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Happy memories of starting as a apprentice joiner in 1971 and starting building college where everything was made using these hand tools retired in 2018 and now into woodturning thanks for sharing🔨🪚👍

Loved watching this video. I have inherited my dad's and uncle's tools. Some are exactly the same as you have shown us. I am trying to remember how my dad used them and what I was taught at school and like to tinker with little DIY jobs. Far away from being skilled with them but it is enjoyable. In comparison, the battery powered tools of today are convenient but short lived. I have three that are scrap now because the battery pack is no longer available. The drill bodies look brand new. Such a waste. My grandads electric drill however still runs fine. Probably 50 years old at least! The hand drills are very convenient. Thanks for the video.

Iam still using my old sandvik 288 and 271 saws to this day, they get a quick run over with the file every two weeks.

Much appreciated. In the early 80s there were quite a few power tools available. Old carpenters would always prefer the old ways. One guy I knew fitted 3 doors including mortise locks in an hour and a half. Another cut through an RSJ using a hacksaw blade wrapped in rag in a hour. !!!

My dad carried virtually the same gear, but his second saw was a tenon saw, his plane was a Marples X4. plus a small block plane, and one thing we both swore by, which isn't in your bag.... A butt gauge. These were the days when he got dropped off at a job, and the only tools he had were those in the bag. He might have been left a Hilti gun for drilling masonry. No gloves, face masks, ear defenders or goggles to be seen.

Spear and Jackson. Since most business partners fight I wonder if it will end up as a Spear or a Jackson in the end. BTW, anyone even know who Spear or Jackson are, are they even real people.

Lovely vid, took notes. I'm living pretty small and doing carpentry jobs off my bicycle. Remarkably similar tool kit, aside from the saws being swapped for a circ saw or two. May bring hand saws back into the picture. Thanks-

Your video has brought back lots of memories of when I was apprenticed (1965 - 70) after leaving school at 15. As you said most sites didn't have electric back then so everything was done by hand tools. I always carried 2 marking gauges so that you could mark both sides for cutting in butts etc. Also 2 sliding bevels for roofing work/cuts but of course later trusses came in and cut roofs were a thing of the past, always carried my Stanley roofing square even after trusses became the norm. A Diston (American if possible) handsaw and Spear and Jackson panel saw, Record planes plus a rabbet one and Marples chisels. Still got some of those tools and use them occasionally in my workshop but not my brace and bits as electric drills are so much easier. Equally my old axe hasn't been used in many a year.. I still think of those days when tea was drank very hot in a half pint enamel mug using condensed milk as there were no fridges on sites then - it tasted a lot better (from memory) than now - Brook Bond Divie tea with 5 shillings back from the divie stamps collected on a card. Later Marvel powdered milk came in which tased naff in comparison. Oh happy days, 1/9d per hour at 15 to 16 years old, then a pay rise to 2/6d per hour until 17 when another rise etc until reaching about 8/11d at 20 which was full tradesman's rate in 1970.

I have the stanley as Ive always bought stanley and for some stupid reason theyve started using alaminium for the cam same with there blockplanes the knob came away from the thread and the adjustable throat keeps closing so Ive just ordered a clifton

Not a lot has changed really 62 year old joiner now my combi square and bevel are the one I had as an apprentice saws are all throw away now plainer and screw drivers are battery now good old days great bag too

back in the day we carried everything, lifted everything , put screws in, drilled holes all by hand , when we got home we were knackered, we didn't go to the gym ,we'd been there in one form or another all day at work. one of the newer breed of tradesmen offered to carry one of my tool bags and was shocked when he tried to lift it ,especially as he'd seen me come in earlier laden like a pack mule. probably why we need new knees and hips . he called me a liar when I said when I was your age cement , plaster and sand all used to be in 100cwt bags not these little bags ,and the site labourers used to carry them 2 at a time .

I was just away to start my apprenticeship in 78. I remember I couldn't lift my journeymans tool bag .

My god! How things have changed. I’m 57 still at it after 41 years! I used to fit all my gear in a canvas bass and go to work on the bus! Now you need £9000 worth of kit and a van to cope with a job round the corner! I remember it would be about 1986 and there was a joiner working on a site with about half a dozen others, he had a few power tools and we used to take the mick and one of the things we’d say was how you gonna level that wall plate? Where you gonna plug your spirit level in? Ha ha nowadays we actually have electric levels!! I still think back then was no harder than it is now we just tell ourselves it is! Thanks for this video it’s brought back fond memories for me. I’ve still got my old hand tools but the bass went a long time ago!! 😊👍

brings back memories, still got my stepdads tools virtually identical.

This is amazing Chris . Don't go back as far as 1977, but I do remember using a brace and bit circa 1987. To think that you used to fix skirting with wooden plugs. I do remember fixing MDF skirting into dense block - with 4" cuts doubled up every foot and a half - that would have been around 1999. The cut nail was a proper fixing, specially going into dense blocks. Used them for fixing door linings too. Don't need to mention that it's all cordless power tools nowadays - not to mention the butane powered nailer.

