Posts by David Eckert
PMA11V Plane Blades
Made in Adelaide. Superior Tool Steel Technology for Australian Hardwoods PMA11V Plane Blades Powdered Metallurgy Tool Steel is a new era of tool steel from steel mills in Germany & USA. The steel ‘mix’ contains high vanadium carbides. It comes from a process of melting the constituent metals that make up the steel and then…
Read MoreMelbourne Guild of Fine Woodworking – Melbourne’s Best…
2018 Open Day & Hand Tool Event – Melbourne’s best…Melbourne Guild of Fine Woodworking I first met Alastair Boell at Melbourne Timber & Woodworking Show, 2006 I think. He was very interested in our tools, he knew all about them, said he already owned quite a few of them.I just wanted to…
Read MoreChisel / Flush Plane with PMA11V blades
The Henry Eckert Chisel / Flush Plane is a great tool to have in your workshop. It is cast in solid white bronze to give a tool with the heft to complete its tasks. You can fit it with a Lie-Nielsen low angle jack plane blade, a LN adjustable mouth block plane blade or Henry…
Read MoreTool Care, Tool Leather & Tool Chest
We’ve all had or seen tools that have deteriorated due to exposure to the elements, mainly moisture. Our Tool Care range gets tools back into top condition and keeps them there. Sandflex Handblocks remove tarnish, rust and oxidation without marking the tools, extremely effective. We use Camellia Oil to keep tools and blades protected against…
Read MoreTriple Holdfasts, Drawknives & Glass Stones
They say things often come in threes. Some woodworkers have requested our holdfasts in a set of three for holding long or large workpieces. We now offer a set of three holdfasts. Also new, are three sets of three Shapton glass stones bundles with some savings. We have put together (GS220, GS500 & GS2000) and…
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