Apologies for the tardy monthly tool
list, which many of you
eagerly anticipated
as a respite over your concern for Britney
Spears. I think
you’ll find the delay worth the wait if nothing
else for the other
Spiers featured.
There’s a special section of
patternmaker’s tools gathered by a
couple generations
of workers at the Schenectady General Electric.
If you’ve ever
wondered what patternmakers used to make patterns
for your electric
toaster, the answer is below.
If you have questions about what the
Stanley numbers are, you can
look the planes up
on Blood&Gore:
http://www.supertool.com/stanleybg/stan0.htm
If there is anything in particular that
you're after, do ping
me as there is a lot
of stuff here that isn't on the list; the
list just represents
a snapshot of the previous month's haul with
none of the stuff
having appeared on a previous list.
Please email me prior to sending money
so that you can be sure
the tool is still up
for grabs. Also, prices do not include shipping,
which is the exact
amount that it takes to go from me to you.
This list goes out to many people on
the first Monday of the month.
So, if you see
something you want, it's the quickest finger on the
trigger that wins
the duel.
Also, due to the nature of selling over
the wires, tools are sold
on a first come,
first serve basis. The first person to say "I'll
take it", gets
it. I have to operate this way as some will take a
few days to get back
to me with their interest in a particular item,
and it's unfair to
keep others waiting who are willing to buy immed-
iately.
I reserve the right to correct
typographical errors, after the
list goes out. I
rarely make them, but when I do, they can be
major ones.
If you’re the kind of person who puts a
straightedge to the sole
of a #40, to check
for flatness, or who tosses a plane on a scale
to weigh it against
what it states in the Stanley catalogues, you’ll
need to take your
business elsewhere. I’ll wish you luck finding
perfection in
something that was never made, nor intended to be,
perfect. You guys
know who you are, and it’s best for both of us
that our paths don’t
cross.
Lastly, and I hate to have to mention
this, but if you tell me
that money is on the
way for something you want, and you never make
good on it, we won’t
be doing business in the future. It’s unfair,
actually downright
discourteous, to others who want the same thing,
and I tell them it’s
sold. Pull this on me, and you’re exorcised
from the list.
Sorry, but I don’t tolerate this behavior well at
all.
Don't forget the cool new tools that
I'm making - a jazzy layout
knife being used by
professionals (made cover of Feb '98 FWW!); a
detachable block
plane handle designed to fit your 20 degree
block planes, and
the finest bench plane in production today, the
Bed Rock #601. You
can see all this at:
http://www.supertool.com/newtools.htm
Finally, remember that you don't have
to be a connoisseur (did
I spell that
correctly?) to shop here. You can be a wirehead, a
metalhead, a
zipperhead, a propellerhead, a deadhead, a cokehead,
or even a
knuckle-dragging oaf, just like me, to shop here, as
long as your dinero
is green.
Thanks for shopping, and remember, no
letters/words were injured
when writing this
list...
FEATURED TOOL OF THE MONTH
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FT1 The tool model is holding one of the low points of the
former
Spiers planemaking firm, their knuckle joint
block
plane; while the tool executioner was moving in
to snatch
another toolmaker, the company was sparing
no heroic
measures to keep it on life support; at times
like
this, emotion trumps reason, giving us products such
as this
unsightly beast made in Paisley after the company’s
foreman
bought out the name and relocated it from Ayr; with
just a
few of these things known, they are one of the rarest
UK-made
planes of all, and are essential to complete a
collection (and de-evolutionary perspective) of the world’s
first
successful infill planemaker; with all original parts,
marked
iron, no damage, there’s little original finish
remaining; a great relic of toolmanity’s desperation, it
perfectly
parallels humanity’s desperation with that other
Spears:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/f1.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/f2.jpg
$1885.00
PATTERNMAKER’S TOOLS
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PT1 Pair of brass L.S.Starrett trammel points; one of the
few brass
tools made by Starrett, they have their
original
points, one of which is scaled; in sound
user
shape, X’s were filed into them for identification
purposes;
far less common than the following model;
left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t57.jpg
$70.00
PT2 Pair of nickel plated L.S.Starrett trammel points with
two pair
of points; fine workers, owner scratched his
initials
in the bottoms, most original finish remains;
right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t57.jpg
$55.00
PT3 L.S.Starrett combination square protractor with 24”
graduated
steel rule; both vials are original and
liquid,
it’s a perfect worker and a great tool for
laying
out larger stuff, the head can rotate 90
degrees;
price a new one (can’t recall if they are
still
being offered or not); left
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t58.jpg
$235.00
