Well…it wasn’t a train. It was Trent in a van. He kindly brought a slew of tools from Alexander’s up here. So now I will pick the boxes one by one, open them & sort the tools for selling here on the blog. Drawknives, spokeshaves, wooden planes, metal planes. chisels. Braces. Bunch of stuff. Should have the first batch in a week or so…
next batches of tools for sale
August 20, 2012 at 5:00 am
Ahhh I want. Excited.
August 20, 2012 at 7:36 am
Strictly speaking, the word is “Slough.” Which I thought meant a quagmire, as in “The Slough of Despond.” But perhaps I’m wrong.
August 20, 2012 at 9:27 am
Slough! Nice word, apropos, but not slew. Slew is actually a whole mess of something. Slough is a myre mess or a mental state of unrest – a different sort of mess. Slew and slue can both mean to swerve or veer; and when slough is pronounced unlike slew or slue – when your dog brings up Pilgrims Progress for.instance – it can mean to avoid in a different way; as in “to slough off”. Very cool citation, haven’t uaed the word in ages, and always as slough off; the befuddled despondence is a constant state of mind.
August 20, 2012 at 8:43 am
Yikes! So what do you do in your spare time Follansbee?
August 20, 2012 at 9:46 am
Speaking of Alexander, looks like you’re ready to build some more ladderback chairs, judging by the rack of drying bent pieces in the background.
August 20, 2012 at 9:03 pm
How does one buy any of this? I’d love a wooden fore or jointer plane.
August 21, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Daniel – if you aren’t subscribed to the blog, you can sign up so you get an email when I post anything. I will be selling the tools in small bunches as time allows. First group probably later this week…then it’s first-come, first-served. There’s jointers, smoothing planes, hollows & rounds & more.
PF
August 21, 2012 at 3:07 pm
Those slats look like they are for shaved post slatbacks for the Plantation. See our article in American Furniture for 2008.
August 21, 2012 at 6:34 pm
oo, oo! pick me! pick me!
August 21, 2012 at 9:45 pm
Thank you for the heads-up. Maybe luck will shine on me this time.
August 25, 2012 at 10:32 pm
Good to see this happening.