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Incidentally, if you're looking to make a user, rather than a restoration, you might ask, in contacting parts sellers, whether another maker's yoke will fit. The basic geometry is the same for all the Bailey-type planes.
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(09-30-2017, 08:28 AM)Bill_Houghton Wrote: Incidentally, if you're looking to make a user, rather than a restoration, you might ask, in contacting parts sellers, whether another maker's yoke will fit. The basic geometry is the same for all the Bailey-type planes.
Biggest difference will be in the size of the pin....and the holes it will be going into. DAMHIKT
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I had this problem once before on my Sargent jointer. Fortunately for me, one of the other guys here was able to send me a replacement yoke from a donor plane, and another of the guys installed it for me.
If you can't find the yoke specifically, you may be able to find a Sargent plane of the same model to use as a donor plane--or perhaps a whole frog assembly. It would save you the trouble of trying to replace the yoke itself, which is a delicate operation. Both the yoke and the frog are cast, so if you're not very careful, you can end up breaking one or both pieces.
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(10-03-2017, 04:58 PM)Bibliophile 13 Wrote: I had this problem once before on my Sargent jointer. Fortunately for me, one of the other guys here was able to send me a replacement yoke from a donor plane, and another of the guys installed it for me.
If you can't find the yoke specifically, you may be able to find a Sargent plane of the same model to use as a donor plane--or perhaps a whole frog assembly. It would save you the trouble of trying to replace the yoke itself, which is a delicate operation. Both the yoke and the frog are cast, so if you're not very careful, you can end up breaking one or both pieces.
I got it sorted out with a yoke from a really junky plane from the flea market. Thanks everybody for the ideas and help.
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