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  0 Thread: Stanley 9 1/2 Blade
Post: RE: Stanley 9 1/2 Blade

Joe Bailey Wrote: (12-09-2021, 07:30 PM) -- Pretty sure there is a difference in width between a 60½ and a 9½ iron. -- Stanley changed that when they introduced the new Sweetheart block planes. Bot...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 6 1,678 12-09-2021, 08:55 PM
  0 Thread: NX60 back ?
Post: RE: NX60 back ?

Rob Lee Wrote: (10-21-2021, 10:18 AM) -- Rob, this discussion of the NX60 drove me to purchase the DX60 on the factory seconds sale this morning. Not as pretty but the geometry is the same, correct? ...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 13 3,112 10-27-2021, 03:58 PM
  0 Thread: John Walter book on stanley tools
Post: RE: John Walter book on stanley tools

toolmiser Wrote: (10-07-2021, 08:28 PM) -- Isn't he coming out with a revised edition?  I think I sent him a self addressed stamped envelope last winter to get on a list.  Maybe it was a different bo...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 16 3,949 10-07-2021, 10:13 PM
  0 Thread: Help with a strange hand saw.
Post: RE: Help with a strange hand saw.

Router-Jim Wrote: (08-16-2021, 09:00 AM) -- I was wondering what this saw was or is used for.  I am old and this is the first of this design that I have ever seen.   Thanks.  Jim -- What happens...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 17 3,341 08-16-2021, 10:44 AM
  0 Thread: Yellow rolls of sandpaper?
Post: RE: Yellow rolls of sandpaper?

Jack in omaha Wrote: (05-06-2020, 01:41 PM) -- I was watching Paul Sellers on you tube clean a plane. He made extensive use of a yellow sandpaper. What is it? What is the grit? Mostly it looks like ...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,505 05-11-2020, 11:04 AM
  0 Thread: Leonard Bailey patents
Post: RE: Leonard Bailey patents

Bill Wilson Wrote: (06-30-2019, 09:52 AM) -- That's part of my problem.  Some sites attribute one feature, such as the lever cap, while another might attribute other features, without mentioning the ...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 6 4,704 06-30-2019, 12:18 PM
  0 Thread: Just wondering about the Stanley threads
Post: RE: Just wondering about the Stanley threads

Timberwolf Wrote: (02-14-2019, 12:37 PM) -- ....................... I'm pretty sure it would require that the tap be a "bottoming" type. The holes are not very deep and they are cast iron. -- Vict...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 20 9,345 02-14-2019, 12:59 PM
  0 Thread: No 6
Post: RE: No 6

Elijah A. Wrote: (11-12-2018, 04:31 PM) -- A friend of mine found this plane. Does anybody know how old it is? It does not have an adjustment screw for the frog. It does not say Stanley or Bailey. It...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 6 3,856 11-13-2018, 05:59 PM
  0 Thread: How to fix the tote on my old wooden jointer?
Post: RE: How to fix the tote on my old wooden jointer?

Dave Crow Wrote: (01-18-2018, 03:44 PM) -- My preferred method is to glob glue on one side then hold my shop vac against the other side until the glue gets pulled into the entire area of the crack, t...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 11 6,360 01-18-2018, 08:42 PM
  0 Thread: Mortise or Tenon First
Post: RE: Mortise or Tenon First

stillgotten Wrote: (11-26-2017, 04:35 PM) -- I've always chopped the tenon first then matched the mortise to the tenon until today. I just did some mortises first and matched the tenon to it. I th...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 8 4,381 11-26-2017, 05:49 PM
  0 Thread: Sargent plane yoke source
Post: RE: Sargent plane yoke source

kenl Wrote: (09-25-2017, 08:29 PM) -- I have a 422 (Stanley #7 size) with a broken yolk. This is the small,part that rides in the brass adjusting wheel to,advance the iron. Does anyone know where I m...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 13 8,370 09-26-2017, 12:16 PM
  0 Thread: Iron for an Ohio Tool #O 8
Post: RE: Iron for an Ohio Tool #O 8

I have a tapered Ohio Tool blade from an 07 that measures approx. 1/8" thick in the area where the tab comes through. The Stanley blades measure about .080" I believe. So, if you can find a 1/8" after...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 2 2,330 08-18-2017, 09:29 AM
  0 Thread: Is there a trick to the LN 62 (LAJ)
Post: RE: Is there a trick to the LN 62 (LAJ)

Make sure the shoe is really being loosened. There is a knurled brass nut under the knob that locks the knob to the bolt threaded into the shoe. If they separate, loosening the knob itself does nothin...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 15 10,449 01-04-2017, 11:20 PM
  0 Thread: Which size Krevov style plane to build?
Post: RE: Which size Krevov style plane to build?

You can make laminated plane bodies pretty quickly so you can experiment with bedding angles and lengths to suit your purpose. Our students at Palomar College have experimented with everything from 38...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 5 3,937 10-09-2016, 09:55 AM
  0 Thread: Anyone here build a guitar?
Post: Re: Anyone here build a guitar?

Check out "Guitarmaking" by Cumpiano and Natelson. Pretty much the bible on the subject.
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 11 11,787 05-30-2016, 03:02 PM
  0 Thread: Question re Bailey vs. Bedrock, Lie Nielsen planes
Post: Re: Question re Bailey vs. Bedrock, Lie Nielsen pl...

[blockquote]Admiral said:[hr][br][br]All blade advancing mechanisms have slop; I don't find it burdensome, maybe because I'm used to it. LV and LN planes have less, but still have some. [br][br][hr][...
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 6 6,582 05-25-2016, 04:53 PM
  0 Thread: Stanley tongue and groove plane question
Post: Re: Stanley tongue and groove plane question

Perhaps you are referring to the Sargent 1068?
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 4 4,127 05-10-2016, 05:45 PM
  0 Thread: Resiste Blades
Post: Re: Resiste Blades

Search for Goldenberg planes.
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 4 4,332 10-13-2015, 02:48 PM
  0 Thread: Stanley patent date question...regarding transitionals
Post: Re: Stanley patent date question...regarding trans...

The 3 patent dates on the lateral lever indicates 1888-1892 if I read the Type Study correctly.
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 1 6,570 09-29-2015, 04:26 PM
  0 Thread: Stanley T11 vs T12
Post: Re: Stanley T11 vs T12

The functional difference is the tall knob was introduced on the Type 12. Some, myself included, prefer the shorter knob.
Greg Wease Woodworking Hand Tools 2 3,400 08-10-2015, 05:19 PM

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