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  1. Now I am excited! Hey, simple mind, simple pleasure. I ordered the Stanley No. 49 Auger Bit Depth Stop, should be here by Saturday. It'll be a very handy addition for my holes! Ya I know I could make some, but I really like these mechanical do-dads and gizmos.
  2. I really like Joel's blogs. Another good one. The Stanley 444 Dovetail Plane TOOLSFORWORKINGWOOD.COM I have had a Stanley 444 since 1990. It is definitely one of the strangest planes...
  3. View File Stanley Catalogue No.34 Thanks to Lost Art Press for sharing this wonderful catalog scan. Free PDF: Stanley Catalogue No. 34 – Lost Art Press BLOG.LOSTARTPRESS.COM Now that we’ve sold through our copies, we’re offering a free pdf of our high-quality scan of the “Stanley Catalogue No. 34.” You can read it in this post... Submitter John Morris Submitted 02/05/2023 Category Book and Literature  
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    Thanks to Lost Art Press for sharing this wonderful catalog scan. Free PDF: Stanley Catalogue No. 34 – Lost Art Press BLOG.LOSTARTPRESS.COM Now that we’ve sold through our copies, we’re offering a free pdf of our high-quality scan of the “Stanley Catalogue No. 34.” You can read it in this post...
  5. Saw this elsewhere. Lost Art Press is offering a free .pdf download of the Stanley, No. 34 Catalogue, circa 1914....HERE
  6. I set it to an inch deep and drilled multiple holes in poplar, nice and clean, and the same depth, it just takes a little practice to see when it hits, because you really can't feel it hit.
  7. I ran into a friend of mine the other morning and he called me over to his vehicle. When I got there he said he had something to show me. Out came this really nice Stanley No. 84 Boxwood Ruler. The Stanley No. 84 is a 2 foot four fold ruler with drafting scales. It has brass square joint and is brass bound on the edge. And folded all the way out. This No. 84 was made between 1920 and 1922. Dating is by the Sweetheart Logo. The heart goes up into the notched ruler and the letters get smaller in the middle. This trademark was adopted in 1920 after the merger of The Stanley Works and the Rule and Level. The company held a contest to design a new trademark and guidelines were published defining the features the new mark should have. The contest was open to all Stanley employees. 320 contestants submitted 521 designs and the final two were nearly identical and were submitted by W.L.Hagen and E.C. Hartman. The two were declared co-winners and we have was became know as the famous Sweetheart trademark. Stanley Works adopted the Heart with SW inside in honor of William H. Hart, the chief executive officer for more than thirty years. It was only used two year and it went through another alteration which lasted until 1935 when the trademark was changed to the notched rule with the word STANLEY inside and that is the one still in use today. I was so thankful he called me over to see this super nice rule. After drooling over it for several minutes, he said he got it for me and that is was mine. WOW! Thank You Thank You was all I could say.
  8. The last on-line auction I "attended" was near the end of September, 2021. Several tool lots; won a few; several I didn't. Most of my purchases were more L&G related stuff so I won't bore you with that. However, one lot turned out to have some surprises. Actual auction site pictures. I bid on this lot thinking the tool box might be an old Craftsman or ??? hip roof tool box. Didn't look inside the toolbox really at the pick-up site. It was kinda frenzied there and I was under a time crunch to get back in time for grandson's football games plus my stuff was located all over and you had to pick and load everything yourself. I wasn't sure I could carry & load the tool box by myself after I grabbed it off he bench. Good thing I got there early and was parked pretty close. I figured with the tool box and the random stuff I'd bid up to $10. The tin on the right had a couple dozen or more random drill bits + driver bits, + a new 1/4" dr, T-15 or T-20 torx bit (don't remember now). There was another tin directly below that was full of miscellaneous screws etc. The bucket + Folgers containers were loaded with new, packaged, random hardware. The grandsons were happy with the (2) Official Little League baseballs. Right picture shows the toolbox. A really nice HD box that someone fabricated likely in a HS metal working class. Its HEAVY even w/o any tools but... A few tools were in the tray. I could see some of them in the auction picture. A couple of chalk lines. Left one is a newer Irwin model. Gave it to daughter's fiancee'. Right one is a Straight-line...needs some work. Some 1/4", 3/8" & 1/2 drive sockets and extensions. Once they hit the wire wheel, then buffing wheel, all but one went to daughter's fiancee'. So why was this box so heavy beside made from 1/16" steel?... ...cause all this was in the bottom. A few treasures as it turned out. Next picture does some 'splainin' Lucy... (#1) is a Stanley Handyman, 10" (IIRC) swing ratcheting brace. Still has the decals on it. Probably late '60's-early 70's? Needs some TLC, but it works. (keeper) (#2) Stanley, Sliding T-bevel. 