Published for the members of the Mid-West Collectors Association, Inc. Number 63 June, 1991

IN THIS ISSUE:

- Rotating Display Case -Response to the Winchester Plan

-Article from the North Call, Charlevoix, MI - The Moore Wrench

- Book Reviews -Regular Features

M-WTCA.ORG

The Moore Wrench ... Article by Ron Pearson on page 9 No. 63 June, 1991 CHAFF Mid-West Tool Collectors Association, Inc. FROM THE PRESIDENT Editor: Barbara Pontius Associate Editor: Roger K. Smith Contributing Editors: Thomas Lamond William Baader Many members were most nominate a member as your Area Advertising Manager: Gale Zerkle fortunate to attend the third Director candidate, then next elect annual outstanding Area F meeting by marked ballot your candidate THE GRISTMII.L is the official publication of the Mid-West Tool Collectol"8 Association, Inc., and is published quarterly at the Brown County State Park, choice for Area Director. March, June, September and December. Nashville, Indiana, during May 22 Although it has been said before, The purpose of the association is to promote the preservation, study and undel"8tanding of ancient , implements and and 23 of this year. The meeting we need a steady supply of new devices of farm, home, industry and shop of the pioneers; also, was well attended with many tools leadership to maintain and direct to study the crafts in which these objects were used 'and the craftsmen who used them; also to share knowledge and under­ for sale and display. our Association. Please make your standing with othel"8, especially where it may benefit restora· More important, from a personal nomination choice. Why not nomi­ tions, museums and like institutions. viewpoint, was the enthusiasm nate yourself? President ...... Gale Zerkle noted among the individuals who I assure you that the results. are 511 Cookston Avenue planned and conducted the meeting. rewarding experiences. It is vitally Springfield, OH 45503 Thank you for your time and effort. important that you carefully con­ (513) 399-1725 I will not mention names because I sider who you nominate and who Vice President ...... Ernie Blumenthal, Jr. 1908 Byrn Mawr Place, N.E. am sure I would miss naming some you elect as your Director. Three Albuquerque, NM 87106 individuals. years can be an awfully long time if (505) 255-4850 Although we continue to beat the the person you elect is not a doer. If Vice President ...... Kerry McCalla drums for more meetings, we can't YOU are nominated, please be 104 Engle Court over-emphasize their importance. willing to work and to lead before Franklin, TN 37064 Please remember that you do not agreeing to serve. 615-791-6198 Vice President ...... Ron Pearson have to be an Officer or Director to 1293 South Hill Road host a meeting. Contact your Erie, PA 16509 Director or one of the Officers for Gale Zerkle (814) 866-1500 information and advice. President Secretary ...... Michael Slasinski Each year between the Spring 7201 Danny Drive and Fall meetings, the nomination Saginaw, MI 48603 (517) 781-1152 and election of Area Directors is Treasurer ...... James E. Price accomplished. Soon you will receive Box6 a request from the Vice President of Naylor, MO 63953 Elections, Kerry McCalla, to first (314) 399-2341 Directors 1988-1991 Fred Bair, Jr. Lars Larson Jerry Cartwright Stephen Orbine Peter Cullum Erwin Schaffer Ronald Cushman Carroll Talbot Hollis Feeser John Wells Gilbert Gandenberger Keith Zimmerman 1989-1992 William Boltz Carol Lomax Larry Brundage E.A. Olson Charles Ewing Merrill Schmidt Paul Hamler Philip Stanley WRITE ON ADVERTISING David Heckel Dennis Starzinger William Linstromberg William Wooden 1989-1993 THE GRISTMILL wants articles , Send all ads (want/for sale) to: Tom Lamond of all kinds about tools, makers, us­ 1990-1992 Gale Zerkle John Kesterson ers, early industries, etc., photo­ 511 Cookston Ave. 199(H993 graphs, old advertising cuts, and any­ Springfield, OH 45503 Nick Heatherly Warren Leemaster William McDougall Bob Nichols thing relating to M-WTCAM-WTCA.ORG member (513) 399-1725 Al Renier Robert Rothen activities. Ifpossible, material should Copy deadlines also apply to adver­ William Smith John Venable Mel Ring be typewritten.We'll edit, correct and tising. 1990-1994 provide first aid when needed. Dead­ Phyllis Morse George Wanamaker Committee Chairmen lines for submitting all copy: January MOVING? Meeting Planning ...... Ernie Blumenthal 15 for March issue, April 15 for June Gristmill ...... Barb Pontius Special Publications ...... Mel Ring issue, July 15 for September issue, If you're in the process of moving, Whatsit ...... Gary Gergini October 15 for December issue. remember to notify Kerry McCalla of Family Assistance & Service ...... Roy Bradley Schol81"8hip ...... Ronald Pearson Address: your new address - that will keep Director Election ...... Kerry McCalla GRISTMILL Editor your M-WTCA mailings coming with­ Marion Henley Award ...... Ray Niesen By-Law & Policy ...... Allan Shaw Williams & Associates out interruption. Don't forget to in­ Display & Awards ...... David Heckel P.O. Box 1038 clude your new telephone number and AddreH Label• Scrapbook Kerry McCalla Barb & Mike Slaeinski Carmel, IN 4 6032 area code. Sending your change of 104 Engle Court 7201 Danny Drive (317) 758-6200 address to anyone other than Kerry Franklin, TN 37064 Saginaw, Ml 48603 Publication• Mailing causes an unavoidable delay in proc­ Ann Henley essing this important information. 808 Fairway Drive Columbia, MO 65201 Page2 CALENDAR NEW COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS MID-WEST TOOL COLLECTORS DAVID HECKEL has been ap­ ASSOCIATION NATIONAL MEETINGS pointed Chairman of the Display and Awards Committee, replacing GEORGE WANAMAKER. George FALL, 1991 October 3, 4, 5, 1991. Holiday Inn, Worlds Fair, Knox­ requested that he be replaced be­ ville, TN. Joint M-WTCA-EAIA Meeting. Information: cause he wants to display at the Bill Rigler (615) 445-2546. Themes: Appalachian and national meetings, and to avoid a Non-Factory Made Tools; L.B. Victor Tools. conflict of interest. SPRING, 1992 June 11, 12, 13, 1992. Holiday Inn, Decatur, IL. MEL RING has been appointed Information: David Heckel (217) 345-9112. Theme: Chairman of the Special Publica­ Advertising and Promotions for Tools. tions Committee, replacing ROGER FALL, 1992 October 8, 9, 10, 1992. Howard Johnson Hotel, Spring­ SMITH, who resigned after serving field, MO. Information: Ron Baird (417) 759-2816. seven long years in this capacity. Roger felt that seven years is long enough for anyone to serve in a posi­ tion. M-WTCA AREA MEETINGS To GEORGE and ROGER, many AREAA July 14, Tool Meet at Murphy's Landing near thanks for your dedicated and loyal Shakopee, MN. service. Congratulations to DAVID AREAB August 24, 1991. Union County Fairgrounds, Racine, and MEL on your appointments as WI. Contact Carol Lomax (414) 679-1412. Committee Chairmen. AREAC Aug. 17, 1991Plymouth Historical Museum, Plymouth, MI. Contact Lars Lawson (313) 382-0594. AREAL August 30, 31, September 1, 1991. Denver, CO, Joint M-WTCA Area L and Rocky Mountain Tool Collectors (RMTC) Meeting. Information: Steve Scruggs, (303) 651-6822 AREAA&B September 15, Joint Area A & B Tool Meet at Lanesboro, MN. Hosted by Dave Goodsell, (507) 754- 5341.

