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I was randomly wondering about the guage I posted about years ago and found another for sale (no connection to me) in its original box.

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This is not my table, it is from the web from a dealer, but it is identical

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BTW, this is the same nest of tables, again from another dealer on the web:

Fantastic, thank you so much! I knew someone would recognise it :-)

Interesting you say from the 1960s I remember my parents buying it and some other furniture in the early 1970s after they...

I'm about to start on a 1970s Norwegian teak coffee table. It is sadly neglected and has some water damage on the legs. Sadly, the top is probably going to need re-finishing, but I'm wanting to do...

I've just fixed a 10" spirit level I've had for ages. The spirit had leaked from the vial so I removed the putty at each end to find the leak, then filled it with a syringe. It's now sealed with a...

It was a particularly good morning at the market. The real bargain of the day was a 1710 hand coloured copper engraved map of Spain and Portugal by J Homann for $20 (old maps is another minor...

Brilliant! $5 in a pretty dirty condition. Works just like a real one. That it is a copy explains the knob and screw, which are not like the real Stanley - both in size, timber type and the screw...

Hi,

Bought this on the weekend for very little

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It is brass and the number is 298. I cannot find anything about this particular model on the web so far (98's and 99's yes, but not...

i think saw sharpening is really important, I only wish I was good at it. I seem to have a quite large number of saws, especially brass backed. I tend t pay very little for them, fix them up and...

Bingo!

Many thanks.

Tim

Many thanks for this. I might have an answer: http://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/lloyds_register_marine_boiler_test_gauge/as172a297

it is the closest I can find to this one.

Regards

Tim

I cannot find restoration, but I did find manufacture:

http://users.tpg.com.au/borclaud/ranad/about_rantf.html

regards,

Tim

edit: I just found that a triple expansion stem engine in a...

Yes. Sorry I missed your post before.

Tim

Many thanks for this. I had seen the ADB entry, it is the right Shepard. The torpedo connection is an intriguing possibility. I know nothing about steam or ships, but did wonder if a guage that...

I have aver couple of other, smaller, guages and some faux nautical things -clock and barometer, that I paid little for. SWMBO liked the idea of mounting them together on a panel. I have to say...

354617I know this isn't a tool, but I'm not sure where else to seek advice. It is a massive brass duplex test guage by Shepard, Davies of Sydney. 175mm in diameter, machine turned mechanism and...

In making violin varnishing tar- as in the stuff they put on roads to hold the gravel together - is used to add dark. It is treated as asphalt. Just look for the council resurfacing a road. :)
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The US National Bureau of Economic Research site shows that in 1870 that a US carpenter earned $3 a day. More than a weeks' work for a tape measure would make you think twice before buying one.
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Bought a Chesterman leather, brass and steel tape measure, just like this one:

NMAH | Surveying & Geodesy | Tape (Chesterman)

Does anyone have an estimate of its age? I notice the Smithsonian...

I bought an Australian Stanley number 4 today, bit rusty but cleaned up OK. I don't hink it ever had much use. I'm interested in its age. Like my 2 Turner 4's it has a die cast frog, but no...

Since I was infected with the old tool mania a few years ago I have bought a largish number of chisels from many of the makers listed in this thread. I rarely pay more than $5 each for them (one...

I had plastic handles which were decomposing as described a few years ago. I mentioned it in passing on a violin making forum and someone which chemsitry knowledge said to very careful about...

Hi Greg,

Sorry for the confusion. I think that the link I provided does not give access to all the photos. This one shows better detail I hope.

What I did not make clear is that there are 2...

Greg,

Cannot see number on the bearings, but my measurements without taking it apart:
Rear bearing - 25.9mm OD, 7.9mm wide
Front - 12.7 OD, 4.8 wide.
Shaft - 5.6 dai at the front.

Photos...

You could fit this collection of planes in your pocket:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QhVy38KtIZI/TmyJ1XhUjMI/AAAAAAAAET4/xekanVC6Arw/s912/P9103777.JPG

:U

Tim

PS They are a...

I bought a very nice jewellers saw for $10. Krumm and Andre is the brand. I think the company stll exists but does not seem to make tools anymore. Does anyone know?

