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18th February 2024, 07:24 AM
Thread: Calling the Rabone Aficionados Collective
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The odd markings appear to be for use when making...
The odd markings appear to be for use when making or reading scale models/drawings scaled at 1/4" to the foot, or 1" to the foot, with the fine divisions at the end of the scale allowing you to read...
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15th January 2024, 10:33 AM
Thread: Anyone want some bergs. Going cheap!! LOL
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Seems a bit rich. I'd be happy to sell my larger...
Seems a bit rich.
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26th September 2023, 10:55 PM
Thread: Old hand drills from farm clearance sale
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Might be German. Wolfgang Jordan's "holzwerken"...
Might be German. Wolfgang Jordan's "holzwerken" website shows one like yours which has an unidentified "H&K" marked on the head. Also, one of his pictures shows a similar drill from an un-named...
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23rd September 2023, 02:05 PM
Thread: Old hand drills from farm clearance sale
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The two speed breast drill looks to be a common...
The two speed breast drill looks to be a common style...
But your "number one" drill is something I haven't seen before, quite likely rare and sought after,
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27th August 2023, 11:14 AM
Thread: What have I Brought (Stanley No 3 ?)
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Ohio planes came with a thicker tapered blade,...
Ohio planes came with a thicker tapered blade, also National planes, so the Buhl blade isn't an oddity. I have/had both Ohio and National metal planes that worked well with this style blade, and I...
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25th March 2023, 11:36 AM
Thread: My Rust issue
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Stop panicking, corrugated planes have much...
Stop panicking, corrugated planes have much deeper "pitting"
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19th February 2023, 01:01 PM
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What's Fardon's address stamped on the saw?...
What's Fardon's address stamped on the saw? (looks like ?? Queens? Road)
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22nd November 2022, 01:07 PM
Thread: ID British floor cramps.
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Kimberley pattern flooring cramps. Shown in this...
Kimberley pattern flooring cramps.
Shown in this picture from 1930s S Tyzack & Son catalog
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Found an1899 British patent 25716, issued to Kimberley & Sons Tool Manufacturing Co., D., and... -
8th September 2022, 09:47 AM
Thread: Green River Bolt-Cutter and Nut-Tapper.
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Interesting machine Vann. Nice to see someone...
Interesting machine Vann.
Nice to see someone else working to a relaxed old tool schedule.
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2nd July 2022, 01:06 PM
Thread: My great great grandfather's planes
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Richard Routledge took over the plane making...
Richard Routledge took over the plane making business of Henry Thomas around 1870, which is why your plane stamp reads "Routledge, late Thomas"
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8th May 2022, 12:51 PM
Thread: Saw Set identification
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From Wolfgang Jordan's web site
From Wolfgang Jordan's web site
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10th January 2022, 10:16 AM
Thread: 2nd line Atkins?
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The stubby horns and non-brass screws indicate to...
The stubby horns and non-brass screws indicate to me likely 1930s/40s
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8th March 2021, 10:25 AM
Thread: Stanley no 3 problem
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Set the cap iron appropriate for the shaving...
Set the cap iron appropriate for the shaving thickness you're aiming for as this mostly controls tearout effects.
Try it, it should be good.
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8th October 2020, 12:28 PM
Thread: My pickings of wandering the country side
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Ah yes, that's probably a better comparison. The...
Ah yes, that's probably a better comparison. The cost conversion I found seems to be based on general inflation, and as an overall consumer price index it doesn't take into account the specific and...
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8th October 2020, 09:16 AM
Thread: My pickings of wandering the country side
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Another one
Just found a J A Brandon miter box and 28" Richardson saw, pretty much identical details as described/pictured above, although my saw seems to have been sharpened down a little more. Thanks to Matt's...
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10th September 2020, 10:29 AM
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Some really nice tools, some of which likely came...
Some really nice tools, some of which likely came to NZ with Mr Wade in 1863, but some are obviously later additions (e.g. Ultimatum braces). I wonder if some/any tools were added even after Wade's...
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3rd July 2020, 12:12 PM
Thread: Hand plane identification
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Esslinger & Abt, German manufacturers, 1952...
