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