PT4 Centering tool; used to find the centers on round
stock,
it’s was made by the patternmaker; in fine
shape,
12” long; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t58.jpg
$20.00
PT5 Three calipers, including a 12” long locking one by
Starrett (stamped with patent date),
a 6” friction
joint by
B&S, and a 9” user made one; each with
owner’s
marks, all fine workers; left three:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t59.jpg
$40.00
PT6 Group of four calipers and two pair dividers; all by
Starrett
save for one, inside and outside spring joints,
range in
length from 4” to 10”; one with owner’s mark,
rest with
nothing like that, one caliper has a nicely
repaired
joint; right six:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t59.jpg
$60.00
PT7 13 Forstner augers; one of the best designs for boring
at any
angle, these stout ones can be used in a brace
or drill
press; range in diameter from 3/8” to 1 1/8”;
most are
in fine, little used condition, with most
carrying
the Forstner name, it’s nearly impossible to
find
originals these days:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t60.jpg
$190.00
PT8 A wonderful selection of carving chisels; 36 in total,
and all
by quality turn of the century makers; mostly
Addis,
followed by Buck, and a few by Taylor and Barton,
they are
all entirely usable with no shorts or burns,
and no
hideous chips; many with old handles, some
without,
and some with splinters off handles; I would
go absolutely
crazy trying to list them all, but trust
me that
there is a fine cross-section of carvers with
the
widest being 1 1/16” and the longer being 11 1/2";
most are
bright and shiny and only need to be honed to
be put to
work, some have minor superficial rust that
will
easily clean, they aren’t you usual pitted and
used up
carvers:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t61.jpg
$785.00
PT9 Group of 10 steel shrink rules and two steel rules for
a
combination square; by B&S, Chesterman, etc., with
some
superficial rust, lengths of 12” to 24”, and ready
to
unleash the budding patternmaker in you; top pile:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t62.jpg
$55.00
PT10 Pair of uncommon boxwood folding
shrink rules; one by
Preston
the other by Rabone, two-foot, four-fold, and
in usual
rule condition; wooden rules didn’t fare well
in
patternshops, and are far less common than the steel
ones;
bottom two:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t62.jpg
$45.00
PT11 Starrett No.10 protractor and
Mass.Tool Co. depth gauge
with 6”
graduated rule; both in sound user shape, with
usual
tarnish, the latter tool is by a rather uncommon
maker;
left two:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t63.jpg
$35.00
PT12 Six filleting balls; used to put
an accurate radius in
the
pattern (don’t want square/sharp corners on those),
they
would make lovely knife rests for a well set dinner
table;
still handy for work today, you can also use them
when
layering fiberglass; middle pile:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t63.jpg
$25.00
PT13 Starrett sliding bevel and
manufactured butt locking
bevel
(can’t remember who made this one); Starrett has
a 6”
blade with double slots; owner marks on this one;
other has
a 12” long blade and is in surprising fine
shape although
the locking tab has been replaced, it’s
still a
fine worker; right two:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t63.jpg
$35.00
PT14 Slip stone for all those carving
chisels and gouge (that
follow);
tapered cone with convex and concave faces,
it’s 6”
long; some signs of wear in the concave face
at the
widest portion, still sound for more use;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t63.jpg
$25.00
PT15 Brown&Sharpe trammels with
fine adjustment screw on
original
15” long beam; for extra precise work, all
original,
and in fine shape with some very minor
superficial rust that will easily clean; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t64.jpg
$45.00
PT16 18 pinch dogs of various sizes;
used to ‘staple’ wood
together
while you work it; in usual pinch dog shape,
just add
wood; bottom mess:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t64.jpg
$30.00
PT17 Six cranked incannel gouges by
Buck Bros; each with
original
handles, and in barely used shape, widths
of 1/8”,
1/4", 7/16”, 3/4", 1”, and 1 1/4”; only need
to be
honed to be put back to work; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t65.jpg
$135.00
PT18 Pair of cranked bevel edge flats
by Buck Bros.; nearly
impossible to find today (I was hoping to find a batch
of them
in this pile, but this is all that there are),
each with
original handles, and widths of 1/4" and 1”,
the
latter seing the most use and in need of a grinding;
1/4"
is barely used; right two:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t65.jpg
$95.00
PT19 Pair of Starrett centering heads;
in fine shape, one
standard
size and the other smaller (for 6” and 4”
squares);
left two:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t66.jpg
$35.00
PT20 Four patternmaker’s gouges; the
all-metal kind that
cut a
half section of a circle; diameters of 1/4" (two
of these), 3/8”, and 1/2"; sound workers;
right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t66.jpg
$30.00
PT21 Brass planing cutter in a great
