a selection of vintage brass and wood spirit levels . . .
good to be back in the workshop cleaning up #oldtools . . .
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Did you grow up with one of these in the kitchen drawer? Two holes, no mess, and a very specific sound. #EverydayHistory #VintageKitchen #DomesticLife #OldTools #Nostalgia
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Mystery item here that even Ken had to google. Can anyone get the correct answer? #oldtools #mysteryitem
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In the interim, I've thrown away many utility knives with sliding blades.
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Had a retired engineer donate some of his items to the museum today. He kindly labelled the more obscure tools! #oldtools #museum
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Don’t grief me about putting the saw back straight in the metal vise, it’s a working saw. But the blade sides are starting to approach shine again and the pre-1918 style v-joint tote looks as timeless in the original as on modern Lie-Nielsens. Triangle file on workbench in background.
Thinking about building myself a version of Schwartz’s Anarchist’s Tool Chest, and doing an inventory of my tools since this’ll be my largest project. Noticed I still haven’t taken the pits out of my ~1917 Disston No 4. Took a few passes on its flanks today, and […]
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Sometimes #oldtools are like buses. We’ve had no compass planes in for about a year and suddenly I’ve got two! #jbbanks #vintage
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The finished product of the drawers we got in last week. Ken even found a key for the front! #antiques #oldtools
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I’ve been off for a week but come back to find a cluster of carving chisels all done up! #woodworking #oldtools
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I spent the morning on Monday wandering around an old Somerset farm owned by my friend, I loved the smells, the feel and the textures of the place #farmland #somerset #textures #oldtools #walnuts #land
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We never know what’s going to be donated. Today it’s a giant Rabone spirit level! #oldtools #woodworking
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Just found a box of these catalogues. Some interesting articles including one on how to make your own wood carving tools. #woodworking #oldtools
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Another blast from the past. When Ken turned a wooden plane into a table lamp. It is now hidden somewhere in the depths of the shop. #oldtools
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Found this lovely gentleman’s saw hiding in the engineering section and now in the window. #oldtools #woodworking
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Sneak peak of what’s going out later this week. The previous owner handmade the case. #oldtools #woodworking
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Just brought down some wiggle nails for a customer. They’d been up there a while! #oldtools
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Ken’s been doing a lot of chisel restoration this weekend and this set of beginners wood turning chisels is going out at £65. #woodwork #woodturning #oldtools
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Just about to put this ruler on the website and decided to Google 'Cyril Lord Carpets'. That lead me to Wikipedia and Cyril Lord was an actual person. He had an uncredited cameo in 'Batman' as Carpet King that he received instead of payment for some rugs!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_L...
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