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Well I am going to skip over to the local store and pick up one of these:
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=71379&cat=1,230,41182,46334

Just the thing I have been looking for, also...

Sorry I did not quite understand this, the saw plate does not intrude into the handle hole it is a knot running parallel to the cut of the wood on which the saw is sitting on.
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Thanks for the info, even as a franken saw it will be a good user. I looked at the etch but it is to faint I can barely see the outline of the larger outter border, so I figure I am done, clean it up...

Their is a faint etch I will see if I can do something with it. Thanks for the help.
Cheers Ron

I came across this saw at the flea market and it was calling out to me to give it a good home. At a distance the shape of it and the wood of the handle spoke to me. I could not read the name on it as...

Yah, when I started out I was told to buy the Jorgie clamps, been using them for 20+ years and they are great, to bad, although I have not really bought many from the original purchase, point is they...

This is true, that's why it is called "in the wild". It came from some German speaking farmers so it would make sense that the thing could have come from Germany, but who really knows. The odd wood...

Thanks for the reply, yes it is a copy at a few feet away other than the wood it looks the same.
Cheers Ron

I have a Damon Rakie & Co metal hand plane it looks much like a Stanly #4, corrugated sol, but has a light wood (almost looks like oak) tote and handle. The only marking are on the iron. Google did...

You might find something here, purple heart might be cool.................Cheers Ron.

I bought some of those screwdriver ends from Lee Valley, and now I want to turn some hard maple handles to go on them. The thing is the screwdriver ends have those sort of wing things, so it does not...

Wonderful job, so now you gotta tell us how the top got dropped, bent that is \. Cheers Ron

On further investigation, don't buy a thing from this guy, he sucks sorry for the mis information.

"Ron Petley
This guy has some good kits, parts are good for the price and service...

This guy has some good kits, parts are good for the price and service is good as well:
http://www.edroman.com/parts/kits.htm
Cheers Ron.

I do not know if I am to late. I have bought a kit from Bill Rickard and he is the best one armed Banjo maker I know. He has kits of very good quality and vale, shoot him a e mail....

Jim:
Your comments ring truer than some may think.
I bought that record back in the early 80"s as in 1900 + 80, I was starting out as a full time furniture maker and that was my block plane. I...

Great info, here is what I have, Lee Vally Block plane, it is the newer looking black one, A record 60 1/2 1980's vintage the blue one , a older Miller falls with the cracked wood knob, no adjustable...

Wonderful looking set Derek, as well as looking like they will fit in the hand well.
Cheers Ron.

Thank you all, a combination of these tips should get me their, it was a oops moment when I bought them me thinks hey screwdrivers no problem, later on a neuron fired in the gray matter but clearly...

Jim maybe this will work:
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?cat=1%2c250%2c43243%2c50237&p=64983

Ron.

Yes, same as these but no handle:
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=32219&cat=1,43411,43417

They have little flanges on them to prevent them from turning in the handle.
No I did not...

I bought a set of these, price was right sounded good at the time:
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?cat=1,250,43243,50237&p=6498

So they have been sitting around for a while and have...

Sorry, yes you are right cap iron.
Cheers Ron

I think lee Vally has just come out with a lever cap.
Ron.

Well at 55+ might be true, happy to live long enough to have failing eyesight.
My point is I would see this tip a lot as a "young Guy" and big woo thinks me.
So I tried it, some wax on screws...