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It was a good little tool sale, I came home (XPT) with a few treasures.
Graeme

The best (and cheapest) bench grinder dresser that I use is a small (pie) piece of a "worn" out concrete saw. Because it is curved and sits flat on the rest it is easy to move the diamond across the...

Here is a close up photo or two?
Graeme

This is the second one I bought with hardened jaws. The first one had plain (no inserts) jaws and it was clear from the swivel base castings etc that it was made from a different set of patterns...

Thank you for that link, I had missed it when looking some years ago. There have been three of the Filers vices on eBay in the last 5? years. I bought both ( a mate now has one) The third one was...

Three more pages.
Graeme

Well that seemed to work ! (haven't uploaded before!)

There are 9 Bandsaw in cat.. 4 with top wheels like yours (00, 0 1 and 2) I think No2 looks the same as yours?
BTW Most of the cat... is set...

How about this one?
Graeme

Matty I'm now thinking the catalogue is older, the youngest patent date I've found so far is 1880.
J A Fay.. head their list of sole agencies and at least (roughly counted) 128 pages are about...

I have a very early Gregory's "Machinery and Findings" (?) 253 page catalogue. (I'd date it somewhere in 1890s?) Your machine and maker are not in it. It appears that they started in San Francisco...

In regard to the Louey Woon plane, I remember some discussion at a TTTG meeting about planes made by chinese living here in the late 1800s it may have even been in one of the news letters ? Oops ...

Son of Blue grass and DSEL74 are correct it is a "Cats" Head Shoe Turning hammer. They are an English Farrier's hammer it enabled them to forge a finished horse shoe without changing hammers. It is...

Roger. This is on eBay at the moment in Melbourne at that.http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ENGINEERING-TAP-BSF-RARE-9-32-size-26-TPI-plug-HSS-Ace-made-in-USA-NOS-/350807108502
Graeme

No Barker Thicknessers in either 1951 or 1955 McPherson catalogues
Graeme

Someone with a well tune guillotine may be able to cut 3-4 mm strips from 1mm? sheet. Whether cleaning up the sheared edges and straightening the strip will be too time consuming is another question...

The thick strips under the base are interesting, did some models have Tee slots or are they just for strengthening ?
Graeme

Thanks Geoff, I will have to try get the catalogue page on hair dressing tools up on the net! Did you note that I hadn't convinced all on the toolmonger blog of it's use.
Graeme

All good guesses, but they are "pinching Irons" for straightening hair ! This is the only photo I can find on the www!? http://toolmonger.com/2011/07/22/questionmonger-what-is-this-tool/ I...

I have a 25lb spring hammer (20 yrs) which is about to be replaced by a 25 KG self contained Anyang hammer, when it arrives in a shipment of 22 in December over 40 (from 9 to 75 KGs ) will have been...

Studies in the History of Machine Tools by Robert s Woodbury is vey good if you can get it at the right price. The cheapest on BookFinder at the moment is $83.00 and the dearest is $285.00 !!??? His...

Ray, I also agree with Michael's summary, which pretty well sums up those against a change. I also agree with you about the significant numbers of those who don't really care either way, But while...

Yes, I did recognized that the photo shopped vice was probably a record, I was more answering issartree's original question. I didn't do so at the time as several did and came up negative.!? Which...

Me thinks they do !! http://www.dawntools.com.au/products/Fabricated_Engineers_Vices_06b_7.pdf?20110428 They also had some cast ones some years ago.
Graeme

Good I'm glad some one from here has their eye on it.
Graeme

This needs to be rescued by some one looking for a Waldown NH project. I recently bought a nice (complete) one in reasonable condition, off Gumtree for considerable more than this starting price! ...

To quote the seller this machine is in "excellent working order" ??? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/industrial-pedestal-drill-/161288550640?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item258d8bf8f0 Has anyone...

Hi Geoff
You got back safely from NZ, much extra luggage ? It was good to meet you and your wife at the Sydney Tool sale. If I can ever help you out on this side of the map don't hesitate to give...

Here is result of googling WD40 http://wd40.com/about-us/history/

Graeme

I have traced Penetrene back through every Catalogue till 1926 ! My guess on WD40 without Googling would be late 50s early 60s as I seem to remember it from my Apprenticeship days? BTW I now think...

This is not McPherson's but Thomas McPherson a different firm, notice that there is no "s ! It is some sort of family offshoot I have read the history some where? I will try and find it
Graeme

I'm not sure of the date either but it's closer to 1968, I was buying out of it before I left New Guinea in 1974. The Blue of set 4 volumes (I have vol A ) was the last that they produced in the...

I was a bit out! Sold for only $17.10 plus postage, $30 is lot less than the BIN one at nearly $90!
Graeme

I wasn't aware that there was two Centenary editions until this thread ! I had to retrieve the red one from my to sell pile! The 1962 edition is NOT a reprint! There are a dozen more pages in the...

I have three 1937 McPhersons catalogues. Two with this cover as above (note all with this cover say "Tools an Machinery"). One has Sydney on top of states list on cover and No37 in bottom corner,...

Most of mine have been in the $30-60 range off eBay. Hard to get them in the #10-15 range these days, I cant get to garage sales as I'm selling at markets most Saturdays The sorters at the Rotary...

Case in point, there are two 1951 McPhersons cat..s on eBay at moment one starting at a reasonable $10.50 the other at a bin of $70 My guess is that the auction will end somewhere between $40 and...

Some Bunnings are selling Oxy and acetylene no rental on bottles ! http://www.tradegas.com.au/
The closes to me so far is Port Stephens. bummer.
Graeme

From my at observations at Timbertown over the years the better made froes were flat on one side and had a rounded bevel on the other, tapering to a thick back of least 3/8" (car springs make poor...

Sorry Melbourne and Sydney. From the 20s till 1937 most state branches seem to collate and print their own catalogues!? I have only seen one Perth cat.. 1937 and it was the same as the Sydney one...

It varied greatly sort of correlates with the economy!? These are the early ones I have.
1912 512 pages
1923 432 "
1926 416 "
1929 384 "
1934 272 "
1937M354 "...

I have a Adelaide edition. I photo copied some pages out of a Sydney ed in the NSW state Library years ago before I bought this one and they are certainly collated differently, whether they stocked...

Sorry Kidbee It WAS too early in the morning !! I took your question to be a machining query not a terminology question!? As Bryan said the convention just is. It is stating / describing what...

The best way I could explain it at this time of the morning !, Is to imagine you needed to machine deep shoulders on the left and right ends of long shaft, you would need to use the opposite cranked...

I also thought my name was on the list ? Anyway I'll look forward to seeing it sometime.
Thanks Graeme

EW, I'm live in the Port Macquarie area and I am going to the Bellingen Markets tomorrow if that is any help?
Graeme

WOW I want one now! This solves nearly all the problems and I guess wouldn't cost near as much some of the present day "clean air" solutions.
Graeme



Ps More information can be found here...

Great photos I'm amazed and surprised so much was left behind ! I haven't been there since the week long auction in 1992 ! It was a certainly site to see then (It look like ever one had just walked...

Yes I also think R S Brookman "Ltd" that made woodworking machinery from the 1930s onward is a different firm to R S Brookman "& Co" of 1917 or so.
DSEL I think your machine is much earlier than...

DSEL74 I looked through all my catalogues with no result, but then my googlling came up with this ! ? http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1917/1917%20-%200849.PDF
Graeme

Bruce
I thought you must have been away, Yes I was able to acquire a "few" treasures. My mate was amazed at the number planes and wood chisels, said he'd never seen so many before!
Graeme