MEETING NEWS M-WTCA & EAIA JOINT MEETING October 3, 4 & 5, 1991, Worlds Fair Holiday Inn & Convention Center, Knoxville, TN

Boy, what an opportunity! 18,500 John Rice Irwin's Museum of Appala­ know about the king of tools, the feet of display, selling and lec­ chia features a collection of local arti­ hammer. ture space, just a short wayM-WTCA.ORG from the facts that show how Appalachia people Saturday, after making that last elevators to your rooms. All activities survived. buy, take an optional side trip to are on the same level, a hospitality For those who want to participate, Dollywood, about an hour away-­ room that will disturb no one, etc. there will be an on-grounds Bar-B­ see the October Craftfest, a member Display themes will be Appala­ Que dinner (lunch to those who are not auction, and all that other neat stuff, chian and Non-Factory Made Tools, from the south) accompanied by the including a hoe down. and L.B. Victor Stanley Planes. With Museum Band, who plays mountain Register early at the hotel. Our all this room available, bring your and country music and tells down­ deadline on our block is September favorite display. home stories (ever see someone play 3, 1991. Thursday will see an early set-up of the ancient Appalachia mouth bow? Come join us in Knoxville. Your displays and sales tools, all day sell­ Sort of looks like a bow from a bow hosts are Dan and Kathie Comerford, ing, swappin' and visiting with old ). Phyllis and Dan Morse, and Bill and and new friends. And, this will be This and more will be available for Norma Rigler. mixed with educational opportunities. your amusement and edification, in­ by Bill Rigler Friday you can see one of the most cluding how to make barrels, stories unusual museums in the country. included, and all you ever wanted to Page3 MEETING NEWS AREA A WINTER MEET "BEST MEET AREA A MEETING EVER" All the feedback has been posi­ by Hollie Feeser tive on the February meeting in "The best meet ever" was heard Minneapolis. Thanks to all who par­ over and over from the 105 persons ticipated. And the displays were registered for the Area A Winter Meet better than ever. at the Regency Plaza Hotel in Minne­ Congratulations to the Blue Rib­ apolis. Six areas were represented, bon winners: Helen Watkins for the with attendees from as far away as Blue Bubble Glass Table Setting, Al New York. Al Renier has fun as he auctions for Renier for the Complex The quality of tools offered for sale, the Area A meet display, and Tom Latane, swap, or display was exceptional. More guest of Dave Crowe, for the Out of than one attendee compared this ning with the trade and sell activity Theme "Tool Artistry in Iron." Also meeting to the M-WTCA spring and at 10:00, display judging at 11:00 a thanks to all who took the time and fall meets. whatsit session at 1 :00 and auction at effort to display. Themes for the meet were"A Table 2:00. All of this was followed with a The Area A treasury stands at Setting" and "Complex Molding dinner and a speaker. $682. 77 as of March 1, 1991. A com­ Planes." Blue ribbons were awarded Some $2,000 worth of tools were plete accounting is available upon to Helen Watkins for her lovely table auctioned by Al Renier and his able request. setting of Blue Bubble Glass, Al Renier assistants, including tools donated to Did you see the article by Larry for his Complex Molding Plane dis­ the auction to support the Area A Brundage and Al Renier in the last play and Tom Latane, guest of Dave mailing fund. GRISTMILL? Nice work, Al. Crowe, for the out-of-theme Tool Art­ There is nothing like a good tool If someone is looking to share a istry in Iron. A total of nine displays meet to break up the Minnesota win­ room at the Spring Meeting in Ce­ were entered and all were exception­ ter, and the hotel setting was ideal for dar Rapids, let us know; perhaps we ally well done. us. can put you in touchwith someone The day was full of activities begin- who is also wanting to split expenses on lodging. It's shaping up to be a super year AREA B MEETING for "toolers." All we need is you at our various events. by Carol Lomax, Director Toolwise and weatherwise, Febru­ ary 9 was a great day in Wisconsin at the St. Francis Community Center; about 50 degrees outside and red hot with buys inside. 118 M-WCTA members, guests and chil­ dren turned up at St. Francis for a lot of tool buy­ ing and swapping. They also watched vid­ eos of the late Harlow Sternberg's collection, Bob Siegel's wooden shoe pro­ gram with Roy Underhill on "The Woodwright's M-WTCA.ORGShop," and Colonial Williamsburg's "The Musi­ cal Instrument Maker of Ray Hawn took first place off. Williamsburg." theme with measuring devices Thanks go to Dan Hess for provid­ To name just a few who joined us Francis Fox won first place on­ ing and setting up the equipment, from "way out-of-town": Martin theme with tools made from Walt Hadcock for supplying a pro­ Donnelly flew in from New York. Jim and files. gram schedule and continuously run­ Grant was accompanied by his daugh­ ning the tapes, and Carol for the tapes. ter and son-in-law, Judy and Don Francis Fox won the on-theme dis­ Oglesby from Ohio. Keith and Nancy play award for his large collection of Parker's houseguest, Jianlin Zheng tools made from rasps and files. Dave from China, was with them. Steve Crowe placed second. The out-of­ Murrill's father from Delaware was a theme prize went to Ray and Dora guest. Ray and Dora Hawn arrived Hawn for very nice measuring de­ from Minnesota loaded down with . Judges were Keith Parker and tools. We also welcomed the usual Ashley Kennedy III. influx of our Illinois neighbors. Page4 MEETING NEWS PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS OF ROCHESTER, MN MEETING March 1, 1991

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John was the 100th person to register for the Al Renier won Blue Ribbon for display of day. "Complex Molding Planes"

Don Clowe's "Complex Molding Planes" Helen Watkins won Blue Ribbon for a "Table Setting of Blue Bubble Glass"

Joe Leach's Cigar BoxM-WTCA.ORG Openers Ed Du Rowe's Complex Molding Planes

Oscar Swanson's Medical Instruments (Tools?) Out-of-theme Blue Ribbon display by T-C. Latane Page5 MEETING NEWS AREA D MEETING INDIANA MEETING by Carroll Talbot by Mel Ring It all came together at the Ahlrichs More than 100 tool collectors and Cabinet Shop at Pocahontas, Iowa, on spouses met March 21 - 23 at Abe April 6. The only out-of-state mem­ Martin Lodge in Indiana's Brown ber, Eugene Bening, drove from County State Park. Hutchinson, Minnesota, which is They came from Indiana, Michi­ about 70 miles west of Minneapolis. gan, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, New He was notified only two days before York and Georgia to enjoy fellowship, the event. demonstrations, and programs. Bill Shortly after 8:00 a.m. the tables Carter gave a program with his foot­ were ladened with all kinds of tools operated fret . He did a little saw­ and stuff. After about two hours the ing and a lot of storytelling. Caroline bargain tables had dwindled their Carter gave a demonstration on churn­ wares and the haggle tables prevailed ing butter. Storytelling must run in all morning. About mid-morning you the family because she was able to could hear the crisp cutting of the churn and talk at the same time. plane and the molding plane Bill Baader presented a program Foot-pedaled -saw operated being demonstrated. You could smell on cleaning and mold-proofing tools by Paul Yock's 11-year-old son the pungent aroma of the wood curls and Milan Ramsey and I van Risley Looking on: Eugene Bening (L) being released to the floor - also, the handled the Whatsits. and Bob Ahlrichs (R) hand cutting of the dove-tail, the draw Although the meeting was well knife pulling the curl on the shaving planned by Mo Arnold and Dick horse and a couple of Barnes foot Opsahl, the Friday evening speaker pedaled mortising machines in use. didn't show and members stepped in The center of attention was given and filled the gap. Carl Bilderback, to a homemade youth-sized foot-pedal Mo Arnold, Milan Ramsey, Ivan operated jig-saw. Yes, there was an Risley, Fred Curry and Mel Ring were eleven-year-old young man cutting the able to entertain the audience with a lines and curling his tongue to help few stories of interest to tool collec­ accomplish his task. His dad put to­ tors. They were all supposedly true gether and restored a very primitive stories but no affidavits were fur­ wood-beamed, belt driven, foot oper­ nished. ated lathe. A rare sight! At the Saturday evening banquet, The ladies went to the library for a member Fred Curry(the Stanley man) quilting and tatting session hosted by andJack Blythe alternated Cajun sto­ Mrs. Robert Ahlrichs. At noon we had ries and piano pieces. all the pancakes and sausage we The women had a corner of their wanted to eat. own and they alternated being there This event was hosted by Bob and in Nashville, Indiana, shopping. Ahlrichs andForrestJohnson and was Indiana Director Jerry Cartwright held in the Ahlrichs Cabinet Shop. is in charge of the summer meeting to Old vintage foot-operated belt­ Our newest members signed in with be held August 25, at Darley's Barn in driven lathe operated by Paul their sponsors, Bob and Forrest - South Whitley. The 1992springmeet­ Yock Jim Newmann from Ft. Dodge, and ing will again be held at the Abe Gilbert Alers from Fonda, Iowa. Martin Lodge, March 5-8, and plans ' Thanks guys! The event was fan­ are already underway for the 1993 tastic. spring meeting to be held at Indiana's M-WTCA.ORGPokagan Park.

