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    Plane Storage Boxes

    The cross piece at the end of the lid of the largest box is an attempt to prevent it from bowing. It is a design carry over from making wider boxes with thinner lids. I decided that it was not necessary on the smaller boxes.
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    Plane Storage Boxes

    They are made of walnut, mahogany and elm. I think it is a good way of using some offcuts.
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    New adjusting knobs for Bailey style planes.

    Well, I couldn’t resist making my own version to try out the idea :) As I don’t have a left-handed tap of the right size, I made it to clamp onto the existing knob. It does make adjustment very easy but I would say that it is not a significant improvement on the existing wheel (as predicted...
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    Working No. 3s

    I have a Quangsheng No.3 - it works fine but I have not used it very much. As others have mentioned above, the size of a No.3 is not very different to a No.4 and I use the No. 4 more out of habit. There is a much bigger length difference between a No.4 and a No.5 than there is between a No.3...
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    Marking Gauge?

    This one has a hole drilled at 45 degrees through the bar to hold the marking point, which is retained by a grubscrew. The tip can be shaped as required and can be right at the end of the bar.
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    Ivory & Iron

    It is holly - its appearance is a bit like ivory.
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    Ivory & Iron

    Yes Pete - well remembered :)
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    Netsuke

    My first attempt at this type of miniature carving. Hornbeam with ebony eyes.
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    A few, quite old, planes.

    Andy, I need better lighting than that and the largest pipe I have made is a tobacco pipe :) In the fourth edition of Goodman's British Plane Makers there are some drawings of planes recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose. I made a reproduction of one of them, No. MR 82 A980, which is...
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    Two rusty heads

    I bought these two heads on Saturday. Please can anyone tell me their correct names? I found a very similar looking tool to the one with the nail pulling slot in the 1938 Marples catalogue, where it was called an orange chest hammer.
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    A marking gauge with a slight difference

    Some wheel-type marking gauges have the advantage that the cutting edge is at the very end of the stem. However, some people (me included) do not get on with that kind of gauge. This is an alternative approach, with a cutter mounted in a hole at 45 degrees to the axis of the stem and secured...
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    F. Brittain Brace

    I recently "won" this brace at auction. As you can see, it is in very poor condition but I intend to try and get it back to usable condition. The worst fault is the broken brass frame. I'm thinking of attempting a repair by silver soldering but I would be grateful for any suggestions.
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    Woodworm damage repair

    I have been given an old oak chest with some localised woodworm damage. I have injected treatment liquid into the holes but the edge has crumbled in the area shown in the photo. I intend to fill the holes with coloured wax but I would be grateful for any suggestions for making an inconspicuous...
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    Containers for Sewing Needles and Pins

    These small gifts were made from scraps of boxwood. The threads and knurling were cut with hand tools.
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    An Auger Stock

    I recently received a request to make a stock or handle for holding an auger bit instead of using a brace. I believe that such stocks used to be quite common in the USA but I have never seen one in the UK. This is what I came up with. It is made from a piece of 1" diameter steel barstock...
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    A Gouge for Spoon Carving

    This is something I made earlier this year: a gouge intended for spoon carving, usable one handed. I had tried using ordinary straight gouges but found myself holding them by the steel part rather than the handle. The starting point was a rectangle of 1/8" thick gauge plate (O1 steel). I...
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    A Mitre Shooting Block

    In his recent excellent posts: "A Walnut workout - with added box - finished!", AndyT mentions and shows the use of a mitre shooting block. This reminded me that I had seen a design for such a device in an old book: "How to Make Woodwork Tools" by Charles Hayward. I looked it up and decided to...
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    A Hobbies Plane?

    I found this little plane as a rusty body. I cleaned it up and painted it, then made a cutting iron, lever cap and screw for it. I think it may have been supplied by Hobbies as part of a fretwork kit. I have been told that it is likely to have been made by Joseph Wolstenholme & Sons of Sheffield.
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    3/16" Chisel Making Project

    As I am too mean to buy new chisels I like to buy old ones to restore. However, 3/16" size seems to be very hard to find so I made this one in O1 steel, with maple handle and brass ferrule. I lack the skills and equipment to forge a bolster so I made one as a separate "collar".
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    Small Metal Plane Making Project

    This little plane was made from offcuts of bronze, brass and steel. The iron is 1/2" wide, bevel up and bedded at 12 degrees. Overall length 3 3/4". Some WIP photos to follow.
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