(Also an interesting...

I don't know what it supposed to be for, but I use a six for jointing the backs and tops of violins. Clever people can do it with a 4 or 5. Speaking of 4 or 5, I seem to have acquired four or five...

Thanks Bob. In that case shameless plug follows.

This is the link to Alan's web site:

Violin and Bow Makers of Australia

There are sample pages

I have read pretty much everything in...

I recently bought an old Woodfast Junior that had been set up for metal cutting. It has a 1425rpm GE motor with a 2 7/8" pulley wheel driving an 8" pulley wheel. With 10" wheels this gave a blade...

I'm conscious of not advertising in the forum, but are people aware that there is a recent book on violin and bow making in Australia. I'll declare an interest in that I assisted with the research...

Thanks Jim. It's a nice piece of work. I think it does reeding (sorry if I'm wrong, this is not my area) and the profile is made up with inset pieces of a very hard timber (lignum vitae?). I'll...

Hi All,

I bought a timber moulding plane today - mostly beacuse the makers mark interested me:

MOON
4 LITTLE Qn St
LINCOLN'S-INN-FIELDS

No blade...

I have emailed Jim about the crack. When he replies I'll ask about the blade.

I also have a US Stanley number 3, with the 1918 patent date I think, that has a crack. I might ask about that as...

Thanks SG, I think I will get it fixed and a new blade. I have a project in mind that is a bit bigger than a violin :U

Tim
PS - I must take some more photos of recent acquisitions. Hunting for...

Bought this today for $5. Now, what do I do with it? Try to find a base, try to fix it, gentle clean and wax then and put it in the cupboard with the others I won't use (Not a great call for...

I bought an old Woodfast Junior Bandsaw today for $50. It is 10", made in SA and I'd guess is from the '60s. In reasonable condition, bottom bearing is stuffed, but that should not be a problem. ...

What I find scary is that I understand how it happened.

Tim (Who bought three backsaws this afternoon)

Yes, he did have a few other tools :)

The family gave his entire workshop went to the Science Museum:

Science Museum | Energy Hall | Old age

Worth a visit!

Tim

Yes, it's a bit humbling. Change the world with few saws a plane and the odd gouge...

I was recently in London and at the Science Museum there is considerable attention given to James Watt - for obvious reasons. I was very taken with some of his woodworking tools that were on...

I cannot tell you why it happens but I had the same thing on a number 3 years ago. I have seen it on others. I mentioned the phenomena in violin making forum and someone with chemistry expertise...

I bought a 1930s (Queensland?) birds eye maple side table at an auction last week. The top is badly damaged in the centre and I need a piece of birds eye maple veneer about 200 x 300mm to repair it....

Oh dear, you have stepped on to the slippery slope.:U

I thought I could stop - I was wrong. Yes, you paid too much - we all did at the beginning so don't worry it wasn't that much too much (you...

At the risk of being boring (what risk, I'm boring my kids keep telling me...) these 15 buck planes were always going to be fine. I have a Czech plane (Tiger?) that I paid $1.50 for in the mid '70s....

Hi,

My recently acquired 5 has a berg blade, also stamped Turner - but in a different place to yours: http://picasaweb.google.com/timrobinson22/Tools#5473228115246293634

Regards,

Tim

Gee, these are rubbish - who would use them?

http://www.kevinleeluthier.com/stradivari_tools/Stradivarius_Planes.jpg

Tim:)

Answering your own questions is one of the signs of maddness. So what else is new...

Some googling revealed that Ibberson's were cutlers from about 1700 and the brand name still exists in the...

Just before we get all smug about this, remember some of the finest wooden objects of the last two thousand years were made with planes not as good as this:D

Regards,

Tim (who makes really...

Anyone know anything about A. Ibberson, Manchester? I just bought a very sad backsaw - brass back and cast steel. Handle broken off (I'll make a new one) but the brass split nuts are there.
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SG, sorry to have implicated you in the sale of the Alanware plane :)

I must have had a rush of soemthing to the head. Interesting plane though. The HTPAA doesn't have much on their site. I...