Record #040 piccy wanted

[Alf]

What it says on the tin ("Record #040 piccy wanted", for those of you who never read the subject line... :roll: ) Would someone be kind enough to provide a pic or two for use on my website? [-o< I'm sure one or youse folks has one about your person, maybe more than one... Not Marples thanks; got one of they. Or Davleco or Sharmanco either. And before you start on me, I mean I've got pics, not actual planes. Any other makes of one-rod mini grooving planes welcomed with open arms, natch. Also two-rods other than Record or Rapier (are there any?) Ta muchly.

Cheers, Alf

 

[bugbear]

How about old catalogue pages?

BugBear

 

[Alf]

I'd rather have a real, reasonably sized, colour photo of one, if poss; got, ah, one or two catalogues to raid as it is...

Cheers, Alf

 

[Matt1245]

Hi Alf, i'll take some piccies of my record 040 now for you. Not the best example tho.

Where you want 'em sending??

Matt.

 

[Alf]

Matt, excellent. Thank you. website AT cornishworkshop.co.uk would be great if that's no trouble

Cheers, Alf

 

[syntec4]

Googling Found This.

 

[Alf]

Ah, yes. That'll be a Stanley #40 - possibly 40 1/2 (but definitely not a 040) scrub plane. Not a Record #040 grooving plane. Other than that, spot on. :wink:

Cheers, Alf

 

[syntec4]

Ah ok, So what does a 040 look like.

Lee. (Doesn't know anything about planes)

 

[Alf]

A bit like this:

Except that's a Marples. Matt's kindly furnished me with some pics, but I haven't got them online yet. My fault really; reading back the grooving plane bit was a little lost in the text. I went on the assumption that anyone with one to photograph would know what it was.

Cheers, Alf

 

[syntec4]

ooh ok. Not quite the same then #

Cheers Alf.

 

[Alf]

If anyone was mildly interested why I wanted the pics, it's for a page of info and pics on the mini grooving planes which I've added added to my combination plane link farm.

It's very much a work in progress; if anyone can add anything, especially if it's "that's a load of rot, Alf. These are the real facts" I'd be obliged. I thought about mailing round the likely suspects for info first, but decided it was probably easier to make a start and let it get corrected/added to as necessary from there.

Cheers, Alf

 

[bugbear]

Ah, yes. That'll be a Stanley #40 - possibly 40 1/2 (but definitely not a 040) scrub plane. Not a Record #040 grooving plane. Other than that, spot on. :wink:

Cheers, Alf

It might be a Record #400 1/2, in which case I'll give you a fiver for it.

BugBear

 

[Alf]

It might be a Record #400 1/2, in which case I'll give you a fiver for it.

Sheesh, high offers like that from you will only tip 'em all off... :roll: #-o :lol:

 

[Jarviser]

Alf, if you're doing a story of Record boat-anchors, you really should have a picture of one of their more successful improvements...with a nice comfy engineering resin handle (no it's not plastic, really it isn't)

Record 050c - with sensible nickers.

 

[Paul Chapman]

I agree, Jarviser, that resin Record used for those handles was very nice. I have a Record Corrucut (grooving attachment for fitting to an electric drill) which I bought back in the 1970s before routers were affordable. They used the same sort of resin for the handle of that and it's very comfortable.

Paul

 

[Alf]

Ah, the modern anchors. Not sure I'll ever get to them (if I can help it :wink: ), but if I do there'll have to be a plea for more than just pics, I think. Isn't that the handle that someone (Kingshott?) said was hopeless because as your hand got sweaty it started to slip upwards off the tote? I dunno, never tried one. And unless I stumble across one really, really cheaply, that's unlikely to change soon.

At least it's nicer to look at than the Stanley Plastic cowpat (TM) :lol:

Cheers, Alf