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I haven't posted on here for a long time due to work, kids and other commitments but would like to draw attention to this group on Facebook. I hope this is allowed as it doesn't really detract from the work and discussions on here but understand if not. I've set up a Facebook page for those...

I've just picked up a Sam Green hollow moulding plane from a bric-a-brac shop in Frome, Somerset which I'm very pleased with as it has what is thought to be Sam Green's first maker's mark which are quite hard to come by. Not only has it got Sam Green's mark but it also has "I C" stamped into it...

A copy of this arrived at my house today. A quick flick through has revealed an in-depth history of this prolific York maker with loads of professional quality colour photos. It's split into two parts, the first part is about York planemakers from the early days of planemakers onwards and the...

I am finally moving into a house with its own workshop, and to coincide with this I have been given the stump of a holly tree that I want to turn into something useful. Its dimensions in the rough are about 12" wide and deep at its widest point and about 12" between the roots and the trunk. I...

Sorry, I can't help myself at the moment - I've got a week off work and nowhere to go! I picked up these T. J. Gardner plough plane irons on a well known auction site recently (well 7 of them - I already had the No. 1) and I've noticed something a bit strange about them. They all seem to show...

The third and final anomaly that I would like UKworkshop members to help with is the rear of the shoulder on planes made at the Holbrook Plane Manufactory. On 4 of about 10 of the larger moulding planes I have, the sharp corner has been rounded off. These planes were owned by a variety of...

My next piece of evidence is the side escapement on my T. J. Gardner moulding planes. The front part of the escapement is flared out - not perpendicular to the plane as it is with the planes I have by other makers. Again, is this specific to T. J. Gardner planes or does this exist on planes by...

As some of you know, I'm in the process of writing a book on the planemakers of Bristol. I have accumulated a fair few planes by the 15 or so plane manufactories that existed in Bristol (for research purposes obviously! :) ), and have come across a few anomalies that I would like to share with...

Recently, whilst perusing the services of a well known online auction website, I came across a moving fillister that had a couple of photos showing a run of the mill moving fillister. Reading the description of the item caught my attention further as the seller mentioned there were two names...

I wonder if there is any chance that there was any other person called T. Norris over the last 200 years, other than the famous planemaker? Not according to this listing.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ultra-Rare-T- ... 644wt_1091 Nice price too!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANTIQUE-WOOD- ... 3a7c29b2c1 According to this blokes description, Jimi must be sitting on a goldmine!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... MEWNX%3AIT I saw this Record 073 shoulder plane on eBay but was hedging my bets while waiting to see if I'd won anything else I'd bid on. I had a look at it again this morning and saw that they'd changed the price from a starting bid of £30 to a "Buy...

I picked up this saw for the bargain sum of £3.99 + postage recently, mainly because I thought it was unusual. Its blade length is 8" (20cm) and is 12" (30cm) long in total. It has 7tpi in a rip formation with a wide kerf (3mm whereas the blade is 1mm thick). The unusual thing about it (to me...

Anyone know of a company that makes personalised name stamps for wood?

Hi, I'm new to the forum and pretty much new to the world of working with wood (I did my first years City & Guilds in Carpentry and Joinery in 1983 before opting to become a plumber, but thats another story...) and I'm still trying to absorb as much as possible on the massive amount of...