Car-boot sale treasures #1: Quite an assortment - 29 May 2008

Great finds. Looking forward to seeing you put the spokeshave back into service. The 5 1/2 is a great plane. I’m sure another will come your way…

One day I hope to make my way to the UK and visit a few boot sales. Would love to find a side handle for my Record T5 (or a full plane) and also find tools that are almost impossible to find here.

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those are some nice finds. i especially like the mortise gauge and the spokeshave. thanks for the post.

Very nice find Yorkie! What is the frame looking item with the blue star?

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Is the item that looks like a C clamp a saw set?

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Gary, it’s a light aluminium casting – a simple ‘multi square’ to mark out right angles and 45 degree mitres. I haven’t come across such before. It may have a more specialist use. I just couldn’t leave it there for 50pence!

WayneC – the ‘shave is a lovely antique & it’s complete and original. It’s the convex version.

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Again, I was a little uncertain about that, but at the price… It seems to be a small punch, having corresponding male and female wotsits.

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Nice haul, Stewart! The spokeshave and marking gauge look like a real gems.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Hello again Tom. I hope all is well with you. Just a little light oiling should bring them up a treat! And they will be used.

I’m thinking the rusty one top right is a shipwright’s tool for caulking; does anyone know different?

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I saw one of those before. It’s used to pound in pitch or asphault saturated rope as caulk.

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Great find ….yes ….So Stewart how much is 50 pence ?

and the tool top right …
Up New England way they call it a corking set …

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Yorkie,
In this country if you try selling stuff out of the “boot” your likely to end up in the slammer.
But you made a nice score

-- Ed Collinge- Edmonds, WA.

Thanks TomK; you confirm what I thought. And gator9t9 – We’d pronounce our caulking in the same way. 50 pence is about one US Dollar.

I’ll be careful not to do that, should I ever come over there EdC!

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Great finds! I love the marking gage and the square.

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