Looking for a gutter adz

[Hughman]

These probably have different names, depending on who's asking. Where can I find a good one? This photo is from a museum exhibit - hope that doesn't indicate scarcity!

[Hughman]

These probably have different names, depending on who's asking. Where can I find a good one? This photo is from a museum exhibit - hope that doesn't indicate scarcity!

[Hughman]

These probably have different names, depending on who's asking. Where can I find a good one? This photo is from a museum exhibit - hope that doesn't indicate scarcity!

[Barry]

A little Pricey, but....

Item #MI45: The best gutter adze I've ever owned or seen; made by G.W.Underhill&Co./Nashua, NH, this thing has the longest blade, which measures 6 1/2" long; with the original handle, and free of any pitting or damage, this one only needs a quick regrinding and sharpening to make
it destroy wood; laminated steel construction, if you're about to take a chairmaking course, why buy a modern inferior product when you can get a superior 125+ year old American-made example; on right in photo: $255.00
[IMG] http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t26.jpg [/IMG]
Contact Patrick Leach at leach@supertool.com

[ 09-01-2003, 10:48 PM: Message edited by: Barry ]

[Barry]

A little Pricey, but....

Item #MI45: The best gutter adze I've ever owned or seen; made by G.W.Underhill&Co./Nashua, NH, this thing has the longest blade, which measures 6 1/2" long; with the original handle, and free of any pitting or damage, this one only needs a quick regrinding and sharpening to make
it destroy wood; laminated steel construction, if you're about to take a chairmaking course, why buy a modern inferior product when you can get a superior 125+ year old American-made example; on right in photo: $255.00
[IMG] http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t26.jpg [/IMG]
Contact Patrick Leach at leach@supertool.com

[ 09-01-2003, 10:48 PM: Message edited by: Barry ]

[Barry]

A little Pricey, but....

Item #MI45: The best gutter adze I've ever owned or seen; made by G.W.Underhill&Co./Nashua, NH, this thing has the longest blade, which measures 6 1/2" long; with the original handle, and free of any pitting or damage, this one only needs a quick regrinding and sharpening to make
it destroy wood; laminated steel construction, if you're about to take a chairmaking course, why buy a modern inferior product when you can get a superior 125+ year old American-made example; on right in photo: $255.00
[IMG] http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t26.jpg [/IMG]
Contact Patrick Leach at leach@supertool.com

[ 09-01-2003, 10:48 PM: Message edited by: Barry ]

[Bob Smalser]

Ebay has them occasionally but I believe Highland Hardware in Atlanta has new ones they sell to chairmakers.

http://www.tools-for-woodworking.com/

This one will probably go for well under a hundred bucks:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=4123

[ 09-01-2003, 11:48 PM: Message edited by: Bob Smalser ]

[Bob Smalser]

Ebay has them occasionally but I believe Highland Hardware in Atlanta has new ones they sell to chairmakers.

http://www.tools-for-woodworking.com/

This one will probably go for well under a hundred bucks:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=4123

[ 09-01-2003, 11:48 PM: Message edited by: Bob Smalser ]

[Bob Smalser]

Ebay has them occasionally but I believe Highland Hardware in Atlanta has new ones they sell to chairmakers.

http://www.tools-for-woodworking.com/

This one will probably go for well under a hundred bucks:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=4123

[ 09-01-2003, 11:48 PM: Message edited by: Bob Smalser ]

[Barry]

I forgot about these Guys.
Traditional Woodworker



$59.50

[Barry]

I forgot about these Guys.
Traditional Woodworker



$59.50

[Barry]

I forgot about these Guys.
Traditional Woodworker



$59.50

[nedL]

You mean like in the center?




I'll keep my eye's open for another one [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 09-02-2003, 08:10 AM: Message edited by: nedL ]

[nedL]

You mean like in the center?




I'll keep my eye's open for another one [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 09-02-2003, 08:10 AM: Message edited by: nedL ]

[nedL]

You mean like in the center?




