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Wow, Nice work Gaza.

I went looking for a makers mark, (probably should have done that first huh?)

452151

Never knew what a glazing iron was before.

Cheers

legend, thanks Gaz

This is the same chisel in the top of the first photo.

Actually on further inspection it does not say "GRAY STEEL" there is two lines of text. It is feint, and the S.TILLMAN is stamped over the...

Bench chisel is out of the tank and is giving up some secrets.
Only had a soak and very light sand with some well worn sandpaper.

She has had a ...... ...... Full life by the looks of it!

I...

While I am at it, I have these two things in the box.

The top think looks like an awl, however it is almost 500mm! Seems very long.

The other thing has me stumped. All I have it is is part of...

Cool, Thanks.

Already soaking the rust off!

Hi all,

I have a few burl slabs, River Red gum and a eucalypt I believe. They are quite split, however my intention was to cut them into scales and blanks anyway.

I have asked about these burls...

Hi all,

I am finally getting around to some tool restorations and am working my way through the box of stuff i've collected.

I am in the middle of a Stanlel #5 resto, and while i am in a rust...

Thanks Dai,

That is some very helpful information.

Thanks for the clue on the Eucalypt. Species is probably not that important anyway...... Pretty is Pretty!

I am interested in having a go...

OK, Some back story.

I scored these burl slabs recently. They were cheap as there are quite a bit of splitting.
My intention is to cut it into knife scales and pen blanks.

However I have...

Hi Christos,
Yeah that was along the lines I was thinking.
I have access to a metal lathe so the extension should not be problem.

I have an old drill mill. The travel is just over 120mm. I was...

Hi all.

I have a small project where I want to bore some large(ish) holes, 30-32mm about 250mm deep into some reclaimed timber, (not sure of the species, but is is hard).

I need to hole to be...