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Fair suck of the sav, mate! It's them Aussies wot have the hard woods! Us Kiwis are gentler folk with gentler timbers (mainly softwoods). I think maybe southern Africa may also have hard silica bearing timbers - but I'm ready to be corrected on that. Cheers, Vann.

There are two models of chuck used on the Stanley 803 and 805 eggbeaters. The earlier one came from the equilivent J.A. Chapman drill, and continued into the Stanley UK era. This one is (from memory) 1/4" capacity, and has the Z shaped chuck springs. Your best bet is to pick up another 803/805...

That's my impression too. I'm not so sure here. Aren't they supposed to be the same quality, with just a different cap-iron and lever-cap? Cheers, Vann.

Or PM Mark ("wallace" on here). He probably won't be in the market for much, but he'll give good advice. He'll know current values. Cheers, Vann.

I know nothing about their saws, but that machine looks every bit as sexy as a Wadkin PK. Does it have tilting arbour or tilting table? Cheers, Vann.

A socket to socket converter does not covert the voltage - so you'll be supplying 240v to your 120v machines. They're going to burn out. My stepson found this out the hard way. He brought a lava-lamp back from the States. Surprisingly, using just a socket converter, it ran for an hour or two...

I like it. More pictures please. + 1 Cheers, Vann.

Nah, the one with the spoked wheel is my No.124 which, along with the No.125, had a rectangular frame from day 1. I think that your theory that the spoked wheel was dropped before the dumb-bell/spectacle frame is correct - judging by ED65's No.122. Cheers, Vann.

Here goes: Record's No.124 and No.125 eggbeaters were only produced from 1932 to ~1938. I had assumed their No.122 had a similar production period, but your No.122 has a solid disc gear wheel, not the spoked wheel shown in the 1938 catalogue, so I assume it's a later version. My Record No.123...

No no. This is a Wadkin, so you need to be grey (RAL 7011) with envy. Green is for the later Wadkin-Bursgreen machines :mrgreen: Cheers, Vann.

My three Record No.123s are the same as this one (photo stolen from Alf's blog) and probably date to the 1960s or 1970s. My No.124 is not quite the same as Alf's - hers being from the first year of production (1932), while mine is the later version (1933-38). Cheers, Vann.

Record were very good a copying USA woodworking tools. Not only did they copy Stanley's benchplanes right down to the (by then) non-standard threads, their No.145 and No.146 breast drills are almost exact copies of Millers Falls breast drills. Ah yes, I'd forgotten that the Record No.122 is a...

Wadkin, Wadkin, Wadkin, and Wadkin :wink: (like Wallace says). I had to pass on a 24" Wadkin RM PT recently due to lack of space :( (it sold for $250, ~140 quid :cry: ). http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... 1285265539 Cheers, Vann.

I'm at work ATM, but I have the Record catalogue reprint (Cattledog #15 of 1938 IIRC) that shows the Record drills. Of course my scanner has died, but I could photograph the page if no-one else comes up with something first. Other reading of Record eggbeaters (models #123 & #124) can be found...

Wot he said :lol: Cheers, Vann.

I have a Makita 3620 (a fairly basic model - but I've had it for years and it's done nearly everything I've needed). It won't take 1/2" shank bits, but came with 1/4" and 3/8" collets. After I broke a 1/4" shank cutter I did a few calcs and figured a 3/8" shank has roughly twice the...

*** Gloat Warning *** My Record No.08s (plural) are all 80mm wide, while my Stanley No.608 is 79mm wide. Lengths 606 to 608mm - except the Stanley 608 which is 611mm long. I don't think the gloat warning extends to my Record No.02. It was in the background when I bought a bunch of woodies. It's...

Surely the use of Rosewood versus Beech is cosmetic? It certainly doesn't improve the function of the plane. Another cosmetic difference is the first pattern planes (1931-39) had most of the screws nickel plated. But these touches indicate to me attempts at a better quality tool, and their...

From my observations, early Stanleys of US manufacture, were the best quality (loathe as I am to say anything nice about those damned Yanks). But as the accountants made greater ingress to the various companies the quality began to fall. Once Stanley UK began production (after 1936) USA Stanleys...

Welcome to the forum. You don't have to be a non-native English speaker to get confused by woodworking terms. USA woodworkers use a whole bunch of different terms for the same items, and down here in New Zealand (and Australia) we used some different terms again :D . I'm not an electrician, but...