mahogany box; with
three
blades, this thing is chucked in a drill press
and spun
around to flatten smaller stock; these had
to be
manufactured as I’ve had several over the years,
but none
in a box like this; in fine shape, with no
damage, I
don’t recommend you use this, nor does
OSHA:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t67.jpg
$85.00
PT22 A pile of 16 gouges, all but one
incannel; perfect for
scribing,
and by quality makers like Buck Bros, Charles
(Chuck)
Buck, Barton, and a couple Sheffield makers;
all in
fine worker shape, no hideous chips, widths from
1/8” to 1
5/8”; most with original turned handles, some
with
splinters off those, a bargain over what you’d pay
one at a
time, and of a quality not available today;
left
bunch:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t68.jpg
$275.00
PT23 Three flat chisel and one socket
firmer (how that got
in the
pile, I don’t know, it’s not marked); the two
bevel
edge are by Addis (difficult maker to find of
this
kind) and Buck Bros. with widths of 3/8” and 1/2";
both with
original handles, the Buck’s has a splinter
of it;
right three:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t68.jpg
$65.00
PT24 A great boxwood patternmaker’s
radius plane all stored
in a
wooden box with a sliding cover; I can’t recall
ever
seeing one of these in boxwood before, it’s a
lovely
example of a plane that every patternmaker had
(and this
guy had two); 8 soles in total, it has 5 of
the
original irons; in fine shape, with a good amount
of
original finish, it’s 6” long; one sole is warped,
which is
proof enough why boxwood is not the wood of
choice
for such a tool:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t69.jpg
$385.00
PT25 Three #151 spoke shaves; one made
of brass; offered as
workers,
one was broken and repaired, the brass one
didn’t
have a cutter in it when I photographed it so
I used
one in the image; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t70.jpg
$55.00
PT26 Drawknife with handles at right
angles; made from a
spoke shave
iron, and with nicely turned handles, it
shows the
versatility that the patternmaker had to
fashion
task-specific tools; a great worker, the
blade is
3” long; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t70.jpg
$45.00
PT27 Nine curved shapes of various
radii; made by the guy
for
specific hollowing, they are ideal for working
chair
sets, bowels, and other hollowed items; 2” to
5” long,
many are made from spoke shaves that have
been
pared back; tools you don’t encounter too often:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t71.jpg
$185.00
PT28 Six wooden spoke shaves with
straight blades; four
have had
their handles pared down, something typical
for
allowing working in tight areas, the longest hasn’t
and has
no irons; one has a split off the handle, blades
are 1
1/2" to 2”; decent workers; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t72.jpg
$45.00
PT29 Three brass spoke shaves, one
plated; two are by Phelps
when they
were still in Pittston, PA, they have 1 1/4"
wide
blades with one flat and one curved (front to back)
soles;
other has a 1” blade and front to back curved
sole;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t72.jpg
$40.00
PT30 A great Knowles-type cast iron
patternmaker’s plane
with six
soles and matching irons; this is an early
plane
that has the look of the Knowles style of plane
with a
integral receiver for the tote and lugs for the
wedge;
measures 14” long, the irons are by Moulson; this
plane
definitely has a mid-1800’s look to it, the knob
is an
infill-like thing, it has a split at its narrowest
point;
knob, wedge, and tote are mahogany; a significant
plane:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t73.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t73a.jpg $785.00
PT31 13 wooden planes, all hollows and
rounds save for one
being a
bead (another surprise to find in a patternmaker’s
chest);
mostly by Bensen&Crannell, there are three
matching
pairs – 12, 14, and 18; two (not the matching
ones)
were near a fire and are rather skanky and should
be
salvaged for their irons, the rest are solid workers;
a
bargain:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t74.jpg
$95.00
PT32 Pair of special purpose wooden
planes, one a curved
rabbet,
the other a nice miniature maple rabbet with
a
mahogany sole; the mini plane was lightly kissed on
the right
side to true it’s 3 3/4" long with a 3/4"
wide
iron; top left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t75.jpg
$45.00
PT33 A neat shave that uses an iron and
lever cap from a #101
plane (I forgot to include the body in the image); a
lot of
work was put into this maple tool, and the image
fails to
capture its details, you get two tools in one
with this
one as the #101 casting will accompany it;
top
right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t75.jpg
$55.00
PT34 Pair of Sheffield spoke shaves,
one being boxwood and
the other
a screwed and plated beech example; both with
usual
wear, with plenty of life left in them, irons are
3” long;
bottom two:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t75.jpg
$45.00
PT35 A large pile of turning tools; in
various states of
‘dress’
and many different sizes/shapes, most will
prove to
be fine workers and only need minimal
cleaning;
quality makers – Buck Bros., etc.
