Dad's tools (old Craftsman)

[ghnl]

I thought y'all might like to see some photos of some of my Dad's tools. I'm guessing these are 50's or early 60's vintage. For sure I remember them in Dad's workshop for as long as I can recall (and I'm in my mid-50's...).

My Dad died last year. He was trained as an aircraft/airframe mechanic in the late 1930's, joined the Army Air Corps when WW2 broke out and became a pilot flying C-47's in the China-Burma-India theatre. After the war he flew for NorthEast airlines & later Delta Airlines. So he trained in open cockpit wood/fabric planes and retired from 4 engine jets!

[ghnl]

a couple more photos.

[bushhawg73]

Nice, I love old tools. There is just somthing about using a tool that is twice as old as you and is still in good working condition.

[superautobacs]

Great stuff! Thank you for taking the time to share your pictures and a bit about your father's working biography. :beer:

[Uncle Buck]

I hope you continue to give ol dads tools a regular workout. Thank you for sharing.

[Bolster]

Sweet. I like that desk mount for the lathe, too!

[PowderKeg]

Very Cool!!!! The tools and your Dad's brief bio!!!!

[geaugafletcher]

Fantastic stuff and made even better knowing who used it.

[ghnl]

Replying to a previous post to add some photos of Dad's old desk. I don't know exactly how old it is except I don't remember him not having it. When I was a kid he had it in an attic room where he also had his model railroad layout. For the time being it is up on some furniture dollies until I get the floor of our bonus room above the garage finished.

The top opens and a second, lower surface raises up. I recall a very old manual typewriter was attached there. The typewriter is long gone... As soon as I get a Roun-tuit I plan to refinish the desk.

I also have Dad's drafting board. The cable system keeps the straightedge parallel as you move it up or down.

[scottg1952]

Really sweet lathe! Are you using it?
Turning wood is addictive!
yours Scott

[ghnl]

Yes, I do use the lathes. No current projects but I've made lots of wood & metal shavings in the past...

Here's an update on the desk. I cleaned it up with 'Formby's Furniture Restorer', evened out the color with MinWax mahogany stain then applied 3-5 coats of satin polyurethane.

There is a maker's mark in some of the drawers from the Doten-Dunton Furniture Co (http://www.doten-dunton.com/). I had thought that my Dad had made the desk but now I wonder if perhaps it had been damaged, he bought it (cheap) and repaired it. I seems like there may have been more drawers where the legs are now located.

[airdale]

Very nice resto. It certainly pays to use quality products to show off the work you put into it. Thanks for sharing. :beer:

[sstruckguy]

Very nice stuff right there!! Maybe I'm mistaken, but I remember that type of desk set-up in some of the original Superman series programs. For those that are old enough, the George Reeves era of The Daily Planet :pimpflash

[Joe69]

Cool tools for sure! I bet your Dad had some stories to tell.

Joe

[toolnut]

That is a sweet lathe!! Great to hear a little history about your dad. Hat's off to a vet!:thumbup: