richard newman
Titanium
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2006
- Location
- rochester, ny
Starting a new thread for this after the comments on the Industrial Design Art thread
The planes I use most often are all Stanleys - old 3, 4, & 5 bench planes, and 65 and 60-1/2 low angle block planes. A long time ago I put in a lot of effort on the 3, 4, & 5 - I re-machined the frogs and their seats to fit perfectly, surface ground the soles and sides flat and perpendicular (for shooting). Trued the edge of the cap irons for perfect fit to the blades. I use older Stanley irons, Hock, a laminated Japanese, and a laminated M-42 I made. They all seem to work fine. The block planes were hand scraped or lapped flat.
I've had these planes for 40-50 yrs, if I were starting now I'd probably go for Bedrocks or maybe Lie-Nielsen if I had excess $$. I also have Stanley 6,7 & 8, but don't use them anywhere near as much these days. And I have my dad's old #1, which was the plane I grew up using. Don't ever use that, too valuable now.
The planes I use most often are all Stanleys - old 3, 4, & 5 bench planes, and 65 and 60-1/2 low angle block planes. A long time ago I put in a lot of effort on the 3, 4, & 5 - I re-machined the frogs and their seats to fit perfectly, surface ground the soles and sides flat and perpendicular (for shooting). Trued the edge of the cap irons for perfect fit to the blades. I use older Stanley irons, Hock, a laminated Japanese, and a laminated M-42 I made. They all seem to work fine. The block planes were hand scraped or lapped flat.
I've had these planes for 40-50 yrs, if I were starting now I'd probably go for Bedrocks or maybe Lie-Nielsen if I had excess $$. I also have Stanley 6,7 & 8, but don't use them anywhere near as much these days. And I have my dad's old #1, which was the plane I grew up using. Don't ever use that, too valuable now.