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Thanks everyone for your input. It is certainly helpful to work through these problems on paper before encountering them mid build.



Did you have issues using thinner slats? The book I have...

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I am in the design stage of a queen size bed project that I am hoping to start building in the next couple of months. I have read Jeff Miller’s “Beds” book which has been helpful for ideas...

Thos Ibbotson & Co?

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This also happened to me. Considering where mine was located, mine was most likely eaten by the wallabies (but could have been rats. I don't know if they go for this kind of thing).

Mine was also...

It probably depends how much blade you have left. Mine is about 135mm high to the lateral adjuster. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180405/03d167b710858f4002ac8f53ea6011ad.jpg

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I have no idea what they were originally used for. I was just thinking of using the plane for making a shelving dado, or the odd cross grain dado when I make toys for my niece. If I had found a 1/4"...

I don't yet specifically have a project in mind; just a couple of half ideas. If I get it working well I will make something with it. I like getting old tools working again in order to use them. It's...

Thanks Ian. I will give that a go. Not a great deal to loose. The iron is certainly something of an irregular shape. The more I look at it, the more I think it has undergone some modifications over...

Thanks all for the advice. It would be great to get this into good usable service again.

The plane is stamped Mathieson and Sons 1/2, and the cutter is stamped Mathieson and is nearly 1/2" in...

I could try do that, but when I sharpen it I imagine it will progressively get narrower again. Am I likely to need to sharpen it often?

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I bought a 1/2" dado plane at the traditional tools group sale in Sydney the other week. I was not thorough enough in my examination of the plane and once home found that, while it has...

What does one look for in a good vintage brace? What size do people like? Like a lot of vintage tools, the prices seem to vary wildly.

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I wouldn't buy it and I definitely would not buy it at $50 if I had not seen it in person.With the collection you already have you are unlikely to miss it for it's function, and if you want it to...

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Sorry for the tedious repeat of the topic but I am in the market for a new sharpening set up for my edge tools. Over the last couple of years my set up has been to establish a new bevel...

First time for me at the TTTG sale. I was quite impressed with the number of people. It was hard at the start to get a good look at everything, but as the crowd thinned I found a Disston D8 8 TPI rip...

Very good. If they are still available I might look to pick one up later this week. At $10 I can't go too wrong.

Thanks for you help Ian.

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I was looking in an antiques shop this week, that I pass semi regularly, and found two Disston - Philada thumbhole saws with teeth about 5 TPI. Both were quite narrow, having probably only...

I finally got around to painting the plane. Unfortunately, I'm not sure that the pictures will add a great deal of knowledge to the search for the perfect blue (which, admittedly has changed over the...

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I picked up this Record 5 1/2 in a box of mixed tools about 6 months ago and the time has finally come to restore it. It will be a user but ideally I would like to repaint it in a...

Okay, very good. Thanks for your help.

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I recently took apart my grandfather's old Dawn No. 175 in order to clean it and get it running smoothly before reinstalling it to the bench. Once taking it off I realised that the two...

You could try over in the 'hand tools unpowered' section to see if you get some more replies. Unfortunately, I have no further advice on how to remove them. I was always intended to make a new handle...

If you are describing what I am thinking then its a pin and sleeve arrangement that you just pop off with a lever of sorts (e.g. beat up chisel etc.). I just did my first saw restoration on a small...