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Hi Bob,

I have a Stanley 151 with a round face that I bought from Woodcraft probably 20 years ago. It is basically unused. I took some pictures, but I am having trouble to adding them to a post...

Satuday Night Live advertised the "Einstein Express" delivery service for when it absolutley, positively had to be there yesterday.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdaVizbOZVI

I would have described it as pandemic plus new 3D printer, but I like "innovation" better :-)

I am going to try the 3M spray. That sounds like a great idea.

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I ended up 3D printing the jaws that were out of stock and not available for purchase. I was able to get the captive screws so the screws stay in like the LN ones. The plastic is not as...

I have purchased many antique tools (primarily Preston spokeshaves, but also a number of planes) from the ebay UK site. I have found that forward2me.com is more economical than the eBay global...

PM sent. Will send further PM when i get to my computer

Also, the Record 080 scraper is a copy of the Stanley 80 scraper. There are over 100 Stanley 80s on the US ebay site.

There are 9 Record No 080s on the UK Ebay site (www.ebay.co.uk) Some were new in the box. I have bought a lot of tools on the ebay UK site and used www.forward2me.com to ship them to the US. In my...

Hi Ben,

You might not want to be in a rush to sell your DMT stones. I have both the DiaSharps and the Shaptons. The Shaptons will outsharpen the DMTs every time, assuming that you have a good...

I am interested. PM sent.

I wanted the book to be a virtual tour of my Preston spokeshave collection. Perhaps I should say "old school printed virtual tour" to be more accurate. When I published the book, I chose the...

Hi Jim,

Thank you for ordering a copy. The Amazon "sale" is certainly a great deal.


Joe

I was checking the Amazon listings for my book on Preston spokeshaves. I do not know why, but the US Amazon site is offering the paperback edition of the book at 50% off. I have no controi over how...

There are actually 4 (and I suspect a 5th) type of Preston 1392 spokeshave. Photographs of types 1 through 4 are included in the book. The one on the cover of the book is a type 4. The type 4...

Hi Ralph,

The book is on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Spokeshaves-Related-Manufactured-Edward-Preston/dp/1735004200/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1603730207&sr=8-1

I published...

Hi Tom,

I have been research Preston for over 15 years and working on my book for about 10 years. I have done many google searches as well as used many other search engines, most of which are no...

Thanks Jim. The 1925 Preston entry on oldtoolheaven is a small centenary leaflet that does not have any tool info. It is basically a short history of the first 100 years of Preston. I have a copy...

I am researching Edward Preston & Sons Ltd. of Birmingham, England. My research is being used to write a book on iron spokeshaves and related tools made by Preston. I am looking for anyone that has...