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I've done it, it makes a mess. Don't ask too much of the saw. If you have a spare chain, you file it rip. There are YouTube vids on it.

Thanks, odd, no name, but fancy script.

They are now allowing the fleamarket (car boot) to open. I found one of these Vintage 7 1/4 Any idea who made it? There isn't manufacturer's name just Manufactured in Th????? England. It was only $1 Canadian.

I have a #06, from the dating time line, I would say 1952. A quality plane, rosewood and all, maybe the best Bailey style plane I've bought. The American made Stanleys from that time used green castings that warped. For a later #05 1/2 I had to arrange a date with a milling machine.

If you check the blade widths of block planes, 1 5/8" , 1 3/8" or 1 1/4", you can judge which is , groan, the handiest for you.

I have two #6 planes from about 1952ish, a rosewood and blue Record and a beech and green Anchor. The Record is the better made plane.

That's the chuck. With just Germany on it, that would put between the wars. Post war would likely have had either West Germany or the zone. I think I saw Primus as the maker. Yours would be 157A Yes ,we did.

There's a link to one with the same chuck on "Brace Question" I Googled it through an American collector's web page as a unknown German? brace. Then recently here. I'm retired now, so computer skills are not a naturel part of me ,as they are to my sons. I should learn, I've found some...

Well, my computer skills are lacking, I think it might be an age thing, so I need help posting pictures. But here someone else did a similar one. It's the last one. Borhwinden http://www.holzwerken.de/museum/bohrer.phtml Mine has an enclosed ratchet with a cross button where the usual shift...

When the patient expired the Germans picked it up. I have one, a Primas, it's funky with the jaws hanging half out.

I've found the odd one that has a chuck with flats in my rust hunts , but none have had any markings. I checked them but didn't buy any, how many plain 10" hand braces can you store in your workshop ? I enjoy the history of tools as well as their use. So thank you for giving a manufacturer for...

A thank you for your replies to a what brace is this. I now found out the name of a German brace I picked up because it was so funky looking, Primas 157A. Amazing.The Brace question. My one 6" brace looks somewhat like the J.A. Chapman brace except it has the chuck has 8 flats instead of the...

Thanks for the idea, Derek. I'll have to try that on of one of my #9 1/2s. They are fairly common here, <$20 Canadian. ( divide 20 by 1.60) The low angle #60 1/2 are not as common, I've only found one, a war time one.

I don't know the cost of Japanese waterstones in England , but in Canada the 1000/4000grit combination can be relatively inexpensive. I found I could get a sharper edge with them than oil stones.

Being American, I would think I would think surf as in waves. I tried using one to fair plywood mold stations for a cedar strip canoe build. I might have gotten 6 inches before it was dull.