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That's only half done - the poster needed suggestions for finishing - eg peel and eat

says Parkside on reverse, but that's just lidl - do you know pull-saws and recognise these? or do you mean the old Sheff saws - they're Mssrs Heeley of Sheaf Edge Works

I bought a couple of nice-looking and (tried them out) performing, japanese-style pull-saws from lidl - long blades - lovely long cord-wrapped wood handle - one edged 'crosscut-saw' is 18 tpi and the two-edged one 18 tpi on crosscut side, a progressive 10tpi to 7tpi on the rip-cut. looking...

my Lidl saw buy last week was v different - never seen or seen advertised, but nice full-sized Japanese saws with wooden cord-bound handles - just £6.99 - much less than a normal replacement blade.

Slightly beside the point, but what historic accident stopped the use of zinc as a major roofing material in UK? - acres of it in the smallest Euro town, esp France - used as flashing, edging and for many complete roofs. - lighter, cheaper and not v worth nicking - lasts nearly as well as lead...

panel beaters call the inside handheld anvil a dolly - does same job, but for steel

brill - my kind of resto can see the history of the vice, but it's now ready for its second century or so and like the colour - like a faded version of the bright red (?) original

great stuff red and phil - love those individually made apprentice/toolroom/hobbyist/special app vices I have a few, rust covered but in line for a careful clean-up - sometimes see em almost given away on the subject of apprentice-pieces - what other tools were made to instructor's order? -...

Great - wonderful knowledge y'all have - thanks. (and I do like the wild guesses) so it's officially a "Double Dummy" --- go to the back of the class

Vices- after cleaning off rust and any flaking paint and giving a light wire brush, I just give a single coat of brush applied oil paint (self-mixed to preferred colour) - leaves all details visible, easy to remove if nec in the future and lasts quite well - eg 20 years in a dampish basement...

thanks - you sound confident and seems like best answer to me, but I can only picture it being used in bending the very end of a pipe - I presume it's inserted and on removal helps ensure the circular cross-section? I don't have a copy of Hasluck, so would be v grateful for your explanation.

che? not a fisherman, see paternoster on web but not paternoster beam --- would that be at a certain depth, hanging a number of hooks? how would you keep it level - float each end? - quite heavy for all that and easy to tangle

I think I know which part of the fly press you mean, but it's a pretty slim steel bar (or rod), maybe even wrought iron (the true old stuff) - would likely bend if swung hard to press but maybe something to swing?? as you suggest --- could swing it to twist a pair of thickish wires together??

dug up in my allotment in Sheffield - about 20ins long rusted steel bar with heavy lead/pewter knob on each end reminds me a bit of a foundry tool for tamping mould sand? hope it wasn't a Sheffield gang wars (1930s) knobkerry - (I found a couple of buried bayonets once in my garden, and word...

Someone hit it with that caulking hammer?

yup, and earlier nicely refurbed there are a few around, of various designs - still v useful --- or could make quite a collection

I think the part you mean is the 'nut' No 5 is a big beast and screw - the pressure you could apply in use might chew up any epoxy/washer assembly. You could grind the lead end of the screw to cut so it would act as a self tap and go back'n'forth into a long hole in a hard wood such as lignum...

Any roof - paint white to reduce overheating inside.

Laburnum's interesting - looks so much like a tropical, but grows in UK - sometimes find big pieces via tree surgeon as noted above, it has been said that all parts are poisonous, but I think it's the berries/seeds (pea-type) that are really deadly - however don't breathe the dust it's quite...

Say you don't want to be told how to make em but obv so easy from scraps of steel tube - also if slightly rusty inside, they grip the wooden handle much better. I had a few ready made but preferred the home made ones when refurbing a et of registered last year.