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excellant Mike....now thats well thought out....i like the sunken design as it prevents possible damage to the lettering as seen on other saws. are you going to be stamping your spines as well? i can see a nice half moon crest sitting their nicely. like the etching logo but...these are...

was no1 a surface planer/moulder for doing skirtings no 2 has me intrigued I

liked Chris's idea....is it a forming jig for rocking chair runners :shock: is no 1 for machinining railway sleepers glad i got have a go this week I

I use a plastic shroud called heatshrink....i think axminster might sell it for something in their dust extraction pages. basically its used for covering electrical cabels.....its normally larger than the cable and you use a hairdrier styled heatgun to shrink it to size. If you use a bit of...

George, Thats the idea....for shooting. BB, good link, first skewed front bun i've seen as well. Peter has very skilled hands, It would worry me though heating the brass in case the plane body twisted....heat does strange things to the body, that are only evident once its...

I have been looking forward to getting a new website built but unfortunately the guy who was doing it for me had a heart attack. I felt obliged to wait until he was better but i understand he is now not doing anything pc related. I know the design i want and wondered if there are any website...

dickm, I would buy a new pulley to suit the motor...sized to largest pulley off your 4 step. as its a variable speed drive you wont need to adjust the speed manually and you have the pulley spare for reselling. assuming though you have a potentiometer controlling the speed or even an...

interesting thread......i am curently making a LH and RH pair of skewed improved mitre planes and they are by far the most complicated i have tackled....almost everything about it involves a mathematical calculation before i do anything to it....the lever caps are proving a challenge and i'm...

wish that was all it was when i bought mine :cry: it did however come in a nice black case but not worth the extra £50. only used it for a test cut so far but your welcome to give it a workout if you can sharpen when you return it. I

Mr S...shaping up.......also dont discount a powerfile for shaping...they are fantastic for this. and make cleaning up that bit easier Although not too relevent here, if you want to keep edges crisp....protect the edges with an overlay of wood....this stops any accidents of oversanding...

Hi Handyman, The prices you are quoting seem very high.....i use a local machinery dealer to move all my stuff...he charges £40 per hour for lorry and driver...thats with a decent lorry crane. and my machines are covered on his insurance. your quotes seem very high for the...

Had a busy weekend……stripped the vice down….sandblasted…primed and painted the important parts in a nice machine grey enamel. I had to re turn the acme rod and cast a new tee but straight forward enough. I also surface ground the little vice jaws. Rebuilt yesterday and greased the important...

Why bob, It really depends on what type of work you are doing and what kind of woods you are working.........for general work i use a mix of stanley 750's and LN's, i hardly ever use my japanese chisels. Not sure why cause they are all sharp.... i think i just like the feel and...

The handle does seem genuine enough....the numbers i thought were there.... werent..... it was scratch marks cleaning it doesnt reveal any nos except for the 14 or the rear swivel...i'll take a few more pictures tomorrow ........i looked at BB's link again and its identical to the T5....its...

Cheers bugbear...actually it looks very similar to this one mine has its cover missing but does look very similar.....possibly someone did a copy cheers BB and scrit edit...i had another look....there is also the no 14 cast into the swivel part on the back of the vice and some unreadable nos...

Thanks Scrit.....just measured.......it is indeed 18" x 7" with a 16 opening. there doesnt seem to be any paint colour left and ufortunately i dont have any available history on it as i got it from an auction..... i'm surprsed you know what you have already mentioned cheers I

Scrit...sorry i cant help with the wadkin vice and wondered if you were able to identify this one. I bought it a few years ago at a farmers market for very little. I was going to fit it to my new bench at the time but ended up doing a slightly differnt front vise. The more planes i am making the...

what Derek and David C recommended.....it also depends on what woods you are working and what you intend to do eg dovetails, mortices etc. bevel edge will cover a wide variety of jobs. I

nice plane Philly, It looks like a possible badger style skew as well, could be the pictures though...very difficult to do and keep the bed flat and even..I do like a skew design for a shooting board. well done not sure about handle designs, or hot dog handles, a plane is always going to be...

I like the idea...what about a catagory for home made tools :wink: I