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The Tool Shed Number 13 (September 1980) HED Number 13 September, 1980 -• • • A Journal of ToolCollectin g published by CRAFTS of New Jersey • • • CRAFTS OF NEW JE RSEY HOLDS AN AUCT ION by Alexander Farnham CRAFTS' May 17th tool auction was Slightly less than one-hundred lots later, well attended, and nearly all of the a s.maller £roe along with a £roe mallet audience participated in the bidding. The brought $35. A spoon-shaped bark spud tools sold were of a higher quality than brought $22. 50'; a very small and crude can be found at many of today's numerous bowl adze, $27. 50; a double-bitted tool auctions. (continued on page 6) There was a great deal of brass, ebony, rosewood, mahogany, and lignum vitae in evidence. These materials were SE P TEMBER 21st PICN IC TO incorporated for the most part in those OPEN 19 80-1981 YEAR tools of British manufacture, which as a group brought _,by far the highest prices. CRAFTS of New Jersey will open its In fact, the highest price paid was 1980-1981 year on Sunday, September 21, A450 for a Marples Ultimatum brace in with a picnic meeting at Alex and Bar­ hony and brass. Some other British bara Farnham's home in Stockton. tools sold were an 8 11 level signed Buck, Note: In case of inclement weather $3 7. 50; a 9 11 level signed Glasgow, $40; the meeting will be canceled. If you have a brass and rosewood square by Sorby, any doubt about whether or not the meet­ $60; and three identical mortise gauges ing will be held, you should call either of ebony and brass; two at $50 each and Steve Zlucky, (201)534-2710, or Bill· one at $55. A small amount of b,:t',q.S-S Gustafson, (201) 464-5771, after 9:00 am seemed cause enough to double or triple on the twenty-first. If the picnic is can­ the bidio. celed, the next meeting will be held in --- As has been the case at most tool November. auctions in recent years, there were a Note: The meeting will begin with the great many tools with names such as 11Swap & Sell" at 11: 00 am. Stanley, Winchester, Keen Kutter, Sar­ Bill Gustafson, who is presiding over gent, and Miller Falls. Twenty years this affair, has asked members and their ago these would have been frowned on as wives to bring along a favorite collection collectibles; however,- today they often to display. And he also wants volunteers bring higher prices than the real an­ to demonstrate crafts. tiques. Two of the high-priced Stanley Bill's only other request is that you tools sold were an aluminum jack plane bring your own chair. #A5, which brought $70, and a #55 with To get to the Farnham farm take: four boxes of blades, $175. I-78 to the Clinton-Pittstown exit. But there were also many of those Rte. 513 to Frenchtown. �gged early American tools which built Rte. 29 (South) for five miles to this nation. Such tools convey a strength Timber Falls Road and turn left (look for which the others with all their beauty and sign). finish lack. The first of these to c6me up Farnham's is the second driveway on was an 11 11 £roe, which sold for $2z'. 50. the left. On another subject altogether, we took a weekend tour of the Shupps Grove­ Renningers neighborhood in Pennsylvania ofNew Jersey a couple of weeks ago. As usual, it was FTS worth the trip just to drop in at A. M. Beitler's at the Black Angus. What a dazzling selection of tools! Collectors ofRare and FamiliarTools Society ofNew Jersey We also stopped by Harry Ludwig's PRESIDENT ___ Stephen Zluky, Whitehouse shop just south of Renningers on Rte. 272 VICE PRESIDENT __ HarryJ. O'Neill, Annandale next to the Howard Johnson I s motel. SECRETARY ___ RobertFridlington, Cranford TREASURER ___ C. CarrollPalmer, Plainfield Harry, who also has an outstanding stock Membership in CRAFTS is open to anyone interested of fine tools, now announces his CRAFTS In early trades and industries, and the identification, study, and preservation of tools and implements used membership on his shop sign. and made in New Jersey. Annual dues are five dollars Last of all, we should mention that for the membership year of July 1 to Ju11e 30. Mem­ I bership fees may be sent to the Treasurer: C. Carroll Herb Kean s article on the spurious Palmer, 725 Pemberton /we., Plainfield, N.J. 07060. The Tool Shed Stanley #1 (page 4 of this issue) has Publishedfive times peryear for members of CRAFTS created a stir even before publication. of New Jersey. Editors: Larry Fuhro, 417 Bartlett St., Roselle, N.J. 07203; Robert Fridlington, 