What to do with my Grandads old tools

[CAL]

Bit of a random question but having finally cleared out our grandparents house I have a number of old hand tools of my grandads that I don't know what to do with. Some of them I can use (and still do) but some are well beyond my skills and I can't see a time when I will have the time to use them.

Principally there are some really narrow planes (I guess for planing out grooves / channels) and a large jack plane (it must be 18" - 2ft long and 4" square). I don't want to throw them away as they would be good tools in the right hands but I've no idea how to pass them on. Does anyone know of any groups that might be intersted in them? I'm in the Sheffield area if that helps.

Thanks,

Craig.

 

[Hedgecrafter]

You could swap them on here for things you do want.

 

[Mesquite]

I don't want to throw them away as they would be good tools in the right hands but I've no idea how to pass them on. Does anyone know of any groups that might be intersted in them?

What ever you do don't throw them away as you'll be throwing money away, either your own or a charity's.

You can do as Hedgecrafter has suggested and see if anyone on the forum would be interested to either buy or swap them off you or you can donate them to a charity that either send them out to developing countries that can use them or sell them to raise money for their charity work.

Unfortunately I can't remember the name of them right now but I'm sure someone on the forum will and can point you the right direction.

 

[Hedgecrafter]

There is a thread going at the moment about a homesteading toolkit.

Why not go on there and write a list of essential tools. Then coincide that with a sales thread a day later.

 

[Big Stu 12]

Think the sort of a Charity you may be thinking of, is

Tools with a Mission.....

http://www.twam.co.uk/index.html

But I dont think they have a workshop near.

 

[Stew]

Old planes are lovely things. Don't throw them! At the very least ebay them if you can't find anyone you want to give them to.

The narrow ones may be rebate planes.

 

[Bundleman]

Clean them up with some linseed oil and put them on a shelf in your mancave. It's unlikely they're very valuable but they were your grandfathers.

 

[sandbender]

Ignore all these earlier threads, post them to me, that is your best solution.

 

[Stew]

Clean them up with some linseed oil and put them on a shelf in your mancave. It's unlikely they're very valuable but they were your grandfathers.

Linseed oil?

 

[Angst]

linseed oil?

cherish them dude.....personally i use camelia oil for tools....regards

s

 

[greensurfingbear]

Try and save and use as many of them as you can. I'm still bitter about my mother taking my great grandfathers carpentry tools to the car boot sale.




Orric

 

[Bundleman]

Craig, are that wooden planes?

 

[the interceptor boy]

give them to me I look after them for you. if you have a round and flat chisel I buy or swap from you.
cheers the interceptor boy.

 

[Harvestman]

This is the Welsh branch, but there are others nationally that you can find from this page. They would be delighted to have any tools you might want to pass on to a charity.

http://www.tfsrcymru.org.uk/

 

[CAL]

I managed to take a few snaps tonight, including a couple of tools I need help identifying (separate thread).

Firstly, the box of toys



Then the first rebate plane looks like its had a new base on it at some point:



The second rebate plane:



And finally the plane that needs real skill to use:



Many happy memories in that box - just a shame I can't use all the tools. I can, however, make use of the brace and bit which I used to love as a kid.

 

[British Red]

Nice brass backed tenon saw you have there - that a lovely tool

 

[CAL]

Yeah - I'm pretty sure that was the one I was taught to saw with - its kid sized.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Fretsaw, Keyhole/Padsaw, Sliding bevel, Boxwood chisels, Auger, Sawset, Square and Spokeshave, all still very usable. I think the second plane pictured is plough plane.

 

[Mesquite]

The large plane is a wooden jack plane

 

[Bundleman]

Just because you can't use them now doesn't mean you won't in the future.
Sharpen them, clean them and keep them.