http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/ List for users and collectors of antique tools Wed, 11 Jul 2001 07:22:12 GMT holloway@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81786 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81786 Galoots far and wide (but mostly in the western parts of the USA): The Bay Area Galoots will gather at my place just to the north of Vacaville, CA. on Wed, 11 Jul 2001 06:43:51 GMT holloway@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81785 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81785 Nick asked ... To which Todd provided all sorts of arcane and exotic methods of artificially adding "age" to metal. Another possibility not yet mentioned this Wed, 11 Jul 2001 05:26:56 GMT Steve Knight http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81784 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81784 I need something better then wax on my steel sided infill's the finger prints rust so bad. the wax does not seem to last any time at all. any idea's? it can't Wed, 11 Jul 2001 04:59:08 GMT BUCKNER, BRIAN http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81783 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81783 ... I've had good luck (so far) with "Bullfrog" VCI that I found at Highland Hardware in Atlanta. The VCI emits some sort of gas that prevents rust quite well. Wed, 11 Jul 2001 04:19:45 GMT BUCKNER, BRIAN http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81782 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81782 I have a small closed throat router that I made from a bronze casting (St. James Bay Tool Co.). It was copied from one that a patternmaker made and he even Wed, 11 Jul 2001 04:17:16 GMT Bill - Craftsman Studio http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81781 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81781 Wayne wrote ... beyond repair). I'm looking for long straight sided (not bevel edged) chisels over 1/2"...wider the better. I will be reshaping to make plane Wed, 11 Jul 2001 04:00:50 GMT Todd and Betty Hughes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81780 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81780 Nick asked..." Question? Short of burying the whole plane in a manure pile for a year, is there a technique to “rush” the patina on that shiny new Wed, 11 Jul 2001 03:56:28 GMT Pam Niedermayer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81779 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81779 Cool, very nice looking clock. Has the cucooing driven you crazy yet? :) Pam ... -- Pamela G. Niedermayer Pinehill Softworks Inc. 600 W. 28th St., Suite 103 Wed, 11 Jul 2001 03:40:33 GMT L. Schmidt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81778 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81778 Hi All: Several weeks ago I came across a number of boxlots of 1950s & 1960s Popular Mechanics magazines. At a $1 a box it was hard to resist. In their 50th Wed, 11 Jul 2001 03:35:23 GMT Jim Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81777 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81777 Hey, c'mon Bob! I see saws every weekend that are never going to find a home. They are new or late model saws that nobody will ever use or resharpen. Wed, 11 Jul 2001 03:01:21 GMT Minch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81776 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81776 GG One of my auction buddies is an older gentleman who always manages to have a #1 (tiny smoother jeff) or other interesting thing in his pocket. Well today he Wed, 11 Jul 2001 02:54:34 GMT Steve Knight http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81775 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81775 great job. I always wanted to make a clock. You did it better then I ever could. -- Knight-Toolworks & Custom Planes Custom made wooden planes at reasonable Wed, 11 Jul 2001 02:37:51 GMT Moses and Meg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81774 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81774 ... I'm glad that others are having good experiences with the hand cranked grinder. I really don't want any credit for the method that I wrote about, as it was Wed, 11 Jul 2001 02:01:20 GMT Ralph Brendler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81773 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81773 Those unfortunate galoots who have been following my travails in cuckoo clockmaking can find the last installment on my web page at: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 01:49:40 GMT Scott Post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81772 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtools/message/81772 ... This has just been my week for taking abuse. My family and coworkers are already making fun of me for Harpering[1] my finger and now this. How come Tod