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Just received an email advertising goods at D&M Tools in Twickenham. Here's the included image: In case you were unaware, D&M supplied the diamond core bit that the robbers used in the Hatton Garden safety deposit box robbery!

Having a clear out and whilst sorting through some tools and hardware I came across this 'device': which is hinged (one way only): and has a hole in one end of the top bar: Initially thought it's some sort of portable coat hanger but why so well made (note the chamfers and decoration) and...

I have a blocked sink waste pipe and having failed with attempts to unblock it using a plunger and 'One Shot' chemical cleaner, fear I need to take apart the pipes. Here's the offending pipes, pictured from under the corner kitchen unit: The l/h pipe comes from the sink and the r/h pipe is...

I'm just sorting through a large group of wooden moulding planes and several have part of the body/sole being affixed by screws. I've seen this online with some other planes but I don't know if this is how the planes were originally made or if it's later addition - perhaps to repair a...

I have a Router fence, with separate attachment, the identity of which I'm uncertain about. There's no markings on the Alu casting. It came to me along with a DeWalt 613 (and lots of odds and sods), but that already has its fence. The rods are around 10mm in diameter, as is the larger of the...

I volunteered to help a retired (and vulnerable) antique furniture restorer in Twickenham whom, due to age/ill-health, can no longer use his woodworking tools/supplies. I bought a load of stuff and am researching some possibly higher value tools but a lot of stuff remains - that is either of no...

I have a small collection of oil and water stones, some of which I'll keep and others I'll dispose of. To help me decide, I'd like your help with trying to identify what type and grit they are. From my online searches so far, this seems to be a common problem, so whilst some of those pictured...

As some of you may have noticed from my posts, I'm going through a tool collection acquired from a retired antique furniture restorer. This time I'm asking for help with an intriguing (for personal reasons) item - a bullnose plane, with rosewood (I think) infill: Took it apart to assess...

Hello all Not being an expert carver I wish to identify and value a collection of carving chisels I've acquired. Here's an overshot: Close ups can be viewed in my Photobucket Album here. There seems to be mainly gouges (l/h side, both rows), predominantly with bevels on the outside...

I'm sorting through a job lot of turning and carving chisels and came across a ? Greaves & Son (Sheaf Works, I think) gouge chisel. Brand name stamp: What puzzles me is the stamp on the rear, which I can't decipher: To the magnified eye it looks something like 'BASSTAG **BASIS STEEL'...

Having put our house up for sale last week after months of decorating, woke up this a.m. to find one of our Apple Trees committed suicide :shock: Here's SWMBO's hand to give some scale: If anyone has any interest in any part of the trunk/branches, free of charge, please let me know asap...

I'm trying to assist someone who was a cabinet maker, specialising in furniture restoration (apprenticed in the 1950s) who now, due to ill-health, is no longer able to work wood and wishes to dispose of his tools. In his workshop amongst the lathes, veneers, and assorted tools from 60+ years of...

I'm trying to assist someone who was a cabinet maker, specialising in furniture restoration (apprenticed in the 1950s) who now, due to ill-health, is no longer able to work wood and wishes to dispose of his tools. In his workshop amongst the lathes, veneers, and assorted items from 60+ years of...

I'm trying to assist someone who was a cabinet maker, specialising in furniture restoration (apprenticed in the 1950s) who now, due to ill-health, is no longer able to use his lathe and wishes to dispose of it and many other tools. I'm not a turner so have negligible knowledge about lathes...

I'm in the process of building french doors and a dry fit has revealed a twisted stile, meaning that with three corners flush to the door stops the final one is c.10mm away :twisted: A picture (sorry for quality, it's off my phone) may assist: The door is laid flat on my only known...

I have a 10mm aluminium router plate in which I need to drill and countersink 3 fixing holes, to accept M6 countersunk machine screws. Whilst I'm reasonably comfortable with the marking out (using the Router's phenolic base as a guide) I'm unsure about the best way to drill/countersink the...

Just ordering timber (Redwood - PSA/PAR) for a french door project and wondering if it's merely desirable to obtain q/s wood for the main stiles (2m long) or prudent/essential? My local supplier (Champions) describes it as: "Slow grown Redwood from Northern Scandinavia, tight grain to aid...

I have some traditional flush casement type french doors - 2m x 1.06m x 44mm thick (42" x 78" in old money) overall - each with 8 panes, that need replacing (poor maintenance on my part plus damage from a break in means the bottom rail and stiles have wet rot). They're single glazed, putty o/s...

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My father had posted me a birthday card last Friday week, by 1st class post, to reach me by the following Monday (28 July). Didn't arrive, but yesterday we received a card from the Post Office saying mail - with postage underpaid - awaited me at my local sorting office. I'd need to pay 11p...