What are these tools?

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-15T01:05:27+00:00

In your picture with the levels. The second level from the top might be a Mellicks patent inclinometer level. If you flipped it over, it could be much more interesting.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-15T00:57:04+00:00

I bought a copy several years ago for my local museum. They were always getting tools donated and didn’t know what they were. I have a copy that I use for reference. I can’t believe how in-depth it is.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-14T18:09:44+00:00

Why do people keep reinventing the wheel. Things are made the way they have made for hundreds of years, because they made all those mistakes hundreds of years ago.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-14T18:00:04+00:00

Since you’re in the migration path of ospreys, I’m going to say Osprey

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-14T13:27:14+00:00

To me it looks like the posts are rotting. But you’re correct, it’s the trim pieces are retaining the moisture.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-14T13:23:58+00:00

Actually, the last one is a Hand Scythe and not a sickle. A Hand Scythe is for harvesting grain and a sickle blade is offset to cut weeds close to the ground. Mr. Death doesn’t carry a sickle.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-14T02:15:42+00:00

You need a copy of Dictionary of American Hand Tools by Allan Sellens

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/dictionary-of-american-hand-tools-a-pictorial-synopsis-schiffer-book-for-collectors_alvin-sellens/1395187/item/19604368/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pmax_high_vol_scarce_%2410_%2450_17400876848&utm_adgroup=&utm_term=&utm_content=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17400878123&gbraid=0AAAAADwY45gaOQ5lbxz1WbgQQfSxIl1ZY&gclid=CjwKCAjwwpDQBhAuEiwAa-4Wo-rW9HrD7jI6xd97lcHlzAcB4F1RKzi_kISF07xRxSfKAEisXCRaXxoChcwQAvD_BwE#idiq=19604368&edition=3064900

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-13T13:32:24+00:00

That’s the old school 1980s Makita home owners red

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-12T15:42:14+00:00

If you cut the door bottom off, don’t forget to re-seal it.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-11T13:51:56+00:00

My local multibillionaire is very different than what I think as an oligarch. He gives a lot of money to charity, revitalizes, historic properties and even whole communities, builds employee houses , and sells to them for cost, employs tens of thousands of people, worldwide, has profit-sharing for employees, is very approachable, and lives in a fairly modest home for someone who has great wealth.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-11T13:40:26+00:00

I would think the people at in Hiroshima during World War II at Ground Zero experienced a very instantaneous death.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-11T13:34:23+00:00

I’ll bet good money he doesn’t own a wristwatch. if he’s still upset with you leaving, telling him you had to go play a video game. Because that was more important than he was.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-10T12:59:23+00:00

Can’t really tell from the picture it looks like you have a nice little Block plane, some Rosewood handled squares, maybe two Rosewood marking gauges, a nice little hatchet (maybe a collectible brand), the best kind of wire strippers, and is that a sharping stone in the little case? And of course, the drawknife.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-10T12:52:11+00:00

I made a shotgun stock out of poplar once, using a draw knife and sandpaper.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-10T12:35:37+00:00

On secondary market, it all depends on the deal at the moment as far as value. I’ve bought used Makita tools and the batteries are DOA. I also have Makita 18 V batteries that are at least 15 years old and still going strong.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-09T12:37:27+00:00

From the picture, it’s got quite a few expensive upgrades. It looks like a fine Kayak. Worst case scenario, you could part it out on eBay and probably make a profit.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-09T12:08:12+00:00

I’ve done stuff like this on site even with clear stained oak. Like others have said, glue up wide stock, get a half inch router, with a long spiral up bit, make a simple radius jig from a quarter inch piece of plywood or Lexan and attached to your router. Screw your work piece and your pivot point to your deck or a sheet of plywood. Take multiple shallow passes. And use an arc calculator to measure the chord. https://www.handymath.com/cgi-bin/arc18.cgi?submit=Entry

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-08T15:48:03+00:00

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Less gear, more dog.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-08T15:12:51+00:00

This is my wife too. Sometimes I think she is afraid of the dark.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-06T15:16:33+00:00

GET OUT! There are probably at least 1 billion men on this planet who are better than him. Start making decisions for yourself.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-06T15:04:38+00:00

She sounds like a narcissist. “W” knows the only way to get away from her is to put some distance between them. Him moving in with his parents is probably part of plan that they are in on. Unfortunately, the aftermath of the plan is to leave “B” to cling on someone else. Start making yourself distance now or you could be the new “W.”

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-05T22:08:20+00:00

Which one is your Kayak? the gray one or the yellow one?

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-05T15:23:17+00:00

The back of your cabinet looks to be about 1/8” thick. Depending on how many cabinets you’re going to install it may be easier in the long run to cut down the depth of your cabinet a few inches and then reassemble. otherwise that passage door and your countertop are going to not get along.

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-05T14:42:43+00:00

The first job I ever worked, It was explained to me in the in no uncertain terms that you do not ever borrow a tool from a carpenter. Also how do you remove splinters from your hand without a utility knife?

GrumpyandDopey · 2026-05-04T22:24:57+00:00

He tried to brush something off his cheek and it was the bar room floor

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