Given a few old tools
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10 September 2014 at 12:05 am #76253
Ooh – always exciting!
They really don’t look in that bad condition, compared to some tools one finds…
10 September 2014 at 1:07 am #76272The tools were my best mates grandfathers.
My mate likes tools but he is a mechanic so more into socket sets and spanners.
The Dovetail saw in very good condition.
The Disston not to bad
The eagle superior warranted medallion saw little more work required. The unnamed saw about the same as above.
The braces just need a little clean up.
The rebate plane has a Sorby iron in pretty good order.10 September 2014 at 8:54 am #77088I am sure you will enjoy restoring them back to their original best
Only problem I am finding is that as I restore more old and purchase more new tools I am running out of storage space I now need to make another new tool box,10 September 2014 at 2:44 pm #77683Looks like another tool box workshop coming! I’m torn between building a large traditional chest or the “dutch” chest. Its amazing how well these old, rusty, and dirty tools will clean up.
10 September 2014 at 9:09 pm #78276I have not got enough room for tool chest and my shelves are all full.
But I am a tool addict and cannot help myself.
The Disston panel saw and Dovetail saw are done.
The Disston I made a cross cut and cleaned up handle I believe is a fruit wood and finished with Danish oil .
Dovetail rip as to be expected, cleaned beech handle and stained darker with Burmese Teak wood stain finished with Danish oil.Attachments:
You must be logged in to view attached files.12 September 2014 at 8:57 pm #81642Kept the handle on this saw more original just buffed up a little.
This saw I filed cross cut also had to put a little set on teeth.
I just have the braces to clean up.
The Rebate plane has been sharpened I think I will have to true up the sole a little.
Very happy with these tools. 😉Attachments:
You must be logged in to view attached files.14 September 2014 at 9:07 pm #84661Just Milled flat and retoothed my original Dovetail saw I bought when I was about 17 years old. The Dovetail saw plate is a little pitted and got neglected some years back.
I had a spare Spear & Jackson handle which came from a newer Dovetail saw .
The handle from my older saw went onto the newer saw.
I printed lines on a piece of paper with 1.6mm spacings folded in half and taped to saw Plate.
i then used a very fine saw file on each line on paper to mark saw plate.
once every line was marked on saw plate removed paper.
I then started to gradually form the teeth 4 or 5 teeth at a time till I got to end of saw plate.
I then went over each tooth with a single pass with the saw file.
I then Set the teeth with a fine Somex saw set.
Fitted handle lost the original medallion thats why got odd fixings to hold handle.
I done a test cut the kerf a little wide, I place a hammer in vice put saw teeth on hammer and tapped with another hammer moving saw Plate across hammer in vice flipped over and done the other side.
Still too much set I repeated the above process a couple more time until I was happy with cut.
I’m glade I have made it a working saw again.
That make five Dovetails saws I have nowAttachments:
You must be logged in to view attached files.15 September 2014 at 8:40 pm #86222The rebate plane is a badger style plane, really good for making raised pannels and running large rebates used in carpentry.
Matt
15 September 2014 at 9:35 pm #86256Raised panel plane good shout / badger plane.
the iron is skewed so better for across grain.
There are old screw holes in sole of plane that would have a fixed fence. The plane can achieve 2″ wide rebate.
When I do my raised Panels use my 78 rebate plane to make the quirk for Panel. Then I proscced with my Record 010 cabinet plane/ badger plane.
I have started to enjoy using wooden planes.
Something about wooden plane when you hit the sweet spot and get lovely shavings.I agree with the wooden planes, they just glide across the surface. I have swapped out most of my metal planes for wooden planes. One problem that I have with wooden planes is they require more control to keep them planning straight, unless I’m really hogging off material, then the friction really takes care of itself.
16 September 2014 at 2:34 am #86567I have a wooden smoother, jack, transitional jointer (which is terrible. Need to close the mouth, replace the sole, or burn!), plough plane, fillister, and some other. I do like them. I feel a bit guilty. I bought a metal no. 6 to use as a jointer. Maybe I should have waited for a wooden jointer. Oh well. I’m not trying to do period work. They are light, easy to true but at times they do take a bit longer to adjust.
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