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I have made my first plane with an o1 sole. Much tougher to work but a lot more satisfying. I had in mind Bill's copies of the Norris # 10, but as I have never seen one and don't know the spec s, I guessed at 25 degree bed and settled on using the steel that I had, leaving it at 7 - 3/8"...

As hinted at in another thread, I started a box mitre plane over the hols. I have been thinking through the process of making these planes since before I started on bevel down types (largely thanks to Bill C) and it is quite a scary prospect. Only now, after I have cut a lot of steel...

Yup - we were getting stir crazy with Christmas telly so we decided to go to the boot sale on Sunday morning. I remembered their boast of being open on every Sunday of the year so we put them to the test. There were seven stalls and two burger vans. Where the vehicles and stalls cast long...

I've been a bit quiet on the plane making posts lately as I was determined to have one finished before I showed it to anyone ..... well it's nearly finished. I thought I would have a go at Dave D's idea of putting the shell together with pins rather that dovetails. This means a very thick sole...

After a lot of web searching yesterday I seem to be no closer to finding info on either the grinding of concave forms or any firm that make standard forms. I tried, moderately successfully, the other day to grind a tool with a central point curving back on both sides(Concave curves in 3/8...

... by Mr. Dovetail himself. Chisels, #4 plane and dovetail saw. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6oOOmswYZU I'm not sure how this has got away with being on youtube, it might not be there for long.

At the David Stanley Auction yesterday, This jointer was sitting on Bill Carter's table. It has this star mark on the lever cap and this amazing 'racing bonnet' front infill. Apparently there were two made of each plane size - I assume that would be jointers, panels, smoothers and...

By way of an antidote to recent cheap tool threads :) Just a heads up about this. The catalogue will be up soon. http://www.davidstanley.com/next%20inte ... 20sale.htm We have not been to an international sale before but we did go to a standard auction earlier this year. I only bought one...

The only wood turning that I am familiar with is green wood/pole lathe turning. Job either spun between centres or bowl sized pieces attached to a face plate. I have been pondering how to best turn front knobs for planes. Too small to successfully attach to a faceplate? Held with the tail...

There has been much talk recently about 'sets' of chisels and it got me wondering if I have a set yet. I use most of these often but I will point out where there are exceptions. Beveled edge; from L to R: Marples, Ward, Marples, Addis. (The Ward 5/8" is my favourite all - rounder.)...

Anybody fancy it ? (Sun 28th Jul) A few of us going already. http://www.mactimbers.co.uk/

We went to Astwood Bank vintage vehicles show today and I didn't know what to expect in the way of tooly stalls but there were a good few. I saw a lot of stuff that I just never see at bootsales. A 2" eye auger by Ridgway Sheffield - never been used .. with the grinder I've wanted for years...

All I bought yesterday morning was this sorry looking modern Diston crosscut for £2. The blade is as straight as I could hope for so that is a good start. It looks like it was file sharpened last time ... could be good, could be bad. The handle has most of its horrible, original...

We finally made it to a David Stanley auction this morning where we met up with forumites Andy T, Rich Arnold, and Tools'n'tat. The best way to describe it may be to imagine all the very best stuff from all the car boot sales in the country, gathered together in one room by all those...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... races.html 8)

Having spent a couple of years wrestling with grinding and filing black steel plate, I finally had another go at Googling an easier solution. I got the usual industrial answers involving a specific type of hydrochloric acid and the counter active alkaline spraying that appears to be essential...

Great turn out this morning with more than a few tool sellers. Some Starrett calipers with 1901 date and the fine tuning knob along with two pairs of Moore & Wright hooferdoofers. All £3 each. An odd 'perfect' type screw driver but with a strangely forged blade and an awful double marking...

I've never had a problem drilling brass before, not that I've done a lot of it, as I have only drilled small holes for the likes of woodscrews. Now I come to drilling holes to tap for lever cap screws it's a different animal. I am a great fan of pilot holes and can drill these without incident...

When I made Jimi his panel plane shell and exaggerated the top of the cupid bow (Japanese wave style) I did so because I had already cut out the sides for this smoother in that way and couldn't bare to return to the accepted 'norm'. It is 9 - 1/2" long (sole) and made to take a 2" iron...

About a year ago my brotheroutlaw bought a small, plastic crate of plane irons for me at an auction in Suffolk. Though mostly too far gone, there were a few stars in it (four unused Marples, a parallel) and a lot of disappointments including this one: (sorry about the blurr, camera is refusing...