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It followed me home (Part 2)
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I can hardly wait to see the magic !
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It's a matter of finding one that will ship to America for a not too outrageous amount and then winning it at a price that makes it worth shippiing. I took me a while to find that combination.
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What is a "drag plane"? Looks like a carton for Samuel Adams Boston Lager.
thanks,
Bob
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A day late but these are my findings from the weekend. A few full size axes and a few hatchets. A couple neat ones from what I can tell... a Fayette R. Plumb hatchet, a Master Mechanic full size, a blank head with bevels and a Maine head (the one with the metal wedge tied on it. Still need to make out that stamping)...$39 spent
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The tool SP is talking about is a Stanley no 70 box scraper. It's purpose was to remove stencil markings on wooden crates. I found mine useful to even the joints when laying wood floors (back when wood floors were solid board). You drag the scraper toward you and it has a floating bed.
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What is a "drag plane"? Looks like a carton for Samuel Adams Boston Lager.
thanks,
Bob
Also called a swivel plane or box scraper.
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I had heard these referred to as cabinet scrapers, but I only know what I have heard, I defer to you.
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I made a couple of nice new contacts over the last couple weeks. People that love picking like me and have their own networks. Luckily we are into different things and trading and straight buying is working out great. One of them is becoming a good friend. I am also on vacation in the western MA/NY area and am hitting lots of places that I never get to. On top of that a couple of large lots came to me through various contacts and luck.
Long way of saying- and you have all seen my hauls over the last couple years to put this in context- when I get home at the end of the week I'm going to make some people cry. And I mean that in the best possible way. 😂 Best haul so far, haul to beat them all.
Long way of saying- and you have all seen my hauls over the last couple years to put this in context- when I get home at the end of the week I'm going to make some people cry. And I mean that in the best possible way. 😂 Best haul so far, haul to beat them all.
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the #70 box scraper has a convex blade like a #40 & 40 1/2 scrub plane. A cabinet scraper is a different critter.
Are you bring home anything I can't live without?
Are you bring home anything I can't live without?
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quinton- people hang axes with horizontal grain hafts ?
I will bet you it gets a vertical grain haft.
I will bet you it gets a vertical grain haft.
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Thanks for the info. I'll show everything so if anything stands out just let me know. I usually keep some favorites but I find way too much to consider keeping even half of it.
I got bad news this morning, I had an agreement in principle for a lot of 22 axes and the seller is having second tboughts. It may work out and may be delayed by a couple weeks. Even so, it will detract from the WOW picture that I had planned. Still, will be the best haul so far even without those.
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Some tools that followed me home (not paint scrapers) plus comments.
The rectangular ones are also called "card scrapers". A simple burr is turned on the cutting edge of these scrapers. Lots of instructions on the internet for creating the burr.
A lot of people grind plane irons with various amounts (radii) of camber. The shorter the radius the more aggressive the cut. A scrub plane has a short radius to hog / scrub off larger amounts of material quickly.
Patrick Leach on the #70:
http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan9.htm#num70
Two more Stanleys.
#80 Cabinet Scraper:
#82 Scraper (early model):
note: brass ferrule is missing on the handle.
Sharpening for the blades of the above two is different than for a hand held cabinet scraper:
Bob
These are common hand held cabinet scrapers:
The rectangular ones are also called "card scrapers". A simple burr is turned on the cutting edge of these scrapers. Lots of instructions on the internet for creating the burr.
Example of a scrub plane (Keen Kutter K240 equivalent to a Stanley Bedrock #40). Second picture shows the cambered blade:
A lot of people grind plane irons with various amounts (radii) of camber. The shorter the radius the more aggressive the cut. A scrub plane has a short radius to hog / scrub off larger amounts of material quickly.
Patrick Leach on the #70:
http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan9.htm#num70
Two more Stanleys.
#80 Cabinet Scraper:
#82 Scraper (early model):
note: brass ferrule is missing on the handle.
Sharpening for the blades of the above two is different than for a hand held cabinet scraper:
Bob
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An ad from 1958 shows that the Hytest Craftsman was "the medium-priced Hytest that's designed to stand up to gruelling work on farm or station all the year round. Green and bright head..." Also interesting that Hytest axes were priced higher than Keesteel, Plumb, and Kelly axes in Australia (in 1946 ad).
An ad from 1958 listing 3 models of HYTEST axes, with descriptions of each in the linked page:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/103990718
A 1946 ad from a hardware store, with prices for their axes. Hytests were priced the highest, Kelly had the lowest prices (below Plumb).
(Prices were in Australian Pounds and Shillings, prior to 1966)
KELLY AXES 16/3
PLUMB AXES 17/4
KEESTEEL AXES 18/6
HYTEST AXES 19/6
from http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/151461476?searchTerm=hytest%20axe%20design&searchLimits=l-availability=y
I never knew why those where called box scrapers. Or really what good they where.
Learned a little about hewing axes from you also.
Keep them coming.
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Thanks Gary. The plumb hatchet is in the middle of the top row if that makes sense. The one with the broad/hewing axe shape to it. It only has one beveled edge, possibly some type of flooring hatchet I suppose. It definitely has some age to it. Actually, it has an edge similar to the plumb hatchet you posted in the other thread.