Picked up some new tools today. 4 hand saws ( I was excited about the Disston and cleaned it up already) a set of wood handled screwdrivers, a goddell Pratt Yankee screwdriver, a hand crank grinder, and an old hammer[
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Picked up some new tools today. 4 hand saws ( I was excited about the Disston and cleaned it up already) a set of wood handled screwdrivers, a goddell Pratt Yankee screwdriver, a hand crank grinder, and an old hammer[
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Jason,
It looks like you had a profitable day. The Disston saw (#7?), and hammer look especially good. Is the hammer a plumb? If it is, it looks a whole lot like one my dad had. I really liked that hammer.
The grinder may turn out to be a really good deal too. I don't have a hand grinder (and as a matter of fact my tailed grinder is boxed up because I don't have room,) but I wonder if you can control the tool that you are sharpening well enough to really control the bevel well. If you can it may turn out to be a really good deal, because you don't worry too much about overheating the edge.
At any rate, if the prices were good, ya did good.
Regards,
Stew
Last edited by Stew Denton; 04-26-2020 at 8:41 PM.
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Where did this rust hunt take place. Just curious.
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I'm up in northern Wisconsin. All in all I spent $25 on everything.
The Disston has 7ppi, but the etch is very hard to read.
Not sure in the brand of the hammer head. No markings. I would have to assume it is the brand of the label on the handle or someone rehandled it at some point.
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I also got around to making a new handle for the timber framing slick I found in a $5 bucket a while ago. Nothing fancy, but it will get me by until I can make a nicer one.
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I guess they are not closed down in northern Wisconsin. Are folks wearing masks there when shopping?
David
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It was a private sale from marketplace. The lower half of the state is getting hit harder with Milwaukee and Madison. But generally up here people are cautious and are wearing masks and washing hands
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Is there a makers mark in the slick?Originally Posted by Jason Buresh
The handle for my 2" Stanley socket chisel is from an old discarded chair or table:
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It has worked out well over the years. The furniture was found broken up at the curb on a free trash pick up day.
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- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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Union hardware company is the Maker's Mark on the socket
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It was a nice haul. And I like the way wooden handled screwdrivers feel in my hand.
David
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Union Hardware Company chisels are some of my favorite chisels. A very good chisel usually at a decent cost.
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I wish more tools had square handles so they wouldn't roll.
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