Re: Advice needed on type of plane to trim 3/4" red oak with the grain

[P van Rijckevorsel]

[e-mail] wrote

> > I'll agree that you can't go wrong with LN or LV though, and the plane > > will be useable or at most require a slight honing to the blade > > right out of the box. > John Thomas schreef > I've also got the low-angle LV block. Bang-for-the buck, this one's a > no-brainer. I'd buy it again in a heartbeat, and forgo the Stanley's. > "Only" ~$100, but you can make shavings with it right out of the box. > (get the chamfering attachment, if you go this route; it works really > well, and you'll learn all about reading grain. DAMHIKT.)

*** Belatedly, I'll support the LV low angle plane. Not sure if I am satisfied with it (everytime I use it I want to redesign it), but it certainly does the job better better than any other plane I ever used. Must be among my three most used tools.

I don't think a Stanley 60 1/2 is useful for anything, not even as a door stop. PvR

[Larry Jaques]

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:57:36 +0100, the inscrutable "P van Rijckevorsel" spake:

Hey, I'm more easygoing and know what to do with those things. Send those two ugly doorstops to me, please. Got my address?

P.S: Thanks in advance.

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[P van Rijckevorsel]

*** Well, I might have but for two things: 1) mailing is prohibitively expensive 2) it might get sold to a dupe, who would then conclude that block planes are no good and gets turned off for ever ...

[Larry Jaques]

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:30:32 +0100, the inscrutable "P van Rijckevorsel" spake:

Did you notice that I didn't offer to fund that trip for them?

No, I'd definitely keep them. I absolutely adore my 60-1/2 with the Hock iron in it, though that may be replaced by the Knight Small plane which is on its way to me RSN.

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[P van Rijckevorsel]

those two ugly doorstops to me, please. Got my address?

are no good and gets turned off for ever ...

*** Well, a heavier replacement blade would add to the weight and would increase the suitability of a Stanley 60 1/2 as a doorstop. Still, it would not be heavy enough to hold much of a door .... PvR

[Luigi Zanasi]

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 07:59:11 +0100, "P van Rijckevorsel" scribbled:

You're supposed to wedge it under the door.

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