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Indeed, I’m just pointing out that the OPs question isn’t such a stupid question, it may well be that his infill plane came from a factory somewhere that may have possibly been Preston or Norris (or more likely a small toolmaker shop somewhere ). It looks pretty decent quality.

Tyzack went through several iterations and often resold products from other manufacturers under their own brand. I have a Tyzack rabbet plane, a Tyzack saw, my dodgy old table saw is Tyzack Zyto branded, and also my metal lathe. I think I have a Tyzack screwdriver somewhere too.

Hi Andy, sorry, I have been offline for a few days. I think that last picture is exactly what I need! That’s incredibly helpful, thank you very much. It’s interesting that the overall width does not vary much, even though the bead size is markedly different. So for a full set there should be…...

That would be great if you could Andy. Here are a few pics to illustrate the problem…. First a 3/4” and 3/8” together Then two 3/8” beads from two different manufacturers!! (stamps not clear). The top plane is almost 50% wider than the bottom for the same bead size. Then a table that...

Does anyone happen to have a set of side bead planes? I am looking for some measurements. I have a few, but they are all from different manufacturers and have different layouts. The actual bead itself is pretty clear, it’s usually a half circle of the diameter advertised on the plane. It’s the...

For what it’s worth, and maybe interest …. I’ve done a fair bit of scraping to get things “bonkers flat” as an earlier poster put it. It is indeed the holy grail of flatness. I’ve never done it on a plane sole, no reason it can’t be done but it isn’t necessary. Scraping starts where lapping...

A couple of questions for anyone, who’s reading…. Does anybody know of a good UK CNC Builders forum or Facebook group, where I might be able to get some general advice if I’m going to build one of these? Has anybody tried buying from eBay and importing from Germany? The supplier swears blind...

Well….. after loads of reading and watching YouTube videos, I think I’ve worked out the best way to go if I want to mill metal. It’s to get a Chinese 6040 frame with linear rails and ball screws…. Frame Then some closed loop motors …… Motors A controller …. Controller And a spindle …...

I tried looking for a second hand one and I found a Sodastream 🙁

I would say that mostly I’m looking to process 10” x 18” flat stock or something like that - typically up to 1/8” thick, routing shapes into it. If you imagine a whole bunch of plane blades laid out on a flat piece of metal, cut out with a router leaving dressups. Then I’d grind the taper on...

>>>I don`t know much about metal milling but you may need a spindle with a lower speed higher torque than is commonly supplied. That’s an interesting topic. On my manual horizontal mill, I ended up replacing the motor with a 10-pole motor that could deliver low rpm high torque. VFDs can’t do...

2nd machine , Z axis does look flimsy, but the machine is a third of the price of machine one! All for me to upgrade that isn’t a problem. And it’s in London rather than Liverpool, which is definitely a bonus for me. All of those 6040 machines that I can see have warnings in their descriptions...

Interesting, isn’t it. It looks to me like he might have tried upgrading it, put a big meaty bed on it and a plate on the back to strengthen up the gantry. It seems to have one access with an upgraded ball screw, but the other two axis are not. For some reason he stopped upgrading it. Here’s...

Very nice Steve. The thing I really, ideally want to be able to do is to cut plane blades out of O1 tool steel. Damn things take me ages to make by manual milling machine. Annealed O1 is only 30% harder than brass, as long as it doesn’t work harden! What do you think of this one? Too...

Hi Steve The spindle will be the first upgrade. For the most part I’ll be cutting shapes out of and engraving brass and ideally O1 if I can do it. I used the free version of Onshape for a while, but I’ll be needing CAM so I recently switched to FreeCAD. The learning curve is very, very steep...

Thanks Ollie The reason I was looking at the Foxalien Vasto is that it has the ball screws/ linear rails etc and this seems like a good start. It seems like the manufacturers are listening and there’s a lot of competition that seems to be driving improvements. However the rigidity is likely to...

Morning Reading some of the previous posts, it sounds as though there are some people on here who do know about CNC, so I may as well ask! I am looking to buy a small, budget, CNC router for engraving and milling brass. Basically I want to engrave some small brass plates and cut them out of a...

You’ll need something bigger between centres than a typical mini lathe or myford for that won’t you? There look to be a few companies out there who sell spares for record vices.

I think, on balance, my fence is robust. It’s a chunk of cast iron. It’s the rail that’s the problem. If (only if) I extend the fence, and I think I have to, the lever arm on the longer fence is enough to slightly distort the guide rail - only by a tiny amount, but if the fence is longer it can...

Not a bad idea, wood is a lot cheaper than angle iron, and arguably has dampening properties. Typically I’ve made them from steel, very solid, very heavy. The crazy thing is the amount of angle iron it takes. 6 x width + 6 x length + 4 x height. Add the steel shelves and it weighs a lot. My...