Exclusive Video: Carpenter's Chest and Tool Haul
Added 2021-08-28 11:01:01 +0000 UTCFriends:
This is my "week off" where I handle administrative parts of my business. I don't usually do a video, but I've been just delighted to see so many Patrons upping their contribution to get in on the Workbench Sessions. Last night, we hosted Ron Hock, who gave a fascinating interview on edge tools, sharpening, and metallurgy. Everyone learned a lot.
So, as a little thanks for all the new Partner and Leader-level members, I did an exclusive video just for my Patrons. The video is for everyone at every level since all of my Patrons make my work possible. Everyone is appreciated!
Have a great weekend!
--Rex
Comments
Naw, I've got a Curtis that only has a 30" plate.
Wil Cooley
2021-10-06 06:09:01 +0000 UTCThat is amazing stuff! Thanks for sharing this. I must admit to being a wee bit jealous! LOL
Jonathan Lillpopp
2021-09-17 15:30:28 +0000 UTCI'm no expert but I've never seen a crosscut saw that short, I wonder if it was cut down from a longer one. Most I see are 3'+ and I have a 5 1/2' which is still a one-person saw. I'm still learning how to sharpen and tune them but they're good fun.
Kit Joyce
2021-09-03 23:13:00 +0000 UTCYes, posted a few on the new forum under Grand Dad’s Toolbox
JdC
2021-09-01 01:45:49 +0000 UTCI feel the same way about my grandfather, who was a talented metalworker and coppersmith. I would have loved to learn from him but he died when I was 15, and before then I wasn't able to appreciate it
Matthew Leigh
2021-08-31 04:55:22 +0000 UTCMy Dad was right. I, on the other hand, don't care one whit ;) I call 'em channel locks all day long and twice on Sunday.
Joel D Canfield
2021-08-30 21:27:45 +0000 UTCTrue enough. I wasn't around when he got the tack so the trunk really could have come from anywhere. Age would be probably mid 20th century. He left the cavalery in 1938 and I saw the trunk as a kid in the 1950s.
Al Guden
2021-08-30 19:37:35 +0000 UTCEnd grain is a whole different beast. I wouldn't judge these based on that one thing.
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 19:05:01 +0000 UTCThank you!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 19:04:34 +0000 UTCI do not deserve these tools.
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 19:04:17 +0000 UTCThe files are already donated to the smithing club!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 19:04:03 +0000 UTCAs an aside, what files do you recommend for saw sharpening? I was gifted some larger Dyston panel saws and they need some attention.
Tom Manseau
2021-08-30 19:03:46 +0000 UTCOoo. Can I get pictures?
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 19:03:34 +0000 UTCI just tried one and it works great!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 19:03:14 +0000 UTCOf course you're right. It's not a "real" channel-lock!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 19:02:35 +0000 UTCI love that video!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 19:01:48 +0000 UTCI think a tool cabinet is a great idea, but it's a really differnt project. Something for another day!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 19:01:34 +0000 UTCIt's always possible that this was originally used for something else. It does seem like a carpenter's chest, though.
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 19:00:12 +0000 UTCI'll keep that in mind. It's a new thing for me.
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:59:08 +0000 UTCWhen I was in CA, I couldn't find a wooden plane to save my life. In OH, they're everywhere!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:58:46 +0000 UTCI'm glad you're excited. I am too!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:58:14 +0000 UTCRasps have very different teeth, so you can't make a file into a rasp, but you CAN make them into knives and turning tools.
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:57:22 +0000 UTCI donated those files to my smithing club. I've made a few knives and I totally hate it!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:57:08 +0000 UTCThank you!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:56:38 +0000 UTCThe longer you do this, the more stuff just falls in your lap. Trust me.
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:56:32 +0000 UTCI think I'll do a pretty direct copy since this one is holding up so well. And the summer is drawing to a close here in OH, so the green wood thing will be going to sleep for the winter.