"Now if this doesn't take the cake!" Noon time at Ahlrichs Cabinet Shop. Bob Ahlrichs (L) and Royce Winge (R) and their Barnes Foot-Pedaled Mortising Machine Page6 CHAPTER NEWS From the Florida BULL At official headquarters beneath AREA N MEETING - RENNINGER MEET the awning of Schmidt's palatial mo­ WET,BUTFUN tor home, Merrill and Edna poured A GOOD MEET AT gallons of coffee. Doughnuts disap­ ODESSA A rainy cold front moved in over peared in vast numbers. Renninger's Twin Marts at Mount Ray and Shirley Heebsh hosted Dora as the first of about 60 regis­ Quick Run-Down about 50 at Bargaineer Flea Market, trants arrived on the afternoon of February 9. We have our own indoor Friday, March 15, for the Saturday on Next Season area there, with plenty of tables, easy meet. It rained all night. Saturday access, pushcarts furnished - a soft improved. Between downpours it only Nov. 2-3: Pioneer Settlement Jam­ life! The north field was full of fly­ drizzled. This allowed for brisk trad­ boree, Barberville. wheelers so there was plenty of ac­ ing under a tent with eight tables and Jan. 11, '92: At Odessa, Merrill tion. As usual at this time of year, along a long line of facing RVs, vans (Smitty) Schmidt announced that a about one-third were snowbirds. Great and cars. location has been found for a January weather. The timid didn't lay out the tools, get-together, now set for Phipps Park, Notable exhibits: Merrill Schmidt's but John and Helen Kurncz let it all west of Stuart in South Florida. This three-wheeler, ivory tipped plow hang out, and sold most of it. Many is a big county park with self-con­ plane; Grover Robinson's collection of others covered and uncovered wares tained RV facilities. Plenty of motels curiosities; Garwood Vavak's tools and exhibits or worked from inside and eateries within easy distance. (featuring plated bit braces mostly vans or under tailgates. (Russ Feb. 8: Bargaineer Flea Market purchased at the show). Lively trad­ Umstead's tongue-in-cheek display of Mar. 14: Renninger's Twin Marts. ing! obsolete plumbing tools and accesso­ Probable. To be confirmed. ries was undamaged by the wet - Apr. 4-5: Pioneer Settlement may have been improved.) Fourth Annual Tool Sale, Barberville. IN FOND REMEMBRANCE Harry O'Neill, Society of New Jersey) and holding Jersey. His principles demanded that the vice president's office for many he do so. To him, principles and honor a Tribute years, look at what he did for the club meant more than money. by Herb Kean, edited by each year - coordinated the meeting Harry was familiar to all members William A. Gustafson rooms, negotiated the hotel space for of Area H and was a regular attender Most people hope that when they the auction, took care of the insurance at all of its meetings and functions. It are 78 years old they have the zest for for all activities, did the artwork on was my privilege to call him friend. life and the physical capacity to enjoy the fliers, stored and helped lot the Benagh, Robert it; that Harry O'Neill did. Harry was auction tools, made the wooden signs, an individual that you came away did all the advertising for the auction Robert Benagh, 81, passed away on from feeling uplifted. He trusted chaired the Whats-It committee _:_ March 13, 1991 in Munising, Michi­ people, but was never an easy mark. just to name a few. gan. He will be remembered as a col­ Building his own business in Jersey His efforts in the tool world were lector of early lumbering tools and City, New Jersey, he had to know the not restricted to CRAFTS. He dis­ primitives. [Leroy H. Bradley] ropes. played parts of his collection at vari­ He was a paradox of talent. Al­ ous museums, demonstrated his ma­ though a precision patternmaker by chinery at shows and Deaths trade, he was still quite good at cre­ performed during holidays and cer­ ative endeavors, such as cartooning emonies by cutting tiny animals on Since the last publication of The and advertising. Of all his qualities his pedal for the children. Harry GRISTMILL (March 1991) M-WCTA M-WTCA.ORGhas received notification from the sur­ the one enjoyed by most was his de~ left no one out of his life. lightful optimism. No matter what His tool collection was as diversi­ vivors of the following members who went wrong, his eyes would still fied as the man, but his first love was have passed away. twinkle and he would give you rea­ primitives and machines. They peaked Abraham Beitler, of Philadelphia sons why it didn't matter that much. his curiosity and he would sometimes PA, died on July 10, 1990. ' At auctions, he never complained buy a piece solely because he couldn't • Fred Borrman, of Cape Coral FL died in June, 1990. ' ' when he lost a bid; nor did he alibi figure out how it worked. His biggest when he went too high on one. But he interest was in patternmaker tools Joseph Chesnutt, of Granada Hills had guts! When something was truly and tools from New Jersey makers. CA, died on October 23, 1990. ' wrong, he would get his "Irish" up and When it looked as if that historical Robert McMillen, of Lake Ozark MO, died on August 1, 1990. ' stand in the front and fight. NewJerseyToolbox(with 13Kings in He was a compulsive worker. Aside it) was going to a bidder in the Mid­ Francis Hays, 80 years old, of Mt. from helping to organize CRAFTS west, he kept the bidding going until Pleasant, IA, passed away February (Collectors of Rare and Familiar Tools the box was safely in his barn in New 13, 1991 of a brain tumor. " Life Member

