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We seen earlier that the explosion of various ever changing, moulding profiles, created a need for mass produced moulding planes. These planes having a 200 plus years of production, went thru a few changes throughout their manufactures. We can then used these changes to attempt to date their productions. Yes, I said attempt,  because just like Stanley and others Type studies, not all changes were followed by everyone and some old timer features lingered on with smaller rurals makers. Nonetheless, we can used some of these features to come to a reasonable time line and their place of origins. For a simple looking tool, there is a lot of small details that make or break these wondrous tools. Get the details right, and they works a treat, get them wrong and you have simply a hunk of wood with a metal blade, not a working tool. Construction style There were typically two styles, throughout history. First came the open mortise style, attributed to the Romans, but lately often referred t...

That tortuous Silver Birch tree that was behind my existing deck, and in the way of my larger new one, is now finally gone... for good. Or is it?? At time of purchase in 2011, the building inspection found some issues with the deck. We always do a home inspection when buying / selling houses, well worth the price IF you get a reputable one.  Knowing that this deck is nearing its useful life, we decided that we would simply address the issues to extend its life a few years, while we attend to other renovations inside. And that tree behind the deck came in handy to fix the deck It was one of the first thing we did, to make it secure, in time for our first party at the home :-) The tree behind it made it great to pull back the deck from the house. Notice the two stumps, that trio was cut earlier by previous owner In order to replace the rotten ledger board against the house, which was also only spiked with rusty nails, as was the norm back when this deck was built, 70s. Temporary brac...