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Hi Barry, many thanks for response (and welcome here!). In no particular order - the adjuster does have the small 3 o'clock screw. The mouth certainly looks what I consider tight, but not actually measured it - can check with feelers later but it's what I regard as tight enough! I have not felt...

I'll admit to being very fond of paring chisels, use them quite a bit. I got a new Sorby a few years ago - sadly in my case v disappointed. Didn't think the steel was great, and as for the leather washer... who thought that was a good idea? I think at that time Sorby had got so caught up in...

Coach bolts. If you can't use them, top's too thin :)

Agreed, Inca 260 - French-made version with mid-green main casting. Blade length says 260, and the infeed is opposite to every other bandsaw I have ever known. If it's for sale and the wheels/tyres are good, plus it spins free and sweet, then grab it. A quick check if it has a blade on - set...

Jim here just pointed me to David Barron's mention about the virtues of second-hand bandsaws - on his blog (July)... scroll down a few topics. The good old Startrite crops up of course. He also rates the Burgess 3 wheeler as a small tabletop (Jim is a fan of his) but no mention of the formidable...

Getting close now Jim (pardon pun). There is still a tiny amount of fall-away on the back, and I am certainly not resorting to a back bevel, but given that (so less than perfect edge on both faces) it's planing wild cherry very nicely indeed, set thin ( 2 - 3 thou at a guess), no tearing. The...

I have a very similar Bosch, and on other saws tend to use Freud so I got a Freud for the Bosch recently - excellent, highly recommended. Found it on eBay, free shipping, forgot price but I am mean so it can't have been much.

They look rather nice Henning - no prices I note, and what is Maine hardwood, is it different to Kent hardwood at all :)

Excellent link Andy, many thanks (solid research as usual!). I have sent him an email. His comment about the rosewood in same colour family as mahogany is getting close now, I suspect. The mystery seems to be this is certainly a post-war (bun screw and Norris marks) and it's not ebonised beech...

I was looking at these a while ago - rather impressive. I recall one guy made one with a very extended flue which ran horizontally along an internal wall then up and out, so heat exchange was greater into the room. I have only seen them run wood, but cannot see why solid fuels wouldn't work...

Tis true there are several threads on this topic, but my own thoughts (from experience with around 6 of them, maybe more) is that they are essentially quite simple machines and there are lots of very good second-hand ones around. Agree re the blades - Tuffsaws; and try and see one before buying...

I know, Mark... here's a pic: Interesting your beech one doesn't have the screw through front infill, so is presumably earlier than mine. I wonder if, after the war, they just had a parts bin and consumed components in a random order. (Corian router tabletop doing very well indeed by the way...

Ah yes Cheshire, I meant turnscrew but forgot. Jim had already put me right on that. I prefer 'turnscrew' anyway, sounds like a tool, whereas 'screwdriver' sounds rather B&Q. Re the Marples brochure shot Andy. I was trying to see what he was fixing above his head. What exactly is a reputation? :lol:

Not so sure now. I first thought mahogany (as did Jim) because of the underside of tote / rear infill which looks like this (it did have a thickish dark varnish on which is mostly removed here): But then the front infill: Here's 2 more pics - the dark rather thick varnish is coming off...

OK, you win. I'll probably stop at the 2 footer... hard to find many uses for it. The arrow will be military, MOD I expect (given date too). Maybe they were used more as engineering tools than for woodworking? Mine came from Scotland I think so was likely used for opening the paint tins on Forth...

Thanks Custard and Andy. I am impressed with the Norris adjuster design - nice tight tolerances and it was a clever solution to the adjustment issue. It works very well too on the modern Veritas shoulder plane I have. Re the possible drift of lateral when adjusting cut, I tend to back the lever...

(you can tell Strickly is back on... I'm posting things on the forum.) Calling the Norris experts please. I have this post-War A5 (more about it in a moment) and am convinced the infills are mahogany. I have not researched everywhere yet, but in all the Norris info I can find, 'ebonised' beech...

Never a dead thread. I spotted this on eBay recently and had a hunch it may slip by unnoticed - bad shot, poor description etc. I think the description was 'screwdriver, 24 inch'. I recognised it as a screwdriver, but the other bit caught my eye :wink: Don't recall coming across one this...

Brilliant work Adam. I'm assuming they are for a Strat or Strat-lookalike (that'll be the knobs :lol: ) Billy's note regarding the small spring is really good I think. I have one of Adam's gauges here 'on test' and the banjo mechanism is excellent as it takes a small touch of the thumbwheel to...

pm sent, i'll start the thread! Always good fun is the SS.