1st look, identified it as a No.25; more to come later. (pry from my cold dead hands type of keeper) (#3) Stanley 481A-18 (oz) masonry hammer; needs a little work, oh & a handle but don't make them like this for a long time. (keeper) (#4) Wards-Master (Monkey Wards) 1/2" drive speed handle; probably from the 1960's?? I have one (same brand) that was my grand-dads from the late 40's-early 50's. Been my user & in my tool box since the late 1960's so daughter's fiancee' scored it too. So what else of interest is in there? Well..let's see. First lots of 1/4" & 3/8" shallow well sockets, mostly metric and mostly Taiwan. Cleaned 'em up passed them on to daughter's fiancee' (#1) A Snap-on, combination box-end wrench from late 40's to early 50's. It may have been plated or could have originally been black oxide coated. NO evidence of ANY plating remained. more pictures at the end. (#2) A Craftsman combination box-end wrench from the 40"s to early 50's by logo. (#3) A Craftsman combination open-end wrench from the late 30's to early 40's Probably was plated originally, but long gone; pics at the end (#4) 1 of a set of Proto combination open-end wrenches from 1/2' to 1-1/16"; missing the 3/8-7/16" wrench. Cleaned up very nice; gifted to daughter's fiancee' The remainder is still in the box waiting on spring for next step. except the (2) 1/2" drive, deep impact sockets on the left. Already in my "shop box" Snap-On wrench is 1-1/16" x 1-5/16". In a former life, these sizes were used quite often. I actually have a newer version of it. The Craftsman is 15/16" x 1". I've since completely removed all the rust from both, coated with wax then wrapped in wax paper until I decide their fate. Likely, I'll clean again, then cold blue them along with some others in the box. I've since found another Craftsman, same era (3/4"x13/16" IIRC) in the box. The Stanley masonry hammer. Re-furb started, but will have to wait until spring now to finish. You know my rule...? "...if your tongue sticks to the metal, too cold to be working in the shop" Last, remember that Stanley No. 25 sliding T bevel? Well, I finally dug a little deeper when I removed a little more rust from the blade... Made everything else a bonus IMHO. Typing this makes it a 6C, (AA) circa 1923-1935. It likely had a bright (not plated) finish but could have been blued too. I don't see any indication that bluing every existed (later version) but IDK for sure. I'll decide when warm weather returns to cold blue or not. For now, it' cleaned, waxed, wrapped in wax paper to keep my tongue from sticking. Maybe @steven newman will weigh in with his suggestions?? The rosewood body is excellent and the brass also very good. I'll do a final stand alone refurb update at that time. Oh, total for all these treasures including the baseballs $9.20 with buyers premium and I made it back in time for both football games. Thanks for riding along.
  9. The level collection I purchased has several levels from different time periods. One of the ways to tell when you are looking at old Wooden Level or for that matter any old Stanley tool, it is good to check the Trademark. Bob Kaune has a web page I keep bookmarked on my iPhone, iPad and Computer that is very handy to tell right off the time frame a wooden level or plane. Here is a link to his page Stanley Trademarks. So I thought I would share a few of the ones I got with common Trademarks. These all have what is known as the "V" Trademark It has been documented that this trademark was in use on Stanley tools from 1912 to 1918, That puts these right in the area of being or about to be 100 years old. For a wooden level to survive the 100 years and still have the original vials intact says something about them. There were four in the group that I got with the "V" Trademark. The two larger levels have brass caps on the ends and for the most part are in very good condition. The second one from the back is missing a brass cover over the vial port. Another thing to notice is the No 3 and the No 03. If the level had a single number then it is an adjustable level so that is something should happen, you can adjust the vials to put them back to level. If the level has a "0" in front of the number, then the level is non adjustable. I am very fortunate that all of the vials on these are original and in working order. This group is all made of Cherry. So there you have the "V" Trademark levels from Stanley made between 1912 and 1918, More Levels from Patriot Picking to follow...
