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I know I'm very late to the party but came across this thread while investigating the "E. Hall 72 Columbia Rd" stamp on one of my rebate planes and thought I'd add my pennyworth - not that there's much more. FWIW, here's what I found on Ancestry.com and elsewhere... "Columbia Rd" only got that...

Bingo! I think we have the answer. While I was tempted by Adrian's wedge-cutting idea, I think those would have a slight radius between the edges, whereas with this it's a sharp transition. Also, the dimensions of the finial are pretty much fixed, so a movable fence wouldn't make much sense...

Can anyone offer a suggestion what this plane might have been designed for? It was made by James Panton of Aberdeen (so c.1882-1908, according to BPM) and has a movable fence on the bottom, similar to a sliding fillister. But unlike a normal fillister/rabbet plane, this one cuts a fixed sized...

So (apols for delay) LxWxH is 56.5 x 8.4 x 7.5 cm and the weight of body only (no wedge or ironmongery) is just over 2.6kg Or in old money... 22 3/16 x 3 1/4 x 3" and around 5lb 12oz. Assuming it's 19th century, I'd have thought mahogany or rosewood would be the most likely timbers for an...

Thanks for all the thoughts. hard to say actual density but the only other 22" jointer I have to compare with is a beech example that's got lead-inserts to weight the nose - and this fella certainly weighs more than that one. Mahogany (in the broadest sense) is certainly plausible. I suspect...

Can any of you genius wood-spotters help to ID what timber was used to make this 22" plane of mine? I picked it up in antique shop a while ago for £12 but have only just got around to cleaning it up. Came with a G.P. Pearson "Acute" iron and chip breaker - no makers mark on the plane itself...

When I was a marine biology student in the 1980s, we had a 2 week field trip to the research station at Millport on Great Cumbrae. The local cycle hire shop had a small fleet of Sinclair C5s for day trippers to rent. Their battery life was just enough to get you about 2/3rds of the way around...

Each to their own but personally I prefer the feel of wood, rather than shellac/varnish against my palm. I use an old fashioned beeswax & turps furniture polish - partly because I hate the smell of BLO and partly because my brother makes the beeswax polish (Cambridge Traditional Products), so I...

Wow! Back in the 1990s I lived in London's Fitzrovia, just around the corner from a place called "The Cornflake Shop", which sold extreme top-end hi-fi equipment - I'm talking 15 grand plus just for a pre-amp and several times that for a turntable. Used to look in through the window sometimes at...

JohnPW - thanks for posting that other example. Insert looks exactly the same, even though it's a totally diff type of plane. Obviously adding weight was 'a thing' at some point in the 20th century, and not just a one off barmy idea. I just wish the guy who did my plane had added weight to the...

Oh 'eck - before it all starts kicking off... Let me just add that with the current throat insert and the blade properly set, the mouth clearance is around 3.5 mm - so not especially tight. Though of course there's no telling what it was then the insert was first inserted :censored: Thanks...

Newb here so apologies if this is something obvious but I wanted opinions on a wooden plane I bought at the w/e which has a lead weighted nose. The plane in question is a 22" wooden try plane that I found in a Hastings junk shop on Saturday for the princely sum of 3 quid. Would have been rude...

If you want to know how 18th century plant-hunters shipped their discoveries home, then the obvious place to start is Kew Gardens, who were on the receiving end of many of those shipments. Maybe get in touch with the archivists there? Here's a link from their website that might offer a few...

Is it just me or do all the tools in the OP photo looks pristine and unused? No dust, no wear on the labels, etc? Is that perhaps the workshop of someone who spends more time on Instagram than at the workbench? And what happens if his new craft knife is a slightly different shape from the old...

"Alexa, turn off the extractor. Alexa.... I SAID ALEXA TURN OFF THE... oh never mind...[click]" (Sorry - couldn't resist. Your extractor is probably quieter than mine! :p)

I use the Trend jig that Doug linked to (bought about a year ago) and I've no complaints. I did have to drill/tap an extra set of mounting holes, so I could use the clamp with thicker stock but otherwise great. Can confirm there's very little play between the bit and the guides. FWIW, the...

I use Fusion 360 and love it. Very expensive to buy for work - but the full edition is absolutely free for personal/hobbyist use. Frighteningly steep learning curve, like any industrial-strength software package but there's a heck of a lot of free training materials and community support to help...

One thing to keep in mind about these vices is that they are very heavy, awkwardly shaped - and like as not covered in slippery machine oil. All of which can make bolting them to the underside of a workbench quite a challenge, especially if you're working solo. I'm sure everyone has their own...

I have an old Record 71 and TBH I don't really see how one could improve on the design, except by the addition of a depth stop. Mine is the open-throat variety but I only ever use it with a sole plate, which makes it easy to switch between open and closed versions if that's an issue. This...

I have a Henry in the house and a CTL Midi ins the workshop, which I bought ~4-5 years ago on some mega discount deal. When the Festool arrived we told my young son it was Henry's Austrian cousin, 'Heinrich', so the name just stuck. Always felt that Heinrich is an outstanding dust extractor...