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TOOL BOX AND ADDITIONAL FAVORITE HAND TOOLS
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Most of my tools were, and are, of 1920s and 1930s vintage, being the favorite ones I used during my employment in the woodworking trade (1947-1950), later as a woodworking hobbyist and that I still use for home maintenance projects.
During my apprenticeship, senior craftsmen had their own permanently assigned benches and work areas where they stored and maintained their tools in accordance with their personal tastes. Apprentices were itinerents - constantantly being re-assigned to different senior craftsmen for varying periods of time - and therefor used tool boxes to store their tools which they could park on the bench of the senior craftsman to whom they were currently assigned.
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Three drawer tool box with lid well.
LID WELL
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Stanley Bailey No. 4 bench plane
Stanley No. 60½ low angle block plane
Millers Falls No. 94 hand drill
Millers Falls No. 33 (8" sweep) bit brace
Edward Preston & Sons No. 1391 flat face spokeshave
TOP DRAWER
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Stanley No. 161 butt chisel
William Marples & Sons boxwood handle 'Shamrock Brand' sash mortise chisel
William Marples & Sons boxwood handle 'Shamrock Brand' firmer chisels (2)
Stanley No. 720 firmer chisel
Stanley No. R40 butt chisel
Stanley No. 750 butt chisels (2)
MIDDLE DRAWER
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Stanley No. 6 rosewood/brass bevel
Stanley No. 22 combination square
Stanley No. 62 fully brass bound boxwood folding rule
Marples No. 2154 mortice marking gauge
Stanley No. 61 beech wood marking gauge
Craftsman's alternate middle drawer
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Starrett No. 492 bevel protractor - 12" 4R rule (circa. mid 1950s)
Starrett No. 492 bevel protractor - center head (circa. mid 1950s)
Starrett No. 451 36" folding steel rule (circa. mid 1920s)
Starrett No. 11H 6" satin chrome combination square (circa. mid 1960s)
Starrett No. 275/73/83 outside/inside calipers & dividers (circa. 1960s)
Starrett No. 493 Protractor with depth gauge (circa. late 1920s)
Starrett No. 70 scribe (circa. mid 1920s)
Starrett No. 29 scratch gage (circa. 1900)
Starrett No. 425 5" pocket slide caliper (circa. mid 1930s)
Starrett No. 14 double steel square plus narrow & bevel blades (circa. early 1930s)
Starrett No. 20 6" master precision square (circa. mid 1930s)
BOTTOM DRAWER
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William Marples & Sons No. 7715 4" mallett
Stanley 7 oz claw nail hammer
Stanley No. 11¾ nail set
Stanley Atha ½" cold chisel
Atha 13 oz claw nail hammer
North Bros. "YANKEE" No. 30 medium pattern spiral ratchet screw driver
North Bros. "YANKEE" No. 131 heavy pattern spiral ratchet quick return screw driver
Saws not in tool box (hanging on adjacent wall)
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Disston D-8 cross-cut hand saw
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Disston No. 4 (8" blade) tenon/dovetail back saw
ADDITIONAL FAVORITE HAND TOOLS
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North Bros. Mfg. Co. "YANKEE" No. 1431 hand drill
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North Bros. Mfg. Co. "YANKEE" No. 2100 bit brace
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North Bros. Mfg. Co. "YANKEE" NO. 1555 breast drill
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North Bros. Mfg. Co. "YANKEE" No. 991 vice
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Record No. 5 Jack plane
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Stanley No. 203 block plane
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Rabone 3ft four-fold boxwood "Blindman's" rule.
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No. 3111 Edward Preston & Sons 2ft four-fold boxwood rule
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Lufkin 12 inch two-fold boxwood rule with caliper slide
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James Chesterman Co. No. 891 12" three-fold steel rule
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Lufkin No. 1176 series 72" folding steel rule
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Stanley No. 50½ (16oz.) nail hammer
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Stanley "100 plus" 16oz. nail hammer
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Robt. Sorby "Kangaroo brand" sash mortice chisels
James