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Hi, it's Accoya

I cant help but love the abstract patterns that sometimes form when making unplugged joinery. Symmetry, and chaos often combine together to make magic

Hi Steve. No, it was cut from the solid. If I had to make one I would possibly just use a plough plane and an appropriate sized round.

Sorry Steve, I meant to include these images of the board found in the workshop

Just some thoughts on sash templates and scribing that might help you Steve. I have studied this subject for many years, and carried out all sorts of experiments to work out how, or even if, these templates were used. It's my experience that possibly about 90 percent of the templates I have...

Don't worry about it Andy. We know the physical evidence is out there. Maybe the penny will drop some day!

Hi Steve. I knew I had a picture somewhere. It's not quite the same set up as yours as I was using a cove and astragal mould as apposed to an ovolo, and this was mitred instead of scribed, but the franking procedure is just the same

Hi Steve. I'm sorry things aren't going so well. I'm afraid what is causing your problem is that you don't appear to have left any protruding waste on your stile. This would make the franking stable . I'm also concerned that you have mitred the stile. This should be left cut square and...

Hi Steve. That all looks fine to me. I tend not to run my top and bottom vertical bar through. I have seen so many bottom rails rotted out where the water has wicked up the end grain of the bottom mortise if it has been taken right through. Having said that, it is often down to poor maintenance...

Hi Steve. I always Frank my sashes. It gives a longer baring surface for the wedge to sit against, and contrary to what others may say, every old window I have examined, including many examples in the Brooking collection, are done this way. In my workshop, I remove the portion of the franking on...

Thank goodness! common sense prevails at last. Hight, width, depth of reveal. What else do you require, sod all if you have done it all before.

Hi Steve. This an interesting post that Andytoolsandtat made me aware of. The whole subject can get very confusing unless you have been working in the joinery trade for a number of years, and served an apprenticeship. The measurements A,B, and C, are defined purely on the moulding plane, or...

John Green used at least three different marks, but the stepped zig zag border stamp on your plane is the one most often encountered. by the way, its great to see someone using wooden planes, but please be careful, it can be very addictive!!!!. if you want more info on john Green marks, check...

Hi from a self confessed wooden plane enthusiast. The plane marked R B, has the look of an 18th century plane. is it any longer than the rest? As to using wooden planes, I often do in my every day work. Just made enough 1/8 inch **** beading to go around 8 paneled doors this afternoon Wouldn't...

We have been using a new timber product of late called "accoya" it's not the prettiest of woods, and we use it for painted work, but a big plus is that it has little to no movement, and carries a 50 year unconditional guarantee against rot or insect attack. the colour of the wood is not unlike...

Hi folks, thanks for all the kind replies. Just to clarify a few things, as to using my planes, the examples on the web site tend to be early, and historically important,so except on very rare occasions they have been honorably retired. on the other hand i do use wooden planes regularly, as i'm...

This is a link to my web site dedicated to the study of early wooden planes. I'm always looking for constructive comments on any way i can improve it, so please feel free to let me know what you think http://oldwoodplanes.co.uk/

If anyones interested, I hope to be putting up a display of early british wooden planes at the sale. hope to see some of you there