A trip to North Carolina would not be complete without visiting Roy Underhill at the Woodwright’s School and the black hole of my disposable income, also known as Ed Lebetkin’s tool store.
I came to drop off some Lost Art Press Books to for Ed to sell in his store, but I walked out of there owing him money. It happens every time.
The highlight of the visit was the corncob curved drawknife/scorp-like tool that Ed picked up at auction recently. I shudder to think of what dirty job it was relegated to.
I picked up a box of hardware – old brasses and iron chest handles. Plus a complete box of Jennings augers, an old center-finding tool and a homemade layout triangle that was too cool to pass up – I’m a sucker for shopmade layout tools.
Ed’s store is completely full of stuff at the moment, as you can see in the photos. And if you need a corncob scorp (or any other hand tool), drop him a line at edlebetkin@gmail.com.
When I wasn’t giving Ed all my money, I was taking pictures of carver Mary May for an upcoming feature I’m writing on her for Popular Woodworking Magazine.
— Christopher Schwarz
O Lordy, I wouldn’t walk out of there with even one penny left in my pocket……
Nice shots with the short depth of field. New lens?
My dad would never open the trunk of his car with mom around – but with him it was new fly fishing gear.
deja vu… I left the Elkhorn antique flea market $350 poorer with a turtleback Emmert to explain to my wife. Here comes bench number 7… Some folks go to church at 7 on sunday. I think I need to repent. See you at the weekly meeting of T.B.A…(tool buyers anonymous), apparently that strong dose of ATC failed to cure us all. Then again, you can only fit so many tools in that 12 cubic feet. We’ll have to stop someday. Just not today.
Graham,
Well for my part, the “triangle” is for my bookshelf (and it might be a future project for a class). The center-finder replaces my center-finder that was lost during a class. The hardware is for some chests.
The Jennings bits… I’m an Irwin guy. But the Jennings people keep singing their praises. So I’m going to try these (it’s a clean set). One of them – Irwin or Jennings – will go up for sale.
So I haven’t gone totally soft.
Ohhh, I’m all for “upgrading” one’s hoarde (ahem, toolkit). It’s the selling off part that I am unable to master.
And there was me expecting a photo of you and St Roy fitting his new toilet!
That would be dangerous for me to go there. I would probably wind up spending my great grandchildrens inheritance. The grandchil
grandchildren lost theirs after ATC.
D’ya suppose he might have a Langon Millers Falls Mitre box? After ATC I’m wanting to sell my sliding compound mitre saw that sees use perhaps once a year and replace it with the Langdon.
And when is Mary May’s book on carving being published?