| Cliff's Wood Shop |
Cliff's love of tools and wood goes back a long way. In the photograph
on the left he has a hammer in his hand. On the back his mom wrote
"Our Little Carpenter." He began collecting handtools in the late1970's.
His collection includes numerous hand planes, chisels, spokeshaves,
drawing knives, augers, marking gauges & hewing hatchets. He buys
and trades tools at flea markets, yard sales & antique stores. He also
has a collection of hand tools that belonged to his friend and mentor
Bill Swanson.
Cliff enjoys carving wood cooking spoons, apple butter paddles and
other items that folks used to sustain themselves. He also restores old
hand tools by making new handles and sharpening the blades.
He has a collection of Eric Sloane's books. Sloane was an artist/writer
of Early Americana and wrote a lot about hand tools and how they
were used. Cliff has studied these and other books extensively. Often
times you can see Cliff at festivals or art shows, carving spoons on his
schniztelbach (german shaving horse).
on the left he has a hammer in his hand. On the back his mom wrote
"Our Little Carpenter." He began collecting handtools in the late1970's.
His collection includes numerous hand planes, chisels, spokeshaves,
drawing knives, augers, marking gauges & hewing hatchets. He buys
and trades tools at flea markets, yard sales & antique stores. He also
has a collection of hand tools that belonged to his friend and mentor
Bill Swanson.
Cliff enjoys carving wood cooking spoons, apple butter paddles and
other items that folks used to sustain themselves. He also restores old
hand tools by making new handles and sharpening the blades.
He has a collection of Eric Sloane's books. Sloane was an artist/writer
of Early Americana and wrote a lot about hand tools and how they
were used. Cliff has studied these and other books extensively. Often
times you can see Cliff at festivals or art shows, carving spoons on his
schniztelbach (german shaving horse).
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| Cliff Stump~circa 1945. |
Cliff shaving a wood cooking spoon
on his schniztelbach (german
shaving horse) at Sizerville State
Park.
on his schniztelbach (german
shaving horse) at Sizerville State
Park.
Plow plane that is probably over 100 years
old.It is used to make grooves for panels.
old.It is used to make grooves for panels.
Transistion "jack" plane between wood
and meta. Made by Stanley Rule and
Level Company, number 26, in the late
1800's. Jack plane is a workhorse or
"jackass" of handplanes as it was used
a lot for smoothing and joining wood.
and meta. Made by Stanley Rule and
Level Company, number 26, in the late
1800's. Jack plane is a workhorse or
"jackass" of handplanes as it was used
a lot for smoothing and joining wood.
Wooden "jack" plane on the right and a
wooden "smooth" bench plane on the left. The
both have a convex shape to the blade. It's
shaped so blade marks can't be seen on the
finished piece of wood.
The antique pine tool chest made by Cliff's
grandpa's made in the 1950's when he was a
millright at the Johnsonburg Paper Mill.
wooden "smooth" bench plane on the left. The
both have a convex shape to the blade. It's
shaped so blade marks can't be seen on the
finished piece of wood.
The antique pine tool chest made by Cliff's
grandpa's made in the 1950's when he was a
millright at the Johnsonburg Paper Mill.
A Stanley number 35 smoothing plane used
for finishing surfaces of wood. Cliff considers
this as one of the best planes there is. He
says "It's a nice plane to use and it does a
good job"
for finishing surfaces of wood. Cliff considers
this as one of the best planes there is. He
says "It's a nice plane to use and it does a
good job"
Spoke shaves, hewing hatchets,
drawing knives, froes, drawing knife
and froe club used for splitting wood,
shaping wood. Cliff uses all of these
tools to make handles and wood
cooking spoons.
drawing knives, froes, drawing knife
and froe club used for splitting wood,
shaping wood. Cliff uses all of these
tools to make handles and wood
cooking spoons.