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That looks like a William Marples and sons Sheffield England 'Shamrock Brand' firmer chisel that has been incredibly well used but not surprising since that has most probably been around since 1937.

I thought I had read somewhere that the plastic red handles were on a lesser grade chisel and the wooden chisels - apparently made from birch root - were the better handle/chisel. I have the 1/2"...

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Here is that 3/4" marples mortise chisel along with (in the middle) an 'Isaac Greaves' no7 1/2" mortise chisel and (at top) a 'Thos Ibbotson & Co warranted' 1/4" (now...

Heavensabove - the chisel is 9inches long to the tang, the lamination itself is 5 3/4 inches. Bushmiller - that looks like a ringer for mine, thanks.

G'day Guys, The metal part of that chisel weighs 3/4Kg (750g) so I presume the requirement would be for the handle and chisel not come apart in use ergo the 'stitching'. The stitching looks like it...

I bought this chisel a couple of years ago for £3 from a car boot sale and have now started to clean it up. The chisel is by W Marples&Sons Sheffield England and has a government stamp and the date...

Well here is another plane given to me in a box of old wooden planes. H Slater, Meredith St, Clerkenwell, London - 1 1/4" infill shoulder plane. The blade I had to replace and I also had to redo the...

A 1950's Norris A1 141/2" plane with beech infill, mahogany handle. This is after the rust was removed but before I tune it up a bit. Sole is still flat - checked against veritas steel straight edge....

Hello, I went around to see a client's cats and found this proping open a gate. The lady had had her shed tidied up this had been put out 2 weeks ago. Don't know but do you think this is worth the...

Apart from the first class return airfare from the uk not much. The kerfs were cut with a circular saw fitted with a freud saw blade which seems to cut well- and a clamp guide. All those kerfs took...

Thanks folks for the kind words. That front started out as a flat sheet and I cut kerfs, leaving 3 ply untouched, every 12.5mm and wrapped the front around a subframe. The dogs are already...

Try car bog - it tends to 'stick' well. Put a dollop on the defect and then remove most of the excess - put the filler knife across the centre of the defect and remove one half of the excess and the...

I had to make a reception desk for my new practice. I used 13ply 19mm x 1220 x 2440 sheets of birchwood plywood. The top are some old pieces of spruce from a packing crate a friend gave me. Once I...

Once you have done all the filling and sanding you will need to apply knotting solution to those knots. Knotting solution is basically shellac- this will stop the knots bleeding. Then use a primer,...

Hello,
I am over here helping sort out the estate of my cousin which will include deciding what to do with some timber he had. He had some "hickory" boards from a tree his father had pulled...

Thanks Derek thats about the conclusion I have come to. Cheers, Geoff.

G'day Mike,
Thanks for the advice. I have tried a DMT coarse bench stone but that was slow work. The best results were when I tried a 240grit waterstone but I had to redress the...

Hello Derek,
If I have read your posts concerning the Shapton Stones correctly you have both the Professional stones and the Shapton GlassStones. What would you recommend to someone...

I came across this when viewing the video on Colen Clenton (link in Handtools-unpowered).:2tsup: http://www.skillsone.com.au/Industry/5/Manufacturing/Video/287/0/Shiver-me-timbers

PS check out the...

Here is an interesting link from Canadianwoodworking.com http://www.skillsone.com.au/Industry/5/Manufacturing/Video/210/0/The-toolmaker
I don't think it has been posted here before. He comes across...

SBS ran a series a few years ago titled "The Story of English" which was extremely interesting. The main thing I seem to remember was that the English language was a dynamic living language and its...

G'day Hickory,
Here are some pictures of a table in northern silky oak ( Cardwellia sublimis) and australian red cedar (Toona ciliata syn T. australis). The "lacewood" I saw in a...

Struth Derek that was a bit of a dummy spit on a couple of the posters part!!!
Since I posted this David Charlesworth has responded to a post that was a bit rough and said that he has better things...