I'll keep my eye's open for another one [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 09-02-2003, 08:10 AM: Message edited by: nedL ]

[Bob Smalser]

Learn sumpthin new every day, here....thanks, guys.

But no problem. Buy the cheapest old adze you can find with some blade remaining, remove handle, heat to cherry red and air cool, heat to red again and pound it into whatever shape you like on an anvil horn, reheat red again and quench in water, followed by heating to the beginnings of blue and quench in oil, resharpen.

[ 09-05-2003, 07:27 AM: Message edited by: Bob Smalser ]

[Bob Smalser]

Learn sumpthin new every day, here....thanks, guys.

But no problem. Buy the cheapest old adze you can find with some blade remaining, remove handle, heat to cherry red and air cool, heat to red again and pound it into whatever shape you like on an anvil horn, reheat red again and quench in water, followed by heating to the beginnings of blue and quench in oil, resharpen.

[ 09-05-2003, 07:27 AM: Message edited by: Bob Smalser ]

[Bob Smalser]

Learn sumpthin new every day, here....thanks, guys.

But no problem. Buy the cheapest old adze you can find with some blade remaining, remove handle, heat to cherry red and air cool, heat to red again and pound it into whatever shape you like on an anvil horn, reheat red again and quench in water, followed by heating to the beginnings of blue and quench in oil, resharpen.

[ 09-05-2003, 07:27 AM: Message edited by: Bob Smalser ]

[Hughman]

Originally posted by Dave Fleming:

Seems like the original poster might clarify what he wishes to use the canoe/gutter adze for. If you please?

Dave,
I'm interesting in re-creating a "Brogan" hull. These are traditional 19c. Chesapeake workboats, larger (mostly wider) than a log canoe. the selected logs were drifted together and hollowed out, then half framed and planked to the sheer. Bermuda ketch rig.



Here is a photo taken before WWI of my grandfather's boat.

[ 09-02-2003, 11:38 AM: Message edited by: Hughman ]

[Hughman]

Originally posted by Dave Fleming:

Seems like the original poster might clarify what he wishes to use the canoe/gutter adze for. If you please?

Dave,
I'm interesting in re-creating a "Brogan" hull. These are traditional 19c. Chesapeake workboats, larger (mostly wider) than a log canoe. the selected logs were drifted together and hollowed out, then half framed and planked to the sheer. Bermuda ketch rig.



Here is a photo taken before WWI of my grandfather's boat.

[ 09-02-2003, 11:38 AM: Message edited by: Hughman ]

[Hughman]

Originally posted by Dave Fleming:

Seems like the original poster might clarify what he wishes to use the canoe/gutter adze for. If you please?

Dave,
I'm interesting in re-creating a "Brogan" hull. These are traditional 19c. Chesapeake workboats, larger (mostly wider) than a log canoe. the selected logs were drifted together and hollowed out, then half framed and planked to the sheer. Bermuda ketch rig.



Here is a photo taken before WWI of my grandfather's boat.

[ 09-02-2003, 11:38 AM: Message edited by: Hughman ]

[nedL]

Forgive it Dave, for it was thinking it is something it isn't. (Those carpenter tools are always trying to sneak in with the boatbuilding tools. They must think they are something special too. )

[nedL]

Forgive it Dave, for it was thinking it is something it isn't. (Those carpenter tools are always trying to sneak in with the boatbuilding tools. They must think they are something special too. )

[nedL]

Forgive it Dave, for it was thinking it is something it isn't. (Those carpenter tools are always trying to sneak in with the boatbuilding tools. They must think they are something special too. )

[Art Read]

Don't you just love the looks you get when somebody working a crossword puzzle asks you, "What's a three letter word for 'Shipwright's tool', ending in 'z'?", and you actually KNOW the answer?

[Art Read]

Don't you just love the looks you get when somebody working a crossword puzzle asks you, "What's a three letter word for 'Shipwright's tool', ending in 'z'?", and you actually KNOW the answer?

[Art Read]

Don't you just love the looks you get when somebody working a crossword puzzle asks you, "What's a three letter word for 'Shipwright's tool', ending in 'z'?", and you actually KNOW the answer?

