First a Marples & Sons spokeshave and a dovetail saw. I am wondering if the spokeshave was ever used looking at it. The saw needs a sharpening touch up but does look good too.
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| Marples & Sons spokeshave and dovetail saw. |
Second, a Millers Falls #10 plane. This is the equivalent of a Stanley 41/2. I wanted one so much but was not able to find one at a decent price. These are pretty rare on the market and usually the price is quite high, add to that the shipping fees and it will cost you a leg. This one looks to be a type 2 (more to come about it).
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| Millers Falls #10 |
As I plan to make some tools that will require some wood screw, I got a tap and die set to make wood screw. This one is for a 3/4 screw. These were also sold in set from 1/2 to 1"1/2 but I wanted to check the quality first. I did not try it yet but it looks to be well built.
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| Tap and die set for 3/4" wood screw. |
Next, a small bow saw by Marples & Sons in very good shape, no crack and the blade is still sharp.
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| Marples & Sons bow saw. |
Now a true jewel. This is a full set of Russel Jennings bits in perfect condition, even the box is not damaged and still have all the hardware. Again these are usually in a very high price range and the shipping cost is prohibitive but I found this one not far from me and at a very good price. It was a kind of guess as I was wondering if at that price the bits would have been damaged but the surprise was great when I saw there are all in perfect shape.
Next, a very nice little level by Marples & Sons (Do I seem to like that manufacturer very much?). Very nice and more pleasure to use this than my usual plastic level.
And finally the cherry, something that I wanted for the pleasure to handle one as I never got that luck before and I find it very funny, a Millers Falls 502B corner brace. Not sure I will use it a lot but I think this is a very funny tool.
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| Millers Falls 502B corner brace |
Now that Santa brought me so many things I must go back to work and finish my TV stand project as I am already late!
Merry Christmas to you all!
Ho ho not finished yet? My late wife and I did exchange unfinished projects once or twice at Christmas :-)
ReplyDeleteGood haul, you got there. From Ontario??
Bob, wishing you and yours a merry Christmas
You guessed right Bob, it is not finished yet. The finish is the culprit, I need to wait a day between coats even if heating my shop so that takes a while. But I got lucky if I can say, our celebration dinner is moved to Saturday as some of us got a cold so this gives me some room to try to have it on time :)
DeleteThe Russel Jennings are coming from Ontario, the remaining from UK and US but at good price and good shipping cost. I cannot understand why it costs 15$ to ship something from UK by priority air mail and 50+$ from within north america by ground!
And Merry Christmas to you and yours too, enjoy!
DeleteHow do you rate an early visit from Santa?
ReplyDeleteRalph this is priceless for sure! :)
DeleteWow, you must have been an especially good boy this year! That saw looks so short, like the blade is only about 6" long. Looks like a great lot of tools. Have fun using them! MC and HNY!
ReplyDeleteMatt, I am always a good boy, or pretend to be one! The bow saw cutting edge is 11 inches long. I will need some practice before being able to master this.
DeleteYep, nice haul, especially the spokeshave and bow saw
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Merry Christmas Ken!
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