A Few New Old Things
Two months ago - mid March actually, a fellow LJ - Combo Prof posted a photo of a Stanley 71 1/2 that he'd seen at a antique mall (I think it was). A few messages were exchanged, and he picked it up and sent to me. It was a good deal for me and I much appreciate it. He (Combo Prof) on the other hand, is probably regretting it and thinking me an ungrateful fellow for not following up on the acquisition.
Well, here it is, thanks to a very helpful LJ!
Now I had not previously owned any router plane, so this is a good thing for me.
and here is the blade that was in it - which is a bit less than 7/16" and pretty much used up. I'm sure I could use it but the bevel is all the way back to the stem now, so I would just hone the bottom of it.
SoI'm thinking I'm going to need a (set of) blades. Free shipping from Lee Valley ($40 min) right now, so I'm fixin to do something about it.
I need some advice, though. I'm inclined to buy the full set, but it's about $120. I'm sure I'm not going to use all of them, so can anybody give some advices about that?
Since then, I've also picked up…
Stanley No 66 hand beader and full set of LN blades (no curved fence though).
Miller Falls No 1 (cigar) spokeshave.
and Stanley No 80 scraper.
So, I've added 4 tools that I didn't have and that weren't bench planes (of which I have 26 Baileys!)
I think I'm maturing. No?
-Paul
Two months ago - mid March actually, a fellow LJ - Combo Prof posted a photo of a Stanley 71 1/2 that he'd seen at a antique mall (I think it was). A few messages were exchanged, and he picked it up and sent to me. It was a good deal for me and I much appreciate it. He (Combo Prof) on the other hand, is probably regretting it and thinking me an ungrateful fellow for not following up on the acquisition.
Well, here it is, thanks to a very helpful LJ!
Now I had not previously owned any router plane, so this is a good thing for me.
and here is the blade that was in it - which is a bit less than 7/16" and pretty much used up. I'm sure I could use it but the bevel is all the way back to the stem now, so I would just hone the bottom of it.
SoI'm thinking I'm going to need a (set of) blades. Free shipping from Lee Valley ($40 min) right now, so I'm fixin to do something about it.
I need some advice, though. I'm inclined to buy the full set, but it's about $120. I'm sure I'm not going to use all of them, so can anybody give some advices about that?
Since then, I've also picked up…
Stanley No 66 hand beader and full set of LN blades (no curved fence though).
Miller Falls No 1 (cigar) spokeshave.
and Stanley No 80 scraper.
So, I've added 4 tools that I didn't have and that weren't bench planes (of which I have 26 Baileys!)
I think I'm maturing. No?
-Paul