I bought a huge chest of vintage woodworking tools!

[@AlistairLipp]

Thanks

[@buildingladygarnet]

Thank you again Alistair, your support is greatly appreciated!

[@luckytoastsebastian]

I would have laughed. That electric plane is hilarious! And hope you can return it to it's true form. I can't wait to see the planes at work.

[@buildingladygarnet]

At last, somebody who thought it was funny, thank you! :)

[@francisbemrose9298]

The router plane (old woman's tooth) which you said had no blades, may be designed for use with the chisels. The metal guide is for marking dovetails. The drill bits need a brace. I believe washita oil stones are quite highly prized.

[@buildingladygarnet]

Thank you! I shall try that out with the chisels and see if that works. I've looked into Washita oil stones, and they have a good enough reputation that I will try using it... as I said in the video, I much prefer diamond stones to oilstones, but perhaps I wasn't using a high enough quality oilstone at college.

[@k9six185]

Jealous as hell……good haul

[@buildingladygarnet]

:) I was definitely lucky!

[@pjcarter8230]

Re Routledge Tools of Birmingham. They were active in the late 1800s and seem to have made many types of woodworking tools. My father trained as a cabinet maker and managed to obtain many old (even then in the 1940s) tools most of which I still have including one identical to your first tool. I also have a very battered 1909 Routledge catalog. I'm afraid to try and scan it as the paper is crumbling.

[@buildingladygarnet]

Thanks for the comment, that's very helpful! I might browse around online for catalogues, there's bound to be quite a few on InternetArchive and other places. I'm quickly getting the impression that looking in old tool catalogues is a good way to date tools.

[@petermurphy9669]

Boatbuilding college sounds like a great thing to do, there can’t be many of those about where did you go?

[@buildingladygarnet]

It was excellent! I went to IBTC Lowestoft. There are a few options - in addition to Lowestoft, there is the Boatbuilding Academy in Lyme Regis, Falmouth Marine School, and the Maritime Training Academy in Surrey. I know very little about the last two. I did look into going to Lyme Regis, but I preferred the course structure at Lowestoft.

[@petermurphy9669]

@@buildingladygarnet thanks for the information very interesting there are more than I expected

[@jakereich]

The mystery item looked like for marking out dovetails?

[@buildingladygarnet]

Jake, thank you for the suggestion, I think you might be right! I've examined the tool several times since filming, and dovetails are the only thing I've been able to think of.

[@BryanArmitage]

It’s a dovetail gage

[@buildingladygarnet]

Thank you Bryan!

[@roseroserose588]

the other mystery item from the parsnip box looks like it may be a tent peg 😆

[@buildingladygarnet]

Haha, I hope it's something a bit more exciting!

[@mikebuckley5171]

Slightly strange and quirky, but I enjoyed the video! Thank you.

[@buildingladygarnet]

Thanks Mike!

[@roseroserose588]

Could the mystery tool be some sort of gouge for turning? I've only seen rounded ones before but I suppose you could have one with a sharp angle like that...

[@BryanArmitage]

The shooting plane would have been used on a shooting board and used to plane end grain

[@buildingladygarnet]

I must admit, thinking back, I actually used a shooting plane several times at boatbuilding college but have not touched one since, neither of the yards I worked at had one!

[@svenlunden4426]

Allways nice to have a cordless drill!😅

[@buildingladygarnet]

Haha, yes!

[@BryanArmitage]

The long one. is a shooting plane

[@buildingladygarnet]

Thank you Bryan, I'm still getting the hang of the terminology of some of the more traditional woodworking tools!

[@BrownianMotionPicture]

Lovely haul. Do you like parsnips? I have been chasing old tools for a long time, ended up with rather too many. Still, it does mean I have a very nice box of favourites!

[@buildingladygarnet]

Oh, I can already tell that I shall have to be quite stern with myself about buying up lots of vintage tools! And actually, I don't really like parsnips, which is why I'm glad that box was filled with chisels instead! :)

[@BrownianMotionPicture]

@@buildingladygarnet I think you have to be fed them growing up, as those who were not don't seem to get it! Parsnips I mean, not chisels.. Really looking forward to the build!

[@buildingladygarnet]

@@BrownianMotionPicture Haha!

[@BrownianMotionPicture]

@@buildingladygarnet If the opportunity comes to fruition, I'd still love to help out. My friend has just forged some lovely caulking irons. Did I mention I love tools?

[@buildingladygarnet]

Definitely! I've got a little list (like Ko-Ko in the Mikado) of good people like yourself who have expressed interest in volunteering. I will be starting work at the beginning of January, but the first few things, more related to setting up the workshop and doing the lofting, I won't really need much help. But once that's done, and I get on to making the keel, stempost, sternpost, etc. (in other words, the actual boatbuilding!), I will be putting out a call for help!

[@markalton2809]

Your accent is gradually becoming more English.

[@buildingladygarnet]

That's nice to hear. After 10 years in the UK, it's about time!