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It seems that the long awaited Clifton block plane is coming. There are a few teasers here https://www.facebook.com/cliftonplanes?ref=profile that show a small bronze plane with an adjustable mouth. On the downside, it looks like maybe the Clico range of hollow mortise chisels may be deleted...

Ideal for cutting tongues on the edge of 2 inch thick boards. If you'd looked further you'd find a matching one for cutting the groove... :mrgreen: Cheers, Vann.

Situation unchanged then :mrgreen: Cheers, Vann.

Testing to see if I can post .png files... Cheers, Vann.

The patent, courtesy of Google http://www.google.com/patents/US906902 Cheers, Vann.

Why do you find such statements far fetched? I've said that it happened to me. If I wanted to mar the finish on a piece of wood, my 1973 new Stanley UK No.4 was the tool for the job. For 30+ years I avoided using my handplane. There are plenty of almost unused handplanes on evilbay, suggesting...

Nice work :!: There's a method of "blacking" steel that I haven't tried yet, that involves heating the item to a certain heat, then dunking in oil. It wouldn't do the spring any favours though, nor the glue #-o Cheers, Vann.

Quite right. I had to think hard too :wink: Cheers, Vann.

Found it ! This is from Leonard Bailey's patent application. It seems ironic to me, that the majority of "Bailey" style planes feature the problem that Leonard Bailey himself wanted to overcome - i.e. the plane-iron not being supported at the point where the plane-iron tends to buckle or rise...

Hi GSH. As I said in the previous post, the patent drawing of Mr Bailey's double iron shows the cap-iron laying parallel (flat) on the iron, right down to the point where it begins the distinctive hump. IIRC the patent emphasizes how the cap-iron supports the cutting iron at either end of the...

Or maybe you had a good tutor who taught you how to set yours up. Or maybe you've got all well made vintage (pre 1930s) Stanleys. Or maybe not the luckiest, just the most sarcastic... who knows? Cheers, Vann.

Except that Stanley (and others) have not made the Bailey cap iron correctly to the design since... maybe the 1930s. The patent drawing of Mr Bailey's double iron shows the cap-iron laying parallel (flat) on the iron right down to the point where it begins the distinctive hump. While the...

I knocked up this saw till (mostly out of scraps) when my accumulation of backsaws, awaiting reviving, got out of hand. Due to the presence of the light tubes and garage door runner, I couldn't put a hinged door on the front. Instead the door slides down to open (a bit of a pain, but one of...

Cheers, Vann.

...of Bedrock planes, not of Bailey planes (hammer) Standard Bench Planes We make all sizes that Stanley did, from the tiny No. 1 to the huge No. 8. Each has its own charm, but personal preference plays a large part in choosing the right bench plane for a particular job. Our Standard Bench...

Well original Stanley Bedrocks often sell for big money (as much as a new L-N) and they are all old and usually carry the scars of the years use, abuse, and storage. And no-one was making new ones. As far as I'm concerned they did me a" favour" by taking the finacial risk to start making new...

Ahem. With the exception on their No.1, L-N did not copy the Stanley Bailey design. Lie-Nielsen did us all a favour by copying a design that had been out of production for 50 odd years, making it available once again to woodworkers (and collectors). I think that's why some feel that L-N deserves...

Ahem. It's a block plane - bevel up, no cap-iron (hammer) . Cheers, Vann.

Oops - just one with a screw (the other is brad point - which I'd like to hang on to). Let me know if you'd like it. It's a ♯12 (¾"). Cheers, Vann.

That's the same arrangement as my blacksmiths drills. In the process of acquiring 1/2" shank bits for my drills I've come across a couple with woodworking tips - including a screw. This won't work with my blacksmith drills as the drill feeds the bit, so any bit with a screw will result in the...