CD / Stamps.
Bill & Sarah have put together A CD showing Bill making planes, by hand, at the bottom of the garden in his shed which he built in 1962.
Contents
Bill's Shed & Tool's.
Making a Small Mitre Plane.
Template's to show how to make a Double Dovetail's.
Draw Filing & Lapping the Bottom of a Plane.
Making a Rosewood Wedge.
Making a rear Rosewood infill.
Showing how to Make & Use a Ground Off Chisel.
Making a Pair of Skew Mouthed Mitre Planes.
The CD's
UK £10 US $25 €15 this includes postage.
Paypal.
Address 98 Havencrest Drive, Leicester. LE5 2AH UK
Email bill.sarahcarter@hotmail.co.uk
Tel 01162762513
Marks/Stamps.
Ian Houghton Mark Maker, Chalco Stamp & Die.
I would like too recommend Chalco Stamp & Die, they are specialist producers of engraving, dies and stamps in Brass, Steel and Copper for a vast array of applications and end users, including footwear, pottery and stationery manufacturers, together with totally bespoke solutions for the artisan. To contact them for individual advice. They also make marks. (name stamps)
Tel: 01933 418311. Email: chalcostampanddie@tiscali.co.uk
Ian Houghton (mark maker), produced this stunning mark below to advertise his work. I shall be the first one to order a similar mark for my planes. What a beauty.
Note the name and the zig zag border along with the decoration are punched into the wood, not the other way around as in the 18c marks.
My New Mark From Chalco Stamp & Die.
I received my new mark from Ian Houghton, what a beauty. I always get mixed up between incuse and embossed , I think mine is embossed. Anyway when you strike the mark the background goes into the wood leaving my name proud, flush with the surface. Also I have a delicate line surrounding CARTER, which is also flush with the surface after being hit. To top it all it has a lovely zig zag border copying the 18c, I love it to bits and can't wait to make my first plane in 2010 and strike this lovely mark on it. Thank you Ian.
The mark has a lovely weight to it and a good sized face to hit with the hammer.
There is a groove going across the body which faces the user, this enables me to strike the mark the right way up not upside down. In the past, I have by accident struck my name upside down
Richard Arnold's New Mark.
Richard has a new web site titled old wood planes.
His new mark made by Chalco Stamp and Die.
Richard's new mark next to one of my planes, he has owned it for 17 years and is in regular use in his work shop.
Come on all of you who have asked me where to get a mark from, now is your chance, don't hesitate. Chalco Stamp and Die Company.