Page7 PUZZLED I by Hunter Pilkinton flange. Loose fitting cast iron flanges I'll start this column by recogniz­ (Van Stone) behind the lead flanges ing late replies on the toolmaker's and a gasket could join the two pipes buttons explained in the March 1991 together. I issue of The GRISTMILL. I received If the pipes were joined by lead nice detailed correct letters from B. burning, the pipe end was flared, and I Herzog, St. Louis, Missouri (who also the plain end of the second pipe in­ 2 included a full page copy of the Black­ serted. This formed a cup for easier smith Cross detailing tools and steps control of the welding puddle, espe­ to make from The Anvil's Ring); also cially in the vertical position. An oxy­ I from Bill Hermanek of Smithtown, hydrogen flame torch was used for New York and R. Howe of Flat Rock, heat. If there is interest, I might write Michigan. Both Herzog and Howe in­ a fuller description of tools and tech­ cluded good suggestions for a mystery niques for this trade. The illustration 2. tool, but both were in the machinist (from Audel) showing the use of the category. Try to not concentrate on turnpin was sent by Paul Morgan of ,Pv2zLe any one trade. They are appreciated West Chester, PA. and may show up later. Other answers were received from The "dovetail" puzzle joint is, of John Treggairi, Salem, Massachu­ Puzzle course, not a true dovetail. The under­ setts, on both the turnpin and the side of the tail part is tapered, so the puzzle joint; Robert Riese, joint is slipped together by sliding the Leavenworth, Kansas, on the turnpin; tail up a taper and into position. The John McKiernan, Richmond, Michi­ illustration from the original book gan, on the puzzle joint; Rick Teeters, Puzzles in Wood by E. M. Wyatt (pub­ Merriam, Kansas, on the turnpin; lished in 1928) will show the detail. If Carlyle Peckham of Richmond Cen­ you are a woodworker, this would be a ter, Wisconsin, who sent a copy of a swell conversation starter to casually woodworking magazine article on the spring on your guests! puzzle joint. The "mystery" tool was not a mys­ One reply on the turnpin included tery to all as I got several correct a "proof of identification" photocopy identifications. The tool, which is all from a book Pictorial Guide to Early wood and shaped like a child's top, is American Tools and Equipment, called a turnpin. where the tool was identified as a In talking to Jim Price at a local tamping tool for sand casting molds. Mid-West Tool Collectors Meeting in Unfortunately for the sender and oth­ Memphis, Tennessee on April 13, ers who might be misled, this is an 1991, he informed me this tool is actu­ error, one of many we find in poorly ally called a "top" in Britain. researched conglomerate-type antique It is used in the lead workers trade, tool books. which is usually called "lead burn­ Now for this issue's puzzle. Mystery Tool ing." Due to the health hazard of lead fumes which build up cumulatively See the sketch. The problem is to over the years in the body to a toxic draw a line from Point "P" across the level, and the high wages demanded figure so the line exactly divides the , figure into two equal parts. No math­ by lead burners to compensate for the ~ .. h, ematics is involved, but the solution ..... c,, I health risk, the use oflead in industry •, does require innovative thinking. Good was eliminated whenever a substi­ ~--( Luck! tute could be found. -··s: . - I worked in several M-WTCA.ORGsulfuric acid Now for the plants in the early 1940s and lead was bonus mystery tool. r-.6.Jl9.-T-.,_;,_*....,...,, .... ., ...... the only material at that time that It is a level with a protractor for _...... would withstand weak sulfuric acid. setting angles and has two adjustable A full-time crew of 20 men worked at center bolts that are fitted with op­ Last issue's Mystery Tool the lead burning trade in one plant, so posing cone-shaped washers. This is I saw at first hand the various tools currently available, and it is veryprac,;, and methods used. When the lengths tical. Let's hear from you level collec­ Note: I appreciate the kind ofpipeweretobejoinedtogether, they tors! Does anyone have this tool in words of Richard Blake in could be fused together with a torch their collection? What's its use? Backtalk (page 26 of the March (actually welding, not soldering) or Address replies directly to: 1991 issue of The GRISTMILL). flanged. Lead is quite malleable and Hunter Pilkinton The answer to his puzzle is the very soft. The turnpin was used to Route 1 Box 180 common denominator of 2, 3, 4, 5, flare the end of the pipe and then a Waverly, Tennessee 37185 6, 7, which is 420. dresser (a with a flat leather covered face) was used to make a Page8 THE MOORE WRENCH by Ron Pearson As seen in the patent drawing (Fig. A), the jaws of the wrench are ad­ justed by means of the lever (D) held in place by the curved ratchet (H) and released by the double thumb device (K) at the end of the lever. The oil can valve (0) is triggered by the plunger (Q) along the lower arm of the crank. It does not eject oil directly into the jaws. According to Moore, "The object of the invention is to provide a conve­ nient and effective wrench especially adapted to use in removing the wheels of vehicles." In 1874, "vehicles" would mean wagons or buggies. He also stated that he did not claim the oil can as part of the invention - only the wrench mechanism operating with the lever and ratchet. The concept of incorporating a lu­ Figure A bricating device within a brace/wrench was not new in 1874. Edwin B. Gifford of Westport, Mass. had been granted United States Patent No. 112,238 on Self-lubricating brace/wrench February 28, 1871. The patent (see patent drawing, Fig. B) shows a tool containing an oil reservoir within the Here is a great tool that should head and transmitting oil to the chuck appeal to all brace collectors, wrench via a hollow frame. Remembering that collectors and those who covet un­ "space age" metallurgy was not avail­ usual oil cans. able at that time, one would expect This self-lubricating brace/wrench the hollow frame to be either very - patented by William R. Moore of prone to distortion and breakage or Burton, Geauga County, Ohio on Oc­ very heavy. There is a similar-ap­ tober 27, 1874-is the only example pearing wrench in my brace collec­ of its kind I have ever seen. To my tion, but it does not have the reservoir knowledge, it has not been depicted in or the hollow frame. any previous publications. The tool is I find no other patents pertaining in amazingly good condition and ap­ to brace/wrenches that demonstrate pears complete. It's doubtful that this a lubricating device. It's possible that wrench was ever used as intended, the concept was used with conven­ since the on the inner sur­ tional wrenches at some time, but I've faces of the jaws remains intact and not reviewed those patents. Hopefully, at some time in the near the reservoir shows no evidence of Figure B ever having contained oil. Perhaps it future someone will be able to present is a prototype. an article on a brace that converts to a hacksaw. At least two patents dem­ M-WTCA.ORGonstrate that arrangement.

Page9 TOOLS MADE IN THE MIDWEST Editor Roger K. Smith

Several months ago your editor found one ofthe unique dividers shown in the lower illustration. The small sleeves that hold the points are of DETROIT EITDtSION DMDEI CO, brass. It is marked MILLERS PAT. NOV., 11, 1873. We had hoped that this was Charles Millers of Brattleboro, Vt., who patented the famous Miller's Patent Plane manu­ factured by Stanley. However, a search of the patent records indicates that this was U.S. patent NO. 144,468 - Nov. 11, 1873 granted to George C. Miller of Detroit, Mich., and assigned toJames C. Maloy of Oil City, PA. It states, "A tubular divider-leg has several slits upward from the end, and one of the legs thus

r,....,_ • formed has a flange turned outward. =-~v:.~.:.~~~~,.";'..,..,.::.~~:.::'r~-.;.~.:.':~..!; A milled sleeve, having an inclined lower edge, is placed upon the slitted portion of the tubular leg, and when this edge is rotated against the flange, the sleeve is pushed upward upon a taper enlargement, thus compressing the leg upon an adjustable point."

George C. Miller was also granted U.S. Patent NO. 149,052 for his di­ vider. It was dated March 31, 1874, and was also asigned to James C. Maloy of Oil City, Pa. It states, "A thumb cam pressing through one of the legs bears against the arch."

Recently, Kendall Bassett, of Dm!DIT EXTENSION DMDER CO. Tacoma, Wash., loaned us a Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co. catalogue for 1875 Improved Win£ D,friders, which advertised the tool. We thank DETROIT, l\llCH. him for allowing us to reprint the illustration shown here. We were de­

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Page 10 ROTATING DISPLAY CASE by Richard Delwiche, Green Bay, WI

Half the satisfaction of tool collect­ After the ing is displaying some of the choicest was well-dried, I pieces, together with any pertinent reassembled using information about them where avail­ the band- and able. fitted the pre-cut After a due amount offumbling with cover with cleats design, I perfected and produced the that press snuggly pictured six-compartment display case. against the tops of The objective was to make a case which all six compart­ can be rotated on a Lazy Susan bear­ ments. With proper ing, for easy viewing without distrac­ uniformity and tion. stable conditions of The critical angle of 60 degrees on usage, it should not each side of every compartment is dem­ be necessary to onstrated in one photo where I show a mark the location 30-60 degree drafting triangle on top of of components. But Rotating display case. the structure. Each compartment is just for security, I made with three-quarter inch for did mark the top, bottom and back. The sides are components so the made of quarter-inch whole structure nailed into the pine described. It would will always be have been too tricky for my primitive reassembled with equipment and skills to make the same location of grooves for the transparent acrylic all sections. fronts, so I divided screen molding into Size of the two strips and fastened to the sides completed structure with brads and a few drops of glue so depends on the that the acrylic fits loosely enough to usage and tastes of permit removal and installation. the owner, but for The front to rear dimension of the information pur­ compartment tops are one-inch less poses, here's a few than the bottoms, to permit easy re­ critical dimensions moval and installation of the transpar­ of the pictured ent fronts, and most importantly to display case: provide a surface against which the Maximum diameter of cover: cleats to be installed on the underside How it fits together. ofthe structure cover can press against 24" to maintain rigidity. Outside diameter I fastened those cleats to the cover of structure: 21-1/2" with wood screws. Size is a matter of Outside width of choice, but uniformity of all like parts front of each is critical. After the compartments were compartment: 10-V built, I put a band clamp of nylon 2" around the group of six, and was able Compartment to pick up the compressed structure height: 9-1/2" with no slippage or distortion. Then I Maximum depth placed the assembly on a pre-sized front to rear of each base in proper position, put M-WTCA.ORG1/.32" card­ compartment inside board strips in temporary positions in of glass front: 6" front of each section base, and tightly Outside width of nailed and glued a cleat to the base in back of each com­ front of each section. partment: 3" Then I removed the cardboard strips Lazy Susan to provide room for three coats of var­ bearing size: 6" nish on everything. (The varnishing diameter may sound unimportant, but the pur­ pose is to seal the to prevent distortion due to warping caused by moisture absorption.)

