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Thanks chaoticbob - that makes a lot of sense.

Thanks for your replies Ryolith, MusicMan and Custard. I intend to take the adjuster to Richard Arnold’s charity open day on 8th June and meet the plane’s owner so that we can reunite it with the plane and try it out. Incidentally, this annual event is a great day out and I thoroughly...

I recently posted in the Hand Tools section about a Broken Norris Plane Adjuster. In order to repair this adjuster I needed to cut a 7/32” x 40TPI left handed thread and was unable to find any suitable taps in this weird size to buy so I set out to make my own of silver steel rod. I cut...

Well, I repaired it. I got a 5/16" x 32 TPI die for the outer thread but I needed to make taps to cut the 7/32" x 40 TPI LH inner thread. I cut the end off the shaft and made a 1 BA threaded hole in it to accept the new part. After screwing the parts together I drilled though and inserted a...

Veritas make miniature shoulder planes. It looks possible to file one into a convex curve. Not cheap though.

The rear handle in place:

Shooting end grain yew:

Thanks Richard. It is about the same length as a block plane but the iron is only 3/4" wide, which allows a good view when planing a narrow edge, as in the photo below of planing down the linings of a mandolin to be flush with the ribs. It is also very heavy for its size, being almost a solid...

This is a project to make a small plane designed with lutherie in mind but it should be useful for other small woodwork. It is of “sandwich” construction, rather like plane designs by Robert Wearing and James Krenov but it is all metal. The materials are brass and bright mild steel plate and...

Thanks for the replies. I have now had the opportunity to examine the adjuster and measure the threads: - on the shaft: 5/16" x 32 TPI RH - on the traveller: 7/32" x 40 TPI LH Dies are available for the RH thread or I could cut it using the lathe. Finding LH taps of that size is the remaining...

I am looking at the possibility of repairing an adjuster belonging to a Norris A1 plane. The shaft has sheared off inside the swivel. To do the repair it looks a new threaded end would need to be grafted onto the shaft (as well as extracting the broken bit from the swivel). This will only be...

Please send me a PM with your address and I'll put it in the post.

I have one to fit a 5/16" dia. upright. If that is the right size you are welcome to have it FOC.

It's an interesting question and I don't know the answer. However, I would like to pose two additional questions: - When did folding boxwood rules cease to be produced? - When did self-retracting steel tape measures appear? I have these two rules, conveniently marked with dates 1966 and 1968...

A vivid memory from my childhood is my father pumping up the blowlamp which sent a flaming jet of paraffin across the room and set fire to the curtains :)

Thanks Memzey, yes I made them all. Here is another storage solution: a Record 050 in a WW2 Air Ministry box that once held photographic paper.

Some are in a cupboard under the bench, some are on shelves, some are in boxes, some are in flight cases :)

Here is a rather unusual use for a metalwork lathe: trueing a plane sole. It worked :)

Taps, screws, knobs, handles. This is a circle scriber for use in lutherie:

Interesting - please let us know how you get on. I have done freehand metal turning using a tool rest, rather like using a scraper for wood turning. If you vary the angle of presentation of the tool a "sweet spot" can be found where it cuts nicely without chattering. My favourite tool to use...