It followed me home (Part 2)

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Brian-That is not a threaded countersink. It is a Irwin screw starter. When you have wood screws to put in a hard wood, you do not have to drill a pilot hole, you wack the spot with an awl and then use this little tool to start a threaded hole.

 

Thank you for the information sir! It’s great that we have this platform To reach out to people like you old axeman!

 

I'm pretty sure you also found yourself a little French Bulldog. Or was it with you before you went down in the basement?

"It followed me upstairs. I was making a steak."

 

She’s my little buddy. She’ll go with me anywhere I let her.

 

This was found today. A truly “new in box” Stanley marked yankee drill. From the Stanley logo on the box and drill I’m guessing it is a later 50’s maybe early 60’s model. Unfortunately no bits with it but I have a nice stock pile of them in some drawer somewhere. Also two 8” drawknives. One is a pexto and the other is a Bridgeport tool co. Thanks for lookin!

 

Cute dog.

Reminds me of my pitbull buttercup, except she's about 65lb and doesn't exactly fit everywhere she wants to be.
We can't actually occupy the same space like she thinks she can.

And that's not a bad little tool haul for free.
The maul looks like a decent user for your dad too.

 

This was a productive weekend.

IMG_20181209_184037 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20181209_185812 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

 

No pics for a couple days until I get home from vacation but in between being sick and feeling like I ate a bag of Haribo sugar free gummy bears I managed to stop by a huge antique store. Somehow in the middle of the Mojave Desert I pulled off a miracle (and overpaid for it) and picked up a 4lb plumb crosspein sledge, a possibly salvageable 4lb plumb axe with a beautiful handle that was the reason for the purchase, a broad axe in serious need of repair and a handle (hint hint Square_peg. Pleeaase?), and a made in Maine timberjack that I can't remember the manufacturer of. All that for about $100. And while I was writing this I was upstaged by jblyttle who probably got all that for $100. Oh well. P.S. Nice hammer-adze and sledges.

 

what the heck is that saw

 

Simmonds, great shape, no idea on specific use.

 

That large scimetar butcher is a beast.

 

So I have more stuff right now than I can clean/restore and Christmas is coming. I'll be listing a bunch of "as found" items at an obvious discount if anyone is interested.

 

That Connecticut nearest the middle has *all* of my attention.

Saw in question a pattern maker's saw? On phone I can't even see if it has teeth lol

 

That's what it was! I spent a while trying to remember the name of that saw. By the way, what's up with the welded head jb?

 

Nothing is welded, do you mean the aluminum parade head?

 

Brian-There was a time, in the not so distant past, when there were no cordless drills (also, no computers, ipads, smart phones, twitter, face book, etc.) if you can believe that. So, as a young carpenter, you always had your hammer and awl, and if your were screwing things together all you needed to carry was a Irwin screw starter and you were set. Now about the old days, when dinosaurs wore nail aprons, if you were a young carpenter you could go to your local lumber yard ( no Home Depot or Lowes in these ancient times) and if you needed advise, guidance, your hand saw sharpened, etc., there were old retired carpenters working part time to help you. No bone head employee who wouldn't know his/her ass from their elbow. I sure miss those days!

 

Yeah! It looks like it's a vinegar-ed welded axe head.

 

Update on the broad axe. It is marked E (update P) L Sherman Cast Steel and Roberts? (and co?) Vienna. It needs a LOT of work, though.
edit: I just found this on it.https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/p-l-sherman-axe-maker.1134255/

 

it sure does but those were for parades and made for woodsman of america and other groups as such

 

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Yep but whatever stamp it has looks like a iffy welding job from the pic.