The meet was, but not the tool abuse. Oh, well. Just bondo the LN and be done with it, wot?
Ouch! Um, I'd be certain to never again volunteer my shop for anything, John. You have serious karma issues.
-- I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left! --anon
I am involved with fund raising for the local Boy Scout Council and attended a Unit meeting last night where finances were discussed. From this I know all too well that some things just need to be let go... In this case I see no liability on anyone's part but my own and I'm rather confident that the plane can be repaired to function properly. If not... I'll use my grandfather's Millers Falls No 7 and, when there are enough nickels saved up, buy a new L-N.
John
SonomaProducts.com wrote the following on 1/9/2013 2:19 PM (ET):
location... As a co-worker was fond of saying, "no good deed goes unpunished." ;~) John
be left on a bench. Anything with a cord had to left on the floor or stored on a shelf. They were fanatical about it. You could get fired for leaving any power tool on a bench.
my planes. Only have to knock a chisel once and try to catch it... ouch. Just let it fall is safer but a bad angle and it is lots o grinding.
If I see it start to fall, I instinctively swing my foot under it to either catch it before it hits the floor or lessen the height before hitting. I gotta remember not to do that with tools that are more than a few pounds in weight.
safer location... As a co-worker was fond of saying, "no good deed goes unp= unished." ;~) John
could be left on a bench. Anything with a cord had to left on the floor or = stored on a shelf. They were fanatical about it. You could get fired for le= aving any power tool on a bench.
l with my planes. Only have to knock a chisel once and try to catch it... o= uch. Just let it fall is safer but a bad angle and it is lots o grinding.
You'd be surprised how much a "light weight" 12" Jourgeson F-clamp smarts when it hits your foot.
crete floor. Put a wonderful divit on the leading edge that will have to be= filed off becuase it actually impengies on the flat face maybe a 1/16th. I= guess I finally get to use that granite block and do some lapping this wee= kend. I use that little plane almost every day I am in the shop.
It'll still be flat, though. Cheapest prevention is to keep it near the center of the bench.
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:24:56 -0500, willshak
That would suggest safety shoes with toe, metatarsal and sole protection thrown in for good measure.
I finally was of a mind to examine the L-N 7 this afternoon after being unwilling to do so for a good 6 maybe even 8 months. All I did after it fell was put the iron and cap iron back in place and note the damage to the toe and heel. Anyhow, upon inspection I determined that the damage to the body was limited to the dents and that it was not twisted, cracked, or otherwise beyond repair. I made quick work of restoring functionality to the sole with a mill file and some 600 grit emery paper. The small steel adjuster part that is screwed to the frog was bent and easily flattened with a brass hammer on the anvil part of my vice. The chip breaker had moved on the iron so I took that off. While it was off I touched up the edge on my large black Arkansas bench stone and reinstalled the cap iron. It looks fine. I reassembled the frog and adjusted it and the iron and did some testing. All seems OK even if there are some bright, but flat spots on the sole. There are enough small scratches on the body from use that I'd anticipate things will all blend in over time so nobody would ever know it was damaged. I guess I'm lucky it landed on the sole and not the tote!
John
Excellent news, John. That saves three mortgage payments, eh?
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Larry Jaques wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
+1
It sure seemed that way! ;~)
I think the worst part of fixing it was the notion of taking a file to an L-N plane... Not sure why considering I've taken files and stones to other relatively expensive items and haven't butchered anything (yet).
John
Probably just due to the fact that the other expensive items were not the epitome of perfection when first placed in your hands
There is expensive and then there is L-N: expensive AND perfect
Appropriate to think of it as the "beauty mark", considered part of a lovely woman's makeup, in the days when the plane was king ... ;)
Its not the butchering, its the pain of having something that was pristine and treasured now imperfect that bothered you. Been there...
Once you get over it, it is actually a better tool, since you are not afraid of dinging it again.
woodchucker wrote in news:vMadnXZlPtCvymDNnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@ptd.net:
Kinda like the first door ding on a new car....
+1 (easier than repeating by you beating to the punch)
I was like that with my first L-N plane... a 4. After that one I just used them and let my kids use the stuff... planes, saws, etc. I figured out that the kids are much more interested if they enjoy success. I recall the dull, crappy old hand tools of my grandfather's that had been neglected and abused by the time I got to them... from trying to use them I was of the mind that you NEEDED power tools to do woodworking as hand tools were useless. ;~) After my stint at Colonial Williamsburg I had a different opinion.
RE L-N stuff, I bought a 5 simply because my kids couldn't handle the 7 and the York pitch 4 is all wrong for almost all planning--too specialized. Funny thing about the 5 is it became my most used and favorite plane... even if it was for the kids!
John ...whom has mastered the art of the sale.
What's wrong with a 5?
As a matter of fact, my favorite plane is my #5, I have 2. One an old refinished stanley and the other a veritas low angle, so I can change the pitch of the blade at will.
I just finished today refinishing a 5 1/4 Junior Jack... that might become a favorite too. I picked it up at a garage sale for $1 about 5 years ago. It was pretty badly rusted and was painted. It looks awesome now, and works just as well. I wish I had a york pitched #4... , actually, I would like to find a 4 1/2... And like you I love working with planes, the finish is just astounding when planed. Plus nice and quiet. Don't get me wrong I love my power tools, but having really good working planes makes it really nice.
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