Thread: A few more tool pickups

I have had a bit more "success" in filling out my tool collection lately.

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The router plane is a Carter with 4 cutters and its fence and depth stop that I picked up on eBay, where I also got the 5 Titan chisels. One of them is skew-ground, but I don't know if it was originally like that or it has been added later. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm going to leave it as is (I was thinking of grinding a skew at some stage anyway) and see how it works out.

The saws, the two chisels on the right and the plane blade I picked up at the Daylesford Mill Markets for $41 all up. Both the chisels (like the titans) need their handles replaced; the smaller is a Toledo (I've got two other toledos and like the edge they hold), and the other has some obscured mark that I guess I'll see better when I clean them up. Making new handles for all my chisels is a to-do project for this year, so they can go on the pile.

The plane blade is an old Mathieson. It was in a wooden coffin smoother that is split in half and held together by wire and a bolt, so is essentially useless. But the blade and chipbreaker are both in good nick, and since I intend to make planes in the future, it will be a good iron for my first attempt.

The two saws I bought to get some practise at sharpening with before I attempt to make my own (from the saw plate group buy). The tenon saw is 12ppi, has no maker's mark, and a riveted handle, but a good solid spine a a nice feel in the hand.

The small panel saw I bought because of its compact size and the nib. It's the first time I've seen a nibbed blade in the flesh, so I bought it. Plus, the price was very affordable.

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I like the shape of the handle, but it has a split through where the lambs-tongue joins the cheek and its nut-holes are all chewed out. The top nut is a flat-screw, and different from the other two. The medallion is missing. I can't see any maker's mark or etching on it, but there is an "8" stamped into the heel, which I imagine corresponds with the ppi, which is 8ppi rip.

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So now I guess, I'll add making a saw vise and saw handles to my list of things to do!