Page 11 THE NORTH WOOD CALL Charlevoix, MI The Newspaper for People who love the North by-Harvey Jacobitz character unblemished even after Vern Speer, of bullet fame, This letter and accompanying _ his untimely demise. A month after started this fad. Shortly thereafter, article were submitted to THE - - -the funeral his widow approached Joyce Hornady, and RCBS owners, GRISTMILI:. by Don Wood. me and offered to sell four of his Fred Huntington, and many others rifles that she had no use for. She in the "Gunner's Who's Who," were Dear Mr. Wood: stated her dearly departed husband buzzin' around in these essential -Ref Your letter of recent date to had paid some odd $150 dollars huntin' and fishin' contraptions. the CALL and forwarded to myself each for the pieces and if could My friend felt his time had I believe the piece you refered to make a bulk purchase the price arrived, so a turbo charged 210 was entitled incorrectly as pub­ - would be $400 for the lot. With the Cessna Centurion with full instru­ lished; however, I think I've got it asking price firmed up, she uncased mentation and oxygen was ordered. pinned down and a copy is en­ the firearms. The circumstances surrounding the closed. The first two were highly en­ delivery of the ship proved to be the The only requirement I ask is graved and inlaid W eatherbys. The ultimate in "adroit deception" when that full credit be given to both the third was a grade five engraved the dealer presented his bill for CALL and myself All rights to the Browning and the fourth revealed payment. My friend's wife happened stuff is under copyright and subject itself to be a side-by-side .416 Rigby to be present and overheard figures to a one-shot reprint per your with express sights. (Stay cool, gun mentioned involving "42 big ones." request. lovers!) After the deal~r left, a heated Cordially, Unfortunately, my previous discussion arose that terminated Harvey Jacobitz rapacious inclinations had waned by with the new plane owner's wife Eastport, MI that stage in life and left me with a loudly debasing him for spending minor SB:ffipHng of scruples and some odd four thousand dollars on a ethics. Informing the dear widow "damn airplane." Like the good Have you ever had a difficult she could do much better by having doctor's mate, she was astounded time justifying a necessary expendi­ our business dispose of the weapons eight years later when the Cessna ture to your wife when she asked on a consignment basis, she then went through probate for $48,000. where that beautiful rifle or costly­ left the guns. Inflation and appreciation can looking depth-finder came from? A month later I presented the sometimes be a wonderful and Did you look her in both those big lady with a check for $18,000, along lasting memorial. brown eyes and tell her exactly how with vast expletives on the wise There was a time in my younger much the item cost? investment her husband had made. years that I too was faced with Having a good share of experi­ She graciously accepted the check those dogged inquiries regarding ence in this area, both as an ob­ and added a few praises of her own the cost of various firearms and server and participant, prompts me for the investment wisdom the good "when and where was it going to to relate a couple "Grand Prize" doctor had contained while still stop!" incidents I have witnessed. breathing. My reply? "Keep asking and I'm First, please be aware that I have I slept like a baby that night! going to get so many you'll never no secret long sought after solution The probable pinnacle of "Artful know when I get a new one!" She to this dilemma many of us have Dodging" was displayed by a com­ did and I did! suffered during our wedlocked bliss. petitor and friend in the firearms The gun business was good to · Marriage saving answers are , business. Back in the 1960s and both of us. Maybe, with a little luck, spur of the moment masterpieces. If '70s, a minor symbol of success in after 48 years of marriage, a memo­ the replies could be catalogued to fit the gun game required the owner­ rial slot still exists for some of us the various situations, someone ship of a Cadillac with custom "AMACHOORS." would have capitalized on them long plates bearing the numbers of your ago. Aside from you ownM-WTCA.ORG dismal favorite caliber. The high point of failures in the justification of these symbolic status was reached when important purchases I have encoun­ you owned your own plane with tered a few individuals who could be identifying favorite caliber num­ possibly rated as "unsurpassed bers. experts." One particular gentleman, a well known doctor and surgeon, was fairly successful at dodging those logical questions, both during his lifetime and after, leaving his

Page 12 RESPONSE TO THE WINCHESTER PLAN Submitted by Steve Scruggs, Longmont, CA

The GRISTMILL No. 55, June, 1989, contained a copy of the letter from the presi­ dent of the Winchester .. _i!:i _!I :MJ1 iO~N i~ )H~A:!fl'., 1tlWA ·_1R·Jf: i lC:JJ _:M.:iJ~A ~N.Y ; . .' .. . ' . ,_ MA.NU,-ACT&Jftt.11S AMO . DJSTtit9uKfl~:°i~-~~;~-=~:_ti,._~.1 ~- -~-;_~~ --:.. }:j ~~ .. ~~~_::,, _..... ~ .;:;:--..· ~ - Repeating Arms BOARD or DIACCTOAS: ST. LOUIS Company to their W r, .. f.l MMONS, J•,rtoidf"nl [ ( . 'ilMMON~. Chriltn,art of lhf 80.,rc, NEW YORK dealer-agents, dated V CC·PPCSIOCNTS :, , PHILAO[LPHIA <· \, I t-!• • • ·; C ti ~IMM01':!-- . TOLEDO January 1, 1921, that WM 1 1 ( LJ.!- lCOYMONO MIN!l[A--POLI~ ,,. w IJ , ,uc.,.As G. R BARCLAY . explained The Win­ SIOUX CITY A .c . o,NN.Trhs P. D. PR[STON, Secy WICHITA L . S . HI\SLAM, AHI Tn-a~ c; ,J. ourn:TT,Asst.Secy. chester Plan of hard­ '?·, RICHARDS, Genl. Mgr " n,c1ttcottccT10N or OUAllTY••""••s '°"" Anu ntc PRICC 15 ro1tooncN" ware marketing and lt. C . SIMMON.. fllAOI 1111,uuc •1~ "' " ·· ..., 0,,, the hardware business outlook for that time. I recently found the ' accompanying letter tucked in an 1880 Simmons Hardware T~a§lor Hardware. Co., Longmont, Company catalog that Colorado. belongs to C.A. Traylor Hardware of lCy dear Mr. !rayiorr Longmont, Colorado. (Traylor Hardware has I am ~ery muc~ gratified, and more p1eaaed than I can well expreer ' i::, h-,s.r, through ou.,• ssles::ian - !:~. ?.11dson -- tha.t you have had t:ie Winchester been in business in proposition presented to you, a.mi r.ftcr consideriag it have t·.irned it dJwn. this city since 1915; Mr. Traylor had also I think you have acted wisely. I quite belien tl:.at this is a bad scheme of thue owned a hardware people, who have the reputation of being possessed of Wa11 Street tricks and methods. Just how they are going to fool these people and giv~ them the worst ot it, ·1 do not store in the Coffeen, euctly know, in detail, and ~t I know enough to fuJly believe that every Retail Illinois area around Hardware Merchant who goes into that deal now will rfgret it, and that ecarcely any the turn of the cen­ of them will prosper under thearrangement. lt is all well enough for 6ne man tury, prior to moving to tel) a11'.'.lther, or tc ~1' a. cro-r:d Jurt what hi ts B()inr,- to_ do, and probabl)' he ca.n ten 1t in such a phusibl e ;·:ay thl!lt the crowd will be".;. ~r -,•c it, b'1t he doe1: -,iot to Colorado.) This know 'What the other fellow 1s going to do, and we I Si111Don1 Hardware Company) a.re letter makes an the "Other Fellow". \'.'t have an accumulatio:i of capital in this buaineas, interesting follow-up a,-.;o.u.t.1~ to T,!Sll~nn" nr .l)o1.laJ'c- "!le 'W'lc'el'sh,-,d the gs:;ie cf Ee)} 1n.-r 11'Al"'nl\·1n·A much better than anybody connected with the Winchecter deal possibly can. The to that previous letter ■ucee ■ s of this busineH has come largely from the f~ct thet we have bu11 t i-t up and article. on the basis of its being our duty at well as our ploaaure to help our customers The letter, from to prosper -- to gjve everyb,dy a "Square Deal", and to com:nMd the respect of all E.C. Simmons, is of t~i,sc with '1','hom we come 1r, conh~t-1.n a business vay. Jam quite eure we dated in late 1919, deserve tuch o reputstion as t:t,c,t, and I cm eqv!\.lty ,ure that ,~-c h'lTe it. which would be just Th.ere are so many ways to co:rrpete with this deal of ~he Winchester people that it 1£ about the time that hard to mention them all, but those ways will be quite apparent to you and to others the Winchester Plan before a great while was launched. Mr. 1 feel -.ery nmch pleased w1 th 70ur action in this m:1tter, because you and I have Traylor had obviously been business trie,ndc' tor many years -- reca111nc th:1t away back you were a member been invited to partici­ - of the "Illinois Fa,r,Hy" end did bUB1ner.& in that State, and have continued doin:­ pate in the Winchester bush,es& ,nth us s hsct ;you went to Colorndo. Plan, but decided to stick with the l bos to ssi;"re you of my kindest reg&J'cfs and apprec1iat1on c:,f y~ur long continued M-WTCA.ORGtriend~!p and patronage, and to add that 1f 1 can dene you at thh end of the Simmons product line line in at11 way, don't he ■ itate to "Push my Button". instead, much to the expressed gratification of E .C. Simmons. It is also quite obvious from ~Chairman. the letter that Mr. Simmons didn't put much credence in Winchester's market­ ing plan.

