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Initially thought it was a water valve t handled tool but the end wasn’t quite right

My record no.7
I’ve been slowly restoring it because it felt like it was going to be a monumental task to flatten this heavily pitted sole.
I decided to get try get the blade dialled in and have a go and got great results with the sole still looking like this.
I have been using 120grit sandpaper on a long mdf piece.

Still needs a bit of work to clean the mouth up and a couple other cosmetic things but considering it was a solid block of rust when I originally started on it I’m very happy with how it’s working.

I have watched a bunch of videos on these but most are either flat soled or not this type of blade you adjust with a pin hammer.

Would love some suggestions on what videos or articles people would recommend for curved sole spokeshave advice.

Watched some woodbywright, Paul sellers & some others but obviously there are too many to watch and list so looking for ones people have resonated with enough to recommend

I appreciate any responses

I’ve been debating getting the full sized one which was the only one I knew about for months for my Stanley 5 & 1/2 but didn’t really think it would make a difference. Then saw they did a mini one for Stanley/Record and impulsively bought it while looking at tools in the middle of the night when I couldn’t sleep.

It arrived today and I fitted it and am in love.
The micro adjustments I can now get are crazy.

To preface this I have Chronic nerve pain through my body and often struggle with finer movements so not everybody may get the same level of improvement I did from this but either way I thought I had to make a post about this and will be buying a full sized one soon!

I have taken the screw and rods out of the remaining part of the vice and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations or plans / videos on how to make a wooden vice with the metal screw & or rods.

Also any other places to ask this question would be appreciated.

For those curious, I over estimated the strength of this vice while calibrating my torque wrench 🤷‍♂️