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does anyone have any experience with the rapier brand of planes. i got several over a couple of weeks and at the weekend i set up a 4,1/2 paid alot of attention to the blade flat back and very sharp the build of the planes is very good there up there with the old stanley and record very well...

hi does anyone still use oil stones . i have a nice collection of all natural stones washita charrnley forrest slate and others i find i use them more now than ever before and they have made my diamond stones nearly redundant. i find i can get all that is needed with a good washita and a strop...

Hi do you think I could alter an old brick hammer into a curved gutter adze for bowl carving ?

hi could you pleaseenlighten me on these stanley chisels i have some and a set of marples and a set of footprint . as they seem to be of the same standard of manufacture alot thicker than the marples and footprint but after that what i the ig attractioon for some people. lurcher

hi lads i as at newark oodwork and powertool show on saturday and had the good fortune to bump into master peter sefton who was demonstrating the line of woodriver planes . well i wasvery impresed with the build quality and the very good fit and finnish of the tools during the day i had tried...

hi anyone looking to make a moxon vice well my tip i ebay 2 dumbell bars complete with 4 very good all metall contruction locking collars and 2 off cutss of oak total cost for bars is £8.00 free posting . made my dovetailing work alot more controled and holds 2 boards very eay wish had done it...

doe anybody have any experiance with the footprint red handled chisels . i got a 5 pice set from the boot sale for £5.00 and wow i have sharpnd them and today was dovetailing in some pitch pine and they just cut and cut and cut . they seem to be very well made and as good as my marples shamrock...

do you have a prefered style of handle on your chisels or you happy with what they come with . i find the old marples splitproof very very good fit in my hand the trditional marples type boxwood handle is not as comfoteble for me . with artritis in my hands.

hi does anyone no ware i could get a spring for my record vice please its a simple spring steel coil spring 1/4" wid and about 8" in coil length.

hi has anyone fit a vintage cst steel plane blade say from an old woodie . i found in my box of bits a 2" marples hibernia cast steel blade and set about fitting it in a record no 4 . 1st job was to thickness the blade a little its still alot thicker than the old record blade by nearly 1.5 mil...

hi i have got today a 5 peice set of stanley 501 all in 1st class condition . please tell me the honest truth are they as good as people say or is it just hyped up blurb they seem to have had no use at all so was it a good deal at £15.00 or was i ripped off .

hi last week i bought a 3ft sash cramp it was a bit rusty so i started to clean it then i noticed it was very shiny after alot more cleaning it turns out that the heads of the cramp and the stop are made of brass and very well made to has anyone ever come across this type before.

hi i went birmingham on ssaturday to collect an ebay win of mine well i was blown away at the tools got among them was a brand new set of stabley sweetheart chisels all in perfect condition . does anyone have any idea of the quality of them they were in the loft of the house for over 30yrs ...

well i jumped in and bought 4 rasps from dictum for 40 euro or £30.00 and what fine tools they are i do recomond them and the shipping is very fast to . i am so happy that in january i will hav another order give them a try you will not be dissapointed.

hi does anyone no ware i can get some new spurs for my record 405 please lurcher

hi could anyone recomend some good rasps i have some of the narex ones but i make alot of walking sticks and would like some nice halfround rasps to make life better . i dont want rough harsh cutting i need something that cuts well but also leaves a decent finnish as to reduce the manual...

over the summer i was at many bootsales and collected some fantastic natural stones ie charnley forest £1.00 several washita stones and some others i have spent a couple of days cleaning and flattening them and well am blown away washita stone Zilch-Wedlock over all my jap stones and my diamond stones...

hi does anyone have any info on william swift planes i bought a no 4 for £5.00 and what a great tool it is very impressed with the build quality and it shaarpened up 1st class. lurcher

so would your clifton plane be as good as it is if it was mass produced as was the stanley/bailey planes there seems alot of debate about good old stanley i think that if clifton could have done so we wouldnt be swamped buy all the usa tools again oh what glory days we had. it sadens me to have...

today after a little playing i fond that a 7tpi crosscut saw filed rip was the dogs for ripping some oak and some mahogony very easy to keep to my scribe line and no bounce in the cut . and when i planed the edges WHITH MY MARPLES PLANE there was alot less work than when i use my disston rip saw...