6/8/12 This Mornings Estate Sale Finds

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   Not a bad run today but saw many things leaving with others today. But a Millers Falls miter-box that needs some work and a Diston saw for it are the big deal. 

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6/1/12 This Morning Estate Sale Finds

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      Well here is my little find a Lufkin No. 781 Boxwood Ruler. A W. Johnson spokeshave, Miller Falls Automatic Drill No.185A (New in box as far as I can tell, a Stanley No.71 router plane, a Stanley No.78, and lastly a Bracer.

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Saw Till (in progress)

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   Here is my current project. It is in pre-glue clamping/mock-up here.

Here it is hanging on french cleats after gluing just need to finish the drawer and finish it.

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Mini Saw Bent

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     Sorry this is so late I finished this mini saw bent about a month ago. This project was for Semester 1 Lesson 6 Project of the Hand Tool School. I have no need for a saw bent but needed to practice the joints (which are mortise and tenons). So, I just made it small so I didn't have to use up the wood and doesn't take the shop space.

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Layout Square

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    Sorry I've been neglecting this blog. A few weeks ago I finished my layout square it's not perfect, it is a shop tool after all but I'm still proud of it.

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This Mornings Estate Sale Finds

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    Well hit the first of my estate sales for the year this morning.  Here are my finds.

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Update: after some playing and cleaning the hand drill has bits in the handle, the combo square is dead on, and the black handle saw is my fist Adkins.

Shooting Boards

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   The Project for Semester 1 Lesson 4.1 of The Hand Tool school is a miter Shooting board. I made a few changes like having plane slides and I used a wedge for the board stops that I saw at Close Grain.

While I was at it I made a normal shooting board also.

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