Paul Douglass
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I got up in a nostalgic mood today, I guess and was looking over some of the stuff I have from the past. My Dad was a jack of all trades, but a carpenter by profession when I was born. He use to do remodeling and building on the side for people in addition to his full time job. Often he would let me go with him to help out as best I could (normally just fetching tools as he needed them). Anyway, when he died, (way to young) Mom told us boys to pick tools we wanted to have. These are a couple I took and use routinely today. He built them before I was born, so they are over 70 years old. I have three of his sawhorses. I have used a pattern off them to make other also, but his old ones are my go to ones. They still work fine and are holding together . This is one of them:
This is one of the tool boxes he made to lug tool to the worksite. I did re-finish it once. It was pretty rough because he would weld near it and it has a lot of burns from welding spatter. Many of the hand tools in it were his.
Loaded with tools it was a heavy thing to lug around.
This is one of the tool boxes he made to lug tool to the worksite. I did re-finish it once. It was pretty rough because he would weld near it and it has a lot of burns from welding spatter. Many of the hand tools in it were his.
Loaded with tools it was a heavy thing to lug around.
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