More Stuff - Must be a Good Week for Rust Hunting

[Jim Koepke]

A friend sent me some old tools from a clean out of a friend's garage.

Some planes:

Wooden Planes.jpg

Not sure what the use of these saw like devices could be:

Saws? & Bevel Gauge.jpg

The bevel gauge was pretty dirty and the blade was broken along the length. The wood was all pretty dirty and cleaned up with a few swipes of a plane. The blade of the bevel gauge is some very dark wood, not sure what.

The saw things look to be home made:

Saw Details.jpg

The back on one looks to be tubing that extends through the handle.

Then something was listed on ebay as a moulding plane:

Snipe Bill Plane.jpg

One shot of the end in all the pictures and I knew it was worth the minimum bid:

Snipe Bill Makers Mark.jpg

With shipping it came to less than $20 for the snipe bill. A quick sharpening and a little tune up and it is working fairly well.

jtk

[David M Anderson]

Sweet..!
Nice moulding plane also...good eye.

[steven c newman]

Yep, some days, one just gets lucky......

[Stew Denton]

Hi Jim,

It looks like you did pretty well with the planes, and the molding plane looks like the pick of the litter. Cool!

Stew

[Tom M King]

I think that snipe bill was one I almost bid on, but already have a pair to use. I'm glad I didn't bid against you, and you got it. Mine came from similar auctions. I've done well with molding planes listed incorrectly, and with wedges pictured backwards and such.