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Hi Simon
I have a light (about 4 oz) jeweller's hammer, which is good for the lateral adjustment of Stanley/LN/Veritas Bailey-style plane blades. It is far too light for a woodie. As I mentioned before, 7-8 oz is needed for a woodie to loosen a wedge.
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(12-11-2016, 10:31 AM)Derek Cohen Wrote: Hi Simon
I have a light (about 4 oz) jeweller's hammer, which is good for the lateral adjustment of Stanley/LN/Veritas Bailey-style plane blades. It is far too light for a woodie. As I mentioned before, 7-8 oz is needed for a woodie to loosen a wedge.
Regards from Perth
Derek
Hi Derek:
That is why I have the 4 oz. Mine are LNs.
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How did you attach the wood button? Cut threads or epoxy? Thanks, Ed
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Grace makes an 8-oz brass hammer with nylon on one face. Would that be OK for adjusting a wood plane? Is nylon harder or softer than wood?
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(12-11-2016, 11:22 AM)dry heat Wrote: How did you attach the wood button? Cut threads or epoxy? Thanks, Ed
I machined a pocket into the end of the brass using a metal lathe and turned the lignum vitae on a wood lathe to get a tight fit. It was then epoxied in place.
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I have this hammer from
Lee Valley -
![[Image: 50k5601s1.jpg]](http://www.leevalley.com/us/images/item/woodworking/planes/50k5601s1.jpg)
Weighs 8 oz. and the wooden insert is replaceable, but I haven't found that necessary as long as I don't lose my temper.
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(12-11-2016, 10:31 AM)Derek Cohen Wrote: Hi Simon
I have a light (about 4 oz) jeweller's hammer, which is good for the lateral adjustment of Stanley/LN/Veritas Bailey-style plane blades. It is far too light for a woodie. As I mentioned before, 7-8 oz is needed for a woodie to loosen a wedge.
Regards from Perth
Derek
We're on the same page here, Derek.
I use the LV 8 oz plane hammer, also a gift, for my wooden planes.
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I've got a Grace 8oz with a steerhide 'pad' glued on one end.
It does the job. I find that setting depth really depends on 'backing out' the blade
Lighter hammers don't have enough oomph for my larger planes.
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Here is my woodie plane hammer (it also makes a great mallet for dovetail chisels) with a 7 oz brass head. One end is nylon. Jarrah handle.
![[Image: Plane-hammer5_zpsde2f0e5c.jpg]](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Mallets%20and%20hammers/Plane%20hammer/Plane-hammer5_zpsde2f0e5c.jpg)
![[Image: Plane-hammer3_zps5e0722fb.jpg]](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Mallets%20and%20hammers/Plane%20hammer/Plane-hammer3_zps5e0722fb.jpg)
![[Image: Plane-hammer4_zps372ff918.jpg]](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Mallets%20and%20hammers/Plane%20hammer/Plane-hammer4_zps372ff918.jpg)
The other (jeweller's) hammer weighs in around 4 oz for the whole enchilada. This one was purchased on eBay.
Along with it in the picture is a hex driver for the chipbreaker in a Veritas Custom plane. This makes adjusting the chipbreaker very easy.
![[Image: Custom-plane-tools1a_zpsa5jitese.jpg]](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Mallets%20and%20hammers/Plane%20hammer/Custom-plane-tools1a_zpsa5jitese.jpg)
Regards from Perth
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Thanks to everyone who's responded. This has clarified what I need for adjusting my wood planes. I do have a 4 oz. hammer with a nylon head that was just too small--I found myself always reaching for something with more heft. But what I find especially interesting here is that it seems many people don't use the lateral adjustments on their metal planes but adjust the iron with a small hammer. I hadn't thought of that.