8 Keith Jef­ John Kebabian announced in the August fries..Ave ,..Cranford, -N:-d:--07016. Contributions, espe­ issue of the EAIA "Shavings II that we cially about New Jersey tools and trades, are wel­ comed. would be running this piece, and the re­ sponse was immediate. Requests for copies are already coming in, weeks be­ fore we go to press. S PE AKING THE LAN GU AGE: II Editors by Larry Campanell COf'-t1t-r Inspired by Herb Kean I s list of ex­ pressions (and translations) used in the buying and selling of antiques (Tool Shed, June, 1980), Larry Campanell has sent in some more of these familiar phrases. The numbering picks up where Herb's Proof staff anybody? Ivins Smith, list stopped. the miller at the Morris County Park 11- "It's in mint condition. 11 Real I Commission s Cooper Mill in Chester. meaning: I took all the rust off yester- Township, wants desperately to obtain a - __ day�______ _ . _ proof staff. 1f any Ca-AFTSman appens 12- 11This one is complete. 1-1 Real to have one and is willing to part with it, meaning: It has something in all the he can get in touch with Ivins at the holes. Cooper Mill, or he can let Bob Fridling­ 13- 11lt 1 s worth restoring. 11 Real ton know at the September meeting. For me aning: It ain't worth anything else. those of you not initiated into the mys­ 14- 11 This is the only one known to I teries of the miller s art, a proof staff is exist. 11 ,Real meaning: I asked three a gadget that is used in dressing mill­ people and none of them had one. 1 stones. 15- 11lt s in: fair condition. 11 Real If there are any of you who have not meaning: It's sure not in good condition! visited Cooper Mill, we recommend it. 16- 111 have one just like it. 11 Real The beautifully restored 1826 mill is meaning: Well not really, but it does thn presently milling both corn and wheat. same thing. Smith had hoped to begin producing buck­ 1 7 _ 111 don 1 t think it I s rare, but what wheat flour this year, but his buckwheat will you take for it? 11 Real meaning: crop failed him. Maybe next year. (fill this one in yourself) -2- GUN BROWNING AS A TRE ATMENT FO R OLD TOOL S by Lew Cooper 0 Although I have as thoroughly a is very important: eliminate all oil, , .1onastic devotion to patina as any other grease or wax by immersion in gasoline member of CRAFTS, I am sometimes or some other petroleum distilate, such faced with a situation which calls for as benzine or lacquer thinner. This is chemical treatment. especially important if paint remover For example, I currently have a has been used previously, becaus� many shipwright's adze which some rural of the latter formulations contain wax. bumpkin used to mix up a batch of con­ Immediately after degreasing, crete. It's been on there a long time, immerse the object to be treated in the and all efforts to remove it have so far solution described above, or apply the been unavailing. It's only on the front solution with a brush you don't value very face of the blade, so perhaps our bumpkin much (shortly thereafter, the brush will wiped off the rest, overlooking the front. probably self-destruct). For small ob-· Anyway, when I finally do get the cement jects, a Q-tip works well. Then place . , off, it is likely that not much of the the object in a warm, dark place for patina will be left. twenty-four hours. Hanging it over a Under such circumstances, one can warm furnace or radiator is ideal. But return about a hundred years of corro­ don't put it in the kitchen stove because sion in twenty·-four hours by using a gun HgClz is poisonous and could condense 'on browning solution. The one I've used the inside of the stove and later find.. its for years has the following formula: way into food. I've even gotten good re- Soft or Distilled Water, 1 quart. sults in certain cases by warming the Blue Vitriol, 2 oz. object with a propane torch (good venti­ 0 Corrosive Sublimate, 1 oz. lation is suggested). Wash off any' resi­ Dissolve the above, then add Spirit of due and wire brush or polish to de!iired Nitre, l oz. , best kept in a dark-colored finish. A little boiled linseed oil or bottle. Watco finish will retard further corrosive To further identify the ingredients: action. blue vitriol is copper sulfate, As usual in these matters, a search CuS04- 5 Hz 0. Corrosive sublimate is of my library shelves turned up a learned_ bichloride of mercury, HgClz, which is tome on the subject: Firearm Blueing very poisonous.
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