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Hi folks, a few months ago I acquired a small infill smoother on ebay; the auction didn't go too high because there was damage to the metalwork at the heel, which you can see in the picture below. The same picture, in the background, shows the removed rear infilll; you should be able to make...

Hi everybody, my daughter has just had a small kitchen worktop intalled; the worktop is made of oak, 40mm thick x about 60cm deep, and is contructed in the typical way of 40mm square finger-jointed staves, glued side by side under pressure. The worktop is intalled between two chimney breasts...

Hi, I have had a large (22") woodie with a closed handle for a few years now which, despite all my efforts, I have never been able to get to work properly; so I have decided to cannibalize it. I'd like to recover the handle intact, if possible; it is tennoned-in of course, and glued. Have you...

I've been experimenting with putting a 2" tapered plane iron (the cutter only, from the double-iron for a wedged woodie) in a Bailey pattern smoother. With some filing & straightening etc, it seems to work very well - the lateral adjuster functions, but the tab on the depth adjuster won't reach...

Hi, can anybody tell me what the thread is on those big, chunky cap-iron screws used on the irons for old woodies - the sort where the cap-iron usually has a big brass nut brazed into it to receive the screw. (I don't mean the ones on Stanley/Record type planes, or the special size on the...

Hi everybody, I recently achieved an ambition I have had for some while, when I managed to acquire one of these planes at a price I was prepared to pay. It's nothing special - a somewhat battered post-WWII model which has obviously been well used. It seems basically OK, however : original...

This wood is from a rather ugly piece of Victorian furniture I bought at a local auction with the intention of recycling. It yielded four nice flat pieces of hardwood (2'x 3' x 3/4") & some other bits. I think its some sort of mahogany, but I'd be grateful for a confirm. Planes easily, even...

Hi, does anyone know how can I sharpen a snail-type countersink brace bit, please? Is there a standard method? I've already got a small size one which is sharp, and cuts very nicely, so I know that the larger one I later bought is blunt. I've tried rubbing the inside of the cutting edge...

Hi all, I'm in the process of building a small 'top-hat' Thien separator (chamber approx 300mm diameter x say, 80 mm high) - it's small, but so is my workshop (loft of terraced house), my vac (Earlex 1100W), and my needs (hand power tools + router table, dinky home-made table saw, and SCMS)...

Hi there, can anyone tell me whether or not the cutters for full-size Stanley 71 router plane will fit the small Stanley 271? (specifically, the 1/4" cutter). Thanks Chris

Hi, I'm looking for tips to help me solve the problem I have when using the 78 rebate plane, whereby I end up with a rebate which isn't quite parallel to the face of the board (a bit deeper on the outside edge of the cut compared with the inner edge). I've checked that the blade is parallel...

Hi, can anyone recommend an accurate mitre square? Something with the same accuracy as a decent engineers (right-angle) square. I ask because I recently built a mitre shooting board. The two faces of the planing stop were carefully cut and planed at 90 degrees (measure by an engineering...

Hi, I've been looking at images of 'Made in England' Stanley No 5 planes on Ebay (and elsewhere) recently, and I have noticed that some have short ribs on the bottom casting, running radially from the raised seat of the rear handle; two of them run towards the rear corners of th base, and...

Hi, could someone who knows more about hardwood than me (you could hardly know less) please confirm my suspicion that the board in the pictures is quarter-sawn oak? It's been in the loft workshop for at least 20 years - I can't even remember how I came by it, though I suspect I dismantled a...

Hi, I wonder if anybody has any information about when the livery of Acorn planes was changed to burgundy from the original black. From the entry in the Planemakers Database (http://www.planemakers-database.com/page/4/), I'm aware that Acorn was a brand name used by J A Chapman for a line of...

Hi there, I've been watching this auction on ebay, now closed, for a Stanley 'pistol grip' saw set: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261109282788?nma=true&si=mtjcjO8Ak4OT0o%2BLCTvPLPhelrY%3D&rt=nc&_trksid=p4340.l2557&orig_cvip=true I was quite surprised at how much it went for, but googling around I...

Hi, I want to strip and repaint/enamel/japan a couple of my planes. I had intended to use Nitromors, of which I've had a tin sitting on the shelf unused for a couple of years. Unfortunately, when I opened it there was none left. This was the old stuff (DMC-based : before the Nanny state...

Hi, a while ago I acquired a big-ish old backsaw (14" blade, 13tpi, crosscut), and the time came today to give it a sharpen and set. I've not had a problem previously setting a saw (no expert, but I've done it half-a-dozen times now), but this time for the first time I managed to break a...

Hope this may be of interest to others who, like me, have difficulty planing a good chamfer freehand. I came by this little unbranded, 110-style block plane and was wondering what I could do with it (other than use it as a paperweight). With a little drilling and tapping, it has turned into...

Hi, I've been commissioned by my daughter to make file suspension insert for a deep drawer in her traditional-style pedestal desk (it's a modern-ish reproduction, but decent quality I think). She wanted something which could be dropped-in and removed as required, rather than simply permanently...