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128957 | "Scott A. Owen at HI-Q" <scott@h...> | 2004‑02‑09 | Bio and Gloat (long) |
The first step is admitting you have a problem. "I'm thirsty, I could really use a beer." Oops that one is for the Beer Support Group, not this SFGH. My name is Scott and I have been stalkin...er lurking here under the porch for almost a year now. I live in San Diego, CA (south of Paddy, Jeff). I'm nearing 40, married with two GIT's, girl 4 and boy 1. My daughter amazed me the other day when she came into the shop, pointed up at an eggbeater drill and said "What's does that do?". Everything stopped while we drilled some holes. I'm a mechanical engineer by trade and have had a career that has ranged from rockets to bicycle parts to my current employment making air sampling equipment (everything we make sucks). Let's see, old tools. My grandfather was the foreman at a small shipyard and later a sign painter. Many memories of watching him make things. My dad was a fighter pilot and still is addicted to airplanes, cars and engines. My first good old WW tool came from a garage sale down the street from my bachelor pad shortly after moving to San Diego in 1989. I bought two rusty old planes from an old gentleman for a dollar. He said something like "That bench plane is junk, but that little block plane is a nice plane." Fast forward to the birth of my daughter. My father-in-law (who lives in Old Tool Heaven, just outside Philly) asks for a project. We asked for a garden bench. He finds the little plane and tunes it up a little and uses it. I decide to look it up on the internet. Turns out to be a #18 with the 1913 patent date. And I didn't even feel the steep slope I stepped onto. Since then I have developed the rust hunting affliction to the point that I sometimes will put off surfing until after hitting a couple of garage sales. Now for the two gloats, one minor and one not so minor. 1) A couple weeks ago went to a garage sale and didn't find anything. On the way out I noticed a cabinet leaning against the fence. It turned out to be 48" tall x 48" wide x 6" deep with shelves every 6" and had been used for storing nuts and bolts. Six dollars and a coat of paint and it is now an almost perfect cabinet for my collection of USER planes. 2) Last weekend I needed to put off surfing in order to hit a garage sale that advertised "Power tools, hand tools, hardwood..." I was the first one to the back of the garage when they opened the doors. It was dim and I just started grabbing stuff. I even handed some things to a newer (than myself) galoot that were duplicates of things I already had (like a pre 1902 #7C and #5, both with repaired totes and the #7C had a chip out of the front corner). In the end I paid $60.00 for the following: A. A lathe gouge stamped "Buck Bros Cast Steel" looks old with a new handle B. A lathe chisel marked "I Sorby", looks newer C. one turned chisel mallet out of what looks like some kind of rosewood made by the recently deceased Galoot (hope he RIP) D. A #80 scraper with the 1914 patent dates on the bar, 70% japanning and a "Henry Disston and Sons" blade E. A red Record A151 spokeshave in nice shape. F. A Record 071 with everything except the blade (the previous owner was most of the way along the way to making a replacement from an Allen wrench) G. A Starrett protractor head (I forget the number), it is the one that allows the rule to rotate 360 degrees H. A large frame saw or bow saw (not sure of the difference yet) I. Half a dozen auger bits, Craftsman and Irwin J. And last, spotted on shelf in a box full of sawdust, an almost complete set of #55 cutters in custom mahogany boxes. There are 51 cutters, two are duplicates. According to Mr. Leach's SB&G I am only missing three of the original cutters that came with the #55. Yes, I did look for the plane, but could not find it. The cutters appear to be in good user shape with some strange pitting half way up the sides, but no pitting near the good cutting edges. Most appear to still have the factory grind. As hard as it is to resist the urge to try to cruise the bay and find a 55 missing the cutters, I think that I will clean them up and attempt to sell them or trade them for something more useful. After all, I'm not a collector (I heard that, wipe that smirk off your face). Did I do good enough to be allowed to polish the spittoon? Best regards, Scott in San Diego, California |
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128958 | "Kaye, Danny" <danny.kaye@n...> | 2004‑02‑10 | RE: Bio and Gloat (long) |
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128971 | "Wendrzycki, Raymond NAVAIR" <raymond.wendrzycki@n...> | 2004‑02‑10 | RE: Bio and Gloat (long) |
Hi Scott A. Owen, and Welcome to the sunny side of the porch. Find a spot of floor and = have a sit. Don't even think of using a rocker until you get your OFIT* = button. =20 > The first step is admitting you have a problem ...=20 Problem??!? What problem? You *do* realize who you're addressing, = don't you? [snip nice bits about GIT, Pa, G-Pa and rust hunting] > [almost complete set of] original cutters that came with the #55. Yes, = > I did look for the plane, but could not find it.=20 Sure you can find it. Look at that down there ... just at the curve ... = let your eyes follow this shiny, polished track down a bit. See that? = I think it's the handle of a 55 (Swiss Army knife of metal molding = planes, Jeff). If you can't reach, I'll give you a hand. > Did I do good enough to be allowed to polish the spittoon? Hey everybody, a volunteer! |
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