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Hand Tools Research

firemedic

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I've recently begun working with the Louisiana State Museum of Rural Life to get their tool collection properly organized and refurbished

This is the first box I've gone through and catalogued. It's mostly moulding planes and of those mostly side beads. There is still plenty to go through as the other pictures portray. In Sept I'll be doing demonstrations of log felling, hewing, picket splitting, shingle splitting, a pit saw, two man cc saw and more.

In December I'll be demonstrating traditional furniture building with hand tools and hope to have regular classes on hand powered wood working by next year.

Thus far, every tool I've looked at has been in need of attention and the plan is to train a student intern or two presently employed there on properly restoring the tools.

The first picture is the first ones I've truly gone through, labeled and listed needed work. The other pictures are various items of interests.

I'll update with progress as this goes along. As I go along I'll give detailed info on any tools of particular interest or rarity.

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Hey Tom, I changed it for you but in the future just go to edit at the bottom of thread-click it and click full edit and you can do it yourself cool tools- now I will have to read post.
 
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Brink said:
This one!

There's writing on the side! What's it say?
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I'm trying to pace myself! :) I just took a picture of that plow because it was so unique. When I go back I will take more pictures than you care to see of it and relay all of the info from it. The maker was one I've not come across before and it didn't stick in my memory.

It's in terrific shape though. It appears that all of the wood is some fruit species like apple or pear even the threaded arms.

Roy, you have that same plane that Brink asked about???

Joe, I plan on using each and everyone of em! :)
 
Tom, I want to see your bottle of Advil before and after useing that treadle lathe- make my leg burn just thinkin about it.........
 
OK, I'm doubling down. Don't want to miss anything.

Tom, maybe you should set up one of those Google+ video hangouts so you can show us around! We could ask all our pesky questions then and you'd be done with it! :biggrin:
 
bigcouger said:
:no dice. more please::no dice. more please::morning2: Yap 100% positive, there in Murry County with the hand saws an more hand Planes there in my Granddads shop which is mine now, when I get up there Ill get some pictures together for ya, if I remember right there like 2 of them there in there orginal boxes to. Granddad loved his hand tools an so do I
Roy
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Roy, who made it?
 
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Been flipping through a few plane books and haven't seen it yet... I'll be back at the museum soon.
 
Silly yewts! Find something so friggin' unique, but neglect to note the name on it. So now I have to sit around and wait 'till who-knows-when. :(
 
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Brink said:
Silly yewts! Find something so friggin' unique, but neglect to note the name on it. So now I have to sit around and wait 'till who-knows-when. :(
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Haha. I noted the name... just ain't rememb'r it.
 
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There were some questions about a plow plane pictured above so I took more detailed pictures for y'all while I was at the museum early this week.

Happy, Brink? lol

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Brink said:
I can't get over the mix of steel, bronze and wood on that thing.
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I know, or the simple genius of three points of contact on the depth stop to keep it parallel! It's a very well made plane except for the poor fit where the arms fit into the sliding fence... I had to reseat them and there was thin cotton cloth between the arm and bronze fittings with the hide glue.
 
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Two weeks, guys!

I'll be doing demonstrations on Early American logging and lumbering as well as talking about the history of it at the LSU Rural Life Museum in Baton Rouge Sept 22nd & 23rd.

A helper and I will have a working pit saw set up, I'll be hewing logs, using a two man cross-cut saw, splitting shakes with a froe, cutting timber frame joints and making pegs for them on a shave horse.

It should be a lot of fun! I'm currently still waiting on my custom made pit saw to arrive. It's being made in Sheffield by the same company responsible for the Pax line of saws amongst others. So I'm anxious about getting it in time!

I will definitely have plenty of pictures but I hope to also have video to upload.

If anyone is in the area, come check it out. There will be black smiths and other early American labor/crafts going on as well. Sort of like a mini Colonial Williamsburg.
 
Looking forward to seeing what you find and what you do with and to them.
Definitely keep us posted. I also have a lot of "Parts planes" that are beyond restoration if you need - just shout out
Scott
 
Joe Rebuild said:
Custom pit saw? oh man that is too :cool: but how do you dig a pit in la. and it not become a frog pond faster than you can dig :sarcastic:
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Hahaha.

I got some high ground I can send down. Lol
 
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