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I got these clamp heads of ebay worked out about £26 per 4 the pipes are steam pipe threaded 3/4 bsp, I got my pipes pretty cheap has I do electrical work for the company that did them for me they did them for cost of materials 4 x 5ft 4 x 3ft 4 x 2ft for £25 they work really well

I'd love it but don't have a big enough van have space restrictions in workshop so head hast to prevail lol

Believe they did it was painted green and red not traditional hobbies colours but was how they wanted it

Complete strip down removed rust old paint fabricate a couple of parts that were broken straighten arms repaint rebuild measure and fit new belt and made base for it good as new lol

I got this hobbies o.k fretsaw off here for free it had spent last 40 years in a cellar ,really enjoyed restoring to good working condition

I have the masterchuck which is exactly the same chuck the spigots or mortices have to be very precise for it to work effectively if you have the mounting bolts that came with it you can make your own ply jaws for it too makes a decent screw chuck if you have allen screw bit

There you go

Absolutely immaculate condition £50 plus pnp

Doesn't look like you've got nowhere near the Edge yet as well as been skewed straighten it up and keep going till it reflects no light and you can feel the burr on the back side

I have no experience my self just watched a lot of episodes of forged in fire and they were the go to items

Old leaf springs are supposed to make good blades has do old files

You can cut a 1mm thick card scraper down to right size and they work well have one in my early USA stanley 80 which had a blade in just over an inch wide when I got it

The steel in these blades is not that hard hence you can file it a single cut file wouldn't take that much longer than grinder I just assumed most shops have one and I'd use mine cos I've got one 😉, the edge also doesn't last long in use the hook wears away very quickly so you will be doing a...

Just buy it if its wrong angle just put your own 45 degree angle on it 5 minutes on grinder then file and form your hook with burnisher or look out for an old stanley 80

Snap but I bet your results are a lot better than mine 😆

I have a cat that brings in live mice has presents and releases them in my bed often in the wee hours great fun lol

I made this for my 044 plough plane blades took inspiration from stanley 45 blade storage

anyone have any idea of age of this sranley 4 it has a chapman tools by stanley decal on tote I know stanley took over j a chapman in 1937 I also used to work at the woodside site from when Stanley's took over rabone chesterman and they killed the quality and name within 10 years

This is one of my favourite planes a wm marples technical jack bought for £1

Pmed you my email clare thanks