Hand tools

The workbench drawers have most of my hand tools.  Here's the chisels:

The wooden handled ones are Sorby Mortise chisels, and the blue ones are good old Marples.  I really am not that impressed with the Marples.  The edges seem pretty fragile and don't hold up long.  I'm thinking a few key Japanese chisels might be a good investment since I'm always sharpening or grinding out the edges on the Marples, even though they never see rough wood that can have grit in it.
 
 
 
 

Here's the measuring and marking drawer.  The marking and bevel gauges are missing from this shot.

I made a bunch of tool holders to keep things from banging around.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The handplane assortment...

 

  1. Lie-Nielsen Skew Block plane (No. 140).  Very handy for trimming tenon cheeks.
  2. L-N Large Scraping plane (No. 112).  For all those boards with squirrelly grain.
  3. L-N No. 4 Smoother.  Simply dreamy to use.
  4. Antique Stanley No. 7 Jointer.  This is a type 6 and dates to about 1890.  Works great after a bunch of tuning and a replacement blade from L-N.
  5. Stanley No. 5 Jack plane.  Not real old - 50's or 60's I think, and was in nice condition when I got it.  I reground the blade with a lot of camber and use it as a scrub plane.  I would like to get a smaller plane for scrubbing and then re-grind this one with only a slight camber.  I tried converting a P.O.S. no-name No. 4 into a scrub, but it was too wimpy and never worked right.
  6. Antique Stanley No. 4 Smoother.  This is also a type 6 (1890) and was my Grandfather's.  It was rather "well used" but works OK after a lot of tuning and a L-N replacement blade.  I still get chatter sometimes.
  7. An old cheapo rabbet plane (No. 92?) that I picked up at some estate sale.
  8. Ditto, but it's a block plane (low angle?).  Pretty abused.


What would I still like to get?  A scrub plane, as mentioned, and a No. 6 are the two that come to mind immediately.  A No. 6 would be nice for face jointing a board.  I have the 7 set for a very fine cut and don't want to change it to flatten the face of a board (the cut is so light it takes forever to face joint a scrubbed board).  It would be nice to have another plane to fill that role, and if it were lighter it would help, too: Thus a No. 6.  A better rabbet plane (a 93?) and L-N's small scraper plane would be two more handy items to have down the road.
 
 


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