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Ash has large pores and is "open/ coarse grained" whereas beech has almost invisible pores.

With a pin gauge or a cutting gauge, whether or not the stem/shaft rests on the workpiece depends on how far the pin or knife sticks out. If they stick out quite a bit, then you have to use the "no stem contact" method, some might say that's the wrong way but it still works.

Hold the fence against the workpiece then move the gauge down until the wheel touches. Keep the gauge pressing on the side of the workpiece and move the gauge along the workpiece to make the mark.

I could be wrong but I've always thought a wheel marking gauge is not used in the same way as a pin one. With the pin gauge, you hold the fence against the workpiece and rest the pin stem on the workpiece and rotate it so that pin touches the workpiece. But with a wheel gauge, you only have to...

Obviously the family goes a way back, just like any family, but the start of Aaron Hildick Ltd seems to be 1853.

Thanks! https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Aaron_Hildick shows the cannon and I.D.FY logo was in use in 1938 by Aaron Hildick.

Here are some thickness measurements. From top to bottom (width - thickness at edge, near bolster) Brades 22mm - 2.7mm, 4mm Marples 25mm - 3.5, 5.5 I Sorby 26mm - 4.2, 6.2 Robert Sorby 19mm - 2.9, 5 The Brades is the one mentioned in my previous reply, just says "Brades, Cast Steel"...

Thanks, that's interesting! https://sha.org/assets/documents/Tradem ... leware.pdf Page 120 show the entry for Charles Hill: The logo seems to be a quarter view of a cannon where as mine is a side view. p54 p290 Some info on Abram Brooksbank and George Wilkin, and also Charles S. Green...

I've got 2 C.Hill carving gouges, one side says "C.Hill, Sheffield", the other has a canon trademark and then "I.D.FY". Does anyone what is "I.D.FY"? I found the following on a Charles Hill of Sheffield: http://sheffieldindexers.com/TradeDirec ... ent_page=2 Incidentally, Marples was...

Re prices, make sure you tick the "sold" box on the left when searching. Buy it now and auction starting prices are meaningless as sellers can choose whatever price they like. Just a few days ago a set of 15 plough plane iron was sold for £15 inc P&P.

Blame the retailer and importer.

But lots of people, (in the US if going by what you see in Youtube videos), never used any safety measures, (ie riving knife, blade guard,keeping hands away from blade etc), to start with. And Sawstop will let them continue to use a table saw like that, why would they start to use any safety...

I've finally manage to get a bevel edge thin paring chisel for a relatively reasonable price, although still quite expensive. Thickness near the handle is 4mm, tapering down to 2.7mm at the cutting edge, width is 22mm. The lands are small and it is definitely bendy! I need it for work, so I...

It depends on the the price, doesn't it?!

My Toolstation 502 pva has turned into a really thick translucent gel, it's so thick I can't squeeze it out of the bottle. It's not even that old, more than a year I think but it can't be more than 2. The previous time I checked, about a month ago, it was still white but quite thick and lumpy...

Thanks everyone. I think I'm going to get one of each. I just dug out a modern Stanley 102 (with red cap and same size as 120/220/9 1/2). I don't think the blade has ever been sharpened, most of the grinding marks on the back came off quite quickly on diamond stones and after honing seemed...

I've got one, a later Stanley 60 1/2 (with lateral adjuster), like the one linked to in the first post. The milling of the bed is off, it's not parallel with the sole going across. If you sharpen the blade as normal ie 90 degrees to the blade sides or centreline, the cutting edge will be...

Has anyone got any experience of new Stanley replacement irons? I'm after one for my Record 9 1/2 which takes the older style of blade. This Stanley one is about £8: https://www.stanleytools.com/en-us/prod ... ade/12-331 Ray Iles makes them but it's £17 (13.50+3.50P&P). All I'm looking for...

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/b ... #pb3-l1g15 It seems the plan is to outlaw the mail order selling of bladed items to residential addresses?! The effect is going to be huge! What about if the blade is completely blunt? Or delivery to your work address, if you've got one.

The Oxford English Dictionary is available online to anyone with a UK library card. The entry on "cannel" is as follows (simple copy and paste, there's a lot of abbreviation eg ME=Middle English etc), although there's no mention of the word in relation to gouges: Basically, "cannel" is related...