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:56:06 +0000 UTCAlready donated them to my smithing club!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:55:12 +0000 UTCYeah I was none-too smart as a lad. Could have picked up a lot more. Oh well, I'm alive now so I'm getting after it!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:54:54 +0000 UTCGiving them is especially fun. I have enough tools!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:54:07 +0000 UTCI think I would build it a little box that could just sit in the chest.
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:53:50 +0000 UTCAppreciate that!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:53:22 +0000 UTCThank you!
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:53:15 +0000 UTCOf course! I plan on $2 Patrons getting everything they've every gotten before, including exclusive videos.
Rex Krueger
2021-08-30 18:52:56 +0000 UTCDito.
K. Hampf
2021-08-30 13:51:08 +0000 UTCThanks for keeping the lowest tier patrons included. I hope this does not change too much in the future.
Nikoloz Petelava
2021-08-30 11:29:21 +0000 UTCI am attempting to use some expansive bits to bore out some waste for an end-grain turning project I am working on. I would consider myself in the "these are useless" camp, but will definitely check out Richard Maguire's work on them to see if I can make them work better. Thanks for the tip!
Caleb
2021-08-29 16:08:32 +0000 UTCIt's so satisfying to see how these old tool have found their way to the most appropriate person, you. Very nice collection, congratulation.
Csongor Halmai
2021-08-29 14:08:37 +0000 UTC- The hack saw is not that old, it has a sticker that says it's made in China. - China is an old country, maybe it has been made 3000 B.C. ;)
Csongor Halmai
2021-08-29 14:00:08 +0000 UTCTo be honest... I am a bit jealous 😳😜
Dad Kewl
2021-08-29 09:24:30 +0000 UTCThank you Rex for cutting into your vacation and admin week. That was a nice haul of tools and a toolbox. Everything was definitely in need of some care but some items as you pointed out are ready to go. In reference to some of the items, the two braces are identical to the two I salvaged from my dad's shop. The large crosscut saw, when properly sharpened, will cut green wood like a demon. I have two 5' saws and even dull they cut well. All of the files can be used by your blacksmith club to make all sorts of items needing hard steel
Matt Evans-Koch
2021-08-29 05:34:26 +0000 UTCHey Rex, I acquired one of those tool boxes from my wife’s grandfather about ten years ago. It includes several small tool storage boxes you spoke of.
JdC
2021-08-29 02:31:59 +0000 UTCI've had a couple of those adjustable auger bits for years. They DO work just fine. Then again, I about seven years younger than your tool box.
Bill Walker
2021-08-29 01:24:32 +0000 UTCI
Bill Walker
2021-08-29 01:22:52 +0000 UTCLooking forward to the tool chest reproduction.
Robert Judy
2021-08-28 23:44:22 +0000 UTCLovely tools and chest :) as a blacksmith those old files will make great forge welded blade edges. Those junk saw could make nice Ulu Knifes they were often made out of saw blades. make one for your wife for a few gold stars in the good boy bank :)
Darren Malin
2021-08-28 21:47:30 +0000 UTCoh my giddy aunt, the crosscut saw. I remember our last winter in Wisconsin, 1967, my parents went out into the woods, cut down an oak tree with an axe and 2-man, er, -person crosscut saw. they spent an entire day trimming it and cutting it to manageable lengths, then we hauled it back home on the trailer behind our '49 Chevy.
Joel D Canfield
2021-08-28 20:29:36 +0000 UTC@17:20 I heard my Dad's voice saying "Channellock is a brand, so they're only Channellocks if . . . " and before he could even finish "Crescent is a brand; it's only a Crescent wrench if it says . . . " He was a mechanic for a living when he was a teen and he took it seriously. We used, not Channellocks, but "water pump pliers" or "arc joint pliers" and "adjustable wrenches." Though he never did explain the difference between an Imperial adjustable and a metric one.
Joel D Canfield
2021-08-28 20:23:18 +0000 UTCI eagerly look forward to the video on the toolchest build. I had recently watched a YouTube video from the English Woodworker about a similarly built tool chest using a technique called clinched nail construction. This technique fascinated me.
