Well, as well... Maybe do an Inventory of what is "available"... W…

What’s yall’s favorite pocket knife? I like my Opinel.

found this at the restore recently. it was tagged $2 so i went wild.

Last few times I have used my Stanley No. 45.....setting the fence was getting to be a PITA, needing a pair of pliers to even move those thumscrews.. Were so nasty in the threads, hard to turn...needed replaced. Hard to find a pair of Stanley made thumbscrews, let alone a Tap to chase the threads...so.. While at Lowes the other day, picked up a Tap & Drill bit set...1/4" x 20....as that was as close as I could get to match the old holes. I also picked up a pair of new 1/4" x 20 Thumbscrews. Removing the old thumbscrews involved a pair of pliers... I also needed to match the tip on the new bolt.. As t…

My daughter gave me this adjustable wooden window sash plane for Christmas. It’s amazing to look at old specialized tools like this and see the amount of wear on it and think about the number of window frames it made in it’s life. It’s all there but would take some work to get it back in running shape again. Might just leave it alone and let it tell its own story.

I received an interesting news letter by Highland Woodworking this morning with a link to the following article, a plea to buy quality, over cheap. And to support the American worker. People Take Warning OPEN.SUBSTACK.COM Your favorite toolmaker can disappear.

Trying to clean up the mess... And, barely making any progress... The saw set is sitting out because.. I found this buried underneath a pile of scraps....was made BEFORE the big line up change at Disston in 1928...this is a D8 Panel saw..etch has the "8" inside of the "D".. 22" long..is marked as an 11 ppi...and it does have a small chip out of the handle.. Doesn't seem to hurt anything...had to clean this up, and give the saw plate a wipe down with 3in1 oil...then it was hung up on a hook above the bench...still feels fairly sharp, no missing teeth, either... I still need my bench back, though...will try …

Hello, I need some advice/help. I have almost everything I need as far as hand tools go, except a couple of specialty planes. One of which is a router plane. I know if i do as I plan to with my woodworking I will need one of them eventually, but the cost of a router plane is not and probably won't be in my budget, unless I purchase one of the cheap China made knockoffs on Amazon, which I'd prefer not. I've been thinking of making one. I saw a video on YT of a guy making one using a large allen key for the blade. He heated it to red hot and let it cool, I assume annealing it, bent it out a bit and put a bevel on it. I think I could manage that, but the probl…

While out and about, by myself today....stopped in at the local Antique Mall....haven't been in there for a while, anyway... Found 2 items..total cost was 425 and sales tax...WAS.. $15 for a Shelton Jack plane...while getting set to pay for it....noticed two items missing....the wheel to adjust depth of cut, and the threaded part it rode on,,,MIA...canceled that sale... The other item was just $10 and tax...last made was back in 1915... This is the Millers Falls No. 7 Push drill....the No. 6 version had the fancier wood for the handle... It could use a wee bit of a clean & polish...and a few bits... Plus.…

Well, some people can fall into a cesspool and come out smelling like a rose! A few days ago I acquired a Pootatuck brand Lion Miter Knife. The price was reasonable and the conditions was Very Good +. According to the seller, he found it in the back of a workbench cabinet belonging to a friends grandfather. The grandfather was a woodworker and has passed away almost 30 years ago. So, the trimmer has not seen the light of day for the past tree decades. Who knows how long before that since it was last used. Anyway, I thought that I would share some photos for your enjoyment: The original paint was, conservatively, at 85-90%. …

Not sure if this is the right forum, but seemed to fit, so... I'm not sure exactly what terms to search for or what is out there. Or, if there is some super simple way of DIY. What I'm looking for, and trying to price (cheap would be good!) is a small mobile work bench type thing. Something that is small, I can put on my fold out table outside and put away when I'm done. Foldable would be even better. I would want to use it for clamping things down while sawing, cutting, drilling, Dremel work, etc. I can't picture what that would look like in my head because other than some c-clamps not sure what else I might need or use it …

My main shop is a bench in my back yard. I have worked there for over 7 years, and I love working outside . However, I need some suggestions regarding my vise. I have a Woodriver Front Vise. It is an excellent vise. I purchased it used at a local flea market years ago. It came with leather glued to the jaws, but it did not take very long with the vise being out of doors for that to fall off. I have used the vise without leather on the inside face ever since. The issue with that is that I have to crank the ever loving snot out of the vise to keep things from slipping. Does anyone know of a material I can use on the inside face of this vise that wi…

Last year I acquired a sizeable collection of sharpening/honing stones. I've finally decided which ones I'm keeping and the rest are going up for sale (at highly discounted prices). Most of them are new in the box and a few are very lightly used. If any woodworkers you know are in need of some honing stones, let me know. I'd like to get them out of my garage and into the hands of someone who will use them. I've included a picture for an idea of what I have. The system is displaying it upside down, my apologies.

Like the Title says...The Boss wanted to go out & about this morning..and check out any garage sales going on... First place was a gas station, to put $30 in the tank..and a cold Coke for the Boss...and that was the main expense for the morning.. 1st stop..was a "Moving Sale"....looked around for a bit...was just walking back to the car, when the Lady that was running the sale caught up to me..and handed me a few "Rusty Tools", as I had told her, "Since I am an old Rusty Tool....One item in the free handful... Was a big pair of Tin Snips...(might need a little work) and the other 4 FREE items... Was a "Wonder Bar" ...A Dunlap Mar…

and yeah, i don't know why they beat on the side of the head like that, but overall it's pretty decent.

Down to the Dayton, OH area to a friend's house...and pick up 3 tools that I had him nickel plate.. Look almost brand new..and not 100 years old? Top to bottom: Stanley No. 18 Bevel gauge......Goodell Pratt Co. No. 6008 Brace (1920 model) and a Sargent's Patent Bevel gauge, from the 1890s? He has a set up in his Garage to where he can nickel plate about any tool that can fight in a 5 gal. bucket... So..seems to have been worth the trip?