  10. Like the title says, has anyone restored a level? Looking at you, @steven newman and @Larry Buskirk... I needed a 4' level and got a group deal at auction yesterday. This 18" Sweetheart was one of them. If the logo goes along with the SW used on planes, this level would be dated around 1921-1922. It's rough, and likely not worth too much time to clean it up. But, has anyone restored one? Looking at the first pic, how does the vertical bubble get removed?
  11. KevTN

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    I was helping clean out my father-in-law garage(s). In the pile to take to the dump was this hand plane. I have tried to find out some info on it but very little. I know it is Stanley’s economy line. It is heavy, I know it is a ‘high angle’ style but that is about it. Thanks for looking..
  12. Rust Hunt on a Saturday....rain threatening ....Antique Mall 3 blocks from the house, and the Boss has sent me out to run a few errands...including buying a new roll of Blue "City" trash bags.....and..of course I hit that Mall...first. Backyard is shaping up... Metal framework is gone, most of the trash and old tarps or bagged up. That be the Neighborhood Yard Nazi's Garage, back there....her attempt to mow the yard got..rained out....too bad. I have to learn to NOT go up to the second floor of the Mall....but...I did spend about...$19 and change...on just 4 items....from a stall that has planes for OVER $65.. 3 out of 4...Square seems to be a Stanley? Compass turned out to be a Sept 24, 1889 Patent, from Starrett...Not sure about the calipers, yet.. As for the 4th? Rusty & Krusty, Stanley No. 116 Mitre Box.. THIS just MIGHT take a while There is supposed to be a scale on top, showing the degrees the box is set to... And a notched "pointer" in the inner ring...right.. Square did not require any work. Calipers are soaking in 3in1 oil...2 hands to make the arms even budge...no way to loosen nor lock it in place..The compass? and.. New Pencil. May see about a new pointer....funny looking bolt is not OEM...May try to make a new one? I did take the Mitre Box apart, last night....work in progress....all bolts and screws have been removed, and cleaned up. Just happen to have a backsaw to use with this Mitre Box.. As for those rusty things? Parts is parts...I did find a logo, though.. And, as for the bolts... A work in progress.... May start in again, this afternoon?
  13. In the process of building that box....had a bunch of resets on the Stanley #45 to do....mainly changing where the fence will be, and whether short or long rods were to be used....decided to make some things a bit..easier to do To change those rods...there are 4 thumbscrews to loosen, and tighten back up, with one too close the the handle area. They all needed a pair of needle nosed pliers to get them to ...move...look right under the wheel to adjust the depth of cut....so... I retired these two (FIRED!) and stashed them away...had a pair of slotted bolts to replace them....instead of pliers, I can just... Use something like this....like on the rest of the plane....which leaves these two... I don't have any to replace these two, they are a lot longer, and have pointed end. About all I could do was pull them both out, clean the crud in the threads, give the threads a drop (a SMALL one) of 3in1 oil, and run them back in....they work a little better,,,still need pliers, but these are easier to get to. Issue came up with the #12 cutter I had been using for 1/4" wide grooves....when I tried to level the grooves bottom with the router plane...the new Veritas 1/4" cutter would not fit in the 1/4" groove.. Measured the with of the Veritas...0.252"....the #12? 0.249" wide....could be a problem? Dug out the other 1/4" sized cutter I have for the #45 plane.. Only marking is a "T"...measured it....0.251" wide. needed a bit of sharpening, bevel was rounded a bit, back needed flattened....then, while the stones were handy, worked on the Veritas as well, had a chip-out in the edge. I also stoned both sides of the cutter to match the 0.251" reading I need.. "New" cutter in the #45 plane, and a fresh groove made....then tried the router plane for size... need a bit of wax, but it did slide right along...Router is set up like this, so it can travel along the jig. Went back to "normal setting" later.. When I had a bit more"elbow room".... Now I have to go shopping for fence bolts.....may just chase the threads and use NEW thumbscrews....IF I can point the edges to match Stanley's bolts.
