Made a list, check it twice (?) and stuck to it!
Well... I still managed to buy duplicates. I bought a pair of No 16 H&R, but I already had some...
Yesterday, after I picked up my wife, she wanted to go to LV to buy a jug of Evapo-Rust. I previously shown her some of the products I used to de-rust my tools, and she start using them on her sewing machines.
I already had to replaced my tube of Autosol, now it was the turn of Evapo-Rust. Who am I to argue with her, you want to go to LV, I'll make a small detour. Well actually, it is "conveniently" on our way, but I digress :-)
While I was there, I noticed they had a few wooden planes left over from their antique tool sale of the other day. I inquired if they were for sale and they said yes. Hummm, maybe I can pick up another H&R pair and make up for my last goof.
Did not had my list with me (did not do any good the other day anyway) so I guessed that what I was starting to accumulated were the Nos 14s, so I should get that pair on the shelf, it looked bigger more like a No 16 or 18.
Yes, that's right, managed to picked up yet another pair of No 16... Way to go, doh!
Oh, well, if anybody knows a better way to downsize my collection of H&R let me know, my current methodology does not appear to work very well :-)
I started with one lonely No 16 skew Hollow (still lonely)
and now got 3 complete pairs, plus one H
So obviously my Eye Ball Mark II, need to be re calibrated, cause I am still guessing my sizes wrong. And strangely enough, I taught that it would be easier guessing the largest sizes by eye than the smaller ones!!!, sigh!...
Bob, will brake for Moulding planes, but NO, I do not want another set of No 16.
What is the pitch on them Bob? Maybe you lucked out and got a set for softwoods and one for hardwoods.
ReplyDeleteGood point, don't know yet, but they all appeared to be close.
ReplyDeleteI obviously need to do more research on them and come up with a better list :-)
You may have notice that one of them is 10 in long, that makes it much older than the rest, they long standardize to 9-1/2 in long.
Bob, apparently collecting H&R No 16 for whatever reasons...