Record 74 Auto Vice Cleanup
Record’s 74 Auto Vices still show up fairly regularly in the UK – this one is a bit grotty but in otherwise good condition, the …
the Record 52 1/2 vice – a timeline
1877 Wilson Riley and and an unknown inventor working for Smith, Marks & Co applied to patent two different quick-release (QR) vices in 1877. Both …
Piaggio Ape Manuals
The first post on a new topic, the Piaggio Ape. Ape TM owners, spare parts and service manuals, + a couple of manuals for other …
Repairing a North Bros 1003 bench drill
I got hold of a sorry looking example of this North Bros bench drill – it was very rusted and all of the moving parts …
Ward & Payne Aristocrat Chisels
So far as I can discover the Ward & Payne Aristocrat chisel is the only chisel ever to have been granted a Design Award. The …
Firmer, mortise, paring & ripping chisels
What is a firmer chisel? Nowadays when we talk about firmer chisels we tend to think of a fairly stout chisel with parallel sides: .. …
Chisel Types
We are all familiar with chisels: simple tools made from a long piece of steel with a bevelled cutting edge and a handle which is …
the ‘Twentieth Century’ vice
Following the last few posts on the history of the quick release vice that covered the major developments in the UK over the past 100 …
the Record 52 1/2 vice
Record quick release vices have long been a favourite amongst woodworkers around the world and for a while during the early 20th century Record created …
Syer’s Standard Instantaneous Grip Vice
You may recall from an earlier post that Francis Young – writing in the early 1880s – recommended a couple of the first ever quick-release …