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Kean, Herbert P. and Emil S. Walter, John. Antique & Collect­ Gunther Heine-Das Werkzeug Des Pollak. Collecting Antique Tools. ible Stanley Tools, A Guide to Iden­ Schreiners und Dreschlers. The Astragal Press, P.O. Box 338, tity and Value. The Tool Merchant, Hardbound, 239 pages. 619 Black & Morristown, NJ 07963-0338. Sewn P.O.Box6471,Akron, OH44313-6471. White photos. soft, cover, 8-1/2" x 11 ". 203 pages, Soft, cover, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". 458 pages, $25. 95 postpaid. $24.95 plus postage. This book, authored by Gunther Heine, a M-WTCA member of West First to say, you must have this This is the one that we have all Germany, is presented as two sec­ book. That having been said, I'll try to been waiting for. The book really is a tions - "The Cabinetmaker" and explain why. great guide. I know that many people "The Turner." (The translated title is Have you ever had friends over for do not like price guides, but here we "The Tools of Cabinetmakers and the evening and when you were asked also have combined in this book a Turners.") about a tool that was on display, you rather extensive identification sys­ Sections are further divided into replied, "Oh, I collect tools." At this tem as to model and age of the tools as approximately 50 chapters. Since the point in the evening you were greeted well. author writes in German, the text is with a great deal of skepticism. Per­ The complete Stanley tool line is difficult to compr~hend. The use of a haps you were at a bit of a loss as to covered, from advertising to Zig Zag German-English Dictionary does as­ how to explain that the form, history rules. Some might argue that adver­ sist interpretation. or just the fact that your ancestors tising is not a tool. Well, use Alumi­ Like his earlier book, DAS used similar tools inspired you to col­ num Planes and we still have the A to WERKZEUG DES ZIMMERMANS lect them. With this beautifully pro­ Z completeness of this book. This (The Tools of Carpenters), this book duced book, your friends will quickly means it includes detailed data on extensively illustrates tools of other understand why you collect tools. over 1,500 tools, complete with over countries. In addition to Germany, it This book is designed for the novice 700 illustrations. includes tools of Austria, England, collector, to introduce one to tools; but I really like having all the informa­ France, Netherlands, Scotland, Swit­ it goes far beyond that. With over 700 tion in one book. It seems as if the only zerland and the United States. tools illustrated, you are easily intro­ "guide" part of this book is the pricing The 600-plus beautiful tool photos duced to the visual impact of tools. information. The write-up on tools is justify the purchase of this book by all With all classes of tools illustrated, concise, complete and certainly the serious beginning and advanced tool this book serves as an introduction to most up-to-date source for this infor­ collectors. Inamatteroftimethe book tool collecting with common mistakes mation. will indeed become a classic to the tool listed. Appendices are included on Appendices include Roger Smith­ collecting fraternity. restoration, identification of materi­ type studies on Bailey-Stanley Wood M-WTCA does not sell books. EAIA als, available reference books, clubs Bottom and Iron Planes, the Stanley is planning to offer the book for pur­ to join and even where to find and buy 45 Plane, and a type study on Stanley chase in the future. In the meantime, tools. Levels by Rick Benze. John Walter for additional information, write to: There are over 250 original photo­ includes a type study on the Stanley Guenther Heine graphs and line drawings to excite, rules. There is a brief glossary of terms Am Huenengrab 5 entice and salivate over. Everyone and some suggested reading. 2055 Aumuehle will want to give this book to friends The pricing portion of the book West Germany as a gift and keep one prominently seems reasonable and as accurate as displayed on the coffee table. If you this type of guide can be. Certainly we Reviewed by Gale Zerkle have an office, you certainlyM-WTCA.ORG want one all know that prices often will seem in your waiting room. This book dem­ low, and other times we will wonder if onstrated that planning and care can it really is possible to get listed price produce not only an informative book, for a particular item. but a beautiful one as well. All in all, the best yet from John Walter. Certainly a must, even if just for identification for the non-Stanley collector.

Page 14 THE WOMEN'S PAGE

WOMEN'S AUXILIARY OFFICERS President Eila Arnold NOTE: All material for The Vice-President Loretta Ring Women's Page should be sent to Secretary Edna Schmidt The GRISTMILL editor, Treasurer Shirley Linstromberg Barb Pontius, at P. 0. Box 1038, Publicity Lyn Callis Carmel, IN 46032. EILA'S INPUT Greetings from Indianapolis! As you are reading this, you are "Laces and Old Linens." gether in different parts of the country. probably recalling the wonderful meet­ Ladies, please do keep in mind that We hope that you are beginning to ing we had in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. without all of you we wouldn't have an consider what you'll display at Knox­ Our appreciation and gratitude go to auxiliary. We hope that every woman ville. It's always so amazing to see the our hosts. All the planning and work knows and feels that she is an impor­ ingenuity in the interpretation of the behind the scenes isn't really noticed tant member. And do let us know your theme! It isn't always necessary to unless something goes wrong. It's so talents, interests and capabilities. You keep the theme just in case you have easy and great to attend and enjoy it all know the old saying - "It's like something different to bring. Just keep all without realizing that it didn't just money in the bank; the more you put up the good work, girls. happen. So again many, many thanks IN, the more you get OUT of it." Did Here's a thought, borrowed from to the Talbots and Kays and their you become acquainted with a new APPLES OF GOLD: "The only way on committees. And, of course, thanks member at the meeting? We feel that earth to multiply happiness is to divide again to all the ladies who brought one of the advantages of getting to- it."

A WHATSIT? A LUCET? What is a lucet? A three inch by inches (Illus. 1). two inch flat horned tool - see draw­ With the right hand bring the ball by Eleanor Kebabian ing for a visual of it. What is a lucet of thread up between the horns and to It is really Edith's fault. She col­ used for? Making a single strand braid the front (Illus. 2). Now around the lects needlework tools and was so ex­ that is non-stretching and strong. In front ofthe left horn and again through cited about the lucet she had finally the days before elastic for waist bands, the center and across and behind the found, had bought at a huge price and or zippers for closings, braids and right horn - a series of figure-eights wanted to show off. Needless to say I tapes were essentials and they were (Illus. 3). was green with envy, especially as she not sold by manufacturers. Home pro­ Hold the ball of thread at the back and Fred were learning how to use it. duction was essential and this little against the left horn. (Illus. 4). The dealers' displays got combed gadget could be slipped into a pocket You have two loops on the right over ever so thoroughly at each show and worked on in any free minute. horn, so lift the lower loop up and over we went to. Finally, I got not one, but Also it is said that it showed off the the upper loop and the top of the horn two. That was because Jack was on hands of those who had hands that (Illus. 5). Gently pull the thread com­ the other side of the display squan­ would stand showing off - not mine, ing from the hole to firm up the first dering money and I felt I had to keep certainly, but those who might be knot (Illus. 6). Now turn the right up - so he wouldn't feel guilty (ha blessed got a bit of a boost for their horn toward you, making it the new ha). egos. lefthorn(Illus. 7). Thenewrighthorn "Pride goeth before a fall" - we all Like spinning or weaving, or tape has two loops on it (Illus. 8). know - and I fell flat because when I looms or knitting or crocheting, braids Lift the lower thread over the up­ read in the book how to use one, it do not have to be homemade in this per thread and the horn, turn the didn't work for me. Not the first time, day and time, but it is a skill and if right horn toward you to the front and nor the second nor the fifteenthM-WTCA.ORG and others could do it, why not us now? make it the left horn. Again, the right on. Screams to Edith did little good; Maybe it might even be fun. horn has two loops of thread. Lift the she was in Florida with her friend First you will need to make a lucet. lower loop over the upper loop and the Margaret Baer, who had some really We used a piece of 1/8 inch thick horn. Turn the lucet. good instructions. Always some ex­ plastic. Trace around the pattern as Now we must firm up the knot. cuse. illustrated here. Cut it out and smooth But first a word of caution - as a Then we got lucky and she, Fred the edges. Drill a hole as shown on the beginner don't pull the knots tight - and the lucet came for a Sunday visit. pattern. stay loose until you get the sequence Don't think it wasn't strenuous, but I For thread, use a smooth one such and rhythm, then you can firm up. do believe after her good instruction as pearl cotton that is used in crochet­ • Pull the front of the lower loop. and Fred's straightening out mistakes ing. Pull the front of the upper loop. we can finally let you, too, see how it To begin, use your left hand to hold Lift, the lower loop over the upper is done - and you can make your own the lucet with thumb and forefinger. and the horn. lucet at very little cost or time expen­ Feed the thread through the hole in Turn the lucet (toward you from diture. the lucet-from the back to the front. right to left,)• Allow the thread to extend about six Repeat from • to • and that's it!