  14. Anybody ever see this phenomenon? Same wood as other letters, same grain direction. Walnut for the back keep an eye on the l. What the heck happened? no. Same wood as other letters, same grain direction received_1829868993843337.mp4
  15. Well, the Christmas Gift Exchange list is out.....I have to find a present for my Grand daughter-in-law...... Bought about 25bft of Quarter Sawn Ash, today.... There are 11 boards in that stack..average width is just under 6"....all are around 3/4" thick. Hmmmmm, how about a Blanket/ Hope Chest build? Frame and panel? Or maybe a "6 board" style? been a while since I built a chest....maybe see what I can come up with? Give things about a week, or so...while the Single Brain Cell Sketch Up works things up into a "Plan" have to work around the snipes, though. grain looks decent enough....fellow did have a rack of these boards, so I might go back IF I need any more... Dovetailed corners? or, Tongue & Groove corners? Raised of flat panels....Bread board ends on a lid? Stay tuned..
  16. Guys, I need to improve the quality of blade for my Stanley #7, I've tried everything to fix the cap iron re-beveled it sharpened to not allow any light thru but the chips still get in between. Thinking of getting a set of Hock pieces was looking for input or/and a good place to buy. Best price quick shipping and so on. Thanks Pat
  17. From the depths of the "Dungeon Warehouse Basement" in Milwaukee Wisconsin, we have this "Poor Soul" of a Stanley Bailey No. 22 Smoothing Plane. This "Poor Soul" spent the last few years in the bottom drawer of a filing cabinet that was in the basement of a warehouse in Milwaukee that flooded 4 or 5 years ago. There were several planes in this drawer, and this one survived in the best condition. I did a little research, and found that Stanley made these planes from 1870-1943. I believe this one dates from the end years of production due to the Stanley Tools decal on the side of the wood sole. I couldn't quite make the decal out, but I believe this photo from ebay is what it's supposed to look like. As you can imagine having been submerged is going to make this one a bit of fun to bring back. I'm in the process now of trying to dry the Boxwood sole out without it totally splitting, etc. I found during my research, that this is not one of the popular "Collector" planes, but I'm going to give restoring it a go anyway. The price was right $0.00, so I won't lose anything trying. This will be my first attempt at restoring a hand plane, so I may as well start out with a good challenge. So any advice from the "Plane Experts" in going about saving this "Poor Soul" will be appreciated. Larry Old Woodworking Machinery Forum Host
  18. The Stanley No. 49 auger bit depth gauge, I can't even tell it's on the auger, it fits great and feels well balanced.
