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An antique wooden plough plane made by Ames (research suggests 1830-1850) - in good conditon for its age with no woodworm. Complete with blade (probably needs sharpening). It's unusual having an inlaid (ivory?) gauge strip marked in inches to set the side rail. It's stamped AMES (the maker )...

I have acquired, with some other tools and items, a plough plane which I want to sell but have no idea of the value - so any guidance (or offers!) would be appreciated. It's stamped AMES (the maker ) and also has two other names stamped on it - R Broadhurst & W Hope - assumed to be previous...

I use Abranet abrasives for general woodwork/furniture refurbishment projects and it's great - both the rectangular pads and circular discs - what I'd like to find is a similar "net abrasive" that's available in 110 x 100mm size to fit a hand-held sanding machine I have. Anyone know what might...

I've just acquired one of these as part of a box of tools I bought . . any idea what it might have been used for? It's about 150mm long, lower jaw adhusts with the knurled ring, the top pivots and locks/clamps with the trigger lever, made of forged steel by the look of it.

I need to fix some short (125mm) lengths of studding into some table legs made from laminated plywood (72mm square) - the studs will protrude about 25mm and screw into plates fixed to the underside of the table - see pic of legs with studs loose in the holes. The bottom of the legs will have...

Three items that I've had for a while, two I've never used. Clarke Mortising attachment - see Clarke CMA1B Mortising Attachment - Machine Mart - Machine Mart - this is new, unused in the box which is a bit tatty, with 4 different size mortise bits. £30.00 Drill press attachment - fits...

Having seen what appears to be the excellent Surf-prep sander in lots of US YT videos I'm trying to see if I can convert a cheapie Silverline 4.5" square sander to get the same effect. The key feature is a hook and loop foam pad about 10mm thick that fits to the machine and then to hook and...

Just been watching Robin Clevett with a project using this alternative to Birch ply - has anyone used it for furniture ? - I want to make a another dining table - simple construction with 18mm ply top and 100mm strips all round underneath to give a 36mm edge effect, on hairpin legs. Really...

I'm trying to find some non-elasticated braces for my work trousers - they need to fix with clips and be "Y shaped" (i.e. single clip at the back) - not too fussed about patterns or colours (but I don't really want to look like Tommy Walsh back when he was on Ground Force!) I've looked in all...

Just bought the Einhell plunge/palm cordless router combo - on the face of it pretty good and the same battery platform as quite a few other Einhell tools I have - replacing a couple of corded 1/4" routers. The new Einhell says "6mm collet" . . . my large quantity of cutters are all 1/4" (i.e...

Axminster router bush set and adapters for Bosch. Brand new, never used. I bought these with a Bosch 1200 router that didn't get used (sold) I have moved to (almost) all cordless power tools, including two routers. [Pictures are from Axminster website but are the items I have] Axminster...

Bosch 1/4" router in as new condition. It includes the side guide in the picture and the Bosch "quick release" guide bush holder in the foreground of the picture (cost £18) This tool was a "distress purchase" when I was doing some work away from my workshop at my daughter's flat and I hadn't...

I have one of these - cheap and cheerful but does what I want to do. I'm in the market for a longer, single piece, rail 1.4/1.5m - the possibles seem to be the Makita (mentioned in the current Rutland thread) or one from Evolution. I've searched around and loked at measurements/templates etc...

I have a cheapie MacAllister track saw which does the job for me BUT I've managed to damage one of the rails such that it unusable (it fell from a height onto concrete and landed on a corner. I have considered cutting 3 or 4 inches off the end to make it usable but that then reduces the amount...

I'm going to run a 2.5 T&E Armoured cable from the house about 15 metres to an outbuilding, fixed to a wall. That's straightforward - my question is how tight can I make the bends in the cable where it turns corners? The turns, if I can do them are 90 degrees - it's how tight I can make the...

I'm trying to source edge banding to use on a large shelf unit that's going to be made from MDF - BUT needs to look like plywood on the edges (don't ask, it's not my idea!) - I've hunted around but can't find a supplier (Amazon lists a product but it's "currently unavailable" I did consider...

I've looked at a number of listings on Google but really need some advice please . . . First task I have is to be able to get glue (e.g. Titebond) under lifted veneer* to effect a repair - other tasks are the need to feed a fine line of glue onto a 6 or 8mm edge of a board. What's the best...

I bought this at a junk sale today - it seems to be of quite good quality, well made and in the original fitted plywood case. It says P T Barclay & Partners - SAM1 on it. So far I've tracked down that the business was in the UK and dissolved in 2010. Any ideas what it might have been used...

I bought this machine for one project - that was great but I haven't used it again, so it's in as new condition. 210mm x 24T general purpose blade, it has a hose I made for 2-port dust extraction to connect to a Henry or similar vacuum cleaner. Complete with mitre gauge, push stick etc. and...

. . . had to post this . . . I went to great big shed full of secondhand furniture yesterday to look for a chest of drawers to clean/refurbish/upcycle/possibly paint to use in our house - I was stunned to find that they were GLASS BEAD BLASTING MAHOGONY (and other) FURNITURE. That has...