[Art Read]

But, Dave... "Adze" wouldn't work in those pesky three letter boxes left over that the puzzle writers are always trying to fill in!

[Art Read]

But, Dave... "Adze" wouldn't work in those pesky three letter boxes left over that the puzzle writers are always trying to fill in!

[Art Read]

But, Dave... "Adze" wouldn't work in those pesky three letter boxes left over that the puzzle writers are always trying to fill in!

[Mrleft8]

"Adz" are wut magz use to pay for production costs.
WWW.Highlandhardware.com

[Mrleft8]

"Adz" are wut magz use to pay for production costs.
WWW.Highlandhardware.com

[Mrleft8]

"Adz" are wut magz use to pay for production costs.
WWW.Highlandhardware.com

[Art Read]

Actually, according to the only dictionary I have at hand, the defined spelling IS "adz" with "adze" given as an alternative usage. (Waaay too much time on my hands... )

[Art Read]

Actually, according to the only dictionary I have at hand, the defined spelling IS "adz" with "adze" given as an alternative usage. (Waaay too much time on my hands... )

[Art Read]

Actually, according to the only dictionary I have at hand, the defined spelling IS "adz" with "adze" given as an alternative usage. (Waaay too much time on my hands... )

[Hughman]

.....some pilgrim .....

Harumph!!

[Hughman]

.....some pilgrim .....

Harumph!!

[Hughman]

.....some pilgrim .....

Harumph!!

[Bob Smalser]

Before: Flea Market Carpenter's Adze....8 bucks.



After: Gutter Adze....maybe a buck fifty worth of shop materials...oxyacetylene, buffer-grinder, files, slip stone.



This one happens to be for chair seats, but they can be shaped into whatever you like. You can also do the ones with inlaid, hammer-welded edges, if you are careful. Note the deep blue edge.

[ 09-04-2003, 11:46 PM: Message edited by: Bob Smalser ]

[Bob Smalser]

Before: Flea Market Carpenter's Adze....8 bucks.



After: Gutter Adze....maybe a buck fifty worth of shop materials...oxyacetylene, buffer-grinder, files, slip stone.



This one happens to be for chair seats, but they can be shaped into whatever you like. You can also do the ones with inlaid, hammer-welded edges, if you are careful. Note the deep blue edge.

[ 09-04-2003, 11:46 PM: Message edited by: Bob Smalser ]

[Bob Smalser]

Before: Flea Market Carpenter's Adze....8 bucks.



After: Gutter Adze....maybe a buck fifty worth of shop materials...oxyacetylene, buffer-grinder, files, slip stone.



This one happens to be for chair seats, but they can be shaped into whatever you like. You can also do the ones with inlaid, hammer-welded edges, if you are careful. Note the deep blue edge.

[ 09-04-2003, 11:46 PM: Message edited by: Bob Smalser ]

[Bob Smalser]

Still have some honing to do...the pic was straight from the quench....reground it to 25 degrees from the 50 or so degrees it was for cleaner cutting.

For hogging out wood seats to be finished with compass plane and scrapers, it'll work fine.

[Bob Smalser]

Still have some honing to do...the pic was straight from the quench....reground it to 25 degrees from the 50 or so degrees it was for cleaner cutting.

For hogging out wood seats to be finished with compass plane and scrapers, it'll work fine.

[Bob Smalser]

Still have some honing to do...the pic was straight from the quench....reground it to 25 degrees from the 50 or so degrees it was for cleaner cutting.

For hogging out wood seats to be finished with compass plane and scrapers, it'll work fine.

[Hughman]

[Hughman]

[Hughman]

[Hughman]

OK, Bob. I'm gonna take your suggestion.

I found this for $20., and a friend has a forge. I'll post when I've finished mangling.....

This Old Adz!

[Hughman]

OK, Bob. I'm gonna take your suggestion.

I found this for $20., and a friend has a forge. I'll post when I've finished mangling.....

This Old Adz!