downsizingnow48
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Wonderful old tools.
Let's post our Made in USA tool finds (yard sales, old store stock, auctions etc)
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PILOON
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Got the exact same one but I paid $1.00!
PILOON
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I did some odd jobs for neighbors.
One older guy (90's) liked my work and occasionally gave me his fathers old master craftsman tools since He knew I appreciated them.
I listed and sold his old 'tombstone plane' on EBay and it went for $650!
The majority were old English imported craftsman tools.
I still have lots of his 'gifts' all of which I know are in the collectable class.
Some of the old auger bits I have converted to wood lathe knives by simple grinding and adding hand grips.
Gotta admit I am a tool freak and like to have that special tool for that specific task.
Like I tell my better half, if I only use it once it is paid for. (garage sales finds)
Generally I can identify most tools and often that is what gets me to own them. Ever so often a seller says if you can identify it , its yours. Generally I win. LOL.
BUT, I have one that I must post. Weird tool that seems to grab wires from 3 directions for I presume soldering or welding, A very delicate precisely machined tool that must have cost taxpayers mega $$'s. The inscribed name suggests that the fabricator was in the particle accelerator fabrication business.
How or why this item is in my neighborhood is again a big mystery.
Some day soon I'll take pics and post it as 'mystery tool'.
One older guy (90's) liked my work and occasionally gave me his fathers old master craftsman tools since He knew I appreciated them.
I listed and sold his old 'tombstone plane' on EBay and it went for $650!
The majority were old English imported craftsman tools.
I still have lots of his 'gifts' all of which I know are in the collectable class.
Some of the old auger bits I have converted to wood lathe knives by simple grinding and adding hand grips.
Gotta admit I am a tool freak and like to have that special tool for that specific task.
Like I tell my better half, if I only use it once it is paid for. (garage sales finds)
Generally I can identify most tools and often that is what gets me to own them. Ever so often a seller says if you can identify it , its yours. Generally I win. LOL.
BUT, I have one that I must post. Weird tool that seems to grab wires from 3 directions for I presume soldering or welding, A very delicate precisely machined tool that must have cost taxpayers mega $$'s. The inscribed name suggests that the fabricator was in the particle accelerator fabrication business.
How or why this item is in my neighborhood is again a big mystery.
Some day soon I'll take pics and post it as 'mystery tool'.
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Dang.
2LaneCruzer
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Anyone ever use a draw knife? A few years back, I made a Cedar table for my Big Green Egg. I do not have a lathe, so when it came to making a Cedar handle, I was stumped. I know that you can buy large dowels, but I had never seen one made from Cedar. I remembered I had an old draw knife that I bought many years ago, when we were into antiquing...so I sharpened it up and was amazed how well it turned out. With some sanding, you can't tell it wasn't turned on a lathe.
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I haven’t used a drawknife since wood shop class over 50 years ago. 
Nice job on the cedar table
Nice job on the cedar table
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2Lane, what year is that Impala? Love to see more pics of that!
2LaneCruzer
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It's a '59. I'll see what I can do; daughter and grandsons just came in, have to go now...I also have a '60.
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Love that tail end on the '59! Thanks for sharing.