The Record 74 Auto Vice
The Record 74 is an excellent little vice, it weights 26lbs , has 4 inch jaws and opens to about 4 1/2 inches. It was …
Record 74 Auto Vice Cleanup
The Record 74 Auto Vice still show up for sale fairly regularly in the UK. This one was a bit grotty cosmetically but in good …
the Record 52 1/2 vice – a timeline
Here is a short summary of the history of the Record 52 1/2 vice. You can read more about this vice here and more detailed …
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 were making …
Parkinson’s Patent Perfect Vise
Welcome to the first part of this potted history of the quick-release woodworking vice, a history that will culminate with the venerable and arguably never-bettered …
The Record Stay-Set Cap-Iron
Leonard Bailey’s eponymous plane design was so good that bar a few minor tweaks by J A Traut1)Traut was a prolific inventor who worked for …
All about plane irons – a summary
Right, that’s quite enough about plane irons. Here is a summary: Sharpening bench planes – preparing the iron bench planes – grinding bench planes – …
Laminated plane irons – Stanley and Record
Following the previous articles about iron, steel and plane cutters it may be tempting to view laminated cutters as an historical curiosity from a forgotten …
How to refurbish a bench plane
This post describes how to refurbish a bench plane. To show what can be done with even the most unpromising looking specimen, here is …
Dating Record Bench Planes
The most complete reference prepared for dating Record bench planes was created by David Lynch. …and the information in this post is based on his …