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Page 18 ANTIQUE & USED TOOLS THE MARKET PLACE Quality, older hand tools for WANTED FOR SALE collectors and woodworkers. Illustrated lists published 5 WANTED: Stanley Plane Part: No. 39 : FOR SALE: William A. Gustafson MaiV times a year. depth stop, ::VS" cutter, spur. No. 148 T & G: Phone Tool Auction. Five auction catalogs Both cutters. No. 46, C. 1900; Both depth stops for $25.00. Illustrated with full descriptions SUBSCRIPTION> $10.00 and screws, slitter and depth stop. for the collector as well as the user. P.O. Box CURRENT LIST> $ 2.50 Will Swap: Stanley #850 wall cabinet with 104, Austerlitz, NY 12017-0104. specializing in tambour front, logo affixed inside. For: Stanley BOBli.&IJSE No. 55 combination plane, functional and com­ FOR SALE: Treasure Cache. Liquidating plete. Dan Santos, 24 Peace St., Warwick, RI long-time collection tools, mining, 02888 (401) 781-2836. household, fishing, auto, farm, surveying, trap­ WANTED: Loose Haying Tools: Haymow forks, ping, Keen Kutter, Indian memorabilia. .Many ~ buy and sell knives, carriers, mfgrs. catalogs, souvenirs, scarce to rare items. Sensible prices. Generous promotional display stands, etc. Write Robert '"i 11 W . 11th • Port Angeles. WA 98:362 discounts. Send $3.75 today for neat 52-page Rauhauser, Box 766, Rt. 2, Thomasville, PA list to Vickie Nevarez (agent for owner Clay ( 206) 452-2292 17364-9622. (717) 792-0278. Tontz) 4043 Nora, Dept. G., Covina, CA 91722. WANTED: tools dispersed many We will refund you $2.50 if list returned. years ago in Northern Illinois. Tools are likely FOR SALE: Many Stanley planes, plus Siegley, Stanley and other quality brands. Tools marked Chapin, Union and Sargent planes. Brass­ with owner's initial H.G. in small 1/8" letters. bound and cast iron levels. Many other tools. Ci oung collector, sentimental long-shot.) Paul Send S.A.S.E. for list with description, condi• Ganther, 130 Austerlitz Rd., Paris, KY 40361. tion and prices. Sam Kilroy, 4229 S. Saville, WANTED: Old wrenches with names - farm Independence, MO 64055. (816) 373-6927 (eves implement, buggy, silo, windmill wagon, steam only). engine, early tractor and thresher types. Please describe and price. Ervin Deines, 109 Tangle­ G~I~~!~!o!~J!a~~~s wood, Dodge City, KS 67801. ADVERTISING 1162 Grizzly Peak Blvd. WANTED: Articles of interest to fellow tool INFORMATION Berkeley, CA 94708 collectors and researchers. Personal rewards 415-848-3651 great. Send to: Barb Pontius, P.O. Box 1038, ISSUE COPY DEADLINE Carmel, IN 46032. March January 15 WANTED: Mining Items. Carbide lamps, can­ June April 15 dlehooks, mining catalogs, blasting cap crim­ September July 15 pers, cap tins, mining books, union medals, photos, anything mining related. Top prices December October 15 paid or trade for tools. Leo Stambaugh, P.O. CLASSIFIED ADS - RATES Specializing in Stanley and Patented Planes Box 779, Georgetown, Colorado 80444. Home $.15 per word - ALL words. Please send a long SASE to receive our next (303) 569-2109. Business (303) 569-2848. $3.00 minimum per ad. tool list. Want lists invited. Buy and Sell. DISPLAY ADS..:.. RATES WANTED: Old surveying equipment WORD and catalogs. Compasses, levels, tran­ SIZE COST LIMIT sits, chains, drafting sets, small or Full page $160 900 unusual items. Bob Elgin, 900 Pine, Half page Rolla, MO 65401. (314) 364-6362. $90 450 Quarter page $50 225 Other sizes $8 per column inch WANTED: Hollow augers by A.A. Woods. Mod­ els wanted A4, A5, Bl and B2. Bruce Hoffman, (1 column is approx. 2-1/4" wide.) P.O. Box 361, Almont, CO 81210. (303) 641- 25 word limit. 4223. Photos - additional $8 each (Polaroids not WANTED: Multiform 1854 patent planes. One acceptable). Typesetting and borders are or two pieces, pairs, sets, handles, etc. I will try not included in the page rates. Special art­ to make a set. Will pay reasonable for odds and work will be charged at cost. We must have ends and more for sets, pairs and groups. Price, a sketch or rough drawing indicating how condition, markings. Roger Alexander, 8601 S. you want your ad laid out. Camera-ready M-WTCA.ORGKnox, Chicago, IL 60652. (312) 585-6120. ads are accepted at no additional charge. WANTED: Rare safety razors, blade banks, For your protection and complete satisfac­ catalogs. Also nutmeg graters, unusual egg tion, ALL ads should be typewritten and beaters, can openers, BB guns, Decoys. Send for double-spaced. If this is not possible, please want list. Jeanette Tontz, 4043 Nora, Covina, PRINT legibly. CA 91722. SEND ALL ADS TO: WANTED: Henry Disston& Sons items: paper, Gale Zerkle anvil, Sawyer's straight edge, saw, store 511 Cookston Ave. display items, improved adjustable setting stake, hand with logos - such as the Springfield, OH 45503 Diamond Jubilee edition. Hand saws must be Payment must accompany ad. Make checks nice!! Please note condition and price. Dave payable to M-WTCA. At this time, advertis­ Miller, 2024 So. Owens Ct., Denver, CO 80227. ing will be accepted only from M-WTCA WANTED: Stanley #48 and #49 planes. Must members in good standing. For information be complete with no damage. Early japanned and membership application, contact Gale types. Also thumb screw and clamp for Stanley Zerkle at the above address or one of the 386. Contact Paul Baranowski, 17820 Dekker officers whose address is shown on the in­ side front cover of this publication. Ave., Lansing, IL 60438, (708) 474-4106. Page 19 BACKTALK

