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I am planning to make an infill panel plane probably 15” long. I have just bought a parallel double iron ( 2 ½” wide ) and I will be using a brass lever cap from a scrap plane. One detail I do not know is what clearance should be allowed between the width of the blade and the inside width of...

Hi Folks I have just acquired this Stanley 5 1/2 plane which I think is a type 9 (1902-9) As can be seen it has a low front knob in rosewood which looks original. The rear handle is unfortunately a replacement. The frog does not have an adjusting screw but it can be adjusted by...

I bought this at a carboot sale the other day- I wasn't sure what it was but by coincidence a similar tool was for sale on Ebay which was described it as a gunstockers dogleg chisel - a tool mentioned in Salamens Dictionary of woodwoking tools but unfortunately there is no pictures of the...

It's the Yandles Woodworking Show this coming Fri/Sat. I am thinking of going on Fri. Is anyone going? Arnold

Hi all I bought this on Ebay at the weekend and it arrived today The body is cast iron which I think will clean up ok The infills are very rough I intend to remake the infills. I hope to use the handle on my infill smoother as a pattern - I have a large hand and I find smaller handles can...

Just wishing everybody a Happy New Year. May your plane shavings be wafer thin -your woodworking joints be a perfect fit and your carboot finds fantastic (and cost almost nothing). Good Luck for 2013------ Arnold

Hi Everybody I am off to the Great Dorset Steam Fair on Thursday - will spend about half the time looking at the Auto jumble. Dont suppose there will be anything very cheap but great fun looking all the same. There are usually a few stalls wilth top class tools but at top prices as well. I...

I have two chisels (pictured below) that I bought many years ago from an antiques centre. I have often wondered whether they are early -18c ? – or are they later manufacture with old fashioned handles. The handles are made of boxwood and look very similar to the chisels in the Seaton Chest but...