Hobbies or collections

[Wildfuzz]

Can't say I really collect anything for the sake of collecting...... So its woodturning for me and general woodwork. Many happy hours in the workshop making anything from walking sticks to jewellery boxes to architectural columns and bowls........

commisions accepted. Lol.

[ranworthbreeze]

Hi Stuart,

Here is a picture of some of my planes that I use.

 

Regards

Alan

[grendel]

so when you are on the boat, its all plane sailing???

 

[SPEEDTRIPLE]

. Like Strow I have offloaded loads of excess 'toys', I even have a clear space in my workroom! 

Time to buy one of the smaller Drascombe range to fill it then Peter?, how about a "Scaffie", or at least i think that`s what the smallest one was called?.

[JennyMorgan]

Speed, there are two 'smallest' drascombes, the other being the Skiff, same l.o.a. as the Scaffie but slightly less beamy and shallower.

[SPEEDTRIPLE]

The only things i really collect is mugs. I`ve got about 100 or more now, and at least 90% of them have been used many times. Karen collects fridge magnets, but they were stuck all over the kitchen appliances, so i talked her into putting them in a box in the loft, and will stick some magnetic sheet in the inside of the cuboard doors so she can have them out, but not all of them on show.  As for my mugs, i said MUGS, not mug, most are in the loft, but some are in one of the cupboards and are used often. Iprefer to collect something that is, and will be used at some time. But it has to be said, by far and away our biggest collection is a variety of Penguins, from hot water bottle covers (which have been in my pictures on here), to china ones, to a penguin orchestra, to wooden ones etc etc etc, the list goes on, but many of them have names, and some only come out at Christmas. Did i say Christmas?, it`s not far off now, so out the little blighters will come.

 

[JennyMorgan]

I once went into a customer's two bedroom bungalow. Other than the kitchen and bathroom every room was shelved out floor to ceiling. Each and every shelf had scores and scores of immaculate Matchbox type toys on it, in most cases several versions of each model and mostly with boxes. Apparently over twenty thousand!  

[SPEEDTRIPLE]

I once went into a customer's two bedroom bungalow. Other than the kitchen and bathroom every room was shelved out floor to ceiling. Each and every shelf had scores and scores of immaculate Matchbox type toys on it, in most cases several versions of each model and mostly with boxes. Apparently over twenty thousand!  

I hope he`s insured?.

[grendel]

my uncle worked at the hornby factory in ramsgate and collected their cars - as he worked in quality control, guess who managed to buy a lot of the odd mismatched models - the ones painted the wrong colour, or with the wrong numberplate - ie the ones worth a large amount more than the usual.

Grendel

[Wildfuzz]

Hi Stuart,

Here is a picture of some of my planes that I use.

 

Regards

Alan

A man who can not only use, but maintain a collection like this is indeed a true craftsman. Good to see that not everyone is 240v. Whilst I do love using hand tools I admit to having many laboursaving machines in my "shop". 

I love the smell of fresh shavings in the morning.......

[Guest]

I used to make exhibition models of engineering construction in the GPO.

I always found this picture a little poignant.

It was a cutaway of a timber-lined tunnel under a street where I had used my daughter's "Ken" as the 1/6 scale miner. Here she was holding the brand new replacement and saying goodbye to the original one digging away in the tunnel.

 

[BroadScot]

Hi Stuart,

Here is a picture of some of my planes that I use.

 

Regards

Alan

Errr Alan, there aint no WINGS on em planes! 

[ranworthbreeze]

Errr Alan, there aint no WINGS on em planes! 

Hi Iain,

No wings just £'s, the small plane on the right of the picture is a USA Stanley No 1, it is worth possibly more than all of the other planes in the picture. Being very small many salesmen carried these as a sample of the range, they are a delight to use and very sort after.

Regards

Alan

 

[BroadScot]

Hi Iain,

No wings just £'s, the small plane on the right of the picture is a USA Stanley No 1, it is worth possibly more than all of the other planes in the picture. Being very small many salesmen carried these as a sample of the range, they are a delight to use and very sort after.

Regards

Alan

 

Alan,

As you know, I was at the kidding, I gave my old Stanley wheel brace away, for nowt. Well it did me many favours, and all for the price of 10/- originally.

I still have my original CK Snips, ok so 40% of the original insulation is now missing, but still cut cable cleanly. They cost me 16/9d a lot of money in 1964!

Iain.

[ChrisB]

But Sunday and Bank Holiday can be great for buyers. Three years ago on August bank holiday Monday evening I bought a Plastimo Doris that was almost new for £35. I also picked up a new Iris 100 from a cancelled expedition for £25.

