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Using a butchers chopping block you would be chopping into the end grain of beech so it would'nt really matter about it being straight grained there is a reason why they use beech but i cannot remember it. The local butcher would bring his block to our workshop to have it made flat again he...

This what i did several years ago and it's still going ok so i can recommend it

Hi. We have two of these at work they made in different format's you could get a standard arm or a long arm which enabled you cut an 8ft x 4ft sheet up the middle at 2ft with head turned 180 degrees, also the later ones the arm was more angular, the motor was different and the guard is held on...

Could it be a stone mason's chisel for stone carving a bit like a mason's scutch chisel you would be able to fit different shaped inserts for whatever detail you required.

I have to say, I don't agree with that assertion Mark. The afore mentioned chisels have been involved in joinery for almost the same length of time as myself, having served my apprentice in the late 1950s, which is around the time when the chisels were introduced. Early in my career, I bought...

Hi Vann. I replied to your question about a month ago did you get it ? as normally you acknowledge replies made me wonder if you had received it. Cheers Stan

You want some support under the handle to make it solid when hitting the small end of the taper pin and also a decent size hammer which you hav'ent got if you are lookng for a 2lb hammer. Wadin used these a lot on their older machines, a sign of good engineering. in the past i have never had a...

How to Dismantle a RS tool rest holder. First you have to knock out two taper pins, hitting the small end with a punch. One in the handle and one in the collar at the opposite end. With the handle and collar removed you will see a bush at the back end, held in place by a screw threaded into the...

Hi Mrs R: Well Barnard Castle is a historic market town including The Bowes Museum with it's world famous Silver Swan and if you are coming via the Yorkshire Dales you could call in England's highest pub Tan Hill and quench your thirst with a glass of lemonade (only joking) also Wednesday's...

It's open to anybody who wants to come but it's but it's a fair hike from Manchester is'nt it ? regards Stan

Hi i am in Co. Durham (Barnard Castle) and have three Wadkin RS lathes you are welcome to visit and view the lathes and measure anything you want i have all the Wadkin attachments to go with them and some special ones made by myself i have also drilled an 8mm hole through the headstock and the...

Can anybody advise me where i will be able to purchase metric 8 point sockets. I have had a set of Britool imperial ones for years, they don't metric ones. As square nuts now come in metric measurements it would be preferable to have sockets that fit them, any information will be greatly...

Those big flat screws are 3/8" bsw countersunk machine screws if you get stuck for some i have a full box of them but 1-1/2" long which you would be able to cut to your required length regards Stan

Hi Vann. The first photo is a 6'-9" dia faceplate on a RS headstock followed by it's tag the next tag is for the 10'-0" long RS using the bed from the faceplate RS shown. In the next two photo's show the 12" RS lathe also 10'-0" long which i am building at the present time this one will have...

Hi Vann, having viewed your latest post about Wadkin tags. I have taken the liberty of sending you pictures of the tags and also the machine that they are on. Which are Wadkin RS lathes. Regards Stan

as an apprentices we were always taught too do that and also the 3,4,5, where you measure 3ft,then 4ft at a right angle and the diagonal measures 5ft and then you have a square corner

Regarding the coach bolts and coach screws, I scanned two pages from the Nettelefold's 1927 catalogue which illustrates the terms used by this manufacture in their literature. When we order these items, we call the coach bolts, 'cup-square-square coach bolts'. The square actually fits the...