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Sounds like a good idea to me. I don't know if it would be better to put the handles in a different piece of luggage, or in the carry-on bags. But, even if they did get confiscated, at least you'd still have the plane. Making new handles would be a pain, but less of a pain than losing the...

Did you say you're paying postage? I'm in New Zealand :mrgreen: Cheers, Vann.

I'll say! It's been flamin hot down here in the south Pacific. Unusually so. I can't do a thing without perspiring profusely... I'll get me coat... (nah, hang on, that'll make me sweat more #-o ). Cheers, Vann.

Better still, AndyT has just posted a link to various manuals which includes this... https://www.scosarg.com//leaflets/White ... e%20PH.pdf Enjoy !! Cheers, Vann.

Hi Graham. It's only a "Quick Reference Catalogue" but next time you drive down SH1, stop at the Timber Museum just south of Putaruru. They've got this in their "safe". And the only page I photographed... Cheers, Vann.

Very nice. I don't think I've ever seen an RS woodlathe on Trademe, and possibly only one PP dimension saw (quite recently). Do your machines still have their Wadkin badges showing Serial & Test numbers? Don't throw away those guides too quickly. They're Chaco guides, still made in Switzerland...

Just be aware that Stanley use a completely different frog arrangement to Record. Record use a standard No.3 size frog. Stanley use a much earlier frog design in their No.10, No.10 1/4 and No.10 1/2 planes, that aren't interchangeable with No.3 or No.5 1/4 planes. Cheers, Vann.

I've had three planes arrive broken: a Rapier No.500 (No.5 size) no great loss; a Record No.05 - would have been a really nice plane; and a Stanley No.4 that had the side broken off before posting - so bought for parts anyway. I don't like using bubble wrap. The first time it's dropped some...

That would have been my recommendation too. Have you considered the BUS (Veritas Bevel Up Smoother). It has a very good reputation and is quite a bit smaller (= lighter for air travel) than the chuting plane. My own feelings regarding bench planes are: - don't spend big money on a new roughing...

Nah, the RS is the middle size (actually 3 middle sizes: 6" 8" & 10"). The RT is the baby of the group. And I think one of the later Wadkin-Bursgreen woodlathes might be slightly smaller again. Cheers, Vann.

Well, to be a pedantic old fart, the OP is collecting Record planes, and Record never made a 5¼ (the T5 being their "equivalent"). And then he would need not one, but two slots for his T5s - as he would need to have both a 2¼" T5 and a 2" T5 :wink: Oh, and two slots for his 05½s - for a 2¼"...

I've been doing a lot of research into Wadkin machines - and I'm finding the same thing. Conflicting or illogical results :? In the end you can only show what you've found, and propose a theory or two about why it doesn't stack up. To me, it looks like the second (and third) ones have the ends...

I recon you're a jammy bugger :!: I'm obviously not doing the right searches on TradeMe. Well done Richard. Cheers, Vann.

I'm really enjoying your "series", and I'm impressed with your research. Keep it up. Cheers, Vann.

I can't speak from experience, but I would think that whether you use BLO, wax, or paint :? you should do a thorough de-rusting first. Electrolysis, or one of those chemical treatments that will get into pores, cracks and crevices to kill all rust. I've tried clear lacquer on the lateral...

A-ha, that's what I was trying to describe when I wrote "...These vices have five ribs on the front jaw (one vertical; two at 45deg; & two almost horizontal); "RD 664 709" toward the top; and an elliptical boss on the screw where the handle passes through...". A picture is worth a thousand words...

Having a glance through "Record Tools", the reprint of Record's Catalogue No.15 of 1938, I see there were then three versions of the No.52, 52½ and 53 woodworkers' vices. These were: - the No. 52, No. 52½ and No.53 which are described as "With Quick-grip and Continuous Screw Action" (i.e. quick...

I struck something similar when looking at the patent for North Bros "Yankee" drills. Taking my drill apart, and working through the gobbledegook, I managed to work out almost all of what they meant. I've been meaning to do a thread on that for several years (where's that damned round tuit?)...

As others have said: It's a 2-piece design made by Record who called it "Stay Set" (and put "SS" on their lever caps on planes that have that design of cap-iron). Record produced the Stay Set from 1931 to 1964. Clico re-introduced the 2-piece when they began producing Clifton bench planes about...

I think there was still a part roll of linen in the tracings store room, but I never saw anyone do a new drawing on linen (and there was no reason to think that roll was newer than the 1870s tracings :mrgreen: ) but then I think the new plastic (mylar?) film arrived in the drawing office...