This department is available for your brush. This will still leave a piece with imagine there's much difference be­ comments, questions, requests for high and low spots of gloss. To then tween the two. information or identification and letters give the piece a more uniform finish, When I first started collecting tools which provide answers to others seeking I've found a light sanding with #400 and didn't know any better, I, like information. For identification, a emery paper wetted with WD-40 to be Don, cleaned them with tri-sodium description, markings (if applicable) phosphate and didn't worry about and a clear photograph or drawing very effective; this combination should accompany the letter. slightly darkens irorv'steel and pro­ getting the wood wet. This does a We welcome your letters and will print duces an even effect even on spots great cleaning job and I'll still do it as many each issue as space permits, on where the wheel might have scratched occasionally on a ratty handle or a first-come, first-served basis. Deadline through to bright metal (vs. Don's such. However, a few cases of not for receipt of letters is January 15 for retouching such spots with varnish or being able to get wooden nuts back on March issue, April 15 for the Jurie issue, enamel). I've never seen a fine brush wooden threads and wedges back into July 15 for the Septem'ber issue, and damage an indistinct mark, and I'd the planes soon cured me of over­ October 15 for the Decem'ber issue. never use liquid rust remover ( as­ wetting any such wooden parts as The address is: suming naval jelly is meant) on even· those. Note too that if you don't use BACKTALK the smallest part of the junkiest tool; too much water you won't have a raised Williams & Associates to me, the effect it produces is too grain problem as discussed above. A P.O. Box 1038 completely obnoxious. vigorous scouring with turpentine and Carmel, IN 46032 Don says to take a tool apart ( which fine steel wool will get such wooden I agree with) to, among other reasons, tools just as clean and they'll still fit "avoid scratching any wooden parts" back together. This may initially ap­ when using the wire brush. But else­ pear to overclean the wood, but that where, he recommends smoothing effect is fully reversible with a linseed down raised grain on wooden tools oil treatment. Re: Cleaning and with a wire wheel. Isn't there a con­ Don recommends using ; Preserving Antique tradiction there? I've tried Danish oil and found it want­ Per Don's comment, I won't knock ing. The plain version doesn't give Tools that grain smoothing tip, but I don't what I consider to be the desirable By Bob Nelson intend to try it either. Where I've had darkening effect of other oils, and the Was Harry Frey hoping to provoke raised grain, I've found #0000 steel versions which are tinted to give such some controversy by submitting the wool to remove it quite satisfactorily. an effect can produce a somewhat Don Goodwell tool cleaning article for This is most effective if done between artificial looking result. I'm willing to reprint in the September GRIST­ the applications of two oil finish treat­ tolerate linseed oil's slower drying for MILL? I'll rise to the bait. ments. what I consider to be a better look. I agree completely with Don that Despite my abhorrence of naval Beyond the slower drying time, most rust and dirt should be removed. My jelly on irorv'steel, I've also been quite of the criticisms of linseed oil only purpose in writing is not to find fault pleased with its results on really apply if the -excess oil that hasn't with Don's advice as much as to cau­ grungy brass. In place of steel wool soaked into the wood is not wiped off tion any potential followers of it that (except as needed to remove any cov­ a few hours after application. Don's (ormy)ways are not necessarily ering lacquer), I workitoverthe brass Paste wax is a much better alterna­ the ways they should do things. To with a stiff (tooth or stencil) brush. I tive for some tools (boxwood for ex­ that end, I'll point out a few problems still find a light follow-up with a stan­ ample) and I'll sometimes follow an I have with Don's advice and add a few dard brass polish to be desirable, and initial linseed oil treatment with a supplemental tips. am especially partial to the slightly coat of wax. Don recommends cleaning iron and different type of shine produced by As indicated earlier, I believe that steel on an arbor with a coarse brush Simachrome. the choice of whether and how to clean on one end and fine brush on the I do not use any type of varnish, and refinish a tool is so personal and other. I support the use of the fine shellac or lacquer on any part of an old variable a decision that it is best de­ brush, but question whetherM-WTCA.ORG achiev­ tool and I've never had satisfactory cided by each person on the basis of ing a desirable scratch-free result with long-term results with any type of oil fairly extended experimentation and a coarse one doesn't require too intol­ finish on iron or brass. I'm not famil­ experience. Any advice by others erably excessive an amount of caution iar with the type of spray wax Don should not be applied extensively un­ to be worthwhile. cited, but I have been very satisfied til one is convinced of its merits. One important key to using even a with ordinary paste wax as an iron fine brush is to maneuver the tool and brass finish. I use Butcher's vs. around so that the brush hits the rust the Trewax cited by Don, but I don't from different angles rather than in­ creasing the pressure against the

Page 20 BACKTALK B Advance Notice • Advance Notice l> Re: Richard Blake's ■------a. math problem in the March GRISTMILL ~ The Annual ~ No. 62. B Fall Tool Auction S The smallest answer to "how many j (A National Tool Auction) ~ bolts were in the bucket?" is 301. Sincerely, selected consignments • o of quality tools. ~ ~ < z tZ Tom Witte's Antiques. ~ B I __ P-- P.O. Box399 Q c :.-- Mattawan, Ml z ~ 616-668--4161 Q

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Barry Hurchalla's Tool Auctions "1991"

June 16th 300 Select Lots The Inn al Reading 12 Noon Catalogs for this salt $12.00 with prfrrs rtaliz.td Availablt mid-Marek ORDER J\'O"'. First came, first srn•t. The Seit ler Tool Wayside Community Room July 20th 9:30 A.M . Collection Pottsto1•m. PA The Beitler Tool Wayside Community Room Aug. 17th 9.30 A.M . Collection Pottsto-.n. PA The Beitler Tool Wayside Community Room Sept 21st !l.JOAU Collection Pollsto-.n. PA The Beitler Tool Wayside Community Room Oct 19th M-WTCA.ORG9:30AM Collection Pottstown. PA The Beitler Tool Wayside Community Room Nov. 16th 9:30 A.M . Collection Pottsto"'n. PA The Seit ler Tool Wayside Comr:iur:ity Rcorr. Dec. 14th 9:30AM Collection Pottsto-.n. PA

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Page 21 BACKTALK RE: Bill Rigler article The No. 355 includes Outfit No. 4 7 log at 3-15-1915, and the No. 296 at $7.50, Outfit No. 52 at $10.00, Out­ Catalog at 1907. I can assume that my on the Hammacher­ fit No. 53 at $15.00, and Outfit No. 54 No. 355 should be dated about 1910. Schlemmer Tool at $20.00. Please forward to Bill Rigler or to Another interesting fact was the parties concerned. Outfits weight of the Cabinets boxed for ship­ Thank you, Gentleman: ment. The No. 4 7 weighed 35 lbs., No. I.D. McPherson My Hammacher-Schlemmer Cata­ 52 was 40 lbs., No. 53 was 67 lbs., No. Millington, MI log No. 355 covers the Outfit No. 100 54 was 72 lbs., and the No. 100 was in detail and I have forwarded copies 381 lbs. All the weights were complete Dear I.D. McPherson: Better yet, of the details, including the price, with tools. how about we include your catalog which at that time was $85.00. Bill Rigler dates the No. 500 Cata- pages here for all of our readers?

OUTFIT NO. JOO

PATENTED COMBINATION BENCH .\ND TOOL CABINET

This cut ~hnw5- the Cahin<'t rln~cd . (In the insert is an illu~tration o{ the CP-1,inc:t "J't':l, showing l1cnl'h :l.1ltl l 11(1l:,.. Pages 4fi!J to 411 give a detailed

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No. 100 COMBINATION BENCH AND TOOL CABINET Poli~hcd t\;k C-:il1in••t . l•r.,~c: tri:nmin~~ :,.nJ cont:11m1rt_: ,.11n 1 h the l ,1.• t t1,<,l, ma k L'•,mplete, !.$5 OU (Fur Jct.'.ltb see f'-'ll!C'S 46S to -171 l Page 22 471

OUTFIT NO. 100 OUTFIT NO. . 100 PATENTED COMBINATION BENCH AND TOOL CABINET PATENTED COMBINATION BENCH AND TOOL CABINET (List co>1tin11ed irom pre.-eding p,,gr')

(/ll11stratcd on i11sert aud p11gc 468) Perfection Holder. H. S. & Co.'s Flat N

List continued on foll,nui>1g. pag.e _,-; Se, page 469 ;or prices

OUTFIT NO. 100

PATENTED COMBINATION BENCH AND TOOL CABINET

Insert shows Cabi11t'I opn1. l ', ,g,• .Jr,S slwws Cabinet closed

Outfit Xo. 100 contains nearly 100 separate tools, as listed on the two following pages. It is a practical work bench, a commodious tool cabinet and an elegant piece of furniture. The tools arc the choicest made, Yicwe,l from any standpoint, by the expert; by the no,·icc; by the discriminating; flaw-seeking "tool crank; " or the man "who -knows very little about tools, but wants the best." In this outfit \\'e rcad1 them all-we begin with the hammer, the saw and the square, and to these we ad,l a long list of useful tools, every one selected with special care as to its a,laptability; also, to its value in connection with any or all of the balance of the outfit-anmaple, has a ,·isc opening eight inches, with a l~i in. screw; two wood bench stops arc supplied with each outfit, and the bench tqp is arranged for their adjustment. The bench is perfectly ,igicl and is so constructed that although it is completely within the cabinet when closed, it is at the same time thoroughly supportL'

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Bench and Ca hi net complete with Tools . SS!.i .00 " " only withnut Rad-s (without Tools). 45 .00 " with Rac:ks ( without Tools) . . . . . 40 . 50

ae~~ prices are 11et, / . o. b. N ew l',,,k, but are subj<"ct to c/1a11g,• witlw11 t 1101.-Ce Page 23 NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID COLUMBIA, MO PERMIT 126

1298 MID-WEST TOOL COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION, INC. Ann Henley, 808 Fairway Drive Columbia, Missouri 65201

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