It’s clear in retrospect looking at the initial photos of it in the salvage yard, taken moments after arrival that it was always missing one of the...
Before testing I took the covers off. Tires were pretty gummed up. So I grabbed my Red Devil scraper and spun the wheels while holding the scraper ...
Serial number dates this guy to 1975. Found at my local salvage. These pictures are of when it arrived prior to them pricing it and putting it out ...
After I left the Half Moon Bay meetup for the PAST Tool Collectors, there was one thing I missed-out on because I had reached my personal limit of ...
Got these for $7 and they came in a nice box. Never used trammel points before. They look fancy pants. No, I can’t read the phone book underneath ...
Before (paid $8.95 at salvage): [IMG_2908.jpeg][IMG_2909.jpeg][IMG_2910.jpeg][IMG_2911.jpeg][IMG_2912.jpeg][IMG_2915.jpeg] After sanding to 80, th...
2 moulders + a tongue and groove pair + 1 dado plane All look to be usable [IMG_7387.jpeg]
Picked up this beautiful rosewood wedge/sole shoulder plane that will work wonderfully for cleaning up tenons in mortise and tenon joinery. The pr...
Also, not a typo. Red Zebrawood. Just came in. [IMG_7391.jpeg][IMG_7390.jpeg] No, I don’t work there. I just go in a lot. This is interesting but...
Not a typo. White Wenge. Arrived about 3 weeks ago  [IMG_7389.jpeg][IMG_7388.jpeg]
MacBeath is a chain. They sell hardwood lumber, and other things associated with fine furniture (including tools, both hand and power). I buy lumb...
Some of my favorite things to restore are hard to find files and rasps. Sometimes it is very rewarding and only rarely is it disappointing. Occasi...