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Thanks for all the help and info guys, will check the suggested places out. That would be great @Droogs, let me know if they have any thing and how much for it. Thanks for the suggestion Andy, just done a quick search but not finding much in my area other than car scrap merchants. The size I...

Thanks for the info Jelly. I'll have to look into the grades a bit more too, I'm guessing like brass different grades will peen better than others. I'll keep searching for a good deal but will have to suck up the cost, just hope I don't screw the plane up :)

Thanks for the suggestions guys, Ebay is my usual first port of call but I'm not finding much in the way of flat bar. I've seen a lot of round bar, and also the listing you've posted Paul, but at £125 for a 6" bar it's a little more than I wanted to pay :) Thanks Marcros, I did see metals4u...

Hello all. I've been itching to get hold of a piece of phosphor bronze for a long time for my plane making, I'd like to see how it works compared to brass and how it patina's. I'm having a hard time finding a supplier that will sell it in small quantities, only needing a piece of flat bar...

Cheers guys :) I'm slowly working my way through the build photos, there's hundreds so I'm weeding out the duplicates, will post up part 1 soon. Thanks Ttrees, I spent ages and ages trying to come up with a fancy design/logo that I thought would suit but in the end keeping it simple looked...

Thanks guys, really do appreciate the comments. Have to say I am really pleased with how it turned out.

Hi again all, it's been a little while since my last update but like they say "time flies when you're having fun"...or not so much if you're stuck in the gloom of yet another lockdown. I hope every one is keeping well and staying safe, we surely must be getting close to having some form of...

Can't offer any help but these videos may be of some use. Looks like you may have that cage in upside down.

Beautiful saws Ian. The Macassar ebony handles look stunning. I bet the smaller one is a great talking point and the kind of thing that would look great in a display cabinet along with some other miniature tools. I think you've done an excellent job on the proportions of the saws. I imagine...

Cheers Droogs, glad you liked the video, hope your dogs feeling better now ;) No worries I'm always open to advice. I normally try to use the full length of a file to even out wear when filing other things but sort of get into a rhythm with saw sharpening that seems to help with angle...

Thanks for the info Ian. Think I'll keep an eye out for a 6 and 4 cut to add to the collection. I had another look at my files today and both are stamped with a 2. and another picture of the two, somethings definitely not right with the one on the right. But even the one on the left...

Cheers Ian :) Thanks for the info on the files, for some reason I've always thought needle and saw files only came in a fine cut. I'm unsure what cut mine are as it doesn't say on the listing but I've just looked on another web site and it seems the available cuts are 0, 2 and 4. I may pick...

Thanks James. Hard to get a good picture on my phone in bad light. This one is the gents saw shown in the video at 20tpi. And this is my 16tpi gent saw cut with the first guide I made. I don't think you'll be disappointed with the Bahco, I'm finding it to be great file.

Thanks Ian. Yes the second plate back hangs down by 1.5mm so as to catch in the saw cut. You can just make it out in this photo. I use eclipse junior hacksaw blades to cut the notches. I knock the set off of them completely and grind down half way of the first inch of teeth. This gets the...

After a final polish up I had to take some pictures before its first use. This project turned out to be a lot more work than I had anticipated but I really enjoyed making it. It threw up a few challenges along the way but I like to come up with ways to...

I cut small pieces of brass rod which was used to peen the plates to the gauge. I used the disc sander to remove the surplus brass, then finished by hand before finally buffing with a loose mop. Lastly I stamped the relevant numbers into the brass plate. I would have liked to etch these...

I use the disc sander to remove the bulk of the material then come back to finish with hand files. I cut a circle from a piece of flat brass stock and shape it with the disc sander to form a collar. I used superglue to secure it to a piece of MDF and drilled the centre. I tapped the centre...

January has rolled around again and for most of us It couldn't have come soon enough. Hopefully 2021 will be a brighter, happier year…..After this lock down......we'll see! You may remember a jig/idea I had mentioned when making my gents saws to aid in the filing of the saw teeth. Well...

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Agree with Derek, I have use of both and the DeWalt is the better machine, it's still not a patch on a top 21 but it is a 3rd of the price