Just a Wee Gloat! (I think)

[Belinda Barfield]

For over a year a friend has been telling us there was an old "saw" in his mom's garage that he wanted us to pick up and get out of his way. So this morning we did. Look what we got for FREEEeee! I still have a lot of cleaning and rehab to do, but all in all a pretty good haul. We couldn't fit the mini scroll saw in the truck so that's one for the next trip.

There's also a shop building that's locked. As soon has he finds the key I get whatever is in there, too! Can't wait . .

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[Ed Morgano]

That is more than a "pretty good" haul. A lot of work but you have some nice things there....well worth the effort. Congrats!

[Paul Douglass]

What is this thing in the picture?

[Roger Chandler]

Belinda,

Looks like some restoration work is in your future.............I think these do have some potential..........for a small space the shop smith can be a versatile tool for someone..............good luck!

[Belinda Barfield]

Paul, you're probably asking the wrong person, but I'll take a stab at it. It is a small plane that swivels. That's my best guess.

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[Belinda Barfield]

I think one of the first things I should do once everything is cleaned up, etc., is find someone to finish the piece Pops was working on and give it to our friend, Big Mike. I'm guessing Pops had Mike in mind when he started it.

[Jim Underwood]

That's quite the gloat Belinda.

Looks like a chuck or two under that pile of tools...

And was that a drawing board arm I saw under there?

Don't throw any weird looking things away. Could be they fit that ShopSmith. That thing has more attachments than Carter has peanuts... I turned a coupla things on my Dad's ShopSmith last summer, and found all kinds of things for it in the drawers....

[Belinda Barfield]

That's quite the gloat Belinda.

Looks like a chuck or two under that pile of tools...

And was that a drawing board arm I saw under there?

Don't throw any weird looking things away. Could be they fit that ShopSmith. That thing has more attachments than Carter has peanuts... I turned a coupla things on my Dad's ShopSmith last summer, and found all kinds of things for it in the drawers....

Yep, that's a drawing board arm. I also got a box full of packs of mechanical pencil leads, erasers, grease pencils, Exacto knives. I'm telling you, it's better than Christmas around here. Pops was an engineer. I also have, in the original sleeve envelope, a "slide rule calculator".

Fortunately for me, one of my shop guys is very familiar with the ShopSmith.

Pops lost an arm in an accident so everything in his shop was set up so that he could operate one armed.

[Jim Underwood]

Well our father's had something in common then... My Dad lost a leg because of a failed artery bypass, so he used a prothsesis and crutched around in his blacksmith shop, until recently when he had a stroke and doesn't get out much anymore. Unfortunately, his shop is a few thousand miles away... too far to pick up any tools...

[George Guadiane]

That item is called a Box Scraper. Stanley/Baley made some, along with others. They were intended to take rough edges off of packing crates.

[Belinda Barfield]

Thanks for the info George. Why does it swivel?

[John Hart]

I like the box scraper a lot!! And the lathe. What a fun project.

Oh...and I like this hollowing tool
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This tool proves that the owner is just like me

Great score Belinda!! You rock!

[John Hart]

Oh...and I'm jealous of the clamps.

Clamp envy

[Belinda Barfield]

Thanks John! It's all your fault, you know. Remember when I was lurking around and you suggested that the turners feed the stray and maybe I'd get a lathe? Well, I guess I did.

[Faust M. Ruggiero]

Belinda,
They look like old Stanley or Millers Falls Scrapers. They are used in a pulling action. I own a couple from who knows where but never attempted to use them. I believe they will make great decoration in your shop.
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