2 hours ago, HandyDan said:

 

I thought the same thing but can't recall ever seeing one, even a Houston. 

 

 

Funny thing is I was at a Flea Market and there was a guy with lots of tools. I had a picture on my phone of a Barnes chisel so I showed him the picture and ask if he possible had anything like it in one of his boxes. He looked at it and said I believe I have one. Went straight to the box and dug around in it a minute and pulled out the Houston. Ask me if it would work then said give me 5.00 and see if it fits.

 

I have ask around at every flea market I go to and so far haven't found another one.

45 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Wow, you guys must know somebody that knows somebody...great score...

 

Might be best to catch up on your sleep DURING the Colts game Ron...too much pressure on them; win tied for division lead not as if that's something to really put on one's resume...lose, 2 games out...if the O-line learned to block this week and the defense boarded the plane, they might make a game of it.

Dave, we have a couple of ticket holders so we usually get to go to a couple of games a year.  We had Nevada tickets also.  Unfortunately, they changed the ticket pricing.  These were $125 each.

3 hours ago, Ron Dudelston said:

OK guys, put out an APB for these chisels for John.

 

 

Here is what the Barnes Mortising Chisels look like. These sold at an auction in 2008.

 

I love the feet on this old machine John!!!

Cal

1 hour ago, clhyer said:

I love the feet on this old machine John!!!

Cal

 

 

Me too. That is one thing that is so cool about old machines. They really made them to look good as well as functional.

John the shop is looking awesome. I will get back over there soon to check it out. 

 

I will ill be watching a lot of football over the weekend and don't foresee as much time in the shop as I would like. I do hope to get started milling some white oak, walnut, and cherry for use in some upcoming projects for Christmas. 

 

I was was able to work on a couple projects this week that have been pretty fun for me. The first is the beginnings of a hand tool cabinet. I still have to add the different tool holder and will add doors as well. I used white oak that me and my dad literally pulled out of his back yard.

 

So this isn't quite done but I am really happy with it so far. I was able to finish up a mallet that I will get to put in the cabinet. This may be my favorite thing I made to this point. The handle is white oak as well as the center portion of the head and the sides and wedges are walnut. This is the old Shop Notes mallet and I put bb's in the head so it has a nice weight to it. I haven't decided whether I will add leather to the faces but here it is. Have a great weekend!

Wow I absolutely love the feet on that mortiser.

 

Sounds like a lot of you will be busy this weekend, and you will not be alone in that, as I have a few projects of my own to do. I started on a pen today that I had glued up last night, but unfortunately, the dang glue didn't hold. It happens from time to time, even with Gorilla glue. So I tried to re-seat the pen tube in the wood, but buggered the tube, so that piece is permanently lost. I have another piece that is the same wood, as a matter of fact, it's off the same stick as the other parts. However the grain isn't going to match up the way I wanted. I think it will be close enough to be classified as something that I would only know though, so we'll see. I'll post it in the wood turning forum when I am near done with it and see if it's something I can deal with or if I have to redo. I also have a couple of bottle stoppers to do, one of which I will have to do over, because the glue dried in the threads, and I have nothing to get it out with that will get all of it . No I am not having a good time with glue lately .

 

If you all didn't know, I am also starting to make duck calls and deer grunt calls. I still have 2 of each of those to do. The duck calls are using Echo inserts ( I wish I could make my own inserts but need a jig to do it that I can't afford yet LOL) The deer grunt calls are whitetail grunt calls. Pictured is THE very first call I made, which is not using an Echo insert, but rather and Arkansas Magnum insert as the filename implies.

 

I am not able to find the most recent picture of this call but if you look at last weeks thread, you'll probably find it there. It doesn't have all these scratches anymore.

 

 

Anyway, enough rehashing what I am doing again this week What are the rest of you doing?

 

Be safe.

 

@Rlbailey3 Beautiful mallet! Looking forward to seeing tool cabinet completion.

 

@Charles Nicholls Way to "stick" with the glue problem!  If it wasn't for the challenges we couldn't appreciate the wins!

Trey that is one awesome mallet. I love it and love the cabinet. Look forward to seeing it finished. 

 

We saw your mom and dad last night at Cracker Barrel. Come by when you get a chance, love to sit down and talk wood with you.