fitz posted: " It's been a busy couple of weeks...so yeah – I'm being a bit lazy with this week's post. Today, we'll take a look at a tiny collection of, well, a couple of tiny things and a few teaching aids. Starting from the front left, we have caliper" Lost Art Press
It's been a busy couple of weeks...so yeah – I'm being a bit lazy with this week's post. Today, we'll take a look at a tiny collection of, well, a couple of tiny things and a few teaching aids.
Starting from the front left, we have calipers inspired by those in the Studley's tool cabinet – a commemorative tool from Lost Art Press upon the release of "Virtuoso: The Tool Cabinet and Workbench of Henry O. Studley" at Handworks in 2013. We sold only 50 – so if you have a set, you're one of the lucky few.
Behind that is the far-too-nice-to-throw-away wee box that Chris's "Unturned Pencil" came in (the maker would no doubt appreciate your noticing the Robertson screws).
Then it's on to the IBEX violin plane that someone told Chris he couldn't live without. Turns out he could – but it looks cute on the shelf. Not as cute, however, as the Bern Billsberry teensy coffin smoother (for which we unfortunately seem to have lost the wedge).
Behind the small planes we have a few cutaway views of joints. The round one is inherited from Jennie Alexander, and shows the interlocking rungs that are a hallmark of her chairs (you can learn all about them in "Make a Chair from a Tree"). The rectangular ones are to show students that drawboring a mortise-and-tenon joint really does work (so many skeptics about pre-industrial woodworking technology!).
Plus a few larger tools – a Wayne Anderson sliding bevel gauge (it's a gorgeous tool – and worth a closer look).
And finally, we have a scrub plane made by John Wilson, of Shaker box supplies fame. I seem to have inadvertently, uh, permanently borrowed it circa early December 2017. Oops.
– Fitz
p.s. This is the sixth post in the Covington Mechanical Library tour. To see the earlier ones, click on "Categories" on the right rail, and drop down to "Mechanical Library." Or click here.
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