  19. So over the course of the spring, summer & fall when I haven't been working on the lawn mowers, mowing/trimming the acreage, working on someone's vehicle or coordinating repairs while in a shop, transporting grandkids, attending grandkid's events, tending to other family matters and maybe the occasional nap, I'd squeeze in some small tool re-conditioning from my yard sale & flea finds...Thanks for looking... This came from a yard sale...got it tossed in with a 7-1/4" Skil saw & case...all for $5; Sorry no before pictures but the screw and rails had a fair amount of surface rust, but no pitting. The jaws had some rust on front and back faces and around the perimeter. I had cleaned once & waxed once, but with our humidity year-around, it rusted again, so, disassembled, de-rust, 4 coats gun blue on the rails, screw threads(probably black oxide originally?), black paint stick to touch up the jaws and three coats of Johnson's Paste Wax. The 6" adjustable square is my new one from H-F (I know, I know berate me if you must, but it's accurate and it works for me) Next up is an original Portalign...no before pics...the posts were pretty rusted as were the thumb screws. The aluminum was corroded too. Posts were cleaned on the grinder, brass wire wheel, progressively sandded with wet-cry and machine oil from 100g to 400g, then polished on the buffer; aluminum buffed with brass wire on a Dremel then polished on the buffer as were the thumb screws. Flea market find $1. Didn't need them, BUT....before pics... and after of the combo squares; sorry poor quality of picture...No I didn't transform the tri-square to an 8" combo square. Tri-square probably won't get much more. While digging through some of my "projects" I found the 8" blade, partially cleaned. I totally forgot I had ever bought it...it came with a bundle of machinist stuff I gave about $10 for. The head, I robbed from an old 6" aluminum blade combo sq hence the purchase of the new H-F 6". Blades are a little dull due to poor lighting and un-buffed coat of Johnson's. Top is a Stanley 46-222. Probably mid to late 80's; maybe a little newer? 8" marked Bates Mfg Co, Orange Mass; Bottom no name, only Made in USA Stanley 46-222 8" Bates Mfg. ??? Made in USA Again, not best pictures; with my phone, poor lighting etc. Craftsman 2" OD Outside Calipers; these were part of that machinist bundle circa 1940's??? just based on script. I had done a little cleaning on thee before the pics just to see the name. Legs, head and threads were pretty rusty but mostly surface rust. There is one small area of pitting on one leg face/ After Dremel work, polishing with with abrasive erasers, then polishing on buffing wheel. Picture is a bit dull, as I'm leaving a coat of Johnson's but did use 3-n-1 oil on threads & pivots. My storage method, includes wrapping in wax paper, sealing in sandwich or quart freezer bag including a desiccant bag. Grandkids earn rewards finding, saving desiccant bags. A 4"? divider, 2" ID calipers and 6" dividers. The first two belonged to my grand-father, then my dad. Forgot I had them. They were an old tool cabinet that belonged to both. I rarely get into or disturb anything inside that cabinet. The bottom set, I gave a quarter at lest years Covered Bridge Festival. One point had been broken and reground more or less. Same method on top & bottom two...Dremel, abrasive eraser's, then buff. I did attempt to re-blue the nut & threads. After the picture, I noticed some flash rust from the bluing, so rebuffed with the Dremel, another coat of wax, then 3-n-1 oil on threads & pivots, wax paper, sealed bag with desiccant. The middle dividers, I used the 6" brass wire wheel, abrasive erasers, the buffing wheel progressive to Red Rouge. I did re-blue the tension nut. Rewaxed and storage same as others. The plastic point protector sleeves are repurposed from Glow-in-the-Dark sticks of the grand-kids. Small inside calipers; Lufkin Rule Co Saginaw Mich. ~mid 40's? 6" dividers"; Sargent & Co New Haven,Conn ~50's?? 4" dividers; Goodell-Pratt Co Greenfield Mass...~mid 40's??? A pair of v-blocks but only one clamp; part of that machinist too bundle. No actual before pics but these were all rust. I couldn't get the clamp off one block until it had soaked 24 plus hours in Evap_O-Rust. doing that sometimes gives a "pickled" appearance on tool steel. You can't really feel it; I tried polishing & honing it away using progressive grits of wet or dry and oil, but it didn't help much for the time invested. The only marking is the name "Stan." stamped into the ends of the blocks. I don't think these are purchased, rather made in a tool room or perhaps part of an apprentice program. Very well done, but there are tool drags marks in the grooves, and file/grind marks in side the arch of the clamp. I've got a couple other pieces in process which also appear shop made. I noticed the flash rust after the pics, so "honed" again on my granite tile with wet or dry/oil, cleaned with Brake Cleaner, light coat of oil, wrapped in wax paper and sealed off in a bag...the block plane will be in it's own post eventually. Other similar projects are in the works. Thanks for looking.
  20. Found these at the Restore yesterday, Stamped 18 Eagle Square Mfg. South Shaftbury Vt. Body is 1.5" x 18" and the tongue is 1" x 12" $2.50 Just inch increments no framing scales, Clean & smooth, no pitting. A Stanley #61 Boxwood .5" x 24" rule Stanley rule & level co. Warranted New Britain Conn. USA Has two pins in place, one at the 7/17" mark & one at the 11.25" mark. $6.00 Clean but needs a little lube in the joints. Any info is appreciated.
