On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:54:43 +0100, John Cartmell
wrote:

BTW Does anyone know of a good site/book for advice on using and maintaining
the range of planes available?

Loads of them

http://www.amgron.clara.net/planingp...planeindex.htm

www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan0a.html

There are many other plane sites out there, including the Stanley plane
dating flowcharts (mostly US-only)

As to books, then look out for "Planecraft" (50s/60s by Record, couple
of quid off eBay) or Charles Hayward / Bob Wearing / Garrett Hack