Esslinger & Abt, German manufacturers, 1952 advert shows your logo (see Wolfgang Jordan's website for more data on the company, started 1845, becoming Esslinger & Abt in 1875 )
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2nd March 2020, 02:05 AM
Thread: Siegley transitional plane
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move the cap iron back a bit farther away from...
move the cap iron back a bit farther away from the blade edge (or take a thinner shaving)
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24th February 2020, 10:36 AM
Thread: Disston Brass Back Saw - Restoration
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My guess as to why the backsaw is designed with...
My guess as to why the backsaw is designed with the blade inserted part way into the back (and not buried to the max) is so that the blade can "float" its position a little to relieve any blade...
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23rd February 2020, 10:29 AM
Thread: Disston Brass Back Saw - Restoration
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Do not force the brass back so far down the blade...
Do not force the brass back so far down the blade that it covers a screw hole. That is not how it was designed and made. You can see from the as-found condition of your saw that the brass back has...
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20th January 2020, 10:43 AM
Thread: Timber threading Tap Handle Question
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Gaza, My small threader is 7/16", (suitable for a...
Gaza, My small threader is 7/16", (suitable for a 3/8" threaded rod, with clearance). Your metal hub handle sounds as if it will work if the handles are a suitable length for you.
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19th January 2020, 10:48 AM
Thread: Timber threading Tap Handle Question
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yes, turned wooden T handles are traditional....
yes, turned wooden T handles are traditional. Here's some of mine (one tap has a nut screwed onto the tang, but the others seem to be just jammed into the wooden handle).
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4th September 2019, 11:30 AM
Thread: Brace bits
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Kenny, the centre bits with the round waist seem...
Kenny, the centre bits with the round waist seem to be a manufactured detail, perhaps this idea was to give a better fit to some design of shell chuck on a modern iron brace. I have several (these 5...
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1st May 2019, 11:45 AM
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Probably Traut's patent for the adjustable...
Probably Traut's patent for the adjustable bubble, Nov 3 1908 patent 902,778. Stanley would have continued using the patent date on levels for many years after the patent was issued, and the...
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20th April 2019, 12:53 PM
Thread: Antique wooden plane?
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Mathieson made quality tools, but in my area if...
Mathieson made quality tools, but in my area if its just a regular jack plane its not worth more than the $5-$15 that all the other old woodie jack planes fetch, unless it has some extra special...
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29th January 2019, 02:55 AM
Thread: Taylor brothers
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Design embellishments on old saw handles are a...
Design embellishments on old saw handles are a delight. I only have 2 or 3 backsaws with your arrised lamb's tongue, and find arrised edges are more common on larger handsaw handles [but usually only...
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21st January 2019, 01:22 AM
Thread: Antique Wertheim hand plane
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I have a plane with a similar blade adjustment. I...
I have a plane with a similar blade adjustment. I don't know the name of the planemaker, but the blade is French, a Goldenberg "eye" (so, made near the France/Germany border)
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10th December 2018, 10:25 AM
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Looks good Blackout. I also find it hard to...
Looks good Blackout. I also find it hard to resist picking up bargain priced shabby old tools with shapely handles or brass accents, especially squares with their varied brass trimmings that shine up...
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12th June 2018, 11:41 AM
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usually called a Coachmaker's router (or carriage...
usually called a Coachmaker's router (or carriage maker's router), which could follow the curved edge of carriage pieces, but I'm not sure exactly how they utilized it, maybe for inlay, or for a...
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22nd May 2018, 11:31 AM
Thread: Falcon F220
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They don't fetch more than a Stanley 220 here in...
They don't fetch more than a Stanley 220 here in Canada, usually less. (not that Canadian prices have any relevance to your original question)
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18th March 2012, 12:33 AM
Thread: spear&jackson
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NICHO, Scanned catalogue picture and...
NICHO,
Scanned catalogue picture and enlargement, a bit fuzzy, but see description in previous post.
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17th March 2012, 01:33 PM
Thread: spear&jackson
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My 1915 S&J catalogue reprrint shows the...
My 1915 S&J catalogue reprrint shows the "sovereign" handsaw model.
If I use my magnifying glass I can read the etch as;
"John Cockerill" in an arc,
over "The Sovereign Saw",
over the head in a...