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t76.jpg
$125.00
PT36 Lathe sizing tool on a Moulson
Bros. chisel ground to
1/8”
width; no handle, you can stick one of those on
it and
get to work; used to make turnings of exact
diameters; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t77.jpg
$55.00
PT37 Extra fine lathe sizing tool and a
nearly unused 3/16”
D.R.Barton parting chisel; with original handle, this
one is
ready to go; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t77.jpg
$85.00
PT38 #605 Bed Rock jack plane; a ca.WWI
model with “BED ROCK”
embossed
lever cap; a sound worker, it was re-japanned
by the
last owner of the tool pile above, it’s free of
damage
and no owner’s marks; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t78.jpg
$115.00
PT39 #4 smoothing plane; a ca.1935 example
and likely the
last tool
added to the kit, it’s in sound user shape,
with all
original parts, just needs a quick cleaning
and a
honing to get back to work; nicer than usual
condition; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t78.jpg
$65.00
PT40 Three toothing irons; a 1 7/8” by
Moulson, an unheard
of 2
1/2" by Buck Bros, and a 2” by the Detroit, MI
firm of
Charles Strelinger; each in fine user shape
and near
full length; left three:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t79.jpg
$45.00
PT41 #71 router with 1/2" cutter;
a pre-1900 model being
offered
as a bargain worker due to missing 1/4" cutter
and
throat closing shoe; several scratches in the sole;
middle:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t79.jpg
$25.00
PT42 Three Stanley irons; one a barely
used sweetheart marked
#3 iron
(1 3/4" wide), another a similarly marked 2”
iron for
a #53/#54 shave, and a grungy 2 2/8”, but still
usable,
1930’s for #6 and #7 size planes; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t79.jpg
$45.00
STANLEY
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ST1 #65 knuckle joint block plane; a super clean and 100%
damage
free example, with all original parts; just some
minor
tarnish on this 1940’s example; the best low angle
block
plane Stanley made; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t4.jpg
$90.00
ST2 #49 match plane; a “B” casting with the floral embossing
on the
handle, it has all original parts and 95% plating;
a fine
worker of the least common tongue and groove
plane
(compared to the #48), it’s designed to work thinner
stock;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t15.jpg
$145.00
ST3 Extra clean #4 smoothing plane; from the early 1890’s,
with all
original parts, and free of any damage, all
you need
to do is hone the iron and start planing; lightly
cleaned,
they rarely come any nicer from this era; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t20.jpg
$95.00
ST4 #7 jointer plane; made right after WWII, and with all
the
pre-war features, it has the extra thick casting
that
makes it ideal for planing tenacious grains; I
don’t
believe the plane was ever used, it only needs
to be
honed to be put back to work; some tarnish on
one side,
where is laid on its side in the box; if
you
demand cleanliness, here it is; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t22.jpg
$175.00
ST5 #6 fore plane; came with the previous, and in the
same
condition, just hone it and go; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t22.jpg $125.00
ST6 #1 smoothing plane; a type 11 model with the V-logo
stamped
in the iron, this as-found example has all
original
parts and was never cleaned or altered; with
the tip
of the tote missing, this ones a bargain over
what a
mint one fetches these days; a quick cleaning
will have
it looking much nicer than it is now, it
looks to
have 90% japanning under the grunge; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t23.jpg
$935.00
ST7 A nice ca.1930 #2C corrugated smoothing plane; as-found,
never
cleaned or abused, still with a good amount of the