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   nboucher | Feb 25, 2009 07:04pm | #1

   Nice-looking site. Thanks for posting.

   Norman

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   philip | Feb 25, 2009 10:57pm | #2

   Cameron,
   Good site. I must say that in the seventies in the then Rhodesia the Record was favoured over the Stanley. There was a shop which carried both lines but they never seemed to stock enough of the Record, so there was some trading done amongst the guys. But they still seemed to go the same way as Stanley at the later stage, and made some nasty cost cutters (sorry, awful pun).
   Have you seen this site: http://www.recordhandplanes.com/production-periods.html? Very useful, and it also gives the details of those thread sizes.
   I cleaned up a Record #4 recently into working order, so I am not bothered with the correct colour of paint etc and the Rosewood was history so I made new with thicker tote and better knob. In fact the new wood is a called a "Rosewood"- PNG.Rosewood, for some reason, probably because it can smell sort of rose petal like and can be pinkified at some stretch of the imagination.

   Philip Marcou

   
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   Knotscott | Feb 26, 2009 03:12am | #3

   That's an awesome site for info on Record planes. Info on Bailey's is easy, but is much harder to come by for the Records...thanks much!

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   C_R_Miller_Planes | Feb 26, 2009 06:10pm | #4

   Philip >> Yeah, I saw that site the other day. It's funny you know. There's been so little info in regards to Record planes on the interweb for well over a decade, then two fairly comprehensive sites within a very short time. I know mine's been on the drawing board for the past 4 or 5 years, but I just couldn't get around to uploading it and "filling it out" until last year. Not only that, both sites are made by people residing in Australia! Who'd a thunk it!That PNG rosewood is very "teak-y" looking, isn't it? I've seen it in the timber yards for many a year but never got around to buying it and trying some out. Is it any good?Knotscot >> Thank you very much for the praise. Much appreciated.

   Handplane Central

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   philip | Feb 26, 2009 10:34pm | #5

   Cameron,
   You should try that PNG Rosewood-it is a superb cabinet making timber.The same tree grows in Southern Africa as Pterocarpus Anglolensis but colour can vary from a light teaky colour to blood red or streaked blood. Very very stable, medium weight, easy to dry,etc etc -all the things wanted. There it is known as Mukwa and the South Africans call it Kiaat-which means Teak in Afrikaanse.It has been largely cut out in Africa but there was never a lot anyway.Now expensive there.
   The stuff I used for those handles is actually African, but I call it PNG so they know what I am using. The PNG I have seen here is denser, on the reddish side and has the rose petal scent, whilst the African stuff has several smells-must be something to do with the area of growth.
   I could go on and on as I like the stuff....Philip Marcou