Dear Sir, I wish to register a complaint about this plane!

[custard]

Excellent post, well done Andy T!

 

[JimB]

It's fascinating to realise how much we owe discriminating woodworkers in the past for making sure such junk isn't passed on. :twisted:

 

[yetloh]

There was an interesting piece on early DIY magazines in the Autumn 2014 edition of the Tools and Trades History Society Newsletter, including reference to Amateur Work . Anyone with a real interest in early tools really should be a member - more information here http://www.taths.org.uk/. I can thoroughly recommend Taths - very friendly people - and very helpful with identifying oddities.

Jim

 

[JimB]

"Work, " with various subtitles, started in 1889, and was published by Cassell and Co. According to the discussion linked to above, Francis Chilton Young was the first editor, succeeded by Paul Hasluck.

To be read in the smallest room?

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