Comments on: Woodworking: 60 Years Ago

By: don horn

don horn — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:20:28 +0000

60 years ago i was 13 and had just discovered that i could make things – my grandfather taught me to use hand tools to build the things i came up with – and he helped me get my first power tools – i still have some of the planes and “brace and bit” he gave me, they work just as good today as they did back then.
i have been learning ever since – i have been retired now for 10 years and it has become a game among my kids to try and find a tool that dad does NOT have – i wish i still had some of those old tools – they did what they were supposed to do – without a lot of bells and whistles – they just worked (and they still do)

By: Joanna Takes

Joanna Takes — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:03:21 +0000

Gary,

You will find some of the Deltagrams for sale on online auction sites like eBay, so it appears that, yes, there is a market. How much of a market depends, of course, on how much interest is out there at any given time, and what someone would be willing to pay.

By: Gary Kapp

Gary Kapp — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:00:52 +0000

I have “Deltagrams” from 1953, 1954 and 1955. Is there a market for them, ie collectors? Please advise, or point me in the right direction. Thanks a lot.

Gary Kapp

By: bobcatt

bobcatt — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:01:42 +0000

I use a 6′ jointer made about 60 years ago. The machine made in that era were built like tanks. This unit has Timkin tapered roller bearings just like your cars front wheels. The guide is mounted ridged yet locks with simple cams. There are table mounted infeed & outfeed rollers. No wonder Rockwell bought them.
http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=7758

By: Joanna Takes

Joanna Takes — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:39:24 +0000

Ed,

Sounds like fun! Did your dad make the homemade water skis, too?

By: Ed Henderson

Ed Henderson — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:13:18 +0000

About 60 yrs ago my father built a boat out of plywood. I think it was 14ft long, had a flat bottom and no seats. All passengers sat on the floor. He finished it with resin and it turned out very nice. It was good enough to hold a 25hp evinrude engine and because of it’s flat floor was very fast. I learned how to water ski behind that boat on a pair of homemade water ski’s.