Thread: What have you got in the shed??

Not sure if all these are chisels or not some maybe engineering scrapers.

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I'm pretty sure there should be a lot more chisel some place.

all woodwork chisels

There is even a small wooden jar with special bits/attachments in the box.
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Don't know if this mallet has a special use, note the steel rings around the faces.

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I know there is more of these and also the vertical kind with the wheel including one new in box.

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Whats the history of these tools?

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Old Brass fire extinguisher with Bracket
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Stanley levels
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The Blue handle was my first saw circa 3yrs old
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Old counter sinks
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My first hammer
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Old Saver in original packaging, no idea what the badge is from.
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No idea what this is, maybe a reamer??
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Originally Posted by Pac man

Whats the history of these tools?

Great grandfather, & my Pa on one side and Granddad on the other. My inheritance.

In your photos of your chisels the group in the first photo are called mortise chisels. Sometimes these are called pig stickers. They require rehandling. Derek Cohen has a "how to" on his site.

In the fourth photo in the bottom left corner the chisel with the goldy yellow handle and blue label with the fish on the back is a berg chisel. I would hang on to this its worth keeping especially if it is 2 inches wide (google 2 inch berg). Are these markings on the 1st red one in the 3rd photo and the two on the right of it in the 3rd photo. If you want to learn to sharpen the others they are worth hanging on to.

Mallet would save you making one. Boring Geoff could give you some idea on the braces.

The 4 1/2 plane has had a slight accident on the front but would not affect its function. Rehab it and sharpen it.

Will look into Derek's post. I assume my Mortice chisels, they are for cutting mortices for mortice and tenon joints.

The first Red one is one of a set and has a Swedish brand embossed on the handle.
In the marking shot the top Left are the curved blades (between the red handles and the 2") the two top Right are the same (directly next to the 2") Bottom Right are the last two before the packaged one…….

I would like someone experienced to show me how to sharpen and maintain them.

Box of Stanley planes - 4½ - 5 - 6 - 6
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a comparison of the two No#6 you can see one has a square edge and the other is rounded with a slight lip.
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The small blue one has two large chips out of one side of the blade
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The No#6 are shooting planes I believe and are used to flatten large surfaces. That is about as far as my knowledge goes

That is a great range of tools to be starting out with.
All of the chisels are good. Your great grandpa and your Pa had good taste.
Some were the best of their time - Ward, Toledo and Berg are all fine.
As PacMan says, the rarest is the 2 inch Berg, and likely to be to most valuable on the market today. It is not the most useful, as there are so few times that a 2 inch chisel is needed. Most 2 inch chisels that I have seen are almost as long as they were when new - very little use at all.
The mortice chisels are all going to be good as well, because when these were made, no-one made a bad one.
Clean them up, learn to use them - and sharpen them and keep them sharp, and they will serve you well.
You are very lucky.
Happy woodworking
SG

Originally Posted by Scribbly Gum

That is a great range of tools to be starting out with.
All of the chisels are good. Your great grandpa and your Pa had good taste.
Some were the best of their time - Ward, Toledo and Berg are all fine.
As PacMan says, the rarest is the 2 inch Berg, and likely to be to most valuable on the market today. It is not the most useful, as there are so few times that a 2 inch chisel is needed. Most 2 inch chisels that I have seen are almost as long as they were when new - very little use at all.
The mortice chisels are all going to be good as well, because when these were made, no-one made a bad one.
Clean them up, learn to use them - and sharpen them and keep them sharp, and they will serve you well.
You are very lucky.
Happy woodworking
SG

There is a loose head in one of the other photos with the bits, it also is 2" but much shorter.
The mortice chisels were my Granddad's and he was a tool maker by trade before becoming a hobbyist cabinet maker. He over engineered the C#$p out of everything.

By the time was 8 I had lost all my grand parents so these tools are of great sentimental value to me despite street value or lack of. I have some of his engineering tools also and quite a few he made.

Don't know what is in here yet maybe drop sheets or maybe tools, can't quite get to it at present
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Great Grandfather was a shoe maker so I have these and some shoe makers hammers someplace.
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Here is some of the stuff my Granddad made. I don't know what my father has done but he has managed to get the disc sander out of square and it has a heavy duty steel under the table.
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Also got a big box full of vintage B&D, Skill drill, saws and sanders
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Well I leave the rest for another time. Plenty to discuss here.