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Thanks Andy. Do give it a go. Someone has suggested to me that every other piece of blade could be reversed so as to make a rasp that will cut on the pull as well as the push. I might give that a try next time I break a blade .....

The Corradi shop has handles. Python file handles are also good (stocked by Tilgear).

Thanks. Yes it is aggressive :wink: No welding involved, only rivetting. I clamped the pieces of blade together as a sandwich, drilled holes through, inserted panel pins and snipped them off about 1/16" oversize and then peined them against an anvil.

Make a rasp :)

Here are mine:

The new Corradi rasps have been given good reviews. They are not hand stitched but have a sort of "swirly" tooth pattern which is said to be effective for avoiding grooves or ruts in the workpiece. http://www.corradishop.com/ I have some of the old style Corradi rasps. They are aggressive...

Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum near St. Austell is worth a visit. https://www.wheal-martyn.com/

I understand that a tap broken off in brass can be dissolved out using alum without harming the brass. You can find details by googling something like: broken tap removal alum.

Does it count if the maker was born in Lancashire but doesn't live there now? :)

A Robert Kelly tool. This humble wallpaper scraper nevertheless has a forged bolster and exotic hardwood handle.

I used safety pins as material for springs for a Millers Falls No.5. I used paper clip wire to get the geometry right and then copied the shape with the safety pin wire, which is much springier.

Well, I got it to work. I made the new flat belts as short as I dared and mounted the motor on a hinged platform so that the v-belt can be tensioned and swapped between pulleys. For the flat belts the required length is indeed the same over all three speeds and it is possible to get enough...

I have suffered several mouse invasions. As well as leaving their droppings these critters have: - shredded an old shower curtain and used it to make a nest inside my motorbike helmet, - eaten the top off a plastic bottle to get at the oil inside, - chewed my cabinet handled screwdriver.

That's an ingenious design, dizjasta. Here is another style:

Thanks Mike. Another Liverpool tool dealer I recall was Kelley, who sold tools stamped with their own name but I suppose may have been made by others.

Thanks John, I think you may well be correct. Yes, the body is a brass casting.

This splendid tool has depth and lateral adjusters. It is stamped: W.E. Hill & Sons (a well known London violin dealer). The iron is stamped: L. Bailey's Patent, Aug.6.67, Aug.31.58.EXD. Presumably this is Leonard Bailey the famous plane designer.

This a fascinating thread to me. My small contribution is that I have a moulding plane marked Taylor Liverpool, which I was interested to find as a native of that city.

Thanks for your replies. Yes, it is not very comfortable to hold.

This tool is a rounded rasp on one side and a flat file on the other. Does any one know if it belongs to a particular trade? I wonder if it was for a farrier or cobbler. I was also interested in the stamp, which presumably indicates Canadian manufacture. I'm not well up on Canadian tools -...