Thread: Monday night Show'n'Tell

Looks like you'll be busy at the next TTTG saw sharpening w'shop.

Good haul.

Cheers,
Virg.

Good to hear from you mate.
Will you be there? Dec 9 is the next one

Hello mate.

No, probably not. I work most weekends. Bummer having to earn money to eat etc.

Have just come in after an evening of cleaning an old no-name saw. Not the most attractive saw but I think it'll sharpen up to a good user. 9pt approx 20" long.

Am just short of head spinning from the fumes of lamp oil. Must get some more SImple Green one day. Had the fan on but it was bloody cold and didn't seem to make much difference so I switched it off. Hydrocarbons can't be that bad can they?

Cheers,
Virg.

Bought a Chesterman leather, brass and steel tape measure, just like this one:

NMAH | Surveying & Geodesy | Tape (Chesterman)

Does anyone have an estimate of its age? I notice the Smithsonian doesn't give an estimated date. My guess is late 19th to early 20th century.

Regards,

Tim

Originally Posted by Purfler

Bought a Chesterman leather, brass and steel tape measure, just like this one:

NMAH | Surveying & Geodesy | Tape (Chesterman)

"W. & L. E. Gurley offered Chesterman steel tapes as early as 1871, describing them as "made of a thin ribbon of steel, which is jointed at intervals, and wound up in a leathern case, having a folding handle." Gurley went on to say that these tapes were the best on the market, but at $17, their "great cost" prevented their general use. Gurley also sold Chesterman tapes of cloth reinforced with wire; these cost but $5.25."

You don't know when you've got it good, do ya?

Cheers,
Paul

This was purchased at the Sydney tool sale on the 9th of September.

Only now did I actually get a change to upload the photo. I have already used the hand drill.
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What make is the drawknife?

Paul

Originally Posted by pmcgee

What make is the drawknife?

Paul

Not sure, way too much rust at the moment.

Just needed something to play with to get an understanding of how hard or easy these are to use.

Originally Posted by Christos

Not sure, way too much rust at the moment.

Just needed something to play with to get an understanding of how hard or easy these are to use.

They're very easy to use. It's mastering them that's hard.

Originally Posted by pmcgee

"W. & L. E. Gurley offered Chesterman steel tapes as early as 1871, describing them as "made of a thin ribbon of steel, which is jointed at intervals, and wound up in a leathern case, having a folding handle." Gurley went on to say that these tapes were the best on the market, but at $17, their "great cost" prevented their general use. Gurley also sold Chesterman tapes of cloth reinforced with wire; these cost but $5.25."

You don't know when you've got it good, do ya?

Cheers,
Paul

The US National Bureau of Economic Research site shows that in 1870 that a US carpenter earned $3 a day. More than a weeks' work for a tape measure would make you think twice before buying one.

Tim

A 1895 Goodell and Pratt lathe and scroll saw!CAM00035.jpg
Not looking like it now...getting a clean and service...she's in superb condition

Someone had a good day ... in 2008 ...

Vintage to Victorian: Esau Wood Saw a Saw Saw Wood ...

Cleaned up real nice too ... enlarge the photos ...

Paul

Found at a market in the burbs of Sydney. Tied to a bunch of other swedes with masking tape ( you have to buy all my friend) was a full length 2 inch Berg . Eureka.

And to top it off Led Zepplin Black dog on the Markets PA. Ahh Life early on a sunny Sunday morning, it dont get much better than this.

I went and bought a No.3 Stanley/Baily. seems unused, just sligtly rusty. $25.
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I also got a .5ct diamond dresser. For $2.
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And a drill bit. And a Swedish Chisel. $1 each.
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