Great post pal i was a plumber 50 odd years started my appy ship mid 60s i can relate to your post the job i hated most was the old rawl plugging tools and the old fibre rawlplugs what a change it was when the boss brought a 250v hammer drill yup brace and bits happy days

Hi, i am a bench joiner, and fit what i make on site. Apart from cordless drill/ driver replacing braces and hardpoint saws replacing sharpenable ones, i still carry and use literally everything you have there, as well as carrying other power tools. There are so many tasks better carried out with these tools, but i think fewer people seem to grasp that now. I really enjoyed watching you basically unpack my tool bag!

I remember on site in early 80's with a chippy's bag of tools like that....

Thanks, it was interesting. I was never a professional woodworker, but started to acquire tools in my late teens (1960 ish ). I was an engineering apprentice. Many are so familiar, identical and of course I've still got them. My first saws were Sandvik too - something about them felt right. Happy New Year.

I am a retired electrician and my family were an assortment of plumbers and carpenters and plasterers . During my working years I saw the transition to power/cordless tools and I wonder how we ever got by without lasers and cordless screwdrivers and power planes and SDS drills. Some time ago my Father passed and in his shed I found loads of wonderful old tools that nowadays have been made obsolete by cordless tools. Sadly I could not find a new home for them and regretfully took them to the re-cycling centre and threw them in the scrap metal skip.

Thanks for this. I'm in my mid-30s and I've begun retraining as a site carpenter. Its surprisingly difficult to get into the trade at my age - I've been shocked at the outlay of all the power tools we must bear the cost of. I expect it will be around 2 years before I take a real wage, partly because so many disposable elements need constant replacement. I got into woodwork as a handtool enthusiast so all of these tools are familiar to me, including sharpening saws by hand, and its wonderful to hear how they were used on site - in a big bag, like the Mary Poppins on carpentry. I'm nowhere near affording a van, and have to haul my tool trolley on the bus or tube, and I'm treated as an oddity, even from passers by. Its amazing to think fellas did that everyday, plus a full day of sawing and hammering by hand. I have the utmost respect for your generation. Would love to find someone that I can learn from that's seen it all, as at this point I haven't found an apprenticeship. All the best

It is interesting to see tools that lasted this long, what motorbike did you have and do you still ride motorbikes

When did you break into my workshop?😁

The basic chippie kit for any site worker back in the day ( but that was enough to hump around from job to job on public transport) it was always a compromise between having the tools required and the weight of them all in the bag , but u know a lot of them hand tools r still required today squares bevels etc , but the battery tools available nowadays have made a chippies life much easier and quicker but the trade off is the expense of variants required, drills saws planers etc , no public transport with this lot today either ,u need a van , with some proper security features to stop the scum tool thieves getting their hands on them , but great to c some of them tools from a by gone era that r all still probably out there languishing ( and rusting away) in thousands of garden sheds or garages up and down the country

Thank you for that , I had the same except the hammer as I had a estwing leather handle

Started my apprenticeship as a joiner in 1966 in the Gorbals of Glasgow, used to carry one of these bags or an ex army haversack😊

Yup I remember this gear to. And do you know what we made more money then than we do now. These days I carry over 10 grands worth of kit. I remember when we all went out and bought electric screwdrivers, planers and drop saws. We made some good money for a month or so. Then head office sent the bean counters down to see why the carpenters cheques had all gone up. When Andy the site Forman said that we had all gone and invested in new gear the bastards said “cut the prices” So we were all back to square one but with bigger overheads. That was the movement I realised that it didn’t matter how hard you worked the big companies were always going to make sure you stayed poor. Of course this has got steadily worse.

Hmm ! '77 ? I wouldn't have carried the axe or the hand drill ,and I'd only have had one plane with me, and only one hammer. but that would have been a few years earlier. by '77 we'd always got a van and with that came power tools, namely the old immortal Wolf Sapphire hammer-drill and circular saw (I still have the saw). I never got on with the small yankee, always the big one. But the main thing about this trip down memory lane is how very much cheaper all these tools have become,comparative to earnings ! A new plane (no 4) had to be thought about, you might not have been able to afford one in one go,a lot of small ironmongers would give you credit because of this.

I was just 10 in 77'. Always loved tools, My Dad was in aerospace but on the weekends He was always working on the House. He added and/or extended rooms complete with electricity and plumbing (if appropriate). He added patios and decks. My older Brother (10 years older) has worked with stained glass, furniture building, but ended up as an industrial pipe fitter. I remember the pit in My stomach I felt around that time when Sears Craftsman ended their lifetime warranty on power tools. For Me, being 'American' includes a legacy of building and creating. I suppose that's really a human thing though. I think the biggest and best difference from 'the olden days' to now is that 50lb bag was everything. Dull blades or bits are touched up as part of the job. Nobody is making a Home Depot run in the middle of the job.

