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Purchased this MOSELEY side bead with double reed moulding plane from the u.k recently. Can anyone supply some details on the likely date of manufacture. Stewie;

Using a Simonds Multi-Kut (Chip Breaker) File.

The tool is designed for deepening the kerf depth on half blind dovetails. For those not familiar with its use watch the following video from 1.00min by Rob Cosman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY9MzSCvxc8 The design I made features an 0.025" saw plate gauge x 3 1/2" (length) x 1 1/4" (depth...

1/4" , 3/8", 1/2".

Work on refurbishing this traditional moving fillister plane has been completed. Reglued the boxwood wear strips; Reworked the irons bed to flat; Flattened the sole of the plane; Shortened the wedge length at the toe by 1/4"; Resharpened the iron and nicker; Restored the patina to the...

I have an upcoming project to make myself a partial set of hollow and round Moulding Planes. Initially I plan to start within the lower range of H&Rs 1/4", 3/8", and 1/2", and if all go's well expand that range to include 3/4" and 1". The wood species being trialed for the main stock including...

The following are 2 Moulding Planes by T.McKenzie, Loveday St, Birmingham. (3rd Listing down) http://www.hunimex.net/warwick/freecens/2393.html The following shows the tools used to prepare the hollow radial iron back into service. The following shows the tools used to prepare the hollow...

In the early stages of building a traditional Moving Fillister Plane. The depth stop assembly, single iron, and ancillaries were purchased from the U.K close to 5yrs ago, so its been a project that's been well overdue in getting started. Some existing slop within the mechanical movement of the...

What type of wooden plane I am making, and the identity of the wood being used for the main stock... Stewie;

The following Smoothing Plane has been sitting in my workshop for the last 5yrs waiting for an opportunity to be fettled in and put to use. Today was that day. The sole of the plane needed a light dressing back, the irons wooden bed and wedge abutments were received a fettled in, and the double...

Want to keep your file stroke at plumb, but have the option of straight or sloped gullets. The following modification to my Gramercy Saw Vise may interest you. 2x 1/4" deep dado's were cut to house the wooden wedges. Straight Gullets; 10 degree Sloped Gullets;

Maker; PEUGEOT FRERES ; stock length 7 1/2" ; Cormier Wood ; Bed angle 50 * + 10* backbevel = (60* approach angle) BD Single Iron, 1 3/8" Bed Reworked. Wedge abutments reworked. Sole reworked. Iron was resharpened and finely set, before being tested out on 2 types of tear-out prone...

There has been a wide range of opinions on how close to set the Cap Iron in relation to the cutting edge of the blade. So much so that I am going to avoid further discussion on that topic, and focus instead on the defection angle that's required on front edge of the Cap Iron. The following study...

Last week when I was sorting through some of my earlier made backsaws, and took some new photo's. 18 inch tooth line; handle wood is American Black Walnut. 16 inch tooth line; handle wood is Tasmanian Tiger Myrtle. 18 inch tooth line, with a D8 style extension of the saw plates heel...

I purchased the following box of bits at an Auction House around 10yrs ago. It an ornamental display case, possible built sometime during the 1940s early 1950s. 2 out of the 3 curved wooden panels are broken or cracked, most of the glued joints had either opened up or completely failed, and the...

Its been a while since I have had to use this plane, but when the job requires it, its a handy tool to have at your disposal. As you can see from the following 2 photo's mine requires a bit of a clean-up and resharpen, to bring it back to a serviceable condition. After being soaked in a...

Does anyone else work a mild convex camber on their flat bottom spoke-shave blades. Stewie;

Another stone I recently purchased from the U.K. (Most likely the last honing stone I am going to purchase.) The top surface of the stone showed no obvious signs to its origin. But the underside was quite different, and the primary reason I chose to bid on this stone. The grain pattern...

As mentioned on a recent post, I purchased a used sharpening stone from the U.K, with the box stamped J.Smith on both end grains. Traditional practice would likely suggest that J.Smith was the likely maker of this box. The stone itself identified as a quality Arkansas Stone, likely imported to...

Received this 2nd hand natural sharpening stone from the U.K this morning. Under all that old oil and grime there are features that indicate its most likely crystaline novaculite in structure, an oil stone, either Washita or Arkansas. The same stone after being flattened reveals much more...