Recent content by bentontool

Would love to see it when you get done with restoration.

A fine story... and a fine gate... together they form a worthy compliment. The gate is very impressive; simple yet elegant, and formidable I wager! Best wishes...

Sorry for late reply. My ISP was down (again)... Bloody hell! I am changing to STARLINK! Where was I? :unsure: Oh yes... I admire your resourcefulness in turning a door into a vise! Very clever! Well done. I also agree that there is a place for older technology. Sometimes, it just works...

Interesting planes... is there a story behind them? (Nice bench...)

Greetings to Glasgow... you have a keen eye! It is a Millers Falls #12, two-speed, with an adjustable handle. I just finished restoring it. It is a solid "keeper", IMO! Thanks...

Yes... thank you all... for the moral support and confirmation. Perhaps I am not an outlier (as I once thought!). Decades ago, I built the tool cabinet below, from pallet (foreign) wood and dumpster plywood finds, based on plans from an article by Tage Frid (RIP). IMO, it has much going for...

Very clever!

Yes... you got me! But, I have yet to use them (that way)! :LOL: I (still) have a lot of fingers, and don't want to risk damaging my good pencils! 🖐️

Brothers... I HAVE A PROBLEM! You may have noticed that all my tool cabinets and racks are rather GENERIC... boxy, universal, non-specific, all-purpose... I love all those French-fitted tool cabinets, and am decidedly a proponent of "a place for everything and everything in its place"... Yet...

Need to do something with all those saved tomato sauce cans? :LOL: It seems like whenever I go to an estate sale, I always add to my extensive collection of pencils! BTW, I have another big box full of them... :oops:

Today added a "blacksmith- style" hammer rack to the window area, below the brace rack.

I am always pleased to see others finding ways to restore tools rather than trashing them! Well done!

Back in the shop over the past few days making a RACK for my BRACES, etc.: It will hold up to eleven tools in the the slots, and more on the shelf. The brackets are made from scrap aluminum (or "al-u-min-i-um" on your side of the pond :LOL: ): ADDENDUM... continuing to fill the saw till:

I use hardened silicone caulk tubes as well. Rather than discarding them, give it a go. They work well-enough...

Agree! Very Studley! Loved it all except for the "photobucket" plastered allover the pics!