[ranworthbreeze]

Alan,

As you know, I was at the kidding, I gave my old Stanley wheel brace away, for nowt. Well it did me many favours, and all for the price of 10/- originally.

I still have my original CK Snips, ok so 40% of the original insulation is now missing, but still cut cable cleanly. They cost me 16/9d a lot of money in 1964!

Iain.

Hi Iain,

What about your joist brace, rawl tool and star chisels, these of course will mean nothing to electricians under 50. No electric tools on most sites back in those days and the portable toilets were always rough.

We did have some quite large Wolf drills but tended not to use these, wrist breakers if they snatched.

Regards

Alan

 

[riyadhcrew]

Alan,

Unfortunately, I know them all. I remember having a "hickey" made from steam pipe with a "tee" piece on the end for forming "swan necks" on the 5/8inch conduit. Sore knees was the order of the day.

[BroadScot]

Hi Alan,

Oh my boss was posh, we had Wolf and one of the first hammer drills, AEG! posh, it even had the handle assist to avoid the wrist damage.

Yes working on building sites a rawltool was a must.  I kept the spare box of No8 bits and used a broken nosed piece of plier in the hole to knock the old broken bit out!

We had a latrine on site till 1970, Yes, a big hole with a 6" plank to sit and read the paper which then ...well use your imagination!

Braziers were the order of the morning through the frosty mornings, to warm up the cold chisel before wraggling.

I still have my hickey somewhere Eric, my 6" dod of wood for 1" Galv etc  ended on a November Bonfire, the day I was made up to Foreman

You wonder why I have a Travel Scooter! WE did as we were told, now we are paying for it. Elf and safety....What Elf and Safety???

Iain

 

[TheQ]

Hi Stuart,

Here is a picture of some of my planes that I use.

 

Regards

Alan

My wood work teacher would have been extremely unhappy to see planes sat on their face, they AWAYS had to be place on their side like the back two even if the Blade was wound in... I've got quite a few planes myself, sadly not all of the quality of Stanley.

[ranworthbreeze]

My wood work teacher would have been extremely unhappy to see planes sat on their face, they AWAYS had to be place on their side like the back two even if the Blade was wound in... I've got quite a few planes myself, sadly not all of the quality of Stanley.

Hi Q,

They always go on there side when being used.

To be honest the Record plane with the Stay Set blade was a better plane. Their ultimate plane was the Calvert Stevens which was a very heavy plane for a four and a half. Norris planes were used by the trades men of their time, these were a plane for life. 

I rather like Millers Falls planes & the Lie Nielsen range

Regards

Alan

[TheQ]

Hi Q,

They always go on there side when being used.

To be honest the Record plane with the Stay Set blade was a better plane. Their ultimate plane was the Calvert Stevens which was a very heavy plane for a four and a half. Norris planes were used by the trades men of their time, these were a plane for life. 

I rather like Millers Falls planes & the Lie Nielsen range

Regards

Alan

Now THAT is a collection of planes, I'll be betting the few of mine that do have a brand name on them are not what they claim, as some were bought cheap in Saudi.

 I have two power planes as well as some spoke shaves. I found it was quicker and easier to make a mast with real planes rather than power planes.

I always keep an eye out for old planes at car boots, the shiny new looking ones with a brand name are likely to be Chinese fakes.

[BroadScot]

Hi Q,

They always go on there side when being used.

To be honest the Record plane with the Stay Set blade was a better plane. Their ultimate plane was the Calvert Stevens which was a very heavy plane for a four and a half. Norris planes were used by the trades men of their time, these were a plane for life. 

I rather like Millers Falls planes & the Lie Nielsen range

Regards

Alan

Its PLANE to see Alan your a collector.  Well, someone was bound to say it! 

Iain.

[JennyMorgan]

The sad fact is that planes are now so darned cheap at car-boot sales, seems that very few people use them nowadays.

[ranworthbreeze]

The sad fact is that planes are now so darned cheap at car-boot sales, seems that very few people use them nowadays.

Hi Peter,

I have to agree that a bargain can be found at a car boot, but planes have become a collection item, sadly the wooden planes do not hold much value which is a pity because of the work that was put into them.

Pattern Makers planes can be an exception however, these usually had a cast iron upper assembly with clip on wooden bases that were shaped for individual jobs.

Regards

Alan 

[JennyMorgan]

I think what I paid for some of my planes when new and what I see similar now going for second-hand, sometimes rather less than 10% of the new price. Seems that people just don't do carpentry nowadays. Re wooden planes, I've picked up specialist boat and spar makers planes for next to nothing, not that I'm complaining.