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Joyce busy working on a Black ash woodsplint and elm bark basket in a workshop taught by Alice Ogden at the 2009 Gathering hosted by Northeast Basketmakers Guild in Springfield, MA.
Finnish Splitting Axe. From design to a substance. Specs: Overall length - 30.5". Overall weight. 6.14 lbs. Blade width: 4.3". Head height: 7". Blade material: Iron with Silversteel laminate. Handle material: Red Elm. Price: $550.
Man cutting a sheet of metal for duct work © Edwin Remsberg, High res download available from www.remsberg.com
Finishing is now complete. After 1 layer of de-waxed shellac and 2 layers of satin varnish, all that's left is to install the vice with coach screws whilst upside down.
Finnish Splitting Axe. From design to a substance. Specs: Overall length - 30.5". Overall weight. 6.14 lbs. Blade width: 4.3". Head height: 7". Blade material: Iron with Silversteel laminate. Handle material: Red Elm. Price: $550.
After years of wanting one, I finally spent some time on eBay and tracked down a Stanley 102 plane. This is a very common plane among violinmakers because of its size, relatively light weight, and simple design. I took a chance on an auction with fuzzy photos; won it for $8 plus $10 shipping. It arrived today, one day ahead of schedule. Here it is, next to my modern Stanley block plane (with a Hock blade) that I use for my daily work. It's actually not a bad plane, and works well for fingerboards, bridges, and nuts. But I have high hopes for the 102, once I get it cleaned up.
This thing wasn't working when I first hauled it out of the shed, but after a little TLC and some liberal doses of Marvel's Mystery Oil (one of my new favorite things), it's purring along like a champ and cuts the hell out of the grass. This thing weighs about 40 lbs. There are two gas mowers in the shed, those have got to go.
The screw that holds the lever cap is too large to fit through the hole in the lever cap when tension is released. So the screw must be removed to remove the lever cap and the blade. Bad design.
Update: August 6, 2007
This plane is no longer extant. While cleaning yesterday, I decided that this chunk of metal and wood was so utterly useless that it wasn't worth keeping around.
It's big, it's heavy, and with some work, it just might do the job.
I'd be interested if anyone has any information as to the age of this plane.
The biggest problem I have with it is that the mouth seems to be too small - as it is, it can take very very fine shavings. If I move the frog back any more, the blade won't be fully supported. What can I do? (Other than open up the mouth a bit more, that is? I'm quite willing to do this, but I don't want to screw up this plane if there is another option.
From a mini-project featuring a selection of tools from far off years on my father's farm in Morayshire and which now reside in my garden hut. These hand tools could be sixty or more years old and have a 'rustic character' missing from their modern day counterparts. It's a shame I don't have access to my dad's old tool shed on the farm, as it would have made a great background with its stone walls and racks of miscellaneous tools along with gouged, wooden benches with their bolted-on vices. As a youngster, I could potter for hours on end in the farm tool shed; that was long before the days of health and safety.
The photograph was made in my home-studio and lit only by the modelling lights of my Elinchrom flash units. The sepia toning aids the feeling of antiquity.
Like I mentioned earlier, the #78 is more of a coarse tool. No fluffy shavings here or you'd be at this all day.
Here is a tool that a fellow coworker let me borrow from his toolbox. This crate opener belonged to his father. He estimates that the tool is 60+ years old. He would like to find out more information about it. If anybody knows anything about this tool or the company, please contact me or leave a comment