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    Looks nothing like a 78. If you are referring to a Stanley, which is what I first thought Wongdai meant.

    Maybe there's 78s for lots of planes.
    I make things, I just take a long time.

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    You're right - it might be from the Sharmanco. I remember the same guy that I got my #78 from I also got a Sharmanco from.

    I will check tonight. (Silly me...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wongdai View Post
    and (my fave) this....
    Regardless of what it is.. record, rapier, sharmanco, davleco etc.. it's a great find! thats the bit that is ALWAYS missing, mongrel little things

    Nice big Squares too Tom two pages back very handy!

    This weekend I found a really nice Mathieson Steel bottomed Wooden Smoother that took whispers straight of the op shop shelf!! seriously well looked after and scary sharp, how it made it to the oppy I'll never know, I never expect to do anything in the oppy besides try to stay awake while loml digs through the buttons.

    here she is (the plane, not loml) $20.. I contemplated haggling but the oppy ladies looked ominous so I kept my head down and coughed up.

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    Also worth sharing I think is a little router kit that I bought on ePay from St.James Bay Tool Co I have always fancied trying a kit from them and bought it on a whim.. I am lacking a small router and figured it might do in place of a 271.
    I figure there's probably quite a few here who have similar fancies and might appreciate some photos of the product as it came.

    Worth mentioning is that it was posted in record time and although communication was minimal there was no trouble ordering additional parts and having them added to the same package.. they posted them from the US via first class mail (cheap but not tracked or registered) which I think is great for small orders. all up the kit cost a little over $50 AU delivered.

    here's how it came packaged (little green bag was the extra order)

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    And some shots of the parts included

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    The router is only 3 1/2" x 1 3/4" It should be a really handy little guy.. The bronze casting is quite rough but it's such a tiny casting that it should be a breeze to clean up and file down. All I have to do now is wait for a rainy day.. late 2012 maybe

    so there's my Show'n'Tell.. and it's Monday too
    Best regards, Luban

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    Nice Luban

    I have the same plane but without the metal sole.

    Turns out the depth guage was for a Davelco I have.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wongdai View Post
    the depth guage was for a Davelco I have.
    Here's another one for sale om ePAy (look closely)
    Best regards, Luban

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    that's a very beefy nicker there. Another example of someone trying to pass off something that's dodgy.

    Pings me off with the number of unscrupulous sellers out there on Ebay.
    I make things, I just take a long time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slow6 View Post
    Here's another one for sale om ePAy (look closely)
    Aha! I was right the first time!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Waldo View Post
    that's a very beefy nicker there. Another example of someone trying to pass off something that's dodgy.

    Pings me off with the number of unscrupulous sellers out there on Ebay.
    I agree wholeheartedly Waldo.. I get the feeling though that the 78 with the beefy nicker is just somebody with no idea what they have and just put it together as best they could.. 55's are my favorite for this, there have been some true works of art on ePay.. can you picture the scene, Doris, Mable and Gladice spending the whole day, 12 cups of tea and an entire tray of lamingtons trying to figure out how this infernal tool goes together.

    "Quick Mable! Grab the camera before it falls apart again!"

    The stuff that bugs me on ePay is the cheap $2shop crap that gets listed week after week after week... not because It's a rip off but because you have to wade through pages of it to get to Doris and her 45
    Best regards, Luban

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    I make things, I just take a long time.

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    Default epay strikes again.........

    Hi all,
    Thought I might show this before epay buys get banned/shunned here.............and sorry i know its not monday chaps but I'm happy my new little $36 sharmanco this week.
    Its a little rough round the edges i guess compared to its counterpart 040 record but i like it.
    cheers
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    Gday Michael.. ePay buys will never be shunned here, this thread is just one big excuse for tool gloats, we don't care where you got it!

    I'd call that $36 sharmanco a good deal.. all there and clean as a whistle by the looks of it.

    fwiw I used one for a while and found that the fence liked to spin on the single rod a little unless I tightened the screws with grips (which was a pain)
    I solved the problem by grinding a flat along the side of the rod to give the thumb screws a positive hold on the rod and stop the fence spinning.. it went like a dream from then on
    Best regards, Luban

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slow6 View Post
    Gday Michael.. ePay buys will never be shunned here, this thread is just one big excuse for tool gloats, we don't care where you got it!

    I'd call that $36 sharmanco a good deal.. all there and clean as a whistle by the looks of it.

    fwiw I used one for a while and found that the fence liked to spin on the single rod a little unless I tightened the screws with grips (which was a pain)
    I solved the problem by grinding a flat along the side of the rod to give the thumb screws a positive hold on the rod and stop the fence spinning.. it went like a dream from then on
    hi Luban,
    Yep just what i'd expect.
    infact the thumb screws are smidge tight below their threads.
    cheers

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    Well we babysat the three grandkids this weekend so I was very late to the Sunday Markets this time.
    Bought the bananas and other goodies and went for a look around.
    I didn't expect to find anything worthwhile so late in the day, but you can get lucky.
    The tool table didn't have anything that took my eye, but a bric a brac dealer had a couple of old tools - better go have a look - probably junk anyway.
    Lo and behold - a very nice, straight, all teeth present, apple handle in one piece and no pitting little 8 inch tenon saw - maybe dovetail not sure. Ray might know.
    No price.
    Ask the nice man -
    "No price - how much"
    "$15 mate"
    "Take $10
    "$12"..."Today's price is $12"
    "Done"

    Looks like it's about 100 years old.
    Pretty chuffed was I.

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    Great score Tom...

    I've got what I think is the same saw. Apple handle, medallion dates it to between 1896 and 1917.
    Funny....I can't find a reference of it on the Disstoninstitute site. But I have seen a couple around.
    It's my goto dovetail saw.
    I paid about $60 for mine (jointed, sharpened and set).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thumbthumper View Post
    Great score Tom...

    I've got what I think is the same saw. Apple handle, medallion dates it to between 1896 and 1917.
    Funny....I can't find a reference of it on the Disstoninstitute site. But I have seen a couple around.
    It's my goto dovetail saw.
    I paid about $60 for mine (jointed, sharpened and set).
    Pic below
    Certainly looks like the same saw.
    Yours does look quite spectacular.
    How many TPI is yours, and is it filed rip for dovetailing?
    Mine is 14 TPI / 15ppi.
    I can't tell how it has been filed in the past.
    They get a little mention on the Disstonion Institute page here:
    http://www.disstonianinstitute.com/backsawpage.html
    I hope it cleans up nicely.
    Cheers
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