Drawknife

A modern tool, but very solid looking and apparently very little used. The original price tag, saying $49.95, was still on it. I paid $5.00.

Dunlap Plane

Similar to a Stanley #4. While there was a lot of rust, it looked to be all on the surface. I disassembled it:

and then put the rusty parts in a vinegar bath. A couple hours there and I was able to rub off all the rust. One thing I noticed was that there was no adjustment screw for the frog. It seems the Dunlap line was a lower-end series sold by Sears, and that was something that was omitted for economy. Still I expect this is a better made plane than the cheap Asian junk you see now at Home Despot. I paid $15.00 for it.

Holdall Brace

From the shape of the chuck I thought it might have “universal jaws”, which could hold all sort of bits rather than just those with the tapered square cross section shank of traditional auger bits. So I handed over $3.00 for it, passing up another brace at the same price. After cleaning it at home I could just barely make out the label “Holdall No. 732-101”. Sure enough, I could use a modern bit with a hex cross section shank in it. The ratcheting worked in both directions.

A few minutes on-line showed that it was made by Millers Falls, with details here. Opening it up I found a pair of