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This old backsaw has come my way from a contact, with mark that I don’t recognise, to be precise, just three letters T&S L. Seems likely the L is for London ? It’s a substantial saw,16” plate, rip tooth, would I be correct that it’s a car case saw, seems overly large for tenon work?

Thanks Linus, I did check the site, however I thought plane was to recent to feature.

Thanks Tony

Thanks John, no markings on it other than Stanley.

Thanks DBC, your date fits my thoughts.

When I read your posts title, the content was not what I was thinking You’ll need to be a certain age and beyond to understand this 😉

Can anyone confirm this plane, is it No 60 1/2. Cutter is 1 3/8” which fits, but I’ve not seen a later ( assuming 1980/90s ?) example, is this type lateral adjuster right?

I would consider this carefully, especially if it’s a costly purchase. Weigh up how much of a good deal the purchase is, against how the seller may behave if something goes wrong later, in which case it’s not a bargain. As a rule of thumb is, if after all reasonable steps taken something appears...

Thanks pe2dave. Good point.

Tha Thanks Alasdair, contemplating what to do with the stumps at present. However, I’d need to do a lot more groundworks to get the car close enough to help, which would require a few more tools that just a chainsaw !

Thanks Conrad, what bow saw are you using out of interest, looks like it’s made short work of those trees.

Thanks Hairy, I’ve been looking at the Silky saws online. Are the really capably of cutting through such large timbers?

Thanks Fergie, wasn’t sure what I’d do with them, their both in small planting area, so if they are cut low to the ground, they be easy to cover with shrub planting and can slowly rot. When I mentioned the stump removal, view has been it could be painful backbreaking work. Heard about boring...

Thanks Alisdair, This is part of my reluctance to purchase a chainsaw, am certainly not careless with tools, but sometimes things can and do go wrong.

Thanks Alex, Just looked at these online, are you sure their capable of going through 30 inch circumference?

Thanks Pete. None of my friends are woodturners unfortunately!

Thanks James, I won’t be taking a chainsaw up the tree, will do the height work with manual tree saw.

I have a couple of trees to take down, some guidance regarding chainsaws would be welcome. One was damaged recently, I’ve trimmed it down by hand to a 2 metre high stump, approx 30 inches circumference. Second is a conifer, 4-5 metres high, approx 20 inches circumference. Not really wanting to...

I believe it’s prob prior to Rabone & Sons, unfortunately one side is quite worn, but can just make out the text. Ive unintentionally collected several now, lots of common types, this one caught my attention just because I’d not seen the main hinge, marked off with degrees, like this.