I don't know if anyone else is watching that discussion on another forum under 'Jointer plane question? Lie-Nielsen' but some of the posters seem to be getting their 'knickers in a knot'. If some of...

G'day, Here is one up for auction at Lawrences of Bletchingley UK . It is item 61 and comes with 2 unused blades. I will let you know what it goes for - I reckon £1000....

Hi Mike , here is a close up of the platypus/platypi - in silky oak and ...(mumble mumble) radiata pine 'cringe cringe'. If it's not big enough I will email you. Here is a close up of the medallion...

Mike, Here are some phots of what I mean. The original tenon saw handle in the middle has the remnants of what I mean - amazing change of colour in 110years. BTW the medallion from the no 8 looks...

Thanks Mike. Just to pick your brain a bit more. On those repro Disston handles I've been finishing the bridging piece from the bottom of the grip only so far and leaving the bottom of the flared...

Here is some photos of that handle I described. I have to get some nuts etc turned as they need to be custom fitted. That's the blade from a LN dovetail saw.Oh well it makes things interesting. The...

See if this works:doh:

Right managed to shape the handles as per Mike's excellent visual tutorial and all I've got to say is that struth Mike you must go hell for leather shaping your handles if you do it 21/2 hours!...

"I am in the process of getting a few Auriou rasps (following our discussion elsewhere). I have a feeling that I won't know myself after that! The rifflers and files I have been using have got the...

Mike , I have just had a look at your site and found that PDF on the instructions that comes with our saw kits. :doh: Should have looked there in the first place. Oh well... Reminds of me dispensing...

Thanks for that fantastic reply Mike. Absolutely spot on!:) Even though it takes a lot of work doesn't that AB handle look fantastic. Planning on coming over to the States this year now all I have to...

Hello,
I guess I am aiming this question at at someone such as Mike Wenzloff who has the knowledge skill and experience of this subject matter.
I have two old Disston saws - one a...

Timmm,
I would go with the router solution. Try Axminster power tool centre for this - just Google (UK sites) Axminster .
As for the wood the traditional wood for butcher's...

Thanks Buffalobill, a most excellent link 10/10. Interesting description on dovetail grooving and I don't think I've seen that block as described in Fig 318. I have bookmarked the link and will...

G'day Dazzler,
It may be worth you sticking the resawn timber immediately after you resaw it and applying weight or clamps and keeping it that way for 8-12weeks until it...

For what it is worth the panel in the middle is one that I glued up from some 4 pieces of caloon that I had hand dressed. For comparison the larger pieces either side are Australian red cedar and...

I have just nade a 1/16" X 3/32" rebate in some rosewood just using a titemark marking gauge. I can't see why you couldn't do the same thing with paddle-pop sticks - deeply scribe one side and flip...

And the table itself. Finished with blonde shellac and wax,

Here is the finished table. As previously stated it is for a telephone and goes against the wall.

G'day Shedgirl,
I would have to agree with Schtoo and NewLou and go for a low angle jack (Stanley 62) from LN or Veritas. You can put high microbevels on the blade to get the...

For what it's worth,
I was shown years ago that the way to check out a good brush is to grip the bristles between your thumb and forefinger and pinch and twist so you can...

G'day Neil,
It is North American ash and I was thinking of trying blond shellac and wax. I want to keep that pale colour-I'll try it on scrap pieces. Other option is to try a wax...

Hello Alex,
I'm not sure what species you're referring to but maybe the Qld DPI site http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/hardwoodsqld/7680.html will help. It has information on gluing. Hope...

G'day Thornburn,
The second photo is of the bottom of the shelf to show the way I overcame that bevel- basically removing it from the equation. What isn't very obvious is...

I didn't particularly want to use screws so I set the shelf in rebates.

Even though this is a small table the joints I used are commonly used in larger tables. I have cut these by hand - tenons, mortises and dovetails.

Hello,
I have been making a small table for placing the telephone on. It is similar to the shaker table I have previously posted here but as well as the draw it will have a shelf. The ...