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10th April 2020, 08:11 AM #1
Show us your Tools
Hello All
I am in Canada at present and it is the same here as in Oz. That is confined to barracks too.
But there is always a positive in every situation. I am glass half full guy.
While stuck here we visiting a daughter and new grand daughter, it is not all bad!!!!
So to fill in some of the days not being allowed out and about I have been shopping online. So onto Ebay,Gumtree, Kijijii, leboncoin and more. Many things found but not possible to fit in the bags and too big for carry on.
However I did find one of these at an affordable price. Never have I seen one of these at home (Qld). Maybe some of the other members know of them.
Anyway after a few days wait it arrived, it needs a good clean up and sharpen. The next thing is a new handle. No problem there plenty of trees / timber here.
What else have people found recently? There must be some interesting ones??
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11th April 2020, 08:25 AM #2
Nice slick, I have a couple.
One is Japanese the other like yours.
Bought both at the tool sale and swap I used to hold here in Sydney.
Always lots of odd stuff if you know what it is.
I visited a First Nations totem pole carver on Vancouver Island and he had about half a dozen up on his tool board.
Whereabouts in Canada are you?
My wife is from Red Deer Ab and we were going over yearly when we first retired.
H.Jimcracks for the rich and/or wealthy. (aka GKB '88)
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11th April 2020, 09:20 AM #3
I am on Vancouver Island about 40 k's north of Victoria. A beautiful place to be confined.
Lots of good timber here too, pity it is so expensive at home.
We watched a neighbour get a 50 foot cedar and a 75 foot Douglas Fir cut down yesterday. They saved two decent logs. But they do not know what to do with them!!!!
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11th April 2020, 10:59 PM #4
The totem pole carver was a First Nations guy.
Charles Eliot is his name.
He did the sculpture outside the central police station in Victoria.
Its a bear protecting the people.
We were staying with a cousin of my wife’s in Sidney.
I’d teed up to spend a day with him and had brought over my Balinese carving tools but there was a death in the tribe so it didn’t happen.
Carve a pole from that Cedar.
Put a few Roos and Emus on it.
H.Jimcracks for the rich and/or wealthy. (aka GKB '88)
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12th April 2020, 07:44 AM #5
Nice Slick, you don't see many over here. I have 2, both 50mm blades, one a western version and one a japanese version.
Edit, not japanese, american. I was thinking of the 30mm Temple chisel, I got for my birthday this year.
I'll try to remember to take a pic of them, later on today.
Postage would be ridiculous to send them anywhere!Pat
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
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12th April 2020, 11:12 AM #6
Here you go, Titan 2" Framing Chisel with a replacement Tiger Myrtle handle and a J.D.S & L "Rooster", 2" slick.
The 1/2" Stubai bench chisel is there for size comparison.Slicks.jpgPat
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
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14th April 2020, 06:23 AM #7
Thanks Pat
That is what we like to see some contribution.
What else have people got to show in the way of tools, new , modern we don't care.
Not much else to do at the moment. Share them with us all.
Regards
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A few years ago I was in Queens visiting a mate from my days working in NYC. He gave me this scraper plane which has been sitting in the shed waiting for me to do it up.
Scraper Plane.jpg
It takes a blade about 73mm wide and it was missing when he handed it over. I've thought about cutting a thin scraper down but suspect it was designed for a much thicker one, like a plane blade. Goodness knows where I'll find one that wide.
mick
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14th April 2020, 09:10 PM #11SENIOR MEMBER
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Sorry Pat, the only pic I have has already been posted.
mick
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14th April 2020, 09:22 PM #12
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14th April 2020, 09:26 PM #13SENIOR MEMBER
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Glad to be of help! I have a set of Veritas scrapers and the thickest one is around 1mm whereas the #12 uses 3/32" (~2.3mm) thick blades, so you're right, cutting a scraper down may not work, unless you have an especially thick one or some 2mm thick steel lying around.
There's more info on the #12 at the Blood n Gore page The Superior Works - Patrick's Blood & Gore: Planes #12 -
#20 1/2 if you're so inclined.
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14th April 2020, 10:37 PM #14
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16th April 2020, 01:22 PM #15
Hey Guys,
Thought I would post some minor tool resurrection I have been doing of late.
I picked up a box hand planes for $60 the other week.
There was an:
English Stanley #5 1/2
US Stanley #5
English Stanley #4
English Whitworth #4
Aus Stanley #3
Most were in quite a rusty state as can be seen in a few of the attached images. I just wanted a quick and functional restore.
So I just used electrolysis to most of the hard work. All planes were in great condition under the surface rust.
Very happy with the pickup.
Thanks,
Tom
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