It followed me home (Part 2)

Hickory n steel said:
What's a framing hatchet?
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It's a hatchet you put in a frame, duh! I think T_A was referring to one of these:
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A17 said:
It's a hatchet you put in a frame, duh! I think T_A was referring to one of these:
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Oh! a riggers axe.
I had never heard of a framing hatchet and a quick Google search didn't turn up anything.

I should have known, most people seem to think any kind of half hatchet or riggers axe is a " roofing hatchet ", but I'd just never heard anyone call them a " framing hatchet ".
 
Nothing has followed me home today, but I did score myself a 3rd Vaughan #9 " little pro " on Ebay.

I payed a little more for this one because it's a bit older than my other 2 and pretty much unused, but only a few $ more than a current one so I'm happy.

I also scored another #99.
 
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A17 said:
It's a hatchet you put in a frame, duh! I think T_A was referring to one of these:
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You're Plumb right!
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When i purchased this hatchet, forty-plus years ago, I had hired on with a carpentry crew for the summer doing mostly framing. That's probably from where my misguided terminology arose. As carpenter's half-hatchets go, mine is quite large and heavy, with a waffle face. Compare:
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I'll have to remember to grab it the next time I go rigging! T-A
 
the-accumulator said:
You're Plumb right!
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When i purchased this hatchet, forty-plus years ago, I had hired on with a carpentry crew for the summer doing mostly framing. That's probably from where my misguided terminology arose. As carpenter's half-hatchets go, mine is quite large and heavy, with a waffle face. Compare:
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I'll have to remember to grab it the next time I go rigging! T-A
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That's a riggers axe.
As I understand, before regulations made them a no-go most places they were a common choice for framing.
 
Hickory n steel said:
That's a riggers axe.
As I understand, before regulations made them a no-go most places they were a common choice for framing.
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I did notice that they couldn’t be used on Davis Bacon jobs. And some of the California contractors that moved into the state wouldn’t allow them either. I put up with the ban on the Davis Bacon jobs back then because they paid so well, but I would just walk off the other jobs, first day and all. From experience I learned I didn’t want to be on that job anyway.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Nothing has followed me home today, but I did score myself a 3rd Vaughan #9 " little pro " on Ebay.

I payed a little more for this one because it's a bit older than my other 2 and pretty much unused, but only a few $ more than a current one so I'm happy.

I also scored another #99.
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That's sweet. I have one of those little 10oz Mini-Pros. Built with all the quality of their larger hammers.
 
Square_peg said:
That's sweet. I have one of those little 10oz Mini-Pros. Built with all the quality of their larger hammers.
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One of my favorites, and certainly useful.
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I've got one in my Toyo ST350 house / go box and one in the tool bag in my locker at work, I'm not sure I really needed a 3rd one but I love these so much i just had to.

Because it's the perfect project for such a hammer and I haven't made one in a long time, I'm probably gonna make a birdhouse when this one arrives.
 
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Got my 3rd #9 " little pro " in.
It had some light rust on the head and some paint splatter on the handle from laying around someone's garage, but a cabinet scraper took care of the handle and a wire wheel really did wonders on the head.
Vaughan definitely used to finish their heads a little better when it was still cost effective to do so.


How's this for a sweet little combo.
 
Those mini bars are great, too. I used them for running base. When the tapers left gaps in the corners the base would roll in at the bottom allowing the base to roll in and not come together tightly at the miter joint. But I would apply a little glue to the joint and pry out the bottom with a mini bar, then shoot a couple pin nails into it while held out. It makes a nice tight miter. We typically held the wood base up 1/2" for the carpet to tuck under. This 1/2" gap gave space to get a mini bar under the joint. I would run 500' to 700' of base in a day on a custom home.
 
Square_peg said:
Not much different than a mini bar.

Flip side.
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I've got multiple around somewhere and Vaughans safety roll JR can opener.

This is actually the Vaughan novelty mfg co though, not Vaughan & Bushnell mfg.


Btw, I like the current Vaughan / Dasco mini pry bar and love their mini pry bar scraper combo, but this older one with the chrome finish is so much nicer.
Ground better, stamped brand, curves instead of straight bends...ect just more elegant.
Equal in performance though.
 
Another #99.
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I have no clue why they chose to octagonalize only the neck of the handle, I guess it's just there for looks.

its easy enough to extend through the rest of the handle with a cabinet scraper and 4 in hand, but it's just amusing that an expert hammer manufacturer would take functional feature and reduce it to mere decoration.
 
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True Temper did the same thing with their 'Dynamic' series, both the Tommies and their 16oz. finish hammer. Partly octagonalized.
 
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