Recent content by Bedrock22

I believe that Morgan Cars are still built with the bodies on ash frames, in Malvern, on the English border with Wales. Be interesting to know whether they still use coach-builders tools.

I have used this Bill Carter idea on a couple of old chisels and been happy with the results. Some years' ago, there was a UTube video from the Australian plane makers, showing them using a thin blade to finish the difficult Australian timbers they used for their planes. I have re-purposed a...

Thanks Dave for your suggestion. My daughter who lives in France has given me some idea of the French bureaucracy in all parts of government systems. I am a little pessimistic that I would receive a useful answer, but, having said that, our local post office, is not very informative.

Slightly unrelated, but a couple of times recently, we have had issues with parcels being sent either within the UK, or post-Brexit to France. The first was a refusal to accept a parcel which was a Record plane part, with a blade. It was the inclusion of the blade which resulted in a refusal to...

You could try sprinkling chilli powder on the doorstep. It works for squirrels and putting off dogs crapping outside our front gate. Not tried it on pigeons but might be a low cost alternative worth a try....unless your bloodlust is dominant? As a bird watcher, I nevertheless share your views on...

Re-made a couple of sets some years' ago. Held the chisel upright in an engineers vice, gripping the lower plastic end of the handle, and used an old chisel to split off the old handle. Turned new handles from elm, which has the benefit of an attractive, interlocking grain, so it resists...

I bought a number of cut and uncut new/old plane blades from GM Tools, stamped "J.Herring and Sons", and all with a fish stamp over the name. The stamping generally seems to be of a better quality than most. The ones I have used have been excellent.

I bought a granite floor tile from the local tile warehouse, 24"x 12" some year's ago. Checked it with a Moore and Wright straight edge, all fine. Think it cost under £20.