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So do you have a passion for antique woodworking tools? Someone who favors antique or antique-style hand tools instead of the more common power tools of today is often called a ‘Galoot’. If you have a real love for the hand chisel and you power tools lie unused in the corner of your workshop you are probably a Galoot. A real old-school woodworker.
There are seven antique woodworking tools every Galoot needs in his or her workshop, all of which you can find here in excellent condition at great prices.
The first is of course, chisels. You need a pair of chisels for pairing and morticing. The pairing chisel is used for delicate jobs like removing thin shavings. The morticing chisel is used with a mallet for tougher jobs like cutting across the grain.
You will of course also need a mallet. A wooden mallet, for the morticing chisel and other odd jobs.
Measuring and marking tools are a must. The first skill of a master woodworker is accuracy. A combination square is the ultimate measuring and marking tool of the Garoot. Also, a sliding bevel helps to transfer accurate angles from one piece of wood to another. The true antique woodworking tools for measurement are the folding rulers. About as old school as it gets!
Then you’ll also want some planes – a smoothing plane, a jointer plane, a block plane and a jack plane. the smoothing plane is for the very small shavings, the jointer plane is the long one for flattening the joint face of a board. The block plane is for shearing off end grain and the tougher jobs. And the jack plane is a slightly deeper smoothing plane.
A brace, bit and hand drill are next on your list. For making holes in the wood – the hand drill for the smaller ones, the brace and bit for the big ones. And of course a selection of antique-style saws. You’ll be wanting a Coping saw, a crosscut saw and a rip saw. For all the different sawing jobs.
And last but not least, you want to get a good antique workbench and toolbox. The ultimate way of getting these is to build your own!
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January 26th, 2010 at 5:59 am
A “galoot”.. now that’s a funny word. Now i know how to call mu neighbor (hihi). He isn’t actually using antique wood tools, but he does work with wood, he own a workshop and he builds all kind of stuff from wood.
I bet he will go nuts when I will keep calling him galoot. I like teasing him.
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February 5th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
I love to go to estate sales and I see old tools like this all of the time! My dad has a garage full of them and still uses them when working on home projects! We just finished my son’s Pinewood Derby car and used some of these.
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February 13th, 2010 at 9:34 am
My brother in law is a carpenter and this has given me a great idea for his birthday present -Thanks !
March 2nd, 2010 at 1:26 pm
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March 3rd, 2010 at 10:21 pm
I am always a sucker for any antique tools… I still have that mallet and one chisel from high school wood shop – yes that was many years ago! I still love them and they still stay useful for many years. Any tools made today may make the job faster but they are often noisy or get dirty fast – they also get useless without electricity.
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May 2nd, 2010 at 9:30 am
Recently I bought all the woodworking tools because I like to do all woodworking project for myself. By doing ourself we can save a lot of money. Few days back I completed the murphy bed myself and it was easy to do that. Nice video. Thanks for sharing
Have a great time
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May 19th, 2010 at 2:47 am
Ah, I’m glad you posted this. I was going to post something similar but now I don’t think I’ll need to. Do you mind if I link to this post from one of my blogs? My visitors might like to see it too. Best wishes, Victoria
May 21st, 2010 at 2:45 am
Recently I bought all the woodworking tools because I like to do all woodworking project for myself. By doing ourself we can save a lot of money. Few days back I completed the murphy bed myself and it was easy to do that. Nice video. Thanks for sharing
Have a great time
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December 7th, 2010 at 10:16 am
I agreed seven woodworking tools you mentioned are must like chisel, mallet, marking and measuring tools etc, but you know everybody makes choice based on pricing, manufacturer’s market reputation and variety, I am happy with my current Cordless Power Tools supplier but let me better check you also.
December 16th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
You know a lot about old tools and thanks for passing this info on to others, lets not forget the past.
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February 12th, 2011 at 10:24 pm
Hi,
back in the stone ages 1958 to be exact i took wood shop.I used all the tools like you were talking about.I built a small book case.I used chisels and a mallet.And we got to use the table saw after the shop teacher showed us how to use it.I destroyed several pieces of wood before i got the wood chisels figured out.I glued it all together with elmers glue.
April 7th, 2011 at 3:46 am
I love antique woodworking tools, that’s my currently tools I used to,.really great..
May 26th, 2011 at 11:15 pm
Nice blog!