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Ok, guys and girls, here is the next bunch of pictures. I just need now to make up the drawer boxes from birch ply and fit the solid beech frontals. You can see the storage shelf in the photos. Hope you enjoy looking at them as much as i have been enjoying making it Cheers, Mark

Just thought I would let you guys know i have sorted it with the help from the pictures, so thanks a million!

Hi Pete, thanks for that- at first glance that looks how the weight on mine is. I will take a photo and post up. Cheers, Mark

I feel the same Jimi - many people, even professional furniture makers I know dont see the point of spending more than you have to on tools. Myself, I have always brought the most expensive, as by and large, in life, you get what you pay for. I love the feel and look and pleasure of owning...

Brilliant, thanks Pete, look forward to the photo.. Toolsnt - thanks, but that was regarding a record vice with a different mechanism, but thanks all the same!!

I am hoping someone can help me get the vice on my new bench working properly. Its brand new, and I separated the jaws to fit the wooden overcheeks and i am sure I put it back together how it was, but its not working properly, so I have missed something. Its a york i think, from Axminster and it...

Nice find jimi....i picked up anice old saw on ebay recently and was wondering about the bestway to restore it a bit as well. The handle is a bit loose on the blade, not sure how to sort this. The whole saw is pretty dirty as well, but i think it should clean up nicely. Cheers, mark

Out of interest, how much are the Sauer planes? There are no prices on the classic tools website.....which usually means one thing - if you have to ask, you cant afford it !!!!

OK, little update, I have had a pretty productive few days and the legs and frame are almost finished. As you can see from the pictures, i went with the rounded shoulders on the mortice and tenons, I am going to dowel the top frame members through the legs with birch 10mm dowels and the bottom...

Oh lordy...... what have I started!! Guys, I now have some serious plane envy... I really like the Cliftons, might have to get myself one just for the hell of it, they have a beautiful look and feel to them. keep them coming guys, lets see what collections everyone has! Cheers, mark

Hi, do the same dating features apply equally to these, or are they two entirely separate beasts? Another E bay foundling has just arrived at my door ( £10 - bargain!!) , but the body is clearly stamped made in England behind the frog. I think it will restore nicely, and its certainly very...

Actually, it's not the full family, here they all are, we have: Type 15 No 7 bailey, Type 9 No 6 bailey, Type 11 No 5.5 bailey, Veritas low angle smoothing plane, late model Norris A5, Lie Nielsen 4, Stanley 78 rabbet plane, Veritas DX90 block plane, Lie Nielsen 140 skew block, Clifton dado...

Hope this makes you all happy on a Monday.... Cheers, Mark

Well, I have hit a couple of snags, both to do with the iron. Firstly, there seems to be a fair bit of slack in the adjuster. The two prongs of the adjuster fork do not fit completely tightly between the steps of the adjuster knob, meaning that you can wiggle the blade up and down a few...

Sorry, this next batch of pictures should be much smaller. I have started doing the mortices in the legs for the cross members. For the top ones that are open on one side, I used a bandsaw and my pillar drill to remove the big chunk of material then cleaned up with a chisel. One is perfect, the...

Well, she is finished. not 100%, as I have discovered that the iron has been sharpened too many times to protrude through the throat with the cap iron correctly seated and with approx 1mm of blade showing. So I have a Hock iron and chipbreaker arriving Monday for her. But the body has been...

Wow, this is spooky !! Today I just took delivery of my new Sealey pillar drill. I got it primarily to help producing the mortices on the legs of the bench I am making and made the first one tonight. The drill however came without a vice and it quickly became apparent to me that for accurate...

Ok, from a bit of research, I am pretty positive it is a type 14. This makes it a 1929 version. Still undecided about its fate really, it has not really grabbed me like the number5and a half I have just finished... cheers, Mark

Thanks for the kind offer Terry, however , I have just plumped for this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 559wt_1139 which seemed a pretty good quality machine and quite powerful, manufacturer refurbished and like new, for under half the normal price. Thanks for the input...

OK, I am now ready to consider the design of the frame and underneath. One problem that I did not consider in the design is that to make the legs symmetrical from each end, they will give a large overhang ( 400mm ) at each side, due to the size and construction of the front vise . I am thinking...