Talk:Surform

A fact from Surform appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 June 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that surform tools can shape materials as diverse as automobile repair plastic body filler and elephants' hooves?

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Nominated for Did You Know, here. --Una Smith (talk) 14:51, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Earlier dates[edit]

I recently got hold of my dads old surform and was surprised to find it was made by "Simmons Accessories Ltd" in the UK rather than Stanley. Doing a little digging I can find a references to Simmons making the surform in '56[1] and also an earlier one to Australian patent by Firth in 1949[2]--Salix (talk): 13:56, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I have worked this information into the article. Your second source is a discussion group, and they mention a reliable source: Australian Woodworking PlaneMakers Second edition by Trevor D. Semmens. I have not seen that source but I accept the discussion group as an indirect source. --Una Smith (talk) 15:48, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]