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SOLD: This is a fine worker drill. It has some surface rust throughout, but it moves as smooth as silk. The 3/8″ chuck is fully functional — works like it’s not filled with gunk.

The drill includes two handles, including the usually missing side handle. Both are stained maple and are in good condition.

This is a heavy-duty tool and is an excellent worker drill.

Price: $30 plus domestic shipping. SOLD

Terms of Sale I’ll be listing these tools one-by-one. There is no master list of tools. Please don’t ask to come over to my house. Every day I list a tool I’ll post what I know about the tool, its history, plus photos of it. While you can ask me all the questions you like about the tool, the first person to send me an e-mail that says: “I’ll take it,” gets the tool. Simple. To buy a tool, please send me an e-mail at christopher.schwarz@fuse.net.

Payment: I can accept PayPal or a personal check. As soon as the funds arrive, I’ll ship the tool using USPS. If you want insurance, let me know. I’m afraid I can only ship tools in the United States. Shipping internationally is very time-consuming and paperwork-heavy. My apologies in advance on this point.

If you don’t like the tool when you get it, I’ll be happy to refund your money if you return the tool. But postage is on you.

— Christopher Schwarz

SOLD: This is an early version of Stanley’s No. 48 tongue-and-groove plane. This one dates to pre-1900 and is in pretty good shape for a user. I’ve sharpened the cutters and everything works as-advertised.

Like many of these planes, the swinging fence is a bit wobbly from a century of use. But it locks down just fine for use. And the joints it makes line up perfectly.

If you are collector, please don’t buy this tool. Has it been re-japanned? I can’t tell. It looks original, but I don’t get worked up about things like that. The rosewood knob is beautiful. The tool works. That’s the story.

Price: $75 plus domestic shipping. SOLD

Terms of Sale I’ll be listing these tools one-by-one. There is no master list of tools. Please don’t ask to come over to my house. Every day I list a tool I’ll post what I know about the tool, its history, plus photos of it. While you can ask me all the questions you like about the tool, the first person to send me an e-mail that says: “I’ll take it,” gets the tool. Simple. To buy a tool, please send me an e-mail at christopher.schwarz@fuse.net.

Payment: I can accept PayPal or a personal check. As soon as the funds arrive, I’ll ship the tool using USPS. If you want insurance, let me know. I’m afraid I can only ship tools in the United States. Shipping internationally is very time-consuming and paperwork-heavy. My apologies in advance on this point.

If you don’t like the tool when you get it, I’ll be happy to refund your money if you return the tool. But postage is on you.

— Christopher Schwarz

SOLD: This tool has an odd story. My parent company, F+W Media, purchased this tool about 14 years ago to use in photo shoots for Jim Tolpin’s landmark book “Measure Twice Cut Once.” If you haven’t read this book, please do. It’s one of my favorite.

In any case, this gauge is on page 54 of the revised edition, which was printed in 1996. After its moment of fame, it lay dormant in our shop for five years or so until the company disposed of it during a sale of excess office equipment. I picked it up for $50.

However, I didn’t need a mortise gauge (I had one), so I stashed it away in my tool chest at home and found it a few weeks ago while I was cleaning. It has never been used. The brass parts are patinated, but there is no wear on the tool.

Want it? You can have it for what I paid for it. By the way, it is marked with a “B,” which means it’s a blemished model.

Price: $50 plus domestic shipping. SOLD

Terms of Sale I’ll be listing these tools one-by-one. There is no master list of tools. Please don’t ask to come over to my house. Every day I list a tool I’ll post what I know about the tool, its history, plus photos of it. While you can ask me all the questions you like about the tool, the first person to send me an e-mail that says: “I’ll take it,” gets the tool. Simple. To buy a tool, please send me an e-mail at christopher.schwarz@fuse.net.

Payment: I can accept PayPal or a personal check. As soon as the funds arrive, I’ll ship the tool using USPS. If you want insurance, let me know. I’m afraid I can only ship tools in the United States. Shipping internationally is very time-consuming and paperwork-heavy. My apologies in advance on this point.

If you don’t like the tool when you get it, I’ll be happy to refund your money if you return the tool. But postage is on you.

— Christopher Schwarz

SOLD: This was my first real plough plane, which I purchased from Ray Iles about 10,000 years ago. I used this plane for all my drawer grooves until I switched to a wooden plough.

This Record 043 is in excellent working order. It includes the three stock irons (1/4″, 3/16″ and 1/8″), which are fully sharpened and ready to go. Heck I even have the original stock cardboard sleeve for the irons.) All the plane’s controls work perfectly. There is not a spec of rust on the tool and it has most of its original plating.

Price: $85 plus domestic shipping (SOLD).

Terms of Sale I’ll be listing these tools one-by-one. There is no master list of tools. Please don’t ask to come over to my house. Every day I list a tool I’ll post what I know about the tool, its history, plus photos of it. While you can ask me all the questions you like about the tool, the first person to send me an e-mail that says: “I’ll take it,” gets the tool. Simple. To buy a tool, please send me an e-mail at christopher.schwarz@fuse.net.

Payment: I can accept PayPal or a personal check. As soon as the funds arrive, I’ll ship the tool using USPS. If you want insurance, let me know. I’m afraid I can only ship tools in the United States. Shipping internationally is very time-consuming and paperwork-heavy. My apologies in advance on this point.

If you don’t like the tool when you get it, I’ll be happy to refund your money if you return the tool. But postage is on you.

— Christopher Schwarz

SOLD: I bought a fair number of these English joiner’s mallets as I was learning about the form. This one has seen a fair amount of use in my shop.

These tools are nice because they have a metal shell that is bound around the striking faces. I believe the striking faces of this mallet are lignum. One of the two striking faces has a chip missing from its edge.

The tool is 12″ long overall. The handle is oak.

Price: $70 plus domestic shipping. SOLD

Terms of Sale I’ll be listing these tools one-by-one. There is no master list of tools. Please don’t ask to come over to my house. Every day I list a tool I’ll post what I know about the tool, its history, plus photos of it. While you can ask me all the questions you like about the tool, the first person to send me an e-mail that says: “I’ll take it,” gets the tool. Simple. To buy a tool, please send me an e-mail at christopher.schwarz@fuse.net.

Payment: I can accept PayPal or a personal check. As soon as the funds arrive, I’ll ship the tool using USPS. If you want insurance, let me know. I’m afraid I can only ship tools in the United States. Shipping internationally is very time-consuming and paperwork-heavy. My apologies in advance on this point.

If you don’t like the tool when you get it, I’ll be happy to refund your money if you return the tool. But postage is on you.

— Christopher Schwarz