Hi All, I’m needing some advice please. My elderly father gave me a circular saw (bought in 2007) and is branded Power Super which I’ve never heard of (please see photos). It takes a blade which is: dia.180mm with a hole dia. 20mm and thickness dia. 2.5mm I’ve looked online and all modern blades have a hole dia. of 30mm which is to big. My questions are these: 1) is there a place in the Uk which supplies the size blades I require? (If so if you have a website address, and a link I would... Read more ..read more

Been tidying up again and found my old knife from my younger days, When I was a kid I used to work on a farm and the old granddad gave my this knife to use I carried it and used it all my working life then put away and forgot till today. I remember the hook was very handy, and the pointed square I used to make a hole in the leather for repairs of the tack. And can you remember these ..read more

Not sure if this is a hand-tool thing or not but here goes, my Wilson centre motion mortiser carries the chisel in a Morse taper, the catalogue pics show a boring attachment which fits to the machine and allows the mortise to be roughed out. All attempts to locate such a device have failed so a different approach was sought and the idea of a brace chuck on a Morse taper to fit in the chisel carriage seemed a solution. There are adapters to fit brace chucks on a Morse taper, also adapters to... Read more ..read more

Sad looking plane, in need of some love. The sole was bad, those marks did leave marks on the wood when used. A visit to a cylinder head surface grinder had it flat and smooth. The old paint and crud was removed by boiling in caustic, then boiled in distilled water. The paint was rattle can. This one bit me, I should of looked harder at it. Taking it to bits I found this. ... Read more ..read more

A whole £1.00 at the tip. Marples and Son, anywhen between 1938 - 1956, could be a pattern 2400A, a handy size. A couple of worm holes but I hope the total of 4 x 30 seconds in the microwave has killed any lingering worms, then rubbed over with Danish Oil whilst still warm. Cleaned, sharpened and re-set the blade, works a treat ..read more

My local Go Outdoors is having a pre-renovation sale and lots of odd things are priced right down. I picked up a Leatherman for £50. It's my first ever multi tool (aside from that ancient Swiss Army I played around with as a kid). I'm ambiguous about them. I'm not a small holder or even an American rancher. I don't routinely wander a large tract of land and need something small and convenient always in my pocket: if I find a problem, my small patch of planet Earth is small enough that I go... Read more ..read more

Hopefully this can be quickly answered. I've bought a second-hand one of these with a 3-jaw chuck. https://www.seloron.fr/outillage-a-main/vilebrequins-a-main-super-pro-deluxe/?lang=en I'd like to replace the chuck with a 4-jaw version so I can use jennings auger bits (I like the ones from Fisch). I cannot see how to obtain one from Seloron and wonder if there is something generic I can purchase? Many thanks ..read more

In the wood carving forum, some folks were saying that there are fake old / vintage tools for sale in much hiked price. Are there any obvious tell tale signs for detecting / spotting fake vintage hand tools? Which makes / brands are likely to attract faking by the rogue sellers ..read more

What's the difference in their design and structure? Can wood turning gouges be used for wood carving? And vice versa ..read more

I have access to an Aqua bead Blaster at work that I was considering using to remove japanning from an old Record No5 I want to restore. Is there any detrimental affects from using this ..read more