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    Who knows about Morso Machines?

    We have both the F & NFS models and you can do your circled joint with ether one take a vee cut on the left then one on the right and remove the centre portion with a chisel or other means job done!
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    Tricoya for box sash

    I maybe didn't explain it very well, the groups were between certain latitudes. Then each group was divide, as you say unsorted etc. The timber reps would normally call No1 upper gulf and No3 lower gulf and so on with the gulf being THE GULF of BOTHNIA. Years ago, up the coast of Sweden, books...
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    Tricoya for box sash

    In the 50s, 60s & 70s etc Redwoods used to be sold by groups 1, 2, & 3 each group was between certain latitudes ( can't remember which ) but group 1 was the best and dearest as it was nearer to the Arctic circle and therefore the timber was slower grown also it was sold by the Petrograd Standard...
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    Tricoya for box sash

    It's not a regional thing it is fact. if you were to use a manufactured board for the pully stiles how would you form the sash pocket's ? As regarding tonguing the pulley stile into the linings and using glue when making the boxes i have never done this nor have i ever seen it on old windows i...
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    What are these metal pins called (Dissasembling my Kity 636 for restoration)

    I have always known them as cotter pins. used to hold the pedals on push bikes and kick start pedals on old motor bikes
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    Feeling old

    If 40 is old what am I at 82 in a few month's time i still go to work every day i don't believe in sitting at home waiting for the UNDERTAKER ?
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    Small Precision Screwdrivers

    I think they are called JIS ( Japanese Industry Standard ) screwdrivers looking at the tip on mine the corners are just plain 90 degrees square
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    7 coin gift box arrived

    What is the position with gold coins then? a new gold sovereign is still legal tender at £1 but the gold content is anywhere between £300.00 to £400.00 so you would'nt spend it in a shop and if it's not legal tender then it would have to be hallmarked. Also i think the 1oz gold Brittania is...
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    Wadkin RS tool rests

    Thank you for replying , it will give me a starting point towards finding out more about Richardsons and if they actually made castings for Wadkin.
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    Wadkin RS tool rests

    Hi, I am the guy that you are talking about. First of all, I don't do woodturning; it frightens the **** out of me! The man who does our woodturning said I had made a good job of them but they were difficult to adjust hight wise. I cured that by making one tool holder's hole a sixteenth...
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    Protecting tools from the cold

    Is that why you are Homeless Squirrel ?
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    Harrogate woodworking show

    Thanks i looked at them for ages trying to make up my mind what they were
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    Harrogate woodworking show

    Well i thought it was much busier, I drove down the A1 for 60 miles to the A59 and from the A59 it was nose to tail all the way to the show which took an hour to do approx 4 to 5 miles and then spent a fortune on gear
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    Wedged through tenons

    Absolutely correct at 81yrs and still working that's the way i was always taught as a apprentice and also at technical college
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    Record vices

    Hi. In our workshop we have six of the large Record vices and two Emmert pattern makers vices all of which have 18mm Finnish birch (birch throughout not with softwood core) ply fitted to the metal jaws easey to renew, You don,t need fancy/exotic timber linings in my opinion they are work tools...
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made

    Our workshop has just completed a pair of doors (replacement for old Victorian ones) on a public building. They are are 9 feet high, made using utile timber
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    why are these drill bits tapered?

    As you can see from the photos, we have a large selection of screws; some of which are obsolete. From my experience, I can tell you that old wood screws were parallel. When I started my apprenticeship in 1956, I was taught that you were allowed to knock the screw in the length of the plain bit...
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    Mystery tool.

    The photo and measurements of the tool match the dimensions of a acetylene burner as per photo enclosed. It could be for making the thread or restoring the thread. Acetylene burners were used in motorcycle carbide lamps in the 1920's
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