Habitat ReStore MyScore

[Bill Houghton]

I stopped by the Habitat store t'other day - I'm lucky that my blood bank is three blocks away, so I can treat myself to more than just cookies when I donate blood.  I wasn't finding much, but, on the way out, I noticed a large cardboard box of tools.  A little rooting through that yielded a couple of tools:

Peck, Stow & Wilcox referred to this as a "Pony Draw Knife."  Blade's about six inches long.

I'm not sure why you would need to use a draw knife on a pony, but...modern catalogs call it a carver's drawknife.  First design like this I'd ever seen in the wild, so it jumped into my hand.  I didn't know I had a Peck, Stow & Wilcox tool until I got it home; it's now part of the drawknife team.

I've got a bit of a jones for small (up to 4") C clamps, which I find endlessly useful.  This Hargrave is nice:

and I'm amused by the creativity of the name for the clamp design:


I noticed an interesting detail on this clamp, too.  At several spots along the flanges, inner and outer, there are flat spots, pretty clearly factory original:

What are these artifacts of?  Part of the casting process?  Machining fixturing?

Not pictured is a Disston Keystone 20" handsaw, a size I've been watching for.  I'm now $12 less rich.

[lptools]

Hello, Bill. Great score at the restore!!! Love that little drawknife. Regards, Lou

[EVILDR235]

My Restore is only four blocks from my house. I go at least once a day, sometimes twice. I have been very lucky over the last few years buying there. besides tools, I buy lots of hardware items at a quarter of what the BIG box stores charge.

EvilDr235

[johnsironsanctuary]

My best Restore score was a year or two go. A 1934 Delta 10" bandsaw in useable condition with original paint and decals.

[EVILDR235]

Nice band saw. looks like a old timey motor on it. I have never seen a band saw at the restore, but I have seen two wood lathes there and they now sit in my garage. I have seen several Shop Smiths there and they went for crazy money. They had a large jointer there for a few days, but is gone now. I picked up four new Browning cast iron adjustable sheave pulleys for $4.25 each minus 25 % off. I have seen a number of table saws at the Restore and only one real drill press that i should have bought, but didn't. I want to set up one of my band saws for cutting metal. I would love to find a small metal lathe there.

EvilDr235

[johnsironsanctuary]

My guess is that the motor is as old as the saw. The next ReStore score was the arm light on it. They go for $75 plus on eBay. I was back at the same ReStore a month or so later and there was the arm light on a later Delta jig saw. I asked if I could buy just the lamp. The manager said yes for $10. My conscience made me give him $20. It is in as new condition.