Recent content by RobSmart

This is what I always thought. The longer the handle the more off centre you can go, and therefore more torque can be applied. https://blog.lostartpress.com/2013/05/3 ... w-drivers/

Hi, Can anyone give me some more info about this saw? I picked it up at the weekend from a bootsale. I couldn't resist buying it cause you just don't see many of these types of saws around. It looks old, and is still in the original wrapping. It is also in excellent condition with the teeth...

That's very interesting, thanks for the explanation.

I think I see what you mean now. The blade is convex as suggested, and its not as far off square as I thought. The 5 1/2 is the worse one. That one has a mostly straight edge with about the last 1/8th tapering off a fair bit. The no 8 blade is still a bit of mess though with a lot of...

These are the built in cupboards that I built. Carcasses are just painted MDF (colour matched paint to match the grey doors), and the doors are black walnut. There are some pictures of the tool cabinet I've been building as well. This was made from leftover cedar cladding from the exterior. I...

Pete, can't you achieve that just by using the aduster? If the edge is onot square i find it eaiser to skew the blade to cut it heavy on one side till its square and then level it out. Surely thats easier than having to keep the plane running along the same part across the whole board?

Do you think i should restore it and paint it the original blue, or leave it with its current patena? All the planes need the blades jointing square as they have been sharpened rather poorly before. Any advice on how to do that by hand?

Ideally it would have been 4x bigger, but my garden isn't big enough!

How do you know if its got a laminated blade? And what difference does that make? It does have a split cap iron as well which i have never seen before.

I picked these up a few weeks ago. Stanley 4 1/2, Stanley 5 1/2 , record no 8 and a record 102. All in pretty good condition. I'll probably restored them individually over time. be nice to have the records in the original blue rather than the black paint they have got over the years. Pretty...

I don't leave any office equipment or power tools in there overnight. I also have full length blinds that I pull own when I'm out of the office. Plus its all high quality double glazed patio doors, so pretty secure. I'm also in the process of installing CCTV, to ward off any interested parties...

Hi Guys, Its my first time posting here so I thought I would start with showing my workshop. I work from home so had to have a space that I could use as an office in the week, and then use as a workshop for the rest of the time! I built it in my garden last year, and is working very well...