PATINA report.

Re: PATINA report.

Todd Stock

>Joe:

Found some Starrett 1/50 and 1/100 12" and 18" rules, as well as a nice 12" combo blade w/ 32nds, 64ths, 50th, and 100ths. No 36" rules, but I'll keep looking.

I'd agree - tailgaters were maybe double 2004, and lots more variety. Dealers looked to be up maybe a bit, but lots more stock.

Good to see Joe and Sir William.

Todd

Re: PATINA report.

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>I'll start with a big thanks to Joe for finding me a translucent Arkansas slip with a series of grooves for sharpening small carving gouges! I'm almost afraid to use it, as it is NIB, from the Arkansas Oilstone Co, in Hot Springs, AK.

I was also pleased that it was not necessary to pay the earlybird fee to keep my toes from getting frostbite, which was a real hazard last year.

I bought a left handed half round #6 Auriou rasp from Lee Richmond at a good price. If you are left handed and have tried to get a good surface from a file cut for right handed use, you will appreciate the thought that went into this tool. It has much finer teeth than my Nicholson #50. I haven't tried it out yet.

I figured it was about time I got a #80 scraper, instead of borrowing one when I needed it for demonstrations and classes. There are always a plethora of these available, often for as little as $10, or even less. Unlike the #112 I prefer, they are such a simple tool that if all three screws are present and operate, you can make them work. The one I brought home has two 1914 patent dates and a triangular Stanley logo.

Like Todd Stock, I spent quite a bit of time studying the machinist's and patternmaker's tool offerings, looking for tools to make woodworking hand tools. I brought home several, including a 24" Lufkin blade with 4R graduations that will fit my 12" Starrett combination square, a depth gauge with a 6" steel rule graduated in 32nds and 64ths, a right angle attachment for the blades, a small pair of dividers and two small outside calipers. I also found a 1953 edition of Machinery's Handbook.

I'm tired of swapping the chuck between my drill press and lathe, so a 1/2" Jacob's chuck with a #2 Morse taper was at the top of my shopping list. I found a Jacob's Super Chuck that more than met my needs.

I turned down all the Emmerts, even though there were several complete ones, and a small one in very nice condition, as they were all well beyond my tool budget. So were the Gerstner tool chests. I didn't find an anvil in good condition, either, so I'll just have to keep looking. Maybe I'll find one at CRAFTS.

In addition to the notable personalities already mentioned, I ran into Chris Gochnour who I had first met at last year's PATINA event, and had an interesting conversation with Patrick Leach.

I carry a paperback copy of Walter in my tool tote to these events. I could have sold it three or four times.

Re: PATINA report.

Todd Stock

>Good point...when is the next edition due out?