Very interesting, reminds me of my Dad's tools when I was a boy; he had a Black and Decker drill but used the brace and bit more often. I'm of the generation of affordable lithium ion powered cordless kit, I doubt I'll be uploading any of it to UA-cam in fifty years, there's no romance in a circular saw 😅

Yes brings back memories to what was available to us then. I had a bag I’d put on back of motorbike to. 👍

i started my apprenticship in late august 1972 and still working by choice just to keep active and the grey matter in use

I bought the 600mm one & it rattles around in the back of my van. It’s great, very tough & fairly accurate for a budget level. I’m a Plumber & for hanging radiators or wee jobs it’s perfect. I’ve got loads of levels, but really for levelling Baths etc now I use a Laser Level. Thanks Chris👍👍

Got to be an Estwing Claw Hammer!! A Foot Rule too surely? The best Joiner I ever worked with, the most skilled etc had a Sack, a hessian sack of tools. Most guys used a Mitre Box & Bow Saw(Bushman) Hand Saw for Skirtings & Facings etc. I’m a Plumber & Power tools revolutionised our Trade. Thanks for sharing.

Great video, would you be able to do one on sharpening a hand saw?

Thanks Chris, I have one of these which works well once adjusted BUT is a pig to set up. I've just ordered a replacement Ray Iles blade to see if that improves it. Mine also needed a washer underneath the front adjusting knob to make it clamp down properly - trivial enough to do but these really should come out of the factory much better than they do.

This brought back memories I have exactly the same kit as you , I served my apprenticeship in the late sixty’s early seventies, still got all my old tools, great video.

should have been 26 years building and glazing was always shit at sums

life from the tool bass .great vid i started in 68.apprentiship at the co-op did 5 years of making coffins the first year then making shop fronts couters formica work allround maintenance in the shops.met my wife at the main store ,got married in 73 then went house bashing with the exact kit you showed.as someone said the sandvic panel saw was dogs bollocks in those days. dis a year on accomadation moduels for north sea oil riggs in the boro. then on to smiths dock shipyard south bank for 6 month insulating refrigerated ships.tried to follow the money,next came shuttering in the ici and british steel in teeside,even acouple of month on a cooling tower. in 78 it was off to ausie on assisted with my wife 2 suitcases and said tool bass.toolbox and bigger things came by ship 3 month in those days. different building game over there alltogether. power tools were the go,mainly subbies so i had to kit out with circular saws elec planer radial arm saw nail guns the lot.mainly house framing .but every house had a power pole and a portable dunnie.it was all a shock at first but loved it ,got natuarlised in 82.they just pick you up by youre ankles and bash yer head against a tree then youre one of them in 1990 we came as my wifes mam was dying. we stayed here till now after building and glazing for 16 years when i retired in 2016 to look after my wife who got alzheimers who passed in 2021.i now just work in my shed making bits for charity and riding my bike. sorry for the long story but that video took me all the way.

Very cool👌 Ive been a power tool woodworker for 4 years now. A while back, we lost power for 5 days due to some bad weather, and since then I've been slowly putting together a hand tool kit so I can work with no power. I've been a bit obsessed since I took my first shaving. After I hunt down a good plough plane, I'll have pretty much everything I really need to quietly work by candle light if need be. 😊 Very cool to see your essentials. Sometimes I wish I could have lived in those times. Things are so crazy these days. Thanks for sharing! Stay safe out there 🙏

I’m surprised that I, as an American, not only had (and still have) the same carpentry tools from the 70s but that they were made by the same manufacturers.

Ha.. your tool bag is like the cartoon Petes pockets!! Great video bought back happy memories I still have and use all of these. Thank you and stay lucky

Great post started in 74 what memories I'm sure all us old wood butchers watching this will be smiling ear to ear 😂😂😂

😂😂😂 ive still got all them tools, ill never forget my rawl plug tool and fixing Battens on 18 “ skirtings. That’s like an endless pit of a tool bag 😊 thanks for the memories.

Afternoon pal , think i can speak for a lot of us when i say thank you for posting this i started my apprenticeship in 86 and like most of us have pretty much the same kit no jack plane but always had a rebate plane , remember when we first got the Hitachi green cordless drill, thank god we all thought no more drilling locks out by hand 😂, funnly enough iv gone back to all the old tools as i now do all our repairs for our antique shop and the customers and myself love the thought of using old tools on old furniture just like it used to be , thank you Kind regards drew 👍

Cracking video grommit😄 I reckon I have most of those tools myself , dad was a builder, I'm more a mechanic myself but can turn me hand to diy when needed. Thanks for this, I really enjoyed it. Happy new year.

I started my apprenticeship in 1990. Had a very similar kit in a green canvas bag. I also used to strap it to my motorbike. I remember seeing one of the chippy's with a makita cordless drill and thought i got to get one of those! Haven't stop buying since, now need a large ven to carry everything around.

I started in 88 I had essentially the same kit with the addition of a bow saw with a clout nail at each end

I am 70 and this brought back memories except for diston saws and spear&Jackson and i think it was sorby chisels. Then you spent 3 or4 hundred on tools now now its thousands before you start with a van etc.

Great Video