Fred Cousins
2021-08-28 17:35:51 +0000 UTCLooking at the tool chest, I'm wondering if that could make a wall hanging chest/cabinet. I would make it half the depth and probably make 2 to get the same total space. The key change though would be having a sliding front that could be dropped down and out in order to get access to the tools.
John Morrison
2021-08-28 17:12:41 +0000 UTCRex, that chest looks familiar. My dad had the same chest in the attic of our garage when I was a kid. It contained all of his tack - saddle, bridle and other related stuff from his days in the 101st Cavalry. The chest was US military issue and when they converted the horse cavalry to motorcycles, the troopers got to keep the tack and maybe the box too. He had a similar smaller box that was an ammo box from later when he was in WWII. It didn’t have any hardware. Just the same basic construction and the top just fit nicely.
Al Guden
2021-08-28 16:47:21 +0000 UTCI look forward to what you end up doing with the crosscut saw. I have some longer one (and two) person saws. I will tell you now that they don't do a very good job or ripping large chunks of semi-dry maple
Stuart
2021-08-28 16:39:44 +0000 UTCI look forward to the saw restoration(s)! Amazing what people throw out. I'd take that wooden try plane! Hard to find planes like that in the PNW and I like the feel of a wooden plane.
Tom Manseau
2021-08-28 16:15:31 +0000 UTCThis is awesome! Its a great treasure chest video. One of the things I love most about your work is the attention and respect paid to history. The knowledge and little details you share are what makes this one of the few channels I support-you speak to the history nerd in me 🙂. I can’t wait to see some of these come back to life and helping you turn out interesting and fun projects!
Jeanine Hoffman
2021-08-28 15:34:11 +0000 UTCWith a worn out file, it makes me wonder how difficult it would be and what tools you would need to turn it into a rasp. I mean the shape is basically already there, right?
Daniel Tickle
2021-08-28 15:15:19 +0000 UTCRex, I've seen many old files turned into great knives. You could mix your blacksmithing & woodwork in a video.
Kevin S Thomas
2021-08-28 14:46:33 +0000 UTCGreat video. Looking forward to a tool chest build.
Chris Hammersley
2021-08-28 14:28:09 +0000 UTCVery fun to watch, and what a great haul! I could haunt flea markets for years without turning up that much useful stuff, and it's so satisfying to see it not go into the trash. Thanks Rex!
Dean Wight
2021-08-28 13:51:51 +0000 UTCSuper excited for the tool chest build! I'm one of the people you were talking to in the beginning of the video. I'm not super interested in green woodworking, and was wondering if that was where the channel was going. Hoping we can go with nailed/rabbeted construction, instead of screws, and that we can build some internal drawers/tills!
Geoffrey Wilson
2021-08-28 13:17:55 +0000 UTCRex, that blacksmith I was telling you about in Asheville NC uses old spent files for blacksmithing. I don’t know enough about the metallurgy to know why they’re so suitable, but he made really cool stuff out of them. Maybe you can repurpose those old files that way too, if you have no other use for them. I enjoy these kind of videos. Thanks!
Pete seddon
2021-08-28 12:58:39 +0000 UTCi love your show. It seems so simple but you are teaching some lost arts. It has some sentimental value for me. My father would be 111 years old now and he knew much of what you are showing us but I was to smart to learn how to do it then. Now I am learning some old skills of his, I have gotten much smarter now.
James Rawdon
2021-08-28 12:51:10 +0000 UTCLove this type of content! Nothing quite like finding old tools and bringing them back to life to use or give as gifts.
Hansenomics
2021-08-28 12:50:00 +0000 UTCNice video! I'm excited for a tool chest build, especially if you can show since tips and tricks for fitting in delicate planes -- like how would you go about making a spot for Stanley No 50 for example?
Mike M
2021-08-28 12:44:33 +0000 UTCThanks, Rex, you're the best!
Thomas Hverring
2021-08-28 11:56:08 +0000 UTCDon't forget to relax a bit Rex I really enjoyed the look around the farm.
Tom
2021-08-28 11:31:54 +0000 UTC
