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Dinty,
It's a floorboard saw.
It has a ratchet drive which is identical to a Stanley brace.
Foot goes into the aluminium section so you can push down then across as you cut a floorboard.
Used years ago in the UK to cut floorboards when installing central heating etc., I guess it dates to the 50's/60's.
Can't find it on an internet search and I've only seen two.
Markings are
Floorboard Cutter
Model TC4
Patents Pending
Made in England by
Melway Products
Maidenhead
Berkshire
Colin
Hello Colin,Quote:
Originally Posted by gromit
I found one that had been on sale on eBay and they showed some photographs. Accessed 10th November 2015 from, THE Delway Floorboarding Tongue Cutter Model TC4 PAT Pending C 1970s | eBay.
The last photograph shows the foot clearly.
With the final price it would have cost more to post than to buy.
I like old wood working tools BTW. :)
Kind Regards
Lionel
Thanks Lionel,
The one listed is also missing the depth adjustment stop but it does have what looks like a rubber edge on the aluminium section. Mine has a line of glue, I guessed there was something fitted there.
Is there a section on the forum for old woodworking tools ? I have about 20-30 planes, many saws, braces, bits, spokeshaves, draw knives etc. etc. Most obtained from boot sales or trash & treasure sales for minimal sums plus a few inherited from my Dad. Then there are all the carving tool for making rocking horses.....
I've just about finished a pole lathe & shave horse.
I easily get distracted and move on to another project......
Colin
Hello Colin,Quote:
Originally Posted by gromit
You mean a depth gauge like in this photograph :)
Accessed 10th November 2015 from, Delway Floorboard Cutter Model TC4 | eBay
Plus some showing the rubber strip
Accessed 10th November 2015 from, Vintage Delway Floorboard Cutter, Model TC4, made in England (09/10/2014)
Another photograph of one that sold along with what looks like its original packaging Accessed 10th November 2015 from, https://www.easyliveauction.com/auct...FD0529D8D4CAEA
Kind Regards
Lionel
Thanks Lionel,
The depth guide looks simpler than the one I made !
Colin
G'day Colin,Quote:
Originally Posted by gromit
You can just grab a bit of scrap alloy and start up your mill-drill. Or whatever that bit of precision machinery was shown back in the Isuzu C240 thread?
Kind Regards
Lionel
Took the Series I to the Scoresby Steam rally today.
Yesterday while checking it over I decided to try the windscreen washers and there was no water movement. There isn't a non-return valve so I buzzed it a few times then it just stopped working.
After stripping the pump down I found a plastic gear running on a plastic shaft with no water it had seized !
Managed to get it apart, scraped the shaft & inside the gear, added a dob of waterproof grease and got it working again......
Uneventful trip to Scoresby apart from a few people in modern cars tailgating, seem to think that if they drive really close somehow the old Series I will go faster ?!
Here she is with Marcus (Chops) with his Defender.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/03/876.jpgDSCF5156 by Colin Radley, on Flickr
Lots of interesting vehicles, a few Perenties and many people who came up to talk about Land Rovers they had owned earlier in their lives.
Met someone who nearly owned my Series I, in fact I met him at Cooma in 2008 when he rushed up and said 'I nearly purchased that a couple of years ago".
Colin
Are those rope guide brackets home made? They look different.
.W.
Yes they seem to be home made.Quote:
Originally Posted by B.S.F.
Someone commented at Cooma that the winch wasn't 'correct', something to do with the shape of the raised lip around the capstan. I'll have to post a few photos.
Colin
Close up of the winch & roller.
Brackets are steel fabrications, yet another modification by the original owner.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/03/875.jpgDSCN2369 by Colin Radley, on Flickr
Colin