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I know what previous commenter means, the video style part obscured some interesting woodworking details, but did also find the whole thing beautiful to watch partly because of that I think. Having said that pleased Paul doesn’t follow this film making approach! And what a scary device the one ended lathe thing was he used to turn some of the spindles, blimey!
Regarding preparing/restoring the backs, I’ve found Paul’s tip about starting with fairly coarse abrasive paper saves lots of time. If any flattening is needed to reach the cutting edge areas, and it usually is with old chisels, compared to diamond plates 80 grit paper (then 120 etc) makes it much quicker. Move the chisel sideways to avoid the paper rising slightly and not flattening the cutting edge. Also, seems to make sense not to always go for total back flatness right to the edge and corners, often better to grind the bevel side away for the last milliliter or so.
If you’re still looking this site has a massive election of thumbscrews, not sure they have brass, if not likely they could tell you who would.
http://www.wdsltd.co.uk/categories/65/hand-knobs-thumb-screws?pageSize=60
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