  21. From the album: John Morris's Hand Tools

    Just a very handsome Stanley No. 40 I picked up. 9" long, heavy with a great feel. I'd love to complete it with a whole set. I'll be on the look out.
  22. Will the "real" Craftsman tools, please stand-up. Not surprising this dispute would surface sooner-than-later... Stanley sues Sears
  23. My trip to the Emerald City on Wednesday to get my haircut and other errands also resulted in a few detours. Even though my wife was home in bed suffering from her turn of 36 hours of demonic intestinal possession, I managed to get sidetracked. First stop after the ATM & haircut was at the "flea market warehouse." I've been going there for probably 12 or 13 years. Upon arriving I noted there were no cars in the parking spaces...further inspection, revealed a handwritten note taped to the door, Closed, Thank-you for your business over the years. Hmmm...that's a bummer...so I regrouped and hit a couple of Pawn Shops I hadn't been at for some time. The first (a regional chain) yielded a new layout so took me a while to scan the items. Several NIB H-F items priced at or up to 25% above what H-F sells the same item w/o a coupon and no free flashlight either. Most everything else was priced ridiculously high too...left there...on the the next shop. this one makes me a little nervous even during the daylight hours...a lot of stuff...most organized or should I say disorganized and displayed terrible and random at best. Again, most everything priced at or above new prices...looked at a few flat screen TV's for a second bedroom TV. Cheaper at Walmart with a warranty there...So, I walked back around opposite of my earlier path...in a locked glass display cabinet, not well lit area, on the bottom shelf, stacked with other non-valuable items, I noticed a couple of hand planes. One was a No 4 size, missing the lever cap, iron & chip breaker...nope don't need that. The other was a Stanley, #5...I asked the attendant if I could take a look at it...he retrieved the keys, unlocked the case and handed it to me...pretty decent looking plane...no price tag..."how much," I asked..."IDK" he said..."I'll ask"...after talking with the manager he came back $9.99...Me "Is that with tax?" Him, "No, 70 cents tax." Me, "I'll give you ten bucks for it", Him "OK." Handed him two $5's and headed to the door and my truck making sure no one was following me with an axe, sword or ball-bat. Anyways, the pictures you are about to see are actual footage taken in the safety of my drive-way on the tailgate of my truck. Warning, these pictures are of the plane after it was pulled from the bottom of that dark display case so if you have a weak stomach (like my wife and both grand-daughters before her did) you may want to grab a bucket lined with plastic shopping bags (like my wife and the grand-daughters were accustomed). I did stop and buy my wife some Ginger Ale before returning home. As always, thanks for looking. I'm still bummed out about the flea warehouse though. From everything I can surmise, it's a Type 16, circa 1933-1941 so Pre-WW II. It appears it is all original. The plane has been used over the years but not abused. The iron has been sharpened albeit not that well, but is reasonably sharp. The tote & knob are loose but intact, no cracks or damage other than the lacquer is flaking off. You can see the iron edge is straight but the bevel is not. Chip breaker lays flat across the iron. Nickle plating on the lever cap is a little pitted but not as bad I originally thought. Being the kidney shape hole helps to date it as a Type 16. The frog has some surface rust, but not bad at all. The iron adjusting bolt and knob are both brass. Thought I took a picture of them but guess not. It does have the frog adjusting screw. The "whale tail" lateral lever also helps date it. I do not see Stanley printed vertically. The iron appears consistent with a Type 16. So, another to my collection. I really didn't need another #5 but this is a first model post Sweetheart and being pre-war it needed a home. Looking forward rehabbing this one once it warms up enough so my tongue won't stick to it. So that's it...I'll let my wife know you asked if she's feeling better.
  24. Been a while since this was mentioned, so I thought I'd mention it again. I knew Patrick years ago when he was active on "old tools" mail list (predecessor of "forums") and how I'd waste my lunch time at work. Even before eBay drove up prices of old Stanleys, for a while. http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan0a.html
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