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Ahh another sharpening thread......................... YAWN

I could do that joint in my Arcoy dovetailer jig

Looks great mate , well done for using a bit of ingenuity !!!

I was lucky enough to buy a new old stock Stanley No4 a back in September, box and all. Even more lucky it was the heavy weight type with the thick castings. So its a very nice plane, but thinking It might be made into a superb one, I remembered I had a spare blade and cap iron from Workshop...

To be honest you will never get a match, the modern textured / wrinkle finishes are a fine wrinkle not the big time worn crazing on this sign. that paint looks like a bitumen base which after many years shrinks back to this unique pattern. So id save myself a LOT of bother and just tell them it...

A clamp xylophone

I would always say if you haven't got a CM monitor / alarm fitted if you have gas then your a fool !

Personally I'd take a grinder to it and grind off those nasty punch marks and smooth out the rough steel. you could grind the end so it will fit a good modern electric drill.

If its just the flue that's not right, cant you just pop up onto the roof and put it right yourself, then get in a man to do the paper work to say its safe etc. After all its not the gas boiler and the gas supply so its not rocket science to remedy it. That's what I would do anyway. FAR to much...

What a brill idea to have the opening sides, gives such a good working environment in the summer and gets rid of all the work dust by just blowing away!!! Also I loved the engine video, I used to have a couple of those and they are wonderful little engines, would power a lot of woodwork tools, lol.

I hope your right Jimi, but somehow I don't think so. the best you might get out of it is a crime number.

The police will do NOTHING and tell you its a civil matter !! :twisted: :evil:

What a bar-steward !!!!!!!!!!

That was a real joy to watch !

All my saws are old or second hand, you can get marvellous saws on eBay or boot sales. But you have to look for them, the last was a mint dovetail saw by Pax for a fiver. if you need a dovetail saw this one isn't it.

I'd go for something like this, may be old but made to last a thousand years. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Planer-thickn ... 3f3e51bea7

Take a look at this !! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsMxAxuSRQk

I'l stick to my Stanley Sweet heart planes, look better quality and cheaper.

Its stripped down waiting for a slice of time to carry it onward. At the moment I have about 60 hours of work each day so things are being put on hold a bit , lol

My old floor standing pillar drill was made around 1910, its as good as the day it was made. You don't have to change belts on it because it has a gearbox on the head and you just use two levers to change speeds. So nothing new under the sun !!